How to find a xiaomi phone if it is lost. How to find a lost Xiaomi phone

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What to do if you lost your Xiaomi smartphone? To find it, there are two simple ways that we will look at in this article. Please note that for a successful search, GPS must be activated on your phone or the Internet must be turned on.

Method No. 1: search using the Mi Cloud cloud service

Still don't have a Mi account? Then it's time for him. If you already have it, go to Settings > Mi Account > Mi Cloud

Here you need to activate the “Search for device” function (or Find device)

Now, in case of loss, go to the site i.mi.com, enter your username and password. There is a possibility that the page will open in Chinese; you can change it by clicking on the icon at the top with a planet icon. We are interested in the item Find device.

A map and a list of available devices will open. Click on the name and its position will be indicated on the map.

At the bottom of the screen you will see four icons:

Located
Noise
Lost mode
Wipe devise

Everything is clear with the first one - it indicates a place on the map, let's figure out the rest.

Noise - sound signal

This button turns on the beep at maximum volume. If Xiaomi is lost nearby, you will be able to hear it. You can turn off the signal manually on the device itself.

Lost mode - remote device blocking

You can lock your phone so that no one can use it. You will see a message like this:

The device will be locked if it is turned on and can be unlocked after correctly entering the login and password for the Mi account
If the SIM card has been replaced, you will be notified

Wipe device - erase all data

If you see that the phone is already far away and cannot be returned, you can take care of the safety of your personal data by completely clearing all memory. This will delete files both from the smartphone’s memory and from the SD card.

Method #2: Search using Google

For this method, you will need a Google account and, of course, it must be added to your smartphone.

To find your Xiaomi go to the page google.com/android/devicemanager and enter the details of the Google account linked to the smartphone. In addition to the map, you will see the name of the device (in our case it is Xiaomi Redmi 3S) and the menu:

Here, as in the case of Mi Cloud, you can ring the device, block or erase all data.

Mi account allows you to search for your phone if it is lost or stolen. If you know your account login and password, you can also lock your phone to prevent unauthorized access to information stored on your device.

Today we will take a closer look at several ways to help you find a mobile phone if it is lost.

When creating an account, it is important to remember not only the password, but also the login to access the system. If there is no data, you will not be able to go through remote authorization to set the location of the smartphone.

Mi account on Xiaomi phones is an analogue of Cloud for smartphones and tablets on iOS. It is advisable to register in the system immediately after purchasing a smartphone. You will not only get access to additional cloud storage for storing personal data, you will be able to synchronize calendar data, notes, phone book and messages to quickly restore lost information, but also remotely search for your smartphone in case of loss.

How to find a phone through Mi account:

through the special Xiaomi website after logging into your Mi account;
via Google maps after logging into your Google Account.

How to activate the smartphone detection function in case of loss

It is important not only to create an account in the Mi service, but also to activate the search function in the system settings.

The process includes the following steps:

How to find a phone from a computer

How to find a phone through Mi account from a computer:

Using the service you can also choose further actions:

Turn on the sound signal on the gadget for quick detection.
Lock your device to prevent unauthorized access to files.
Erase all personal information stored on your phone.

Interesting! After activating the sound signal, the phone starts playing the signal at full volume; you cannot lower the sound level using the keys on the phone. There is also no way to leave a sound signal; the melody will stop playing only after the phone is unlocked.

Via Google

You can find your phone not only using the official Xiomi website, but also through Google maps. To activate this feature, you need to add your Google Account to the “Other Accounts” tab on your phone and activate the data synchronization function.

In case of loss or theft, you can find your phone through your Mi account in the following way:

Using a browser on your computer, go to the device search page google.com/android/devicemanager;
Log in to the system using your username and password;
Select the device whose location you want to set;
If the Internet or GPS transmitter is activated on the phone, the approximate location of the device will be displayed on the map;
Using the service, you can also make a call to the device, block the gadget, or erase all personal data from it.

Keep in mind that if the phone is turned off at the time of the request, it will be almost impossible to track it. The map may only show the approximate location recorded by satellites when you last connected to the network.

There are situations that we cannot predict. For example, the loss or theft of a phone. In the modern world, we can no longer imagine ourselves without this multifunctional gadget. After all, this is not only the loss of the device itself, but also the loss of information, which can cause even greater damage than the device itself.

Now, all the necessary data is stored in one device, these are bank cards, which we use to easily pay from a smartphone. As well as various applications with a linked card that do not require confirmation to write off funds. And if it falls into unscrupulous hands, big problems can arise.

The first thought that arises when you lose your phone is what to do, what to grab and where to run.

First you need to calm down and take the necessary steps. Such as saving information, blocking, to prevent the device from falling into the wrong hands and even the possible return of the mobile.

In searching for xiaomi, nowadays, we can use the most advanced methods. No one gives us a 100% guarantee, but it is possible to find out about its approximate location for further search activities. To solve the problem, we can do a “smartphone search” through the website. In addition, it is possible to call a mobile phone, erase information from a gadget, or lock the device.

Activate the search through your Mi Cloud account.

Let's move on:

Settings
Mi Account
Mi Cloud

Switch the detection of your device to the active position. Now your phone can be easily found on i.mi.com

Connecting phone control remotely

To connect remote access, go to the settings of redmi or redmi 5, go to the section “ Safety", and then - " Device Administrators" Select the item “ Remote control”.

After these steps, we enable the transfer of geodata (in Google settings) and location history.

To be able to return a lost or stolen device, you need to do some preliminary work. Without which, unfortunately, it will be very difficult to find a device. Just like a car alarm is set in advance, before a possible theft. It's a similar story with the phone.

Looking for a phone via Mi cloud

We go to the site, enter the same login and password as on your mobile. We get to our office. We make sure that our device is online, then click on search. After which, the location of your smartphone will appear on the Google map.

In order for the phone to ring loudly, we find the Alarm button there (turn on the bell). As soon as we press, the phone will ring at maximum volume.

This method is convenient if you know approximately the location of the device.

Locking a smartphone can also be done on the Mi website. Click on the block button, or in other words lock. We dial a 4-digit PIN code, confirm the action, the phone is blocked. Then we remove the block by entering the same password as on the website.

Deleting personal information using Mi Cloud

To erase data from a lost Xiaomi, click on the Wipe line. After that, confirm the action and press the Erase data button. And finally, the Delete button. If everything is done according to the scheme, then our data will be deleted, both from the phone and from the memory card.

Another way to find xiaomi is through Google

Having a personal Google account, using android device manager, it is possible to track your mobile.

MIUI is based on Android from Google, so many of the parameters are the same. And when you lose your phone, you can find it on a Google map. To do this, you need to log into your Google account on xiaomi. Then we track the phone in Google Maps when connected to the Internet.

Search in Google browser.

Finding by application

When you have an additional phone, xiaomi note 4 or xiaomi 4x, for example, on the Android platform, you can lock it from it. Need to download the program Android Device Manager in google market.

AD allows you to make the same parameters to find a device, similar to the site.

We find xiaomi in the “Find My Device” application.

Find xiaomi phone using app

The special-purpose program “Find My Device”, the application is downloaded through the “Play Market”, another application where there is a function to find a xiaomi phone, with which we can determine the location of our gadget.

Go to the play market on your device";
Find and install the “Find My Device” file;
After launching and installing, go to your Google account.

Find turned off Xiaomi

All presented options for finding a missing phone can be used when your device is turned on. There are often situations where you need to find out where your smartphone is turned off. Not an easy task, but doable. There are two options for completing the task.

The first is to go to the police, and the second is to resort to the help of a mobile operator.
You can find out the location of the device by IMEI

find xiaomi phone by name

You need to use special equipment to search for a device by IMEI (a 15-digit number assigned to each phone). The owner, having the IMEI, will be able to use a special database to find out whether the smartphone was stolen. When a used phone, purchased second-hand or from a second-hand equipment store, appears on such a list, it means that it was previously owned by another user who lost it or was stolen by someone. The owner has the opportunity to transfer information for the purpose of placing it in this database or go to the police. Although, judging by practice, such searches for mobile phones by IMEI number end in vain. When it is possible to change the combination of numbers on a stolen device using special programs, however, because of this, the ability to make a call is lost.

To do this, you will need a Mi account (not to be confused with a Google account), if you don’t have one yet, now is the time to take care of creating it, it’s a useful thing.

Go to Settings> Mi Account> Mi Cloud and at the very bottom of the menu that opens, find the Location (or Find Device) tab and activate the function using the slider. This is all, as you can see, not difficult at all.

Now, if something happens, you will need to go to the site i.mi.com and log in using your username and password from your Mi account. Attention: the site is in Chinese, but you can enable machine translation in your browser, everything will become much clearer.

You will be taken to a menu where you need to click on the rightmost shortcut "Find device". If your smartphone is connected to the Internet and GPS at this moment, you can easily find it on the map (you can choose between Google and BaiDu maps in the menu).

Your smartphone will be displayed to the right of the map, and several buttons will be available on it:

determine the location of the smartphone
enable beep sound on Mi device
block device
erase data from Mi gadget

To prevent attackers from gaining access to your personal data, you should immediately block your smartphone, and if you are sure that your Xiaomi cannot be returned (for example, it is already on another part of the globe), then it is advisable to erase all data from your smartphone using Mi Cloud.

Bonus: Google Android device search

It's no secret that the MIUI operating system is based on Google Android, it not only adds ease of use but also brings some useful features from Android to your Mi smartphone. One such function is search Xiaomi on the map.

In order to activate this function, you just need to add your smartphone to Mi Google Account to the Other Accounts tab. After this, your device, if you have the Internet and activated GPS, can also be tracked on Google maps. To do this you need to go to the website google.com/android/devicemanager and log in to the Google account that is connected to your Mi smartphone.

Using this service, you can track your Android gadget, ring it, block or erase all personal data from it.

Attention: The user performs all actions to search for a Mi device at his own peril and risk; he also bears full responsibility for the manipulations performed.

If you configure your Xiaomi smartphone correctly, if you lose it, you can quickly find it. This feature is implemented thanks to the Mi Cloud cloud service.

How to find Xiaomi via remote search function?

Initially, the user needs to register a Mi account, then go to settings, find the Mi Account section, where select the Mi Cloud subsection. Here you need to activate the “Device Search” mode, which allows you to quickly find your Xiaomi phone, as well as perform a remote lock.

For the application to work correctly, you must be connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi.

How to find a lost Xiaomi?

Next, you need to go to the i.mi.com resource under your profile, enter data about your mobile device, after which the service will perform a search with an exact indication of its location. To log into the web resource, the same data is used as on the device itself.

On the main page of the site, you need to make sure that the smartphone is connected to the Internet (it will be marked with the Online button), and then click “Search”. After a short time, the service will provide coordinates with the approximate location of the product on the map.

We perform the following operations:

Turn on the sound signal (the Alarm button is responsible for this). After activating it, the device will turn on a signal at maximum volume. This function is in demand if the product is lost somewhere nearby and can be found by sound;
Completely block the device. Press the Lock button, after which you will need to enter your PIN code and confirm your actions. After that, the gadget is unlocked by entering the same code;
Complete removal of personal data. To do this, press the Wipe key, select Erase Data in the window that appears, after which the entire internal memory of the product will be cleared, and files will also be deleted from the memory card.

How to find a stolen Xiaomi phone using Google?

The search principle is organized similarly to the previous method. The difference is that you need to activate your Google account and preferably configure the GPS function.

Via browser. To do this, enter your Google data on the website google.com/android/devicemanager. The application allows you to find out where the device is currently located, block it, delete personal information and activate the call function;
Through the Android Device Manager application. It is a device manager that is downloaded from the Google market. It also allows you to even find a switched off Xiaomi smartphone and has all the capabilities of the search function using the browser.

The presence of a search option on your smartphone through cloud storage or a Google account can significantly increase the level of protection of personal data in the event of loss of the device, as well as quickly search for it.