I've used this in the past to find a phone I'd misplaced somewhere in a room. The service will make your phone ring loudly, even if the volume has been turned off. Ring is useful for when you suspect your phone is very close to you. Following the map, I was both embarrassed and relieved to discover it was sitting on the front seat of my rental car in the company's parking lot. Did I lose it at my departure airport? My arrival airport? Somewhere among the different buildings of the company I was visiting? Using the locate feature, I could see it was nearby. It's a handy way to tell if your phone is still near you, which might cause you to relax about making use of the other lost-phone options.įor example, once during a business meeting, I realized my iPhone wasn't in my backpack. Locate brings up the location of your phone on a map, using a Web browser. Think of each option as a sort of "Defcon" level for your phone, allowing you to escalate your response before going into full panic mode and wiping the phone clean. Don't make this mistake! It's free and easy to do for the iPhone and Windows Phone a little more work and maybe some slight expense for Android.Īll the services I'll cover below allow you to do these things: Phew!īut it was a much needed wake-up call that I hadn't enabled any type of "find my phone" or "wipe my phone" services on it.
It got turned in, and I recovered it the next day. A few months ago, I dropped my phone in the back of a cab.
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