@ Sommeliar,
Partly I agree with you. First thing the thief does is, pulls out battery, for the phones where its possible (I have HTX One X and Motorola Droid Razr and battery of these guys can not be removed that easily) and/or will remove the SIM card. Then all the time spent in configuring to find out this bugger will go down the drain.
I totally agree with you that we should be concentrating on backing up our phones. My phones are not rooted, neither do I plan to. I paid full MSRP for both the phones, my hard earned cash, so I will be using My Backup Pro instead. (Which apps do you use?)
Having said that, I don't want to let the bugger get away with it. I want that bastard to pay for it, if not I will make that phone useless by registering its IMEI number with police. How many of us know of
missingphones.org ? I have never used it as lucky me, I never lost my phone or was stolen at a knife-point, so don't know how actually it works or even Police take efforts to brick the phone by knocking it off the cellular network.
I think, either of my efforts work to get these jobs done, I will be content with it. Until 2 months ago, I was using Nokia E63 and DW was using SE W550i, so honestly, if anything like stealing happens, I have no intention of letting the guy go easy.
@ DaveSyd,
I know this app and did consider it but after I read the reviews, I found it little too invasive, still if someone, like Lifehacker, does a review and confirms that its worth, I will buy it right away.