Mobile phones have become an integral part of our lives, be it to communicate with friends, family, or colleagues, to carry out certain tasks, etc. You can't live without your cell phone all day, SO; Losing your cell phone will greatly affect your personal and professional life. However, if you have ever used a Samsung phone and lost it, you can easily track its location and access it through Samsung (SmartThings Find) service.
What is this service and how can you use it to find your lost Samsung phone?
First, what is the SmartThings Find app?
SmartThings Find is a Samsung service that you can access from any web browser. Similar to Apple's Find My service, it helps you locate and control your Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet remotely.
SmartThings search gives you access to many features such as: (location tracking) Location tracking to have your device automatically send an updated location every 15 minutes. The ringtone feature, which is the ability to lock your screen and display a message with your contact information so that anyone who finds your phone can contact you.
Second, how to enable SmartThings Find:
Before you can use the SmartThings Find app, you need to launch it so that you can find your lost phone. To do this, follow these steps:
- Go to Settings (Settings) of your Samsung Galaxy phone.
- Scroll down and click on the Security & Privacy option.
- Click on the Find my phone option and select (Allow this phone to be discovered).
- You will see a list of many options, select the “Allow this phone to be detected” option.
- For additional security, enable additional options in the menu: remote unlock, send last location, and offline search.
3. How to use the SmartThings Find app to locate a lost Samsung phone:
If you've lost your phone and need to find it, go to the Smart Things Find website in your browser and sign in with your Samsung account. Visit the website for a list of Samsung devices found by the service.
When the service finds your lost device's location, it displays it on a map, and if your device is connected to Wi-Fi or mobile data, you can see the battery level and the type of Internet connection.
SmartThings Find can find a lost device when it's unlocked and offline. That's why Samsung introduced a feature that lets you adjust power settings remotely via SmartThings Find to extend the battery life of lost devices and give you more time to find them before they go broke.
fourth; What do you do after locating your phone via the SmartThings Find app?
If you lose your phone and SmartThings Find finds it, you can follow the instructions to find it, but you might want to make sure it's not in someone else's possession.
The service allows you to check your phone's location every 15 minutes, allowing you to determine if your phone is somewhere and no one has taken it, or if it is with someone. If the phone's location changes after 15 minutes, you'll know someone took it. In this case, you can use the ringer function to access your phone.
(SmartThings Find) service can help you locate your lost Samsung phone more accurately, and with the ringtone feature, the phone will be loud no matter what ring pattern you set before you lost the phone, no matter it is loud or quiet. To call a lost phone, follow these steps:
- On the SmartThings finder page, tap on the Ringtone option.
- In the pop-up window, select Start.
- The device will beep for a minute for you to access.