A calamity I would not want with anyone to happen, Androids and especially the ones with big screens coming up recently prove out to be hot targets for local thugs and thieves...
I found that out the hard way!!!
Now, you Android has everything from access to your personal information, photos and so on. It might also have stuff about your near and dear ones that you might not like being disclosed.
So keep aside the monetary loss, losing your phone can be a much bigger deal than what you would imagine...
Now to prevent your data you can have privacy locks but what you need to understand is that even if your phone wasn't intended to be stolen, a finder of it might keep it and not report.
In that case, if you have a ICS+ phone then you can set up a message on your lock screen through lock screen settings claiming a record for finder. Others can use third party apps for the same.
So now we have secured our data with basic technical prevention techniques, let us look at some remedies possible if the calamity has already happened.
First and foremost, trust your local police and lodge a police complaint with enough documents supporting your ownership of the lost phones and details.
Now, a mobile phone lost complaint is a very low priority case and usually it takes long to recover lost phones.
So even officials ask if you have a tracker installed on your phone.
This saves their time and helps you recover your phone easily.
Although I am a big time supporter of free apps, I will recommend shedding some bucks for better paid apps with more security.
I am currently using AntiDroidTheft as it comes highly recommended on play store and a lot of forums.
It requires a simple free registration.
Luckily I haven't felt the need to track my lost phone yet as it was my previous phone that got lost.
So I hope this works just about fine.
You might as well experiment!!!
In the end, stay tuned, have fun!!!
