It’s nerve-wracking when you can’t find your phone \u2013 whether it’s really lost or just stuck down the back of your settee. Over the next few weeks, we’ll give you all the information you need to protect and track your phone and your information.<\/p>\n
First up this week, Windows phones.<\/p>\n
Find My Phone<\/em> can help lay your worries to rest when your phone has suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth. This free service in the My Phone<\/a><\/em> section of windowsphone.com can ring, lock, erase or show your phone on a map from any Internet-connected computer. Find My Phone<\/em> makes it easier to recover your phone \u2013\u00a0or to prevent someone from using it without your permission.<\/p>\n To learn more about what you can do at My Phone<\/em> \u2013 such as seeing your OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) pictures and reinstalling applications \u2013 see My Phone<\/em> FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n Note<\/strong><\/p>\n If you’re having trouble getting Find My Phone<\/em> to work, see Error messages when using Find My Phone on windowsphone.com\/my<\/a> in Microsoft Support.<\/p>\n 1. To map your phone’s location<\/strong><\/p>\n Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. To make your phone ring<\/strong><\/p>\n Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. To lock your phone and show a message<\/strong><\/p>\n 4. To erase your phone<\/strong><\/p>\n WARNING<\/strong><\/p>\n Be careful! This is your last chance to back out.<\/p>\n Note<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s a good idea to let your mobile operator know that you’ve lost your phone.<\/p>\n 5. To change settings for Find My Phone<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You can set up Find My Phone<\/em> to save your location every few hours or to use push notifications instead of text messages to send commands to your phone. Change these settings on your phone, not on your computer.<\/p>\n In two weeks’ time we’ll look at tracking on Android, Blackberry and Apple phones.<\/p>\n [Information supplied by\u00a0M.Ridoh Rylands, IT HUB]<\/em><\/p>\n Dis senutergend as jou selfoon skielik soos mis voor die son verdwyn het – of dit nou regtig weg is, of net erens tussen die kussings van jou bank verl\u00ea is. Oor die volgende paar weke sal ons jou al die nodige inligting gee om jou foon na te speur en jou data te beskerm.<\/p>\n Eerste aan die beurt die week is Windows-slimfone.<\/p>\n Find My Phone<\/em> kan jou rustig laat slaap as jou foon voete gekry het. Hierdie gratis diens in die\u00a0My Phone<\/a>-afdeling van\u00a0windowsphone.com kan lui, sluit, uitvee of jou telefoon op `n kaart aandui vanaf enige rekenaar verbind aan die internet.\u00a0Find My Phone\u00a0<\/em>maak dit maklik om jou foon op te spoor of te voorkom dat iemand dit gebruik sonder jou toestemming en wete.<\/p>\n Om meer te leer oor wat jy kan doen met\u00a0My Phone\u00a0<\/em>– byvoorbeeld om jou OneDrive fotos te sien of toepassings te herinstalleer – loer by die\u00a0My Phone FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nota<\/strong><\/p>\n As jy sukkel om\u00a0Find My Phone\u00a0<\/em>aan die werk te kry, kyk by\u00a0Error messages when using Find My Phone on windowsphone.com\/my<\/a>\u00a0in Microsoft Support.<\/p>\n 1.Om jou foon se ligging te bepaal<\/strong><\/p>\n Wenke<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. Om jou foon te laat lui<\/strong><\/p>\n Wenk<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. Om jou foon te sluit en `n boodskap te wys.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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