How to Locate a Phone

As your phone has become one of the most important part and requirement of your daily life, the more frequent you take it to everywhere you go. Some people even bring it close to their bed while they are sleeping at night. With the smartphones getting cheaper and affordable, many people now owns a smartphone nowadays. However, there is also an increasing trend of people losing their smartphones as well and this figure have been alarmingly increasing every year.

According to statistics, about 100 cell phones are either lost or stolen every minute in the United States alone and this figure will rise in the future. With an estimated 97% of the US population are using cell phones, it has become a necessity that each owner needs to be careful and aware of the potential of smartphones theft and also phone misplaced.

This website is not offering services to locate a phone. However, this website is dedicated to compile the information on everything that you need to know on how to locate a phone when it is either lost or stolen. We have listed several articles on how you can locate your phone by different methods and techniques. Below are some of our best referred articles on the ways that you can track your lost phone.

Locate phone using IMEI number
Believe it or not, you can actually track your phone by using the IMEI number of your phone. This is due to the fact that the IMEI number act as a unique ID to your phone and therefore the phone can be track based on this vital information. Read more on this in Track your mobile phone using IMEI.

Locate using Google services
Google actually are taking this tracking phone seriously as they provide several services that can track the Android based smartphones. You can read this in Track Lost Android Phone using Android Device Manager and also Track Phone using Google Location History. You can also read on how to use information in your Dropbox account to track your lost phone on how to Track your phone using internet.

Locate using built-in smartphones apps and purchased apps
Lastly, with the powerful apps that have been created for smartphones in recent years, there are also now many apps that can be used to locate a phone. Among the popularly used is the Find my iPhone, Seekdroid and also Android Device Manager. However, you can still locate a phone even if you did not install any app when you have lost it. You can read this on How to track a cell phone after you lose it and also Track my iPhone without App.


IMEI Check iPhone

IPhone as same as any other smartphones available in the market has its own unique IMEI number. This IMEI number is a string of numbers that are unique to every individual iPhones that was manufactured. IMEI or in the long form is the International Mobile Equipment Identity.

Normally, for all smartphones available in the market, the IMEI number can easily be found behind the battery. But, since iPhone is designed so that you could not open the casing, the IMEI number of the iPhone is located behind of your iPhone and at the bottom.

Notice the small little print below the Apple logo? Located there are your printed unique IMEI number. And just in case you want to check whether the number is legit, just type this *#06# into your phone keyboard, and it will then show you a string of number representing the IMEI number of your iPhone. So, if you bought your iPhone legally, the number shown should match the number printed behind your iPhone casing.

So, make sure to remember your mobile phone’s IMEI and store it someplace safe. This will prove to be useful if your mobile phone do get lost. You can immediately use this IMEI number by calling your operator and tell them that your mobile phone got stolen or lost. Another interesting thing you can do with your IMEI number is that you can use this number and check the validity of it at selfsolve.apple.com.

There you can type in your IMEI number and it will show you the status of your iPhone and show whether it is still under warranty or not. So, please be aware of your iPhone IMEI number that is printed at your iPhone so that you can use the number either to track your phone if it got stolen or to check the validity of your iPhone with Apple.


How to Remotely Delete iPhone Data (After You Lost Your iPhone) – Updated 2020

When you lost your cellphone, usually the first thing you will realize is all the valuable data that is on your phone. All the pictures, text messages, contacts and also notes will be gone together with your phone. This is where sometimes your private pictures and also confidential data can be in the wrong hands.

The impact of this event would be huge. However, with the advance of smartphones and the application that comes with it, you should not be a worry as you can remotely wipe off your data inside the phone and avoid it being used by unscrupulous people.

If you own an iPhone, you will see that there is the Find iPhone icon in your device that is already pre-installed. This app will be helpful if your device gets lost. First, you will need to go to icloud.com. Log in with your Apple Id and choose the Find My iPhone icon. You will need to enter again your password. Choose the All devices and then click on your device that was lost. Then choose the erase device. That will trigger the cleaning of data process.

Here are the steps on how to remotely delete data on iPhone

Step 1

Go to https://www.icloud.com/find

Fill in your Apple ID and password

Make sure you use the same Apple ID as the iPhone that you want to remotely delete the data

Step 2

You will be shown the “Find My iPhone” screen menu

Tap at “All Devices”

Step 3

The map will show the location of your iPhone

Select “Erase iPhone” there

Step 4

Select the iPhone that you want to remotely delete the data

Step 5

Tap “Erase” to confirm

That will immediately erase all the data on your iPhone

However, if your phone is offline, the moment it is back online, the wiping off the data will start. For Android users, Google now has a service called the Android Device Manager. This also works similar to the Find My iPhone in which it can help you in wiping off the data on your lost phone. It will reset your device to its factory settings remotely. First, you need to go the Google settings in your app and click on the Android Device Manager.

You will need to allow the phone for remote lock and factory reset. After all, you need to do is to sync your smartphones with the Android Device Manager online. Just go to www.google.com/android/devicemanager. Once synced, you can easily wipe off your cellphone data by choosing the setup lock and erase function.

So, there you have it – Simple steps how you can remotely delete data on your iPhone if you ever lost it and want to make sure no one is using your confidential data. Please leave a comment below on what is the information in your phone that you do not want people to access it.

Please also read our previous article on what are the top things to do once you lost your phone