Google recently updated Play Services, and it appears to have disabled the Android Device Manager on a lot of phones. This allows you to locate your phone in the unfortunate event that you lost it and wipe or lock it. We don’t think this was intentional, but you should head over to your settings to re-enable it. The issue seems to affect versions 4.0.30 and 4.0.31.
The first thing you need to do is find out what version of Play Services you have. Each phone is a little different, but you basically go into Settings, then Apps. Make sure you select the “All” tab. Scroll down till you see Google Play Services and tap on it. You will then see the version number. If you don’t have one of these newer versions, than you need to bookmark this page and go back and check in a few days.
Assuming you have one of these newer versions, you need to now find out if your Android Device Manager is disabled. Again, each phone is slightly different. Head into your main settings and select Security, then tap on Device Administrators. You will now see Android Device Manager. If it’s unchecked, it means it’s disabled. To re-enable it, just tap on it and tap Activate at the bottom of the next screen. Android Device Manager should now be checked.
That’s all there is too it. Hopefully this won’t happen again, but if it does, you will know what to do.
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