[Windows Phone 7 General] Magpir:
if u are disconnected it will not show up in windowsphone.com

there will be no "device" category there.

Find my phone as in Nodo is different from that of mango. Well it allows u to

lock, ring and erase

yr phone, that is if its lost. if its stolen, thats a different story as yr phone is in possession of someone else.

it has nothing to do with complicated process in Mango. its a flaw which MS corrected from Nodo to mango

and the feature itself has drawbacks without a lockscreen password if the phone is stolen

let me explain :

In nodo we can turn off this feature in settings, with mango we couldn't...reason is if u lost yr phone and yr phone does not have lockscreen password, anyone who finds yr lost phone could just turn the feature off in NODO and before. And so u will lose the ability to remote wipe the device , and yr personal data will be compromised, it is already is when u dint put in a lockscreen password and someone finds the phone before u can wipe it thru find my phone.

. so this is a flaw MS corrected in MAngo by not setting up options to turn off find my phone in the device itself but rather from a webpage that requires yr login ID . but on a side note, it does not make yr phone immune to hard reset . if anyone who found yr lost phone hard resets the device thru the vol buttons, then u cannot track the phone, but yr personal data will be have disappeared.so it comes to the same thing. of cos the best thing to safeguard yr personal data is to put in a lock screen password, even zune cannot sync a locked phone.

This is why find my phone does not totally foolproof yr phone without a lockscreen password. Find my phone uses cell towers to work aand so technically speaking any thief or anyone familiar with the feature finding yr lost/stolen phone can remove the sim card to render the feature useless, but the lockscreen will save the day . this is where the importance of lockscreen password come in . the phone contents cannot be accessed without the lockscreen password.FInd my phone allows u to track, and wipe yr phone befrore y rphone contents is accessed or hard resetted but it may not allow u to recover yr phone if its intentionally stolen, as thieves may resort to hard resetting and/or removing the sim card

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There waas a similar feature like find my phone though not the same in apple iphones 3G/3GS and in earlier versions of IOS without user driven phone tracking which only came about in IOS 4 and above . but the purpose of it was to prevent viruses from spreading thru networks or some other unpredictable, undesirable/illegal activity which may rear its ugly head in the future. i am not sure if the feature is still around in later iphones>IOS versions

It allows apple to identify and cripple a device remotely. the feature does not show up in iphone settings/ options nor is there any way to turn it off except jail breaking and installing an app called sbsettings in which one can disable the feature. There was some privacy concerns with this feature and the issue which was blogged about several times on the net, a few years ago

I guess find my phone also does the same at least the ability to do the same. difference is MS gives u the ability to turn it off thru webpage with login ID

So u may be wondering why is there such a feature in the first place in smartphones when all u need is lockscreen password or the feature does not allow u to recover yr stolen phone , well

its for security reasons for privacy for individuals, the legal aspects of the law and safeguarding large corporate, or govt organizations which use smartphones in which restricted information is being kept and to prevent compromise of such information b ymaking a copy of the phone . it also allows timely intervention in dealing with unscrupulous rogue individuals in corporations using a smartphone with restricted information in which a windowsphone with login id and password only known to the organisation and not the individual. this is why a login id and password like windows live is needed to set up a windowsphone unlike apple's iphone. so i must say in a way MS security implementations is more secure than apple's that its user activities can be tracked e.g illegal sharing of restricted corporate information thru email and sms

this is also why zune does not restore full file by file 100% backups of phone and tags device backups to the specific phone.

sms is not backed up . and other information like emails need to be set up again

Again, On a side note , its good to take note a few things to avoid losing yr phone :

always put yr phone in a front pocket and not back or side if there are no buttoned pockets

time to time feel yr pockets to see if the phone is still with u

never leave the phone unattended while in the washroom or eatery, or when busy at something

set up a ringtone/vibration reminder if u are a forgetful person

hang the phone using a holder around yr neck

if u are a regular user of yr phone, its less likely u are to lose it because yr phone is in view with u and in yr hands all the time compared to someone who uses it only a few times a day. a regular user will make it a habit to use the phone and remember to put it in his pocket and practise safe habits like avoid putting a phone into the side pocket where it can slip when one sits or in a bag when taking out things. this is especially a problem with phones that have a "glossy" body like the iphone 3G, their surface is slippery and they can easily slip out from a bag's side sleeve or pants side pocket