Sony’s “my Xperia” feature will be familiar to most Sony Xperia owners. The service is similar to Google’s Android Device Manager, allowing users to locate, ring, lock or wipe a device remotely. However, a big disadvantage with these services is that it is relatively easy for someone to wipe a phone clean and ‘my Xperia’ or ‘Android Device Manager’ with it.
Google plans to try and address this problem in Android 5.1 with a feature called “Device Protection”, however for the time being it is only available to select Google Nexus owners. The good news for Xperia owners is that Sony has provided its own solution running on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop in the form of “My Xperia Theft Protection (MXTP)”. Currently, only three Sony Xperia devices supports MXTP including the Xperia M4 Aqua, Xperia C4 and Xperia Z4 Tablet.
MXTP is added to the bootloader of a phone, which means it will continue to protect your phone even if someone tries to wipe a device clean using PC Companion or third-party solutions such as Flashtool. If someone does wipe a device, whilst you won’t be able to use the ‘my Xperia’ feature to locate it anymore (since all personal data on the operating system is deleted), MXTP will render it useless to a thief unless they know your Google log-in details.
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