How many times have it happened to you to lose your smartphone and not be able to find it even by making it ring, because maybe you have set it to silent, then or you rely on a master's ear looking for your phone by means of the vibration, hoping that the 'have you set, or what to do? Well whether it is in the car, at home or stuck in the middle of the sofa cushions if you have a Xiaomi smartphone you have a very functional way to find your smartphone, making it ring even if you have set it to silent.
Of course, if you are not one of those users who generally keep your smartphone silent at home, the quickest way to search for it is to make it ring, but if this is not the case or you don't have anyone who can make it ring then what we tell you will come back a lot also useful if your phone is lost, in the broadest sense of the term.
Have you lost your Xiaomi smartphone? Here's how to find it by making it ring even if set to silent
- Go to Settings> Mi Account> Xiaomi Cloud
- Now from the various toggles available activate the "Find device" option.
Now with this option we can locate our smartphone and make it emit a sound but also switch the terminal into Lost Phone Mode or worst case scenario delete all the data contained therein, avoiding that some attacker is able to access completely personal files or worse yet sensitive, such as bank account PINs and more. To do all this we must follow the following steps:
- Go up Xiaomi Cloud and log in with your Mi Account;
- Now from the available options click on "Find device";
- If you have multiple devices connected to the same account, choose the one you want to locate and click on the "Play" option.
We hope this simple guide will help you, indeed the comments box is open to everyone, so why not tell us about your misadventures in emergency situations and how did you solve them?
Great guide; honestly, until now I had not considered this possibility, it would be better, actually, to run for cover before it's too late