[Q] Full Phone Security - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi everyone, been wondering if there is somethig we can do to have full security for our phone..what i mean is, we already have cerberus so far as 1 of the best anti theft application for our phone.But im looking for a Mod/App that can also put password for the recovery..so that thieves doesnt have any chance of being able to use the phone..
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das.dian24 said:
hi everyone, been wondering if there is somethig we can do to have full security for our phone..what i mean is, we already have cerberus so far as 1 of the best anti theft application for our phone.But im looking for a Mod/App that can also put password for the recovery..so that thieves doesnt have any chance of being able to use the phone..
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not currently possible.
And security isnt needed in android, the only areas are flaws are flashing but every device suffers this area.

Envious_Data said:
not currently possible.
And security isnt needed in android, the only areas are flaws are flashing but every device suffers this area.
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oh yeah thats another problem..if only we can encrypt those..might be good to render our phones useless to thieves.. :thumbup:
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das.dian24 said:
oh yeah thats another problem..if only we can encrypt those..might be good to render our phones useless to thieves.. :thumbup:
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But then incase someone forgets the password to Unlock the phone then the phone is lost forever. It's not practical to lock the phone from flashing as it's the way to restore if something goes wrong.

IreshS said:
But then incase someone forgets the password to Unlock the phone then the phone is lost forever. It's not practical to lock the phone from flashing as it's the way to restore if something goes wrong.
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nah im only thinking, if it could be an option..not mandatory to all devices though..
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das.dian24 said:
nah im only thinking, if it could be an option..not mandatory to all devices though..
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Android 5.1 kind off solves the problem. When you reset the device and try to activate it it will ask for the previous Google account details it's kind off like how how apple does it.
But Sony and Samsung devices that has programs like flash tool and Odin leaked it CA be bypassed AFAIK. But on other devuces with locked bootloader it's almost impossible to reset.
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[Fun]Post your record uptime!

So I'm bored waiting for ICS, checked my uptime and I noticed it's pretty huge.
Slow updates or not, they made this thing really stable...
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how can i found this page?
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Settings-about phone-status-scroll to bottom
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Not so smart to show IMEI
I think I'm doing rather well
Shadowdancer123 said:
So I'm bored waiting for ICS, checked my uptime and I noticed it's pretty huge.
Slow updates or not, they made this thing really stable...
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Most folks here break their phones and reflash a lot more often than that!
lol!
I make it a thing to power off and reboot atleast once every 2 weeks, so I won't ever have some ungodly large number like that.
But when I first got it I went about that long before I turned it off the first time.
Couldn't resist posting this for some odd reason.
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That feeling you get when you have a 500+ uptime then do a reboot and the phone runs ridiculously fast. That feel
Yeah, I just checked mine... ~260 hours... rebooted.
No screenshot app, but I'm up to. 844 hours, waiting on ics to reboot. Trying to go as long as I can.
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Hey am I the only computer nerd on here?
Why are you guys not hiding your phones mac addresses? Do you not know what cyber crime is and how easy it is to know where you are located by your mac I.D. I could spoof your macs and other info from your phone call in threats to people, and you would get the blame you guys have to hide that stuff!!! Just wanted to let you know! At least cheekrox knows!!!
2 Years in cyber security classes sorry!
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Why are you guys not hiding your phones mac addresses? Do you not know what cyber crime is and how easy it is to know where you are located by your mac I.D. I could spoof your macs and other info from your phone call in threats to people, and you would get the blame you guys have to hide that stuff!!! Just wanted to let you know! At least cheekrox knows!!!
2 Years in cyber security classes sorry!
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lol. yeah. Its un-common sense . Please do hide ur IMEI/IMEI SV/MID/SID/MAC ID and whatever ID that may come up. I'm on GSM, so I know IMEI, dunno what CDMA ppl have.
I reboot everyday.. For no apparent reason.. lol
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Somewhere around 400 hours.
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To so smart to show IMEI
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LMFAO
I win I think
Also what screenshot tool do you use? The one I currently have inverts colours...
I'm using screen shot er. You need to be rooted.
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refuse2bstopped said:
LMFAO
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Lol I was suppose to write 'not so smart'
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Mobile Hotspot blocking...

I just got this message from T-Mobile:
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Not sure if my Hotspot was meant to be blocked, but it's still working. I guess T-Mobile is slowly learning about those APN settings, or something.
Your take?
Yeah I called T-Mobile yesterday and was talking about the 5gb data with tether. They said that the engineers are working on blocking the loop holes that allow tether.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688712
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They are closing in on this loop hole, a lot of users have gotten theirs blocked and even with this it's still not working anymore.
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They are closing in on this loop hole, a lot of users have gotten theirs blocked and even with this it's still not working anymore.
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It's been working with me lol
hasoon2000 said:
It's been working with me lol
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You're probably not one of those that eat up a lot of data via tethering, from what I've been reading it's the ones that use tethering a lot for stuff like pc's, movies and gaming are the ones they started shutting down on.
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You're probably not one of those that eat up a lot of data via tethering, from what I've been reading it's the ones that use tethering a lot for stuff like pc's, movies and gaming are the ones they started shutting down on.
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I have a dealer account. I used 7gb in 2 days before... lol
hasoon2000 said:
I have a dealer account. I used 7gb in 2 days before... lol
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Well exactly why you have no restrictions, these users are the ones with 2GB plans.
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Well exactly why you have no restrictions, these users are the ones with 2GB plans.
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We have no data restrictions but we still have to pay for tethering.
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We have no data restrictions but we still have to pay for tethering.
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Lucky you, lol.
Clockwork Tether. $5 and no root required.
Call and ask for preferred android. It's $20 but gives you 5GB.
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It works for me lol
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I used hasoon20000 apn change method and my thether works again
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If changing the apn doesn't work, use https sites, they can only detect http sites.
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Any way to wipe a dead S3?

My S3 yesterday died on me. It was on charge over night and in the morning when I woke up it was turned off and just refused to turn back on again.
I'm taking it back to the shop today but before I do I was wondering if there was any way of wiping the data off it before handing it over? I just don't fancy the thought of some random guy having access to all my files and photos. Not that there is anything bad on there :laugh:
If you can't get in recovery or downloadmode there is now way to wipe you're phone.
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coolhof said:
If you can't get in recovery or downloadmode there is now way to wipe you're phone.
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No I can't sadly, oh well thanks anyway.
A magnet?
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Red Arrow said:
No I can't sadly, oh well thanks anyway.
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This happened to me once and it turned out to be the battery and not the phone. If you have a friend who happens to have an S3 as well, may want to try and swap the battery out with them and see if that makes a difference. If not, then service center and warranty are your only option.
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This happened to me once and it turned out to be the battery and not the phone. If you have a friend who happens to have an S3 as well, may want to try and swap the battery out with them and see if that makes a difference. If not, then service center and warranty are your only option.
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Already tried that in the shop but it didn't work. I'm going back today to hand it in as their systems were down yesterday so couldn't book my phone in
I think you don´t need to be concerned about that, it happens to me with S2 and that was the board that burned and possibly even samsung will be able to read the data. And normaly they don´t care about that they just simply will replace your board and everything will be fine again.
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A magnet?
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Lol, phones have flash memory, not HDDs
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Lol, phones have flash memory, not HDDs
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heavy radiation could work
Mini nuclear bomb? Homemade and isolated in refrigerador?
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To wipe your phone, use a wet cloth!
Voids warranty!
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Tear your phone down and hit the part with yellow borders on the image with a solid object. Your memory is now wiped.

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I got my brand new s5 two weeks ago. Fingerprint scanner was working fine until now. I can't unlock my screen using fingerprint scanner anymore. It doesn't recognize my fingerprints. Also I can't change my fingerprint because it says my alternative password is wrong. And when I try to change my alternative password, I get this message on the screenshot.
Anybody else with this problem? Only fix I found was factory reseting. But I don't wanna do that every time I wanna fix this bug. Will this be updated soon? This is so frustrating. A flagship phone like this shouldn't have these type of critical bugs.
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Marcellff said:
I got my brand new s5 two weeks ago. Fingerprint scanner was working fine until now. I can't unlock my screen anymore. It doesn't recognize my fingerprints. Also I can't change my fingerprint because it says my alternative password is wrong. And when I try to Chae my alternative password, I get this message on the screenshot.
Anybody else with this problem? Only fix I found was factory reseting. But I don't wanna do that every time I wanna fix this bug. Will this be updated soon? This is so frustrating. A flagship phone like this shouldn't have these type of critical bugs.
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Is your S5 rooted? Running Custom Rom?
If not, is your fingerprint scanner covered by something? Dirt, Sweat, maybe plastic from a case your using?
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Is your S5 rooted? Running Custom Rom?
If not, is your fingerprint scanner covered by something? Dirt, Sweat, maybe plastic from a case your using?
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Nope. Not rooted. Not covered by anything. The scanner just doesn't seem to work.
Marcellff said:
Nope. Not rooted. Not covered by anything. The scanner just doesn't seem to work.
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i would get a replacement phone... :good:
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i would get a replacement phone... :good:
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It's not a hardware issue, definitely a software issue. As I did a factory reset on the phone and its working perfectly now.
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Marcellff said:
It's not a hardware issue, definitely a software issue. As I did a factory reset on the phone and its working perfectly now.
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i guess if you "OK" with factory resetting your phone every so often.. otherwise, i would go to tmobile and have them warranty swap it.
muzhik said:
i guess if you "OK" with factory resetting your phone every so often.. otherwise, i would go to tmobile and have them warranty swap it.
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I think you're probably right. But I've seen some other people on the Internet with this same issue, and a factory reset was the only way out for them as well.. I think I'll just get a new one after all
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I figured out how to fix "an error has occurred" issue without resetting phone, check it out!

Blackphone 2

Is there a way to root it?
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No as that defeats the purpose.
Yeah I figured. But I can't even use apps2sd
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IronCross1788 said:
Yeah I figured. But I can't even use apps2sd
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To be honest that is useless and more and more apps are preventing it's use.
You got the wrong phone for something like that. This device is meant to be super secure, which means you use it the way it is.
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To be honest that is useless and more and more apps are preventing it's use.
You got the wrong phone for something like that. This device is meant to be super secure, which means you use it the way it is.
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I've been in contact with their support and they say I should be able too
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IronCross1788 said:
I've been in contact with their support and they say I should be able too
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Who's support?
https://support.silentcircle.com/cu...1622081-can-i-have-root-access-on-blackphone-
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zelendel said:
Who's support?
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Silent circle. The makers of the product
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IronCross1788 said:
Silent circle. The makers of the product
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Look above at the link I added.
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zelendel said:
Look above at the link I added.
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I'm not worried much about root at this point. I just wanna move apps to SD
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I'm not worried much about root at this point. I just wanna move apps to SD
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That really depends on the app. As apps have issues when installed on the sdcard most apps don't allow it anymore. With root you can force it but then you lose support if something goes wrong.
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zelendel said:
That really depends on the app. As apps have issues when installed on the sdcard most apps don't allow it anymore. With root you can force it but then you lose support if something goes wrong.
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I have a 128gb class 10 card. It's just annoying. And this phone can't be rooted
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Well to be honest this device was not really made for gaming and such. More for business people that need to keep things secure.
To be honest I would maybe look into a different device.
Something that is not as locked up as tight
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