Yeah, I've attempted to do so, but it says it's unavailable. It's also understandable because I always turned the location off to conserve battery 
Yes, if you turn location services off it would be kind of hard for an app to locate your device.
Well, at the very least, I just want to erase everything on that phone. If I end up finding it, no harm done. If it's lost forever, I just don't want people having that kind of information on me 
Do you know that the remote factory reset is a reliable tool?
bearone21 wrote:
if the phone is deactivated it won't be located whether gps is on/off .
That is incorrect. Android Device Manager has nothing to do with Verizon, it is a Google product. It works with wifi only devices and as such would work with a deactivated phone as long as wifi was active.
bearone21 wrote:
you missed a couple points......only if gps is on & signed in to google account.
Of course I was taking that for granted. You obviously can't find the phone if it doesn't know where it is itself.
I also took for granted the phone was turned on with ample battery power, was within range of a wifi signal connected to the internet AND the phone was logged into the wifi network. The point was that you can find the device with Android Device Manager even if the phone is deactivated.
bearone21 wrote:
an awful lot of assuming, apparently you didn't read the op:...
"Even though, I'm pretty sure it could be dead because the battery life was pretty awful (if it wasn't stolen)."
Yes, I read the op.
So since the OP thinks the battery is dead, I guess the only answer would be "no you cannot find it" and leave it at that without further speculation.
IF someone finds the phone OR if it was actually stolen, though, I "assume" the person with the device would try to charge the phone to see if it works. Of course anyone one who ever finds/steals a phone would ever do that. IF/WHEN that happens the phone would no longer be dead. Of course, I'm only "assuming".
