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Phone Finder is a very useful Cloud service provided by Huawei phones. In the process of turning on Huawei Phone Finder, it is believed that you must have a general idea about what Phone Finder can do for Huawei Android phone. But if you want to really experience whether they could do that or not, you should have a try step by step by yourself. Now you can follow the instructions below to learn how to use Huawei Phone Finder to find your lost Huawei Android device remotely, lock it remotely, backup or delete data on it.
Phone Finder has a lot of similarities with the feature of "Find My Phone" in iPhone devices. So if you have once used an iPhone device, it is not difficult for you to grasp the usage of Phone Finder. But if you have never used an iPhone, it doesn't matter. You will be teached how to use Phone Finder below. Before you are going to use the feature of Huawei Phone Finder, you should complete the below three steps first of all.
Step 1: Log in Huawei Cloud+ with your Huawei ID and password.
Step 2: After you sign in, you will see several Huawei Cloud+ services in the interface. Select the option of Phone Finder to proceed.
Step 3: Then you can make use of Phone Finder to find or secure your lost Huawei Android phone.
As long as you can sign in Huawei Cloud+ with Huawei account and open the feature of Phone Finder, you could locate your phone if it is turned on or charged.
In the map, click the button of Locate at the right pop-up panel and then you would see the specified location of your lost or stolen Huawei device. You can magnify the location to see the location details so that you could look for it by yourself or ask for police to help.
To remotely lock Huawei phone with Phone Finder, you should select the choice of Lock Device on the phone panel. On pop-up dialog, enter your password and confirm it again, and then click Lock to confirm lock device remotely.
After setting the unlock password, you will need to enter it to unlock your device. If you want to modify the settings, go to Settings Privacy & securityScreen lock & passwords.
To back up data in your Huawei device, you need select the option of Backup Data in right panel, and click Back Up on the pop-up dialog. Then this Cloud+ service will begin to back up data from your phone to Cloud Drive. In the same manner, if you want delete all the data in your device remotely, you can choose the choice of Delete Data to go ahead.
Tips: To back up data to Cloud Drive requires access to this device's IMEI, contacts, messages, call record, and calendar.
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