How to prepare your smart phone before it's stolen :)

Recently a friend of mine lost her phone during one event here in Kampala.  Her desperate looks in search for her phone were all in vain but I encouraged her to go to the security team and check the footage since cameras are installed at every corner of the building but till now I don’t think she has gotten her phone back and even if she got the footage of the thief… chances are slim that she will be able to track him down.. Anyways this got me thinking about these current smart phones that we own and how we can fully maximize them minus using them for instant messaging and social network interaction… here’s a simple way to track your phone when you misplace it or may be when it is stolen.

1.       Get AVAST mobile security and ANTI-THEFT app onto your phone… You can go to Google play and download it then set it up fully and properly... But I would recommend you not to connect it via Facebook but rather your email because nowadays some people deactivate or forget their passwords and that stuff. This app works great for me. Because you get to put an emergency number rather than your personal number where texts are sent to even when you remove the sim card from that phone. It’s just too good.  It’s available for both Android and Apple smart phones and tablets.

2.       Unfortunately this tip is for Android –based smart phones.

Google has a built-in-service in every android-based phone and tablet that helps to track your phone when it’s stolen, erase all data on it, and also permanently lock it, but it’s not enabled until you manually enable it. Just go to “Settings” > “Location & security” scroll down to “Select device administrators” and click on it… Click on “Android Device Manager” then click on “Activate “ After preferably on a computer or laptop go to www.google.com/android/devicemanager and sign in with your Gmail address that you use to download apps from Google play in on your phone or tablet. After you login, you will see your device name and other details like track, lock, erase, ring etc. which you can use when your device is misplaced or stolen. NB: “ERASE” WILL DELETE ALL THE FILES STORED ON YOUR PHONE MEMORY AND ALL APPS WHILE “LOCK” WILL PERMANENTLY LOCK YOUR PHONE FOREVER!!!

Please note that after you track your phone and get its exact location, CONTACT THE POLICE TO HELP YOU RETRIEVE IT.

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