How to find your lost or stolen Android phone and make it ring

In summer it is common to find yourself in the unpleasant situation of having to find your stolen or lost Android mobile. We make many trips, to the beach, to foreign cities, which makes it difficult to access it again. We are going to tell you how to find your stolen or lost Android mobile and make it ring. Because a vacation with a lost mobile phone is a frustrated and unsatisfied vacation.

The first thing to keep in mind is that, in order for the tutorial to work, you must always have GPS enabled.Preferably in high precision mode. Although this entails an increase in battery consumption, it is a small price to pay to have your equipment always located. To activate the GPS in high precision mode, you must do the following.

How to activate GPS on an Android phone

Unlock your phone and access its settings. Most of the time, the icon is designed as a gear. Within the settings, you have several sections where you can configure many aspects of the phone. In the 'Personal' section we see 'Location'. We enter this section.

We activate the location in the switch at the top of the section and, then, in 'Mode', we have to select 'High precision'Once we have done these steps, let's go to the part that interests us: how to find a lost or stolen Android mobile.

In addition to having GPS turned on, to find a lost or stolen Android phone, it must:

• Have active data or be connected to a WiFi network
• You are signed in to your Google account
• Have the application activated 'Find my device'.

Here we show you how to use the application to find a lost or stolen phone.

How to find an Android mobile

Before misfortune happens to you, you must have installed the 'Find my device' application that you will find in the Android Play Store application store. The application is completely free, owned by Google, and has regular updates.The application does not reach 2MB in weight.

Once we have downloaded the 'Find my device' application on your Android phone, we are going to proceed to install it and configure it properly. We open it and enter with our Gmail account In general, it is already prepared to be selected. Or, in the case of entering the application to search for your mobile, enter as a guest. But let's not anticipate events.

Once we have registered in the 'Find my device' application, we give it permission to access the location of the device. Subsequently, a screen with a map will appear and, if everything has gone as it should, it will place us in the place where the mobile phone is located. But what happens if we don't have our phone number and we want to find it?

Find a lost or stolen phone on a PC

Log in your laptop to the Google 'Find my device' page. If everything has been done correctly, you should see where your phone is and, from this page, make it ring and even delete data and block the mobile. On the page you will see the corresponding sections to carry out the different options. To make it ring, simply press the button. To lock and erase data, follow the instructions on the screen.

Find a lost or stolen phone on another phone

Borrow a friend's phone and download the app we mentioned earlier. Enter as a guest and access all the location data of your lost or stolen phone You will also be able to make it ring, lock, erase data and see where it is in real time.