How to locate and lock your lost or stolen Samsung mobile
One of the biggest fears of the user of a smartphone is the loss or theft of your terminal. Because, being such a complete device, it is possible that personal data, private photographs and other services that may incur in the generation ofcosts if it falls into bad hands Issues in which the Korean Samsung has thought of creating a location service for lost or stolen mobile phones called Samsung Dive A remote tool that does not require the installation of any application or the previous configuration ofsmartphone in question.
Of course, this time it is not a tool for the terminal, which would be lost, but a service that can be accessed through the Samsung Dive website from any browser. All you have to do is enter your user data or Samsung account, the same ones used for other services such as the app store Samsung Apps With this you already have full access to this service which, in addition, is completely free and has functions of the interesting that we explain below.
As soon as you enter the user data, you can access the series of functions offered Samsung DiveThese are distributed through the menu on the left side of the screen, and have services of interest such as Locate my mobile When clicking on this section, two options: Locate my mobile and Start tracking The first allows you to find the current situation of the terminal, and it is able to contact it remotely, even initiating the sensorGPS if you are not connected. In this way, and thanks to a map, it is possible to know its location almost exact By For its part, the tracking function allows you to know the activity that the terminal has had every fifteen minutes during the last twelve hours.
Another of the important points of the service Samsung Dive is Lock my mobile In this way the contents that are in it are insured until introduce an unlock code that the real user can establish on the page where it is located. find.In addition, it has the possibility of establishing a permanent alert message on the screen customized by the user himself. You just have to write it and press the button block
The rest of the functions are somewhat more accessories, but no less useful. For example, it is possible to make calls to the terminal in question with a duration of one minute at maximum volume , although by default the mobile was on silence A good option to find the terminal lost In addition, if you can't go a single day without your mobile, it is possible to establish a forwarding of calls and messages to another number so as not to lose or a single communication. Finally, the most drastic option is Delete my mobileIn this way, the user ensures that all the contents of the terminal are eliminated, leaving the mobile as if it had just left the factory. The downside is that with this option you renounce to recover the terminal since the data that allows you to locate the terminal is eliminated.
The only thing to keep in mind when using this service is that if you do not have an Internet data rate it is possible that expenses, since the service contacts the terminal through this connection In addition, it is possible that the link with the terminal is not given if you are in areas of poor coverage or the terminal is off Therefore, it's a good idea to try using this service at various times to make sure.
