大约十年前，丢手机(phone wasn)没什么大不了的。如果您丢失了手机，则会丢失一些文件和保存在其中的一些联系人。然后，您可以轻松地从各种其他来源获取这些数据。然而，现在是 2019 年，丢失手机已成为一件大事。丢失手机意味着你失去了一切。(you lose everything.)
这仅仅是因为我们在生活中所做的几乎所有事情都依赖手机。从我们的个人信息到我们的专业文件，我们生活中的所有珍贵物品都存储在我们的手机上。因此，我们根本不能失去这个我们一直如此依赖的智能小工具。
不过幸运的是，只要您使用的是Android 设备(Android device)，您就有一个叫做Google Find My Device的东西，它可以帮助您定位和锁定您的设备，以防设备丢失。如果您关心手机的数据，则应考虑在设备上设置此功能以备不时之需。
查找我的设备兼容的 Android设备(Devices)
在继续之前，请务必确定您的 Android 设备是否与“查找我的设备”(Find My Device)兼容。虽然大多数手机使用该功能不会有问题，但有一些手机不支持它。
该功能在您的设备上运行的主要要求是您的设备必须运行Android 4.0或更高版本。这可以在您的设备上通过Settings > About phone进行验证。
如果您确认您的手机运行此版本或更新版本的Android，请继续阅读本指南的其余部分。
下载并设置查找我的设备
查找
我的设备(My Device)实际上是官方 Google Play 商店中提供的应用程序。您需要下载它，然后对其进行配置，以便它可以在您的Android 设备(Android device)上正常工作。
- 在您的设备上启动Google Play Store应用程序，(Google Play Store)然后搜索(device and search)并安装Google Find My Device。
- 启动应用程序，选择您想在应用程序中使用的Google 帐户，然后点击(Google account)Continue As NAME其中NAME是保存在您的Google 个人资料(Google profile)中的名称。
- 该应用程序依靠您手机的GPS来查找您的位置。系统将提示您允许该应用访问您的位置。点击允许(Allow)这样做。
该应用程序已安装并完全配置。您已准备好开始使用该服务。
使用 Google 查找您的手机 查找我的设备
现在是您丢失设备的时候了。也许把手机放在一个单独的房间里，让你觉得你的设备丢了，你需要找回它。或者把它交给住在几个街区外的朋友，让整个事情看起来(thing look)更真实。
- 完成此操作后，以下过程将帮助您在地图上找到设备。
- 在您的浏览器(browser and head)中打开一个新选项卡，然后前往“查找我的设备”网站(Find My Device website)。
- 网站加载后，它会自动获取您设备的当前位置，您会在屏幕上看到设备位置。(device location)
- 您可以单击设备名称(device name)旁边的i图标以查看您设备的最后在线时间。这很有用，它会告诉您您的设备上次连接到Internet的时间。
- 如果您不想打开特定站点来查找您的设备，您甚至可以使用简单的Google 搜索(Google search)来定位您的设备。只需在 Google 上搜索(Simply search)查找我的设备，Google就会(find my device)找到(Google and Google)该设备并将其显示在搜索结果中(in your search results)的地图上。为您节省了几次点击。
在您的设备(Your Device)上远程播放声音(A Sound)
您可以从手机上的“查找我的设备”(Find My Device)站点执行各种操作。其中之一是在您的设备上远程播放声音。
如果您认为您的设备距离很近，并且如果它播放了声音就可以找到它，您可以使用“播放声音(Play Sound)”功能。
当您在“查找我的设备”站点(Find My Device site)时，单击左侧边栏中的“播放声音”(Play Sound)
选项。它会在您的设备上播放声音，以便您找到它。它甚至可以在您的手机处于振动或静音模式时工作。
向设备(Device)添加恢复消息和电话号码(Recovery Message And Phone Number)
如果您认为有人知道您的联系方式会退还您的设备，这将非常方便。
查找我的设备(My Device)可让您在设备上显示恢复消息(recovery message)和电话号码(phone number)，以便当有人找到该设备时，他们知道该设备属于谁并可以与您联系。
单击左侧边栏中的安全设备(Secure Device)，您将能够输入要在设备上显示的自定义消息(custom message)和电话号码(phone number)。希望(Hopefully)有人会阅读该消息并尝试与您联系以退回设备。
远程擦除(Erase All)设备(Device)上的
所有数据(Data)
如果您对取回设备失去了所有希望，您可能需要擦除设备上存储的所有数据。这是为了确保访问您设备的任何人都无法读取您的任何数据。
单击左侧边栏中的擦除设备(Erase Device)以开始擦除您的设备。请记住，它会删除您设备上存储的所有文件和设置(remove all the files and settings stored on your device)。
此外，一旦设备被擦除，您将无法使用
Find My Device找到它。
如果您在启动
擦除过程时(erase procedure)设备(device isn)未连接到Internet，它将在下次上线时开始擦除。
结论
虽然无法确定在设备丢失或被盗后找回设备的方法，但您可以采取一些措施来提高将设备安全归还给您的几率。
“查找我的设备”(My Device)是一项出色的功能，可用于定位您的设备并让您更轻松地归还手机。
How To Set Up & Use Find My Device On Android
A decade or so ago, losing а phone wasn’t a big deal. If you lost your phone, you lost a few files and a hаndful of contacts savеd on it. You could then easily get this data frоm varіous other sources. However, it’s now 2019 where losing a phone has become a really big deal. Losing your phone means you lose everything.
It’s simply because we rely on our phones for almost everything we do in our life. From our personal messages to our professional documents, all of the precious items in our life are stored on our phones. So we simply can’t afford to lose this smart gadget that we have been so reliant upon.
Fortunately, though, as long as you use an Android device, you have something called Google Find My Device that helps you locate and lock your device in case the device goes missing. If you care about your phone’s data, you should consider setting this feature up on your device for the rainy days.
Find My Device
Compatible Android Devices
Before
you continue, it’s important that you find out if your Android
device is compatible with Find My Device. While most phones won’t
have an issue using the feature, there are a few phones that don’t
support it.
The main requirement for the feature to work on your device is that your device must be running Android 4.0 or later. This can be verified on your device from Settings > About phone.
If you’ve confirmed your phone runs this or a newer version of Android, continue with the rest of this guide.
Download And Set Up Find My Device
Find
My Device is actually an app available on the official Google Play
Store. You need to download it and then configure it so it works
properly with your Android device.
- Launch the Google Play Store app on your device and search for and install Google Find My Device.
- Launch the app, select the Google account you’d like to use with the app, and tap on Continue As NAME where NAME is the name saved in your Google profile.
- The app relies on your phone’s GPS to find your location. You’ll be prompted to allow the app to access your location. Tap on Allow to do it.
The app has been installed and fully configured. You are ready to start using the service.
Find Your Phone Using
Google Find My Device
Now it’s time you lose your device. Maybe place the phone in a separate room to get the feeling that you’ve lost your device and you need to find it. Or give it to your friend who lives a few blocks away to make the whole thing look more real.
- Once you’ve done that, the following procedure will help you locate the device on a map.
- Open a new tab in your browser and head over to the Find My Device website.
- Soon as the site loads, it’ll automatically fetch the current location of your device and you’ll see the device location on your screen.
- You may click on the i icon next to your device name to see the last online time for your device. This is useful and it tells you the last time your device was connected to the Internet.
- If you don’t want to open a particular site to find your device, you can even locate your device using a simple Google search. Simply search for find my device on Google and Google will locate the device and show it on a map in your search results. Saves you a few clicks.
Remotely Play A Sound
On Your Device
There are various actions you can perform from the Find My Device site on your phone. One of these is remotely playing a sound on your device.
If you think your device is in close proximity and you’ll be able to find it if it played a sound, you can use the Play Sound feature.
While
you’re on the Find My Device site, click on the Play Sound
option in the left sidebar. It’ll play a sound on your device for
you to locate it. It even works when your phone is in vibration or
silent mode.
Add a Recovery Message And Phone Number To The Device
This is really handy if you think someone will return your device if they knew your contact details.
Find My Device lets you display a recovery message and a phone number on your device, so that when someone finds the device, they know who the device belongs to and can contact you.
Click
on Secure Device in the left sidebar and you’ll be able to
enter a custom message and a phone number to be displayed on your
device. Hopefully, someone will read the message and try to get in
touch with you to return the device.
Remotely Erase All
The Data On The Device
If
you’ve lost all hope of getting the device back, you may want to
erase all the data stored on the device. It is to ensure that whoever
gets access to your device cannot read any of your data.
Click on Erase Device in the left sidebar to begin erasing your device. Keep in mind it’ll remove all the files and settings stored on your device.
Also,
once the device is erased, you won’t be able to locate it using
Find My Device.
If
the device isn’t connected to the Internet when you initiate the
erase procedure, it will start to erase the next time it comes
online.
Conclusion
While there’s no sure way to get your device back once it’s lost or stolen, there are a few things you can do to improve the odds of getting your device safely returned to you.
Find My Device is an excellent feature to locate your device and to do things that make returning the phone easier.
