Stolen Nexus 6P found using Android Device Manager
posted by Alan F.
/ Dec 04, 2016, 11:50 AM
The Android Device Manager can help track your lost or stolen Android device
While not exactly payback for putting her through the whole ordeal, the victim wrote that the expression on the perp's face when he saw her at the door was priceless. Still, the victim was lucky that the thief was a 16-year old kid and not a gun-toting professional felon. In a situation like this, it is best to have the police involved.
If there is a bigger lesson to be learned here, it is to have the Android Device Manager enabled on your Android device. You never know when it could be the difference between getting your phone back or losing it forever.
A Nexus 6P was stolen and then recovered thanks to Android Device Manager
source: Reddit
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30 Comments
2. XperiaFanZone
Posts: 2277; Member since: Sep 21, 2012
What about searching "find my phone" on Google on chrome?
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 12:04 PM 4
5. droiduh
Posts: 94; Member since: Jun 04, 2015
Why on chrome? No problem on Firefox.
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 1:24 PM 1
4. Mxyzptlk unregistered
ADM is a good tool surprisingly. I lost my phone at work and was able to locate it thanks to ADM.
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 12:45 PM 0
6. BobLawblaw unregistered
Why is this news? It happens every day..
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 1:50 PM 1
7. NarutoKage14
Posts: 1297; Member since: Aug 31, 2016
It's news due to the events that transpired and the fact that there's an actual documented story on the matter. People lose phones every day but rarely does the story get properly documented for others to see.
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 1:57 PM 2
8. NarutoKage14
Posts: 1297; Member since: Aug 31, 2016
I hope to never need to use this feature.
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 1:58 PM 2
10. cnour
Posts: 2305; Member since: Sep 11, 2014
Copying Apple is useful.
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 2:48 PM 1
12. VZWuser76
Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010
There were apps on Android that did this before Apple introduced their Find My iPhone app. Mobile Defence had one almost 6 months before Apple launched their app.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobile-defense-free-mobile-phone-tracking-system-android/
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 3:02 PM 10
14. AlikMalix unregistered
Same argument: every time someone screams "Apple copied". I was able to do that with another app or accessory!!!!
Just saying...
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 4:04 PM 2
17. meanestgenius
Posts: 21349; Member since: May 28, 2014
Instead of what *possibly appears* to be you defending a fellow iOS user for his unnecessary and unwarranted trolling of an Android article, you should be taking the time to denounce your fellow iOS user BECAUSE of his unnecessary and unwarranted trolling.
Just sayin'....
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 4:27 PM 9
19. VZWuser76
Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010
Pointing out that Apple didn't invent everything as some people here would like to believe. I didn't say Android had it integrated did I? No I didn't. Just that some things happened without prior involvement from Apple. Unless of course you believe that everything came from Apple and everyone else just copies them.
Just saying.
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 6:05 PM 4
29. AlikMalix unregistered
No this is a response to the "Apple copies" everything from android bs. But I see Apple features implemented left and right - and all of you are all of a sudden numb to talk.
posted on Dec 06, 2016, 3:18 PM 0
30. meanestgenius
Posts: 21349; Member since: May 28, 2014
But VZW didn't mention that here, Alik. YOU did. He said nothing about Apple "copying" anyone. He said what he said to shut down a known trolls misinformation. You turned his comment around to suit your narrative, as if he were attacking Apple. Classic deflection tactic, often used by trolls.
posted on Dec 06, 2016, 3:57 PM 1
11. k9luvr
Posts: 122; Member since: Oct 17, 2016
"victim was lucky that the thief was a 16-year old kid and not a gun-toting professional felon. In a situation like this, it is best to have the police involved"
I still would have gotten the police involved. If the kid spent a little time behind bars it might have done him some good.
posted on Dec 04, 2016, 3:00 PM 2
25. szoszk
Posts: 1; Member since: Dec 05, 2016
I made use of this feature last weak after I forgot my phone at the university. I noticed it after getting out of the underground, which was completely full of people. At first i thought someone stole it because I wasn't able to locate my device at first with the ADM, which I have done with my laptop. After another try it was able to locate it, and it turned out to not be stolen.
posted on Dec 05, 2016, 3:20 AM 0
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