I’ve looked everywhere, but it seems your phone is missing. To press! You may be able to find it through the following steps.

Lost your phone: Here’s how to find it

From passwords, banking to messaging: we share our joys and sorrows with our smartphones. So it’s understandable that many people panic a little when they lose track of their devices.

You’ve probably already tried the most obvious tip: communication. You can try to access your own phone via another device. However, this advice does not always work, for example, because the smartphone is in silent mode.

In this case, try Google’s Find My Device option. You can know the location of the device via this function. On the outside, you can also reset your Android phone to factory settings remotely.

Play Sound plays sounds from the lost phone, even if silent mode is on. Device Safe locks the lost device using the PIN, pattern or password you set. Furthermore, you’re logged out of your Google account remotely, so thieves can’t access it.

Don’t see your phone?

Can’t see your phone again? It is of no use to you now, but by configuring this function correctly on the next phone, you may prevent the current situation from recurring.

For example, it’s helpful to know that Find My Device only works when the phone is turned on (still has power), connected to the Internet (via WiFi or mobile data) and signed in to a Google account.

The Find My Device option must also be enabled. You can find this in the Settings menu of your Android phone. Specific instructions vary by brand, but you’ll likely find Find My Device under “Google.”

Google Maps Timeline

Google Maps is the most popular navigation app and requires a lot of permissions. Many people, often without realizing it, give permission to have all the websites they visit tracked.

In this case that might work well. via Google Maps Timeline You can find out the travel history of your phone. This way you can check where and when the smartphone last sent a signal, and perhaps start searching from there.

The phone was stolen, what now?

So much for all the ways to locate a lost phone. Are you almost certain that the device has already been lost, or perhaps even stolen? Then try wiping the phone remotely via Google’s Find My Device website as described above.

Remember that this is a very crucial procedure. After the factory reset, all your apps, files, and personal messages will be deleted. Moreover, after this hard reset, you can no longer know the location of the device.

Next, it’s time to block your SIM card. Please contact the provider for this purpose. Most parties allow you to block a SIM card via an online environment or application, or by contacting customer service.

SIM blocking is important because thieves can, for example, obtain expensive subscriptions using your phone number. You can also become a victim of identity fraud, for example.

In the event of theft, it is wise to report it to the police. Nowadays, you can commit relatively minor crimes Online advertising a job. Registration is done via DigiD. Many people use their phones for this purpose, but you can also log in with your driver’s license or ID card.

Insurance business

Depending on how you are insured, you may be able to get a portion of the purchase price back. In the article below, we dive into the (sometimes confusing) world of phone insurance. You may be partially insured against theft without even realizing it.

Read more: Phone insurance: necessary or a waste of money?