It is important for every android users to activate this options on their device should in case the unexpected happen. Losing your smartphone can be painful but you have lots of options on how to recover it.

Android Device Manager is a Google’s official and easy-to-use tool to track your Android phone or tablet. The best thing about it is that you don’t need to install an app to be able to track your devices. The only requirement is that your device must be connected to your Google account; location access must be turned on and connected to the internet.

With ADM, you can do these;
>>Make the smartphone to ring for Maximum 5 minutes none stop
>>Lock the phone completely or
>>Wipe all the data and information's stored on the phone

Requirements
>>Turn on location access on your device
>>Make sure you are connected to a google account
>>Have an internet access on the device.

Go to https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
Login with your google account and track the location of your phone.

Simple and easy.