You don’t have to pull your hair and get furious while finding your lost Samsung S6. Many people suffer through this grave problem of forgetting where we put our smartphones and then spending hours finding them. Knowing it’s not stolen, it’s somewhere in the house or office but on silent mode. So you can’t call it, and it will ring to tell you, “Hey, I am Here.” In other situations, you have misplaced your phone or if it has been stolen. You can use this guide to track it, make it ring, delete the data present, or locate a lost Galaxy S6.
Even sometimes, friends hide your phone just to create a panic that your phone has been stolen. So here is a trick that will ring and locate lost Galaxy S6 even if it is on silent mode. There are actually two methods to do this. One method helps you ring and locate a lost Samsung Galaxy S6 via Android Find my Device and the other method locates your phone via Samsung’s service named Find My Mobile.
How to track and locate lost Galaxy S6:
Moving on to the guide. Following methods to locate a lost S6 are really easy to implement, but there are some conditions for logging into your Gmail account or your Samsung account on your lost phone. That’s why I am mentioning two methods, so if you only have access to either your Google account or your Samsung account. Then, you can make it ring and find your lost phone using that service. For both methods to work, you only have to have a PC, Laptop, or some other smartphone with access to the internet. Also that, you don’t have to download any third-party software on your PC in order to ring and locate lost Galaxy S6.
Ring, Track, and Locate lost Samsung Galaxy S6 via Android. Find my device:
On every Android Device, you can use the Google service named Android Find my device. It allows you to locate your lost phone and ring it; Even if it is on silent mode, lock it. So your data does not get into the wrong hands. Or if you’re sure that you will never be able to get your hands on your lost Samsung Galaxy S6 again. You can use this service to wipe all your personal information from it, including contacts, email, and pictures. This is a beneficial service. In the steps mentioned below, I will tell you how you can ring and locate lost Galaxy S6 using the Android Find my device. It’s just a simple two-step process.
- First of all, you have to Log in to Android Find my device from the same Google/Gmail account that you use on your Galaxy S6 to buy apps from the google play store or other activities on your Android phone.
- Now open Android Find my device from the link below on your laptop or another smartphone.
Android Find my device.
- To log in to Android Find my device, use the same Gmail account that you used on your phone when you first used your phone and signed up for Google Play Store.
- After logging in, you will see a map. It will pinpoint your device location. If your phone is no longer connected to the internet. You will see the date and time when it was last online.
- There you will also see an option to ring your phone.
- Click on Ring; Now, your lost Samsung Galaxy S6 will ring for 5 minutes unless you find it and press the power button to make it stop ringing.
That’s it. I hope this method will help you ring and locate lost Galaxy S6. If you don’t remember your Gmail account credentials on your lost Samsung Galaxy S6, you can try method 2 below. It might be helpful to bring back your lost phone.
Ring, Track and locate lost Galaxy S6 Via Samsung Find my mobile
Moving on to the following method on tracking and locating lost Galaxy S6. Well, if Android Find my device didn’t work out for you, pray that you had a Samsung account on your lost device.
Samsung Find my device service allows you to perform several tasks on your phone remotely using your PC or Laptop. For example, you can unlock your device, make it ring, and you can also wipe all the data from your S6 using this service.
Following are the steps on how to ring and locate a lost Galaxy S6:
- First of all, open Samsung’s Find my Mobile website.
- Now you have to Login using the Samsung account credentials. (If you don’t remember your email and password, click on forget password and recover your details).
- After logging in. You’ll see several remote services that you can perform on your Galaxy S6.
- Select Ring.
- Now your lost Samsung S6 will ring for 5 minutes, even if it’s silent. After finding it, you can make it stop ringing by pressing the power button.
This is a handy trick in order to ring, track and locate a lost Galaxy S6. Using this, you can also catch the person hiding your phone or who stole it.
That’s it from my side. I hope this guide was helpful to ring and locate lost Samsung Galaxy S6. If you have any issue regarding this guide or the above-mentioned services, Android Find my device or Samsung find my mobile. Let us know in the comments. If this guide helped you locate your device, share your story about how you lost it and from where it was found. Cheers.