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Lost your phone in the public transport or misplaced it somewhere that you cannot remember? Well, we have all been in that situation and it becomes extremely exhausting to locate the phone. But you dont need to really worry if you have preset some of the requirements and installed some apps that will enable you to track the phone, no matter wherever it is.
You can prepare your phone ahead of time in case it's lost or stolen.
For the iPhone, here's how to prepare: Open Settings. Tap your name at the top of the screen. Tap "iCloud." Scroll to "Find My iPhone." Enable the options for "Find My iPhone." Also enable the option for "Send Last Location," which will send the location of the iPhone right down until the battery is dead. Then in case you lost your iPhone: Go to iCloud.com and log in with your Apple account. Open "Find iPhone." Find your iPhone on the map.
This will show you where your iPhone was last time before the battery died. It also lets you play a sound, which will help you find the iPhone if it's stuck in a couch, cushion. There are options to lock the phone and put up a message such as a phone number to call if it's found.
Preparation for an Android phone:
Open the Google Play Store. Search for and download the app "Find My Device" from Google. Open the Find My Device application. Log in with your Google account.
What to do Upon losing your Android phone:
Go to https://myaccount.google.com/find-your phone from a web browser. Log in to your Google account. Select the missing device from your list of phones. Click "Locate" to spot the phone on a map.
You can also choose to check for suspicious sign ins, lock the phone, call your phone, sign out of your Google account remotely, contact your carrier or remotely erase the device.
Note: If your phone is stolen and it appears somewhere it shouldn't be, you can try to use the data and report the stolen phone to the police. Don't try to track it down yourself if you think doing so might put you in danger.
