Our cell phones are one of our most prized possessions. It contains our passwords, access to our email, bank account, social media accounts, pictures, and everything else in between. There is also the fact that most smartphones are expensive, and given our tendency to update our smartphones regularly, our smartphones cost us thousands.

So, breaking or losing our smartphone is our worst nightmare, and if you are dealing with the misfortune of losing your smartphone, then you should not lose hope entirely. There is still hope in the form of the phone locator on lepetitjournal.com.

Most smartphones do happen to have a find my phone feature enabled, and if you have already enabled it, then you can track your phone easily and retrieve it. However, if you have not enabled the feature or if you have a smartphone that lacks the feature like certain Android phones and so on, you can make use of these tracking applications and websites to find your phone. Of course, you do need to have the application installed on your phone beforehand, or you can just use the website and see where it goes.

These websites and applications make use of geolocation, GPS, and your phone’s last tower ping to help estimate and triangulate your phone’s location. If you are lucky, then your phone is probably in a stationary location where you might have dropped it and you can just go and pick it up. In some cases, your phone might have been picked up by someone else, and you might need the help of a friend or even law enforcement to retrieve it. Some people are kind enough to return the phones but others might cause issues, and this is where having a police officer or friend by your side comes in handy.