How to Track a Phone: The Definitive Guide

By Carrie Tsai,  Last Updated: July 24, 2018

Have you ever had such an experience “I am trying to hook my phone to my TV for Netflix. I have the HDMI cable connected to both and getting a message on the TV saying retrieving data and then nothing happens?” or “How to connect my Samsung Galaxy to my television?”

Tag 1: Track Phone Number

Ever received a call or phone number you’d like to track? It’s possible. Especially in a world filled with unwanted spam calls and unfamiliar numbers – how to track the resource of this phone number?

To get real-time results, IMEI & GPS call trackers can be used to track the location of a phone call. Apps like GPS Phone & Locate Any Phone are great with tracking mobile phones, even when the phone is not connected to the internet. You can know the GPS coordinates of a phone number within seconds. You can also track phone numbers by SMS or WhatsApp messages through these apps.

Or you would use Free Cell Phone Lookups by entering the phone number you want to track online, and then determining the location of the owner of the phone. Becoming a member of the service allows you to get a more detailed report on the whereabouts of the cell phone.

But how to track a cell phone if you without getting a call?

• Using CNAM track a phone

You can track the name of the person with CNAM lookup. You will know the name of the person calling through their phone number. It’s highly recommended that the service you use does not cache the data! Many local phone numbers in the US register with the CNAM database, so it’s important to track phone numbers in real time, as opposed to using cached data.

CNAM lookups can also help you with checking the spam score of the phone number being tracked. If a phone number has any spam history associated with it, the service will display the number as ‘spam’ on your phone. This is very useful to avoid wasting time on unnecessary calls that can disrupt your daily routine!

• Using phone numbers to finding Facebook Accounts

It’s also possible to find Facebook accounts with phone numbers if a person’s account is linked to their phone number. All you need to do is enter the number in the search bar, and any associated messages & profiles will show up in the search results.

Tag 2: Track Your Phone to Keep it from Stealing

• Smartphone Tracking

There are several app choices available for your phone, but also remember to set up any included phone-locating software that comes with your device. That includes Apple’s Find My iPhone, Google’s Find My Device, and Samsung’s Find My Mobile.

And there are more choice that you would try out:

Prey: After you sign up for the service, you simply sync your devices with it, sit back, and relax. The day that your phone goes missing, all you have to do is find a computer, log into your account, and start tracking. Prey runs discreetly in the background and won’t track your phone’s location until you tell it to, so there is no need to worry about your privacy while the phone is in your possession.

Lookout: There are several interesting features, such as the ability to record a phone’s last location right before the battery dies, the chance to back up contact data before a remote erase, and the option to snap a photo of any would-be thief and email it to yourself along with location data.

• Non-smartphone Location

Regarding Non-smartphone, we would like to recommend you use GPS, or you may want to consider registering for a tracking service such as AccuTracking.

One of the advantages of smartphones is the GPS function embedded in the phones that enables apps to utilize this function for any location based activities. These include GPS mapping apps such as the popular Waze, Papago, Foursquare to name a few. There are also other apps that utilize this GPS embedded function to track the activities of the users such as apps for Jogging, running and other physical stuffs. With this function also, some apps can be used to track the phone once it got lost.

As to AccuTracking, when the day comes that you can’t locate your phone, just log in to AccuTracking’s Web interface from any internet-connected computer and — so long as your phone isn’t dead — it will immediately show you its location.

The above is proved to be good accesses to locate a cell phone. If you have problems with any of the steps in this article, please ask a question for more help, or post in the comments section below.