SkieDoes lost mode take photos of whoever has the device?
No. Lost mode locks the device, shows a contact message, tracks location and gathers evidence for a police report, such as IMEI, serial, SIM details and the location trail. It does not take photos or record audio. Photo and audio capture is not available. Mark the device found to return it to normal.
Some consumer products take a photo of whoever picks up a lost phone. Skie does not. Lost mode is built around what a school or company needs to recover a device and make a report, without collecting material about the person holding it.
When you switch it on, the device is locked and shows your contact message. Location tracking is active, so you can see where it is and where it has been. The dashboard builds a document for a police report with the IMEI, serial number, SIM details and the location trail, and you can download it.
Identity recognition by IMEI or serial also helps: if the device is wiped from the recovery menu, Android's Factory Reset Protection asks for the Skie organisation's Google sign-in before it can be set up again, and only Skie holds that. A reset device is of no use to whoever took it. Remote erase of a lost device is not available.
If the device turns up, mark it found and it returns to normal. The seat it uses stays assigned to the same student. If it never turns up, you can replace it, which keeps the student, group and history and frees the old seat.
A practical tip: write the lost-device steps into your policy before anything goes missing. Who switches on lost mode, who calls the police, who tells the family. The lost or stolen tablet guide has a workable order.