yesterday, Google finally made available Android Device Manager , a utility that lets locate our Android phone using Google Maps and GPS, and, also allows us to delete data remotely in case of theft or loss. Those who do not rely too much on Google and want to find an alternative, we’ve talked about Prey, but today we see other five options we have if we need to place the equipment and, if necessary, delete files and data to stay calmer. These are some of our alternatives to Android Device Manager, but as always, you can leave your suggestions in the comments.
Cerberus
This is one of the first alternatives to Android Device Manager and also one of the most popular and efficient. Cerberus is a paid application that can use multiple devices, and serves as a useful anti-theft with which we can protect many of the aspects of the mobile phone. It has a price, yes, but it comes with benefits.
Cerberus is composed of two parts. For one, an Android app. On the other, a dashboard now have access to our information. The Android app does not stand out too much and is easy to install, on the other hand, Cerberus really shines when accessing web application .
One of the main advantages of Cerberus is that it has support for multiple devices from a single account . This means that if we have a phone and a tablet, we can associate the two to a single account (with Android Device Manager, that can also be done as long as the two have the same Google account associated).
Cerberus finally has advanced options and choices most basic. Within this latter group, we found the automatic tracking of the team, which will turn on the phone’s GPS to find your location. You can also get information from the device, and alert to certain phone numbers when the phone is lost or stolen. As with Android Device Manager, we are able to sound an alarm.
Lookout
Another alternative to Android Device Manager audience favorite is Lookout . It has a free version and a pay to accommodate the different needs of users, and is designed to find our lost phone. It consists of three main functions.
First, Lookout is a antivirus for our Android . We can question whether the antivirus Android are really useful, but for those who want to have it, this is a complete package. Give scans continuous over the air without having our intervention, and the ability to remove viruses, malware, adware and spyware from your computer.
Second, we have the function that interests us, the recover your phone . Lookout offers the possibility of recovering your phone. First, with an alarm, that through GPS lets you put your computer on a map and alert us to your presence, even when in silent profile. It also saves the last location of the phone when you have low battery, and, most interesting, send us an email with a photo and location of the person entering security code from the terminal incorrectly three times.
Finally, Lookout allows restore your computer or retrieve contacts . In particular, we can save a copy of your contacts from Google, but on the other hand, we can restore this information if we have accidentally deleted. With the payment application also can be passed contacts and files from one device to another.
Android Lost
all alternatives to Android Device Manager, Android Lost is the one that has the name most direct and easier use . Through the web or SMS, we can perform a number of actions to protect our data when we lose or steal the phone. The good thing is that it is more advanced, not only easier to use.
By this we mean that we will be able to take action on the things that happen on the phone as long as you have the application installed. And, of course, to keep the application installed, it may not be the case in case of theft.
a dashboard special accessed from the web, when we lose our team or get lost in the battle with foreign friends, we will be able to perform a number of basic actions, such as deleting information stored on the computer. But we can also have an advanced control remote computer.
For example, we read the SMS sent and received , do a wipe of the computer, lock it, delete the contents of the memory card, locate via network or GPS, sound an alarm , send a text message from the page of Android Lost, divert calls, get the phone status (battery IMEI, etc.), stop the access, hide the launcher, take pictures , and more.
Where’s My Droid
Where’s My Droid , another alternative to Android Device Manager, we have a lot of functionality in a very similar to Lookout, which differs from Android Device Manager with the addition of antivirus and other security measures.
Also as with Lookout, we have two options. On one hand, the free application, which is quite complete, and on the other, the Pro version, which adds some interesting features that depend on each buy or not. We will review the highlights of each version.
First, Where’s My Droid allows us to find our phone activated remotely an alarm to sound or vibrate. We can also locate your phone via GPS, and send text messages to contacts pre-selected . The application can have a password to prevent unwanted changes made by another person.
addition, we will be notified if the phone is a change of SIM or phone number. And finally, the Stealth Mode hide all text messages that reach the phone, sending instead a text message to warn of the situation. This is one of the differentiating factors that distinguish Where’s My Droid the other alternatives.
Plan B
Finally, we close our list of alternatives to Android Device Manager with Plan B . Described as “the ultimate resource for your Android lost”, and see if this is particularly true. We can say that it has a differential value application can be down after losing it , without prior actions.
application operation, on the other hand, is not too complicated. How do we find our phone if we do not install anything before? The applications mentioned above need to be on the phone so that we can find from the web, and this is the main difference of Plan B, which makes it similar to Android Device Manager.
If you lose your phone, from Google Play can install the application directly to your mobile phone. If it is stolen, we will have to see if the thieves did not quench your computer or directly had time to do a restore to factory settings. Once installed, we will receive in our Gmail account an email with your location.
At 10 minutes, using another mobile, we can send a text message to find out the location again. Plan B uses cell towers or GPS equipment to find mobile. One of our first reactions to losing an Android is to change the password for the Google account, but in this case, we would have to wait a bit.
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