How to Use ‘Find My Mobile’ on the Samsung Galaxy S5

We’ve all been there; the lost smartphone panic. You can’t find your phone, and someone may be trying to reach you. Who has it? What are they doing with it?

Even worse, what if they see those pics in your gallery? This is urgent — what can you do?! Before any of that happens, follow these easy steps to be able to find and/or remotely control your device to make sure your contacts’ info (and other stuff) are safe and sound, no matter what.

Remote Control!

1. Dive into Settings.

2. Scroll down and select “Security” under the “Systems” header.

3. Select “Remote Controls”.

 

4. Select “OK”.

5. Toggle the remote controls to “on”, and add your Samsung account.

Note: Make sure to have “Use wireless networks” enabled. If you don’t, this feature is useless unless you misplace your phone while logged into WiFi — and it never leaves that WiFi zone.

The Website

Go to findmymobile.samsung.com and enter your credentials on the left hand side.

From here, you can do a myriad of things. You can locate your phone based on its last cellular tower ping (this is why you want that option above selected), or remotely lock it. You can even ring it, which makes it easier to find if it’s near you.

If you choose the “Ring my device” option, you can also set-up a note that flashes across the screen. This tells whoever may have it whatever you want to tell them (be nice!).

If you like, you can even check the call logs to see if your phone is being used. If all is lost, you can wipe the device.

Have you ever lost your Galaxy S5? Did you have “find my mobile” set up? TEll us in the comments section below!