I've verified that: the android_id retrieved this way works fine on a device with no Google-Apps installed (used with the BlankStore provided by the NOGAPPS project). what remains, is the android_id used by Google Services.For Play Services, there's a separate android_id stored by GTalk, as pointed out by a blog post (also see this answer by HassleFixes, who is the autor of StripSearch, and thankfully pointed this out in the comments): Google seems to have decided for some confusion here. Note that this is NOT the android_id used by the Google apps. The android_id is found in the third column here (anonymized in the example). you can also display a message or phone number on the locks screen, you can still locate the device after it's. Secure Device - Lock device and sign out of your Google account. Sql> select * from secure where name='android_id' Locate will bring up Google maps with the location of the phone and give you the following options: Play Sound - Device will ring for 5 minutes, even if set to silent. Only possible drawback: It requires root. As eldarerathis variant didn't work out for me, and I didn't want to install an app just for that, I've found a different way.

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