Smartphone Tips: Turn on these settings on your smartphone, the thief will return the phone himself..

Nowadays, smartphone is not just a means of communication but has become an important part of our life. But as phones are getting smarter, thieves have also become smarter. If your phone gets stolen, then do not feel tension or regret. Just keep some important settings on beforehand, so that the thief cannot do any harm to the phone even if he wants to. Not only this but if you keep the important settings on, then it is possible that he may regret stealing your phone. Who knows, he may even return your phone himself! Today we will talk to you about some such settings, that everyone should keep on in their phone.

Keep Secure Lock Settings on
To prevent your phone from being accessed by a thief or any other person, you must keep Secure Lock Settings on your phone. By keeping it on, no one will be able to turn off the internet or mobile data of your phone without unlocking it. This setting can be turned on on both iPhone and Android. For Android users, this setting will be available in different brands of phones with different names. Like in Samsung smartphones, it is available in the name of Secure lock settings. iPhone users can follow these steps.

For iPhone users, first go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode and turn off the option of Control Center and Accessories.

After this, go to the phone's Settings > Screen Time > Content Privacy Restriction.

After this, set Passcode & Account Change to Don't Allow.

Turn on Unlock to Off
This setting should also be on in every phone. With its help, your phone will not be able to be turned off until it is unlocked. You will find this setting in Android smartphones. iPhone can also be turned off even when it is locked. In the iPhone, you can turn on Stolen Device Protection. With this, the thief will have to wait for some time to reset your device. During this time, you will be able to try to locate your phone yourself.

Use an E-SIM.
Nowadays all phones support e-SIM. In such a situation, keep an e-SIM on your phone. Whenever someone steals your phone, first he turns off your phone and then removes the SIM and throws it away. If you have kept the above-mentioned settings on in your phone, then the thief will not be able to turn off your phone nor will be able to turn off the internet of the phone. After this, he will try to remove the SIM from the phone next. If your phone has an eSIM, then it will not be possible to remove the SIM from your phone. In such a situation, the thief will steal your phone and get caught.

Keep Google's anti-theft feature on

This setting has been made available by Google, especially for Android phones. To turn it on, go to Settings > Google > All Services > Theft Protection of your phone. After this, turn on the Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, and Remote lock. Now if there is a scuffle with your phone, the phone will lock itself. After this, it will not be possible to unlock your phone. Apart from this, with the help of these settings, you will be able to lock your device even from a remote laptop.

Keep Find My Device and Location Services on
If you want your phone to be found if it is stolen or lost, then keep Find My Device on Android or Find My on iPhone on. Along with this, keep Location Services on in the phone. This will help track the live location of the phone. With this feature, you can lock the phone from a distance, ring an alarm in it or even delete the data if needed.

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