Background: I have an iPhone 6 for work and a OnePlus One for my personal phone.
Today I lost my iPhone at the racetrack for a Kentucky Derby party. What I did was I left my stupid phone at the betting counter. By the time I realized about 5 minutes later, I was trying to log into iCloud.com on my Android phone. I tried Chrome, Firefox and Dolphin Browser. The only way any of them would work was if I used Desktop mode. It was VERY frustrating. None of the browsers rendered the site properly. I ended up asking my buddy for his iPhone to log into Find my iPhone.
With that said, once I locked the phone down and played a sound, I got a call back saying that the phone was at Lost & Found. Overall though I wasn't worried once I could lock down the iPhone. Knowing activation lock is pretty solid compared to the Android version, I was pretty confident.
My experience leaving my OnePlus One in a cab last year was different. I was easily able to log into Find my iPhone easily on the iPhone and lock the phone down quickly and display a message. The one thing that the cab driver struggled with was how to pick up the phone. He probably wasn't the brightest, but he couldn't figure it out for some time.
One potential problem with the Android Device Manager is that if you are using it on a second device, you will need to have a 2FA system set up properly. On another device managing an iDevice, you can use Find my iPhone, but not anything else. However on Android, you need to have your 2FA codes. Luckily I use Authy to make sure I have my 2FA codes on any device, but I can see those using Google Authenticator could run into trouble.
I think that overall once you can lock the phone down and ring it or display a message the iPhone experience seems to be pretty good. However the inability to get into iCloud.com on any device is freaking annoying. I'm guessing Apple's just trying to make things hard for us.
In conclusion, I feel like both platforms have their strengths, and if we could take the best from both worlds, the system would be pretty powerful.
Today I lost my iPhone at the racetrack for a Kentucky Derby party. What I did was I left my stupid phone at the betting counter. By the time I realized about 5 minutes later, I was trying to log into iCloud.com on my Android phone. I tried Chrome, Firefox and Dolphin Browser. The only way any of them would work was if I used Desktop mode. It was VERY frustrating. None of the browsers rendered the site properly. I ended up asking my buddy for his iPhone to log into Find my iPhone.
With that said, once I locked the phone down and played a sound, I got a call back saying that the phone was at Lost & Found. Overall though I wasn't worried once I could lock down the iPhone. Knowing activation lock is pretty solid compared to the Android version, I was pretty confident.
My experience leaving my OnePlus One in a cab last year was different. I was easily able to log into Find my iPhone easily on the iPhone and lock the phone down quickly and display a message. The one thing that the cab driver struggled with was how to pick up the phone. He probably wasn't the brightest, but he couldn't figure it out for some time.
One potential problem with the Android Device Manager is that if you are using it on a second device, you will need to have a 2FA system set up properly. On another device managing an iDevice, you can use Find my iPhone, but not anything else. However on Android, you need to have your 2FA codes. Luckily I use Authy to make sure I have my 2FA codes on any device, but I can see those using Google Authenticator could run into trouble.
I think that overall once you can lock the phone down and ring it or display a message the iPhone experience seems to be pretty good. However the inability to get into iCloud.com on any device is freaking annoying. I'm guessing Apple's just trying to make things hard for us.
In conclusion, I feel like both platforms have their strengths, and if we could take the best from both worlds, the system would be pretty powerful.
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