Samsung’s Find My Mobile function allows to locate, lock and/or wipe device remotely, which is necessary if Galaxy device is lost.
User need to be signed into Samsung account in order to use Find My Mobile. And to utilize the tools available in the Find My Mobile section, user needs to enable the Remote Controls feature on mobile device before this service can be accessed.
How to enable Remote Control feature
From the home screen of Samsung device, swipe up and choose Settings. Open the Security and privacy tab, expand Find My Mobile tools.Once expanded, hit the toggle to turn on the Find My Mobile.
Tap the switches to turn on the listed tools namely Allow this phone to be found, Remote unlock, Send last location, Retrieve calls and messages, and Offline finding.
How to enable Retrieve calls and messages
If user has lost Samsung Galaxy device or it gets misplaced/stolen.
Find my mobile will show the last 50 numbers that device has made or received, for calls and messages. To recover, first login into SmartThings Find using Samsung Account on a PC or secondary device and follow the below-mentioned steps.
- On the Find My Mobile page, click Retrieve calls/messages
- Click Retrieve
- The last 50 numbers will display on screen
