As an Android phone are getting more and more popular nowadays, some people could not live without having his or her Android phone close nearby. However, sometimes the owner can sometimes misplaced the phone and will be panicky be searching for it. The normal method people are using is just to call the lost phone from another phone and to find it once it is ringing. But, what if it is on silent mode? Due to the smart nature of an Android phone, there are several apps that you can use in this type of situation.
For instance, if you have downloaded the Where’s My Droid app, it can force your phone to ring even though it is silent mode. Not just that, it can also force it to vibrate and also to light up its camera flash. If you use a soft ring tone where it is quite hard to spot the sound, it can force the phone to emit white siren noise. If all that fails, you can use the GPS features of your phone to send the location of your phone to another phone.
If that also fails, you can actually force the phone to capture pictures and send it to your account for viewing. So, by looking at the force captured pictures, you can have a clue on where are the whereabouts of your phone. But, in the event that your phone got stolen, by using all this data you can collected, it is advisable for you to give this information to the police and let the police do the job of retrieving your phone. Do not put yourself in danger as Android phone can be replaced but your live is not.