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My Asus transformer was stolen today. Is there any app or way I can track it?
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Todd
not unless you're really lucky.
i'm not sure, but if you get yourself another android device, active latitude to display your location, i wonder if it would cause latitude on your tab (if you even have it) to start displaying it's location.
of course, this wholy depends on your tab having google latitude (included with google maps?), have gps access, and the theif haven't done a factory reset.
I don't need a signature.
stereoshooter said:
My Asus transformer was stolen today. Is there any app or way I can track it?
thanks
Todd
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Yes there is. Go to market.android.com and install Plan B to your transformer. ( it will then email your gmail account associated with your android account once its located * very accurate aswell)do it now before the battery dies. If it works please post back!
Assuming that he has a device to install to.
cowballz69 said:
Yes there is. Go to market.android.com and install Plan B to your transformer. ( it will then email your gmail account associated with your android account once its located * very accurate aswell)do it now before the battery dies. If it works please post back!
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Assuming that he has a device to install to.
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plan B is used for already lost phones and you text to find location. hopfully he had a text app
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Assuming that he has a device to install to.
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you can install apps to your devices straight from the market on a web browser, however, i think you still have a confirmation prompt ( not too sure)
no there is no confirmation, but the thief will ge prompted that certain program has been installed.
sorry to disappoint you but honestly I would say the hope is slim... a factory reset will wipe out all the trails..
Slim ...But there is hope. The thief may not even know how to turn it on. Or it may be missplaced somewhere unattended.
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plan B is used for already lost phones and you text to find location. hopfully he had a text app
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plan b sends out the first one without prompting, so it's worth a shot. You only need to text it if you are pinging it more than once.
So far nothing. Tried Plan B, but maybe the thief hasn't turned it on and hooked it up to wifi. I'm hoping they or the person they sell it to does before the juice runs out of it. The morons didn't take the power supply!
stereoshooter said:
So far nothing. Tried Plan B, but maybe the thief hasn't turned it on and hooked it up to wifi. I'm hoping they or the person they sell it to does before the juice runs out of it. The morons didn't take the power supply!
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Hmmm the other day I saw a Nook Color for sale on Craigslist and the person didnt have the charger...
Oops.
Wrong thread...
Sorry to hear about your loss op. Any idea on who may have did it?
Also try to get insurance on your tf asap. I believe a plan Including lost or stolen cost $100
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If you used a credit card to purchase your TF, it may come with theft coverage in the first 60 days or so... check it out... you never know.
Good luck.
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plan b doesnt need u to text it, it just keeps sending u emails over and over again untill u uninstall it. also if its greyed out on market it means it WAS installed sussessfully. check your gmail associsted to the transformer again
plan b also turns on the gps even if its off, to everyne else put a password on your transformer u never know
Hey gurus,
how does this work, do u install it to the transformer after its stolen from the market, and then it will send u a mail as soon as it sees (connects) to a Wi-Fi network?
Thanx for the help!
WilliamNell said:
Hey gurus,
how does this work, do u install it to the transformer after its stolen from the market, and then it will send u a mail as soon as it sees (connects) to a Wi-Fi network?
Thanx for the help!
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Yes
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Plan B is all you need. Install it on market.android.com onto your tablet.
10char
I've tried Plan B on my own and it never notified me. I don't think it works over Wifi alone.
In July 2011, my Nexus S was stolen. I went to the police but they said they probably couldn't recover the device. So I just kinda let it go.
Well, a few weeks ago I found out the the phone was still connected to my Market account. This provides a bit of a security concern because I've got my credit card on my market account too, but they haven't bought anything. Just for fun, I decided to download and install Plan B to the phone, and within a few hours, I got four emails of the phone's location within 15 meters. Well, I didn't have time to bring that to the police, and that was eleven days ago. So I have a few questions:
1. I want to be able to get a more recent location because I'm afraid the police will say the location is too many days old. I know you can text "locate" or whatever to the phone but it's not my number anymore. (I know this because on my market account it says it's an AT&T phone whereas I'm on T-Mobile.)
2. Is there any way at all to remote remove the app and re install it?
3. Is there another app similar to Plan B that I can do the same thing?
4. Is there anything else I can do?
-Matthew
That really sucks. I know Lookout had an option on their site to collect the location through the internet, no phone number required. Don’t know if it's 100% sure, but it's worth a shot. Really hope you get your phone back. Good luck!
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flodb113 said:
That really sucks. I know Lookout had an option on their site to collect the location through the internet, no phone number required. Don’t know if it's 100% sure, but it's worth a shot. Really hope you get your phone back. Good luck!
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I never installed the Mobile Security app. :/ So I don't know if that would help me. Thanks though!
mattjorgs said:
I never installed the Mobile Security app. :/ So I don't know if that would help me. Thanks though!
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You should be able to login to your Google voice account and see which number it now forwards to. Assuming you had it on the phone and they did set it up. If not you can just text to your Google voice number and it should go through.
I don't have Voice to forward to any phone. :/ Darnit!
Hang on. You used Plan B, you got the location of your missing phone... and then did NOTHING?
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Hang on. You used Plan B, you got the location of your missing phone... and then did NOTHING?
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It was during a busy week. :/ Last week of school before break, billions of projects and tests. :s
I did talk to my dad about it (ex-cop) and he said they'd probably say it isn't enough to get a search warrant to get it or anything...
Um by any chance did you use latitude? All you need then would be a friend's phone and it would be like a gps to your phone
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aic719 said:
Um by any chance did you use latitude? All you need then would be a friend's phone and it would be like a gps to your phone
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Never used Latitude. Not sure if any of my friends even use it. I'm like a hardcore geek compared to those gamers. xD
Well I want to wipe this piece of **** thing, this phone is having so many problems it is a refurb so that explains it...
Have you guys ever had any problems like... here's one
Sometimes my phone freezes, then when the screen turns on the four main icons (phone web, email etc..) are oriented portrait while staying in their same spot, basically rotating 90 degrees to the right.
What the eff...
Also what will happen to my apps which I spent money on... will I have to buy them again? (of course not that sounds like a ****ty corporate world talking)
Also do you guys think that I have a virus?
This random app popped up in one of my windows, called "search" the icon is a magnifying glass this happened to me recently and I installed norton, **** me man viruses for phones?
I did not install this app, nor put it on my screen... so I'm assuming that it is not my work.
Somebody's got to make money somewhere I Guess...
If you guys could answer my questions, I'd be greatly satisfied.
Thanks
Your paid apps are backed up by google, after wipe, just go into the market hit menu/my apps. I'm guessing your stock?
And I would just wipe and see if that fixes your issues. Wiping deletes pretty much everything on your phone except the sdcards. Before you wipe go into accounts and settings and back your **** up with google such as contacts, wifi passwords, i think even apps...then wipe
The apps you bought on the market are saved to your gmail account.
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Nevermind I was too late.
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Thanks guys
I am rooted but not many of the roms appeal to me
I'm waiting to develop my own design (on my blog) or if somebody else builds it
I don't mind the stock stuff, I run the Infusion kernel for 1.8ghz speed
Damn I have to do all this crap again...
Thank you guys for the response
I've had freezes too. It's not always the phone but apps.
As like others have said, doing a data only wipe will clear out all installed apps and app data, any user created content like media and docs is saved to sd or extsd and won't be cleared with a data wipe.
After you perform the wipe, be aware of what apps you install and the affect they have on your phone. Don't just start mass installing everything again. Also be aware of all widgets you setup on home screens as they start services that stay resident and take up CPU and RAM.
These smartphones are basically PC's and are subject to the same potential for problems that plague PC's. Too many programs running together.
If your phone has true hardware problems..remember the steps leading up to the hang condition and attempt to replicate it. If you can't replicate it easily it may be a transient condition, otherwise try an alternate method to narrow down what part of the phone is failing.
If you can I.D. the problem and you're sure it's the hardware, take it to AT&T and explain it to them. They may give you an exchange right in the store and transfer your data to the replacement. No charge.
And as always before any major change...BACKUP YOUR DATA!!!!!
Thank god for Google! What would the world be without it? I hope you guys don't plan on answering that question. Lol
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Well this is my fourth phone
My first new phone had a cracked screen, (first mistake) sent it to asurion for replacement for $99.99 then this was stolen by some ****s
Then I got another one sent to my home, this one was stolen off of my porch, so I filed that either FedEx never delivered it or it was stolen from my porch.
So this is my fourth phone from asurion, I have ended my insurance since I don't need it as I have used my two phones within 6 months
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Well this is my fourth phone
My first new phone had a cracked screen, (first mistake) sent it to asurion for replacement for $99.99 then this was stolen by some ****s
Then I got another one sent to my home, this one was stolen off of my porch, so I filed that either FedEx never delivered it or it was stolen from my porch.
So this is my fourth phone from asurion, I have ended my insurance since I don't need it as I have used my two phones within 6 months
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Do you live in the hood?. Crummy ass ppl sounds like Florida to me cause that's where I'm from and that **** happens here.
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@Green..If your rooted, use Titanium Backup, you can choose the apps you want to re-install instead of all at once.
****, I don't even have to lock up here in Texas...its amazing how some ppl are these days, stealing mail? really?
Yeah it sucks man
And I filed my phone stolen, and yet Asurion keeps bothering my friend (I used his phone to call them) to return the other phone...
I'm like what the eff man! I don't have it!
Damn people, stealing mail, they don't steal any of my airplane parts but then my phone? ****...
yes I do have Titanium Backup installed
Is there a way to do like a system diagnostic to see if anything physical has failed on my board? Not that it is something that I can do anything about... but I was curious.
Thanks for the responses!
GreenAce92 said:
Yeah it sucks man
And I filed my phone stolen, and yet Asurion keeps bothering my friend (I used his phone to call them) to return the other phone...
I'm like what the eff man! I don't have it!
Damn people, stealing mail, they don't steal any of my airplane parts but then my phone? ****...
yes I do have Titanium Backup installed
Is there a way to do like a system diagnostic to see if anything physical has failed on my board? Not that it is something that I can do anything about... but I was curious.
Thanks for the responses!
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Sounds like classic shady corporate behavior man.
And I could be wrong but I have never heard of such an app
Hey, is this a normal web browser page?
I feel like I may have been obliviously using my web browser and typing in all of my **** while I'm using a virus browser
This happens to be that app that appeared randomly on my screen but with a magnifying glass with the name "search"
GreenAce92 said:
Hey, is this a normal web browser page?
I feel like I may have been obliviously using my web browser and typing in all of my **** while I'm using a virus browser
This happens to be that app that appeared randomly on my screen but with a magnifying glass with the name "search"
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Don't use that one. Had it before. Original is the At&t Yahoo page, but the other is of course, Google.
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Kevinr678 said:
Don't use that one. Had it before. Original is the At&t Yahoo page, but the other is of course, Google.
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Yeaaah that one looks pretty sketchy lol
Axiomkid said:
Thank god for Google! What would the world be without it? I hope you guys don't plan on answering that question. Lol
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Happier?
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Your screen shot looks iffy, green.
If I were in your shoe, and you don't mind stock.
And your paid apps are backed up in google.
I would go to /settings/privacy and reset the dang thing.
Then put it in download mode and odin the thing to a stock of your choice, whether it's 2.2.1 or uckj4(2.3) where super1click still works. hell, odin and reset a few times.
download your apps new from the market
Don't get on porn sites on your phone and things like this wont happen. Lol
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tmease1 said:
Don't get on porn sites on your phone and things like this wont happen. Lol
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Yeah...listen to mtease. He speaks wisdom from extended experiencs.
Ya, I've locked up a few phones in my day because of that. Lol
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What are some good anti theft apps for my new N5? Is there any apps that can locate stolen phone without internet connection but using cell towers?
Cerberus.
caribouxda said:
Cerberus.
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This.
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None work 100%. if the thief flashes a factory image including (erasing) userdata.img the device is wiped and the anti-theft app(s) will be gone.
gee2012 said:
None work 100%. if the thief flashes a factory image including (erasing) userdata.img the device is wiped and the anti-theft app(s) will be gone.
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99% of thieves are stupid
The built in device manager is good
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Cerberus has worked well for me.
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how much battery drain is cerebus? i assume u have to have GPS and location on ALL the time, i hate doing that
is it like only 15bucks for lifetime cerebus? i don't really trust it cuz its basically that company 'hacking' /tracking your every movement
and if the theif is on XDA well say bye to your lost phone lol
What's wrong with Google device manager?
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gee2012 said:
None work 100%. if the thief flashes a factory image including (erasing) userdata.img the device is wiped and the anti-theft app(s) will be gone.
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But you can atleast make it difficult for them.
If the device is encrypted with bootloader locked, they can't do anything except wipe the phone, and they'll have to know how. However, you can purposefully break the USB port and use wireless charging only. So worse case is they wipe your phone but they can't get at your data, then you call up the carrier to have it's IMEI blacklisted, so thief is left with atleast a cripppled device.
But if not encrypt your data, then use stock recovery with locked bootloader and USB debuggin turned off, they can't get at the data anyway if you have a strong lockscreen and unlocking bootloader means full wipe. There might be a way to bruteforce or exploit a bug to bypass the lockscreen, but let's assume the user have an adequate password and Google patches any bugs. Also disable the power off/reset menu (it can be done). Then you can find the location of the device using Cerberus. With root, regular factory reseting will not remove Cerberus and if they removed the sim/turn radio off/change sim, Cerberus will report it.
Just keep your phone with you at all time and carry a magnum.
I just use Android Device Manager on all my devices. Luckily I haven't had to actually use it, but it's about time that Google implemented device manager. A little late in my opinion.
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krs360 said:
What's wrong with Google device manager?
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The built in device manager is good
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Not precise at all. It is good to create a general idea but if you want to get your phones back get cerberus.
I used Avast. The anti-theft option seems pretty decent. It buries itself in the OS and claims it's protected from factory resets. It has an option to remotely lock (which ALL anti-theft apps should have) but it also has the siren feature. If I activate it remotely, the siren sounds and the thief cannot shut it off while the phone is on.
Hopefully, I'll never need to use it but I do have it on all my devices.
Cerberus! Awesome security app!!
galaxys said:
Cerberus! Awesome security app!!
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Agreed. Cerberus is awesome, and it does not waste battery, as you asked. (unless it's being used, i.e. tracking down the bad guy)
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My bank app is forcing me into setting a PIN or security in lock screen, but I don't feel like setting it. Is there a way to bypass this or to fool the app into thinking I have the PIN set? My phone is rooted.
vfontanela said:
My bank app is forcing me into setting a PIN or security in lock screen, but I don't feel like setting it. Is there a way to bypass this or to fool the app into thinking I have the PIN set? My phone is rooted.
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probally not since it may check serverside which might get you in trouble if they find your phone is rooted
gaberilde said:
probally not since it may check serverside which might get you in trouble if they find your phone is rooted
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My girl's phone is not rooted and the same app is asking for the same thing. I only added the information about my phone being rooted because it could help bypass the verification system.
vfontanela said:
My bank app is forcing me into setting a PIN or security in lock screen, but I don't feel like setting it. Is there a way to bypass this or to fool the app into thinking I have the PIN set? My phone is rooted.
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No, I'm pretty sure they have it locked so that won't work.
Honestly, it's ridiculous to even want to try, you'd be giving anyone an open door to your money. You as the user could NEVER keep it anywhere even close to being as secure as it is designed to be. As a matter of fact, it's probably even illegal even if you did find a way. Or at least will get you blackballed by your bank, maybe even other banks.
Moral of the story? It's best to leave it alone and do yourself a favor and let it keep your stuff secure as it is supposed to do.
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gaberilde said:
probally not since it may check serverside which might get you in trouble if they find your phone is rooted
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Droidriven said:
No, I'm pretty sure they have it locked so that won't work.
Honestly, it's ridiculous to even want to try, you'd be giving anyone an open door to your money. You as the user could NEVER keep it anywhere even close to being as secure as it is designed to be. As a matter of fact, it's probably even illegal even if you did find a way. Or at least will get you blackballed by your bank, maybe even other banks.
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I'm not trying to bypass the bank app PIN. The bank app (which is passworded itself) is forcing me to set a PIN or pattern in my lock screen. I just don't feel like typing a password every time I use my phone.
vfontanela said:
I'm not trying to bypass the bank app PIN. The bank app (which is passworded itself) is forcing me to set a PIN or pattern in my lock screen. I just don't feel like typing a password every time I use my phone.
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I know exactly what you asked the first time, my answer remains the same.
You could set a fingerprint probably, if your device has fingerprint feature.
Or, some devices can be unlocked by voice using "ok Google"
You can try finding a way to get the banking app allow using one of those methods. It wouldn't remove the need for it, but it would make it easier.
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