[Q] Stolen Android devices that ares still being used - how to track topic

Long story short, someone came into our home while we were there and took many electronics.

One of them was the Galaxy Note II (ATT) and I see the device is still active and I believe it still accessing the google play store or syncing to my gmail account based on recent activity I can see from my gmail account.

How can I track the location from where this is happening? The police ares supposedly going after them after we found other clues but if I can get a location from where the device was being used, that would be a dealbreaker.

I have / had my gmail account setup and I see last time it synced. I'm not a pro at this but asking for help from some bright minds here. Can anyone help me out?

The more evidence I have for law enforcement, they won't be able to deny who I already know it is. I am looking for more proof to back up my accusation / discovery.

[Q] Z1C being identified as a wrong device (Z1) topic

Hey guys,
I've had my Z1C for quite some time now and have messed around with various ROMs and such and if I ever came across a problem, I would always find a solution for it online, but this time it's different. I've done a lot of searching already, and found some similar problems on the internet, but none of them were quite like the one I've got right now.
Okay, first of all, for quite some time now I've been successfully using SlimKat and only updating every couple of months or so (and yes, since SlimKat officially came out on Z1C, I've been using the official version). It all began when I decided to update to a new version today. I went to the SlimRoms website, found my device on supported devices list, downloaded the zip file, downloaded gapps, and flashed them following the instructions. I've done this many times before already and it always worked without problems, but this time after the flashing finished (which was successful), my phone wouldn't turn on. After trying one thing after another, I realized that at first this was a driver problem, then I found out that my Z1C is now recognized as a Z1. Then I went back to SlimRoms website, and check it out- after clicking on Z1C (amami) on the supported devices list, it directs you (at least it directs me) to Z1 (honami) download page. I didn't even notice the different name, because every time I did this I didn't have any problems. So that's my current story. I will now list all the major symptoms.
- After holding volume up + power button until it shuts off I plug it into a wall charger or a pc through usb cable, first I get a red LED for like a second, then a pink/purple one for a two or three seconds, then it turns yellow and stays that way (charging?). After a few seconds I get the ability to browse the phone's files, but the device is named 'Z1'. If I plug it in without force shutting it off, it goes straight into yellow LED.
- If I try to repair it with Sony PC Companion, it gives me an error that the device is running modified software. Obvious.
- If I plug it in with flashtool on, at first it gives me an error that it cannot be identified and gives me a list of devices to choose from and then asks if I want my device to be permanently recognized as the one I chose. But this doesn't seem to work, because it gives me the same error every time I try to do it again. And if I try to flash a stock firmware, I get an error ERROR - Cannot delete C:\Flashtool\.\firmwares\prepared\boot. Previously it gave me errors regarding drivers, but no matter how many times I tried to install them with the driver installer from flashtool, uninstalling the device through device manager and so on, it didn't help. But after something I did that I'm not very sure about, I don't seem to get this error anymore.
- If I try to turn it on, it vibrates once as usual, gives me the pink/purple led for a couple seconds and then nothing.
There might be something I haven't mentioned, so feel free to ask. Not sure if that matters, but I'm on unlocked bootloader.
I seriously hope there's a fix for that, not sure if my unlocked bootloader would help with a warranty repair.
I guess that's all. Thanks in advance everyone.

[Q] USB Keeps being plugged in and out topic

Hello,

When plugging my HTC One M8 into my laptop, about every 30 seconds there is the sound of a USB being plugged out and then plugged back in, and then the typical windows 8 "what do you want to do with this device" notification. I dont think its a laptop problem because my USB memory sticks etc work completely fine. I've tried with all the USB ports, both 2.0 and 3.0.

Any ideas as to what to do to troubleshoot?

Thank you.