How to track my Verizon Phone: Full Guide for any phones

“How can I track my Verizon phone?” — it’s a popular request from people whose devices were lost or stolen. Luckily, Verizon provides every user with a Find My Phone feature, that can help to track, lock, and even erase data from your phone.

Whether you lost an Android device, iPhone, or basic phone, this article will help you. We’ll walk you through the step-by-step process of how to enable the Find My Phone feature and use it to track and secure your device.

Using Find My Phone on Android

If you’re wondering how to use Verizon Find My Phone on Android, here is an instruction for you. Down below, you will find out how to enable this feature and use it remotely to track and protect your phone.

How to enable the feature on an Android device

It’s crucial to enable this feature on your phone before something happens. If not, you won’t be able to use it to find your Android device in case you lose it. So, here are the steps you need to do to turn it on:

1. Go to the Settings app on your phone.
2. Navigate to Security → Find My Device.
3. At the top of the screen, toggle the switcher on, if it was disabled.

Also, there are some other actions needed to be done to use Verizon Find My Phone on Samsung and other Android devices. Ensure that you're:

• entered your Google account;
• turned on location and store recent location;
• installed Google Play;
• generated a backup code for 2-step verification.

These points are critical for making effective tracking and remote protection available.

How to find and secure your Android phone

Basically, if you finished all the steps above, you can quickly trace a Verizon phone. Here is how to do it:

1. Open in your browser Find My Device service by Google or use the respective app on your phone.
2. Enter your Google account. A map will display the location of your device.

Using this Verizon Cellphone tracker, you can also lock your device, turn on the alarm, and erase all data on your phone. Here are how to do it:

1. If you use a browser, you’ll see the available actions located on the left sidebar. If you use the app, the same actions are accessible from the bottom menu bar.
2. Tap Play Sound to turn on the 5-minute alarm.
3. Tap Secure Device to lock your Android phone.
4. Tap Erase Device to remove all data from your phone.

Using Verizon Find My iPhone on iPhone

If you have an iPhone, you can use the Find My iPhone Verizon feature to find and remotely manage your phone protection. In this section, you can learn how to enable this feature on your iPhone, and how to use it in case you lost your device.

How to enable the feature on iPhone

We recommend enabling the Find My iPhone option as soon as you get your phone. The reason is if this feature is not activated in advance, you won’t be able to track your phone when it’s lost. So, you need to be prepared.

Follow the steps below to activate Verizon Find My Phone on iPhone:

1. Go to Settings → Find My → Find My iPhone.
2. Tap switchers next to Find My iPhone to turn it on.
3. Also, we recommend turning on Find My Network to locate your phone offline.

How to use the Verizon cellphone tracker for iPhone

To use Find My iPhone Verizon and make some actions remotely, you need to follow the instructions below:

1. Open iCloud.com/find and enter your account. Or, open Find My App on another of your Apple devices (works for iOS 13 and later versions only).
2. Click All Devices and select the lost iPhone. The map with the phone’s location will appear.
3. Under the image of your phone, you will see the available actions. You can do the next:

• Tap Play Sound to turn on an alarm that helps to faster find your phone if it’s somewhere nearby.
• Tap Lost Mode to block your phone, You can leave a custom message, that will display when someone finds the phone and turn it on.
• Tap Erase iPhone to remove all files from the phone.

How to find a basic phone with Verizon

If you’ve lost a basic phone, there are not that many options to locate and secure your Verizon device. The reason is basic phones don’t have built-in GPS capabilities, so Verizon cellphone tracking and security features are limited for such devices. Here are a few things you can do to protect your cellphone:

• Suspend the service on your lost basic phone to discourage unauthorized usage.
• Reach out to Verizon customer support and inform them about your situation.
• If you used any associated account on your basic phone, change the password for such account to ensure their security.