Hi guys.
Please help, my phone was stolen earlier today and my SIM card is removed from the phone.
My gmail accoount is still in use and I have my IMEI number.
Is there a way to find out the phone number of that SIM card that uses my phone, so I can text this someone or try to call it?
have some data on the phone which is very important for my work, can't afford of losing it.
Please help me if there is a way, gmail daschbord also does't show that new number in use.
Please help.
Prevention is better than cure,
Apps like finding your lost phone or clearing your data if stolen are pretty useless, a simple factory reset removes everything.
Some of my friends have auto sync on for dropbox, so any pictures taken gets sync(in the event where the thief snap a duck picture of himself it gets sync to his account).
Basically unless u have a sync app installed, there isnt much hope to repossess the data.
As for the imei, not sure as where i am from it doesnt really matter, if your phone gets stolen, you downgrade to a 3690 until u can save up for a new one.
#Fear said:
Prevention is better than cure,
Apps like finding your lost phone or clearing your data if stolen are pretty useless, a simple factory reset removes everything.
Some of my friends have auto sync on for dropbox, so any pictures taken gets sync(in the event where the thief snap a duck picture of himself it gets sync to his account).
Basically unless u have a sync app installed, there isnt much hope to repossess the data.
As for the imei, not sure as where i am from it doesnt really matter, if your phone gets stolen, you downgrade to a 3690 until u can save up for a new one.
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Thank you Fear. know that prevention is better but I messed up.
hope there is a way to find out that number, just hope that it wont be late.
my work is gone...
There are some of the things you can do-
If you had any remote tracking enabled software in phone use it.antivirus companies like Kaspersky/NOD32 enables device stolen tracking features and allows you to remotely swipe,sms from the stolen phone through online web management.
If your gmail account is in use.use the Gmail account activities for the last login information.you can track based on last logged in IP that who and from where its getting used.launch the police complaint and with phone operator too.the more proofs the faster response.
Something like prey would have been ideal. p r e y p r o j e c t d o t c o m
And you should always backup important information.
Just try to remember this in future. Your phone and all your info are gone, sorry.
matte0 said:
Hi guys.
Please help, my phone was stolen earlier today and my SIM card is removed from the phone.
My gmail accoount is still in use and I have my IMEI number.
Is there a way to find out the phone number of that SIM card that uses my phone, so I can text this someone or try to call it?
have some data on the phone which is very important for my work, can't afford of losing it.
Please help me if there is a way, gmail daschbord also does't show that new number in use.
Please help.
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Actually, there is still some hope, if your gmail is being used , look here about using device manager , also read this
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries
thank you guys so much.
tried device manager earlier but it doesn't show anything. all I can do is to make it ring, but have no use out of that.
my phone is online again, see that throu my gmail account. mobile phone is sony xperia mt11i.
would like to call the guy and pay him for that phone it's the data I need. never did any backup or something on it, my bad.
left out of options I would say
matte0 said:
thank you guys so much.
tried device manager earlier but it doesn't show anything. all I can do is to make it ring, but have no use out of that.
my phone is online again, see that throu my gmail account. mobile phone is sony xperia mt11i.
would like to call the guy and pay him for that phone it's the data I need. never did any backup or something on it, my bad.
left out of options I would say
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try installing plan B from google playstore first, see if its possible to install it. long short but no harm trying
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries
An IMEI number is useful if the phone connects to a carrier's network.
I'd contact your carrier if you haven't already.
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Sorry, forgot to mention before. If you report the IMEI to the police then they can stop it being sold on to second hand shops. Doesn't help your situation though.
first thank you all for the help.
tried with the carrier and the police but no luck. they blow me off both of them.
ploce says to wait, carrier say call the police...
but I wonder, in my gmail account I could see my number, why can't I see another number that's using my phone?
What carrier? Did u backup to drop box or anything? If u have the imei report the device stolen to carrier. At least they can deactivate phone so they can't use it anymore. As for getting ur data back you might have to kiss it good bye.
Galaxy S4!!!
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Anyone know of a security app.. you know the type you can send a message to to lock the phone, delete data, or send back a msg with gps location.
The killer is ... i need one that can enable the gps ... last time i looked i couldnt find one.. I am rooted so that is not an issue.. but normally my gps is off so need one that can enable it.
thanks in advance/
Try Mobile Defense. As long as you install it as a root app it will allow it to enable gps
WaveSecure is the best one around. Can access your phone online. U can lock it, back it up, track it through the gps, and even do a full wipe to ur phone all through the web.
+1 for mobile defense
I just recently intalled mobile defense and so far I really like it. With it, you can enable GPS (if rooted) to track it, send a message to the phone, lock the phone, and view details about the phone like remaining battery and wifi/data status. When sending a message you have the added option of a loud siren going off to make sure they get the message and requiring a PIN to turn off the siren if you want. Also, if some one removes your sim card and inserts their own you still have control of the phone. It also will tell you the details of the new sim card like their phone number and carrier via email.
If you intall MD as a system app it makes it unable to be uninstalled via the phones uninstaller programs and will not show up in the programs list. This can be done very easily because just today hah2110 released a zip that can be flashed with your custom recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689350
Wave secure is the only other full feature option that I know of, with the added benifit of being able to backup, restore, and wipe your data remotely. But, this comes at a $20/year subscription. I haven't tried WS personally but I hear good things about it.
dont seem to like either.. why do i need to goto their website to track a phone.. if i pay i just want to be able to get a txt message that shows location on google maps.
using wheres my droid for now in conjuntion with smartprofile which lets me send a message to turn on a profile which has gps enabled.
lgkahn said:
why do i need to goto their website to track a phone.. if i pay i just want to be able to get a txt message that shows location on google maps.
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Please read the manual (ehrm, the FAQ )
https://www.wavesecure.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=41
Can I send an SMS to lock my phone?
Yes, you can control your phone remotely via text messages.
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Haven't yet had a chance to try it, but have sent a few emails back and forth with them, where they answered some technical questions.
I'm kinda in a daze from losing my Nexus S last night. The hangover is probably contributing to said daze. I don't have one of those security apps installed. I must have forgotten to restore it when I flashed a new ROM. My inner child is on my inner floor bawling his eyes out at the moment.
Anyway, my question is, what can I do to ensure minimal loss of my privacy. I have already changed all my passwords. Does this automatically unsync my account on the phone? I mean, will the phone ask whoever has it to re-enter the new password? What else am I forgetting? What else can I do?
Would appreciate it if "You should have"s are avoided. Thanks!
I know for sure that if you have changed your Google/Gmail Password, that the phone will prompt for a new one. As far as 'unsyncing' I do not know. I didn't check to see if my contacts/emails/calendar etc were removed when I changed the password and the phone prompted for a new one.
I will change my password again, see what happens and let you know.
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I changed my password for my phone, I got a notification about a sign in error, that prompted for a password. The dialing functions still worked as normal, any emails that you had cached were also visibile as well as the calendar. I rebooted without updating the password and could still call out as normal, but when I tried to access the Gmail app, it tried to sync the inbox, but prompted for a password right away.
I don't have any apps installed with other sensitive information, but I would imagine those would function as normal.
Hope this helps.
You could try lookout mobile security "plan b" will help find it.
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Hmm sorry to hear that dude, i would probably be bawling on the floor too!
Although... i probably will install one of those security apps now...
Thanks for your help, guys.
Even if you don't change password but someone change sim card,android will require reenter password for sync
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I don't know if Plan B would work seeing as how his Google Account is tied to the market account. Because he changed his password and the phone lost connection with the Google account, I don't believe remote installs will work, but I could be wrong.
SphericalPuma said:
I don't know if Plan B would work seeing as how his Google Account is tied to the market account. Because he changed his password and the phone lost connection with the Google account, I don't believe remote installs will work, but I could be wrong.
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Yes, I was wondering the same thing. I picked up a new Nexus S(not SAMOLED unfortunately) and synced it up and everything. Finally got to a PC and looked up my Market Account. It listed both phones under devices and I could go all the way to installing it on both phones. It located my current phone.
Unfortunately, I blocked my SIM card prematurely(did not know about Plan B), so, I can't send out the locate SMS. But, I figure whoever has it has probably removed the SIM card, or does not know how to charge it if the battery is dead or is using a SIM on it without a data connection. So, no data connection means no app on the phone. I haven't received an email from Plan B for the lost phone.
Why is the phone is still linked to my market account? I can see that the carrier has been changed which means a new SIM.
For now I'm just satisfying myself by installing inane and useless apps on the phone. HAHA! I hope it works and the app installation is going through. I've pretty much lost hope of finding it.
Hey
So a friend of mine lost his phone. He texted me asking for help on retrieving it.
I obviously thought of Plan B. But the problem is that he signed into the same Gmail account on two phones so plan b may not go to the right phone.
Will resetting the new phone allow plan b to go to the lost pphone?
Any ideas?
Plan B will probably work of you just remove the Google account from the second phone, rather than resetting it.
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When you click install...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en
It gives you the option of which phone to install it to. The phone list is in chronological order. Send it to both if you have to. You will get 2 locations in your Gmail as long as your friends Gmail is still logged in. Obviously you'll know which one is the right one.
Thanks. I installed it remotely.
However Plan B still hasn't sent me a location.
Any ideas on imei tracking?
QuantumFoam said:
Thanks. I installed it remotely.
However Plan B still hasn't sent me a location.
Any ideas on imei tracking?
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When I log in, it still gives me the option to install to all my previous phones. They are all listed and I know I logged out.
Maybe whoever found the found already wiped it. Since that Gmail is no longer associated with that phone, the install won't go through. It just gets lost in cyber space.
Once the lost phone is reset / wiped. Chances of locating it slim down. I hope someone turns it in for your friend. Good luck.
Hello,
A friend of mine had his Galaxy S7 stolen. The phone had no passcode or fingerprint set up, but it did have a Google account and a Samsung account set up.
While initially the phone did appear in the "find my phone" section of the Samsung account, now the Samsung account reports that no phone is registered. The phone could never be located after it was stolen, either via the Samsung service or Google service. Lock requests have been issued on both accounts, but I kind of doubt that they will have any effect ?
My question is: is there anything preventing the thief to use the phone ? Anything preventing the thief to reset it/reflash it and use it like it was a new phone ?
I did read that on iPhones, you cannot reset it/reflash it without entering the iCloud password, is some similar protection available for the S7 also ?
Thanks !
Did you try google's device manager to wipe the device
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Google's Android Device Manager or Samsung's Find My mobile.
davebugyi said:
Google's Android Device Manager or Samsung's Find My mobile.
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That's only if you turned them on. I think by default they are off. I know they are off on mine.
midnightrider said:
That's only if you turned them on. I think by default they are off. I know they are off on mine.
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Then he can say bye-bye to the phone
davebugyi said:
Then he can say bye-bye to the phone
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I think you can say goodbye to any stolen anything. It's rare to get anything back and even more rare to get something back in any kind of condition that you would actually still want it.
Anyway can't somebody who knows start a wiped/locked phone in recovery and reflash and fix it?
Call your phone service and block the phone IMEI, this will put it on a black list and never work as a cellphone again.
katananja said:
Call your phone service and block the phone IMEI, this will put it on a black list and never work as a cellphone again.
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He's going to need some paperwork to prove he owned it. And also if he blocks it and does get it back it won't be useful.
About the only thing you can do is lock your own phone so if somebody does steal it at least they don't get all your personal data with it.
The chance for him to get his phone back is minimal since he didn't use any basic security from the beginning.
katananja said:
The chance for him to get his phone back is minimal since he didn't use any basic security from the beginning.
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Security doesn't get you your phone back. It just keeps people from getting your info.
midnightrider said:
Security doesn't get you your phone back. It just keeps people from getting your info.
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But security block people from using your social network, email, contacts, data, personal information, etc, etc.
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But security block people from using your social network, email, contacts, data, personal information, etc, etc.
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So you agree with me? Because that's what I said. You even quoted it
I have used this phone for 2 years. While the sale was going on I upgraded to the Note 8 and decided to give my daughter my S7. I set up the account with Family Lock and everything seemed fine, but it would never let me do anything. Even when I logged in as me! So I decided to just log in as me and remove all the family link bs. Well it wouldn't even let me add my account to the phone. At this point I should have called help, i know this. However I just deleted the family link which deleted my daughters email from even google services (she isn't old enough for an email so it just created a non-email type of google account).
So I go to reset the phone, but there's no options for resetting the phone. I have reset it 3 times in the past, I know what it looks like/how to do it. The option was NOT there. So I did the factory reset through the boot menu, and of course there's FRP. I've followed every youtube video, and many written out instructions. I did try Samsung but because my order from T-mobile doesn't have the IMEI on it, they won't repair it. *sigh* I even tried to use someone online to repair it via LOGmeIN but it was a scam.
Can someone help a computer nerd mom save her little girls phone?
Thanks in Advance
sheydee said:
I have used this phone for 2 years. While the sale was going on I upgraded to the Note 8 and decided to give my daughter my S7. I set up the account with Family Lock and everything seemed fine, but it would never let me do anything. Even when I logged in as me! So I decided to just log in as me and remove all the family link bs. Well it wouldn't even let me add my account to the phone. At this point I should have called help, i know this. However I just deleted the family link which deleted my daughters email from even google services (she isn't old enough for an email so it just created a non-email type of google account).
So I go to reset the phone, but there's no options for resetting the phone. I have reset it 3 times in the past, I know what it looks like/how to do it. The option was NOT there. So I did the factory reset through the boot menu, and of course there's FRP. I've followed every youtube video, and many written out instructions. I did try Samsung but because my order from T-mobile doesn't have the IMEI on it, they won't repair it. *sigh* I even tried to use someone online to repair it via LOGmeIN but it was a scam.
Can someone help a computer nerd mom save her little girls phone?
Thanks in Advance
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Does it not allow you to login with your original email address still?