Is there a stealthy (preferably free) locate-my-phone app that can be hidden such that a phone thief wouldn't know it's there, and wouldn't know you were trying to locate the phone (from another device, like a PC)? (Android's built-in locator gives notification that the phone is being located, as does something like Where's My Droid.)
I used to have a stealthy app like that from Avast but it no longer exists. If rooted, you could hide it and password protect it so that it couldn't be easily found, and couldn't be removed without wiping the phone. You could only access it from the phone by inputting a PIN into the phone dial-pad. You could login to Avast's website and locate the phone, lock it, sound an alarm, etc.
I used to have a stealthy app like that from Avast but it no longer exists. If rooted, you could hide it and password protect it so that it couldn't be easily found, and couldn't be removed without wiping the phone. You could only access it from the phone by inputting a PIN into the phone dial-pad. You could login to Avast's website and locate the phone, lock it, sound an alarm, etc.