User Rating3.68/5Where’s My Android. Ever lost your phone and you go to call it to listen for the ringer and remember its on silent mode? Now when you lost it you can text your phone and it will turn silent mode off, the ringer volume up, and start ringing. Now get GPS location.
Price: Free, Donate $1.00
Where’s My Android is awesome! It helps you find your phone when the ringer is turned all the way down or on vibrate.
Remember those remotes they came out with to help you find lost keys? I personally think this is 100% better. I have spare keys, but I would be lost without my G1.
Within the first week I had the opportunity to use the Where’s My Android app after I misplaced the phone while doing a party for work. I had turned the phone down while doing my presentation and couldn’t remember which of the five containers I carried in with me that I had put it in. I used a friend’s phone to send a text to mine and immediately was able to locate my G1.
You can use any phone to text your secret attention word or phrase to your phone to turn up the ringer and play your current ringtone. A separate attention word will give you the GPS coordinates of the phone, but GPS must already be turned on for it to work. Paid versions give you the additional options of choosing a separate ringtone specifically for the app and the ability to email a text to your phone to turn it on.
I would recommend you not share the attention words or your buddies could have a great time turning your phone up randomly, say while you are in a meeting.
Where’s My Android is extremely simple to setup and use.
Frequency of use is user dependant.
Once the app is set up, there is nothing more you need to do for it to work. There are a only a few settings: choose the attention words, set a custom ringtone if you have the paid version and tell it how long you want it to continue ringing assuming you haven’t located your phone.
(4.2 out of 5)
Should you Download Where’s My Android? Absolutely! It’s worth its weight in gold to find your lost phone!
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Why it ain’t possible to enable GPS via SMS, too?
That’s really a deal-breaker.
Cannot find it in the (dutch) market, so downloaded it from the website.
That is an intentional restriction of Android. GPS needs to be manually turned on to be accessed. I leave mine enabled but I disable it in most apps so the radio stays off unless I need it.
Great app!
Does what it claims, but I haven’t had to use it yet.
I can’t find it under this name. I see “where is my droid donate” for a $1 and “where’s my phone” for .99
Can you put the developer’s name(s) in your review just in case in the future? Thank you!!
@LadyDi Since the dev removed the apostrophe in the apps name it made it harder to find. Try 1 of 2 ways using our website:
If you’re on your PC, download and launch an app called “Barcode Scanner”, literally scan the QR Code just under the main screenshot before the review.
If you’re on your Android phone, scroll under the review next to the post details and simply tapp the QR Code.
Both methods get you there in the Android Market!
Found it. Had to remove the apostrophe. THANK YOU!!
BTW – love this site!!
How will you be able to obtain your secret word or phrase if you forget what you set it as?
Does anyone have this working on the Verizon Droid?
I don’t think that it’d be working on the DROID @Scottm5443 as it’s actually rather a hack and the DROID features a completely different UI. (Noticed that bell to left of the contact information? It’s where alarms are usually displayed.)
Whoops, how come I was talking about the “Contact information” app? I’m obviously too tired already…
Nope, sorry, I don’t know how to get “Where’s My Android” working on the DROID, either.
Does not work on Sprint Hero.
This looks like “Where’s My Droid” which I am running just fine on my Sprint Hero.
Does this work on Verizon’s Droid Eris? Also, know any apps that will lockdown a ‘droid phone?
-Josh
Yep, it works on my Droid
How can you text your phone if you lost it? hmmmmmmmmmm.
kor.im phone locator seems to be the best one that I’ve found. Tried it with my wife’s Eris because it will send you the GPS location of the phone and it worked well (she was right where she was supposed to be :p )
Great Idea. I gonna try it.