In this article, we explain 7 different tips we can use to secure our mobile phones/devices.

The level of closeness some of us develop to our mobile phones sometimes grow so tight to the extent that often times the feeling of losing them is unbearable due to tons of information stored in them and the frequent interactions we often make with the devices.

Do you know that even if you lose your mobile phone or device, it is still possible to retrieve if some steps were adequately taken to secure the gadget before it got missing or stolen?

Consider how much it cost you to save several bucks to get a particular phone or device of your dream with the aim of utilizing it to solve some pressing communication problems, and all of a sudden you can no longer find it or the gadget has been stolen after hipping all sorts of valuable info in it. Of course the feeling will be traumatizing.

But men of ideas they say beat no retreat at any situation. Because sometimes, what some people perceive as being difficult or even impossible, others who have knowledge of the way around it look at it as fun.

In this post, I will guide you on how to secure your mobile phone from theft . Therefore follow the steps below to secure your gadgets.

1. Document every detail about your phone.
All mobile phones come with some very important information which will be useful in identifying, tracing and even maintain the phone. And often times when in need if we cant have access to these details so many achievable things regarding the phone are frustrated.

You can make a note of the following details and file them in a safe folder both in hard and soft copy. They include:

i. The International Mobile Equipment Identity( IMEI) number
ii. Phone Model and Make
iii. Appearance, Colour and Shape
iv. Security Pin or Lock Code
v. Date of Manufacture

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7 Tips on Securing Your Mobile Phone
In this article, we explain 7 different tips we
can use to secure our mobile phones/devices.
The level of closeness some of us develop to
our mobile phones sometimes grow so tight
to the extent that often times the feeling of
losing them is unbearable due to tons of
information stored in them and the frequent
interactions we often make with the devices.
Do you know that even if you lose your
mobile phone or device, it is still possible to
retrieve if some steps were adequately taken
to secure the gadget before it got missing or
stolen?
Consider how much it cost you to save several
bucks to get a particular phone or device of
your dream with the aim of utilizing it to solve
some pressing communication problems, and
all of a sudden you can no longer find it or
the gadget has been stolen after hipping all
sorts of valuable info in it. Of course the
feeling will be traumatizing.
But men of ideas they say beat no retreat at
any situation. Because sometimes, what some
people perceive as being difficult or even
impossible, others who have knowledge of the
way around it look at it as fun.
In this post, I will guide you on how to secure
your mobile phone from theft . Therefore
follow the steps below to secure your gadgets.
1. Document every detail about your phone.
All mobile phones come with some very
important information which will be useful in
identifying, tracing and even maintain the
phone. And often times when in need if we
cant have access to these details so many
achievable things regarding the phone are
frustrated.
You can make a note of the following details
and file them in a safe folder both in hard and
soft copy.
The International Mobile Equipment Identity
( IMEI ) number
Phone Model and Make
Appearance, Colour and Shape
Security Pin or Lock Code
Date of Manufacture
2. Lock your phone with the security code
Configure a complex security passcode and
use it to lock your phone as this will
discourage someone from carrying it , better
still it will mainly prevent whoever eventually
carry the phone from having easy access to
your stored data in the phone memory.
Because most times the challenge we have
when we lose our phone is not about the value
of the phone itself but that of the data stored
in it.
3. Inflict a security mark on the phone.
You can make use of any sharp pointed object
to carve a conspicuous mark on the phone
body and battery. Or better still use ultra
violet pen to print some of your critical
identity codes like post code or even house
number on the phone and its battery. This
way, it can easily be identified as belonging to
you if lost or stolen. You could decide to place
a contact information like any of email,
Facebook I.D, Twitter handle or even alternate
phone number on it so you can be easily
reached when it is found.
4. Report to the police immediately in case
you suspect someone has stolen it.
Doing this will shield you from any criminal
indictment just in case the thief who picked it
tries to get access to your details and make
use of the information against you in anyway,
or if he decides to get smart using phone to
commit crime and the security agents find out
your phone was used in the crime and trace
you. On the other hand, in a system where you
pay your phone bills in post-paid scheme, the
thief can make frequent calls with your stolen
phone and keep the bill in your account to
pay. So in this case, delay can be dangerous.
5. Install a good Anti Phone Theft
Application .
Anti Phone theft software are solutions
designed to enable people track their mobile
phones when they get missing or are stolen.
Some of the applications are quite efficient
with very easy interfaces.
Although some phones these days come with
the features, however others will still require
one to download and install on them from
google play store or other stores.
Some models of iPhones come with such
trackers pre-installed.
Examples of such phone tracking software
include Prey, Android Lost , Lookout, Cerberus
etc.
Most of them are quite robust enough to help
in the event of missing phone.
6. Create Data Backups for your Phone
information.
Most often, the value we place on our mobile
phone is a function of the quality of
information on it rather than the phone itself.
Just a phone number of an important contact
can actually make or mar us should we not
handle it with care.
Hence, taking critical precautionary measures
in securing such information on our mobiles
is very crucial.
Backing up your phone data ( contacts,
messages, emails, pictures, videos, call logs
etc) with data backup companies or your
network provider is key as it safeguards your
details so that in the event of damage, lost or
if it be stolen you can have access to the
information while finding a way to get the
device back if possible.
For Blackberry device users they can
configure their BlackBerry IDs on Black Berry
Protect that comes with the device. Schedule
auto backup so aside your phone which allows
the device do a backup exercise by itself at
the set time without your interference.
7. Enable other Phone Security Features
Mobile phone manufacturers are not ignorant
of the possibilities of people losing their
phones through theft or misplacement,
therefore most smart phones these days come
with sophisticated security and GPS connected
features.
In android phones, there is Android Device
Manager(ADM) , while in blackberry we have
Blackberry Protect, in windows phones there is
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) etc.
The earlier we study these phone features and
configure them immediate after purchase, the
better as they will enable us be able to recover
our phones when misplaced or stolen.
In due time we shall write detail articles on
how to technically configure most of these
features to secure your phones.

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smsdigito:
@Hawlahscho,
What are you looking for in this post? What you did amounts to plagiarism. i hope you are aware? Copying and pasting what wasn't created by you. Why not create yours and paste anyhow you want?

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Hawlahscho:

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Hawlahscho:

I just helped others to save their data, instead of all of us to be clicking that link, they should just see it here.

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