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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gatorrph:
Security would lay back and laugh at your problem.

Just being aware of your environment and using sensible precautions will go a long way towards preventing theft. Treat your phone like it's worth hundreds of dollars and you should be OK. For example, If you were at a social gathering where there were many people you didn't know would you leave six one hundred dollar bills sitting on a table in a secluded area while you went to the bathroom? Probably not, yet I commonly see people doing just that with their $600 phones at parties or while at the park with friends. They rely on strangers honesty and their friends vigilance to protect their property. The trouble is, cell phones have become so common place the friends would be as likely wonder why someone is picking up their beer as to why they are picking up your phone. Honest folks expect others to be just as honest as they are and why not? They are normal after all and aren't all normal people honest just like them? So, if someone sees another picking up a random ubiquitous phone and putting it to their ear while they walk out the door they will surely not think twice about it. The phone is obviously that person's, else why would they pick it up? Thief's who steal in public rely on people not noticing "normal" behavior. Just treat your phone like it's a hundred dollar bill and you should suffer no more losses due to theft, unless you are mugged of course.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
Just get Cerberus. Problem solved.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mad383Max:
I wish i could stay at home a lot. Not the case. Do lot of traveling and in a lot of different locales/ environments. Just don't put my property where there is an opportunity for some one else to make it theirs. That is why i asked what the circumstances were behind theirs being stolen. If it was stolen due to lack of diligence on their pArt or were they physically assaulted.

Sorry about your losses and i am sure it is not a pleasant experience. I know i would not be happy.

I personally think the idea is sound.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wase4711:
what he said...

and, be more aware of where your phone is at ALL TIMES...

one time is understandable; two times is carelessness..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Veruvir:
I love how western these answers are. Lol, left it in a cafe. My galaxy note was ripped out of my hands my a thief on a motorcycle in Malaysia while I was checking gps map, and my CSL Spice was pushed out of my pocket as I was being dry humped on a moped in Bali. That last one is classed as an accidental loss, which turned into a theft as the lucky buggers driving behind me probably found it. How is besides the point really. "you were stabbed? Oh, we're you in stab proof armour? Carrying a gun? Oh, silly girl!"

Cerberus is bandied around like avast anti theft, if it's flash proof, then I'll bite (as it were), but I'd like to see that claim.

Chiefly what we could do with is a hardware code that content providers request on account activation. Something a phone can't change. It needs a built in theft message/action not one remotely sent. And it needs a flash password.

Actually a readable hardware code would suffice if all content providers signed up.

Who would you speak to to suggest such a thing?

Already in chats with Samsung and Google Play customer services, but they aren't really the development team sadly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
In my city there are at least 4,000 phones for sale on Craigslist daily. Can you imagine how many customer service people at&t would need to manage the IEMI switching? It would be like the frakkin DMV for transfer of ownership. And managing blacklisted IEMI? Fuggetaboutit. I asked one about that idea and their response was "stolen phones are new customers".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
the only way to prevent stuff from being stolen, is not to own it in the first place...IMHO

That being said, we all take the risk together when we pull out these fancy devices for the world to see. and lets face it, we all like to flaunt our wares as a status symbol on occasion.

the note is a big fancy eye catcher, and a prime target for crooks to swipe from unsuspecting folks not paying attention. ( sorry about the dry humping moped issue).

And since the odds are, your device will get stolen again, you should change your habits of usage if possible.

I agree that security of the device after theft is difficult, and I would support a petition to enhance the security measures, but I'm not gonna hold my breath on any carrier taking the task on. Like ranger said, a stolen phone is a new customer.....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Veruvir:
It wouldn't require any work, nor switching, just adding a field for IMEI. This is automatic for carriers right, but it needs to be the same for Google play and other app sites.

When a user looses his phone, he logs the IMEI as stolen, and the Google Team put that code on a watch list. Any Form designer could handle that. IMEI or serial number or whatever is hardware based.

Simple idea no?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SKyRocKeting727:
Thats why I bought this app called gotya.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.gotya

-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke

NOTE user:

"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".

Woman:

:O
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
And when the vindictive girlfriends and exwifes report out of spite?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] madman604:
you'd think they'd just smash it on the floor or drop it in the toilet...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sarius24:
You probably live in a ****ty neighbourhood no offence.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
Yeah, there's no criminals in "nice" neighborhoods.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zonyl:
I use Tasker for:

When I switch locations, a front/back pic + GPS, sent to google drive.

When not at a location that has is known, it sends the same info every time the screen comes on.

Tasker locks certain apps in unknown locations, so the main screen stays unlocked. I figure the longer they can play with the phone on the more likely I am to get it back.

Sms of course to trigger by minute pics and GPS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] wase4711:
sure there is; thats where they go to steal stuff!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kitch16:
Firstly, the power button has gone faulty on my Nexus S and I am due to send it back to Samsung for repairs, so I want to get it back to factory image 4.0.4 IMM76D using the Google image and to relock the bootloader. However, when I reboot into fastboot all the keys stop working and I presume it has stopped responding and the only way to reboot is to do a battery pull. Just wondering if anyone has had this experience before and knows a solution.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
By keys you mean volume and power right?

Does a computer recognize it with fastboot. Example . Fastboot devices / fastboot reboot etc?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kitch16:
Volume and power keys don't work while in fastboot and it isn't recognised by that. And when it powers on regularly it say No boot or recovery img. Nope, doesn't get recognised by PC and just says No devices found...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
Did it work before in the same system?

Only other thing I could think of to try is download mode/Odin
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kitch16:
It was working fine that day. I even flashed CWM on it after trying TWRP. But then suddenly the power button broke, and when I used the key combo to get into fastboot mode using the plug in to charger method it loaded fastboot and just wouldn't respond O.o
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danygarss:
Hi everyone! I'm new with motorola, and i'm not used to the utilities and terms you use here, so I need a little help to install a ROM if you don't mind :) I have searched through the forums and what I have finally understood is the following, please correct me if I am wrong at anything, I wouldn't like to brick my phone at the first day lol

I would like a rom with the stock interface of android from google (the most similar to nexus stile), and searching through the forums I have found this wich seems to be really nice: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1734893

Now I am at gingerbread (ICS blocked from mobile company -.-), and as it is said in the thread to install it I need to be on ICS (Latam) allready, so I think that first I need to flash this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1753383

This needs to be flashed through RSD lite with the phone turned on, doesn't it? with the USB debugging enabled, and media sync? Then I run RSD lite and just open the xml file...

and to instal the rom from epsilon project, it is said in the thread that it has to be done through some kind of "BootMenu Recovery", and with a full wipe. What is that BootMenu Recovery? I have searched and I have found a touch CWM based recovery for Razr and the "Bootstrap recovery". Is this BootMenu Recovery mentioned in the thread the generic name for both of them so I can use any? Or is it a different recovery?

I hope you can help me with my questions, I know they are really noob but I am new to motorola and I don't understand much from this forums. Anyway as you can see I have tried to search before making stupid questions. Thanks in advance to anyone wanting to help, and of course for all the devs from XDA that make our lives a little easier :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danygarss:
Ok, i first tried flashing the Latam firmware, and I got a failure message from rsd lite. I tried several times, and allways the same. I attached a picture showing it. Any idea of what I'm doing wrong? does the bootloader need to be unlocked or the phone to be sim-unlocked to flash firmwares through RSD lite as in other phones? thanks in advance
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danygarss:
Sorry, forgot screenshot, here it is
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Your razr is not a latam device. You can't install the retail.br .

Where did you bought ur razr or whar's ur current system version?

Cheers
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danygarss:
Thanks for the response! My razr is from spain, now I've got 561.167.21.XT910.YOIGO.en.ES

I guess I have to install some european version. Cheers!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pedrotorresfilho:
Hi

This is the one you need. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1747800

Cheers
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danygarss:
huge thanks!!! it worked!! :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ryan2202:
For some reason I cant post in the Dev forum in the Milestone thread...

The ROM is impressive. But I seem to be having 3G data issues.

It seems that I lose 3G service and it will not come back until I stop/start the data toggle. The status bar still shows the 3G icon, but the bars are just light grey and I do not receive email and cant browse. I can still send texts and get/make calls. I havent been able to figure out a pattern yet, but the latest occurrence happened after I came out of an area with no signal (NYC Subway). Usually service comes back automatically as Im walking up the stairs to the outside world but sometimes it never comes back until I toggle. It also happens sometimes even if I dont go into an area with no signal (at the office). After I turn off the data toggle, and turn it back on, the 3G icon comes back on the status bar and the bars turn blue again and shows up/down arrow activity.

Anyone else seeing something similar?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stonesaber:
I'm having trouble with 3g and I have no 4g on milestone 6 as well. I went back to an older build until it the next one drops and see if it's fixed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ryan2202:
4G connects for me with no problem when I want to use it.

But I lost 3G data again this morning after coming out of the subway. Noticed I had emails in my inbox at work and checked my phone and 3G was stuck again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mosez Pouring Beard:
I'm having connectivity problems on my copy of Milestone6 as well. Same 3G problems as OP, and can't connect 4G like 2ndP. As well, I'm unable to browse wifi signals, nor able to connect. :-/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zolika81:
Official 4.1 comes to i9100?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Ask Samsung. There's been dozens of threads like this on here over the past month or so. We don't need another one :-/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zolika81:
Thx :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Grift-:
Lock, delete please :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyhall1bmx1:
search before creating a new pointless thread u bellend
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warren.D:
Thats hardly appropriate.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saurabh.2561:
already discussed

most probably...NO
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
Heads up to anyone with T-Mobile US and has a legacy 10GB data plan (such as the myFavs plan with the data addition). T-Mobile just denied that I ever had that plan and that they ever offered it, claiming they never offered 10GB before late 2011. This is absolutely untrue and I've had this plan since my Blackberry Curve 8230 years ago.

They also claim that they never offered free tethering/hotspot even though they always had free tethering until the Sensation ICS upgrade and newer. This is the first time I actually used any more than 5GB in a loooooong so I never actually noticed, but anyone who has a legacy 10GB plan should call to make sure it's still there, cause they changed mine.

TL;DR Legacy 10GB data plans might have been changed to 5GB and T-Mobile will deny you ever had it.
[HTC Sensation] ftblstr2319:
Can't you just reprint an old bill? Do you keep any on file?
[HTC Sensation] Tangent_:
This sounds very much like what just happened on my wife's phone yesterday. All of a sudden she got a "you have no data plan" message when trying to browse the web. We call up T-Mobile and they say she's never had a data plan. Finally she says they can add the $35 5GB plan to replace the $34.99 plan she used to have. Thing is, we both had the $20 Unlimited plan from a couple of years ago. Then we're offered the $20 2GB plan. For about half an hour I'm arguing with them about it before asking to talk to a supervisor. I'm told the supervisor is busy, but they'll call me in half an hour to an hour.

6 hours later when I get home and there's been no call, I call them again. This guy is far more helpful and understands why I'm not happy about their screwup causing me to go from $20 unlimited to $20 2GB. After a few minutes he determines he can't add back that grandfathered plan and transfers me to Customer Loyalty. About a minute later he's determined somebody there screwed up, apologizes, and get the $20 MyTouch Unlimited Web plan put back on.

Short version: T-Mobile screwed up, removed a grandfathered unlimited data plan, said they couldn't re-add it, and offered to add a limited plan for the same price. Called back, talked to Customer Loyalty dept and they fixed it.
[HTC Sensation] Ndokami:
Exact thing happened me except they didnt fix a thing for me ... Im tired of T-Mobile USA's Bull im switching as soon a my Contract ends.
[HTC Sensation] Daiskei:
When I read stuff like this... Even though they helped you... We shouldn't have to go through this crap. It makes me want to call them and yell at them. XD I would be yelling at innocent people though, not those who are responsible.
[HTC Sensation] Louer Adun:
Just had a bout of issues relating to T-Mobile's rebate system recently. I was going to link the forum post I made about it, but apparently T-Mobile has since removed it... I find that the best results occur when you explain your situation on their forums. Assuming you are in the right, a T-Mobile rep will contact you within about 24 hours and propose decent solutions to keep your business (In my case, they honored a rebate that I was told I qualified for before purchasing a new device). Anything short of this doesn't seem to yield any results (spent over 12 hours in 6 calls to T-mobile and got no where).

Either way, it shouldn't be necessary to argue for hours with their customer service and retentions department to keep your plan or to obtain rebates you were told you qualified for. Their service has gone downhill over the last 3-4 years, but there is simply no good alternative at a price anywhere close to what I am paying now. The best I can hope for is that they can turn around their customer service and once again be the best in the business (they definitely were 5-6 years ago IMHO).
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
I'm T-Mobile and supposedly I have free tethering so they told me before. Now you have me concerned because not only that I also supposedly have the 10GB data plan. For two devices x my sensation and husbands blackberry I pay 207.00 a month. With unlimited talk and text which I think is extremely high even with my 20.00 equipment charge. It just does not add up...but now I'm concerned hearing you say what they told you regarding tethering and data. I will call them and see if they too changed my plan...I will be furious if they did! 207.00 is just too high! I need to really look into what I'm being charged for! Thank you for bringing this to our attention !
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
Interesting stories. Sorry to hear about everyone's issues. I called them today to have my plan issues fixed and they wouldn't budge. I asked them what it would cost for early termination - get this, somehow I'm not on contract. Even though I got a two year extension January 2011, I am somehow contract free. Gave Sprint my Sensation for 105 USD and bought a GNex today. It's been fun.
[HTC Sensation] Mesaman2012:
Yeah!!! But sprints service totally sucks.
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
I'll take 500kbits EVDO and LTE in October to December over 5mbits of lies every month. Plus the GNex is a brilliant device. Android 4.1 is nice too, although Project Butter is really smooth, there's still a stutter from time to time.
[HTC Sensation] Mesaman2012:
Good luck everyone I know that started out with sprite eventually flashed their phone to cricket...
[HTC One X] Hossam.Abdelsalam:
i can't find my original stock rom RUU 1.29.709.12 at all, i've searched most of the shared links u share like the filefactory one and others, but no luck till now, any help would be appreciated :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ashtiany:
Is there any advantage to charging the battery at a lower rate of 450ma instead of the original 650ma? What would be the differences besides longer charging time?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prashanthme:
Well ur just screwing the time to charge.. First of all it takes too much time to charge ~3 hrs... So if u reduce it might take 5hrs(app.) and battery doesnt heat up much because of low current... Nothing bad nor gud :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sannik:
Guys I have a strange problem here...even though I am not charging my mobile it still shows charging symbol in the status bar. ...I restarted my mobile and I even flashed a different rom... nothing has worked...please guys help me out...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamRobbo:
Clean your port at the bottom of the phone, either with compressed air of a toothpick with some tissue. Be careful not to bend the inner circuit board up or down.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prashanthme:
Ur having Fake charging.. Search the forum for solutions..
[Motorola Droid 4] Lum_UK:
Seriously thinking about getting the lapdock, since the Atrix one is very cheap and easily modified to work with the Droid 4.

Only problem is I don't want to go back to the stock ROM. Has anyone gotten Webtop to work on one of the ICS based CM or AOKP ports?

Also how much control do you get in Webtop. I understand it's basically Ubuntu, but can you install new packages or build your own from source. Is there hardware access to the GPU?
[Motorola Droid 4] moah909:
If your on an ICS leak webtop is 3.0, which means it is just tablet ui and is no longer a "separate" system.
[Motorola Droid 4] Lum_UK:
Oh, that's a bit useless :(

I was looking forward to the idea of being able to boot into Ubuntu and compile full fat apps to run there.

Still interested in using it with a modded Atrix lapdock though. So does webtop work with AOKP?
[Motorola Droid 4] tobby88:
not at the moment, because CM9 and AOKP still don't have support for HDMI-out.
[Motorola Droid 4] Jm@n:
What's up all

Sent from my ThunderBolt using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Droid 4] rubixcube:
Hey,

take a look at this http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=829571 (i know it's in french but it's the first link i've found about). In this post there is the link to the original source, which is in english. I don't know which point did they reached (testing ? alpha ? beta ?) but it's reaaaaly interesting (and that's a reason why i want to move to a D4 : my htc DZ is not powerful enough to run this).
[Motorola Droid 4] Lum_UK:
I came to the D4 from a DZ too :)

That Ubuntu for Android is interesting, I was a little disappointed that webtop on ICS is just Android tablet UI rather than Ubuntu, however it is awesome that if you just use an HDMI cable the phone touchscreen changes into a touchpad!

I wonder how they are getting away with not publishing the source? As soon as a handset turns up for sale with Ubuntu on it, surely the source is going to have to come out or they will be violating the GPL, or is Ubuntu full of propriety closed source crap these days? (It's been a while since I used Linux as a desktop OS, and it was always Debian. Ubuntu didn't exist then)

On a related note, has anyone found a micro-HDMI cable that is actually capable of running at 1080p without corruption and sparklies. I have tried two and both were rubbish.
[Motorola Droid 4] moah909:
I got the motorola one from amazon, and it works flawlessly. I also got one from dealsextreme.com, which was considerably cheaper and free shipping, but they're services can be a bit shoddy at time, but I haven't had any big issues with them, and the cord quality is fine, no issues that I can see on my 1080p tv.
[Motorola Droid 4] Lum_UK:
I tried a Motorola one... it was better in that you could actually see the 1080p display, but still flashed and corrupted.

I know my monitor is more sensitive than most to poor quality HDMI devices (most notably the PS3), so I guess I'll just have to look for a fancy one, or a tiny adaptor to use with an existing good cable.
[Motorola Droid 4] Sjaakbanaan:
For those interested: I found a way to install Ubuntu on my ICS Droid 4. It comes with Firefox and LibreOffice, some options like installing new apps seem a bit limited (maybe not in the donate version?), but I didn't go into too much detail.

While it's probably not as integrated as the original WebTop was, it might be more flexible in terms of settings/applications. The way to access it is basically to start it via Terminal, then (Android) VNC to view / interact with the desktop.

The link to the free version is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid

There's also some donation keys available, not sure what features they add. For me, tinkering around with it for 5 minutes is probably all I need it for, and the image is 3.5 GB so I'll probably remove it soon. Still, awesome that it works!

Included screenshot shows some tinkering:

Google Chrome (PC) showing

Airdroid hosted on

Droid 4 showing

Live-feed of

Android VNC client connected to

Ubuntu VNC server running on

Android Ubuntu server, which is also running

Firefox browser showing

Airdroid running on

Droid 4 showing

Outdated live-feed of

Droid 4 running Android

(Disclaimer: the avid AirDroid user will note that you can't log in from 2 separate clients: that's correct, the Firefox AirDroid is actually disconnected, I just moved the 'connection lost' pop-up all the way to the right)