Step 1: Install Android Lost remotely
Install the Android Lost app remotely via Google Play in
your browser and it will
be installed on your phone remotely. As
already mentioned, your phone still
needs to be connected to your Google
account. Otherwise, this won’t work.
Step 2: Activate Android Lost (not working on Android 3.0+)
If you are still in the possession of your smartphone or
tablet then all you need
to do is starting the app. But this is,
obviously, probably not the case if you lost
your phone. So, to register
your device remotely, send an SMS with the text
“androidlost register”
to your phone. This SMS can be sent from any phone. This
will trigger
Android Lost to register itself using your Google account credentials.
If you own a tablet, SMS might not be an option. In that case, install
“AndroidLost Jumpstart” before you install the actual Android Lost app. It will
jump start the registration process when Android Lost is being installed.
Step 3: Log in to the Android Lost website
Visit the Android Lost website and
sign in using your Google account. After
doing that, you should have
access to all remote control features such as the following:
- Read the latest SMS on your phone
- Force your phone to play a loud alarm with a flashing screen. Perfect if you misplaced your device.
- Get the location of your device
- Lock and unlock your phone
- Wipe your entire phone so no private data falls into the wrong hands
- Erase the SD card
- Use the camera to make pictures (front or rear camera) to get a nice shot of the nice person who took your device.
- …here’s the complete feature list
Note that it can take a while for the registration process to complete.
