{"id":1163,"date":"2015-04-19T22:47:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T10:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2015-04-19T22:47:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T10:47:25","slug":"how-to-find-your-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/technology\/smart-phones\/how-to-find-your-phone","title":{"rendered":"How to find your phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Install these apps <strong>before<\/strong> you need them! And configure them as mentioned.<\/p>\n<h2>Android<\/h2>\n<p>If you haven't here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/faq\/id-2316485\/enable-google-location-reporting-android.html\">how to enable google location reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.adm\">Android Device Manager<\/a> - If you haven't previously installed the app, head over to the web interface at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/android\/devicemanager\">www.google.com\/android\/devicemanager<\/a> anyhow you might have location tracking enabled but not know it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/locationhistory\/b\/0\">Google Location History<\/a> - This site can make cool animated maps showing you were your stolen phone went.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1164\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.46.42-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1164\" class=\"wp-image-1164 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.46.42-pm-150x150.png\" alt=\"Google Location History\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.46.42-pm-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.46.42-pm-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.46.42-pm-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Location History<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.alienmanfc6.wheresmyandroid\">Wheres My Droid<\/a> - installed this on the phone <em>before<\/em> you loose it BUT also do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>slightly modify the attention words with !@#$ type symbols<\/li>\n<li>press the \"Email me my attention words\" so you can get at the when you most need them<\/li>\n<li>create memorable attention words for Ring and GPS Location features<\/li>\n<li>setup white noise siren, flash the flash light, and vibrate etc rings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Apple iOS<\/h2>\n<p>Login to icloud.com\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icloud.com\/#find\">Find My Phone<\/a> section. <em><strong>Do this ahead of time before you need it!<\/strong><\/em> Make sure you can see and locate all your devices\u00c2\u00a0there and test it out a bit.<\/p>\n<p>On your Macs you would need to have enabled the iCloud in your System Preferences beforehand also.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.57.42-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1166 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.57.42-pm-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-19 at 9.57.42 pm\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.57.42-pm-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.57.42-pm-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-9.57.42-pm-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Install these apps before you need them! And configure them as mentioned. Android If you haven&#8217;t here is how to enable google location reporting. Android Device Manager &#8211; If you haven&#8217;t previously installed the app, head over to the web interface at www.google.com\/android\/devicemanager anyhow you might have location tracking enabled but not know it. 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