Hi all
I lost my galaxy s2 two days ago. I called my phone a few times until the person who has found it, shut it down.
Unfortunately I did not activate utrack. All I have my IMEI. Here in Switzerland only my provider does blacklist IMEI-Numbers, so that sucks too.
Anybody got any idea, or should I leave it??
There is not much you can do if you didn't activate tracking in phone(samsungdive) or use some aplication for that purpose.
Tracking is i think.by.default active if u logged in to samsung account
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This app could have helped you, had you not called the number and warned the person that you are looking for the phone.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
if the phone is still on you can still try to install that app via the link above.
Sign into the market on your PC using your google account.
Choose to install "Lookout Plan B" to your phone.
If it is on and with network connection, with your data remaining, it should be installed.
if who found your phone know a little bit about android i think the first thing he does is to delete your gmail account to prevent you from install apps from the web...so if you can't lock by imei there's nothing else you can do i guess
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hey guys
Many Many thanks for that great input. I am talking about Plan B. The chance that somebody knowing about android found it, isnt that big. I did install it over the market and it said, that its going to be installed, so i am praying for my luck know.
Will keep you guys up-to-date.
Thanks once again.
for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.
kreoXDA said:
for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.
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hmmm... And I thought my lost-phone-karma was positive, since I found and SGS1 a few months ago and returned it to the owner immediatly.
well, my only chance is, the phone will be connected to a wireless connection, since ive got my sim blocked through the provider. The hope is gone but who knows, miracles can happen
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
No they don't work after factory reset
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Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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angelomaldito said:
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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All those tools are good IF you lost the phone, realized it right away, ran to the nearest computer and activated the tools, provided the phone is still reachable and on data network.
For the crooks who STEAL the expensive phones, the business is a fine tuned machine. 10 people run around stealing, and the immediately turn them off or remove battery. then they bulk-sell them to phone hackers who produce brand new freshly installed phones that can be sold at local flea market
Deactivating the IMEI I think will do anything only if the new owner tries to activate the phone on the same network.
First I was calling my phone again and again, cause I thought perhaps it was laying around somewhere and so I could hear it. But then that asshole had found out how to shut it down.
If you find something and theres no name and nothing on it, ok, if you keep that perhaps thats not exactly stealing. But if you shutdown a phone, because the owner is calling again and again, that is STEALING!
alcurtis93 said:
No they don't work after factory reset
There is two you can push to /system/app. One is sim checker. The other it locservice. I will check with vendor if the data can fire email notifications and passwords be made to survive
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I was just wondering: one of the features of those tracking apps is the possibility of wiping your data if you lose your phone. Therefore, if wiping your data in this way (which I don't know if it corresponds to a factory reset or is just a 'soft wipe') means that it will be no longer possible to locate your phone?
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Hi Guys,
There are many apps available in the market to find your lost phone.
But before buying any of them, I need few tips if anybody used them.
Are these apps really useful?
Say if I lost my mobile & the person who found has switched off the phone/removed sim card then will these apps help???
Please suggest!!
I don't think they can help on a switched off or reflashed device
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WatchDroid prevents reflashing the phone and will work even after sim card change, plus gives you access to lots of commands
Never had to use it yet, but it needs to be pre configured before it is lost/stolen.
really suggest it!
fredastere said:
WatchDroid prevents reflashing the phone and will work even after sim card change, plus gives you access to lots of commands
Never had to use it yet, but it needs to be pre configured before it is lost/stolen.
really suggest it!
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Would it prevent Flashtool from working or just the SEUS?
fredastere said:
WatchDroid prevents reflashing the phone and will work even after sim card change, plus gives you access to lots of commands
Never had to use it yet, but it needs to be pre configured before it is lost/stolen.
really suggest it!
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Good..i will consider this, thanks..
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I think you must go with your tel box with in the police
if you have information about your phone from your app's that +
police must help you
P.S. =(
rmk152 said:
Would it prevent Flashtool from working or just the SEUS?
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After reading the description of the program i don't think it could do either of those.
the thing is, your have to enter a different startup mode for flashtool/SEUS, in other words, you would have to boot in flash mode.
An app won't be able to communicat to your phone before it is even booted, and since you boot into flash mode before you even reach android, it would just become impossible.
Would be neat though, if it was to be made, but that would have to be integrated into the bootloader.
So I was in the taxi last night and my phone dropped out of my pocket, tried calling taxi company up and was no use! Im on orange and paying £41a month, is there anything I can do?
Unless you have security apps like seek droid or lookout to track your phone, then its gone. So sorry for you.
Thats why i never turn off data and gps on my phone. Doesnt hurt my battery life Coz it can last for hrs with this battery.
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hugorunes said:
So I was in the taxi last night and my phone dropped out of my pocket, tried calling taxi company up and was no use! Im on orange and paying £41a month, is there anything I can do?
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Here are some things you can do:
1 - Call up Orange and cut the line incase your sim is used...
2 - Should you be insured simply report it as stolen and you will get a replacement
3 - Next time track & remote your phone - Should you loose it you can track it!
Omg open browser on pc. Go to google market and remote install lookout plan b
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Also, you can remotely install "androidlost" that is an excellent application for finding your device, provided it's still online and trusted to your google account. Gives you geo coordinates, photo from front and back camera, can make it speak or whistle or show a message, can run a Web server to gain access to your own data, and can wipe or lock the phone remotely.
Ernesto de Bernardis
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This is a situation for http://samsungdive.com
Try your samsung account on that site. It should tell you where the phone is.
sounds like you are UK based, so you should report the phone as lost to the police, obtain a reference number which you'll need for insurance claim, then as already mentioned, contact Orange. While reporting to the police, ask about getting the IMEI blocked and ask Orange the same.
Sorry to hear of your loss though, you'd not think a phone this big would be lost easily, makes a good point about tracking software to all of us, albeit at your loss. mine doesn't seem to have the Samsung remote option in the menu which is odd, KKA cf-rooted. Thought it was there in the original firmware but not there now.
Dave
I second the Samsung dive option , it can track your phone over 12 hours and show you where it's been. One you find it you can make it ring at full volume to prove its yours.
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Samsung dive
Samsung Dive is very handy
What can you do? ...........not get so pissed next time!! ;-)
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Really sorry about your loss.
There is an app on the market I have read about, called "Plan B" - it's meant for installing/using AFTER you have lost your phone.
I myself have not tried it, but should work if the phone hasn't been factory-reset and is still tied to your google account.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
Hope you get your phone back!
Hey really sorry for your loss i can only imagine the pain of losing such an amazing phone, but i think the best way to retrive it is to go personally to the taxi company and kick up a fuss or something and see if you could get your phone back.
I really hope you do and if you do, use the samsung dive feature as its really awesome and is a life saver, i dont think you need gps turned on but you do need data usage on to track it
Once again i wish you lots of luck in finding it
To use SamsungDive, you will have to have a Samsung Account and is registered with SamsungDive. Your mobile tracker must also be on and whoever got your phone have not disabled it.
If you have a SamsungDive account and your mobile is locked and cannot be tampered with and the tracker is on then tracking your lost phone will be easy.
Thank you all for your suggestions I greatly appreciate it. Trying them all now and hoping one will work thank you again
Since you are in the UK, you can try the following.
Ask your mobile provider formally for a subject access request for all your data with your provider including call logs, SMS logs, internet logs, location data from mobile phone masts from the time your phone was lost. They cannot refuse a subject access data under the law. If they refuse then contact information commissioners office by complaint.
Use the call logs, location data etc to track person who took phone. even if they took the phone and sold it after trying it a bit the then location data and calls logs and internet email access, Facebook access etc should be useful to catch person. Police won't be interested at all from my friends experience. But if you get the data then they can't ignore you hopefully.
Best of luck. But try other methods suggested too.
Sorry to hear you lost your phone, it's made me think about what I would do in the same situation. I don't have a samsung account so can't use samsung dive, what other options are available to track a lost/stolen phone?
Again, sorry to hear of your loss OP, I would raise hell with the Taxi company, they will know which driver you were with and will contact him to ask if he found anything which of course he may deny.
AdzUK said:
Again, sorry to hear of your loss OP, I would raise hell with the Taxi company, they will know which driver you were with and will contact him to ask if he found anything which of course he may deny.
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As you say, he may deny finding anything even if he did, but given that most cab drivers don't search their cabs after each fare, it's just as likely that a subsequent fare found and took the phone.
Regards,
Dave
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I know how you feel. Just very recently lost my HTC HD2. Broke my heart. I loved that phone
Right so I tried everything apart from and still no luck apart from bubblesmoney idea which I will give a try but for that method to work would it need my sim card ? Cause I blocked that one so they can't use it
HI all, I lost my Nexus 7 today.
I was gutted - searched high & low in the local supermarket and couldn't find it.
Luckily a decent chap had found that his nephew was sat in the car playing with it (having found it) and I got it back. (cheers chappy!) :good:
I am still in shock about this, its my 3rd arm, my memory, my precious!
However - what in case this happens again?
I have Prey on it, but I have found that there is some delay when the alarm goes off and it being locked - long enough for me to find and stop prey.
I have lookout security on it.
So I can get a location and a photo, lock it (assuming the person with it is not techy and turns both off first.)
Can you recommend any other apps etc?
I think a big sticker inside my cover with my details might also be in order.
What would you suggest?
Google's own Android Device Manager https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
DON'T SET IT DOWN ANY WHERE AND FORGET ABOUT IT!!!
Hahaha. Sorry, I really don't have any suggestions (other than what I just said). I've never lost a device before an just don't see how anyone does! Especially in your situation, since you said how much it means to you!
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HI all, I lost my Nexus 7 today.
I was gutted - searched high & low in the local supermarket and couldn't find it.
Luckily a decent chap had found that his nephew was sat in the car playing with it (having found it) and I got it back. (cheers chappy!) :good:
I am still in shock about this, its my 3rd arm, my memory, my precious!
However - what in case this happens again?
I have Prey on it, but I have found that there is some delay when the alarm goes off and it being locked - long enough for me to find and stop prey.
I have lookout security on it.
So I can get a location and a photo, lock it (assuming the person with it is not techy and turns both off first.)
Can you recommend any other apps etc?
I think a big sticker inside my cover with my details might also be in order.
What would you suggest?
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Order an iron cage and then hook that cage to yourself and make sure when you are not using it, it must be kept inside.
You will never lose it!
Great words from Alfred lord Tennyson: Tis better to have lived and lost than to never have lived at all.
On s serious not, I think cerebus is good. If you're rooted it can be a system app and even survive a factory reset. Not a factory flash though. Most people won't know how to though.
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I'd like to +1 Cerberus too.
I use it too, but you'd need to have / hope your tablet will hook onto a wifi network if you want recovery options. Otherwise, you'll have to hope Android's security options will protect your data if you consider it sensitive.
P.S. Worth every penny I paid for my life-time account. I have no affiliation to them other than being a customer.
Link to Cerberus: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus
Nburnes said:
Google's own Android Device Manager https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
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I never knew about this... But thanks...
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My wife is now insisting I get myself a man bag.
Something to put my Nexus, wallet, glasses, key, lippy in.
Hmm, one of those things is wrong - lol.
Yes I have installed Cerberus to have a look at only it tells me I'm not rooted.
Funny - I was a while ago - I must have put something on to tell it that its not to try and run the sky app then removed it with the sky ap (because I cant find it now).
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My wife is now insisting I get myself a man bag.
Something to put my Nexus, wallet, glasses, key, lippy in.
Hmm, one of those things is wrong - lol.
Yes I have installed Cerberus to have a look at only it tells me I'm not rooted.
Funny - I was a while ago - I must have put something on to tell it that its not to try and run the sky app then removed it with the sky ap (because I cant find it now).
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EDIT:AH! maybe the update to 4.3 unrooted it?
What would worry me most is
My home was ripped off and all they took were iPads. I at the time did not use any code to create security so I knew my iPad was gone forever. The thing that bothers me the most about your story is how some kid found your device and didn't tell anyone, just taking it out to his car and playing with it, intending to keep it of course,.
Two things about these 7" tablets. They are easy to carry along and easy to misplace so it behooves one to always have a place for it and always use security so it can't just be used without at least making an effort.
Yes that is a worry - I might have to start using a pattern lock or something.
Cerberus looks cool - but not all the features work - I think 'll neet to root it again for that.
Its cheap too - might go for it.
Oh and the android device manager is OK too.
Not sure if I should start another thread on this - but now that I have upgraded to 4.3 and its no longer rooted, will running wugfresh and re rooting it remove any apps or data on it?
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Not sure if I should start another thread on this - but now that I have upgraded to 4.3 and its no longer rooted, will running wugfresh and re rooting it remove any apps or data on it?
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If the tablet is still unlocked (i.e., unlocked padlock symbol under "Google" logo while it boots up) then all you should need to do is flash the SuperSu zip file that can be found in many places on this forum to root, and a factory reset shouldn't be necessary, but always make a Nandroid backup just in case.
If you need to unlock the bootloader (necessary to root), last I checked a factory wipe is required.
Cheers, its backing up right now.
BBC1 has just featured Cerberus and shown how good it is.
SepticSid said:
HI all, I lost my Nexus 7 today.
I was gutted - searched high & low in the local supermarket and couldn't find it.
Luckily a decent chap had found that his nephew was sat in the car playing with it (having found it) and I got it back. (cheers chappy!) :good:
I am still in shock about this, its my 3rd arm, my memory, my precious!
However - what in case this happens again?
I have Prey on it, but I have found that there is some delay when the alarm goes off and it being locked - long enough for me to find and stop prey.
I have lookout security on it.
So I can get a location and a photo, lock it (assuming the person with it is not techy and turns both off first.)
Can you recommend any other apps etc?
I think a big sticker inside my cover with my details might also be in order.
What would you suggest?
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Nice to know there are still since honest people left..
Lookout is good to but I
Installed avg pro and if you lose it not only can you track it down but you can even wipe it remotely if you can't get it back. Also.. Had the picture thing but the best thing is one payment.
No yearly or monthly.. That was why I got it and not lookout.
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I have purchased cerberus, it was cheap enough and does the job.
After several backups using the nexus toolkit etc I have used cerberus to see if it can wipe it.
It did.
Not sure whether to smile or frown lol.
Now I'm restoring, however I notice that my folders are not restored, just the apps so I have to sort everything again.
But it did the job, I wont use a pattern lock so if its lost the finder can either try to contact me or use it online - and thats needed to be able to take pics and locate it etc.
I think I'll look into the adding of cerberus to the rom also, also going to add the wifes phone & tablet to my account.
Oh hang on - restore has just finished.
Hmm - not happy - fast notepad does not have its notes
good job I did my own backup lol put em back now.
I use Cerberus, more powerful than Google device manager.
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+1 on Cerberus, and you don't need root for most of it's features.
Are Cerberus photos working for you guys? For me they come out as vertical streaks, regardless of the photo format selected. This seems to be a common problem, as far as I can tell.
Photos are working fine for me however I would note a few issues.
It does not always communicate well, wiping required root.
If the wifi is off then I need to wait until someone turns it on, so I cannot use a pattern lock on it.
If I send a siren message then they can instantly cancel it.
Mine is in a Lente Designs case with a magnetic cover so it auto locks it when closed.
However, the siren just goes "Brpp" with the cover closed, open the cover and it goes off, close the cover and it stops.
And the lock - if II enter the correct code the next time it sleeps I then need to enter the lock again.
So you need to send an unlock command to it to stop this.
All the same I bought it and installed it on my tablet, wifes tablet & phone.
I suppose at the very least I can find her when out shopping lol
+1 for Cerbus. I have it on 3 devices.
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Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
I truly dont believe though that when you switched off network that someone can still connect. Anyways:
firstly, recap if the phone was ever left unattended, letting someone install something on it.
Dont do that, even if if it has a password on it, anyone not looking away when entering it on the street can see what the pincode/password is.
Apps not from play store, dont install. Ever.
Change all passwords on a safe medium (multiple antiviris vendors scanned) of wifi router, to anything, including recovery questions, make them different and non logical or affiliated to you.
Run virus scans on computer and or any medium that ever connected phone.
Then check apps/websites of mail and such for activity, likely activity at times you didnt use any of the services. Anyway facebook and such lets you close open sessions anywhere.
That should do the trick. And big tip dont get paranoid Just ponder how somehow got acces.
I find it hard to believe that someone could still control the device after a factory reset. Highly unlikely I would say.
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Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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1. I really doubt this happened.
2. After disconnecting wifi and mobile data, it would be impossible
3. Factory reset would definitely make it impossible
4. It's more likely that the touch screen is having phantom touches
I had issues with phantom touches on my Optimus G. Drove me batty. Some days it was impossible to use the phone, as the touches were all registering in the bottom half of the screen where the keyboard appears. So random letters would be inserted into words.
Turned out to be a driver issue with the custom kernels in some of the ROMs is using.
Factory reset and being more selective in the kernels I ran fixed the issue.
If it's still happening after a factory reset, then you have a defective touchscreen. Replace the phone under warranty.
Typos courtesy of my LG G2 (D803) running Mahdi-ROM.
I really have no reason to lie to you guys. The messages stopped after I disconnted the internet but the screen was still jumping around. That is why i figured he still had access.
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
Pat123 said:
I find it hard to believe that someone could still control the device after a factory reset. Highly unlikely I would say.
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its possible, if he were root and had something installed as system app.
also you can set stuff like tasker to autimaticaly turn network back on.
what did the messages say, cause if they were gybrisch then it seems like phantom touches.
larryvw2011 said:
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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get a new one, completely clean
larryvw2011 said:
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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I would, you could have the old encryption method on the sim card which would make it easier to root the card. But I am guessing what happened to your wife was something more like an AndroRAT exploit.
It could be possible seeing as all you need is a phone number to find your location by txt msg, and that can be done silently without you ever knowing.
Seems it's a built in part of the RADIO AT that providers can use, if you're on the inside and know how it works it'd be a doddle, but if the txt msgs were gibberish I'd go with the majority with faulty touchscreen/drivers and nothing to worry about
Bashing away at my HTC Desire C
Tell to the hacker to try to hack my phone instead, I don't care. I will shoot exclusively for him a pic of my arse as award if he manages to hack it and he can print it, or try to sell to the newspapers.
BTW, I'm not so anxious about apps not installed directly from Play Store. You can easily check or restrict the permissions of any app as root user. I never yet faced the problems.
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larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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are you sure its not an email or Google account hack?
Damasterjj said:
are you sure its not an email or Google account hack?
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This is very likely version. Anything could be installed via remote then easily.
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tetakpatak said:
This is very likely version. Anything could be installed via remote then easily.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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yeah, all you have to do is google reset password
This could be an issue with faulty digitizer.
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Thank you everyone for your responses. He was asking me what I would like him to do for me. I had her open a new gmail account.
larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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Verizon may have some security offerings for this.
bachera said:
its possible, if he were root and had something installed as system app.
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The phone was not rooted as per OP hence I find it unlikely.
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Pat123 said:
The phone was not rooted as per OP hence I find it unlikely.
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ahhh the mistery what can it be, what can it be. Not sure if the typing was incoherent or not. That rules out possible digitizer issues or not.
larryvw2011 said:
I really have no reason to lie to you guys. The messages stopped after I disconnted the internet but the screen was still jumping around. That is why i figured he still had access.
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The TOP bid would be == prank application.
Everything else would mean you're the targeted one (but how would the attacker have your new data?)
Maybe your gmail acc has some connections to another app -> look for permissions in your dashboard.
Please wake up from a dream <3
Help this app can't be removed its a lojack.
It monitors the device and info to absolute solutions.
What? Some more info and background would be useful
sejtam said:
What? Some more info and background would be useful
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Hi,
I bought this handset yesterday from EE in the UK, it seems to be some kind of security software called Computrace when i try to uninstall it, it automatically re-installs and can't be removed.
It is built into the firmware in all new EE handsets, I called them and they said it can't be removed but at the same time has access to all my data on the device, i called computerise they said it shouldn't do that!
A quick google search showed that a company called absolute software have tied up with manufacturers to recover stolen devices.
It also is a backdoor for hackers to control devices
Mine is not an ee phone and it has it installed... im using their network tho
Anyone find a way for getting rid?
EDIT
sorry forgot im using a custom tmobile rom my bad.
viniturb0 said:
Hi,
I bought this handset yesterday from EE in the UK, it seems to be some kind of security software called Computrace when i try to uninstall it, it automatically re-installs and can't be removed.
It is built into the firmware in all new EE handsets, I called them and they said it can't be removed but at the same time has access to all my data on the device, i called computerise they said it shouldn't do that!
A quick google search showed that a company called absolute software have tied up with manufacturers to recover stolen devices.
It also is a backdoor for hackers to control devices
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Try to turn it off in the Settings > App Manager...
If it cannot be turned off, the only way to remove it is rooting your device.
This cannot be removed with root either, it auto installs itself.
I am really surprised this hasnt caused a big discussion on XDA. EE are installing rootkit's on customer phones and noone has batted an eyelid.
chrcol said:
This cannot be removed with root either, it auto installs itself.
I am really surprised this hasnt caused a big discussion on XDA. EE are installing rootkit's on customer phones and noone has batted an eyelid.
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anyone found away to remove this yet? I've got a sim free phone with it on and want to remove it?
Yeah , if you install a non EE rom, you can uninstall it using the app manager, also someone made a odin file to remove the files, if left over. I will attach to post.
Note the file is for the s5 901f, so is possible wont work properly on your device.
This rootkit was making my phone go crazy before I got rid of it, draining battery, slowing down data usage settings and causing reboots.
chrcol said:
Yeah , if you install a non EE rom, you can uninstall it using the app manager, also someone made a odin file to remove the files, if left over. I will attach to post.
Note the file is for the s5 901f, so is possible wont work properly on your device.
This rootkit was making my phone go crazy before I got rid of it, draining battery, slowing down data usage settings and causing reboots.
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Its Work on SM-N910F. Thanks
Flash as AP in Odin.
What is going on here?
Stuff on Computrace pops up a lot today:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/computrace-sending-sms-messages-consent-t3113309
In what country did you guys buy your handsets?
Is this only on v4.4.4+?
Kind regards, Stefan.
Thaevil0ne said:
What is going on here?
Stuff on Computrace pops up a lot today:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/computrace-sending-sms-messages-consent-t3113309
In what country did you guys buy your handsets?
Is this only on v4.4.4+?
Kind regards, Stefan.
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Mine is from the UK on the EE carrier (biggest carrier in UK, orange and a big german carrier own EE so both carriers probably also same policy). Also its not kitkat only, also affects lollipop.
Thanks for the link, reading it now, and yeah computrace is up to no good, I had issues with my data usage data whilst it was installed, so it was probably spying on my usage.