6:40 AM 9/2/2024
Lost mobile phone, what to do? Don't worry, if you had activated the find my phone future, it will help you to locate it. First of all, if you have its IMEI number you can trace it with the IMEI Number. So when you are buying a new Mobile phone the first thing to do is to locate its IMEI number. This is a unique number and it should be kept in a safe place. Also it is illegal to purchase a mobile phone without its IMEI number. America's Free GPS tracker will help you to locate your mobile phone which is laying in an isolated area. So always install your carrier's Apps in your device to get help from them. In the meantime connect your Smartphone to Google Account to get your contact details, if you had lost your Smartphone.
First of all write down the IMEI of your phone in a safe place.
Set the find my phone feature.
If you locate your phone from a strange place, don't go there alone.
Get the support of your area police officials.
A unique IMEI number is given to your mobilephone once it is produced.
This is the one and only number in the world. There will be no other mobile phone won't be available all over the world.
All the Government's want to track the mobile ophone and its owner, if it was used for any illegal activites.
IMEI will help to Identify and locate the lost phone even if it is in the other part of the world.
If it can't be traced it can be locked through the IMEI and it can't be operated from any carrier all over the world.
Lost Mobile Phone and how to find it or to lock it permanently?
If it is Samsung or other expensive device you can use the factory setup to track the location of the Smartphone. If somebody tries to open the device, it then you can get a photo of that person. Also if you can't recover that Smartphone you can make it unusable by permanently locking it with your manufacturer's support. Losing your hand phone may give not only financial lose but also can give you mental stress too.
Because you may lose your online bank account details, important documents, important photos, SMS threads and money more.
So always get a backup for your content in cloud storage or in your PC. Keep record of your phone's IMEI number.
Most of the latest MSmartphones allow you to erase all the content remotely, if you had lost your Smartphone.
IMEI Number will be available on the new mobile phone's packing box, sellers receipt and under the battery. Can see it on the display when press *#06#.
(When you are buying a new phone find the IMEI number and write it down in a paper and keep it in a safe place.)
If your device is Samsung then when you paurchase a device,
Download the "Samsung Members App" and Install it and register through it.
This will support you in the future.
To register with Samsung use this link.
By using its unique IMEI number, you can recover it or can make the device to be unusable.
In Sri Lanka if you had lost your Smartphone
Police will look in to the complaint that came through their website.
Will report to TRC, Carrier and will get assistance to locate the device and to recover it even if they using it with another SIM card from another mobile phone service provider.
Or will make it as a disabled phone and it can't be used in any part of the world once it is banned using the IMEI number.
Samsung Find My Phone Support to locate the lost Samsung Device.
Open Samsung Find My Mobile through a phone or computer.
Log in the APP using your Samsung account password and username.
On the right side of the screen you will see all the options.
Google Find My Phone.
Don't take risk to recover your device with the help of your lost phone app.
Always get assistance from the local police to recover your lost mobile phone.
Public holidays, Sundays and Poya days are the best time to make low priced calls to any part of the world from Sri Lanka through out the day and night.
International country code of Sri Lanka is +94 or 0094.