Hey all,
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Ultimately security software for Pocket PC devices (phone edition only)..
The software checks the SIM card every time u do a soft reset or even HARD-RESET to yr fone.. So if that SIM aint yrs(the one specified in the program itself), it sends an SMS to another specified number(maybe to yr Dad' #) from the thief' SIM card, presuming that any thief after stealing, wld through away yr SIM and put his own in yr device and doesnt know the secret about this software..
The software also doesnt let the thief know that its been installed or running or an sms is been sent to yr number.. So u can keep him unnoticed until u track him down and shoot!
NOTE:
The DEMO version attached below will not send an sms but instead it shows up a message box sayin if its yr SIM or changed one..
SMS feature will be available in the full version only..
-If yr visiting this page for the first time, i reccomend u to skip two pages of posted replies as it contains posts abt the beta version.
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To get the full version pm me..
How would this help if I flash a stolen device with another ROM?
What if the sent SMS carries a number of an anonymous prepaid card?
What's the benefit over this free program? It looks to me like they do exactly the same?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=2526
Oh yeah...!
The software would have sent the sms as soon as the SIM is changed and even before the device becomes usable and so before flashing, u got the punk' Number..
But a normal thief, wldn do such stuff!
I checked that jus now..!
i checked that post jus now!
It is a more complicated process and basically works with owner information.. it fails if the thief doesnt change that..
Mine works by SIM card.. as soon as the new SIM is inserted, it recognizes and sends the messages..
Itz nice u guys come put more questions to make me challenging
But still, im an MBBS student and i had this hobby of programming for long.. So im jus designing things to satisfy myself
So, If yr intrested, u can try mine...
this app needs more love. its a great idea. most pikeys that find or steal a phone like this wouldnt know the first thing on how to flash it!. might be a good idea to include the following data in the SMS
current cell site associated with it or the area code for the current area.
maybe any other data that you can gleam from the sim card
Carty: have you posted this anywhere for download or trial? I can't see any links...
V
Tats a gud question too
Hey vijay,
This software, to make the security level higher, has the SIM info written in the program itself.. itz no point askin for trial cz itz gonna work as i say.. If anyone wants to buy, i first give a small program that will read the info from SIM & msg me thru SMS..then i rite the same to the program & give u.. so that ting works only wit yr SIM & none else cld try using it! After making it sure that the software works as i said, u can pay me then! but still i don kno any way to get yr money to me here.. The only option is thru mail, if u have any oter better option, temme...!
have a look at www.paypal.com
that's a popular method of payment used by ebay sellers worldwide..
Awrite, planned for the DEMO...
As u guys need a DEMO, ive made it..
First u gotta install the attached app, It reads yr SIM and sends me the required information.. I then incorporate those details into the program and send you the trial..
Hi Carty,
Speaking for myself only; I don't like trying a Sim ripper which send who knows what info to an unknown person. Guess the program could extract a lot more from my sim or magician (eg imei) than I would like to be send over the internet.
Like your id, but at the moment no thanks, unless I can bind my (ascii)data self into the program.
Guess it will be written into the rom to survive a hard-reset & I don't want my device locked by anything, got I hate sim-locks. So there must be a bypass or de-install as well.
Another prob i can think off, what about dual-sim owners?
Again I like the idea, but am paranoid in this field.
Regards, M
Nice precautions..
Yr too carefull abt yr device i gezz.. Tats gud! anyway this software survives Hard-reset as told, but not needed to be surely put in ROM.. The exe file is kept in a folder 2577 in yr internal storage renamed as Autorun.exe and so it gets executed.. The main advantage is that it doesn require any installation necessarily, jus the exe file can be executed just after hard reset.. The folder' attribute is set to be hidden and so wont show up normally.. But if the thief' aware of this, he can delete that file wit yr SIM in it and then do a hard reset..For this reason, ROM incorporation wld be usefull.. But i don think a thief wld do all such stuff as his first concentration would be to change the SIM and once changed, itz finished!
But still, y i din try incorporating the file in ROM cz, if the thief cld find the facility of autorun in folder 2577, he wld very well know abt flashing ROMs and so its no point.. But in real life, a thief normally wont have such knowledge and thats wer my software helps..
Awrite, to those who r really worried and don trust my software to get the only required info, Im letting out the secret, itz jus the phone number that was used to check the sim.. So gemme yr number thru private message to me.. The point of making a software to gemme the detail is to avoid the country code error as some SIM contains those while the oters dont.. Mine din have so u gemme without country code..
program for sim data
I installed your program and executed it. It didn't seem to do anything on my universal, but now I can't uninstall it. How do I get rid of whatever it did or didn't do? Is it supposed to send you an sms? I don't think it did so as my prepaid sim card does not show any less money than was on it before.
Carty,
Just pm'd you my number to check & to send the alert to. As the program ends up in storage resco must be able to show it, it shows all my hidden files.
Regards, M
Course I check before changing sim's
Back againn...
Today morning i checked by changing some SIM cards and some din have their number in it.. Bad network providers, they don even put their number in SIM cards.. So for these cases, im gonna change the coding in my software to send an sms if the number is not present also..So right now this software should work only to those having their SIM cards with their own number in it provided by the operator..
Oltp, i got yr number and wld do the demo for you today evening and post it here.. and before, install my check software and press the read sim button and if it says read succesfull, then yr SIM has number and the software would work.. U dont have to press the second button saying send request as u wer scared to send any information though it reads nothing oter than yr sim number..
chetccox, there should be two buttons in tat check software.. first one gets enabled wen u type sumthin in the name textbox and on pressing the read sim button, second one would get enabled and saying Read succesfull.. if u got this message read successfull, then yr sim has yr number and the software has detected it.so on pressing the send request button, the number would be sent to me, im not sure y it din send the sms..Maybe yr number doesn allow international sms or so... Anyway il do the demo for you too today evening and post here..
For others, im gonna change the check software, instead of sending me the sms, it would directly display the number on yr screen.. Its jus to make sure that yr SIM has yr number and the software is capable of detecting it and so the Theft Alert software would work fine..
Everything today evening as im held up in my college..
Lil abt me for u guys, Im actually an MBBS student, doin my third yr. Programming was my hobby for a long time and i have great intrest in it.. Lately im tryin to improve my skills to target on smart devices (Poket PCs) since i own one, id like to customize it to my needs as i wish!
@Carty,
I think this software _could_ be interesting to quite a few of us, provided you get it running without us having to send you any personal details - that's the things we are trying to keep to ourselves in the first place.
But please, please write your messages in real english, not some made up stuff. Trying to figure out what you mean by guessing how you pronounce words in your local lingo, makes my head hurt :-(
Anyway, together with PDAKill, this could be an essential piece of software for security aware users, so keep up the good work.
why dun u jus make a program that stays in the rom and would only sms to a desired number the number the thief is using whenever there is a sim change. then this way the thief cannot run away wit ur device. u can jus keep harrassing him or get the police involved as well. even better if it can make use the telco towers.
Dear Carty,
Apparently the Dutch sim's aren't containing the phone number either:
NetCF.exe
Exception
Could not get phone number from SIM
Application::Run+0xf
Form1::Main+0xa
We need to find some other unique id from the sim.
Cheers, M
Yew gt me..
Hi oltp,
Tats de same error i gt wen using it wit my fren' SIM.. So letz try this idea.. The sim phonebuk has a place for own numbers.. can v write our numbers to it and access it to check? or even most of us wont use the SIM phonebook, so v cld write it down an entry in it and access.. Can v..?
By the way, oltp, i used to program with Visual Basic .net 2003.. Wot abt u..?
HBK said:
@Carty,
Anyway, together with PDAKill, this could be an essential piece of software for security aware users, so keep up the good work.
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PDAKill wld be of no use.. Cz, wen yr fone been stolen, the first thing the thief wld do is to throw away yr SIM and wer wld yr msg go to Kill yr fone..?
For those are not yet able to unlock their HTC HD2. I know it's really frustrating but however I am very fortunate to discover the temporary solution.
cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290388654322&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123#ht_3366wt_1165
Buy one of this and follow instruction. It work for my HTC HD2 in O2. In the mean time I am waiting for unlock code from 02
Its actually illegal to use one of these as it bypasses the network in a way forbidden in UK by law.
and pointless on O2 unless you're bursting for it.
O2 will supply an unlock code for free, if you simply ask them for it.
sorry to disappoint u m8...but in UK is ILLEGAL to change IMEI number!!!!! It is NOT ILLEGAL as well as LEGAL to unlock ur phone... u probably loose ur warranty.. and that's all.
If you can provide us with the details of the law you appeal on..;o)))) I will stop my business..;o))
For o2 look HERE.
I filled out this form and mine is now unlocked. Takes a while though but they e-mailed it me in the end.
waston said:
sorry to disappoint u m8...but in UK is ILLEGAL to change IMEI number!!!!! It is NOT ILLEGAL as well as LEGAL to unlock ur phone... u probably loose ur warranty.. and that's all.
If you can provide us with the details of the law you appeal on..;o)))) I will stop my business..;o))
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How does this item have anything to do with changing your IMEI, it simply fools the phone into thinking the correct SIM is installed.
Why you don't try with this site mobileunlockguide.com/ for your mobile unlock process.. I too got my mobile unlock codes from here... Also in here we can get all GSM mobile codes...
IMEI 17 digits?
I just tried to fill in the unlock form for O2, and it says the IMEI from my phone is the wrong number of digits.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
ebeam said:
I just tried to fill in the unlock form for O2, and it says the IMEI from my phone is the wrong number of digits.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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yeah if you got the IMEI from the OS just remove the last 2 digits
scrizz said:
yeah if you got the IMEI from the OS just remove the last 2 digits
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Thanks, Scrizz, much appreciated!
ebeam said:
I just tried to fill in the unlock form for O2, and it says the IMEI from my phone is the wrong number of digits.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Did you try *#06# . This is the code which generates the correct IMEI number.
Try it...
jothsha said:
Did you try *#06# . This is the code which generates the correct IMEI number.
Try it...
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We can see our mobile's IMEI number in battery.
Thanks
THanks for the info, this was helpfull
It seems that the Android builds for HD2 have a caller ID matching problem for SMS. It's a common thing in Windows Mobile that is fixed in the registry by changing the CallIdMatch registry key to 7 or 6... depending on the number of digits in the phone number in your country.
Is there a way to modify that in Android?
For example, when I get a call from a saved phone number: 03123456, the contact name will display. However, when I get an SMS, it shows: +9613123456 (with country code) and the matching fails since Android is (probably) matching the last 8 digits instead of 7.
same problem
did u find a solution? i am having the same problem....
Are you running a sense rom? Which one(s)?
ya know, i didn't even realize until now caller ID doesn't even work on my hd2. either in winmo or in android. is that what your talking about?
example. when statefarm calls it will say statefarm. xxx-xxx-xxxx
mdeejay sense builds match +90 532 xxxxxxx sms numbers with 0 532 xxxxxxx contacts just fine? (our numbers have 7 digits + 3 digit city/operator code + two digit country code)
How many digits does your country numbers have? (try to seperate country and city/operator code please)
See /data/data/com.android.phone/shared_prefs/com.android.phone.preferences.xml file maybe you can do it from there. Or possibly another file from similar folder.
You usually need rootexplorer to see /data
Your file may also be missing some lines. http://www.multiupload.com/0AR37L1K9G This was used for other purpose but has additional lines that may be useful.
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mdeejay sense builds match +90 532 xxxxxxx sms numbers with 0 532 xxxxxxx contacts just fine? (our numbers have 7 digits + 3 digit city/operator code + two digit country code)
How many digits does your country numbers have? (try to seperate country and city/operator code please)
See /data/data/com.android.phone/shared_prefs/com.android.phone.preferences.xml file maybe you can do it from there. Or possibly another file from similar folder.
You usually need rootexplorer to see /data
Your file may also be missing some lines. http://www.multiupload.com/0AR37L1K9G This was used for other purpose but has additional lines that may be useful.
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could you be more explicit... me too having this problem when receiving sms... could you plz help by explaning in a more simple way.... many thx
It wasn't an actual solution. Just a possible path to take for solving. I don't have the problem so I can't be more help. Sorry
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
This is actually common on HTC Sense based ROMS. I didn't find it on Nexus one. After some test I discovered that the phone matches the 8 numbers from right to left and not left to right.
If there is a way to modify it and make it match only the first 7 numbers from right to left, this will solve the problem.
Ideas?