How To Register Samsung Account With Phone That Was Stolen

So you've just lost a brand-new Samsung Galaxy phone. It's OK! Y'all're fine. Samsung's Detect My Mobile feature is here to aid. It'southward costless, and if you signed into your Samsung account when y'all first set up the phone, then information technology'due south already set up.

Permit'due south presume you lot still have the phone to hand. Instead of waiting for something unfortunate to happen, take a few minutes right at present to ensure Find My Mobile is enabled and setup on your Galaxy phone or tablet.

Indeed, Google already offers a similar app for all Android devices, and there'due south nothing wrong with it, simply Samsung's service for its own devices gives you more functionality. Annotation: Not all carriers support Find My Mobile. If you can't locate Observe My Mobile on your Galaxy device, your carrier may offer its own version, or you can download Google's Discover My Device app via the Play Store. It may fifty-fifty already be installed.

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Setup

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If you signed into your Samsung account during initial setup, similar I said, odds are Detect My Mobile is already turned on.

Check on your device by searching for Find My Mobile in the Settings app. Alternatively, you can go to Settings > Lock Screen and Security > Find My Mobile. If prompted, sign into your Samsung account to enable the feature.

I suggest turning on all options associated with the feature as well. Remote controls will let you to do things like force a remote backup, retrieve call and message logs, enable battery saving features and so on. Google location service provides more authentic location information -- vital at a time when you lot're tracking downwardly a lost device. Send final location will monitor the device's battery and send its last known location correct before it loses power.

Track

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Samsung doesn't have an app y'all tin employ on another phone to track a lost device. Instead, you lot tin utilise any mobile or desktop browser to visit findmymobile.samsung.com. Once at that place, log into your business relationship and select the device you're looking for.

If it'south powered on, you volition see its current location and battery percentage. A popup will also provide a series of deportment to take on the lost device:

Ring
Lock
Erase data
Back up
Remember calls and messages
Unlock
Extend battery life
Gear up guardian

Near of these are self-explanatory. There are a couple that are worth explaining a bit more. For instance, call up calls and messages will sync with the phone and show you the last 50 calls and messages, complete with phone numbers.

The Extend battery option volition provide the option to aid you track it longer. Lastly, the Prepare Guardian option allows you to designate a friend or family unit member as someone who tin log into Find My Mobile on your behalf to track or control your device.