How To Find My Android Phone Without Installed Tracking App

It’s always frustrating when losing an Android smartphone or tablet and not knowing where it’s at. This is even more true for those that don’t have an Android phone tracker app installed on the device to find the exact location. But the good news is that there are several different ways for you to find my Android phone without having a tracker app installed. The following are some solutions to get your Android device back after it has been lost or stolen without any anti-theft apps that are on the Google Play Store.

Track Android Phone and Tablet with Android Device Manager

Requirements:

• Device has access to the internet.
• Device is connected with your Google account.
• Allowed Android Device Manager (ADM) to locate your device, lock the device and erase its data. This can changed in the Google Settings app.

Using Android Device Manager to find an Android device is a great way to track your Android phone or tablet. All someone needs to do for this software to work and track an Android phone is for the device to be turned on, connected to your Google account and have Internet access. Android Device Manger allows to track the phone, have the phone ring and clear the data from the device remotely.

Another option instead of using a computer to find your Android device, is to use the Android Device Manager app. Users can download it to be able to sign in with Google account credentials for guest mode to work. The same features are available on the Android Device Manager as it is with the computer version.

Samsung’s Find My Mobile

Requirements:

• Device has access to the internet.
• Have a Samsung account and device registered.
• Find my mobile needs to be set up on the Samsung phone.

Samsung also has a Find My Mobile feature that allows users to find their Android based device. Using Samsung’s tracking service ‘Find my mobile’ a users needs a Samsung account and registered the device before it has been lost or stolen.

Use Android Lost

Requirements:

• Device has access to the Internet.
• Device is connected with your Google account.
• Device not running Android 3.0 or higher.

Go to the Google Play website and go to the Android Lost app and select the install button which will install the app on your Android device. The Android device still needs to be logged into your Google account for this Android phone tracker to work. Then send a SMS message to the device that will activate the tracking app ‘Android Lost’ on the phone. Then follow these steps:

1. Install Android Lost remotely
2. Activate Android Lost that is not running on Android 3.0 or higher
3. Log in the Android Lost website

Use Google Maps Location History

Requirements:

• Device is connected to the Internet.
• Device is connected with your Google account.
• Your device has access to the internet.
• Location Reporting and Location History need to be activated.

Using this method will not track down the lost Android device, but find the Location History feature of Google Maps. But, it’s also a good way to locate the phone and it could be at the last place described on the map.