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Control your car by XDA

Problem:
there is a GSM Module in my car. It has three functions:
1) Send alarm warnings (when someone is trying to steal the car or CD player) to my phone (XDA2) as a SMS.
2) Retermine car's location, when it is stolen
3) Remote control of Webasto heater (when standard radio remote control can't reach the car - max. distance is 800m)
Each of these function has a small problem:
ad1) XDA just once silently beeps when SMS is received. It is fine for regular messages, but not for that message saying "Someone si trying to steal your car!". So I need a different sound for received messages, depending on sender - the sound for SMS sent by my car must be louder and longer, than SMS sent by my wife! How to do that?
ad2) I'm using T-Mobile Locator service for that. I don't know if TMO offers it in all countries, but here, if you know LocatorPIN of some mobile phone, you'll immediately receive a SMS containing location of that phone. I also have a great navigation software and maps (2CDs) from TMO - so when your phone is connected to the PC, you can track location of your car (or even of your wife). But without the PC, you'll only receive a text message with approximate location (calculated from one BTS). On PC you'll get more precise position calculated from more BTSes. So I need to use my XDA as the PC - I want to see accurate position on the map. But I'm not sure if some PocketPC navigation map software (such as TomTom) is able to read the coordinates automatically from SMS in inbox. On PC you can use any GPS software with "T-Mobile Locator", because TMO provides a driver, which simulates GPS, but in fact it sends SMS location requests, reads the SMS responses and sends coordinates from them to the navigation software.
ad3) To start or stop or control other heaters functions, you need to send a SMS to your car in special format (syntax). There must be a 7-digits password for the car's GSM gate and SMS also must contain commands for the heater in proper syntax. So I'd love some application simillar to those applications for infrared remote controls - the fullscreen panel with buttons such as "Start heating", "Stop heating", "Turn winter mode on", "Turn summer mode on", "Auto switch-off after XXX minutes", etc... (all commands accepted by heater and/or climatronic). I'd define SMSes in proper format under these buttons (just once) and then I would be just pressing these buttons and XDA will automatically send the SMS. Is there such a piece of software (remote control software sending SMS mesages instead of infrared beams)?
In a worst case I would create that software by myslef. I just received a DVD with latest VisualStudio.NET from M$, I also have the devkit for WM2003. But I don't know, how to send SMS, how to read it from inbox, atc...

1 you need a 3th party program written by yourself or somebody else which pass all your emails looking for a code or frace which makes the xda react diffrently then when it gets other sms's
so you got alot of work ahead if you are doing it yourself or you may have to pay somebody money to make it or if you are really lucky there already is a program free or otherwise which you can use
2 i would look in the gsm api for any function you may also need to keep a list of locations to match what the gsm provider give you with something you can use for anything
not to mention using that list to make some map program know where you are at
3
well here all you have to do is make a today plugin which auto send predefines sms msg when you press them
i would think that all these wishes would require some programming some of them some serious programming
of cause i could be wrong and there already is a super tool which does all these things and make toast
good luck

I can't believe there's no such app!

Have you tried doing a search ?
I am pretty sure that exactly the same question came up a little while back.
Rgds,
Rob.

What is the GSM Module? Also does it have a GPS module as well and can you connect it to the XDA II to give a GPS feed for Sat Nav purposes?
I am after a device similar to the one you've described but I want it to also feed GPS data.

where is mobile justice

where is mobile justice in the tnt 2.0 pro at thanks

You can get it here - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjustice
I'm still trying to figure out exactly why anyone with a wizard (or any model that doesn't have GPS integrated into it, which is most of them) would want to use it anyway. The only thing you can do with it is send text messages to whoever stole it that will show up on the screen without them actually knowing that they recieved a text message. Doesn't seem like much of a deterent to me.

programs/accessories/MJConfig <<<

Just curious, I went to the Mobile Justice site and it implies it only works on GPS enabled phones. Will it still work on a MDA, and if so, will it transmit SIM information so you can identify the thief or provide information to the police so they can track it down?

xeno1 said:
You can get it here - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjustice
I'm still trying to figure out exactly why anyone with a wizard (or any model that doesn't have GPS integrated into it, which is most of them) would want to use it anyway. The only thing you can do with it is send text messages to whoever stole it that will show up on the screen without them actually knowing that they recieved a text message. Doesn't seem like much of a deterent to me.
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You haven't looked to see what all the program does... Sure we can't use the GPS part, but the main feature is you register your SIM card(s) to MobileJustice and if someone was to put in a SIM card that isn't registered, when the phone reboots it will send out an SMS to devices you have registered. You will then have the phone number of the sim that is now in your phone.
And yes, you can then send SMS to that phone number in a formatted way (if you enable this feature) and text boxes will show up on the phone...
I've also put in a request with the author to have another reply type message so you can send an SMS to the phone and it will reply back with the IMSI of the SIM card currently installed (so you can report both the IMSI and phone number to your carrier. Hopefully you keep your IMEI number safe someplace already so you can report that as well).
So this is a very capable freeware program for the Wizard. We just can't use the GPS feature (although if the thief hooks a GPS device up to it, that may work. Anyone with a GPS attachment that can test that?)

Sorry mfrazzz, I for some reason forgot the fact that it sent you back their phone number also.
Another thing that would be cool if the programmer could add would be if it sent you back their sim contacts, that way you could start calling all of their contacts and let them know that their son/daughter/employee/spouse/friend or whatever is a thief and possibly find out the persons name and maybe even their address in the process. That way you could notify the police exactly who stole it as you're filling out the stolen phone report.

xeno1 said:
Another thing that would be cool if the programmer could add would be if it sent you back their sim contacts, that way you could start calling all of their contacts and let them know that their son/daughter/employee/spouse/friend or whatever is a thief and possibly find out the persons name and maybe even their address in the process. That way you could notify the police exactly who stole it as you're filling out the stolen phone report.
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Actually I think its been requested for either that, or access to the PIM database (too much info I'd think for that though).

mfrazzz said:
. Anyone with a GPS attachment that can test that?)
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I just saw this topic, And tried it out.
HTC Wizard (WM6) with BT-GPS.
It's working, after gps/serial port connection was made, sms was sent.

sorry.
pls. delete.

Mobile Justice works perfectly on my HTC touch pro
Mobile Justice works perfectly on my HTC touch pro

This has killed my GPS in my HTC Touch HD, every thing says there is no GPS device no mater what port i set it to... going to have to wipe the thing and start again

Works fine in my mogul and touch pro. Thank you.

Help me develope this program..

Well, i'd like to develop a security program that if your pocket pc phone gets stolen, you'd be able to do something different than just get the logs, gps coordinates, and number--i'd like to develop something that where if it gets stolen and you text the persons new number with a special word (like camera), it'll take a picture of the current setting of the phone. Sure at times, it might be in there pocket, but as long as you text that word, the phone takes pictures without the jacker knowing it and sends you the picture. I've never developed something so i'm asking if anybody here has, to what the first step would be. I chose this (got it from a convo with a friend) because i've yet to see something of this sort. Thanks

That would be slick.....hahaha..... that would be crazy if the ass taht stole it was in the same place u were....the club or something! NICE...I wish I had some programing skills....ONE

Yea, that's why i'd like to develop something like this--there would be a lot of interest and i've already heard that it would be super nice to have. Just need a cushion to start

I have two thoughts on this:
The phone side of it could be a simple MMS automation process. It would cut out a lot of work, because the MMS app already has the ability to interact with the camera and add the picture to the MMS and send it, even video and audio.
Secondly, there are programs out there, such as Vito FindMe, that provide the necessary code for making your phone run an automated process when it receives a specific word via SMS. In the Vito FindMe case, if it receives the word, it connects to GPS if available and then sends the phones GPS coordinates to the Sms'er. If a similar but open source type of Vito FindMe software could be found, most of the work would be done already. Then all you would need to do is tweak it to run the automated MMS script instead of GPS.
PS I am aware that Vito FindMe is free, but I don't think it is open source Etc I don't think the code is available.

What programs would i start off to develop this?

There is one more thing to think about. When someone stoles your phone, he probably won't use your sim-card (=phone number). To achieve all of this you need to find thief's phone number. You'd need some app to let you know the new nubmer when someone changes sim-card.

Phone tracking software

I'm looking for the best phone tracking software in case it gets stolen. I have been on www.freewarepocketpc.net and there are loads. Someone else posted that they use WIMP (www.freewarepocketpc.net) which is $15 after the trial. WIMP sounds pretty good, but there are so many free versions out there. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good free one, as I haven't got time right now to install all 30-odd and try them all.
Thanks!

I think RemoteTracker is quite good.

johnpatcher said:
I think RemoteTracker is quite good.
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Thanks for the tip. Have installed (painless). Will test when the wife gets home!

I tried WIMP after reading this page.
it is absolutely gorgeous.
Took my phone and kept it next to the window.
Tried to sms the wimp code to my phone.
WIMP catches the sms without making it noticable and sends you an sms back with the exact GPS location of your phone and a link for Google Maps.
And even better, it will send a sms to the phonenumber you entered in the settings with the new phonenumber of the new simcard in the phone that has been "stolen".
Which means that you'll still be able to send an sms to the phone even if it doesnt has your SIMcard in it.
I choose WIMP.

I've used Ultimate Theft Alert v3.5 with success.
A killer software to Secure your Expensive Pocket PC Devices!
Ultimate Theft Alert is the best security application ever designed for Windows Mobile based Pocket PC devices.
Every mobile phone has a unique identification number called IMEI and likewise, every SIM has IMSI. Using this unique number, the software could distinguish the owner and thief.
Once your Pocket PC is stolen, obviously first thing the thief does is remove your SIM card and insert his own. Ultimate Theft Alert will identify this and send alert messages to all your alternate numbers directly from the thief’ SIM card. (You’re actually getting the thief’ mobile number!)
In addition to the thief’ number, the software will also forward you all his incoming SMS and incoming caller numbers. Knowing this, you can easily track down your stolen Pocket PC.
The possibilities don’t stop here. You can remotely control your Pocket PC when Ultimate Theft Alert is installed. Remote functions such as locking, unlocking of device, erasure of personal data and files can be done easily by sending a secret SMS command to your stolen Pocket PC.
When your Pocket PC has a GPS chipset built-in, Ultimate Theft Alert can pin-point the location of the device too!
To the best of all, the thief is completely unaware of all your tracking works. The secret SMS commands are all hidden from regular inbox and there will be no trace of SMS sent from your device too!
There's a significant section on XDA here when they were offering it for free, but I think the offer has expired
DOWNLOAD PAGE HERE

I use UTA also. And apart from the error message you get everytime you reset the phone (and yes I know you can disable the alert)...it's the best I've tried

I use WIMP also. its easy to use

I use smartphonetracker (google is your friend) now which is fairly painless and free.

The Everstealth software allows you to view a complete list of all the incoming and outgoing calls made on a particular mobile phone. An Employer would find it useful in determining if a phone was being used to make personal calls at the company expense.

Cerberus Anti Theft App ----> FREE

i was surfing around and found this just now
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus
Cerberus anti theft app which is now free for the next x amount of hours.
http://phandroid.com/2014/04/24/cerberus-3rd-birthday-free-license/
Cerberus celebrates 3rd birthday with free licenses for the next 30 hours
Despite a little security snafu a few weeks back, we still think Cerberus is one of the better security applications on the Google Play Store. To celebrate their 3rd birthday — and their new 2.5 update — Cerberus is giving free licenses to users who install their app over the next 30 hours.
Simply sign up for a new account, and you’ll receive an email notifying that the license for your account has been activated for free, for life. For those unaware, Cerberus offers a little more functionality than Android Device Manager alone. Here’s the feature list:
Remote control through the website www.cerberusapp.com
Remote control via text messages
SIM Checker (for devices that have a SIM card): you will automatically receive alerts if someone uses your phone with an unauthorized SIM card
Remote control allows you to perform many operations on your device, like:
Locate and track it
Start a loud alarm, even if the device is set to silent mode
Wipe the internal memory and the SD card
Hide Cerberus from the app drawer
Lock the device with a code
Record audio from the microphone
Get a list of last calls sent and received
Get information about network and operator the device is connected to
And much more!
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played around with it. location wise quite accurate, can snap a pic and i even send threatening messages to myself. but overall i think its quite a good security app even though i wont be seeing my phone if it ever gets stolen but then at least i can post the perpetrator's face all over reddit .

Those kind of apps are absolutely useless. All your thief has to do is drop into recovery, factory reset, format system partition, flash something and it's bye bye for your phone.
If you are not rooted, then take out your SIM card, root it without activating WiFi/GPS and do the abovementioned procedure.
Either way, it's goodbye Vienna.