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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
What "find my device" app do you guys use, or consider is the best? Preferably free, but I wouldn't mind paying if it was a truly reliable app.

If there's anything akin to Apple's "Find my iPhone" app, that'd be even better. I'd like to remote lock, remote wipe, and GPS a lost or stolen phone if possible. Something that can be accessed via the a website, for example.

PS. Oh yeah, hopefully it doesn't drain battery much to leave this app "turned on" so to speak. I guess this is hard because it would require GPS be left on at all time? Not sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
I use GotYa, it uses the ffc to take a picture of the thief and then emails it to you with their location.:) I believe it has those other features too via text commands but I don't use them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mattyb1085:
Phone Locator Pro is feature packed and amazing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snowbo13:
Androidlost

Android lost is what I use. It's free and has lots of options. I tried a few different apps but this is my favorite.

The list of features is huge and it's free.

Thats Androidlost.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
Cerberus is da best. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xl DIGITAL lx:
Cerberus! Ftw
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kjwalker:
Gonna agree on Cerberus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drewtang:
Cerberus or lookout
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mattyb1085:
OK I take back my suggestion for Phone Locator Pro. I am now voting for Cerberus. Its definitely the best.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] asb123:
I use Cerberus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Raijynn:
Cerberus !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] patrick8996:
I really like android lost, has all the features of Cerberus but I like it better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jaime.:
Definitely Cerberus!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wanderfowl:
Another vote for Cerberus. Never had to use it, but their customer service (related to billing issues) is second to none.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] modstorm:
Cerberus here too :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobbyinboone:
I love it... Cerberus is so awesome! :thumbup:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] OptoChip:
I use Avast! Mobile Security personally and I love it. If you're rooted, the anti theft theft is awesome, you can lock your phone with a text from another phone, and you can prevent USB debugging connections to prevent someone from wiping or reprogramming your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FredFS456:
I love AVAST! because of several reasons:

1) it's an all-in-one app with antivirus and anti-theft, among other features (ie. firewall)

2) its antivirus is top-notch for android (search up "AV-Test android antivirus" as I'm not allowed to post links yet =P )

3) its good root integration (it can protect from factory resets by writing itself into the /system partition)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
I went with Cerberus, and it doesn't disappoint. Very robust set of features, and reliable, so far.

Thanks all for the suggestions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lord Yurij:
I am also using avast
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droid_does:
I use lookout free; if it does come to wiping/remote locking my phone I can just use the premium trial just for that wipe.

gotta check out cerberus since so many people use it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slickromeo:
what does "Cerberus" have that "Android Lost" doesn't have?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Saintfyre:
I use MobileDefense and GotYa! together...

I started using MobileDefense a on my MT3G, then they were gone for a while but you could still use the service if you had signed up. Now they're back and have revamped everything I absolutely love it.

And GotYa! is just handy to get the photo of whoever it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] litrekid:
That's what I'm wondering. Why pay when android lost is free
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
Actually, seeing as how AndroidLost is free, I've switched to that, and I actually like it better too.

EDIT: Actually, it's easier to GPS locate with Cerberus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
My issue with AndroidLost is that I have my phone linked to my gmail.... and if the GPS is sending my location to my email address, it'll also show up on my phone too, which would give away to the thief that I'm hunting it down.

Sort of a small thing, i know... but I like how Cerberus is independent of my Gmail account. Cerberus is also only 3.80 or so in US dollars after the exchange. I think that's worth the price.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
How's the battery drain with Cerberus?

The one plus about AndroidLost is it uses zero battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Nexus Project:
Lookout is a solid solution

Sent from my i9250 [GSM) Galaxy Nexus.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Birba:
I tried androidlost but the app cannot turn gps on.

Does that work on other apps?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pat123:
Only works on 2.3.3 or older versions of Android.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zolah:
Ive been using cerberus for a while and its awesome.

Sometimes if im at home and my wifes friend starts messing with my phone i log into cerberus on my laptop and set an alarm of for funsies :p.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Cerberus is the one and only. 3€ 5 phones and lifetime license. Omfg so many tools and from every browser reachable. Awesomeness pure

I am so happy with it. And when you think about how expensive smartphones are are 3€ a cheap investment

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rosswaa:
No one use wave secure?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scandiun:
But, could he/she re-flash the rom in Recovery mode? I think with both Cerberus or Avast Mobile Security you can flash any rom in Recovery or Download mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
+1 for Cerberus, especially since I got it for free!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
You can install cerberus as an app OR if ur rooted flash it via recovery and then it will still be there even if someone does a factory reset or flashes something else!!!

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
Not true flashing another rom removes the cerebus app,says so on the play store description for cerebus lol.If the theif knows how to flash roms no anti theft app is going to help you, trust me I even tried it myself for testing purposes an I have cerebus,lookout and avast pro on my gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scandiun:
Is the bootloader is locked, stock rom and kernel, screen lock password is set and usb debugging is disabled, no way he can flash another rom. At least in Galaxy Nexus. Other devices like S2 come by default with unlocked bootloader so you can enter download mode or recovery mode no matter the settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
You have to be rooted to make Cerberus stay after a factory wipe I'm pretty sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scandiun:
Yes that's true, but what has to do with what I's saying? I am talking about data wiping / rom flashing on lost devices...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
If Cerberus is installed on a non rooted phone a factory wipe will remove it, if Cerberus is installed on a rooted phone a rom flash will remove it.The story is unless the theif leaves the phone the way he found it, this app will not work as intended.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
But on a rooted device with only a factory reset it will still be there! But hey nobody really knows how to get into the recovery menu!!

I got cerberus to be able to find my phone and beat the he'll out of the guy who stole it. Oh and to prank my wife with her phone. Haha like letting it alarm with werden messages.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leppo:
I'm now running Avast. I haven't tested its features, but (if accurate represented) they are impressive enough for me. Especially the ability to persist after a factory reset, and to send an SMS to another number if the SIM card is changed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SwiftLegend:
Another vote for Cerberus. I haven't had to actually use it, thankfully, but through the testing I've done it is quite reliable. It was able to narrow down my phone's location to my apartment building and not the street or anything which I found pretty cool.

You can also have it hide the Cerberus app and access it through a customizable numbered dialed in your phone app.

And a side note,I highly doubt any thief would know how to access recovery/flash ROMs. I'm sure that would be the last idea in their head, plus anyone that does know how to do those things is probably a fellow Android enthusiast and knows how much a person can love their phone. I know if I was I wouldn't want to take that from someone. (Also if the thief was an enthusiast would have their own gnex or etc.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msgnyc:
I've been using Prey for years now for my phones, laptops and both modern tablets and PC tablets.

I believes their is a 2 device limit on free accounts, but I'm not 100% on that.

Its in the Play store. Their website is:

PreyProject.com
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] litening:
Leppo,

I like Avast too. It helped me retrieve both my parents' phones, who had lost them in public. As my mum had a brand new Galaxy Note she was totally gutted.

A few SMSs and I could lock it and locate it right away.

Remote SMS control has advantages as no data connection is required and the thief is totally oblivious to you manipulating the phone remotely.

Nevertheless, I found that once the phone is lost, it is a bit annoying to have to look up the available commands and try not to make a mistake as it could give away your security code.

So I wrote an app with tasker to make the SMS remote control real easy.

Screenshot is attached.

Anyone who's, interested PM me and I'll send you the APK on the condition you let me know what you think.:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scandiun:
Avast Mobile Security is about to add web support to control your phone from a webpage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
I use Avast. Does the usual lost-phone tricks plus has a firewall section, so you don't need Droidwall. Also virus-scans all new app installs and notifies result. Has a permissions sniffer too. Nice all-in-one tool that works reliably.

galaxy nexus (gsm) / cm9 / trinity @ 1.4GHz
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gaetawoo:
very interesting!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshuajones:
Definitely Tasker. You can make your phone do anything you want.. I secretly want someone to steal my phone, lol. It would be funny.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] litening:
Try it. No need to buy it.

Gaetawoo,

Thanks. If you want to try it, just PM me your mail address and I'll send you it.

But you'll have to let me know what you think about it.

So far I've had pretty positive feedback.

KR

Litening
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nickcct:
Android lost. It's free and have the features that I want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] klaydze:
+1

Best app
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Solf:
Hi,

I'm trying to figure out which of these mentioned apps (or any other) has the following features:

- Lock (via password or w/e) if SIM is changed / there's no SIM. Built-in SIM lock seem to apply to the current SIM which is no help if I lose my phone and they just change SIM.

- Lock (via password or w/e) if phone is put into aircraft mode or GSM is disconnected / disabled (basically something that would prevent people using lost phone if they disable GSM).

- Lock / password request on boot would be nice.

Basically all of anti-theft apps I've seen for some reason say that you have to send SMS or take some other action before your phone is locked. It implies that (a) you know your phone is gone and (b) you have other means to send SMS w/e. I don't see why this is necessary; I want lockdown to activate in suspicious situations by itself and ask for a password. For example, my old non-smart phones all had locking (via PIN) if SIM was changed. Why I can't have something similar in Android?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] estate:
R: Best Lost Prevention / Remote Wipe and Lock?

Cerberus... Rally the BEST!!!

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
I disassembled my I717 and T989 to determine if I could find any major differences in the antennas. I managed to connect the coax lead from the base antenna on the I717 to the PCB leading to the corresponding antenna on the T989, but it didn't improve upload performance. I think its the receive antenna.

There is 4 antennas from what I can see, the two top side antennas are probably for transmit, the rear door one is the GPS patch antenna, and the base one in the speaker module is probably for receive. I'm just deducing this from the fact that the two antennas I think are transmit are very close to the large IC chips, and you'd want to minimize signal loss by keeping things close.

Luckily the unit is easy to split apart. If I find that a simple antenna mod improves upload performance then I feel it would be an mod that most folks could accomplish themselves.

Perhaps someone has a service manual that could be of help?

Antenna and terminal locations

View attachment 986193

Heres a pic of the I717 connected to the T989 antenna. Too bad I this wasn't the one as its the only one that is not encapsulated and is easy to modify.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] itsjusttim:
Nice to see you with a note roto i love your work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Any chance you would post some pics of your dissassembly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] funziebear:
i love what u guys do if knew anything about this stuff id be all over it thanks guys for making the impossible possible
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
Done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] StarLog:
Natural progression from a SGT to the note. I am glad ur here rotohammer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
wouldnt enlarging the antenna surface increase performance? EG: soldering a long wire to the existing antenna surface?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Antenna Placement

Hey roto,

I think that antenna at the base is the one for uplink. Very weird thing ... when I hold the phone in landscape with the volume rocker up or with the phone upside down my upload speeds take off. When I hold the phone right side up with my hands covering the base, my upload speeds diminish. Wonder if there is a way to easily move that antenna ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] funziebear:
I'm happy ur still looking into this man :) I don't wanna go.thru the hassle of buying a new phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tomin.fhl:
Yeah ... the fun never stops :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] funziebear:
I wish I had somewhat a little bit of knolegde about this I would have loved to help but I'm clueless when it comes to this things
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
Pick up a study guide for the Technician class ham radio license. That will put you on the path of knolegde. :p

http://www.arrl.org/getting-your-technician-license
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
i just redid my "tinfoil antenna but made it longer up the length from the S-Pen to the "white sticker" I gained a full bar of reception. as to up/down speeds no real difference as my carrier is poop.

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i just redid my "tinfoil" antenna but made it longer up the length from the S-Pen to the "white sticker" I gained a full bar of reception. as to up/down speeds no real difference as my carrier is poop.

I have also covered the bottom section below the battery, leaving a hole for the speaker of course
[Kindle Fire General] Symberlei:
I finally managed to unbrick my KF and reroot it a few weeks ago only for amazon to come out with 6.2.3 or whatever the new version is and of course it unrooted it.

I have a MacBook Pro so I decided to use BreakDroid to reroot my KF.

Well in the process of doing so it installed CWM which has turned into a total monster.

Now my KF will only load to either the Yellow Triangle screen or the CWM-based Recovery menu screen. I keep trying to boot it out of that mode by using

cd /Users/macuser/android-sdk-macosx/tools

./fastboot-mac -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5002

but that just seems to take me to the red CWM menu screen.

Does anybody know how I can get CWM off of my KF for GOOD?

I swear if I see that red menu or that yellow triangle again I'm going to throw it across the room. ;)

Help a girl out?
[Kindle Fire General] ammubarak:
To change to normal boot, use 4000 or use the following fast boot commands:

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

or

fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000

then fastboot reboot
[Kindle Fire General] Symberlei:
Didn't Work

I tried that...it didn't work either. It just brought me back to that stupid yellow triangle.
[Kindle Fire General] ammubarak:
Since you have cwm, restore your backup or flash your desirable ROM.
[Kindle Fire General] Symberlei:
=D

You know I actually decided to do that on my own before I read your post and it totally worked! Thank you for giving me the advice though. :)
[Kindle Fire General] ammubarak:
I am glad you got your KF working
[Kindle Fire General] Bodybyguinness:
I tried this but it didn't seem to work for me.

One problem is when I renamed the update to "update.zip" it doesnt show up as a file I can install in TWRP. However, when I actually .zip the update then it shows up.

I used install and it says "installing" with a progress bar, but when I reboot it goes right back into TWRP recovery mode.

My kindle is fully accessible through Kindle Fire Utility, but it will only stay in recovery mode, If I try to put it back into normal mode it gives a message "The system cannot find the drive specified".

I think at some point I deleted the system files using TWRP assuming I could just flash them back. I'm guessing I was wrong at this point.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
all u had to do, was tap reboot system on cwm. its not twrp, it ain't broken. no adb boot mode changes. just reboot lol
[HTC Rezound] loonatik78:
Phone just updated when I restarted it 15 minutes ago. Still have root, too. Here's my screen shot.
[HTC Rezound] mighty_markus12:
is it april fools or what?
[HTC Rezound] Flyhalf205:
BAMF Release Keys? LOL
[HTC Rezound] mighty_markus12:
lol... good catch!

i betcha 30 people just checked for a ota after reading this.
[HTC Rezound] Thadrow:
OP probably had a huge memory rollback . Dont be hard on him.
[HTC Rezound] loonatik78:
OP had surgery and probably shouldn't be rooting new phones all wacked on drugs to begin with.
[HTC Rezound] renzo.olivares:
oh verizon and htc kanged me epic..but then again i kanged them first lol
[HTC Rezound] sknight13602:
Lol wow really
[HTC Rezound] randpost:
lol
[HTC Rezound] mighty_markus12:
i remember you from the tbolt... welcome!

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lmao! :D
[HTC Rezound] loonatik78:
Yep. It's a credit to a lot of well written threads that I didn't brick this thing in some narcotic-induced stupor. I love this phone though. It makes the S-AMOLED in my girlfriend's SGS look like a cheap piece of crap.
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
I think the update truly has been released. I just ran a check new on my phone and one was ready for download.

I'm unlocked and rooted, so I just rejected it.

Hopefully by the time I wake up tomorrow, this will be confirmed or denies by you other guys out there.
[HTC Rezound] loonatik78:
Oh good. I really was seeing things try to update on my device. I'm not crazy. Or too messed up.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
I wouldn't go that far... :D

Welcome to the "Verizon and HTC forgot about us" club!

Didn't want to wait for one of the one series devices?
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
I think the update that I'm seeing may have been the ota that was released several months ago.

ADRW6425LVW_2.01.605.11-1.02.605.6 is the version number if anyone can verify that.
[HTC Rezound] 1heffer:
3.011.605.22 should be ics ota.
[HTC Rezound] andybones:
OLD
[HTC Rezound] kidwolf908:
Well geez, don't have to make me cry about it :p
[HTC Rezound] ericsignals:
Don't mind andybones he's one of those hipsters with s-off....probably running jelly bean or something by now :cool:

Lol
[HTC Rezound] sknight13602:
+1

I wanna be hip too :'(
[LG Revolution] bunss62345:
I am new to trying to root my LG Revolution after the VZ8 upgrade...Can anyone help me with step by step instructions...that is how new I am to this...before the VZ8 upgrade I used SuperOneClick and that was easy enough, now, I am trying to understand some of the new stuff, but am afraid it is somewhat over my head.

Thanks in Advance...
[LG Revolution] jimmyhawk:
Check out the dev section and look for mt's easiest way to keep root and upgrade to zv8
[LG Revolution] Joinforfree:
"USB debugging" is greyed out with ZV8

I thought I would share some bad news that I've already found in just 5 minutes with ZV8 installed.

#1, TOP OF THE LIST ... Under Applications > Development, you will find that the "USB debugging" is greyed out so it can't be clicked anymore! (Same as the tethering function).

THAT, I recall, is key to the rooting process.

HELP! Can one of you "rooting experts" help out some LG Revo guys with ZV8 installed?

Thanks!

Dave in Northern Virginia
[LG Revolution] mtmichaelson:
Were you plugged into the computer when it was greyed out?
[LG Revolution] Plumbert:
When you have your phone USB mode on "Internet Connection" it greys out the development options. You have to turn them on before you enter Internet Connection mode.
[LG Revolution] HighLimit:
I have a brand new revo with zv8 (plugged in to pc) and i do not now nor have i ever had that problem
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] catawalks:
I'm running Steel Droid 10 and wondering if anyone made a battery mod that decreases in 1% steps rather than 10% jumps.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] vikasbn:
Works on milestone CM

1% battery steps already works on the Milestone (the GSM variant of the droid) on all 3 CM versions (CM6,7,9). I'm surprised that it's not there in droid...
[HTC Rezound] mjones73:
It appears with the latest update to TempMonitor, it's now picking up the CPU temps. Anyone rooted and using the app, make sure you have the CPU options checked in the settings. The notification bar numbers are bolder too, easier to see.
[HTC Rezound] JWhetstone02:
hehe :D
[HTC Rezound] mighty_markus12:
i wish i had some ice cream and a unicorn.
[HTC Rezound] JWhetstone02:
I'm just nibbling on some gingerbread
[HTC Rezound] Kennnny1:
wtf? Do you have a 50000 battery in there... Or simply 5 minutes in Photoshop.
[HTC Rezound] nosympathy:
Photoshop FTW.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
could have at least made sure the top and bottom numbers matched...
[HTC Rezound] JWhetstone02:
They never match. Lol check your own.

But yea, this is my Incredible 2's battery life that I left on and laying around. I thought it would be funny to switch up the graphs lol

-HTC ReZound-
[HTC Rezound] jclendineng:
Impossible. How? Only a new kernel could do that.
[HTC Rezound] JWhetstone02:
Running old firmware, custom GB Rom and the Incredikernel beta6...with the new AdobePS governor :)

-HTC ReZound-
[HTC Rezound] billybob275:
I see your 9 days battery life on your Rezound, and raise you several thousand hours on my Incredible (not photoshopped):

Ok, so I may have cheated a little. Out of curiosity, I flashed a nandroid I had made about a year prior for nostalgia purposes, and the Battery Indicator app thought it had been running on the same charge since then. :D
[HTC Rezound] -4ndr01d-:
The numbers hardly ever match lol
[HTC Rezound] -4ndr01d-:
What battery app were you using?
[HTC Rezound] isdnmatt:
Ditto. What app is this? Seems pretty slick.
[HTC Rezound] bradsinram:
Like the name;)
[HTC Rezound] billybob275:
It's Battery Indicator Pro. It keeps a notification icon of the % battery left and a few stats in the notification drawer. It doesn't do much else, but it's handy.
[HTC Rezound] WasabiWa83:
LOLOLOL
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Haha WasabiWa83 we already know your photoshop skills
[HTC Rezound] billybob275:
Well played, sir. Well played.