Using the Cell Phone Finder App to Get Alexa to Call Your Missing Phone
Setting up the Cell Phone Finder is a bit trickier and more complicated than using the Trackr app. However, because not every phone is compatible with the TrackR app, your options may be limited, and you may find yourself having to use the Cell Phone Finder app instead. But not to worry, we will show you just how you, too, can set up the Cell Phone Finder app on your device.
Note that prior to losing your device, you have to have installed the Cell Phone Finder app on the device that you are trying to find for this to work.
- Download the Cell Phone Finder app to your Alexa-supported device. You can download the app manually from your app store, or you can issue the command, “Alexa, enable Cell Phone Finder.”
- You can calibrate your device to connect to this skill by dialing the number (415) 212-4525 using the phone you want to register with the app.
- After you have successfully called the number, say “Alexa, ask Cell Phone Finder what my PIN code is,” and Alexa will read out your registered PIN code to you.
- Type in the PIN into your smartphone, and your two devices will immediately be connected if the PIN is found to be correct.
To use the skill, say, “Alexa, start Cell Phone Finder and call me.” Your linked device should start ringing.
It is important to note that you can use this skill to connect to only one mobile device. If you would like to have a different mobile device connected, then you will be forced to uninstall the skill and then make Alexa learn it over again by undergoing the process of registration all over again.
This method is even more complicated than the previous one. However, once you can master it, you will automatically know how to use a system that would enable you to connect all kinds of devices. This method involves the use of the service called IFTTT, which means “If This Then That”.
IFTTT is a website that enables users to create connections between different internet-connected devices. IFTTT is so efficient that it helps you set up connections that you would otherwise not be able to set up. In order to learn how to connect both of your devices so as to be able to create a connection between the two of them, follow the steps below:
- Log on to www.ifttt.com log in to your account (you may also download the IFTTT app on your Android device here. You can also download the IFTTT mobile app on your iOS device here). If you are a first time visitor to the site or don’t have an account yet, then you should first of all sign up for a free new account before proceeding to the next step.
- Create the channels that you would need. In order to be able to do this, you should click on the Channels icon, which is located at the top of the screen. Click on the Alexa channel, and then click on the Select Connect button. After this point, you will then be required to log in to your Alexa account in order to confirm the connection you have just made.
- In the next phase, you should create your own Phone channel. In order to do this, click on the Channels tab all over again, and then proceed to do a search for “Phone Call”.
- Once again, click on Connect, and then type in your phone number and click on the Send PIN button. The website service will call your phone, and then you can confirm the PIN code.
- Immediately you succeed in adding both of your devices to the website’s servers; you may go ahead and create a phone call connection between your two devices. To do this right there from the IFTTT website, you should start off by first selecting your username through the menu in the top right-hand corner of your computer screen, and then select the Create option from the available menu.
- Select This to begin the process of creating the connection and then search for Amazon Alexa right under the Choose Trigger channel.
- Choose the Say a Specific Phrase option as your preferred trigger, and then type in something that you are not likely to forget very easily. We recommend typing something such as “Locate my device” or “I can’t find my device.”
- Select Create Trigger, and then click on That to set up the subsequent part.
- Click on the Phone Call channel and then click on Call My Phone as your preferred course of action to take.
- Lastly, click on Create Action in order to finish up the connection that you have been setting up, and then you can proceed to select Create Recipe in order to lock up and secure everything in their place.
If you are an Android device user, you should be able to create a different recipe that enables you to get the IFTTT website to turn the volume on your phone to the maximum decibel. This would ensure that your chances of hearing it ring are much higher since your device’s ring would be higher than it would if you otherwise don’t utilize this feature before trying to dial up your device.
At this point, you should be able to simply call “Alexa” and follow the name up verbatim with the particular command you typed in earlier. This will put a call through to your phone, and it should begin ringing immediately. Yet again, it is important to remember that this is a method which requires that you must have downloaded and enabled the IFTTT service prior to losing your device.
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