Help Phone stolen

[Android Question]

My phone was stolen. Since it was stolen, based on the data usage, the device seems to have only been turned on 3 times, with very minimal data usage. I've been trying to locate the phone via Device Manager, but it has not given me any information. I hoped that the lock code feature would be activated once the phone was turned back on, but I tested it with my replacement phone, and it doesn't appear to be the case. I asked Sprint if the phone could've been activated with another carrier and was told that since it was attached to my phone number it couldn't be (I hadn't reported the phone as stolen with them, because I wanted service to the phone, to utilize the device manager). My question is, is that correct, and if the person changed the gmail account on the phone, wouldn't I then lose the ability to track it, because it would no longer be associated with my email account, as opposed to my esn?

 

[rootandroideasy]

Open Chrome, Search find my phone and then it will ask you to sign into your Google account.
It'll show a map and location of your device, as long as it's on.

 

[Hadron]

Actually the OP knows how to use Android Device Manager. But to be honest ADM may be OK for finding a lost phone or one that was stolen by someone incompetent, it's not hard to block it so to my mind it's only a weak antitheft system.

I'm pretty certain that if the person wiped the phone Android Device Manager would not be able to track it any more. As a European I'm not familiar with US carriers' procedures, and of course it may depend on the phone model (can this one work on a GSM carrier or not, for example)? I believe that it will be blacklisted from US carriers if you report it stolen though.