Track a Cell Phone in Simple Steps!
Here is a Complete Cell Phone Tracking Guide.
Need to know how to track a cell phone with pin point accuracy? Need to find out where your child or employee is moving around during your absence? If so you have come to the right place. In this article I will let you know some of the possible methods to GPS track any cell phone in simple steps.
1. Track a Cell Phone That’s Not Yours
To track someone else’s phone such as your children and employees, you can simply use a cell phone tracking app such as mSpy Premium. This is a very small yet powerful app that can be installed in just a few simple steps. The whole installation process takes only 2-3 minutes to complete. Once installed the app stays hidden on the phone but keeps track of its GPS location. Furthermore it also records call, text messages, social media activity and much more.
How Tracking Works?
- First of all, download and install the tracking app onto the target phone that you wish to track.
- Have the target phone in your hand for a few minutes until the installation is complete.
- Finally after installation is done, the tracking process will begin immediately. Recorded logs are silently uploaded to your online account as shown in the demo below.
- You can login to this online account any time to view the logs containing GPS location and all other activities.
Watch mSpy Premium Demo
You can take a look at the live demo of mSpy in action from the following link:
mSpy Premium Features:
- 100% Stealth Tracking: This app runs in invisible mode and hides itself from the target phone user.
- GPS Location Tracking: GPS positions are uploaded at regular time intervals along with a link to the map.
- Track Text Messages & Emails: Every text message sent and received including SMS and emails are logged even if the phone logs are deleted.
- Call Logs: Each incoming and outgoing number on the phone is logged along with duration, date and time stamp.
- Phone Contacts: Get access to complete contact list on the target phone.
- Browser History: All websites visited on the phone are logged.
- Social Media & Messenger Activity: All activities of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Skype, iMessages etc. are recorded.
You can download mSpy Premium from the link below:
Supported Phones: Android, iPhone, iPad and Tablets.
2. Tracking a Lost Cell Phone
If you would rather need to track a lost or stolen phone, here are some of the options you are left with.
For Android Phones:
To track a lost android phone, you can follow the steps mentioned below:
- Download Android Device Manager from Google play store and install it on another android device. This app lets you track your stolen android phone and also lets to remotely lock or erase all the data on it.
- From “Android Device Manager” log into your Google account using the same ID associated with your lost phone. After successful login this app will attempt to locate your device and show its last known location on the map.
- In addition, you will also be able to perform several actions on your lost phone such as give a Ring, Lock the device or Erase all the data stored on it.
For Apple iPhones:
In order to track a lost iPhone, you can follow the steps mentioned below:
- Login to the iCould Website using an Apple ID associated with your lost phone. Since location tracking is turned on by default on all iPhone devices, iCould lets you track it from your web browser or your iPad and shows its location on the map.
- When your phone is found nearby to your location you have an option to Play Sound on it so that your iPhone will emit a sound helping you track it down.
- If this does not help you can choose the option Lost Mode which will remotely lock your phone down and display a phone number that can be reached at.
- When none of the above options work, you can finally decide to go with the option Erase iPhone which will completely wipe out all the data stored on it. This way you can prevent your private information from falling into the wrong hands.
For Windows Phones:
In order to track down a lost Windows phone, you can try the below mentioned steps.
- Go to Windows Phone Website to find a list of tracking controls and options.
- This will ask you to sign-in using your Windows account associated with your lost phone. If your phone gets traced you will see a map showing its exact location. You will also find options to Lock, Ring and Erase its data in case if your phone is found to be completely lost.
I hope this post has helped you with the right information to track cell phones with simple steps involving minimal effort. Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comments section below.
How can erase it if I’m the target phone and I don’t want it in my phone?
sir, i think my mobile thifter has remove my gmail adress so what can i do??
can i realy able to get my mobile back after i lost it .
how does it work without accessing the internet connection on your lost mobile phone or how do i knew that my mobile is at what location…..
Can you track a phone with out downloading an app to it or ever physically touching the phone. Say just using a cell number can you track a cell phone?
I lost my phone an don’t have a tracking app downloaded to the phone how can I track it if I know someone has it
You can easily track cell phone that belongs to others. It seems to be very effective software.
what to do if they formatted every details, how can i find it???
Can I track my girlfriend phone with out putting app on her phone?
In 2009,i had lost my phone after being hijacked within my house one night! I had tracked my phone by simple mobile tracker on other cell phone.I have contacted the person the next morning to be aware about any related sms message if the thug placed it simcard on my phone.Successfully we traced the new simcard tried on my phone,then contacted the near police station for an alert! We frame a women to get where there is by pretending to be his girl friend.He finaly got arrested with the help of police on this operation.I used the simple Mobile tracking method!!
can we track the phone if it is switch off????
Tracking is only possible when the phone is on and mobile data is active.
Hi shrihant…..
1- If i want to track a android phone then what is to be needed….contact number or mail id of the phone.
2- if i want to track a mobile full data such as call recoring text etc. Then in what phone have the app target phone or in my phone.
3- if i installed app in target phone then this thing is known by him or not.
Please help me out of all problems.
The app has to be installed on the target phone and not on your phone. Once installed the app runs in 100% stealth mode and hence goes unnoticed. All the logs are uploaded to spy-app’s servers which can be accessed by logging into your online account from any web browser across the world.
tnx,it work’s quit well
Does the gps have to be on? What if he turns it off?
The app will automatically turn on the GPS when required even if it is kept off by the user.
My boss tracks my every move in a company vehicle as well as company phone. Yet every rule we are to follow he actively takes steps to avoid so his boss can’t see where he is or what he is doing. How can itrck his personal phone without his knowledge or touching his phone?
how can I install it if I don’t have access to the phone/ in my hand??
it belongs to my girlfriends ex and he is threatening her and I want to make sure he isn’t coming around her..
Physical access tot he target phone is a must at least for a few min to install the app.
I want to know my girlfriend location with her phone number but she must not know,and I cant install app to her iPhone ,so please tell me what to do?
The app runs in completely invisible mode and hence goes unnoticed.
Srikath,
I tried to download this app..It looks like i need to buy that with subscriptions which is not a problem.
How does this work.? I want to download this app in another i phone mobile and track the messages in another android smartphone.
Please let me the steps involved in where the app should reside and where the tracking in another device..either a smart phone or a laptop..
In which device the account is created ?
You need to install the app on the target phone that needs to be tracked. Once this is done, you can track its location and activities from any device (any mobile or laptop) via web browser. All the logs are uploaded to your online account from which you can track the target phone.
Hi Srikanth
I would like to know is this app work in Sri Lanka?
what is the minimum features of the phone for canect this app
This app works all over the world. All that is needed is an Internet connection on the phone.
Great works,..i m very much impresive from your works sir…i m alsa a computer student doing BCA nd intrested in such working like hacking,creating viruses
can i find the exact location of a phone with the help of its phone no.
I lost my phone but dont have the app installed how can I find it?
cn i know others location without his permission. ?????? sir plzz tell me
Yes, it is possible after installing the spy app on the phone.
Can I track my girlfriend phone with out putting app on her phone?
No, tracking the phone is not possible without the presence of the app on the phone.
Does downloading the app showill up in the history of the target phone
Since you do not download the app directly from the Play Store it does not come up in the history.
can i track the current location anyone’s phone with his mobile number .
No, this is not possible for you but only the service provider can do it.
Thanks. Now I can easily track my GF cell phnoe.
Hiii srikanth.. I want to know if this application is downloaded in my phone??kindly reply me with the procedure to be followed thank you.
Thanks sir for sharing such useful information.
How to track a phone for me please I need you guys help
If you lost your phone no chance of getting back. android device manager works only when you have active gps and internet . If anyone find then the person removes the sim card . if a person hard reset your phone then no chance to track your phone. IMEI no. is given only for kidding purpose , you cant track your phone using IMEI . the police authority is not going to find your phone. It is best to protect your phone is take precaution avoid loosing your phone anywhere. you should take care of phone in public transport.
I would like to track my boyfriend phone. But I know it’s impossible. His phone has a lock on it, he doesn’t allow me to touch his phone ever. There is no way I can download any app on his phone. He’s always on Whatsapp texting.
Will this app record snapchat pics and messages as well
Yes it will record snapchat pics and messages.
If my missing phone is off then can I still be able to install this spy software in stolen phone? And if already that person had removed my sim card?
No, it is not possible to use this software if you do not have physical access to the target phone.
hi shrikant
i want to search a missing person from 15 days.the number is switched off nd we have only imi number.
shall we track through this nd got exact location.
is mandatory to purchase subscription ???
will this app help us????
plzz reply me its urgent..
No it is not possible to use this app to track an already stolen phone.
once we install an application on target phone, after my work done how can i uninstall the app from the target phone???
You can uninstall the app remotely from your control panel once your work is done.
Can you track a phone with out downloading an app to it or ever physically touching the phone. Say just using a cell number can you track a cell phone?
No, you cannot track a phone without installing the tracking application on it.
Is it possible to do a anonymous remote installation by sending the target phone a link? ie: cell phone owner clicks on link and the software installs itself and they not know it has been installed?
Yes this is possible. But to make this happen, you need to upload the target file to a cloud or similar and share the direct download link with the target user you want to track.
Hello, does the cell has to be rooted? And how much is the program ? If a factory reset is done is the program gone ???
Thanks
The program also works without rooting but only basic features work with this. For all recording features to work, you need to have a rooted device. Yes, factory reset will erase the program.
If I suspect it’s on my phone how do I go through and remove it
You can perform a factory reset on your phone to remove it!
Once I buy it how do I install it into the target phone? Do I send the app by text or email to the Target phone and then install it?
You need to manually install the app on the target phone which takes 2-3 min to complete.