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My phone was stolen in Chicago, I currently live in NYC. Basically the person who stole my phone accidently uploaded her images to my facebook mobile account. I have an Android Vibrant phone rooted with Teamwhiskeys Rom. I was wondering if there was a way I could get in touch with the phone. Tmobile and the chicago police cannot do anything for me but, Android Market can still send Apps from the Browser to the phone itself. I can download apps straight to the phone right now.
I need a GPS / text service app or some way to message the person.
Can you guys help me out?
Thank you.
Installing software to it won't help, as you can't then run the software. Even remote installing something like WaveSecure to it won't help, because you can't set it up remotely.
Plus, why do you think the thief cares about you trying to contact them? Your phone is gone, dude. Replace it, and next time install some security software right away.
well I did buy a new phone, I'm just pissed that the person uploaded photos to my account. So now I'm installing about 1000 apps on the phone via Market. Hoping it downloads, freezing her phone, and making her wipe it... not knowing that my phone needs odin to go back to stock. If I cant have my phone, no one can..
and there are some apps that can help... Check out Plan B
Well an obvious way to message the person would be to send yourself a text message. There are many websites that allow you to do that.
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Dude, my heart goes out to you.. I always think about the possibility of my phone getting into the wrong hands. I'm sorry I can't help you except by saying..so sorry.. However you have helped me in rethinking putting some type of security software on my phone. Something to locate the phone as well as destroy personal info. Sorry, but thanks..
Try to install the app "Plan B" from market.android.com
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
Hope that the old saying comes true and what comes around goes around and bites her in the rear end for you!!
Sorry to hear about your phone. Since I've rooted my phone I hadn't given much thought to security, but after reading your post I'm going to the market right now.
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yup maybe plan B also those facebook picture should have an isp tag and could be tracked
That sucks dude. Definitely try the remote wipe thing.
Going to be getting the app to remote wipe my phone for sure.
I think some phones when they take pictures have the location embedded somehow.
If she took a picture of herself or friends post it on a blog and ask people to identify her.
Other thing to do is just text her.
I haven't seen an app on the droid market quite as good as SmartProtect that I used to use on my HD2 with WinMo. Basically you registered your SIM and after it is stollen and someone puts in their own sim it would then txt GPS coords to a number or several numbers of your choosing. It would also send you the new # and had many remote control options that could be sent via special SMS commands. Along with all of this you could also have it wipe contacts and/or directories on your SD. If anyone knows of something similar I am all ears after reading this thread.. it can happen. On a side note watch this video.. its awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oB28ksiIo
Thanks everyone, I appreciate all of you responding. I was thinking of getting 4chan to make her a internet sensation but decided to cut my loses and just wait for good ol karma to kick in.
I did learn a good lesson out of this, protect your phone, get good security software and please, keep your phone safe in your pocket while you are severely drunk.
<3 you all.
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Well, if she uploaded HER pictures to YOUR account. Just send those pictures to the cops or spread it across the internet.
Spread your IMEI number on various marketplaces across the net, not sure if the facility is available in the US, but here if we tell the cops that our phone is stolen they block the IMEI no. because of which that phone is just a brick, so your loss, but at least it's not the thieves gain !
And yes, next time if the phone is expensive and you have shady characters around you do consider insurance and security apps as suggested by everyone else.
johan12330 said:
Try to install the app "Plan B" from market.android.com
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
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Plan B...lol. That's also the name of the morning after pill if a chick thinks she got knocked up.
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This functionality is included in the phone - but why do very few people realise it exists?
In summary: Samsung have functionality built in to the phone that works with their www.Samsungdive.com website that provides free phone locate & remote wipe services.
When you initially configure the phone, you may have entered some details for your Samsung account and then forgotten about it. Log in to Samsungdive with these credentials and the functionality is there for you to use.
Apart from the fact that nothing needs to be installed on the phone to get it to work; the service is free and it's also the only such-application I've tried that actually remotely enables GPS to make location much more accurate. I haven't tried the remote wipe, but the lock and locate functionality work well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061938&highlight=dive
jje
I had to use the track function once, i lost the phone once thank god for this function i found an accurate position and knew it was in my colleague' s car! Fewwww
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I always use Samsung Dive to spy on my wife's exact whereabouts and who she makes phone calls to.
It was me who bought her the phone, did the registration to Samsung dive, and did all the rooting and modding for her.
She doesn't even know the existence of Samsung dive. In fact, she can't even tell the difference between IPhone4 and SII. I just told her that she's using a slightly larger version of IPhone4.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061938&highlight=dive
jje
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I know the posts are out there. This was a public service announcement to let other know about this very nice (and free!) functionality.
I learned about the existence of Samsungdive by seeing a reference to it in XDA. Hey, maybe it was the post you provided the link to above!
Anyway, for those of you who don't know what this is or haven't used it yet, I'd go so far as to say that it is an essential requirement for some of the following reasons:
If you leave your phone lying around somewhere in the house you can use it to locate it - even if the sound is switched off!
You can give your nearest and dearest the login details of your Samsungdive account and allow them to see where you are at any time
You can track your phone if it is stolen:
If your phone is stolen, you can lock it, get a message diaplayed on the screen and cause it to ring - again, regardless of whether the sound is switched on or not
You can remotely wipe your phone
Give it a go!
You got me wrong mate .
I just thought you might like to make use of that post expand your post and submit it for a sticky .
jje
zeitgeb3r said:
I always use Samsung Dive to spy on my wife's exact whereabouts and who she makes phone calls to.
It was me who bought her the phone, did the registration to Samsung dive, and did all the rooting and modding for her.
She doesn't even know the existence of Samsung dive. In fact, she can't even tell the difference between IPhone4 and SII. I just told her that she's using a slightly larger version of IPhone4.
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THAT is NOT nice !
But maybe she knows more about Androids than she makes believe and always leaves the phone in an appropriate place ............
Hello all,
Sadly, my SGS 2 was stolen at a railway station recently. I had removed the sim from the phone since the battery was low to put it in another phone. So it's lost now without the sim in it.
Is there any way at to track the phone purely by it's IMEI number (which is all I have)??
I'm totally wrecked that it's gone... I didn't have any tracking software loaded on the phone like AndroidLost /Cerebrus or anything of that sort. I did have Avast I think but I'm not sure if that has a tracking feature.I doubt if I can also use that remote installation technique (which one actually really works?) considering there is no sim on it with no net connection on it.
Help from the local police station in filing a lost phone case so that the IMEI can be reported to the network provider has been useless as they both seem to have better things to do and just keep me running in circles.
Is there anything at all left that I can do on my own now? I've seen a lot of sites where they say you can report your IMEI lost phone number and they say they will alert you if it ever comes up. But there seems to be a lot of them out there. Which one would be the most reliable to do this?
Has anyone else done this before with any success. Looking for the best possible information and hopefully some solution to get back my phone. It had so much of my stuff on it and I spent months customizing it. Really regretting now that I didn't take the time to load a tracking software on it.
Thanks for any help or insight anyone can provide.
Firstly, my sympathies. I can imagine how bad it must feel to lose your phone. Have you tried 'Plan B' by Lookout? It'll work if at all the phone is ever connected to a data plan/ wireless network.
Hope it helps.
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if cerberus or any other aplication of tracking is dificult...
But good.luck friend.
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Thanks Haxtreme, I've installed Plan B via Google Play online and I picked my SGS2 device and it said that Plan B will be remotely installed to my phone.
But is this relying on the sim to deploy the software to the phone? I don't remember punching in my IMEI number for my device on the Google Play store at any point. Does it already have the IMEI number? If not, how do I update that on the Play Store so it knows where to remotely install the software to?
Thanks again for your prompt reply!
HAXTREME said:
Firstly, my sympathies. I can imagine how bad it must feel to lose your phone. Have you tried 'Plan B' by Lookout? It'll work if at all the phone is ever connected to a data plan/ wireless network.
Hope it helps.
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No it uses your Google account not the sim. as long as its got a connection to the internet and is linked to your account, it'll get installed irrespective of whether the sim has been changed or removed. The IMEI and google account are linked the very first time you boot up a phone and it asks you to enter your mail id or create a new one.
The fact that it shows up in your list of devices when you log on to Google play via your desktop itself shows that its still linked and your account hasn't been deleted from the phone.
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what if the thief wiped the phone and/or flash another rom?
would plan b still work?
I am interested because ive got my phone stolen too
hhwong said:
what if the thief wiped the phone and/or flash another rom?
would plan b still work?
I am interested because ive got my phone stolen too
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Now I think prevention is better than cure...
Can anyone guide me to app or tracking system? So that in case my mobile is stolen I can get back
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xDa_nightfury said:
Now I think prevention is better than cure...
Can anyone guide me to app or tracking system? So that in case my mobile is stolen I can get back
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1) u can use 'Avast' antivirus which has 'Anti theft' functionality.
2) u can try some third party apps like 'Cerebrus' from stores and see
Well I am sorry for the loss of your phone but listen buddy... All these software stuff is not really gonna help because i don't believe they can give you any pin point location of the thief. What i did successfully, when my Galaxy Note was lost previous month. I had the original IMEI number and i had contacts in Law Enforcing Agencies of my country. I requested one of my friend there and he asked my IMEI number.Few days later, he informed me that my number is being used by someone and his calls are being tracked. Yet another few days later, he asked me to come by and collect my phone. When i visited his office, i found the thief locked and my cell recovered. The guy told me that while listening to his calls, the thief eventually revealed his location, while giving someone his address for collection of something. So Police caught him at the address. I dont know about your country, but if you have someone in these kinds offices, they can surely help. Thanx
One thing I dont understand is how a cheap GPS system gives mostly an exact global position,but these phones with all them tracking software dont.
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theres not alot you can do unless you have a connection in mobile providers so they can track your imei number, if they found a s2 with no sim they would leave it off and use odin or cwm so tracking would be harder
theunderling said:
One thing I dont understand is how a cheap GPS system gives mostly an exact global position,but these phones with all them tracking software dont.
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I don't think the issue is that the GPS part of the mobile can't locate the position better or worse than a cheap gps system. For tracking a lost phone a well working gps is not enough. You also need a working internet connection and a clear view of the sky in order to get a fix. Like any gps system. It is the combination of this factors that determines the quality of a good tracking configuration.
my thympthies .... i hope u find it
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I don't think the issue is that the GPS part of the mobile can't locate the position better or worse than a cheap gps system. For tracking a lost phone a well working gps is not enough. You also need a working internet connection and a clear view of the sky in order to get a fix. Like any gps system. It is the combination of this factors that determines the quality of a good tracking configuration.
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Via apps like Cerberus and others you can set your phone to automatically send thief's mobile number via email or sms after they insert new sim. You can remotely get your phone to take pictures and videos (front and back cams), sound recordings. You also create pop up messages on screen (and take pic when they open it), remotely wipe or lock device, install the app as system app and also hide it from app tray.
So a GPS location is just a bonus really.
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Well I am sorry for the loss of your phone but listen buddy... All these software stuff is not really gonna help because i don't believe they can give you any pin point location of the thief. What i did successfully, when my Galaxy Note was lost previous month. I had the original IMEI number and i had contacts in Law Enforcing Agencies of my country. I requested one of my friend there and he asked my IMEI number.Few days later, he informed me that my number is being used by someone and his calls are being tracked. Yet another few days later, he asked me to come by and collect my phone. When i visited his office, i found the thief locked and my cell recovered. The guy told me that while listening to his calls, the thief eventually revealed his location, while giving someone his address for collection of something. So Police caught him at the address. I dont know about your country, but if you have someone in these kinds offices, they can surely help. Thanx
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Well thats it, from now on the first thing I do after unboxing my new phone is to write that god damn IMEI number down right away.....
I guess my phone is just gone now
Oh well......maybe its time to buy galaxy note 2!
hhwong said:
Well thats it, from now on the first thing I do after unboxing my new phone is to write that god damn IMEI number down right away.....
I guess my phone is just gone now
Oh well......maybe its time to buy galaxy note 2!
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dude its samsung so you have been ****ed one can easily change imei
also u can get imei by calling airtel or your operator and ask them which imei the phone was having :fingers-crossed:
AndroidFreud said:
Hello all,
Sadly, my SGS 2 was stolen at a railway station recently. I had removed the sim from the phone since the battery was low to put it in another phone. So it's lost now without the sim in it.
Is there any way at to track the phone purely by it's IMEI number (which is all I have)??
I'm totally wrecked that it's gone... I didn't have any tracking software loaded on the phone like AndroidLost /Cerebrus or anything of that sort. I did have Avast I think but I'm not sure if that has a tracking feature.I doubt if I can also use that remote installation technique (which one actually really works?) considering there is no sim on it with no net connection on it.
Help from the local police station in filing a lost phone case so that the IMEI can be reported to the network provider has been useless as they both seem to have better things to do and just keep me running in circles.
Is there anything at all left that I can do on my own now? I've seen a lot of sites where they say you can report your IMEI lost phone number and they say they will alert you if it ever comes up. But there seems to be a lot of them out there. Which one would be the most reliable to do this?
Has anyone else done this before with any success. Looking for the best possible information and hopefully some solution to get back my phone. It had so much of my stuff on it and I spent months customizing it. Really regretting now that I didn't take the time to load a tracking software on it.
Thanks for any help or insight anyone can provide.
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First of all I would like to tell you Avast has a very good anti theft feature (which is completely free by the way) if you had root it does allow nand write(for settings I guess) and integration into your rom(factory reset can't remove it then) only a flash operation can remove it, in settings if you had set friend numbers and safe numbers, the moment an unknown sim is inserted, messages are sent to your friends numbers informing sim change (you will get the the thief's number) also if you had enabled it in settings it will force both data connection and gps on too, you can track the phone with gps precision by sending a message (either via sms or their online portal) with the pin code(details are in their site), you can lock the phone, perform a wipe, sound an alarm many other functions. Avast also has amazing stealth technology and starts at boot, so if you want you can jump the thief because he will be able to see only his balance reducing while you remotely control your phone. The key thing you must do is set friend numbers.
Edit : The only way to bypass this security is flashing a new rom. Also it can't be un installed as it will be set as device administrator which requires password unlock.
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I really do hope you had set friend numbers, Avast anti theft was very useful to me as sometimes my little brother "steals" my phone because he adores my s2, and sometimes I get really pissed so i remotely lock it rendering it completely useless, even if the phone is switched off and on it will lock again, unless I type in my pin or remotely grant access the phone will remain locked.
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Just hit the damn help button if I helped you.
I lost my galaxy s the previous year and they couldn't find it by IMEI
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Plan B
HAXTREME said:
Firstly, my sympathies. I can imagine how bad it must feel to lose your phone. Have you tried 'Plan B' by Lookout? It'll work if at all the phone is ever connected to a data plan/ wireless network.
Hope it helps.
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Can you please guide me ....how to aplly "plan B' ....plz tell me the steps
tarunsharma123 said:
Can you please guide me ....how to aplly "plan B' ....plz tell me the steps
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Go to the play store via your computer. Log in with your gmail id, 'purchase' the plan b app. (Its free) and select the particular device from the list of your devices, if there is one. If your phone is ever connected to the Internet and still linked with your Google account, it'll get downloaded
Good luck.
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Cerberus looks like a great anti-theft device. Check it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus&hl=en
You get a free 6 day trial period. After that it's 4 bucks and some change. Looks like it's well worth it so far.
gina$zanboti said:
Cerberus looks like a great anti-theft device. Check it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus&hl=en
You get a free 6 day trial period. After that it's 4 bucks and some change. Looks like it's well worth it so far.
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It's a good app, though some anti virus/malware programs provide some or most of the functions of this program. There is another program like this, GotYa-
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.gotya&hl=en
I think it would be nice to know where your tablet is if it's stolen, though I have to wonder, who would really risk a confrontation with a possibly dangerous crook over their phone or tablet?
californiarailroader said:
I think it would be nice to know where your tablet is if it's stolen, though I have to wonder, who would really risk a confrontation with a possibly dangerous crook over their phone or tablet?
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It would be enough to snap a picture of the person who stole your device so you could report it to the authorities. I know that there have been instances when a person was able to provide a photo ID of the thief and the police still did nothing, but there have also been some success stories.
gina$zanboti said:
It would be enough to snap a picture of the person who stole your device so you could report it to the authorities. I know that there have been instances when a person was able to provide a photo ID of the thief and the police still did nothing, but there have also been some success stories.
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That's true. I have only had one thing stolen my life, knock on wood, it was a portable CD Player.
californiarailroader said:
That's true. I have only had one thing stolen my life, knock on wood, it was a portable CD Player.
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I've had my PSP stolen which was very upsetting. When I told my mom about this app she shrugged it off and dismissed me as being paranoid. I kept trying to explain the feature that she would really like but she just ignored me. Then I said, "Oh mom.. have you seen my phone? I can't find it!" Then I sent a signal to set off an alarm to my phone so that I could find it and said, "Oohhh~.. there~ it is!" She looked up at me smiling and said, "Yes, I do need that."
She bought the app then and there.
gina$zanboti said:
Cerberus looks like a great anti-theft device. Check it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus&hl=en
You get a free 6 day trial period. After that it's 4 bucks and some change. Looks like it's well worth it so far.
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Android Device Manager and Lookout Security & Antivirus does most of the same things and they are both free.
Your Samsung account also has a free service that is called "locate my mobile", You can find the current location of the lost device and you can track the movement of the mobile at 15 minute intervals for 12 hours and I believe it will lock, ring and wipe data also.
Note: None of these will work if there is no wifi signal.
kkretch said:
Android Device Manager and Lookout Security & Antivirus does most of the same things and they are both free.
Your Samsung account also has a free service that is called "locate my mobile", You can find the current location of the lost device and you can track the movement of the mobile at 15 minute intervals for 12 hours and I believe it will lock, ring and wipe data also.
Note: None of these will work if there is no wifi signal.
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Whereas Cerberus DOES work without wifi or even data. As long as it has basic GSM, you can text it and it can text you back information/ring/gps data, etc etc. It's far more fully featured than the three you mention - try it if you haven't already. I have it on all 4 of my devices and I've found my phone twice with it when there was no internet connection at its lost location.
I'm using it for my phone and my tablet, only need to purchase once. However it works better in phone because of the location of the front camera. Tablets cannot accurately capture the photo of the thief
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I've been using Cerberus now for just over 2 years (9/11/2011). Cost me €2.99.
I have tablet (Wifi Note 10.1 2014), my phone (Note 2), my mother phone and tablet, and my friends phone that I pay for all on it.
Thankfully nothing has been stolen, but I have used it to locate my mothers tablet that she thought was stolen, and my friend who sowed up an hour late for dinner and wouldn't answer his phone.
Its nice knowing that its on my devices, and I love the fact that it will take a picture of the person who tried to unlock my phone with 2 or more wrong codes and email me.
Hi all,
I post here because there is no specific section for Samsung Galaxy A31 SM-A315G.
I am looking for something better than Google Find My Device or Samsung Find My Phone, Google's option is really bad and Samsungs are even worse.
If I go in https://www.google.com/android/find?u=1 and try to track the phone its always behind 2-3 hours, and that is really stupid if the phone is stolen, which has happened once and it was lost another time.
This stupidity even if the phone is right next to me or a few meters away.
Samsungs option can't even locate the phone correctly or show a proper map.
Is there anything better, I already tried Where's My Droid.
I live in the Philippines and my Girlfriend keep loosing her phone or can't find where she put it, last day she forgot it in the shop, and a co-worker said she would bring it back, but at 10pm still nothing so I tried tracking it with above mentioned results. The phone were returned next day, but I really need something better.
So can you suggest something that will lead me straight to the phone if stolen again?
Or how to get Google Find My Device to work as it should and Google claim.
With kind regards
Jan
try this app Cerberus
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try this app Cerberus
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Thank you, but this is not free and ask for subscription where cheapest is 5 euro for 1 device
Any other way / app?