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Anyone have this app or use it? Does the GPS location thing always need to be turned on? Does it waste battery?
Search for an app called lookout on the android marketplace, your welcome
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I just installed Android Lost. It's free and it's great. It lets you do a lot of stuff, like make your phone sound a police siren in case you lost it somewhere in your house, lock the phone, give you the GPS coordinates, and take pictures and send it to your email, all from the web interface. It doesn't use any battery life either.
sounds good
Thanks. I may have to try one of these because the Total Protection app apparently cannot find my phones location worth a damn. Which location/security app uses the least battery?
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Thanks. I may have to try one of these because the Total Protection app apparently cannot find my phones location worth a damn. Which location/security app uses the least battery?
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Lookout
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I don't find the total equipment protection app to impact my battery at all, but I'll definitely give lookout a shot
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I just installed Android Lost. It's free and it's great. It lets you do a lot of stuff, like make your phone sound a police siren in case you lost it somewhere in your house, lock the phone, give you the GPS coordinates, and take pictures and send it to your email, all from the web interface. It doesn't use any battery life either.
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Wow, this is one badass app. I would have to say it is by far one of the best apps I have seen.
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Thanks. I may have to try one of these because the Total Protection app apparently cannot find my phones location worth a damn. Which location/security app uses the least battery?
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My battery meter shows AndroidLost as using no battery, just as they claim.
Android lost is neat. Thanks for that.
I just wonder how secure the android lost site is
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Yeah, that's my only concern. Lookout is for sure reputable (been around longer, been recommended more, been on the news for Pete's sake lol) and the free version has all the features you really need, while the paid version adds remote lock and remote wipe capabilities
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you can do all of this with htcsense.com.....
everyday17 said:
you can do all of this with htcsense.com.....
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HTCSense.com is currently down for maintenance. We'll be back soon!
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I will have to check it out when it is back online... this sounds VERY intriguing.
i suggest prey but i have multiple apps installed in case they remove 1 i still have 2 more to track my phone with
http://preyproject.com/ works with all OSes use it on my laptops and dekstop as well
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you can do all of this with htcsense.com.....
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everytime i try to locate phone or make phone sound an alarm off htcsense it does not work whats the deal w/ this? anyone have success using it?
aronslusa said:
I will have to check it out when it is back online... this sounds VERY intriguing.
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Ok, usually you can do all these things
italy7 said:
everytime i try to locate phone or make phone sound an alarm off htcsense it does not work whats the deal w/ this? anyone have success using it?
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I was having a problem with it, but i removed the account from my phone and deleted my account off htcsense.com, made my account again from my phone and it works now.
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I just wonder how secure the android lost site is
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I'm pretty sure the site should be OK since it authenticates with Google before you can use it.
Just wanting to get an idea of the antivirus choice for everyone on there phone. Phone security in general i should say. Currently using Alyac just because it's free and haven't seen too many benefits of most out there.
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Don't use an AntiVirus it just slows down your phone. It doesn't actually do anything.
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LBE Privacy Guard and ALYac. Best combination ever.
Had that thought as well. Haha
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LBE Privacy Guard and ALYac. Best combination ever.
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Does that give instant notifications when something is requesting permissions?
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no point,
only AV needed is brain.apk
xBryan said:
no point,
only AV needed is brain.apk
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Baha can respect that response.
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AntiVirus ? Unless you using hacked apk or download paid apps from some warez you do not need them
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AntiVirus ? Unless you using hacked apk or download paid apps from some warez you do not need them
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Well, usually find cracked paid apps to test before buying. Kinda stopped doing that and just buying everything because apps are so cheap and will just support them.
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Im an avid torrent user.. aka a terrible person/consumer.
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I've used AVG. Works well doesn't slow phone down (didn't for me). But always gave me a false positive on superuser apk (chains one). So I stopped using them, as I don't really have a use. I find.common sense usually works best.
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Does that give instant notifications when something is requesting permissions?
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Yes. Great thing about it is that you can set up profiles for each program. It's a beautiful thing.
I rock Lookout and BitDefender as my winning tag team.
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Personally I don't use mobile AntiVirus because I'm safe with my phone. Also an issue with some mobile AntiVirus is brought up in this interesting article by ChainsDD, creator of the Superuser app for those who don't know, found on his site here: http://androidsu.com/2011/06/a-word-about-superuser-and-security/
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At this point any "antivirus" apps are completely useless tbh. HTC is usually very good about patching exploits and all of the known android malware either used exploits that were useless on our phones from day one or took advantage of people not paying attention to what permissions it used. The only other way to get access is for someone to use a zero day, which an antivirus wouldn't recognize anyways, or for them to make an app that asks for SU access and then does whatever it wants once you give it that.
Not to mention without SU the antivirus app itself will be extremely limited in what information it can find about other apps and no power whatsoever to block a rogue app that would have SU. All the malware would have to do is close the antivirus and it couldn't do a thing about it.
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Not to mention without SU the antivirus app itself will be extremely limited in what information it can find about other apps and no power whatsoever to block a rogue app that would have SU. All the malware would have to do is close the antivirus and it couldn't do a thing about it.
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I never thought about that. Now that's a good reason I would accept instead of the usual templates given.
Is there an AntiVirus program that requires SU?
The same AV I use on my desktop, common sense.
Yeah and sometimes the anti virus screws up your phone too
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Im an avid torrent user.. aka a terrible person/consumer.
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if i had been drinking coffee while reading this, laptop would be powered off in uncooked rice right about now....LOL'D
Ya Antivirus on your android phone is a useless application and only eats up crucial resources. like Haus said, without su permissions its not gonna do anything and even if you were rooted, it could just close the antivirus and go forward. Only paranoid or the uninformed use one.
I just wanted to let everyone know that this excellent security app is offering FREE life time memberships (licenses basically) until February 29th to mark having a hundred thousand users. To get it, just install the apk, create an account, than go here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFR4VHNka3czd2FJV2FIaXFYTHp0aGc6MQ
The best thing about Cerberus is it's root permissions to do things like force GPS on if it's off, take pictures if people try and access your phone and email the picture to you, and of course send it's location to you along with standard wipe my phone functionality. Definitely worth checking out. You can find it in ROM Manager or on the Market. If you get it from ROM Manager it will install the apk into your system apps so that it survives factory resets and will still provide all of it's functionality.
Oh and I'm sourcing the find to Android Police.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/02/25/excellent-mobile-security-app-cerberus-hits-100000-users-goes-free-for-a-few-days-to-celebrate/
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Did I just sign up for spam?
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Did I just sign up for spam?
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I hope not. Lol
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Seems legit. I just tried out the tracking and message features. It is pretty cool.
If I did sign up for spam.. Well... I get enough spam already lol
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Did I just sign up for spam?
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I hope not too. It seemed legit to me, but I guess we'll see come March 1st when the keys are supposed to be sent out. The app itself is very much so legit and is truly one of the most powerful security apps out there. I really hope this is real.
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I hope it's legit. Looking forward to reviewing this app.
Now that I have tried it, if I don't get a key I'm going to buy it lol
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Now that I have tried it, if I don't get a key I'm going to buy it lol
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Didn't someone do a review on a app like this on xda tv?
looks legit, its posted on their facebook also...
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looks legit, its posted on their facebook also...
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And their website and their twitter as well!
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Is a posibility to register two accounts frome one device ?
Z fona
Actually I have no idea lol I would assume so but I may be very wrong
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Installed on my device. Seems legit. I like the fact that you can set it as system app AND hide the app from the app drawer. Definitely the best phone protection software I've ran across. Thanks for sauce OP
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Installed on my device. Seems legit. I like the fact that you can set it as system app AND hide the app from the app drawer. Definitely the best phone protection software I've ran across. Thanks for sauce OP
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You're very welcome!
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Downloaded and filled out the form on the Google doc's site, seems like an awesome program. Thanks for the heads up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZpepAK83NY&list=UUk1SpWNzOs4MYmr0uICEntg&index=26&feature=plcp
Was on XDA TV top bar of the site
Does this not work on the Note 2? Having connection issues since I left Nexus S. I read the help and it wasn't helpful.
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Does this not work on the Note 2? Having connection issues since I left Nexus S. I read the help and it wasn't helpful.
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Is there some reason why you are resurrecting a nearly year old thread in the Evo 3D forums to ask a question about the Note 2?
ramjet73
Because Necroposting is where it's at.
Hey everyone I just rooted and went to setup Google wallet it's telling me it's now unsupported since I'm rooted.
Any ideas? Or workarounds?
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Did you get the unsupported device banner? I got that banner on my rooted Nexus but Google wallet still worked at check outs.
Yes it says unsupported along top. I'll try setting it up anyhow.
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Ya it should still work, least mine did. Used at mcdonalds and 711 even with the banner on display.
i read over in the EvoLTE forum that before you root you need to clear the data for google wallet IN THE APP (not with TB or anything else). And you have to do so every time you flash something. If you don't it is no longer secure
if you get the pop up saying the secure element is broken or something then google wallet is fried forever on that device. your not supposed to use google wallet and be rooted. i rooted and unlocked my galaxy nexus right when i got it and when i tried wallet i lost my 50 dollar credit and wallet access.
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i read over in the EvoLTE forum that before you root you need to clear the data for google wallet IN THE APP (not with TB or anything else). And you have to do so every time you flash something. If you don't it is no longer secure
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Link?
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Link?
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Ill confirm what he said, I remember reading it in several palces. Ask qbking77
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I have a galaxy Nexus and I know all about wallet. If you setup your Google Wallet on your device, even every time you load a new rom you have to clear Google wallet from within the actual wallet app. Open gw, then go to settings, then clear Google wallet data
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675353&highlight=google+wallet+clear
So despite the banner up top saying unsupported device it will still work?
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shades333 said:
So despite the banner up top saying unsupported device it will still work?
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it looks like some things will... but anything that requires it to be secure won't
Thanks to all that were knowledgeable on the situation and the OP for bringing this possibility to my attention by juststarting the post. Good thing root didn't break it.
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Thanks to all that were knowledgeable on the situation and the OP for bringing this possibility to my attention by juststarting the post. Good thing root didn't break it.
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if you haven't set it up I think you'll be ok. So people might wanna wait to set it up
I can confirm that Wallet still works even with the "unsupported device" at the top. Google just bought me Gatorade from 7 eleven.
QBKing77's video about this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfstLqnTyzQ
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if you haven't set it up I think you'll be ok. So people might wanna wait to set it up
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Will luckily out still worked after root even though I set it up previous to root
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Do you have to clear settings even if you never used it or set it up?
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cbond007 said:
Do you have to clear settings even if you never used it or set it up?
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If you have never used it you're ok
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So wait I am confused here. If I used the normal root procedure using odin, but already had it set up I can't use Google Wallet for secure transactions anymore ever, or is it just when I flash new ROM's? If I borked it when I rooted it, it would have been nice to have had that disclaimer on the root thread telling people to do this before rooting.
I'm looking for a good antivirus app for this phone.
What do you guys recommend?
Avast or lookout?
Or?
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Look out is good but personally don't use any, as long as you download recognize apps you should be good, make sure you read reviews, and if you download from a website make sure you know who it is and what not
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Look out is good but personally don't use any, as long as you download recognize apps you should be good, make sure you read reviews, and if you download from a website make sure you know who it is and what not
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That is true. Only reason I'm very curious is because I use a music downloader app from the market to download music. So I was curious on if an antivirus was nesseccary
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That is true. Only reason I'm very curious is because I use a music downloader app from the market to download music. So I was curious on if an antivirus was nesseccary
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Mm I see I used to use it but quality is meh lol, but anyways what you need to watch out is for ads on the notification which becomes annoying, they used to be some good apps to do that in the market but now all of them aren't as good
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I prefer Avast, as opposed to other antivirus apps. I also use it on my computer. :highfive:
I have been using lookout since it firzt came out. Great app. Its found stuff on my phone that was a questionable and it recommended i should remove. The I also personally use cerberus. Which does the phone tracking and locking up phone remotely beautifully. I love also the front camera security for who is trying to look into your phone. Its a perfect combo.
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... really an antivirus app on your cellphone.... WHY you DO NOT NEED IT... at this point most of the virus reports are bunk put out by the companies that make antivirus apps for android. check permissions check permissions check permissions read comments as well.
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I'm looking for a good antivirus app for this phone.
What do you guys recommend?
Avast or lookout?
Or?
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Avast, not for the antivirus though, more for the security features it has for rooted devices. Definitely they best when it comes to anti theft/lost features out of anything really on the play store.