Essential phone settings to enable before losing your device, including Find My network, location services and security features for iPhone and Android.

It is hard to think about losing a smartphone as a harmless event when with this device, people keep all sorts of data including photo and note memories, financial documents, and business letters.

Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some articles. If you make a purchase through these links, we will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more. Panic sets in when ...

Your Holiday Survival Guide to Finding a Dead or Stolen iPhone ...

Find: Visit iCloud.com/find > log in with Apple Account > All Devices > choose missing device. Note: Turn on Location Services under Settings > Privacy & Security to ...

If you have an Android phone or tablet, Google will email you soon - if it hasn’t already - to say your device will automatically beam its location anonymously to strangers’ compatible gadgets nearby.

Google’s Find My Device is arguably the best way to track down a lost Android device or supported accessories like a smartwatch. If your phone never got lost, chances are you were never really ...

Apple’s Find My network can locate an iPhone even when it is switched off, using nearby Apple devices to relay encrypted ...

One of the best iPhone features. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Find My iPhone, a feature available in Apple’s Find My app, will help you locate your lost phone. You can find it using any other ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - We've all been there. That moment of dread when you can't find your phone. Did you lose it? Was it stolen? It’s a feeling that can quickly turn into panic. "Where is it? How do I get ...