Smart phones are expensive, so it’s a really big deal when yours is lost or stolen. If you have an Android phone, however, there are some great, free applications available to help you find a lost android phone.
Missing Phone Level 1:
With the Where’s My Droid application, you can easily find your phone (even if it’s on vibrate or silent mode) by texting it a special code. When your phone receives the code, it will play an alert at maximum volume until you discover the missing phone.
Where’s My Droid also has the ability to reply to you with your phone’s GPS location and a link to it on Google Maps.
Step 1: Download and install the free Where’s My Droid application from the Android Market. You can also download this app by scanning the barcode on the right with the Barcode Scanner app.
Step 2: You’ll want to change the default “secret message” that activates your phone’s alarm, since anybody could trigger it if they knew the default setting.
Open Where’s My Droid in the app drawer and change both the Attention word and Attention word GPS. You can also change how long the alert plays when triggered in this menu.
Be sure to note that for the GPS feature to work, you must have GPS enabled on the phone.
Step 3: When you can’t find your phone, simply send a text message to your phone from another phone with the secret message you set in Step 2. Your phone will immediately play an alert at maximum volume so you can easily find your lost Android phone.
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