Hi fellow WinMo users
I have read somewhere on some site or other.. a funky piece of software that once you install it.. it sits silent on your phone.. until someone sticks in a different sim.. then it starts sending a pre-defined number (yours) a text from your theives sim.. and even telling you GPS location... blah blah.. and if you want.. you can send a special text back to it.. and it will disable / delete your phonebook / wipe all your info... etc etc
Anyone know what the hell i'm on about?
Have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365054
http://www.wimp-software.co.uk/
I am moving this thread to the regular Kaiser forum as it is not related to development matters. (For upgrading read development ie ROM cooking and other software development.) In this particular case, I could also have chosen the General Forum as such tracking software could apply to any phone with built in GPS.
Mike
Found it!
Thanks for the info...
http://www.evenbyte.com/?page=product&id=2
That was the one i was looking for as it will send the call history aswell as sms's sent by rougue sim inserted...
harvsingh said:
Thanks for the info...
http://www.evenbyte.com/?page=product&id=2
That was the one i was looking for as it will send the call history aswell as sms's sent by rougue sim inserted...
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I don't see the GPS tracking function that you stated you were looking for in the first post in that program you linked. Its also been about a year since they updated it. I'd be concerned how long its going to be supported.
I'm performing some thread necromancy on this sucker to highlight a couple pieces of Windows Mobile security software I remembered from my Palm Treo days with the capability to actively prevent data theft by remote password lockout and remote wipe of data. Worth adding to the list, as the two or three mentioned above and on the Wiki do not appear to be in development any longer.
This article does a nice job of laying out features (though written in a Palm-specific manner, these apps have Windows Mobile versions now).
Warden
Warden Review
mSafe
If anyone has actual experience using any of the remote wipe-capable programs listed here, I would be interested to hear more.
Best,
Mod
So is this meant to change my rom from my sony ericsson xperia ... it has some problem and is a bit slow .. one problem is when PDA is in standby mode "type looks like this off" and get a sms he does not play just to give the sign only last for 5 minutes or until more normal now .. call sms not play ... expliquei.me well?
Could I explain how I change it to a rom and preferably in Portuguese is not going to even be in English.
Personal attention: I do not understand a thing about it and he liked me explain it step by step and never did anything because it always had normal phones only.
now thanks staff
mattta said:
So is this meant to change my rom from my sony ericsson xperia ... it has some problem and is a bit slow .. one problem is when PDA is in standby mode "type looks like this off" and get a sms he does not play just to give the sign only last for 5 minutes or until more normal now .. call sms not play ... expliquei.me well?
Could I explain how I change it to a rom and preferably in Portuguese is not going to even be in English.
Personal attention: I do not understand a thing about it and he liked me explain it step by step and never did anything because it always had normal phones only.
now thanks staff
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if I understand you correctly you are on stock rom you are not notified about incoming sms and the lights signal it for only 5 min
right?
that should be a configuration issue, I'm not familiar any more with stock rom menu setup, but it is possible to assign notifications to events (on my 6.5 it's located under settings - sound¬ifications)
the same for illumination, you can specify which events shall be accompanied with illumination (here: settings - system - illumination) and you should also be able to configure how long the illumination per event lasts (don't ask me where though)
I know XperiaTweak2 and app Illumineria enable you to mod this
if you still like to switch roms have a look at the rom dev stickies (olinex for h-spl, biovolt/phenx for tutorials, jackleung for sd method, custom rom threads to pick your favorite)
or correct me in case I misunderstood your post
best
As far as I am concerned,the 6.5 version is slower than 6.1
I started thread here asking moto to include swap support in upcoming 2.2 kernel:
opensource.motorola.com/sf/discussion/do/listPosts/projects.milestone/discussion.general_comments.topc2082
If You care plz also write there to show moto more ppl are interested in it maybe they will turn it on, as its rather hard to load it via module. You need to create account ( opensource.motorola.com/sf/go/wiki1050 create account link at bottom read the rules about accounts names ), a choose project milestone, wait for confirmation and replay at that thread with something like "yes yes very good idea plz turn it on thx"
Whats the advantages ?
- u can use part of the sdcard to act like a ram
- u can use compcache to have compressed ram ( code.google.com/p/compcache/ )
Whats the disadvantages ?
- theres no because if u dont need it u just dont need to use it
so if u care about swap support u can write there someting maybe it will work
wow!
that will be just amazing. can you than imagine a stable HTC frenzy port? that is what i am dreaming about...
i think the only condition is the fast cat.6 microSD
so i hope that this project will come true!
How long does the registration approval take? Or have they silently decided that they don't want my input there?
I dont remember how long i waited for the approval, i think it was day or 2, i did it few months ago. Have u created accounts with name and last name ? not just the nickname they dont accept nicknames and or some fake accounts as they wrote at wiki.
"Please note that we require a full name (first and last) in order to process your account request - ACCOUNT REQUESTS WITHOUT VERIFIABLE FIRST NAMES, LAST NAMES AND EMAIL ADDRESSES WILL BE REJECTED. We also reserve the right to reject account requests with names or email addresses that are inappropriate."
OK, then it means that I'm simply too impatient .
Enabling Compcache or Swap would be a great progress under Froyo. Internal memory seems to be the greatest bottleneck under Froyo (e.g. using flash), so CC/Swap could be a great performance boost.
*signed petition @motorola*
actually it is possible.. see this..
http://www.forums.trendyent.com/sho...otorola-Droid-Milestone-(requires-root)/page6
I wouldn't want to swap on a flash memory since there's only a limited amount of r/w cycles on flash memory or am I missing something here?
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actually it is possible.. see this..
http://www.forums.trendyent.com/sho...otorola-Droid-Milestone-(requires-root)/page6
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actually It isnt possible in milestone, cause we cannot boot kernel which isnt signed by motorola (the mentioned method is for droid, not milestone, that is a mistake)
we must try do it different way than by kernel, maybe kernel module, as the Overclock in Milestone was made ...
Everytime I get a new phone I feel like a noob when I have to load a customised rom. It is kinda scary. Looking at the Rom pages for HD7, I feel like I am on MySpace; everything bold fonts, big, bigger, redder, danger, warning, don't forget, etc. It is very intimidating. Then trying to figure out the core differences between roms, if you can get passed the bold, big, bigger, etc. barrier, you get Radio Roms! What?! And some require you to have a previous version of your Rom installed, before you can install it.
Now Radio Rom as I understand, is Rom that just upgrades your Wifi, bluetooth, etc. (radio frequency connections)? Right?
If I had the understanding, I would have made a one pager with all the roms on and do a quick comparison, just to give people an overview and help them make a more informed choice. Unfortunately I don't but I am still willing to do this, if Rom creators are willing to answer the following few questions and PM them to me. I will then create a page to help the new people.
Rom Name:
Version:
Rom Requirements:
What makes your Rom different:
What doesn't your Rom do/support:
Does your XBOX Live intergration work: Yes / No / In Future
Can your Rom upgrade via Zune: Yes / No / In Future
If there is any criticial requirements anyone else feel I need to ask, please add them below and I will expand the question list. Please keep in mind that we don't want to ask a million questions. This is just for quick comparison on the important stuff.
I have (tried to) played around a bit with Remixos player on a Galaxy TabPro S and the conclusion is that I have never met a piece of software that was so inmature, useless and annoying. It is just a complete waste of time.
Once you get it started (despite the humorous messages it's not funny) there is no way for me as a german user to control the OS. Touchscreen input for tablets are is messed up by bad programming, no proper screenresolutions available, no fullscreen. Touchscreen input for an Android OS is messed up. I mean just think about that. That alone says it all.
You would think that at least the keyboard support would work. Not at all. I don't know what kind of keyboard it is that is running under the german label, but it is not german. They don't even get the label right: It is named "german qwerty", but it should go "german qwertz"
So entering an email address: not possible. There is no @ on the so called "german" keyboard.
But the ads are working all over the place. Here you see the priorities.
This is not serious software. It's bloatware. It's nothing but waste.
Switch to live usb. It's generally ok.
It's clear the player isn't their prior project nor goal within android machine's market, and it's normal, there are others things to do. I even think it was totally optional for them to do one.
Whatever, even if not their top priority, the updates are regular and the soft will improve. It's principal defaults are material (+ language) compatibilities, and maybe requirements too. Hardware compatibility is something that is totally rectifiable and there is good hope it will follow. This excluded, Remix is among the best actual solutions and will probably keep on doing so.
But as always there are some impatient people to express in unpleasant ways and judge things in a direct or even extreme manner, even for something that is almost (or always, I don't remember, it was one month ago) a beta. So please no need to go in a ruckus or for trash talking here like it's done almost everywhere on the web. Especially with gaming, which scene is total drama nowadays, and which scene touch this soft as well because of it's potential with games ....
A word to the wises ...
you are right, trash talking is not needed. I think it is appropiate in some cases though. Developers are doing this for a reason, there is the intention to make money here. Somehow. They put something out that is not working at all, but wasting my time. That's not all right.
You say it is almost a beta. Well almost, yes, it is alpha or even pre. If they declare it as such, you don't hear a word from me.
This method here, the way they chose to go, is not ok. There is potential yes, it might be fine for some now, for others in a year or so, good. Until then mark it as work in progress and invite beta testers, but don't pretend you have an actual product.
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Does not even recognize the Wifi on the Samsung Galaxy Tabpro S
Yeah yeah. Understood ... You are in your right because of commercial and ****s eh ?
To this point even if they of course plan to make money in the end, the soft is FREE, and like said, their commercial stretch goal is their MACHINES so making the OS work well first on em. To be more precise than before, the player here is what we call a loss leader, or event to be considered it a demonstration product, but a good one even with its defaults. Did you pay something for using it or is it free ? Do you make them live another way ? Do you have annoying frequents adds and downloads of unwanted apps like on some competitors ? Nope, they do differently.
Talk trashing isn't something to do, there is plenty of ways to express dissatisfaction or anger isn't it ? Or what are you ? Non human ? A goat ? Nope, it's not appropriate, you have no right, you are taking it. No right especially if you are maybe a player who is angry just because you can't have your decent easy drug game fix.
Respect AND disrespect aren't thing that are owned. They are something that is GAINED. And at the moment even if you may consider there is nothing allowing to give them your respect, there is neither anything to allow you being disrespectful. You are just drowning yourself in your own bull**** coming back and trying to justify yourselves.
As said, gaming scene became trash behavior all the way from down to top the moment it became easy access and global. People now think all is due to them.
I have nothing to do with gaming.
Yes I have paid with my time, wasted because of illusions.
Yes there are annoying frequent ads.
I don't share your opinion about respect and disrespect, in fact I think your are drowning yourself in your own bull**** coming back and trying to justify yourselves.
yea it is not needed here there are numerous of other emulator,bluestack or Andy...
Hey Novalis,
Apologies for the late reply as we've been swamped by our Kickstarter campaign. Also, really sorry to hear of your disappointment with Remix OS Player. I'd like to address the issues I can, and ask you to help us with a couple of the other ones:
1) Unfunny humorous messages - Noted, and I'll share this with the guy who thought it was clever.
2) The only place to tweak resolution is during startup where you click on the "Advanced" button.
3) The latest Remix OS Player has full screen mode.
4) We did not work on touchscreen support since Player was targeted at Intel based PCs whose majority do not have touchscreens.
5) The keyboard support - We did make changes to the way Android Studio laid out keyboards in order to support Keyboard shortcuts (ie. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V). May I work with you to improve this? Also, if there are any keyboard names (as you mentioned "German QWERTZ" we do apologize) we've misnamed, thanks in advance for letting us know.
6) We do have ads in the program. We are a small startup still and we do need to find a way to keep the lights on for free software products like Remix OS Player and Remix OS for PC. This is the priority in play here.
Again, I do apologize for any time you've wasted on Remix OS Player. We do have a new update that also supports OTA now.
Perhaps you can work with me to at least get the keyboard localization issue communicated in detail to our dev team.
Thanks!
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I have (tried to) played around a bit with Remixos player on a Galaxy TabPro S and the conclusion is that I have never met a piece of software that was so inmature, useless and annoying. It is just a complete waste of time.
Once you get it started (despite the humorous messages it's not funny) there is no way for me as a german user to control the OS. Touchscreen input for tablets are is messed up by bad programming, no proper screenresolutions available, no fullscreen. Touchscreen input for an Android OS is messed up. I mean just think about that. That alone says it all.
You would think that at least the keyboard support would work. Not at all. I don't know what kind of keyboard it is that is running under the german label, but it is not german. They don't even get the label right: It is named "german qwerty", but it should go "german qwertz"
So entering an email address: not possible. There is no @ on the so called "german" keyboard.
But the ads are working all over the place. Here you see the priorities.
This is not serious software. It's bloatware. It's nothing but waste.
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RemixOS_Jason said:
1) Unfunny humorous messages - Noted, and I'll share this with the guy who thought it was clever.
2) The only place to tweak resolution is during startup where you click on the "Advanced" button.
3) The latest Remix OS Player has full screen mode.
4) We did not work on touchscreen support since Player was targeted at Intel based PCs whose majority do not have touchscreens.
5) The keyboard support - We did make changes to the way Android Studio laid out keyboards in order to support Keyboard shortcuts (ie. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V). May I work with you to improve this? Also, if there are any keyboard names (as you mentioned "German QWERTZ" we do apologize) we've misnamed, thanks in advance for letting us know.
6) We do have ads in the program. We are a small startup still and we do need to find a way to keep the lights on for free software products like Remix OS Player and Remix OS for PC. This is the priority in play here.
Perhaps you can work with me to at least get the keyboard localization issue communicated in detail to our dev team.
Thanks!
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1) look, I don't really care, it's just diffcult to find it funny if you are disappointed with the experience. In fact they would be funny if everything else was running smoothly.
2) add the native resolution of the host (you have to pre check that), and then
3) yes support fullscreen, and make sure that the resolution is properly scaled down on high res monitors (e.g. 4K).
4) In my opinion a big mistake. Android is a touch based OS and there a lot of touchscreens out there, more and more coming, and for them Remix is just unusable without touch input. I mean, think,: unusable. And it would be relatively easy to correct the mapping and disband the mouse pointer, ar least in fullscreen mode. Yes the majority out there has no touchscreen, but the majority of those who have want Android.
5) This is easy. Check out google for the german or any other language keyboard layout. Then make sure that your built in keyboards reflect that once you hit the keys. Then do your changes and check whether they interfere with what is expected from this keyboard layout.
Although it is a nice idea to transfer Windows functionallity to RemixOS it should not interfere with Android functionality. Android goes first, that's why people want to have it. Then you can add quality of life Windows features. If they work...
6) I don't mind ads. Unless they are not the only thing working... (for me)
I am sorry but because of the non working I had to uninstall Remix. And I would only reinstall it if I read that touchscreen support works. I would like to help, but without being able to do navigate, it just doesn't make sense.
novalis
Your points are taken and I've just shared them with the dev team in charge. I realize that with Remix OS for PC and Remix OS Player, we're never going to be able to satisfy all hardware/usage scenarios. We do need to choose our battles wisely based on the resources we have.
However, also as a startup, each user is vital for us. While still needing to adhere to the 80/20 rule due to our limited resources, I'll do the best I can to push our devs to work on 1) keyboard config support, and 2) touchscreen Intel devices.
Thanks again for your feedback and time.
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1) look, I don't really care, it's just diffcult to find it funny if you are disappointed with the experience. In fact they would be funny if everything else was running smoothly.
2) add the native resolution of the host (you have to pre check that), and then
3) yes support fullscreen, and make sure that the resolution is properly scaled down on high res monitors (e.g. 4K).
4) In my opinion a big mistake. Android is a touch based OS and there a lot of touchscreens out there, more and more coming, and for them Remix is just unusable without touch input. I mean, think,: unusable. And it would be relatively easy to correct the mapping and disband the mouse pointer, ar least in fullscreen mode. Yes the majority out there has no touchscreen, but the majority of those who have want Android.
5) This is easy. Check out google for the german or any other language keyboard layout. Then make sure that your built in keyboards reflect that once you hit the keys. Then do your changes and check whether they interfere with what is expected from this keyboard layout.
Although it is a nice idea to transfer Windows functionallity to RemixOS it should not interfere with Android functionality. Android goes first, that's why people want to have it. Then you can add quality of life Windows features. If they work...
6) I don't mind ads. Unless they are not the only thing working... (for me)
I am sorry but because of the non working I had to uninstall Remix. And I would only reinstall it if I read that touchscreen support works. I would like to help, but without being able to do navigate, it just doesn't make sense.
novalis
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Hi.
Just to know.
I read about adds in Remix Os (player, in my case), here, and else. But well I can't see any or I'm totally blind. The only "adds" I saw were at first startup, giving the possibility to download some apps, and I can't really consider this like pub.
I'm not complaining about not having adds, sure ^^ but where are they ? Normal ? Not even automatic propositions or even downloads like with Andy. If you needs publicity to live on, better it to be working
Putting out a free software download does have it's pros and cons. On one hand, it's much easier to build up a user base, to get higher volumes of feedback and to build off of that feedback. However, to maintain the team that works on said software is a challenge. We did place ads in the apps drawer and have aimed to be unobtrusive with the ads as well as tailoring them to be relevant to the user. However, we did receive some backlash from users who may not understand the need for ads on free software. Thus, we have continued to dial back the way the ads are shown so that our users don't feel annoyed with them. That's probably why you don't see it as very intrusive anymore. Thanks again for your comments and interest!
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Hi.
Just to know.
I read about adds in Remix Os (player, in my case), here, and else. But well I can't see any or I'm totally blind. The only "adds" I saw were at first startup, giving the possibility to download some apps, and I can't really consider this like pub.
I'm not complaining about not having adds, sure ^^ but where are they ? Normal ? Not even automatic propositions or even downloads like with Andy. If you needs publicity to live on, better it to be working
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Yes, know that.
And I finally saw the tab after posting and looking again ... Recommendations. But yeah, it's faaaaar than invasive. Or even absolutely invisible and can be ignored. Can't consider that personally as publicity. For me and add is a commercial, it's bling bling or even noisy, so much you can't miss it, or are forced to it.
Ads play a big role in android,so no surprise here.