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Plan B

Plan B

Lookout Mobile Security

500,000 - 1,000,000 downloads

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Plan B is your last resort to find your missing phone.

This is the first and only 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you've already lost your phone. Having Lookout on your phone is the best way to protect your phone and find it fast, but use Plan B if you have already lost your phone and didn't have Lookout installed.
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NOTE: Plan B only works with 2.0 - 2.3 versions of Android
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Follow these easy steps to use Plan B:
1. Install Plan B to the phone that you are trying to find from the Android Market website: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb.
2. Plan B will start automatically and send your phone’s location to your Gmail address.
3. To locate again after 10 minutes, borrow a friend’s phone and text the word “locate” to your lost phone.

Using Plan B is simple, but requires access to the Android Market website and your Google account. (If you have an Android phone, you already have a Google account.)

After you install it, Plan B will start locating your phone using cell towers and GPS. On some phones, Plan B can switch GPS on automatically. Your location will keep updating for 10 minutes, and you will get an email each time it is located, whether the phone is moving or standing still. You can start the process again by texting “locate” to your number from any other phone. In order to locate your phone, we send you a text via SMS, so **standard message rates apply**.

Once you have found your phone, download Lookout Mobile Security to add all the essential protections that your phone needs, including security scans for malware and spyware, backup for your contacts and all the best lost and stolen phone protections -- all in one easy download!

Technical Details:

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* You'll get one email message when Plan B starts, and up to 5 other messages as it refines your phone's location or tracks it as it moves.


* Each location email will include an accuracy rating in meters.


* Plan B will attempt to launch as soon as it downloads, but in some cases you will need to send an SMS to get it started.


* Note that your location is only sent to the Gmail address that is already associated with your phone; nobody else can access your location using Plan B.


* U.S. Users: If a data connection is not available, Plan B will use mobile-originated SMS messages to send your location to your email address.

**Regular SMS rates may apply**.

About Lookout Labs


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This is a project of the Labs division of Lookout Mobile Security. The goal of Lookout Labs is to explore new ideas and push the boundaries of mobile apps. Labs projects are experimental by nature, and may only be available for a limited time.

This app is not a replacement for Lookout Mobile Security. Downloading the full version of Lookout is the best way to keep your phone safe from malware and spyware, back up your data, and locate, scream, lock, or wipe a lost or stolen phone.

Lookout is a mobile security company dedicated to protecting smartphones worldwide. Rated 5 stars by CNET and PCWorld, millions of users worldwide trust Lookout to protect their phone. Lookout is security and privacy certified by TRUSTe.

Follow Lookout on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/mylookout and Twitter http://twitter.com/lookout to get up to the minute security and antivirus updates.

© 2013 Lookout, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Terms of Use available at https://www.lookout.com/legal/terms

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Recently changed in this version:

- Plan B now only allows installation on compatible versions of Android (2.0-2.3.4)


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Comments and ratings for Plan B

  • (62 stars)

    by Carolina Espinal on 05/06/2013

    It doesn't work!!! I downloaded it, I had it on my phone. I lost my phone 2 days ago. I keep texting locate and nothing comes out. PLEASE HELP! I'M FREAKING OUT!> PLEASE

  • (62 stars)

    by Randall Jackson on 04/06/2013

    I havent gotten an email yet but will it work if the phone is dead?

  • (62 stars)

    by Chantelle Hazelman on 03/06/2013

    This app works a charm, but I was lucky only to lose my phone! if was stolen and I kept sending a message to locate it wouldn't the thief see that it is being tracked and would quickly take out the battery?

  • (62 stars)

    by Chris Nelson on 03/06/2013

    Phone fell off while riding my motorbike. I new the general area but after walking around ringing my phone and not finding it I used the Find function of ESET Mobile Security I had installed. Unfortunately didn't give an accurate location. Downloaded Plan

  • (62 stars)

    by Sheethal Shirurkar on 01/06/2013

    i lost my samsung galaxy grand.this app is not working on my phone. can u help me to get higher version

  • (62 stars)

    by Trina Ayliffe on 31/05/2013

    Does this app work if your phone is off???

  • (62 stars)

    by Francheska Medina on 30/05/2013

    Does anyone know why this app is not compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S4. I used it on my previous phone just to test it and it worked. My S4 was stolen, the same day I activated it, but it keeps saying the Plan B is supposedly not compatible. Help.