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How to locate your A10s?
For some unknown reason, it is possible that you have lost or someone malicious has stolen your smartphone on the street.
Unfortunately this happens very frequently but today it is possible to locate your A10s in the event of loss or theft. Through this article, we will explain the different ways to locate your Smartphone.
Firstly, you can locate your A10s through the Android device manager, secondly through Google Maps and finally, through the use of third-party applications.
Use the Android device manager to locate your A10s
Activate Android device manager
Android Device Manager is a feature of your A10s that is common to all Android devices, so you don't need to install an app. In order to prevent a possible loss or theft of your phone, you must carry out some manipulations to activate this system.
First, your A10s must be signed in to your Google account and must have internet access. Second, you need to activate the “Android Device Manager”. To do this, click on the “Settings” menu of your A10s, then go to the “Personal” section where you will press “Google”. After entering the Google settings, go to “Android Device Manager” and finally click on “Locate this device” where you will have the option to activate or not the remote lock and deletion of data.
Here is ! You have turned on location tracking to find your phone if it is lost or stolen.
Locate your A10s on Google using the Android device manager
After performing all the operations described above, you can now locate your A10s by going on the Internet. First, type "where is my phone" into the search bar of the Google search engine.
Following this, a map will appear before your eyes, where Google will try to locate your A10s where it is.
You will then have several possibilities: ring your phone, lock it if you have not protected it before or you can simply delete all the information contained on your A10s if you are sure you will never find it.
Locate your A10s from another device via Android device manager
If you don't have a computer, ask a friend to use their smartphone for a few minutes.
Don't worry, the method is simple.
See if your friend has “Android Device Manager” on their device, like on your A10s.
If your friend doesn't have it, type the name in the Google Play Store and you will find the app. Then, you can identify yourself using the “Guest” mode offered by the application and you will enter your Google identifiers on your A10s.
Do not forget, in the event of loss or theft, go to your operator so that he can block your line and your A10s then go to the competent authorities.
Locate your A10s via Google Maps
The location of your device using Google Maps exists because your A10s automatically saves the approximate location where it is located.
Before embarking on the locating your A10s via Google Maps, there are some requirements to be observed.
First of all, the device must be signed in to your Google account and it must have internet access. Finally, the reporting and location history functions, which can be found in the Google app settings on your A10s, must be enabled.
Start by going to the Google Maps site and going to the location history. Then click on today's date and click on "Show timestamps" located below the calendar.
From now on, you can see the places where your A10s has been registered, in particular by clicking on the last parking meters where you will find the last location where your device was located. Following this, we recommend that you contact the appropriate authorities to take care of this problem on your A10s.
Use third-party applications to locate your A10s
There is a wide choice of applications dedicated to locating lost devices, including your A10s.
To find all these applications, you just have to type "anti-theft" in the search bar of Google Play Store.
The most famous apps are “Where's my Droid” and “Cerberus anti-theft” which provide excellent localization of your A10s, but which turn out to only offer a short free trial period or paid options to improve the performance of the device. application. These applications are only indicative. We recommend that you read the application descriptions carefully to see if the applications are free or paid, but also to read user reviews which are of great help in choosing an anti-theft application on your A10s.
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