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[Q] HTC Aria stolen - advice?

My aria was stolen and there wasn't any anti-theft software like mobile defense on it.
Is there anything I can do to get it back or track it, or is it a lost cause?

vonsamurai said:
My aria was stolen and there wasn't any anti-theft software like mobile defense on it.
Is there anything I can do to get it back or track it, or is it a lost cause?
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I'd hate to be the bearer of bad news but to MY KNOWLEDGE you're out of luck. Now, that's not to say there isn't a way hence the all-caps "my knowledge". Sorry for your misfortune bud...
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Sorry to hear about your phone being stolen. I would troll craigslist and ebay, but even if you find it on there it would be hard to recover.
As for advice, install my lookout on your next phone. You can locate your phone from any computer and also make it "scream"

yeah look out is the way to go...

Pretty much a lost cause at this point. Next time, if there is a next time, you may want to look into apps like the above mentioned or Where's My Droid, which may help since they allow you to locate the phone using the GPS.

oahceasgnikgneas said:
Pretty much a lost cause at this point. Next time, if there is a next time, you may want to look into apps like the above mentioned or Where's My Droid, which may help since they allow you to locate the phone using the GPS.
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Or WaveSecure which is just above and beyond IMO
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Personally say Lookout helped. I was in class Left my phone on a desk while i used the rest room friend was supposed to watch my phone. Came back gone. Asked the teacher if i could use his laptop. Withing 40 seconds my phone was screaming. I found it, and the student was suspended.

None of the apps mentioned before will do you any good if you have GPS turned off. Tasker can remotely turn on GPS, locate your phone and send you the location by simply texting a key phrase.

Androidude said:
None of the apps mentioned before will do you any good if you have GPS turned off. Tasker can remotely turn on GPS, locate your phone and send you the location by simply texting a key phrase.
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This is something you have to build in Tasker. I have mine set to enable GPS and open a GPS tracker app that can be monitored on the web. Only good if sky is visible.
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duckredbeard said:
This is something you have to build in Tasker. I have mine set to enable GPS and open a GPS tracker app that can be monitored on the web. Only good if sky is visible.
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You can just download Tasker profiles from the Tasker wiki site, not that hard. I have tested this a few times and you don't need a sky view for this to work.

Remote wipe?

Any apps out there that can remote wipe, or at least remotely set a pattern lock on your phone?

Lookout can wipe your phone remotely as well as wave secure. Both of these require a subscription though. I'm not aware of a free one though.
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but you have to set them up on your phone first. I can't do that right now, I just wanna wipe it.

I believe es security manager lets you remote lock without a subscription. You have to set a password and then send an sms to your phone with a special pattern that includes that password, iirc.
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By the way if you already lost the phone, you won't be able to remote wipe it.
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also
if you are running a rom like evil's desire HD rom and you sign up for HTC sense you can login to the web page https://www.htcsense.com/us/ and wipe the phone using that
but you have to have been running a rom that supports it like the above mentioned

stoneyjonez said:
By the way if you already lost the phone, you won't be able to remote wipe it.
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Actually, there's a new app that can at least locate your device after it's already lost. I'll go digging for it, I read it in an article recently - gotta go find it. Essentially, since the new Market is available, you can download the app via the Web after your device is already lost. It will download to your phone and start giving you GPS coordinates. I'm not sure if it also offers a remote-wipe feature...I'll reply back if/when I find it!

shlongwoodian said:
Actually, there's a new app that can at least locate your device after it's already lost. I'll go digging for it, I read it in an article recently - gotta go find it. Essentially, since the new Market is available, you can download the app via the Web after your device is already lost. It will download to your phone and start giving you GPS coordinates. I'm not sure if it also offers a remote-wipe feature...I'll reply back if/when I find it!
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I believe lookout does that also

Virus scanner

Is a virus scanner needed?

Tarrance17 said:
Is a virus scanner needed?
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You can use one if you're paranoid but in my opinion its not needed. Just watch and review everything you download and look over what permissions they ask for. Always download content from trusted sources and also read the comments/reviews to see what others feedback would be.

Not always. But its definitely nice to have. Get lookout on the market. It will automatically scan apps. If not for that its great for finding your phone if its lost.
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kimbernator said:
Not always. But its definitely nice to have. Get lookout on the market. It will automatically scan apps. If not for that its great for finding your phone if its lost.
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I found my phone using lookout.
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Yes I also HIGHLY recommend Lockout for total package. We don't need virus scanner but even if we had virus the scanner won't pick it up as it has to be in the definition.db for it to work.

What does this "Lookout" app do to help you find your phone??

JDV28 said:
What does this "Lookout" app do to help you find your phone??
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You create a log in at look out's web site and if you should lose it you can remotely turn on the GPS to track it, or turn on a siren type alert tone so you find it if you lost it in your house our your car. If you have the paid service there are some extras like remote lock, and remote wipe.
https://www.mylookout.com/

neidlinger said:
You create a log in at look out's web site and if you should lose it you can remotely turn on the GPS to track it, or turn on a siren type alert tone so you find it if you lost it in your house our your car. If you have the paid service there are some extras like remote lock, and remote wipe.
https://www.mylookout.com/
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Whoa. Thanks. Setting this up immediately lol sounds incredibly useful and good tool to have so theres no worrying about the Ifs.
Question about the paid service, say I DO lose my phone and want to remote lock and/or wipe, can i pay for it at that time then use that feature, meaning i dont have to pay for it until i actually need it. Or does it require some setting up on the phone's end?

Control Your Note 10.1 From Your PC - Including Using S Note

This is pretty cool. You can mirror your Note on your PC and control it using your PC's keyboard and mouse. It's a great way of editing and reviewing S Notes on your PC while they are still in native form on the Note. It connects either over USB (with debugging turned on) or over Wi-Fi.
Here's the desktop app...
http://www.mobizen.com/en/?page_id=236
Here's the Play store app for the Note...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5yc3VwcG9ydC5tdmFnZW50Il0.

I can confirm this works well with the Note 10.1, thanks for the heads-up. :good:
Edit: You have to download the APK from their website as the market version reports it is incompatible with the Note. The downloaded version has the correct skin for the note.

Great app but it`s not showing the proper skin for me (downloaded and installed the apk from their site version 1.0.1.26).

Anyone wanna post the apk file, play store says it's incompatible with ALL my toys and can't find the apk file on the mobizen site.....
Doesn't help I just finished work and have to start again in 7 1/2 hours....

ultramag69 said:
Anyone wanna post the apk file, play store says it's incompatible with ALL my toys and can't find the apk file on the mobizen site.....
Doesn't help I just finished work and have to start again in 7 1/2 hours....
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Link to the APK :: http://download.mobizen.com/upload/mobizen.apk - Linked from :: http://beta.mobizen.com/en/?topic=not-able-to-download-in-france/#post-350
Can be found on the Blog.

DRVB said:
Great app but it`s not showing the proper skin for me (downloaded and installed the apk from their site version 1.0.1.26).
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The desktop app reads the device's model number when it connects. I have a N8000 and it worked fine. It also worked for my N7100. I don't know about the N8010/13 or non-international versions of Samsung's devices. The company that built the app is in Germany and probably doesn't know the N8013 even exists (as well as Samsung phones with carrier specific model numbers).

Well it`s woking fine with my note2 (n7100) too and showing with the proper skin. I have the n8000 but for some reason it`s not showing the proper skin. Anyway as long as it`s working ..... Thx for the great recommendation!

Harrowed said:
Link to the APK :: http://download.mobizen.com/upload/mobizen.apk - Linked from :: http://beta.mobizen.com/en/?topic=not-able-to-download-in-france/#post-350
Can be found on the Blog.
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Thanks so much, just too tired to look properly...

Here's a DB link to the skin files that are installed on my PC. They aren't labeled by device but one of the five is for the Note 10.1. Good luck.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6j32hk88vew9d43/be6rJNtKea
Here's where the files are located on your PC.

One of the coolest app ever.. I was hoping MirrorOP sender to be better but I like this app now..
I hope they support copy paste of texts.. example, I want to copy a wen URL from my PC browser to the tablet browser for reading later

leojab said:
One of the coolest app ever.. I was hoping MirrorOP sender to be better but I like this app now..
I hope they support copy paste of texts.. example, I want to copy a wen URL from my PC browser to the tablet browser for reading later
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Great app indeed. 8 hours up without a single issue. For coping and pasting you can try PushPullet. I use on my chrome to push text and list fast to my droid.

xiaotuo said:
Great app indeed. 8 hours up without a single issue. For coping and pasting you can try PushPullet. I use on my chrome to push text and list fast to my droid.
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So, this is working great and seems cool and all, but I cannot figure out a reason to actually use it. Why would anyone need to do this?

loribuono said:
So, this is working great and seems cool and all, but I cannot figure out a reason to actually use it. Why would anyone need to do this?
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I use it at office. I have no time to hassle with laptop and tablet at the same time and i get messages to both all the time. This app just makes things much easier now
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WOW!! Great find!!
This is a great tool, thank you very much for sharing! I have it installed and it is working very well.
This is exactly what I was looking for, something that allows me to easily connect to my Note and utilize S notes (or whatever) with my computer keyboard.
I have plenty of work documentation that I can now easily copy and paste into S notes, and this saves me a lot of time retyping everything. :good:
~ LA

Reading the user reviews in Google Play, a lot state that they took away WIFI. Can someone confirm that? I'd really love this if it could be used over WIFI.
Maybe downloading the apk from the link provided early instead of downloading it from Google Play will still have WIFI available??

Can you tell me how you copy paste into the tab using this tool.. I want to copy text from PC and paste into tab using mobizen screen.
lrdangel said:
WOW!! Great find!!
This is a great tool, thank you very much for sharing! I have it installed and it is working very well.
This is exactly what I was looking for, something that allows me to easily connect to my Note and utilize S notes (or whatever) with my computer keyboard.
I have plenty of work documentation that I can now easily copy and paste into S notes, and this saves me a lot of time retyping everything. :good:
~ LA
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ddrylie said:
Reading the user reviews in Google Play, a lot state that they took away WIFI. Can someone confirm that? I'd really love this if it could be used over WIFI.
Maybe downloading the apk from the link provided early instead of downloading it from Google Play will still have WIFI available??
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After you install it on the device and start it, it asks you if you want to download the wireless module (APK) to use it over Wi-Fi. Still works for me. Once it's set up, all you need to do is start the desktop app and it automatically finds and starts the app on the device if its connected to Wi-Fi.

BarryH_GEG said:
After you install it on the device and start it, it asks you if you want to download the wireless module (APK) to use it over Wi-Fi. Still works for me. Once it's set up, all you need to do is start the desktop app and it automatically finds and starts the app on the device if its connected to Wi-Fi.
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Thanks! I'll have to try this tonight when I get home from work.

xiaotuo said:
I use it at office. I have no time to hassle with laptop and tablet at the same time and i get messages to both all the time. This app just makes things much easier now
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You can use clipsync app for this. Play store.
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Jasonchewy91 said:
You can use clipsync app for this. Play store.
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Hmm, and why would i use it? To answer whatsapp and other messenger on my tablet? I dont think so
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[Q] android app idea needed

hi everyone. I am new to this field. And I am needing an idea for developing an android application related to telecommunication field like GPS, 3G, 4G, network, security etc. Kindly suggest me some ideas.
Regards,
Shahrukh

Shahrukhkasi said:
hi everyone. I am new to this field. And I am needing an idea for developing an android application related to telecommunication field like GPS, 3G, 4G, network, security etc. Kindly suggest me some ideas.
Regards,
Shahrukh
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You can make an app for tracing your device :good:

Further Suggestion
Rick Clephas said:
You can make an app for tracing your device :good:
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Thank You Rick Celphas for your suggestion. But as I am planning for my final year project I must develop or append some advance features in my application. Initial idea is good, but if you have further suggestion of features, which can be added in this application.

Shahrukhkasi said:
Thank You Rick Celphas for your suggestion. But as I am planning for my final year project I must develop or append some advance features in my application. Initial idea is good, but if you have further suggestion of features, which can be added in this application.
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Well you could make these options:
Remote access security functions(factory reset, change locmscreen password ...) from other phone by sms or call.
Trace the phone with GPS(from another phone or website)
Get remote control of the camera, sound and vibration.
To get peoples attention and make pictures of the areay the thief is.
You can find alot of things people would like to be able to do when there phone is stolen
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Sugestion Appreciated
Rick Clephas said:
Well you could make these options:
Remote access security functions(factory reset, change locmscreen password ...) from other phone by sms or call.
Trace the phone with GPS(from another phone or website)
Get remote control of the camera, sound and vibration.
To get peoples attention and make pictures of the areay the thief is.
You can find alot of things people would like to be able to do when there phone is stolen
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thanks for your suggestion. Will search further about all suggested app ideas. If any help required will ask.

Start by looking to what would make your daily life more easier and more enjoyable

An app, which shows the nearby cashpoints would be cool.