How to Find Stolen Android Phone

In this article, wikiHow will show you how to locate your stolen or lost Android phone. When Find My Device or Find My Mobile is enabled on your Android phone, you can use the online version of the service to locate it. You can also check your phone’s location history on Google Maps.

Table of Contents

Use the Find My Device service for Android

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Open the Find My Device website by going to https://www.google.com/android/find in your browser.

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Log in to the website. Enter the email address and password for the Android phone you want to find.

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Choose your phone. Click on the phone name located on the left side of the page. At this point, Find My Device will start finding your phone’s location.

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Check phone location. After positioning is complete, the program will display the location of the Android phone on the screen.

In case the phone is powered off or has no cellular/Wi-Fi connection, this service will not be able to find its location.

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Lock the phone if necessary. To keep your data from being exposed, you can lock your phone with the following steps:

Click on the LOCK option in the upper left corner of the page.
Enter the password when prompted.
Enter your recovery message and phone number if desired.
Press LOCK when prompted.

Use the Find My Mobile feature

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Open the Find My Mobile website by going to https://findmymobile.samsung.com/ in your browser.

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Click the SIGN IN button located in the center of the page.

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Enter your login information. Type in your Samsung email address and password.

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Check the “I’m not a robot” box at the bottom of the page.

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Press SIGN IN . A list of your Samsung phone and/or tablet will be displayed.

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Select your Samsung device by clicking on the phone that you want to lock.

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Check the location of your Samsung Galaxy. When it’s finished loading, the phone’s location will show up in the center of the page.

If the phone is turned off or has no cellular/Wi-Fi connection, this service will not find its location.

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Lock Samsung device. To make sure no one can access the data on your phone, you can tap the LOCK MY DEVICE option in the newly opened menu and follow the on-screen instructions.

This option is usually located on the left side of the page.
The ultimate solution for data protection is to erase Samsung phone data by selecting the phone, pressing WIPE MY DEVICE and following the on-screen instructions. At this point, you will no longer be able to track it.

Use Google Maps

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Open Google Maps by going to https://www.google.com/maps in your computer’s browser. The Google Maps page will open.

If you’re not signed in to your Google account, tap the blue Sign in button in the upper-right corner of the page, enter your email address and password for the Google account used on your phone.
If you’re not signed in to the correct account you’re using on your Android phone, you can tap your profile icon at the top right of the page, tap Add account , and sign in to your account. correct account with your email address and password.

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Tap ☰ located in the upper left corner of the page. A new menu will appear on that side.

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Click Your timeline . This option is near the bottom of the menu that appears. The location history menu will open.

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Select date. Click the YEAR box and select the current year; click on the MONTH box and select the month; click on the DAY box and select the date your phone was lost.

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Check your phone’s location history. When your phone is turned on and has a data and/or Wi-Fi connection, you will see at least one location where the phone was.

Don’t forget that you can’t view your location history when your phone is powered off.

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Change the date if necessary. If your phone has been lost for more than a day, you can tap the DAY box and select the next date and then check the location history for that day.

Advice

Consider reporting a lost phone. In many places, you can call your network service provider and give them your account information: at this point, your phone will be blacklisted and cannot be used on any telecommunications networks until you find it.
Once you locate your phone, it’s a good idea to take a screenshot of the results so you can give them to law enforcement.

Warning

Don’t try to get your lost phone back yourself. Contact the authorities once you find its location.
Unfortunately, there’s no way you’ll ever be able to track down your Android phone in case it’s powered off and taken elsewhere.

Steps

Use the Find My Device service for Android

Use the Find My Mobile feature

Use Google Maps

Advice

Warning

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