All the news on Nokia Lumia 520 in our articles.
How to locate your Nokia Lumia 520?
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 Nokia Lumia 520 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 Nokia Lumia 520 using 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 Nokia Lumia 520
Activate Android device manager
Android Device Manager is a feature of your Nokia Lumia 520 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 Nokia Lumia 520 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 Nokia Lumia 520, 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 Nokia Lumia 520 on Google using the Android device manager
After performing all the operations described above, you can now locate your Nokia Lumia 520 by going to 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 Nokia Lumia 520 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 Nokia Lumia 520 if you are sure you will never find it.
Locate your Nokia Lumia 520 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 Nokia Lumia 520. 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 Nokia Lumia 520. Do not forget, in the event of loss or theft, go to your operator in order to that it can block your line and your Nokia Lumia 520 then go to the competent authorities.
Locate your Nokia Lumia 520 via Google Maps
The location of your device using Google Maps exists because your Nokia Lumia 520 automatically saves the approximate location where it is located.
Before embarking on the locating your Nokia Lumia 520 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 are in the Google application settings on your Nokia Lumia 520, 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 Nokia Lumia 520 has been registered, in particular by clicking on the last time stamps where you will find the last location where your device was located. Following this, we recommend that you contact the competent authorities to take care of this problem on your Nokia Lumia 520.
Use third-party applications to locate your Nokia Lumia 520
There is a wide choice of applications dedicated to locating lost devices, including your Nokia Lumia 520. To find all of these applications, simply type “anti-theft” in the Google Play Store search bar.
The most famous applications are "Where's my Droid" and "Cerberus anti-theft" which provide excellent localization of your Nokia Lumia 520, but which turn out to only offer a short free trial period or paid options to improve the performance of your Nokia Lumia 520. the application. These applications are only indicative. We recommend that you carefully read the application descriptions to see if the applications are free or paid, but also to read user reviews which are of great help regarding the choice of an anti-theft application on your Nokia Lumia XNUMX.
Find all our articles on Nokia Lumia 520 to help you.