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A realy surreal thing happened and my machine reset itself 96% into doing an upgrade to the latest rom. I have done this upgrade twice before with no prob (many thanks for a great rom and all the work involved writing and modifying it). Now the xda shows the upload screen at 0% with slight corruption on the display and I cant get it to poll for active sync to find it.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Use the bootloader method. This requires a Windows NT/2000/XP PC and an SD-card reader/writer.
DEAD XDA
Many thanks for your reply, What unbelievable support from a non profit forum/individual.
I will try it tonight and keep you posted.
Last thing is the power switch on the XDA, it`s faulty, do you know if its just a two pin switch arrangement with two sets ganged together. If so can I assume that its the top set connecting to the bottom set for the power on pulse ?
Once again thanks for the excelent support.
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BORIS said:
Last thing is the power switch on the XDA, it`s faulty, do you know if its just a two pin switch arrangement with two sets ganged together. If so can I assume that its the top set connecting to the bottom set for the power on pulse ?
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Not a clue what the power-switch setup is. Haven't ever seen info regarding that, so please investigate and post your findings here...
N.P
I know its a daft question but,
Im having trouble writing to my sd card to update the rom image, Has anyone got an old image that I can upload first, that is already with the right extensions for the upload.
While your thinking about that one i`ll sort out the switch and keep you posted.
Many thanks.
Leonard at PPC Techs just replaced the power switch on mine, the pin portion had broken off. He might be willing to tell you the pin arrangement, or could replace it for you. He charged $45 for the job.
The switch arrangement seems to be far more complicated than my first thoughts suggested, and now one of the pads has lifted making it almost impossible to enter bootloader mode. I am still looking into it with the rework station warming up as I speak, I am hopeing that tenacity and now pure bloody mindedness will prevail and I will get to the bottom of it.
Anyone know where I could get a circuit diagram for the little bugger ? (Not a block diag)
Many thanks BORIS.
BORIS said:
Anyone know where I could get a circuit diagram for the little bugger ? (Not a block diag)
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XDA-developer press-release. For immediate release.
Eternal gratitude of an entire community, a life-time supply of drugs, a suitcase full of dollars and 72 virgins on E await the HTC employee that liberates the contents of the PW10 development directory. The same goes for the TI-Berlin employee that liberates the source to the modem part. Daring Microsoft employees that have access to specific Phone-Edition sources are also eligible for interesting rewards. Ask on this forum for details.
Point taken.
My camera flash / light came on for no reason yesterday. Now I can't shut it off. It's killing my battery.
Thoughts or help?
Thx.
Take the battery out quick... a number of guys have burnt their flash leds out on the Universal, using VJCandela. You don't want to risk burning it out, but for research, how long has it been on for?
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vijay555 said:
Take the battery out quick... a number of guys have burnt their flash leds out on the Universal, using VJCandela. You don't want to risk burning it out, but for research, how long has it been on for?
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Thx for the reply, Vijay555.
To answer your question, it's been on for about 24 hours. I've performed a soft reset no fewer than ten times. I've also turned the phone off and removed the battery for a spell. Nothing is helping.
Strange, this device was performing flawlessly until a few weeks ago. Now it's the wonkiest phone I've owned to date. I still love it but have considered throwing it against a wall.
One other note: When I put the battery back in and the phone is OFF the light comes on. Go figure.
Sounds like a hardware fault. Backup and then hard reset.
If you find it necessary to throw it at the wall, please throw it my way, I need to get hold of a Wizard to finish VJCandela!
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vijay555 said:
Sounds like a hardware fault. Backup and then hard reset.
If you find it necessary to throw it at the wall, please throw it my way, I need to get hold of a Wizard to finish VJCandela!
V
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I was hoping to avoid the hard reset. Too busy with work and can't afford to be fooling with the setting it all up right now. Might have to sacrifice the light.
Worry not, if I go to throw it I'll think of you.
did you get one yet...
vijay555 said:
Sounds like a hardware fault. Backup and then hard reset.
If you find it necessary to throw it at the wall, please throw it my way, I need to get hold of a Wizard to finish VJCandela!
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i tried your v0.3 candela on my 8125 and no lightie.
you can get a trial version of SPB back up that will back up your phone, install that, back it up, then hard reset and run the back up to restore all the stuff on your phone.. no need to worry about setting it all up... however from what you described about the phone being off and the light coming on sounds like a hardware fault.. but a hard reset is worth a try
Got a HTC P3450 that won't respond to anything. Plug in USB, nothing. Plug in charger, nothing. Hard reset, nothing.
Throw in the bin or is resurrection possible?
Can you try to press the power + camera button together?
Do you see a bootloader screen.
If the phone still wont start , it maybe one of these issues.
- Battery totally dead
- Motherboard Issue (Which you are screwed)
- Power button issue.
Ok I tried the power + camera button together and nothing happened.
I have two batteries and neither work. I tried power + camera button together with the unit plugged into the power socket and via USB and that didn't do anything either.
So I guess it's down to a bad motherboard or a power button issue. Although if it was just a power button issue the charge light or something would come on or something yeh?
100% no power on, everything tried
I bricked my ELF01000 but Dopod 601 China by ....
shameful mistake of rebuilding the ROM without erasing the "backup" word from: -
backup_GSM.nb
backup_IPL.nb
backup_mainsplash.nb
backup_os.nb
backup_spl.nb
hence now can't even power on from
1. camera+power+reset once and hold camera+power
2. phone dial and disconnect together + reset once and hold phone dial and disconnect
3. regular reset
4. battery removed - plugged in USB
5. battery removed - plugged in adaptor from mains
6. battery inside + USB or mains
7. battery from another elf with over 70% power
8. plugged into adaptor from mains overnight 8 hours
9. all no orange light on the indicator
Even if every software code is wrong, the indicator light should be ON right???
all failed
simply won't power on,
if only can get into bootloader >>...........
Ohmy, thats bad.
Could it be like a bad motherboard or connector issue?
actually it's not my own ELF, sorry!!! misinformed you all.
It's my friend's Dopod S1.
I've surrendered my ELF HK english WWE to him as a replacement.
Currently using Asus P552w GalaxyMini2, although much faster but extremely unstable and buggy
resisting to buy a blackstone , may be will try the rumoured release of LEO ????
Anyway, still hope someone can provide some light to this "can't power on at all issue".
cx5 said:
I bricked my ELF01000 but Dopod 601 China by ....
shameful mistake of rebuilding the ROM without erasing the "backup" word from: -
backup_GSM.nb
backup_IPL.nb
backup_mainsplash.nb
backup_os.nb
backup_spl.nb
hence now can't even power on from
1. camera+power+reset once and hold camera+power
2. phone dial and disconnect together + reset once and hold phone dial and disconnect
3. regular reset
4. battery removed - plugged in USB
5. battery removed - plugged in adaptor from mains
6. battery inside + USB or mains
7. battery from another elf with over 70% power
8. plugged into adaptor from mains overnight 8 hours
9. all no orange light on the indicator
Even if every software code is wrong, the indicator light should be ON right???
all failed
simply won't power on,
if only can get into bootloader >>...........
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If you are using a genuine htc elf.
You can try the gold card and unbricking methods at the htc upgrading forum.
cx5 said:
actually it's not my own ELF, sorry!!! misinformed you all.
It's my friend's Dopod S1.
I've surrendered my ELF HK english WWE to him as a replacement.
Currently using Asus P552w GalaxyMini2, although much faster but extremely unstable and buggy
resisting to buy a blackstone , may be will try the rumoured release of LEO ????
Anyway, still hope someone can provide some light to this "can't power on at all issue".
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Get an android phone, under htc, heard that it was better.
Hi Jeremy (nice to have someone to chat with, thanks)
I believe my friend's ELF is a genuine unit, it had pof's SPL 1.11. And a Chinese guy cooked his own rom and named it Guilin2008.02.22. Plus I could dump everything using the "automated backup.bat". Device ID by dsixda also read well.
The problem now is it could not even turn on to white screen or bootloader. I though at least it must have some power response, or else gold card unbricker won't start right?
So you recommend the "android" ..... I haven't study it at all..... though keep to WM, easy WMDC with outlook each..... plus I'm itching to get a bigger screen type, like blackstone, but ouch it's not only big, but expensive too.
Say, ELF's 200Mhz sometimes feel faster than Niki's 400Mhz (my director's unit), and also faster than Blackstone's 528Mhz (my CEO's unit). I think blackstone uses too many 3D ...... if I ever get one, must replace the rom with light versions...
Anyway, learning to cook my own now, only managed to dump, but still don't understand enough to cook.... well keep reading
Hello CX5,
Thanks alot for dropping by XDA, without you, there wont be me, either.
Yeah, I feel that those devices with more processing power, HTC would usually like to cramp lots of useless animations to the device, thus taking up more space and more power and make the phone slower, so you will buy a new set soon.
Talking about your elf, I cant really help, you may have to drop by your closest service centre for a checkup. I am only more technically inclined to software issues, so hopefully, someone with technical knowledge is able to help you with this.
Android is really a good OS, I managed to install it on my ELF recently, just to give a spin on how it works. Its great, good to use and most importantly, open source.
I seen the newspaper recently, and have you heard about that famous MP3 player brand called Creative, those people originated from my hometown, Singapore. They recently lauched a new phone which comes with their own OS or Google Android, and it cost around $120 USD for Telecoms to buy and rebrand themselves.
I clearly see Android being the next OS, and on top of that, Microsoft's Office is teaming up with Nokia, to install Microsoft Office Mobile onto Nokia Symbian phones.
With that,
I wish you all the best for your phone ( A New one, probably )
Jeremy
Thanks again Jeremy
yeah, my friend's send the wrongly_flash ELF to a hwardware repair, let you know outcome later.
say, just realized Iolite is 528Mhz, I'm able to get it at RMB 1.8k ~ USD225, was my favorite choice before laying eyes on Blackstone.
hmmmmmm. android good on ELF eh............
ok, study study study...................
Hahaha, you are from China?
I have so many China friends at my country in Singapore.
They do so well in maths and chinese, good talent!
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To be frank with you, just choose a phone you like, and suit your budget and get it. Its too hard catching what is new as there is something new everyday.
Even for myself, im studying too. So ya, money is quite hard to come sometimes.
Iolite sound great, Blackstone is better.
Blackstone has so many apps available, and they have more support in their community there.
Have you checked out the android phones, htc magic and htc dream?
They are quite cool.
Best Of Luck in Studies,
Jeremy
Hi again
Actually I'm Malaysian, working in HK, often visit to factory in China, while my main customers in Taiwan, finally with little visit to customers in Japan.
Anyway, I still like the Iolite design, but screen is not big enough , while blackstones screen is big and nice, but complaining it can't fit into pocket comfortable. Anyway......
I haven't got a chance to study the android, magic or dream. Too busy working. But will someday.
Yes, best of luck to studies.
Oh, all the best for your dream phone!
Hey I was planning on jumping over to a hero rom and it said that it needed the SPL 1.33.2005 and since I had 2003 I thought I should upgrade. So i downloaded the file and named it update.zip and after a reboot the phone would not turn on anymore. Charging it would leave it with the orange led at the top, and holding the power button would make it a red light flash and power + some other button would make it blue but none would start the phone.
Dilemmas
1. Placed sim card into old Motorola Rizr and phone would be on loop for start up screen
2. Phone came with a NEW sim card which I never used so I placed that in the old phone and it would say "insert sim card" So I guess i need to do something for it to work?
3. Battery was replaced by employee when I went in yesterday morning.
4. I am not an authorized user on the account (I'm the son) so I wasn't able to order a new phone to be shipped to me. I am planning on going in a couple of hours if a solution does not come up.
They said to get authorized user in and ask to get a replacement sent home but did this void my warranty? What should I do?
I downloaded the "SPL" from here. I chose the engineering one. Maybe I did the process wrong or something, I have no idea. This is what I deserve I guess.
Lastly, can I get the phone replaced directly from a store instead of having it shipped to me?
sounds like a brick to me, I'm sure you can get a warranty replacement. when you or the account owner call tmo and complain don't mention rooting or updates.
Thanks for the quick response. Is there any way that they would know what happened to the phone when I send it in? What i'm mainly worried about are my contacts. I tried to put my contacts from my sim onto my old phone but the phone wouldn't start. I know the contacts are on the old phone though but the phone won't let me do anything with it unless there is a sim card in there and mine isn't working. Can my new sim card that came with phone work on the old Motorola RIZR? Do I need to activate the sim card?
if you logged into your google acct on your phone it sync's all your contacts, calendar things like that so if you did log into a google acct when you started the phone just goto gmail.com log in and hit contacts on the left
also they can figure out what you were trying to do and thats why they tell you when you order your replacement "if your warrenty is void (which it is) they can charge you a $399 restocking fee"
remember they arnt in the business of giving out free stuff but good luck :/
but if you have INSURANCE where you pay every month you can go this route... smash your phone so no one will be able to tell what you did.. pay the $50/$100 deductible... and get a new one then you dont have to chance the $399 but its up to you
That is what I assumed ^^
I called them earlier thinking it would be replaced but according to my insurance, they only cover theft and physical damage and I must pay the deductible of $130 (wtf, that is higher than i thought) and for actual damage to phone (no physical or water damage) like unresponsive, won't turn on, etc. has to be done through t-mobile.
So now I know that my previous rom on there was the cyanogen something so does that void my warranty? What should I do to the phone that will not let them know what happened?
geahboi said:
you could try to fast boot the mytouch 3g boot image using these instructions here(taken from:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=547133)
"Original T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Splash Image (Thanks Haykuro)
Download it here
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 splash.nb"
You would this using fast boot via your pc. Then you could send that sucker back, maybe. I hope this helps and I'm so sorry to hear about your phone.
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I was trying this method but it looks like I need to start the phone to find out some info so I can make the gold card ( someone told me to try to fastboot it via the pc so I can at least get to that screen where i can install the update.zip so i can put in a rom)
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you should be able to add insurance b4 the 14th day! if they wont let you...
call them today, say your phone wont power up, fake your way along with them in trouble shooting, then when they say send it back, touch the battery contacts under the battery (on the phone not battery) to a higher voltage source (ex: lattern battery) you should hear a pop, and the phone will not boot, and you are good! send it back and they will send you a new 1 tada you winz.
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This will be my plan 2... will it work fine?
hell yea fry that facker, no doubt it will be a legit warrenty repair/replacement
phatmanxxl said:
hell yea fry that facker, no doubt it will be a legit warrenty repair/replacement
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I'm coming from another website where sarcasm runs rampant, I'm not sure if this is sarcasm... hahaha.
So should I fry it?
any recommended easy ways that you guys suggest? I don't really have a "lattern lamp" or a lantern lamp which I'm assuming it is. Without killing myself.
you could try a 9 volt battery or just tape some wires to a car battery would be better. this is totally up to you, this is so they won't see that you been "modding"
if you wanna get creative, see if you can do it through the charger port so you can say you left it charging over night and it was very hot to the touch in the morning. you went to turn on the phone and it was unresponsive. that's been known to happen with phones once in a while.
I got it, take a usb, plug the small side in the phone, pull the large end off, shove the exposed wires in a wall outlet, watch it squirm.
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I got it, take a usb, plug the small side in the phone, pull the large end off, shove the exposed wires in a wall outlet, watch it squirm.
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LOL that is hilarious. Won't that also fry my charger?
Most likely I'm going to try the car battery + wire to the metal contact. I'll let you guys know how it goes. I should be getting my phone next week and I'll be returning the defective one promptly after. Hopefully I'll still have the one touch root. I heard that t-mobile has caught on to that and have revised the newer phones to not allow that.
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LOL that is hilarious. Won't that also fry my charger?
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yea It probly will fry the wire too, m I wouldn't use the htc usb but an extra cheapo standard to mini. I got like ten of them laying around the house here. lol I wouldn't be surprised if the phone melted or caught fire if you tried running 120. volts through it.
let us know how it goes.
I've had my phone stolen more times than I'd like. Given the fact that I've had my phone stolen this many number of times may suggest to some that I'm careless. Well, that would be a correct assumption to make. However, I don't equate being careless with deserving to have my phone stolen by some low lying piece of koopa. Anyway, the last one was a Moto G and the thing that pissed me off was the fact that the device had achieved an equilibrium in all areas that are important; the right balance of applications, just the right battery time etc. It knew me and I knew it. We were familiar to each other and then it was ripped from my clawing hands, never to return again. At that very moment, I made a decision that never will I let another phone be stolen again (iA). So I decided to make my phone theft-proof, not theft-resistant but theft-proof. The phone in question is the Moto X.
This is how I did it. First you need the following:
- A handset whose battery cannot be removed (at least very easily like the Moto G/Nexus 5/Moto X)
- Root
- Xposed Framework
- Xposed Framework Gravitybox module
- Anti-theft app (the one that I use is cerberus https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus&hl=en)
- Bringrr or any other bluetooth perimeter based tracker (optional but recommended)
It's a fairly straight forward procedure. I'll lay it out in steps.
Step 1:
- Buy a phone whose battery cannot be removed
Step 2:
- Root the phone
Step 3:
- Set a pattern or number lock on your phone.
Step 4:
- Install XposedFramework
Step 5:
- Download and install Gravitybox module from within the Xposedframework
Step 6:
Go into the Gravityox module from the app drawer, then go into "Power Tweaks" and then check the "Disable power menu on lockscreen" option. This ensures that when your phone is locked (assumption is that you keep your phone locked or secured), nobody can turn it off or lower the volume. This is crucial when it comes to theft. Usually when a thief steals a phone, the first thing he does is he turns it off or removes the battery or reduces the volume to zero, but if he can't do any of these then the thief has a tracker in his hands and he's in deep ****za.
Step 7:
- Install an anti-theft app. I recommend cerberus. It's very versatile and wholesome. I really like the fact that you can actually make it into a system app which means that even if the thief were to somehow turn off the phone and then turn it on again and crack your pass code or pattern lock and factory reset the phone from the settings, the cerberus app will still be there doing it's job of tracking your phone.
There's only one way of getting around this as far as I can tell but I don't think I'm going to tell you how. That would defeat the purpose of this little guide
Step 8:
- Get a bluetooth location trackr. I like bringrr. It seems to get better reviews than the others one floating out there. It's a bluetooth device that plugs into your car's cig lighter socket and connects to your phone's bluetooth. If you leave your phone in a cafe and come back to the car, the bringrr will warn you or alert you that your phone isn't with you. It also has small little tags which you can put in your wallet and then your wallet and your phone and your car, all can communicate with each other. So, it's a nice preventive measure.
Even if you disable the power menu you can just hold down the power button until it turns off.
True....but that's not true if you havent confirmed it yet.
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also if they have a pin they can eject the sim
than hold power til it shuts down
hold down and power get to recovery and wipe the phone
after that if they are really good change the imei and bam
cant track or black list it
i know imei is hard to change but i know it can be done
Alpha_wolf said:
also if they have a pin they can eject the sim
than hold power til it shuts down
hold down and power get to recovery and wipe the phone
after that if they are really good change the imei and bam
cant track or black list it
i know imei is hard to change but i know it can be done
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holding down the power button does turn it off but you gotta keep your finger there for a while. and I'm betting that an opportunistic thief really won't have his wits about him to figure out why the power menu isn't showing up and might freak.
and yes! these are the two flaw in this plan, the removal of the sim. however, if they insert another sim into the phone, cerberus sends a message to the designated numbers. also, imei changing IS hard and can't be done on the fly so there's a window of opportunity between the theft of the phone and the subsequent IMEI change (if there is one) to trace and recover it.
Also wiping the phone won't remove cerberus. you'll have to flash a new rom to get rid of it. so they can change the imei and whatnot but you'll still be able to trace it once they've booted it back up.
however, it'll give you and your phone a fighting chance
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holding down the power button does turn it off but you gotta keep your finger there for a while. and I'm betting that an opportunistic thief really won't have his wits about him to figure out why the power menu isn't showing up and might freak.
and yes! these are the two flaw in this plan, the removal of the sim. however, if they insert another sim into the phone, cerberus sends a message to the designated numbers. also, imei changing IS hard and can't be done on the fly so there's a window of opportunity between the theft of the phone and the subsequent IMEI change (if there is one) to trace and recover it.
Also wiping the phone won't remove cerberus. you'll have to flash a new rom to get rid of it. so they can change the imei and whatnot but you'll still be able to trace it once they've booted it back up.
however, it'll give you and your phone a fighting chance
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i agree with you i was just throwing those out there cause there are people like us that use their power for evil lol
mufakir said:
I've had my phone stolen more times than I'd like. Given the fact that I've had my phone stolen this many number of times may suggest to some that I'm careless. Well, that would be a correct assumption to make. However, I don't equate being careless with deserving to have my phone stolen by some low lying piece of koopa. Anyway, the last one was a Moto G and the thing that pissed me off was the fact that the device had achieved an equilibrium in all areas that are important; the right balance of applications, just the right battery time etc. It knew me and I knew it. We were familiar to each other and then it was ripped from my clawing hands, never to return again. At that very moment, I made a decision that never will I let another phone be stolen again (iA). So I decided to make my phone theft-proof, not theft-resistant but theft-proof. The phone in question is the Moto X.
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Just out of curiosity how many phones have been stolen from you? And how were they stolen? Maybe there's something that you change to not get your phone stolen.
mawells787 said:
Just out of curiosity how many phones have been stolen from you? And how were they stolen? Maybe there's something that you change to not get your phone stolen.
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Well the first phone was Iphone. The very first Iphone. It was stolen from my car while I was sitting in it. Happens a lot where I am; Pakistan. I was waiting for the light to turn green at a signal when this guy showed up on the passenger side door, and in what seemed like a flash, opened the door (which unfortunately was not locked), snatched the phone (which was lying on the passenger seat), ran around the car and on to the other side of the road where there was a guy on a bike (who I had not noticed before) revving it. The thief got on to the bike and they were gone. I had in the meanwhile only gotten out of the car and managed to shout out an expletive but it was too late by then. The phone was gone.
Ever since, I keep my car doors locked at all times.
The 2nd phone was also stolen from my car while it was parked in my garage. Probably the driver. It was a Nokia.
The 3rd phone was the Moto G. Went to this cafe to get some ice cream for wife and kid. Rush hour traffic in the cafe. Some seedy types were at the counter as well and I was wearing baggy clothes and got pick pocketed. Didn't feel nothing. Last known location of the phone was the cafe according to Life360.
mufakir said:
Well the first phone was Iphone. The very first Iphone. It was stolen from my car while I was sitting in it. Happens a lot where I am; Pakistan. I was waiting for the light to turn green at a signal when this guy showed up on the passenger side door, and in what seemed like a flash, opened the door (which unfortunately was not locked), snatched the phone (which was lying on the passenger seat), ran around the car and on to the other side of the road where there was a guy on a bike (who I had not noticed before) revving it. The thief got on to the bike and they were gone. I had in the meanwhile only gotten out of the car and managed to shout out an expletive but it was too late by then. The phone was gone.
Ever since, I keep my car doors locked at all times.
The 2nd phone was also stolen from my car while it was parked in my garage. Probably the driver. It was a Nokia.
The 3rd phone was the Moto G. Went to this cafe to get some ice cream for wife and kid. Rush hour traffic in the cafe. Some seedy types were at the counter as well and I was wearing baggy clothes and got pick pocketed. Didn't feel nothing. Last known location of the phone was the cafe according to Life360.
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1. Sucks that people just walk up to cars and steal while you're in the car. But like you said windows and doors locked will help.
2. Sucks that people steal. But assholes work everywhere. But never leave your personal property unattended.
3. Keep your wallet and phone in front pockets its harder to pick pocket. Or wear pants that are not too baggy so that pick pockets cant easily get their hands in.
I'm not sure how crime is in Pakistan but it sounds worse than here in the states. But even if you can track someone, remember its not worth getting seriously hurt or worse over property.
I guess I'd add that another step no matter what theft prevention you have, is to make a backup. Once you find that great balance of perfect apps and configurations, take screen shots of your app drawer at the very least so you know what apps you had installed. Take screenshots of your home screen so you know what icons you had where for that instinctive muscle memory of unlocking and tapping email in the lower right without really looking or thinking about it.
I've never had a phone stolen, but I've bricked and wiped enough times to know that backups are important even if your phone doesn't get stolen.
carry AK47 in front seat of car, problem solved!
Turn in android device manager with location reporting. It will track your phone down for you.
fury683 said:
I guess I'd add that another step no matter what theft prevention you have, is to make a backup. Once you find that great balance of perfect apps and configurations, take screen shots of your app drawer at the very least so you know what apps you had installed. Take screenshots of your home screen so you know what icons you had where for that instinctive muscle memory of unlocking and tapping email in the lower right without really looking or thinking about it.
I've never had a phone stolen, but I've bricked and wiped enough times to know that backups are important even if your phone doesn't get stolen.
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yea, but it's such painstaking work man. gonna do that today.
mawells787 said:
1. Sucks that people just walk up to cars and steal while you're in the car. But like you said windows and doors locked will help.
2. Sucks that people steal. But assholes work everywhere. But never leave your personal property unattended.
3. Keep your wallet and phone in front pockets its harder to pick pocket. Or wear pants that are not too baggy so that pick pockets cant easily get their hands in.
I'm not sure how crime is in Pakistan but it sounds worse than here in the states. But even if you can track someone, remember its not worth getting seriously hurt or worse over property.
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Well, all I know about crime in the States is what I see in tv shows, but yea, it's everywhere. crime and criminals that is.
I prefer keeping my phone by my side at all times....to battery sucking theft solutions.
But to each their own!!
Good info here for sure! ?
In my opinion it's better to leave the phone without a pin because, if i were an average theft who doesn't know that much about phones, I'd just remove the accounts, the Sim card and apps. Maybe I would do a factory reset and with that I'd be happy so cerberus would survive.
Also I'd recommend you to hide cerberus from the drawer and make it only available from the dialer.
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Does holding the power button for 8 seconds still turn off the device with the gravity box module disabling power? if someone could force the phone off then turning it off from the lock screen is the least of their worries.
treyf711 said:
Does holding the power button for 8 seconds still turn off the device with the gravity box module disabling power? if someone could force the phone off then turning it off from the lock screen is the least of their worries.
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I thought that just rebooted, similar to holding POWER and VOL DOWN for a while to simulate a battery pull on Moto devices.