What options do I have if I lose my Android smartphone?

[moindear]

My cousin brother lost his Samsung Galaxy S4 phone, an hour back, snatched by couple of guys on a motor bike with no number

He has lodged a complaint at the police station.

Can we do anything from our end to wipe the phone, or generate an alarm. Can we install any app which will help us (assuming the data will be still on)

Can we disable the phone based on IMEI?

 

[moindear]

This was the phone I gifted him exactly 3 months back and I was speaking to him on phone when this incident happened in Hyderabad.

 

[Sushubh]

And I thought Gurgaon was a dangerous city to live in

 

[moindear]

This was almost in front of the house at 1240 am, with lots of people around due to Ramzan.

The device manager does not detect the location

 

[Manish24]

sad this happened

sad you gifted samsung s4

As long as you have Google account set up on your phone and have downloaded apps from the Play Store, you can always go here from your computer:FREE Lost Phone Tracker -PlanB - Android Apps on Google Play and install Plan B from Lookout Mobile. The phone has to be on and able to connect to the internet so it can download abd install this app, but you can locate the phone through GPS coordinates. There are several other options this app has that you can perform to help secure your device so that personal information isn’t accessed.

 

[Sushubh]

I guess the first thing thieves do on a phone is remove the sim and reset the phone. This is why Google Device Manager is mostly hopeless here in India.

 

[Manish24]

@chromaniac you should visit secunderabad. one scary place.

 

[Sushubh]

You should visit Noida.

 

[Manish24]

Haha.That is still okay. Noida > Gurgaon.

 

[moindear]

Seems I am just late. Had installed an app 5 minutes back but now this