Saturday, September 20, 2014

Track your lost Android Smartphone without any third party app


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Smartphone has become the ultimate addiction today, without it we can't even survive a single day. You must have given a thought that what if you lost your Android smartphone! Your Android must be having your personal images and other important data that you won't allow any other person to look. So there is a simple way you can keep track of your Android Device without any third party app.

What you can do is visit Play Store website using laptop/browser and login with the account that is attached to your Android phone (Note your phone need to have a Play Store account, you must be having as you need it to download apps from Play Store). After that click on the setting icon and select "Android Device Manager" as shown in below image :

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You will be navigated to login page where you should login with your Google account, just enter credentials and sign-in. You will end up on to the below screen where the magic is :

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Notice the green box which appears to show three buttons. Note that currently the device's location is unavailable but you can update it by clicking locate icon shown in the image on just right to prn icon. This process of updating location works best with Android App "Android device Manager" installed on your smartphone but it's not necessary.

Important Note : Below mentioned button clicks will work when your device will have a internet connection to it. 

Now with button shown you can handle what your device should do. Clicking on 'Erase' will delete your phone data, clicking on Lock will lock your phone with your credentials entered in phone like password, pattern (don't try this functions until required). Lastly clicking on 'Ring', your device will get a ring which is handy and you can try (it's fun).

See below screenshot of device for poof :
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This is the simplest and cheapest solution to track your Android device. If you like this How-To then share this with your friends. ( Sharing is Caring ) 


About Bhavik Tikudiya

Bhavik is a passionate blogger by nature and an Android developer. He is working day and night to deliver the best that's out there.You can simply search about him on Google by typing 'bhavik tikudiya'.

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