We all love our smartphones and other gadgets. To keep their smartphones safe from unwanted usage by other people, people generally use various methods of locking the screen. It is a nice practice but it can also cause you some issues.

For example, you missed your phone somewhere and a nice person found it. But since the phone is locked, he is not able to contact any person on your "quick dial" to contact them and inform about this issue. That person will have to wait until you or someone call on your phone. So, it would be nice to have some information available about you as the phone owner on the lock screen of the phone.

HOW TO : Show the Owner Info or A Message on Your Android Phone's Lock Screen for Emergency and to Help Recover the Lost Phone
New smartphones like Xperia Z or Galaxy S3 Mini running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS and above is having the feature of showing the owner information on the lock screen. For example, above is the lock screen of my phone where I am showing my name and email address on which a person can contact me if he finds my phone unattended.

This feature is specially helpful in the case of emergency when you are going through an accident or health condition and not able to contact your family by yourself. Then anybody can look at the information you provide on your phone lock screen and act accordingly.

If you are having an Android Jelly Bean smartphone  then, you can also display your email address, alternate phone number or house address as the Owner Info. Just follow the steps mentioned below to display the owner info on your Android smartphone to help recovery of it if lost or to provide some information during emergency.

I am assuming that you are already locking screen of your Android phone with one of your preferred method. If not, then activate the screen lock option first from the Security menu. After that go through the below steps.

HOW TO : Show the Owner Info or A Message on Android Phone's Lock Screen for Emergency and to Help Recover the Lost Phone


1. Go to the Settings menu of your Android smartphone.

2. Scroll down and tap on the Security option under the Personal menu.

3. Now look for the Owner Info option and tap on it.

HOW TO : Show the Owner Info or A Message on Your Android Phone's Lock Screen for Emergency and to Help Recover the Lost Phone
4. Tap on the "Show owner info on lock screen" to mark and activate the Owner Info option.

5. Now just below this option, you will find a text field as shown in the above image. Just type whatever information message or information you want to be displayed on phone screen when it is locked.

6. Once done, just exit the menu and check your lock screen for the desired owner info on it.
 
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