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How To Find A Lost Or Stolen Galaxy S8 And Galaxy S8 Plus

You may have unfortunate situation of your phone getting lost or it being stole. If this is the case, no need to worry, as you can locate your Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus that is gone by using a variety of different ways. Some ways of doing this using an app for locating your device, or alternative software, or the Android Device Manager. The Android Device Manager is feature that Google has that allows you to locate a Android device that you cannot find which is similar to the feature that Apple has called Find My iPhone.

You can look up a guide on how to locate your Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus if it is lost or stolen. Another feature of the Android Device system is that you can get rid of all the information or data on your Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus or to make noise when you are unable to locate your smartphone. Below is a guide on how to locate your stolen or lost Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus if you are ever in need to do so.

 

Tips on how to find lost Galaxy S8 quickly

In this guide, we will talk about a variety of methods that you can use in order to find your lost Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. To help you fix your problem as soon as possible, look at the options below.

  • For tools like Android Device Managerand Lookout, the necessary told must be on your Galaxy S8 to find your smartphone from a different location. Make sure this does not happen anymore by taking the necessary steps to prevent it.
  • There are apps out there such as AirDroid that can assist you in recovering your information or accessing you files remotely such as your camera or text messaging.

 

Finding your Galaxy using Android Device Manager

Using Android Device Manager is your best bet when trying to locate your lost or stolen Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus. You can do this by logging on to Android Device Manager or registering. The Android Device Manager was created in 2013 by Google. If you have a Galaxy S8, they have tried to make sure that every device has this software. But if it does not have, make sure to check and see.

Android Device Manager can be set up on your Android Device Manager by first going to Settings, then go to the Security and Screen Lock screen, then go to Device Administers. Look around the phone since the names of the menus and the location can vary from different phones. After that, just go the Android Device Manager and check that box.

 

Finding your Galaxy S8 Loud Ring Mode

You can locate your Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus that you cannot find by having the loud rind mode turned on. You can also decide to get rid of all your data or lock it if you are concerned that it is in the wrong hands. You can download the Android Device Manager app from the Google Play Store if you are using another Android device to use the same service to locate your smartphone.

 

Locating Your Lost Galaxy S8

You will have to use Android Device Manager if you want to find your Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus that was either stolen or you just simply cannot find. GPS navigation is used by Android Device Manager to locate your smartphone. For warning, if you got your phone stolen, Google recommends to contact the police about your phone instead of trying get your Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus back yourself. You can only track your smartphone if you have Wi-Fi connected to it.

 

Lookout Use

You can use Lookout for your Galaxy S8 if the Android Device Manager is not working the way it is supposed to be working. Lookout is for more general usage like security but it is very similar to the Android Device Manager.

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David Williams

Apr 2, 2017

I am a true junkie for everything tech. My current arsenal includes an Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, iPhone Xs, Samsung Galaxy S9, Samsung Chromebook, iMac, and Dell XPS 13.

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