Questions tagged [find-my-device]
Use this tag for questions specifically about remote services to find and locate registered Android devices, such as Google's "Find My Device", Samsung's "Find My Mobile", Xiaomi Mi's "Find Device", etc. For questions about lost phones in general, use the [lost-phone] tag instead.
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How to have Moto Tag be listed in Find My Device?
I bought a Motorola Moto Tag.
I can pair the tag, I can see it in the companion Moto Tag app. Here, I can let the Moto Tag ring.
Yet if I follow the button to find my device on the map, I see Google's ...
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My phone has been reset using find my device, is it illegal? how do i disable it? [duplicate]
Posted on Google by me, Nov 9, 2024
Urgent: Account Security Issue
My employees informed me that the main animator's phone (Infinix) was used to reset all devices connected to our shared account via '...
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Find My Device - Is 2FA No Longer Required?
I've done a bit of experimentation which is related to this question.
2FA has been active on accounts, however, Find My Device seems to no longer require the second factor - only password is required. ...
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Google's "Find My Device" shows confusing, delayed information
My Samsung Android phone was stolen 10 days ago while on vacation in Rome. I used Google's 'Find My Device' from my Android tablet a couple of hours after the theft; it said the phone was in ...
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Enable "Find my device" on just one account
I have two Google accounts on my phone. My personal one and a corporate one. Currently, from any machine logged in either accounts, I can find my device.
Although there's nothing nefarious about my ...
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Find My Device without working Wi-Fi e.g. because it connected to public Wi-Fi that has a captive portal
To my understanding, Find My Device needs to connect to the Internet to work. I know that sometimes there is the last-seen location, but this doesn't always seem to work. Sometimes my phone connects ...
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Power off requires password for all android phone [duplicate]
One of my relatives dropped their phone and someone picked it up and turned it off. Now there is no way to locate it as Find My Device does not show it anymore.
I have an Android 12 device and there ...
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Google prompt won't show up after I flashed my phone
2-Step enabled, and I keeped backup codes.
This is what I did:
Before I flashed my phone, I logout my google account.
Then after I flashed my phone, I logged in google accout from my phone by using ...
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Is Phone still usable after Google Find my device erase device
well, the question says it all. I was playing around with google find my device and messed up. The worse thing, I was using my father's phone and not mine.
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After i used find-my-device - secure ...
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How to disable wipe my phone option on ADM for me and for anyone else who have access to my account
So, I recently recalled how my account was compromised years ago, and the hacker proceeded to delete two of my old devices. It was frustrating because not only was my account gone, but so was all of ...
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How to unlock my device after locking with Google's “Find My Device”?
I now have my phone (Xiaomi Redmi 4), but it's locked from Google's "Find My Device". Everyone keeps talking about a password option in Find My Device, but nothing like that exists! How do I ...
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How do Google and Samsung's "Find My Device" service can bypass Android's Secured Lock Screen?
As I know, when the phone is locked that means it has been encrypted.
So how do Google and Samsung's "Find My Device" service bypass Android's Secured Lock Screen? Does it mean they have our ...
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Change device on Google's Find My Device?
I just had one of my Android phones stolen. Thankfully it was just a backup burner phone, but I still used my Google account on it. I thought I should be able to either find or wipe it from Google's ...
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Unable to use Android Device Manager to reset my Password
I recently locked my Nexus 7 (2013) having Android 5.0.2 with a password, which I forgot. I, then, thought to use Device Manager, since I've authorized it from Google Settings to make changes, such as ...
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Are administrative permissions for remote disabling of phone the same as root?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.3. If I choose the option for remote disabling the phone if the phone is lost or stolen, it asks for some administrative permissions.
Are these permissions ...
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