Guys, Someone stole my Xperia Mini today.
I went to the police station and they said they can't do anything.
I phoned the network operator and they was not enable to help me
(Yes, that is the truth , welcome to Egypt)
Is there is anyway to find my phone on google maps using IMEI number ? :crying:
Anyway to access my phone through the Internet ? :crying:
Use this app: https://www.lookout.com/features/missing-device
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Have you tried Lookout plan b? Could work
Or the Android Device Manager?
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sinkster said:
Use this app: https://www.lookout.com/features/missing-device
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I can't reach another Android phone now, I'm not at home.
Thanks anyway
Mysteryagr said:
I can't reach another Android phone now, I'm not at home.
Thanks anyway
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bro thats so sad,:crying: u'll be allways a good helpful member, and now thats happening for u:crying:
i really hope u get u device back by some way..:good:
but anything that u can try on the tech site is to use android device manager to locate it or a 3rd party app (if installed bfore & thief not deactiveted/uninstalled ) , i think
maybe ur lucky & the thief is dumb enogh to use the phone over ur account (google) so u can view history in ur g account settings (all u do, as example if hes visiting his fb site few times u know as goggle saves it & u can view.)
one thing also, i dont know how its in your country but in mine we can get a call log everytime from provider, so if he does uses ur sim for calls u would see it (numbers and calls date & etc.) (and trick a bit aroud to get know or make ameeting )
thats all i think u can do. :crying:
my xperia x8 was stolen too:crying::crying:
peace
mihahn said:
Have you tried Lookout plan b? Could work
Or the Android Device Manager?
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Won't work without an Android device.
anyway, I done a lot of googling
Seek the help in law...
But no luck , I lost hope
bejunk said:
bro thats so sad,:crying: u'll be allways a good helpful member, and now thats happening for u:crying:
i really hope u get u device back by some way..:good:
but anything that u can try on the tech site is to use android device manager to locate it or a 3rd party app (if installed bfore & thief not deactiveted/uninstalled ) , i think
maybe ur lucky & the thief is dumb enogh to use the phone over ur account (google) so u can view history in ur g account settings (all u do, as example if hes visiting his fb site few times u know as goggle saves it & u can view.)
one thing also, i dont know how its in your country but in mine we can get a call log everytime from provider, so if he does uses ur sim for calls u would see it (numbers and calls date & etc.) (and trick a bit aroud to get know or make ameeting )
thats all i think u can do. :crying:
my xperia x8 was stolen too:crying::crying:
peace
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Thanks for your reply and nice words
What makes me more mad that I forget to activate avast anti-theft after I switched to a new rom
The thief is already dumb , he does not know how to deal with technology.
So people like him the first thing they do is to take out the battery and break the sim card into pieces.
Then keep the phone off until he will sell the phone in very cheap price.
Mysteryagr said:
Thanks for your reply and nice words
What makes me more mad that I forget to activate avast anti-theft after I switched to a new rom
The thief is already dumb , he does not know how to deal with technology.
So people like him the first thing they do is to take out the battery and break the sim card into pieces.
Then keep the phone off until he will sell the phone in very cheap price.
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yes i know that game ...; and yes this are such moments where u think ''damn, why this have to happen now ??''
so i guess 1st after u know its stolen u call ur number & its not reachable?? (i guess so)
hmm, really bad, seems that the device is gone :crying::crying:
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Hello,
I just noticed i can register my samsung phone on the website of samsung, but now im wondering what this does?
What advantages do i get when i register it?
i registered a few mins ago, but got no confirmation, i guess ill have to wait untill they confirm its a genuine samsung phone or something with my product code?
*edit* Im talking about this: http://www.samsung.com/sg/mysamsung/product/myssMyProductRegist2.do?page=PRODUCT.REGISTRATION
I think you will also be able to register divx. It's in settings/ about phone/ legal information/license...
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I have read something about .. tracking your phone when it was stolen by gps.. but i really dont know... this would be very nice though
löwenhertz said:
I have read something about .. tracking your phone when it was stolen by gps.. but i really dont know... this would be very nice though
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i can track my phone already.
by using samsung dive: http://www.samsungdive.com/DiveMain.do
You need to enable it in your settings and have a samung account!
But thats not what i mean, check first post with link of what i mean
Does anyone know the benifits please
Thank you
hi,
yesterday someone stole my optimus one while I was travelling in a public bus. never thought it could happen to me, as I use my mobile for almost everything starting from waking up till I sleep.. I keep it close to me, it was just impossible to even misplace it, as I used to take it out almost every few minutes.. so many things I used to do on that, so many things I did ... all in vain.... all that effort lost.. along with my personal memories.. and private data, along with my banking data.. passwords.. which is more worrying than the loss of phone itself..
now I am beginning to think that android is not that secure as it should be.. given that android provides security features, but a noob user is highly unlikely to even know that any such feature exists.. I am one example of that.. now I know what I should have done... but too late...
I went to the police, and all they had to say was that I was careless.... they even showed me bundles of other complaints before me, saying that we have not solved those ones till now.. what a cruel joke at a bad time...
I think, this was my first and last android.. will see what I have to do.. it is a serious setback.. cant think of anything at this moment...
bye!!
You can't blame android because a bad thing happened to you hey dude guess what in this world **** happens don't be too mad don't be negative and get over it you'll feel better,
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Blaming won't help.go to playstore and download plan b app asap.it will send u the GPS location of your phone by email.
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Try pushing androidlost app to your phone. If that works, you can control your phone. Or at least know where it is.
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Android has nothing to do with u loosing ur phone.
I hope nothing bad will happen to u as u have all ur private data in it
Anyways its a good lesson for everybody
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Hopefully it had ur 3g on cuz I remember when I lost my iphone and couldn't track it down cuz my 3g was off :sly:... But anyways I hope ur private data will be safe
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I agree with all these people. Android has nothing to do with you losing your phone. Don't be ignorant.
iOS and android both have apps that can be installed to help.
What you need to do is call you carrier and report it. They will note the IMEI and blacklist. Maybe even try to triangulate position. Police are just to damn busy to track every lost phone. Plus insurance from carrier should work on this case.
Fyi saying you are so dependent on your phone is kind of silly. There is a whole world out there... live it and don't worry bout phone so much.
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oh come on.. just change ur banking password immediately and next time be careful...
hey guys, i need your guys help. so i lost my phone the other day (SII) and they haven't logged out of my Google account. my brother told me that i cant remotely down load a app from my computer to try and track it down. do you any of you know a app that you can download from the computer and be active on point? so then i can track it. please is anyone has any help ,
thanks.
AndrewPz93 said:
hey guys, i need your guys help. so i lost my phone the other day (SII) and they haven't logged out of my Google account. my brother told me that i cant remotely down load a app from my computer to try and track it down. do you any of you know a app that you can download from the computer and be active on point? so then i can track it. please is anyone has any help ,
thanks.
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It's called lookout plan B I believe...
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It's called lookout plan B I believe...
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That's it. You install it to your device from the market (using your PC) and it uses GPS or cell towers to locate your phone. And I believe it refreshes every ten or so minutes.
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I believe Androidlost can be remotely installed also but is buggy with certain phones. It can locate the phone like Plan B but has tons of other features.
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That's it. You install it to your device from the market (using your PC) and it uses GPS or cell towers to locate your phone. And I believe it refreshes every ten or so minutes.
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Well that would have helped with my stolen Sony ion review unit
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spiralout1 said:
I believe Androidlost can be remotely installed also but is buggy with certain phones. It can locate the phone like Plan B but has tons of other features.
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Do you trust AndroidLost? The whole thing seems a little fishy, and at least one user reported hearing camera shutter sounds (the kind that are made when you take a screenshot or front facing camera photo, a function available in AndroidLost) - this was shortly before the dev removed the sound making function when taking remote FFing stills.
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Do you trust AndroidLost?
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Not at all and neither do I trust Viber and it's shady dev or lot's of other apps on the market. I don't keep Androidlost installed all the time but after playing around with it, I can see where it could be very useful tool for after the fact locating a lost or stolen phone.
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
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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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Hello guys,
my stupid mother just discovered the settings of our beloved fritzbox (controls wlan). So she just cut my internet for a special time (which i dont know exactly, but I am pretty sure its not longer than until 10oclock (evening - is pm right?). The problem is that i want my wlan whenever i need it, its hard enough that she did anything cruel (and for sure without her knowing it) so i cant log in my psn anymore :'(
For that i need to talk to her to get this fixed.
She set times for the device-concerning macadress i think so i want to ask if and how i can change the mac address of my smartphone (sony xperia x10 with ics, rooted, custom kernel and -rom)?
I already.tried to modify her settings but no of her passwords i know works (shes very effectiv in ruining my life).
or what.could be the preset password? (already tried wpa, serial and article number....)
Please anyone help me (preferred before 10pm).
Best Greets
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Instead cook something for your mother
She will be happy and u will get ur net back
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drsanket_xperia_u said:
Instead cook something for your mother
She will be happy and u will get ur net back
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If I cook something for her she will die and all will be lost.
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keenofhiphop said:
Hello guys,
my stupid mother just discovered the settings of our beloved fritzbox (controls wlan). So she just cut my internet for a special time (which i dont know exactly, but I am pretty sure its not longer than until 10oclock (evening - is pm right?).
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Sounds to me as though whatever things your mother might be, "stupid" isn't one of them.
For that i need to talk to her to get this fixed.
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By far the best way to get your access freed up again - if you change your MAC address I'm guessing she will soon block the new address as well or, even more effectively, physically remove your phone.
(shes very effectiv in ruining my life).
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No, I don't think that's her plan at all - quite the reverse, in fact.
Mike_NZ said:
Sounds to me as though whatever things your mother might be, "stupid" isn't one of them.
By far the best way to get your access freed up again - if you change your MAC address I'm guessing she will soon block the new address as well or, even more effectively, physically remove your phone.
No, I don't think that's her plan at all - quite the reverse, in fact.
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in fact im thinkin the same. She is just annoying me all the time at the moment and im just done because she always scream about every little fck and just cant say thank you or good job or whatever -.- then she has absolutely no idea what shes doin. She doesnt want to allow me to use our wlan with my phone because she thinks it will cost over my simcard -> so i shall use my internet on my phone only when I have taken out my simcard. Isn't that a little bit stupid?
And of course shes not ruining my life by cuttin my wlan^^ stupid sentence...
I noticed that my wlan time is enough to do my job and chat, but the psn problem is still there.
So as you said it is possible to change a macadress? could you tell me how?
Greets
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