Many of users may lost their device's and they where no option for get the lost device and buy a new one. For those users who are using Android devices can able to find their device and remove all the user device data remotely also by using Android Device Manager. So, here you will learn how to use this application and some of features of Android Device Manager.
Setting up Android Device Manager :
First you off course you need to install Android Device Manager from Google Play store. And to verify that ADM is install and enable to work properly, go to Google Settings on your device.
Services > Tap Security option
Here you can see Android Device Manager (ADM) if it is installed on your Android device. If you cannot see ADM, it means it is not installed on your Android device and you need to install again.
Once you are done with setting up ADM successfully, it is time to explore features and functions of ADM one by one. By default, Remotely locate this device is enabled and Allow remote lock screen is disabled.
- How To Remotely Track Location of Lost Device
On any computer browser, go here (ADM web version) to start. Sign in with the same Google account you used on your lost Android device. If your Location is on, the location of your Android device is displayed on Google Maps, accurate to 20-25 meters of the precise location.
- How to Bypass the Lock Screen
If in the event of losing your phone, you had not set a lock screen as an added security step, it’s not too late. With ADM you can not only bypass the lock screen and lock it with another password, but also add a custom message or alternate phone number on the lock screen.
To bypass the lock screen, choose the Set up Lock & Erase option.
On some phones, the options are already split to a separate Lock option and an Erase option.
Click on Lock and enter your new password, repeat the password to confirm. This can help minimize someone else intruding into your contact list, emails, photo gallery, messaging apps and other important information.
You can add an optional recovery message as well. This is a message that is directed to anyone who may have stumbled upon your phone so be constructive with the message in the hopes that your device will be returned to you.
You can also give an alternative contact number here. A button will appear on the lock screen. Tapping that button will authorize the phone to call you.
- How to Remotely Ring Your Device
This step is best done after you have lock your device and set your recovery message and alternative phone number on your lock screen. Provided that your Location was on, and your device is online, you can click on Ring to make your device start ringing.
This option will confirm for you whether device did ring or did not. If you are at the location near your missing phone, this could alert to you or a passerby of your phone’s location. The device will ring for 5 minutes.
- How to Erase All Data
If your phone carries sensitive information that are already backed up, and you don’t this info to fall into someone else’s hands (for instance business-sensitive information or banking info) you can use ADM to perform a factory reset.
Just choose the Erase option, next to the Lock option. This effectively erases all your data and settings on your device. If the device is offline, the factory reset will be performed as soon as the device is online.
once all data is erased successfully, ADM is no longer available for your Android device.
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