Tracking Android Devices Using GCM

Abstract

Smartphone users are increasing rapidly in this ICT enabled society. With the phenomenal growth of smartphone usage, the burglary of such tiny device is also increasing. Smartphones are easily lost, stolen or misplaced. Security is one of the main concerns for Smartphone users today. This paper proposes a model to return smartphones from any kind of missing. Smartphone become more valuable useful device because it contains more and more sensitive information. Considering the stored information, users are very much concerned to return their phone to maintain regular communication and sharing.