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SamsungDive - Find your Lost/Stolen Phone

http://www.phonearena.com/news/SamsungDive-helps-getting-your-lost-or-stolen-smartphone-back_id20604
Has anyone found an APK in English for this? Looks like a good free app that tracks your phone etc etc. Sadly it only seems to be out in the UK and Germany. Anyone have a UK version?

It's built into the phone firmware on compatible models, so you can't just sideload an apk:
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And on top of that it looks like you have to have registered a compatible model on Samsung's website to even log in to the web interface, so unless you have an extra British Galaxy S serial number handy, good luck.
There are a number of apps with similar functions on the Android Market, though.

Falcyn said:
It's built into the phone firmware on compatible models, so you can't just sideload an apk:
And on top of that it looks like you have to have registered a compatible model on Samsung's website to even log in to the web interface, so unless you have an extra British Galaxy S serial number handy, good luck.
There are a number of apps with similar functions on the Android Market, though.
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Thanks for the infoz.

"This function is not supported for your area"
I decided to try out Samsungdive with my GT-I9003.
Managed to register account and phone details and when I log into Samsungdive my phone and number show up correctly.
However if I try to do anything from the webpage( like Location Info Request) I receive a message "This function is not supported for your area".
Can find no relevant info on this message anywhere.
Does the service not cover New Zealand?
I recently flashed phone with XXKPH ROM from Samsungfirmware. That may have some bearing on the problem.
Any recommendations for an app that has the same functions as Samsungdive?

HairyScot said:
I decided to try out Samsungdive with my GT-I9003.
Managed to register account and phone details and when I log into Samsungdive my phone and number show up correctly.
However if I try to do anything from the webpage( like Location Info Request) I receive a message "This function is not supported for your area".
Can find no relevant info on this message anywhere.
Does the service not cover New Zealand?
I recently flashed phone with XXKPH ROM from Samsungfirmware. That may have some bearing on the problem.
Any recommendations for an app that has the same functions as Samsungdive?
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It says thats its only germany and uk for now so even if you get it installed, it wont track it.

rami98 said:
It says thats its only germany and uk for now so even if you get it installed, it wont track it.
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It was reported as available in NZ here:-
http://www.androidmobile.co.nz/rece...g-dive-track-and-control-your-device-remotely
There are also a number of people in NZ using it successfully according to posts on Geekzone.co.nz.
The only difference would seem to be the fact that I bought my phone online and have put a custom Rom on.

[Q] Huawei H866C Question

Hello everyone!
I seem to have a big problem with my phone that I cannot figure out. I'm fairly good with phones and very good with PC, but this problem eludes me.
My Huawei H866C was working just fine yesterday until boom, system freeze. This happened numerous times and most of the time, all I was doing was looking around in the settings etc. My first gut reaction was to factory reset it.
So I did.
When it was done, the phone rebooted like it should, and there I found the "tutorial" screen.
I tap the green android and it proceeds to the next screen which has only one button labeled "Begin"
When I press begin, it immediately throws this error; The application SetupWizardEx (process com.huawei.setupwizardex) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
Well, needless to say, I've many dozens of times with no success.
I recall a similar incident with my sisters motorola droid bionic, in which after a reset the phone wanted some carrier info before it would load the home screen and let you use the phone. With that incident, I was able to bypass it by touching all 4 corners of the touchscreen. I can't find anything like that to bypass this tutorial nonsense.
I know that the phone isn't bricked, because I never rooted it. Furthermore, I can still bring up swype keyboard settings by holding the menu softkey. From there, I can click a web link in swype help and open the browser with no wifi connectivity. I can go through browser settings, and swype settings. When I first turn the phone back on, I can even use the slide-down menu briefly before it takes away my access.
I was really starting to like this phone until now.
Is there any way to bypass this annoying tutorial so I can use the phone? Otherwise, I'm afraid my money was wasted.
I have included some fairly low quality pictures to try and illustrate my problem.
ANY help at all would be greatly appreciated.
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Well admins, you may as well delete this thread. It's helped no one, including myself. I'm just going to return the phone and get my money back..

HuaweiTurk said:
Well admins, you may as well delete this thread. It's helped no one, including myself. I'm just going to return the phone and get my money back..
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And that's exactly what I did. My best advice? STAY AWAY FROM TRACFONE/NET10/Straight Talk at ALL costs! Sure, they give you cheap unlimited everything, but the phones are pure garbage. :good:

BYOP
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[Completed] CHUWI VX8 3G Bricked after Firmware update

Hi everyone! it's been awhile
I got my Chuwi VX8 3G for awhile now and I love it (Note: I just upgraded from Windows 8.1 with Bing to Windows 10 Home). Well, let's cut to the chase. See, I just noticed something: When I'm about to use my 3G Cellular connection and the battery goes to 40%, the touch panel wouldn't respond while if it's 50% and above, the touch panel was doing fine (I use 3G connection rarely, for instance, when our Wi-Fi is down). After I noticed it, I rushed to my desktop and log on to the support of Chuwi. Then, I use translate of Google 'cause its in Chinese. There I see the available Chuwi VX8 3G Firmware and the I downloaded it. After that, I boot my 8GB Flash disk to perform the update then it came something like this:
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After that, my tablet went black-screened and stopped responding even though I followed every procedure. I'm completely confident on what I was doing cause I firmware-update every device I had and it went smoothly. Ironically, not on this device. One thing I noticed after It went black, it's getting warm (I know it's responding blindly). So I press the Power Button for about 20 secs then it stopped getting warm. Maybe obviously it turned off.
Is somebody out there encountered the same problem as mine? If not, I'm considering replacing it with Lenovo Miix 2 8" with 3G. To be honest, I don't want to replace my tablet and say goodbye. I rushed as well on the support of Chuwi with the same problem but no one got the solution. (Awww, man!!!)

Hello,
I'm not finding anything useful for your device, try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
The experts there may be able to help. Good luck.

Moved thread please delete this. Ty

Moving thread .... don't believe its a sprint issue
I switched from sprint to T-Mobile. They screwed up and let us keep our old phones and did a discount for the hassle. I figure I don't need 2 S8's so I would just sell it. Welcome to my nightmare.....
So I factory reset the phone to get all my data off, I did this through the settings menu. No issues the phone reset. It was at the beginning new phone screen so I just left it and placed the phone on craigslist.
I get a buyer and we meet at the store. The lady who works at sprint and was going to verify the phone was not stolen starts the phone and asks me for the password..........huh?....
The phone is at a password screen and I have maybe 5 at most that I use various combos of, none of these work. She brings it over to the "techs" there are they say they have never seen this. I then apologize the the man who wanted to buy the phone and proceed home. I do some searching online and find out how to get into certain menus and do resets, and re-flash the stock rom. Even after those it wants a password.
I then think I'll just use find my phone with good and unlock it. Well it is a sprint phone and I have T-Mobile now so it has no connection, and I can't get past the password to get to the wifi settings. So google says it can't find my phone.
I contact Samsung and since it’s been less than a year they say they will help. I send in the phone and they send me it back with the crack on the back of the phone fixed and nothing else. I called and they said they have record of me asking for help with a password problem. I then ask if I can send it back and get that taken care of and they said it would cost 150$ because they fixed the phone......huh?
I really just want this password off the phone. At this point it’s a matter of I am more curious about finding a way to get it off the phone than selling it. I’m also open to all ideas. Taking it apart, flashing something third party on it.
If you need pictures I will get them up shortly. Or a video. At work currently, so I can probably reply in a timely manner. If you need more info please ask and I’ll try and get whatever you need
Thanks in advance
EDIT 1 - PICS
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EDIT 2- sigh* I don't know why the images are sideways. They show the lock screen // the fact that is is not FRP locked // i have done a factory reset

FRP locked SM-G930w8 ( disabled OEM unlock on custom ROM )

Hello all,
From what I can tell XDADevelopers is the best place to ask stupid questions - because I'm noticing with how much time I've spent on here trying to solve this problem that everyone here seems to be particularly helpful! However, I have spent way too much time trying to solve this myself, so this is my last ditch effort before I go and buy myself a new phone, haha. If anyone can get this phone working again for me I will PayPal, send some BTC, or eTransfer ( if you're in Canada ) for your time!
So here goes:
I installed an 8.0 Oreo Superman ROM ( I don't remember the exact one I flashed - IIRC it was this one but I'm not entirely sure, but it was working really well and I was extremely satisfied with how everything was working ). Now I did this a while ago and I've been extraordinarily busy lately so it's been a while, so forgive the lack of detail. I was trying to install some sort of application/feature through Magisk Manager and it wasn't working as expected so I did what in hindsight what I know now to be an incredibly stupid idea - which was to disable OEM Unlock and disable developer options and reboot hoping it would get whatever I was attempting to install working. Instead I was greeted immediately to the following bootloop upon starting the phone again:
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( here's a direct link just in case since the thread preview isn't showing the image for whatever reason: https://i.gyazo.com/1a8af44f100198c70ef9ebfc98fea374.jpg )
I'm unable to boot into TWRP and Odin/PC does not recognize the phone at all. I've tried on multiple computers, different cables, etc. My other Samsung S7 has no trouble being recognized by my PC & Odin as well as Samsung Kies, so I know it's not a driver issue. I only have the IMEI engraved on the back of the phone since I have long lost the box that had the SN on it, which might allow me to reset it through Kies as far as I understand. I am starting to think this is well beyond my capabilities to fix, or the phone could potentially be completely bricked. But again, that's why I'm here asking for advice.
I have tried my best to solve this on my own but I simply don't have time to keep working on this - so like I said, I'd be willing to pay to have someone attempt to come up with a fix for this issue or at least tell me I need to go and buy a new phone - though, ideally I'd prefer the former, haha. If the phone is toast, I was thinking of getting a lightly used Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 off Kijiji or Ebay or something - but if anyone has any recommendations for an alternative I am open to that as well, but I like the bezel-less design and the fingerprint reader, but ideally I'd like an OLED and wireless charging.
Anyways, hopefully someone on here has a solution or at least tell me with 100% confidence that I can safely toss this phone and I will keep my fingers crossed....
Thanks guys - any help would be greatly appreciated.