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Will the Samsung Note 9 suffer the same fate as the Galaxy S9? Our screenshot above shows some of the options. Tap play a sound and the Galaxy S8 plays your ringtone at full volume.
Even if the battery is dead, Find My Device will remember the last available location to help you try to retrieve the Galaxy S8. This app works for any and all Android devices. Google recommends contacting police in theft situations, as an officer can go with you to retrieve a stolen phone. We recommend heading to findmymobile.
You can instantly erase Samsung Pay, lock the Galaxy S8, then use the map to locate it. On the top left is a drop-down arrow for those with multiple devices. Again, you can make it ring at full volume to find it at home, lock Samsung Pay or the entire device, or wipe out all data. If you know you are never getting it back, one click will enable a full device backup.
You can also delete all data stored on your device. You can track the current, approximate location of your lost device. If your device is nearby, it will sound the ringtone for 1 minute at its maximum volume, helping you find the device.
If you have lost your device, try the 'Find My Mobile' service. You can remotely locate your lost smartphone, back up data stored on the device to Samsung Cloud. Don't panic. Find My Mobile will help you locate your device and protect your data. You can even use it to unlock your phone if you forget your password or PIN .
You can also assign a family member or friend as a guardian via Find My Mobile, and let them locate your device, make it ring, and enable Emergency mode. Even if you have forgotten the screen lock code for your device e. You can reset the screen lock remotely from the Find My Mobile website. When you enable this feature, your biometric data, such as your fingerprints and irises, will also be deleted from the device.
Go to the Find My Mobile website https: All specifications and descriptions provided herein may be different from the actual specifications and descriptions for the product. Samsung reserves the right to make changes to this document and the product described herein, at anytime, without obligation on Samsung to provide notification of such change.