I am here with a new trick how to track a cell phone. There are many advantages of tracking a cell phone. suppose you lost your cell phone then you can find it by tracking. Apart from this you may keep an eye on your chidren or even on your enemy. So, it will be better to know how to track before you loose your cell phone. So, let’s start with:
How to track someone else’s cell phone
There may be positive and neative aspects of this tracking method. If you want to keep an eye on your children’s or employee’s cell phone then it comes under positive aspect of tracking someone else’s cell phone. In this condition, you have easy access to that person’s cellphone. So, you can can use some location sharing apps to track the location.
Social media like Facebook and twitter keep this feature. But, besides this there are some cool apps that can let you know the location of your dear one’s.
- Find My Friends : This app is very popular to keep track of your frirnds and family members. you can find this app for both iOS and Android. you have to install this app and invite friends to share their location with the help of email address or contact number. In this app, you have the facility to allow your location or hide your location. you can set up location based alert, then you will be able to track when your friend reaches at railway station or airport, your son/daughter arrives or leaves school.
- iMessage: This app is available for iPhone users. If both you and your friend use iMessage, then you can share your location with your friend.
- Hangout: This app is available for both Android and iOS. Using this app you can track your friend’s cell phone location by sharing each other’s location.
mSpy
There are many apps having similar features. But, one is very popular among hackers i.e mSpy. you can track any cell phone by this app. But, there is a condition, you have to install this app in that person’s cell phone. It is very useful for tracking over your kids and supervisioning your employee’s performance. It tracks almost all the activity of a cell phone. Its main features are as follows:-
- Read emails: you can track the incoming and outgoing emails through this app.
- Manage calls and track messages: By this app you will be able to view all incoming/outgoing call details and you can read all text messages (SMS) and MMS messages of the target person.
- Track GPS loaction: You can keep track on GPS location of the cellphone by using mSpy.
- Monitor internet usage: mSpy can keep track of URL visited and browsing history.
Besides above features, by using mSpy you can access calander and address book, read instant messages, control apps and programs, social media activties and view multimedia files.
mSpy is compatible with iOS and Android.
Download link Click here
After downloading you have to install it on the target cell phone. After installation, it will start tracking target’s cell phone. All logs will be uploaded to your mSpy account.
How to track a lost cell phone
if you have lost your cell phone, then don’t worry, you can track your lost cell phone by the following methods:-
For andriod phones
you can find approximate location on a map by Android Device Manager. Cell phone should be turned on for tracking and it should have active mobile data or wifi connection . For this, you have to open Android Device Manager app then sign in by the google account attached to your lost cell phone. You can see the approximate location of your cell phone. you can ring or lock the cell phone and even erase all the data stored on your cell phone.
Cerberus is a good alternative for this app. It is compatible with Android wear support that means track alerts will come to your smartwatch.
For iPhone
For iPhone users, Find My iPhone is very useful application. you can access it through iOS device or a browser. It works with iCloud.
- Login to iCloud website with Apple Id of your lost cell phone.
- Click on ” Find My iPhone “.
- Click on ” All devices” and select your lost device.
- Now you have three options – Play sound, Lost Mode and Erase iPhone.
- If you have lost your iPhone in home or anywhere near you then choose the Play sound option. Now, your phone will play a sound at high volume even if it is in silent mode. So,you can get your iPhone by hearing this sound.
- If you will choose the option of LOST MODE then it will lock your lost iPhone with a password given by you. You can display a message on your iPhone. you can send your address or contact no to your lost iPhone through ths message. So that the person who find your iPhone can contact you.
- Erase iPhone : if you are not able to find iPhone and it contains some private data then you can opt this option. It will erase all the data of your iPhone. but, if you have choosed Lost Mode before erase iPhone option. Then your sent message will be diisplayed after erasing the data (condition is that your lost phone should have iOS 7 )
Windows phone
For tracking your lost windows cell phone, you should be already signed in on your lost phone using Microsoft account. Now follow the steps:-
- Go to account.microsoft.com/devices . Now sign in with the Microsoft account ID of your lost windows phone.
- Now choose your phone and click on ” Find My Phone “.
- Now you can view the map with your windows phone location. you have three options: rin, Lock and Erase your Phone.
In this way you can track a cell phone.