Lost my Nexus 7 - Anything I can do?

[howardv]

Was out drinking last night with friends. As I woke up this morning, I realized I have no idea what happened to my new Nexus 7! I'll have to check with the bar and see if anyone turned it in (doubtful). I didn't have any special programs installed for finding it. Is there anything I can do now remotely? I guess all I need to do is immediately change my Google account password. Anything else?

 

[wolverine2003]

Was out drinking last night with friends. As I woke up this morning, I realized I have no idea what happened to my new Nexus 7! I'll have to check with the bar and see if anyone turned it in (doubtful). I didn't have any special programs installed for finding it. Is there anything I can do now remotely? I guess all I need to do is immediately change my Google account password. Anything else?

https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Sign in and see if it will show you where it's at. I hope you find it!

 

[howardv]

Found it! Thanks for the link, it showed it was at my home! I left it in my bicycle's rear storage bag. That's very cool of Google to natively include this deviemanager.

I will never take my Nexus to a bar again!

 

[patruns]

And that option will only exist when you have a wifi connection. Keep that in mind.

 

[hiwayracer]

https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Sign in and see if it will show you where it's at. I hope you find it!

Never knew about that - nice - though for some reason it only picks up my phone and not my tablet though i use lookout.

Also if one looses ones phone can always use https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...d=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en&token=q1Lx4qTp

 

[YAYTech]

Never knew about that - nice - though for some reason it only picks up my phone and not my tablet though i use lookout.

Also if one looses ones phone can always use https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...d=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en&token=squd0iW-

Lookout is its own system separate from Google's. You may need to set up your tablet on Google's system.

 

[wolverine2003]

Found it! Thanks for the link, it showed it was at my home! I left it in my bicycle's rear storage bag. That's very cool of Google to natively include this deviemanager.

I will never take my Nexus to a bar again!

Awesome! I'm glad you found it!

 

[wolverine2003]

Never knew about that - nice - though for some reason it only picks up my phone and not my tablet though i use lookout.

Also if one looses ones phone can always use https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...d=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en&token=XjgHSn9m

Plan B says it only works with Android version 2.0 - 2.3 though.

On your tablet, open Google Settings and make sure "Remotely locate this device" is selected.

 

[harryhoudini66]

Never knew about that - nice - though for some reason it only picks up my phone and not my tablet though i use lookout.

Also if one looses ones phone can always use https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...d=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en&token=fQH-fPWk

They released it about a month or so ago I think.

 

[Joe Joejoe]

google really needs to enable these devices with specific identification codes tied to an account to keep them from being stolen and re-sold. otherwise, it's useless for most purposes.


for example, if someone steals the device, all they have to do is wipe it themselves, which takes seconds. even if they don't wipe it, all they have to do is disable wifi or disable GPS. even if the thief disables GPS but uses their own wifi service, the device will be unable to be tracked, not even an IP address is recorded. I don't often lose devices in my own home. I'm more worried about theft than losing a device at home. It'd be nice to have the piece of mind that if my device was ever stolen, no matter who they sold it to, it would list me as the owner and notify me whenever and wherever it's used in the future so that I can take appropriate action in either reclaiming it from the person it was sold to or prosecuting the thief. The irony of it all, is such a feature would be EASY to implement yet it does not exist.

Even wiping your device remotely is both pointless and detrimental. If a person really wanted your data, a wipe wouldn't get rid of it. Running a deleted file recover would reveal everything that was 'wiped'. Then the detrimental part is wiping the device removes the ability to track it anymore...it's essentially unrecoverable after that. So you have to choose between having your account compromised with the hopes that the thief is stupid enough to 1) leave the device on 2) leave GPS on 3) connect to the internet through wifi 4) not wipe the device themselves.....or losing your device for good. when you break it down, there isn't any protection for your data at all no matter what steps you take, unless you encrypt the entire OS....but even then a wipe will factory reset and that won't detour theft.

 

[YAYTech]

google really needs to enable these devices with specific identification codes tied to an account to keep them from being stolen and re-sold. otherwise, it's useless for most purposes.


for example, if someone steals the device, all they have to do is wipe it themselves, which takes seconds. even if they don't wipe it, all they have to do is disable wifi or disable GPS. even if the thief disables GPS but uses their own wifi service, the device will be unable to be tracked, not even an IP address is recorded. I don't often lose devices in my own home. I'm more worried about theft than losing a device at home. It'd be nice to have the piece of mind that if my device was ever stolen, no matter who they sold it to, it would list me as the owner and notify me whenever and wherever it's used in the future so that I can take appropriate action in either reclaiming it from the person it was sold to or prosecuting the thief. The irony of it all, is such a feature would be EASY to implement yet it does not exist.

Even wiping your device remotely is both pointless and detrimental. If a person really wanted your data, a wipe wouldn't get rid of it. Running a deleted file recover would reveal everything that was 'wiped'. Then the detrimental part is wiping the device removes the ability to track it anymore...it's essentially unrecoverable after that. So you have to choose between having your account compromised with the hopes that the thief is stupid enough to 1) leave the device on 2) leave GPS on 3) connect to the internet through wifi 4) not wipe the device themselves.....or losing your device for good. when you break it down, there isn't any protection for your data at all no matter what steps you take, unless you encrypt the entire OS....but even then a wipe will factory reset and that won't detour theft.

You're right that the current system doesn't do much to deal with an at least semi tech savvy thief. It is a step in the right direction, though, and the current system has been in place for, what, a month? We do have to keep pushing some for the features we want, but it's also good to do some recognizing of the continual progress that Google has been making in adding useful features.

BRB, going to check out Chrome Desktop Apps...

 

[chaitu_bujjigadu]

lost my nexus phone .. how to trace the mobile

 

[wolverine2003]

lost my nexus phone .. how to trace the mobile

You can use the same page to track the phone too.

 

[Sot Day]

I searched for my tablet from my tablet and my location was unknown. I guess one of the best palaces to hide truly is in plain site.

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[George Stevens]

This little gadget is a life saver for a guy like me who is always losing his cell phone and keys etc. -

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[azdback46]

why dosent ring work on device manager/

 

[xxBarbaraTruebaxx]

Lol same thing happened to me just that it's at Mexico