What to Do If Your Phone Is Lost or Stolen in Brazil

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0000

I live in Brazil, where phone theft is common enough that it pays to know the steps before you need them. This tutorial is the checklist I keep for that moment. It covers the tools every Android phone has, Samsung’s in particular because that is what I use, and the Brazilian side: the mobile operator, Anatel’s national blocklist of stolen phones, the federal Celular Seguro programme and the police report (boletim de ocorrência).

Samsung on Artur Rios Lab

What to Do If Your Phone Is Lost or Stolen in Brazil