Our lives revolve around smartphones every single day. From waking up to the alarm on the phone to retiring at the end of the day after checking notifications on social media pages, and every task in between is heavily dependent on a smartphone. Losing your cell phone can feel like losing a limb, especially if you have a busy and communication-dependant lifestyle. Hence, it pays to get familiar with ways of tracking and locating a lost phone much before it actually happens.

How to track a lost phone?
A smart way to locate lost phones is through a cell phone tracking site. There are a number of websites that offer cell phone tracking services for free. Not just websites, there are many smartphone apps that help track and locate lost or misplaced mobile phones. Gaining familiarity with various phone tracking sites and applications, and their working methodologies can prove to be helpful during emergencies.

Most mobile companies like Samsung, Nokia, or Apple provide in-built lost phone tracking apps like Find My Mobile, or Find My Device.,etc. There are a number of anti-theft or phone recovery applications on the Google Play store as well. Tracking a phone through websites requires an Internet connection and your phone number. Unlike phone apps, you don’t need to pre-download the tracker app for locating your lost phone through these websites.

Here are the top cell phone tracking sites you can use:

• Mobile Locate 
  This website allows users to locate any mobile phone on demand. They provide free instant access to their services. Their services do not depend on software or application and do not need any installation. AT&T, US Cellular, TracFone Wireless, T-Mobile and MetroPCS are some of the mobile carriers that are covered by their tracking services. You can locate single or multiple phones from a web-enabled device on the go through this website. To avail their tracking services, you need to sign up for a free account, select a Locate plan, register the phone number that needs tracking and log in.
• USA Phone Tracker
  The USA Phone Tracker website works through GSM and GPS. Phone tracking results are delivered instantly. You can use their service to track and locate your children, spouse, parents or friends through the Internet. There is no need to download any software to use this cell phone tracking site. The approximate margin of error of their locating services is 25 meters in the country.
• Phone Tracker 
  Phone Tracker is a complete cell phone tracking site that offers a whole host of features. It enables users to keep a track of all incoming and outgoing calls (with complete details on date, time, duration), incoming and outgoing text messages, websites visited, and GPS location of the phone. The location details of the phone are sent at intervals of 30 minutes to the control panel, which stores GPS data. You can view all the data on your smartphone too.

Overcome the fear of losing your cell phone by familiarizing yourself with various cell phone tracking sites and   their usage. Why spend a ton of money on a new phone when you can easily retrieve the old one?