How to Track Your Lost Mobile Phone Like FBI

The fear of safeguarding expensive mobile phones from dust and scratches was almost pursued. But the fear of being stolen stays on even after installing so called the best tracking applications on smartphones.

It would not be possible to track the thief if once the mobile phone is rooted or the operating system is reinstalled on the device.

Wait! don’t make up negative conclusions yet. Because the whole tracking story is not a fairy tale. There is an app called Cerberus Anti Theft that tracks the lost phones like the FBI. You can even fear the thief for stealing your phone.

How to Download the Application?

Simple! the same way you download any other application on to your Android phone. Go to Google Play and search for ‘Cerberus Anti-Theft’ application, download and install it on your Android device. If you are reading this article on Android device simply click here to download the application now.

Once you install the application, open it and you will see a signup screen. Fill in the details and create a new account in Cerberus.

Getting Started with Cerberus Anti-Theft on Android

After Signup, it will show you a welcome screen with information regarding the application of how you can use it and asking permission to ‘enable device admin’ and ‘authorize SIM card’.

‘Enabling device admin’ would give you full control over the application whereas SIM authorization would trigger the application when a new SIM is found.

Tap on ‘Enable device admin’ and proceed to ‘Activate’ button.

Also, tap on ‘SIM checker configuration’ and set phone numbers to receive alerts. You can set up to 3 external phone numbers to receive alerts.

Configuring Cerberus Anti-Theft on Android

After you are done with the startup configuration, exit the application and restart it once.

• Now login with the previously created credentials.
• You can now customize the settings.

Tracking the Mobile Phone

To tack the mobile phone you need a computer with an internet connection.

Go to www.cerberusapp.com secured page and login with your credentials. It will take you to the dashboard of the app from where you can control your lost mobile phone.

You can choose a command from the dropdown and click ‘Send Command’.

The command processing can be seen on the right pane of the window dashboard. This will look like as shown below:
A tracking point will be shown with the location of the mobile on the map in real time like an FBI does in spy and action movies.

• Using Cerberus you can,
• Start tracking lost mobile in real time
• Stop tracking
• Get device info
• Get location history
• Lock with code
• Unlock
• Start alarm with a message
• Display message on the screen that can speak
• Get call log
• Get SMS log
• Can call a phone remotely
• Can SMS remotely
• Record audio remotely
• Take picture remotely
• Record video remotely
• Grab screenshot
• Start emergency mode that will send SMS alerts to the phone numbers previously specified
• Stop emergency mode
• Hide app from drawer
• Sow app from drawer
• Wipeout memory
• Wipeout SD card
• Reboot device

Install this application on your Android device and when you found it missing, track down the thief, follow him/her, pull out your handgun and say “Freeze FBI”.