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Android device manager is live.

As always, people are complaining with it not working or other features. I think its great. I tested fr Chrome on N7 and it rang my N4. I showed to my wife, and she was amazed, she always manages to misplace her iPhone on vibrate. She read through the mini MotoX review, will likely be her next phone.
 
Sid59 said:
As always, people are complaining with it not working or other features. I think its great. I tested fr Chrome on N7 and it rang my N4. I showed to my wife, and she was amazed, she always manages to misplace her iPhone on vibrate. She read through the mini MotoX review, will likely be her next phone.
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Have you enabled Find My iPhone, the feature that's been on iOS for literally, years?
 
Sid59 said:
I have, but switched, does it ring it?
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Yea. It will ring the phone, lock it, that kind of thing. With iOS 7, they have a new feature that if your phone is stolen and you lock it through Find My iPhone, then only YOU can activate the device. Even if completely wiped and restored, it will require your Apple ID to activate the device.

I was just saying, your wife was amazed, but this feature has been around for quite some time on iOS. It was even on WinPho7 at launch (or very nearly).
 
Nice! Works great on my S4. Between this and Where's My Droid I'm covered pretty well.

Sid59, yes you can ring your device on find my iphone. Just tested it on my iPad
 
TheStu said:
Yea. It will ring the phone, lock it, that kind of thing. With iOS 7, they have a new feature that if your phone is stolen and you lock it through Find My iPhone, then only YOU can activate the device. Even if completely wiped and restored, it will require your Apple ID to activate the device.

I was just saying, your wife was amazed, but this feature has been around for quite some time on iOS. It was even on WinPho7 at launch (or very nearly).
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Didn't know! Thanks, she still in awe with some of the features of the MotoX and the ability to change icons and widgets.
 
Wow, that's pretty cool.

Found and rang my Nook HD+, but at first my Note 2 wasn't showing up. Now it's working with that too.
 
you guys need to read :|

"To enable Erase Device, you must enable factory reset on your device. To do so, open the Google Settings app on your device and click the checkbox within Android Device Manager."
 
Ariae said:
you guys need to read :|

"To enable Erase Device, you must enable factory reset on your device. To do so, open the Google Settings app on your device and click the checkbox within Android Device Manager."
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That was already done, back when I first got the phone. Any other ideas? EDIT: I figured it out. Wifi had to be on, and that sucks! I almost never have wifi on.
 
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Google really needs to hire better organizational managers. Months after its introduction I still cannot easily access Google Keep without searching for it online. And where am I supposed to go for this device manager? There is no official direct link from their website. Their organization is like a zoo.
 
Dari said:
Google really needs to hire better organizational managers. Months after its introduction I still cannot easily access Google Keep without searching for it online. And where am I supposed to go for this device manager? There is no official direct link from their website. Their organization is like a zoo.
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I don't disagree but for all the Android MFG, the setting for this is different. I think the absolute place is inside Security.
 
Dari said:
Google really needs to hire better organizational managers. Months after its introduction I still cannot easily access Google Keep without searching for it online. And where am I supposed to go for this device manager? There is no official direct link from their website. Their organization is like a zoo.
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I also won't argue against your general premise, but how could they make it easier than google.com/keep?
 
Dari said:
Google really needs to hire better organizational managers. Months after its introduction I still cannot easily access Google Keep without searching for it online. And where am I supposed to go for this device manager? There is no official direct link from their website. Their organization is like a zoo.
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They are Web apps, you have a link.

What's the problem again?
 
cronos said:
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Originally Posted by Dari

Google really needs to hire better organizational managers. Months after its introduction I still cannot easily access Google Keep without searching for it online. And where am I supposed to go for this device manager? There is no official direct link from their website. Their organization is like a zoo.

I also won't argue against your general premise, but how could they make it easier than google.com/keep?
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There is no direct link like there is for Drive, Play, News, etc... I have to manually type in the address every time I want to use it.


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WelshBloke said:
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Originally Posted by Dari

Google really needs to hire better organizational managers. Months after its introduction I still cannot easily access Google Keep without searching for it online. And where am I supposed to go for this device manager? There is no official direct link from their website. Their organization is like a zoo.

They are Web apps, you have a link.

What's the problem again?
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where do you see the app for Device Manager? and it should be easily accessible via a browser, just like Find My Phone in I cloud or the Windows Phone version.


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Dari said:
where do you see the app for Device Manager? and it should be easily accessible via a browser, just like Find My Phone in I cloud or the Windows Phone version.


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Google Settings app in your phone. Look for the green icon
 
It can't seem to find my Nexus 4 or Nexus 7...
"Location unavailable"

Both devices were also rung with no response.
 
zerocool84 said:
Google Settings app in your phone. Look for the green icon
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I'm talking about accessing the map to find your lost or missing devices. To find something for Apple devices I just go to iCloud. For Windows Phones, I just go to Windowsphone.com and click on 'Find my Phone'. That takes me to a map. Why doesn't Google have something similar?
 
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Dari said:
I'm talking about accessing the map to find your lost or missing devices. To find something for Apple devices I just go to iCloud. For Windows Phones, I just go to Windowsphone.com and click on 'Find my Phone'. That takes me to a map. Why doesn't Google have something similar?
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android.com
 
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