What is device administrator supposed to be set to on a smartphone? I have an LG smartphone, and I'm curious what my device administrator should be set to. I have two options, one is Android, and the other is the anti-virus program that I'm running. Neither one are check at this time and I'm wondering which one if either should be?
Quoting from the Device Administrator tag wiki

What is &quot;Device Administrator&quot;?
An app can register as &quot;device administrator&quot;, which usually requires the users confirmation. As device administrator, the app gains elevated privileges: it can e.g. define password policies (forbid &quot;swipe-to-unlock&quot;, set a minimum password strength, etc.), but also wipe your device on remote commands​

If you don't give the apps the power, they may not work as expected. Apps asking for such powers appear under Device Administrator menu you are seeing

In your case Android Device Manager helps you track your device if it is lost (amongst other things) , so enable device admin permission

Similarly, enable Anti Virus app too, if you want full functionality