How to find a lost Android smartphone using Google's "Smartphone Find" function

Written By notebooktabletphone

A smartphone where everyone is at risk of loss.However, if you know how to use Google's service "Find a smartphone" that is useful when searching for a lost smartphone, you may be able to easily find Android smartphones or lock remotely.

How to use Google's "Search for smartphones"

Before you look at how to use smartphones, check some of them.If you want to search or put on a smartphone that has lost remote locks, meet the following conditions:

・ The power supply is turned on ・ Log in to the Google account ・ Connected to mobile data or Wi-Fi ・ The display on Google Play is turned on ・ Location information is turned on."Search for devices" is on

[See] Google help

How to use "Find Google Smartphone"

First, launch a browser on a PC, a smartphone, or a tablet, and log in to Google with the same account as Google Account, which is logged in with a lost smartphone.This time, I will explain it on a PC with a large screen.

The terminal used is Huawei Matebook X (Windows10), but the basic operation is almost the same for Mac.

Access "Google Account Management" and open "Security" and click "Find a lost device".

Click the lost smartphone.If the smartphone is turned off or the location information service is disabled, it will be difficult to find.

Click on the smartphone you want to find to see the following screen.

The rough position of the smartphone lost on the right side of the screen is displayed (the photo above has a reduced map. By scrolling, the map is enlarged and you can see the more detailed position).

If you select "Sound" on the left side of the screen, you can sound the sound regardless of the "manner mode" or "silent mode" of the lost smartphone.

If you want to lock the smartphone, select "Protect devices".You can lock the screen by remote control.

If you can't find a smartphone, you may want to select "Erase Device Data" to prevent the outflow of personal information.

Googleの「スマートフォン探す」機能を使って紛失したAndroidスマホを探す方法

Can Google's "Find a smartphone" find an iPhone?

If your lost smartphone is an iPhone, you can log out from the Google account remotely.However, you cannot search for an iPhone on the map or lock the screen.

If you want to find an iPhone, use "ICLOUD" "Find iPhone".Please refer to the following related articles for details.

[See] Check out the location of the iPhone or lock it remotely.

Can't you search for a smartphone if the battery is running out?

A smartphone with a powerful power will be difficult to search for Google's "Find a smartphone".

Why is your smartphone displayed in Google's "Search for devices"?

You may be logged in with another Google account.For example, a Google account that is logged in with a lost smartphone is "A account".The account that is logging in with a PC or smartphone that is looking for a smartphone in "Search for a smartphone" is "B account".

In this case, even if you access "Search for smartphones" with "B account", the lost smartphone will not be displayed.Switch your account to "A account" and try again.

You can switch your account by clicking on Google's profile image.

Can you find a family smartphone (mobile phone)?

You may be able to find a smartphone that your family has lost.Ask your family about login information in the Google account, log in on your PC or your smartphone, and then use "Find a smartphone".

However, if your family has set "two -step authentication", it may be a little difficult.When you log in for the first time on a PC or smartphone to your family's Google account, you will need "authentication".This "authentication" is a smartphone ... because it is necessary to do it with a lost smartphone.

If you still can't find it ... Contact your career and stop your smartphone

If you can't find a smartphone even if you use "Find a smartphone", contact each carrier using your family's smartphone or public phone.

ドコモ

In the case of DoCoMo, call 0120-524-360.Call charges are free for 24 hours.You can interrupt the use of a lost smartphone.

[See] If docomo is stolen or lost

au KDDI

If you want to temporarily stop the au smartphone line, call 0077-7-113.We are not off all year round and accept 24 hours a day.

[See] When you have a problem with au theft / loss

Softbank

The line procedure for loss or theft can be performed by "My SoftBank" and telephone.See the following reference site for details.

[See] When SoftBank lost or stolen

楽天モバイル

If you lose your smartphone contracted with Rakuten Mobile, call 0800-600-0500.You can suspend or resume use.

[See] Rakuten Mobile Lost / Stop Usage / Resume

* The data was examined as of late January 2021.* The information is made to thorough, but it does not guarantee the perfect and accuracy of the content.* Please use and operate the product at your own risk.

Sentence / Ko Takamizawa