

Shut down all data communications by removing the SIM and shutting down your WIFI network.

If you follow these simple steps, you may just save yourself a lot of troubles (more details below, I’d advise reading the article): The thing is: once the remote wipe has been requested, there is no way to prevent the command from being SENT (save time, don’t search further), but you prevent the command from being RECEIVED (and executed). If you turn it on, it should be wiped right away. Later, it turns out that the phone was just misplaced and out of battery. You go to Android Device Manager (aka ADM), lock your phone with a temporary password and ask ADM for a remote wipe. It happens: you lose your phone, freak out because there’s a ton of personal information in it.
