How to Access or Wipe Data on Your Lost/Stolen Phone
Last week we decided to do a tutorial for some Smartphone newbies and there was no better way to start it by explaining cloud storage and backup. If you have lost your phone, follow these simple instructions to access or wipe data from that smartphone. When you start your new Phone (iPhone or Android) for the first time, you are asked to setup a backup but because we are so excited to use our cell phone, we ignore it and simply press next, next—setup complete. The process is a bit tacky and time consuming, especially for the iOS devices but if you are patient enough to do it, certainly you will be able to access data from it, whether you will have your device with you or not. But if you think, setting up iCloud is not your piece of cake, there is an easy alternative—XNSPY. With this app, you don’t need to make a new account or enter details for your credit cards, nor will it require you to setup a crazy password (e.g. iCloud password should have one lower case letter, one number and one capital), all you need to do is install XNSPY onto the smartphone that you wish to backup and that’s all. After the installation, the app will automatically create a backup onto the XNSPY’s cloud server. Every time your device connects to the internet, data will upload itself onto the control panel, from where you can retrieve or access your data anytime. You can sign into XNSPY’s control panel from its website. There, you will be required to enter the account details that were emailed to you on the purchase of your subscription. Once inside the control panel, you can access your phone logs data like calls, SMS, emails, internet browsing history, multimedia from the Gallery, calendar entries and even your phonebook. You can also access data from third party apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Viber, Line, Skype and Kik. So let’s now come to the part where you may need to wipe data from your lost/stolen smartphone. If you have setup your Google account or iCloud account, it’s not a really a big deal. For Android devices, you can open ‘Android Device Manager’ from a website or by downloading the app, simply enter your account details and erase data from your lost Android device. But there is one drawback to this method—you can only wipe data from the SD card. So if you have something personal on your external memory card, then use XNSPY to wipe data completely from that SD card. For iOS devices, the procedure is similar to Android devices. If you want to erase data using website, then you will have to go iCloud.com. Enter your Apple ID and password for your iCloud account. Choose the device whose data you wish to erase and you will be done within minutes. You can also download ‘find my iPhone’ app to manage your lost iOS device. Hopefully you found the tutorial easy enough. Do give us your feedback in the comments section.
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