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Unlock your Samsung phone without losing your data
If you own a Samsung smartphone, there is a native way to unlock the lockscreen without factory resetting your device. Samsung’s Find My Mobile service lets you remotely unlock your smartphone without needing the device password. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of the process. This method only works if Find My Mobile and Remote Unlock are enabled on your Samsung smartphone. You can turn it on by going to Settings>Samsung Account>Find My Mobile and turning the toggle bar on for Remote Unlock. Step 1: Go to https://findmymobile.samsung.com/ and sign in using your Samsung Account. Step 2: Select your Samsung smartphone from the left panel.
Step 3: Click on the ‘Unlock’ icon on the right panel. You will be made to re-enter your Samsung password. After that, your smartphone’s screen will be unlocked. All the screen lock information including password, pin, and biometrics will be deleted from your phone after using this feature.
Remotely unlock your Android phone using Google’s Find My Device
Apart from tracking your smartphone, Google’s Find My Device service can also remotely unlock your Android phone for you without wiping the data on it. First, you need to go to Settings>Google and turn on Find My Device. Then go to Settings>Biometrics and Security>Other security settings>Device admin apps and turn the toggle bar on for Find My Device. Here’s how you can remotely unlock your smartphone using Google’s Find My Device. Step 1: Go to https://www.google.com/android/find and select your Samsung smartphone from the left panel. Step 2: Select Secure Device from the left panel. You can also set up a recovery message if you want.
Step 3: Find my device will lock your smartphone’s screen.
Step 4: Follow the on-screen instructions to set up a new temporary password to unlock your device.
Step 5: Once your phone is unlocked, disable the temporary password from Settings.
Unlock your Android phone using ADB
Some Android phones may get unlocked using ADB (Android Debug Bridge). First, you need to download and install the SDK toolkit on your PC. You can download it from the official Android website here. Next, you need to enable USB debugging from developer options on your Android smartphone. Read this article to find out how to enable USB debugging. Follow the steps below to unlock your phone using ADB. Step 1: Connect your smartphone to your PC using a USB cable. Step 2: Launch Command Prompt in the ADB installation path. Step 3: Type this command ‘adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key’ and hit Enter. Step 4: Wait for the process to finish and restart your phone.How to unlock a locked Android phone using DroidKit?
Use can use a third-party tool like DroidKit to unlock your smartphone in case you forget the lockscreen pattern or pin. DroidKit works for fingerprint unlock and Face ID as well. The only downside is that you will lose all the data on your phone after this process. If you periodically back up your data on your Google Account, you can easily recover your data after unlocking your phone. Here’s how you can unlock your Android phone using DroidKit. Step 1: Download and Install DroidKit on your PC. Step 2: Launch DroidKit on your PC and connect your Android phone via a USB cable. Step 3: Select ‘Screen Unlocker’ from DroidKit’s homepage.
Step 4: In the following window, click on ‘Start’.
Step 5: Follow the onscreen instructions to remove the lockscreen password.
Step 6: Once the process is finished, your Android phone will be unlocked.
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My Location is primarily a travel app that lets you save any location or address. If you’re visiting a place, you can use this app to learn more about the nearby hotspots, tourist destinations, and other interesting places. You can bookmark the places you want to visit and add short descriptions to them. If you’re travelling alone, you can use My Location to share your whereabouts with your friends and family. The selected contacts and track your location in real time. The tracking precision offered by this app is highly accurate, down to the exact coordinates. My Location supports popular geo formats such as KML, GPX, and GEOJSON. Certainly one of the best Life360 alternatives around.
Familo or Familonet is an excellent location tracking app that lets you stay updated on the whereabouts of your family members. You can share your location with your friends and family members with just one tap. If you’re tracking someone else’s location, you get automatic alerts when they reach predefined places like their school, workplace, or home. There is a handy chat option to stay connected with your loved ones at all times. If someone is in danger, they can hit the panic button in the app to send you an emergency alert along with their current location.
OwnTracks is one of the best open-source alternatives to Life360. It is primarily designed for the purpose of letting users keep track of their own location. You can create a personal location diary on OwnTracks to maintain a record of the places you visit. This diary can be shared with your friends and family to let them track your location. OwnTracks is very easy to use as it does not overwhelm the user with bells and whistles. Its layout and interface are very accessible to the average user.
Family Locator tracks your location accurately using frontier GPS technology and precise positioning points on the map. You can use it to track the location of your family members 24/7. The tracking data contains the detailed history of every location change. Since location-sharing consumes battery at a faster pace, this app has battery level indicators for every contact. You can remind a family member to charge their phone if it is running out of juice. There’s also a privacy feature in the app to temporarily hide your live location.
iSharing is one of the best alternatives to Life360. It is primarily designed for parents to keep a watchful eye on their kids. Its live location tracking feature lets parents remotely check the whereabouts of their children. You can save up to 90 days of location history of a particular contact. The app sends real-time alerts when the kids leave or arrive at a location. The ‘Walkie-Talkie’ feature lets you send quick voice notes to the added members in the app.
Zenly Penlo is based on the famous ‘Zenly’ app that Snapchat acquired to integrate location-sharing services into its platform. What we like about Zenly Penlo is the ease of access it provides to the average user. All you need to do is sign up using your email address, and you can begin sharing your live location with your family and friends. Apart from location sharing, Zenly Penlo also lets you monitor the battery status and vehicle speed. You can message your friends within the app itself.
Google’s very own Family Link app is a comprehensive parental control tool that lets you set up screen time and age-appropriate content filters for your child’s device, along with giving you control over their personal data and account. You can also choose to track their live location using Family Link and receive alerts when they leave or arrive at a particular location.
Teensafe is one of the best apps to keep a close watch on the live location of your kids. Available for Android and iOS, Teensafe reports the current location of the device it is installed on. You can also set up safe boundaries on the map using this app. Once the device crosses the established boundary, the app pings you with an alert. Apart from location sharing, Teensafe also lets you monitor the saved contacts, call logs, and other information on the target device. Depending on your subscription package, you can also record the incoming and outgoing calls made on the device.
uMobix is an advanced monitoring app for Android and iOS devices. It is one of the best Life360 alternatives around. This app can track the location of the target device and keep you updated with regular alerts. More advanced features of the app include recording individual keystrokes, viewing media files in the phone’s internal storage, taking screenshots, reporting call logs, accessing messages across all social media platforms and IM apps, camera snapshots, and more.
Cocospy specialises in monitoring Discord activity on top of doing all the tasks of a regular location-sharing and phone-tracking app. Most apps fail to monitor Discord, which is where Cocospy excels. The only access is that the app requires root access on the target device. This may be a dealbreaker for some, as jailbreaking an iPhone comes with its own safety concerns. Prices for Cocospy start at $10.83 per month.
If you don’t want any added functionalities apart from location sharing, WhatsApp has the optimum tools to carry out the job. You can share your current location or live location with any contact on WhatsApp. Simply tap the attachment icon in the message box and select ‘Location’ from the list of options. You can choose to share your live location for 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 8 hours.
Like WhatsApp, Snapchat also lets you share your location with your friends and family. The ‘Snap Map’ feature allows you to share your current location with your friends as well as view where they are in real time. If you don’t want to break the bank on a ‘spy’ app that is too invasive, Snapchat is the perfect alternative that keeps the boundaries and privacy of the other person intact.
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