{"id":217956,"date":"2023-03-23T07:28:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=155540"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:45:19","slug":"how-to-fix-location-not-available-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-fix-location-not-available-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving the ‘Location Unavailable’ problem in Find My Device: Tips and tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are few things as frustrating as losing or having your cell phone stolen. Fortunately, if you are an Android smartphone user you can find it in a few seconds thanks to its “Find my device”<\/strong> function. This is able to locate on a map the exact location of our mobile or tablet<\/strong> in addition to, to the misfortune of the thief, block and erase the device’s data. However, sometimes the Android Device Manager<\/strong> does not work as it should and gives the error message “Location not available”<\/strong>. Does that mean we have lost our phone? Of course not!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today’s article we are going to show you how to fix the “Location Unavailable”<\/strong> failure of the “Find My Device”<\/strong> app or web version. The process is very simple and in a few minutes you will have your phone perfectly located again. Here we go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Find My Device<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all, let’s talk a little about the “Find my device”<\/strong> security feature that comes with all smartphones or tablets with Android operating system. This, thanks to the location system, allows you to find in a few seconds where your phone or tablet is remotely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation of “Find my device” is very simple. Just by using its application or visiting its website<\/a> we can locate on a map<\/strong> all the Android devices that we have linked to our Google account<\/strong>. But that’s not all, because in addition to locating them we can interact with them, resulting in an indispensable security tool in case of loss or someone has stolen our mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is Find My Device used for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As we have already told you, “Find my device” is a Google security service that you can access both from its web version<\/a> and from its Android application<\/a>. Thanks to Find My Device you can locate any cell phone or tablet that you have linked to your Google account. That is, as long as you have the location enabled. But “Find my device” is much more than a service to locate a lost smartphone. You can interact with your devices remotely with a single click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the main functions of “Find My Device”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n