SkieWhat is lost mode on a child's phone or tablet?
Lost mode is a switch on the Skie dashboard that locks the device, shows your contact message on screen, keeps tracking its location, and gathers the details you need for a police report. It stays on until you press mark found.
When a phone or tablet goes missing, you want three things quickly. Stop anyone using it, let an honest finder reach you, and keep an eye on where it goes. Lost mode does all three from one button.
Once lost mode is on, the device locks. The screen shows the message you wrote, usually a name and a phone number, so someone who picks it up has a way to return it. Tracking continues, so the dashboard keeps showing the latest position and the time it was reported.
Behind the scenes, Skie keeps the evidence together. The IMEI, serial number, SIM details and the location trail are collected into one view that you can use for a police report. They are the things officers and carriers tend to ask for, and most parents do not have them written down.
Lost mode does not erase anything. Remote erase is not available yet, and the team is working on it. What stops a thief from simply wiping the device is that reset from Settings is blocked and Android's Factory Reset Protection is on, so a wiped device asks for the Skie organisation's Google sign-in before it can be set up again, which only Skie holds.
The device needs a connection to hear about lost mode. If it is offline, the command is applied when it next comes online, so keep the dashboard open and check back. Pressing mark found ends lost mode and returns the device to normal.