Top Shelf: find my Android
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Finding a lost iPhone is easy — the functionality is built right into iOS. Doing the same on Android is a bit more complicated. Despite Google’s love affair with cloud services, the company does’t have its own tracking service, so Dan Seifert and David Peirce set out on a game of GPS hide-and-seek to find out which third-party apps do the best at finding lost Androids. More from The Verge:
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Cerberus FTW!
6th
You guys missed an app that has all the features mentioned in the video, and you pay a one-time fee. PhoneLocator Pro is where its at.
How about Android Lost, it’s completely free and is equally good
actually if you dont disable it, google maps on your android is reporting everywhere you go. The feature is there but difficult to access because its made to share the location with friends
cerberus ftw
Yeah it’s SO complicated on Android! I mean, you have to install an app to do it
Typical verge
For samsung phones there is samsung dive. Same as find my iPhone and its free.
He said it’s a ‘bit’ more complicated, which is true. He didn’t say it was very complicated and they go on to say that you can much more on Android because it’s more open.
Typical fanboy?
Dan’s frowny face
You both missed the point and stated the point at the same time. Congrats.
cerberus for android
latitude
There’s also Prey which you can also install on iPhones, Macs, PC…
One of worst videos on Verge 🙁 They should explain section by section how to secure data, than how to back up & than how to recover it + try to improvise real situation scenario. For this video you are getting Finger down Verge.
I’ve found AirDroid to be the best remote utility for using my android device
Lookout is FREE to track your Android phone and to take a picture of someone trying to unlock your phone. I use it, and my friends always take my phone so they can try to unlock it and take a picture of themselves.
Air Droid V.2 can do all of this and its free.
I use ceberus!!
How harsh.
I have big respect for Verge because they deliver us great videos, but also I have high expectations too. This video is just wrong for Verge. For some amateur YT guys who are doing vids in free time its totally OK.
If I remember correctly, The Verge have a habit of not doing tutorial videos…
They know their audience, and they know they’re adept with technology and software. All they really need to do is point you in the right direction.
Not tutorials. Principles.
So, uhm, explaining how to secure, back up and recover data is..?
Trust Go is really good.
AndroidLost is also good
Airdroid 2 now does this VERY well.
You forgot “Plan B” which works by being installed from the Play store website. Great if you lose your phone and didn’t have anything setup already. I lost an iPad for not having it on iCloud, this is much better.
‘which third party apps do the best in finding your Android’
You talked for 1:35 min about TWO apps?
So this basically means we’re fucked
“This is mine now.”
Samsung Dive is free for all Samsung phones, and it works just fine!
This episode is brought you by… Panera Bread. Awesome product placement! TheVerge is a win.
Planers Bread ;( the don’t have any in the UK… :((((
Dan Seifert has excellent fashion sense! (Or at least in this video)
The chic at 1:29 wanted the D badly
+1 for Cerberus
Airdroid since v2 is now a nice tool for this, too.
Beside… it is one of the must have apps for file transfers anyways.
exactly. prey is excellent imho.
Did you forget that Windows Phone 8 has the find my phone feature built in, considering you dismissed it so quickly?
Public service announcement
Wtf. Like they done the intro. Where’s the rest of the video lol