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How to Find Your Android Phone with the RingMyDroid App

Aug 21, 2013 06:50 PM

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There have been those times in everyone's life when we have kept our phones on silent mode and forgotten where we kept it. Well, if you have an Android powered phone there is a way by which to find your phone by ringing, just when you want it, even when it is kept on silent mode.

Get the App

Scan the OR code attached with this message to download the RingMyDroid application from Google Play Store. Alternatively, you can click on this link to download the app - Download from Google Play Store

Set Your Key Phrase

Open the app and type in your Key Phrase. This Key Phrase is a secret phrase that is used to trigger the phone to start ringing when you need to find it. Press the 'Set' button after you have specified the Key Phrase.

Trigger the Alarm by Sending an SMS

Once you have pressed the 'Set' button, your Key Phrase is saved. Now, when you need to find you phone, just SMS the keyword to your phone from another phone or have a friend send an SMS to your phone from theirs.

As soon as the phone receives the Key Phrase in the SMS, it will start ringing at it's full volume even when it is kept on 'Silent mode' or 'Vibrate Mode'.

Found Phone

"Mobile app interface to stop an alarm with a 'Find Phone' button."

Click on the 'Found Phone' button to stop the ringing when you have found your phone.

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