Best Security App for Android
There is is huge list of apps on Play Store that lets you protect and track your Android incase of loss. And with our smartphone becoming more and more important information about us it becomes all the more important for us to have an app that will protect and secure it. Lets have a look at some of the best security app that we found to protect our Droid.
Best Security App for Android
Android Device Manager
Google’s own Android Device Manager is one of the best ways to track your lost or stolen Andorid phone. With Android Device Manager one can see the list of all Android devices that0 are linked to your Google Account and will assist in tracking the location on Google Map. Incase you have misplaced the phone somewhere near you can give a ring your phone from the browser, you can even lock your phone with a secret PIN, and even opt for factory reset to permanently deletes all the data and information present in your phone.
To locate and perform the above mentioned things to your phone with Android Device Manager, the phone needs to be online via WiFi or mobile data or Wi-Fi.
Where’s My Droid
Absolutely free and very useful app for any Android lover who loves his or her phone. “Where’s My Droid“ app will make the phone ring to the maximum and vibrate when the phone receives a message containing specified words or phrases, for eg. “Where’s my droid?” or “attention”. One can even locate his or her phone if GPS is enabled on their cell phones. One can even lock their phone, erase all information, and even take a picture text message commands. You can even perform SIM Lock function over your phone if someone tries to change the already existing SIM card on your phone. But for that one needs to activate the SIM lock feature on their Android (Settings -> Security -> Setup SIM Card lock) and after enabling the same your device will ask for a security password whenever switched on.
Lock Watch
With LockWatch App for Android one can get the location of their lost phone very smartly as the LockWatch locates the phone and even clicks a picture utilizing the front camera and records the phone if your phone is password protected and the stealer tries to unlock it with wrong PIN, and send all the information to your email in the backend withoout giving the hint that the whole activity of the stealer is being recorded.
Anti Theft Alarm
If you are charging your phone at a public place then your phone is at the maximum risk of getting stolen, and keeping an eye over your phone is a iring task. For this you can rely to Anti-Theft Alarm Android app and relax a bit. With Anti Theft Alarm installed you can hear a strong alarm if someone tries to disconnect it from charger and will keep flashing the screen till the security PIN is entered. And not only this you can configure the app in such a way that even if someone tries to moves the phone even by a few inches from the original position the alarm will be triggered.