If there is one thing that annoys, it is to lose your smartphone or worse, to be robbed.And that those to whom it has never happened do not rejoice too quickly, many are those who go there (even if we do not wish you).

Lack of attention, clumsiness or unfortunately the work of malicious people can make you lose your precious mobile companion.Fortunately, whether Android, iOS, Windows Phone or Blackberry, it is now possible to locate your smartphone remotely.And as we are nice, here is how to do.On all bones, yes yes.Here we go !

Android: aircraft manager

It is thanks to the Android devices manager that everything is possible.This is the basic solution for Android terminals that allows you many things, you can locate your smartphone (or tablet), ring it if you have lost it, lock it with a password or delete the dataof this one.

How to locate, lock or reset your phone remotely?

We will start at the start, you will first have to activate this Android devices manager.In reality, this service will need directors on your phone.To do this, follow these few steps, illustrative images are present so that you can perform all the steps without any problem.

A partir de votre ordinateur

A partir de votre appareil Android

Description of possible actions

Thanks to the previous steps you have carried out, you now have access to the Android device manager.This will allow you to use four main elements, the first is the location of your device.By clicking on the GPS icon the website will position a point on the card, it will be the position of your device.For the other elements, I will describe them in detail below.

Faire sonner votre appareil

In case of loss, here is your best ally.This option will only serve you when you have lost your device in your current house, apartment or closed place.By clicking on “Ringing”, it will trigger a special ringtone on your smartphone at the maximum volume for 5 minutes without interruption.Even if your device is silent, the ringtone will sound at its maximum.

All the places where your devices can fall are no longer your enemies, you just have to go to the Internet and ring them.

Verrouiller votre appareil avec un mot de passe

This option will be useful to you in a little more serious moment.Have you lost your phone, but there's a chance to make it in a public place?Before you even start looking for it, you should lock it with a password to prevent anyone from entering your intimate and professional screw.

Just select “lock” and you can define a password to lock the device.You can also define a recovery message that will appear on the screen of your device, if you want to ask the person who has found it to make it.In the same branch, a phone number can also be displayed to allow the one who will have it in hand to contact you quickly.

Effacer les données de votre appareil

This is the last possible option, when you fall back on it, it is that all the others did not work.You can erase all of your phone data by resetting it through this service.Your applications, photos, videos, music, settings will be deleted in full.Your SD card will also be emptied of its content, normally in full.

The bad sides of this practice are that then you will no longer be able to act on your phone, no location will be possible and the operation is irreversible.Don't do this on a whim, but really when you know you can't find it.

A very efficient manager, but not perfect

This Android devices manager allows you to do many things, it's a certainty.But this one is not perfect and will surely not be able to be one day.First, most actions need an internet connection to work, if your device does not capture or if it has no battery, it's screwed up.Second, all your data will be collected by Google, for your property normally.

In addition, your Gmail account will then become even more important and you will need to secure it as much as possible.Yes, because if you are flying your Gmail account, the thief will then have access to all your Google services, but also to the options listed above.

iOS: Locate my iPhone

As on Android, iOS requires an activation before its location service called “Locate my iPhone”. Pour les utilisateurs du smartphone de la marque à la Pomme, il suffit donc de se rendre dans : Réglages > iCloud > Localiser mon iPhone.Here it is activated.

When this service is activated, you just have to go to the site www.iCloud.com from any Mac or PC.There, you will have to enter your Apple Ides and Passwords and you will be able to use the “Locate” service.

The interface could not be simpler: at the top of the page you can choose the device you want to locate from all those on which iCloud is configured.Almost all Apple devices can be located: Mac, iPhone, iPad.

As with the Android devices manager, when you click the icon representing your device, you can unlock it, erase all its content or even ring it.As for an Android device.

Windows Phone: Locate my phone

As its Microsoft competitors has equipped its Windows Phone Mobile OS with a functionality to find its lost or stolen smartphone.The procedure is the same as for others, you must first activate the service. Utilisateurs Windows Phone, rendez-vous dans : Paramètres > Confidentialité > Localiser mon téléphone.Touch “Save the location…”

Then, if you want to locate your Windows Phone smartphone, you will have to go to the Microsoft devices management page: account.microsoft.Com/Devices.Take your identifiers and then click on “Locate my phone”.Again, it is possible to erase the contents of the device, lock it or ring it.

Blackberry BB10: Blackberry Protect

Who says security system necessarily says blackberry.The Canadian is due to his reputation and offers a protective service called Blackberry Protect.Please note, this service is only available for users of the latest version of the firm's bone, BB10.

To access it in Settings and then BlackBerry Protect.Activate the service simply by sliding the cursor to the right and by entering your BlackBerry ID identifiers.Then to locate your smartphone, go to the Blackberry Protect website and identify yourself.

Like the services of other platforms, Blackberry Protect allows you to display the location of your device, make it ring or to erase its content (including SD card).But you can also display a message on the screen or even declare the stolen device, in which case it will no longer be saved to BlackBerry.But the good news is that you can continue to locate it.Not bad is not it ?