In the past when technology is developing, take the phone could be lost and without hope nothing but the network 3G or WiFi increasingly popular and more used, the data on the phone is lost / misplaced will be safety, users can even find the computer (if lucky). Prerequisites to use the following tools may not be lost when the device is required to have your 3G connection or WiFi to connect to the server service. Here are 5 useful tool to help find / data protection when the phone is lost for Android and IOS that LifeHacker proposed:
SeekDroid
SeekDroid tool to help find your phone or data protection safely when lost. Lightweight applications and is being sold for $ 0.99 on Android Market Appstore for Android and Amazon has the full functionality of an application to retrieve the lost phone. With an account, users can locate the phone through GPS web browser on your computer, delete data (full / partial) from a distance, preventing the uninstall application, remote locking, display a message with sound (even when the device mode to im silent) ... Details refer SeekDroid here and here.
Find My iPhone
Of the five applications in this article, there were 4 for Android and the only Find My iPhone platform for users IOS. This is a free application of Apple users of their equipment. With an account Apple ID, Users can easily log in and use the Find My iPhone. Although there is this song name this application can be used with both iPad, iPod Touch, With a Mac iCloud also has applications similar to this then. Find My iPhone is free, but it still has all the features that a loss may be as find the location on the map phone, message display, remote locking, remote data delete ... Find My iPhone was previously part of MobileMe but now Apple ripping it out and deliver free of charge to all users IOS. More detail in here.
Where's My Droid
SeekDroid no charge as this is a free application open platform for users of Google. With Where's My Droid, users can locate lost phone on a map via global positioning (GPS), if it unfortunately your phone is lost, users can also activate the alarm to find the power Phone easily. Furthermore, Where's My Droid will lock the password for the preceding fall into the wrong hands, or send an email to your phone with the best hope to return the machine. For more information about Where's My Droid, users can visit the here.
Prey
Prey is a free service that helps track the phone, alarm for multiple platforms such as Windows, Mac, Linux not just Android. If it detects the phone is lost, the user sends a text message with the word to activate the phone is lost, then the phone will connect to the service of Prey and provide the location of telephone service this case. If the phone is not available on WiFi, Prey will find WiFi networks around and automatically connect to the server to communicate with remote lock, send alarm ... If you have multiple devices and want to manage all the user services Prey to hire for a fee from 5USD/thang to 399USD/thang, depending on the extent and amount of equipment registration (up to 500 devices). Details refer here and here.
Lookout
Lookout is a free application for Android, BlackBerry and WinMo. If your phone is lost, Lookout will locate it, back up data via a wireless connection (with mylookout.com service) and then delete all data remotely. Besides the phone to help find and protect user data, the Lookout is a personal security service for users which includes features such as secure web browsing, anti-spyware, anti-virus ... With the paid version, Lookout also helps users to manage access to applications installed (paid $ 2.99 / month or $ 29.99 / year). Details refer here.