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How to Install MyPhones.app (for Devices You Own)

📱 MyPhones.app is designed for monitoring and managing your own Android devices — such as your child’s phone, a spare phone, or your second device — with full consent and legal compliance.

🔹 Step 1: Check Your Android Version

Ensure your device is running Android 8.0 (Oreo) or later. Older versions may not be fully supported.

  • Go to SettingsAbout phoneAndroid version.


🔹 Step 2: Enable "Install Unknown Apps"

Since this app is not published on Google Play, you'll need to allow installation from outside sources:

  1. Open Settings.

  2. Go to Security or Apps & notifications.

  3. Tap "Install unknown apps" (sometimes under "Advanced").

  4. Select your browser (e.g., Chrome) or File Manager.

  5. Enable Allow from this source.


🔹 Step 3: Download the APK

Visit: 👉 https://get.myphones.app

  • Tap Download APK.

  • Confirm if prompted.


🔹 Step 4: Install the APK

Once downloaded:

  • Open the APK file.

  • Tap Install.

  • Wait for installation to complete.

  • Tap Open.


🔹 Step 5: Grant Required Permissions

After launching the app, it will ask for essential permissions such as:

  • Location – to track the GPS

  • Contacts, SMS, and Call Logs – for device activity insights

  • Battery Optimization Exclusion – to run in the background

👉 Please grant all permissions to ensure full functionality.


  1. Sign in with your https://cpanel.MyPhones.app account (or create one), or you can create one at the MyPhones agent app.

  2. The device will be added to your account after you consent to the terms of use, the device, and the purpose of installation.

  3. Give the device a name (e.g., John’s Phone).


✅ You’re Done!

This device is now connected to your MyPhones.app dashboard. You can:

  • Track location in real-time

  • View activity reports

  • Customize alerts and limits

  • Manage permissions remotely


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