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.
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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.
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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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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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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!!
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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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Ok im looking for an app that will tell you the location of your phone say of you lose it. Free or paid app, it don't matter but my marker beach isnt going to good.
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lookout will do exactly that and more, plus its free. I love it.
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I like Where'sMy Droid because its useful for if you lose your phone in your house& its on silent (the app will allow the phone to ring) or if lost elsewhere, you can get the GPS coordinates.
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I like Where'sMy Droid because its useful for if you lose your phone in your house& its on silent (the app will allow the phone to ring) or if lost elsewhere, you can get the GPS coordinates.
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Lookout does that, too Plus, it will do remote backups.
I don't use the virus scanning, but it offers that as well.
https://www.mylookout.com/
i remember reading about an app thatwould turn your phone on ring if it was on silent and have it ring until you go and turn it off...i forget the name of that app
ms79723 said:
i remember reading about an app thatwould turn your phone on ring if it was on silent and have it ring until you go and turn it off...i forget the name of that app
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There are two apps mentioned above your post that do that
Thank you guys so much for the help. Lookout did it for me and was what I was looking for
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Lookout does that, too Plus, it will do remote backups.
I don't use the virus scanning, but it offers that as well.
https://www.mylookout.com/
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Ah, thanks for the heads up. Didn't know it would ring if you needed it to.
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lookout will do exactly that and more, plus its free. I love it.
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I use Lookout as well and love it.
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There are two apps mentioned above your post that do that
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ah, thanks i saw the name on reddit and i forgot it >.<
MobileDefense is good but I don't think there accepting any new users its based online.
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lookout is unecessary, anti-virus is not required on android, where's my droid is your best option.....lookout also uses more unnecessary memory...not worth it
Semms to me that Where's My Droid will only make the phone ring if you can't find it. Lookout will locate the phone using GPS if somebody took it...
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Semms to me that Where's My Droid will only make the phone ring if you can't find it. Lookout will locate the phone using GPS if somebody took it...
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And that's exactly what I'm looking for. To be able to track it by gas of it happened to get stolen.
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Semms to me that Where's My Droid will only make the phone ring if you can't find it. Lookout will locate the phone using GPS if somebody took it...
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Exactly. I don't use Lookout's virus scanning, just it's backup and location functions.
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Exactly. I don't use Lookout's virus scanning, just it's backup and location functions.
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can lookout find your phone even if GPS is turned off? I never leave it enabled, can lookout auto enable GPS?
It should be able to be tracked still, based by the network location, its not as accurate as GPS I think not sure ....
Wave secure is what I use I have a lifetime license as i had and help with beta when it came out I think its the best but basically all the same
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Why is GPSD showing up in my Battery Use?
rom: CyanogenMod 7 for Nexus S
gpsd 57%
display 23%
android system 10%
gpsd
cpu total 41m 35s
Data sent 4.38 MB
Data received 271.7KB
I'm having this same issue, anyone knows what is going on?
Try reading up this post and see if you have any installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976913
Uninstall immediately.
If you guys don't mind wiping your data. A dalvik/cache wipe and/or factory reset might be in order.
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Try reading up this post and see if you have any installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976913
Uninstall immediately.
If you guys don't mind wiping your data. A dalvik/cache wipe and/or factory reset might be in order.
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Awww man, I don't have any of that installed, this happened after my fresh wipe. Oh well, time for a wipe.
Vulpix said:
Awww man, I don't have any of that installed, this happened after my fresh wipe. Oh well, time for a wipe.
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According to some1 in the other tread about the malicious apps....Even if you had, it doesn't matter since the vulnerability explored by the hack is already patched on 2.2+ firmwares, so rendering the code useless.
I have no clue what's going on with ya, but if I were you I would wipe everything and reflash a new.
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According to some1 in the other tread about the malicious apps....Even if you had, it doesn't matter since the vulnerability explored by the hack is already patched on 2.2+ firmwares, so rendering the code useless.
I have no clue what's going on with ya, but if I were you I would wipe everything and reflash a new.
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Yep, thanks. I wiped and reflashed, and it's now gone. Still have no idea what the hell was happening.
cygnum said:
Try reading up this post and see if you have any installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976913
Uninstall immediately.
If you guys don't mind wiping your data. A dalvik/cache wipe and/or factory reset might be in order.
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gpsd but has nothing to do with the malware, I have 2.3.3 on it
and there is the security issue could not be found, the more I
none of these apps on my SNS on it.
So there must be another explanation for what caused this.
To begin with: what's gpsd? I mean, what is it and what use it?
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To begin with: what's gpsd? I mean, what is it and what use it?
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It's to do with location based services and is GPS related...
disable or uninstall any app that uses the GPS
like those spy track my phone, and those so called where's my phone apps
I've been having this issue since flashing RC2 of CM7. Can't track down what's causing this.
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To begin with: what's gpsd? I mean, what is it and what use it?
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gpsd is the "GPS Daemon". In the world of UNIX/Linux, gpsd is a very fundamental application service used to synchronize access to GPS hardware. In simple terms, it lets apps get data from the GPS hardware without having to know specifics about that hardware.
A simple google search would also answer your question: gpsd.
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gpsd is the "GPS Daemon". In the world of UNIX/Linux, gpsd is a very fundamental application service used to synchronize access to GPS hardware. In simple terms, it lets apps get data from the GPS hardware without having to know specifics about that hardware.
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Good info that defintely makes a bit more sense of it. The question is what is causing it to suck down so much battery now?
Is there a way to narrow this down a bit? This is killing my phone
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I found someone said that this is bcz of the google map and lattitude to sync location. Try to disable it may help. Sorry if I miss understand sth
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I found someone said that this is bcz of the google map and lattitude to sync location. Try to disable it may help. Sorry if I miss understand sth
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I found that info on latitude also. It's never been enabled on my devices, but I went ahead, enabled, changed settings, and disabled again to see. Going to give it a bit to get a better sense of the impact it might have had.
I am having the same issue
Voice Calls 17%
Display 17%
GPSD 17%
Maps 14%
Cell Standby 10%
Wi-Fi- 8%
TIKL 7%
Phone Idle 4%
Facebook 4%
Android Os 3%
Android System 3%
My thoughts are that is location based services such as latitude and google weather widget. Having said that I disabled Latitude on this charge and have the weather widget set to 6hr refresh. I should mention this is on a Galaxy S running CM7 03122011
sigh...
same problem, on my nexus s... i moved gpsd to upper folder and reboot my device then the process was gone the battery life returned to normal, but i lost the gps function... if i want to use the gps i have to move it back and reboot again...
I found that on my device, seekdroid was the culprit.
As far as I can tell, Seekdroid is not set to check GPS periodically. If Seekdroid can't find signal, it does not sleep for a certain amount of time and try again. It hammers the battery via gpsd until the phone is dead.
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"As far as I can tell, Seekdroid is not set to check GPS periodically. If Seekdroid can't find signal, it does not sleep for a certain amount of time and try again. It hammers the battery via gpsd until the phone is dead."
Should read:
"As far as I can tell,if Seekdroid can't find signal, it does not sleep for a certain amount of time and try again. It hammers the battery via gpsd until the phone is dead."
I have none of those and it shows up for me
cygnum said:
Try reading up this post and see if you have any installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976913
Uninstall immediately.
If you guys don't mind wiping your data. A dalvik/cache wipe and/or factory reset might be in order.
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I have none of those and it shows up for me
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If you had read the thread all of the way through, you would have been informed that the post you referenced does not apply to our phones.
Basically, for me, something (seekdroid) was calling for a gps location and not getting it since I was inside. If this rings true for you, try going outside and see if that makes your phone's CPU usage go down.
I think the subject says it all.
Example, say someone is mugging you and is trying to force disclosure of you password. Give them the kill sequence that wipes your phone.
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I think the subject says it all.
Example, say someone is mugging you and is trying to force disclosure of you password. Give them the kill sequence that wipes your phone.
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Try Theft Aware.
No idea how you're gonna sms your phone without... your phone though. But you're supposed to do it from a friend's phone anyways.
Send the sms and it'll wipe your phone.
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Try Theft Aware.
No idea how you're gonna sms your phone without... your phone though. But you're supposed to do it from a friend's phone anyways.
Send the sms and it'll wipe your phone.
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Send it from Google Voice.
Use wavesecure or something similar. Get to a computer and track the phone down using gps. You can take remote control of your phones functions from the computer.
Hello,
What is the best Anti Theft App or service to find lost phone that you used and can really depend on ?
please choose your answer and tell us your experience please.
Thanks.
Take a look at Cerberus and its features. I have yet to use it for a lost phone *knock on wood* features are great and so far all I've tried work just fine.
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Well if you have unlimited data (or at least few gigs) i would say best one would be Cerberus.
But if you don't have that luxury then Wheres my Droid will do you just fine.
I'm using WMD and i've "lost" it 2 times and WMD found my phone close enough.
I took the avast anti theft out of avast mobile security and just use that, unlike wmd it is phone reset proof, it locks the sim card and it's become complete since they made a web-commander interface in last update. The only downside to it is that it only uses data and doesn't use wi-fi for localization (which can be considered a minor inconvinience since data is available anywhere while wifi needs the phone to be lost where there's a wifi connection available)
I'm with tt281gt and Hreidmar. For me it is Cerberus.
Kaspersky Mobile Security Lite is one of the best anti theft app.
+1 for cerberus
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Cerberus, I guess... I have used Avast as well, but it wasn't that good so I've changed.
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Cerberus, I guess... I have used Avast as well, but it wasn't that good so I've changed.
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Is Cerberus trustable?
Lookout is pretty neat, accurate if your phone is on wifi or has GPS enabled (always enable GPS, ALWAYS) and it has a scream function. But the free version doesn't let you lock your phone or wipe data and stuff. As far as the others, I haven't tried yet other than this and Samsung Dive so no comment.
I like the remote video, picture, and audio recording capability...I've been using Avast but it does not have it. Lookout does not mention anything about snapping pic, audio, or video. Only thing is I've never heard of this company...not sure if it is trustable.
Been using avast on my pc, for years, and it has been reliable. So when it came to android, that was my first and only a choice. However having read some reviews on the play store, regarding avast, am a bit concerned, because most reviewers who have actually had theft of there devices have raised some concerns that avast is not good at all when one is tracking lost devices. So now not sure what to go for.
I recently tried avast, maybe after that I want to try cerberus.
Has anyone actually used any of these apps, to actually recover a lostor stolen phone, which i ccan only imagine is an extremely dreadful experience.?
avast! i think
I use Avast in about 7 smartphones of the family, I tried to locate the devices for quite some times (never in real theft or lost) and in about 95% of the time the detection was accurate, even that GPS, the Wifi and data connection was off, (Avast turn them himself when sending the command in SMS)
The only missing feature is the ability to take a picture of the thief, they already implemented it but they do not include it for some legal reason )
btw:
Some story of tablet recovered by avast AFTER factory reset:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=126958.0
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Yesterday I flashed CM 13.1 on my OPO and postponed the final tune ups and settings to later and went out to the gym and LOST it there (Or possibly has beed stolen!) and It's so painful because I hadn't installed and activated Adnroid Device Manager and teh Lockscreen was open //I feel very upset now…
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Yesterday I flashed CM 13.1 on my OPO and postponed the final tune ups and settings to later and went out to the gym and LOST it there (Or possibly has beed stolen!) and It's so painful because I hadn't installed and activated Adnroid Device Manager and teh Lockscreen was open //I feel very upset now…
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Just saying, is it too hard for them to go to recovery and flash any other rom? They can erase your current rom as well no matter what security app you use, right? So, the sooner this thread gets deleted......
Theoretically Cerberus pro can resist a Factory Reset, but I don't know how it does that and if it's bypassable...
sad bro! whats your next phone?
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Maybe you can try something like AndroidLost? Though, I believe it requires Google account to be on device beforehand. I'm not sure if it's compatible with CM13, but nothing wrong with trying at this point
Edit: Yep, you do need Google account on device for this app to work. Check this out.
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sad bro! whats your next phone?
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OPX I guess... but not sure yet. Don't like the OP2
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Maybe you can try something like AndroidLost? Though, I believe it requires Google account to be on device beforehand. I'm not sure if it's compatible with CM13, but nothing wrong with trying at this point
Edit: Yep, you do need Google account on device for this app to work. Check this out.
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very useful tips. But unfortunately the location on my device was been always deactivated (just when i wanted to search am adress manually, and that was 4 days before I lost!!)
well report it stolen that way they block the emei I think. Then you are sure they wont be able to do anything on the phone. In rare cases they find it and can get it back. Very rare cases. Hope your new phone will be just as satisfying
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bachera said:
well report it stolen that way they block the emei I think. Then you are sure they wont be able to do anything on the phone. In rare cases they find it and can get it back. Very rare cases. Hope your new phone will be just as satisfying
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The IMEI can be changed, wouldn't make a difference if someone is determined once they have the device in their hands
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Renosh said:
The IMEI can be changed, wouldn't make a difference if someone is determined once they have the device in their hands
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true gladly most dont know about that. Also its a tedious process. Kind of mixed on that cause it can be damn handy, lost my imei on several devices due to a series of unfortunate events. On the other hand it is real handy for the situation of a lost device.
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MMMMM My OPO has lost its IMEI so I must change it, any details would be most helpful.
use your cyanogen account. You can use it to locate and wipe if need be and track too!
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use your cyanogen account. You can use it to locate and wipe if need be and track too!
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The unit is not lost.. the IMEI is. It is an invalid one. No matter what I try and have done to the unit it does not come up as a valid one. I was told I would need to change it and then it would be fine. Any help would be great! :good: