Lost My Mobile Phone, What To Do Now?

Lost Mobile Phone?? Immediately follow the below steps before your lost mobile phone be misused by someone.

I know how it feels when you don’t find your mobile phone on your pocket; it is kinda like a mini heart attack. LOL

Losing your phone may get you into a big trouble, as the person who finds your mobile phone may use it for illegal activities. So, it is better to follow the below steps and keep yourself safe.

Things To Do If You Have Lost Your Mobile Phone

#1. Contact your Service Provider

Immediately contact to customer care number/service provider from another phone number. You may be asked to tell the name on which the SIM card is issued. If the information given by you matches the company’s documents, only then they can help you. Tell them about your lost phone and ask them to block your SIM card so that it wouldn’t be used by someone.

#2. Report To Police Station

After contacting your service provider, immediately go to the nearest police station and file a report of your lost mobile phone. Give them all the accurate details regarding your lost mobile like ‘when it was lost’, ‘where it was lost’ etc. You may be asked to give IMEI number of your phone.

If someone uses your mobile for illegal activities, then you would still be safe if you have already reported about you lost phone at police station. Therefore, it is a most important thing to do after loosing your cell phone.

#3. Reset Your Saved Passwords

You all have saved passwords on your mobile phones of many popular sites like Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter etc. I recommend you to change your passwords of all of your logins that were saved on your mobile phone, else it can be misused by someone.

#4. Check Mobile Phone Insurance

Now take out the bill and papers of your mobile phone and check whether you have insurance of your phone or not. If your mobile is insured, then go to the company and they will provide you a new mobile phone.

How To Get Back Your Lost Mobile Phone?

As you already know, it is not as easy to find your lost phone, but still you can give a try. Send a text to that number saying that: If you find this phone, please return it to 1234567 (your phone number). YOU WILL BE REWARDED.

If you have installed some tracking apps on your device then there are more chance you get your mobile phone back.

Quick Tips For Mobile Phone Safety

• Always password protect your phone. Make sure that your password is not so weak like 12345, 00000 etc. These passwords are treated as default passwords and can be easily guessed by anyone.
• Always backup your contacts.
• Download apps that can find your lost mobile phone
  Download “Where’s My Droid” (Android Users)
  Download “Find My iPhone” (iPhone Users)
• Never save confidential information on your mobile like- bank account details, ATM’s password etc.