As per Samsung’s description, other Galaxy devices send a signal to the Samsung server to share the lost phone’s location. The feature relies on the Galaxy network where other Galaxy devices participate in the search for the lost Galaxy smartphone. Offline finding relies on Galaxy network to find the lost smartphone According to Samsung, Offline Finding makes a Galaxy device detectable as long as it is turned on without the need for an internet connection. This means the usual Find My Mobile feature won’t work if the phone has no internet connection.

Now, the first thing most thieves do is take out the SIM card from the phone to deprive the handset of internet access and also make it offline completely. The brief fear that the “Find My Mobile” app may have been hacked will likely have been enough to make some users consider axing it, at least for the time being.Once the feature is turned on, users can simply head to the Find My Mobile website, log in using their Samsung account and use it to find their lost phone even if the phone does not have internet connectivity. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers. This was sent unintentionally during an internal test and there is no effect on your device. Recently, a notification about “Find My Mobile 1” occurred on a limited number of Galaxy devices. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers” “Recently, a notification about “Find My Mobile 1” occurred on a limited number of Galaxy devices.

The company confirmed that it would have no effect on any customer’s device and apologised for the inconvenience.Ī post from the company’s UK Help account read:

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