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Anti-theft questions

Hello to you as as all. I have some questions concerning the possibility of my OB being stolen. The first question is: how can I avoid my cell being booted into recovery mode without it being on?
Provided that my OB has NOVA ROM v8 installed and I can select to boot into recovery mode, (just by pressing the power button) then flash it, despite being locked. How can I prevent this? Finally, are there any anti theft utilities/applications that enhance the level of security of my device? In other words, what can I do so that a possible thief cannot do anything with my OB, including factory resetting/flashing ROMS?
Thanks in advance!
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Flash the lg stock theme with the nova script's theme changer. I think then you won't have the reboot and recovery entries. I'd also like to hear about anti theft apps...

There are many Android Antitheft Apps such as:
Wheres My Droid: It only has SMS sending feature after changing SIM card.
Prey Anti-Theft: My favorite, it has GPS tracking, SMS after SIM change, SMS activation/deactivation and an Account at preyproject.com to receive reports about your stolen phone.
Android Anti Theft Application: A new app just released today but it seems good.

Thx. What about androidlost?
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Paste A Name Here said:
Thx. What about androidlost?
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It has the same idea as Prey Antitheft but instead of having an account at their site (androidlost.com) to report to, They use your email to send reports to which is better since there is no limit to report number.
@miniclip22 there is only one Anti Theft app I know of that prevent (with ROOt) Hard resetting or Factory resetting. Its Name is LMaxi Anti Theft Installer. I don’t know about any app that prevent ROM flashing. But it would be nice if Moded ROMs developers add some kind of password required before flashing.

Xadroid said:
But it would be nice if Moded ROMs developers add some kind of password required before flashing.
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This is a cwm recovery feature. Who'll implement that?... I think it's quite a tough work.
Knzo....? Is the Force stronger enought with him to accomplish, ...even without his phone?
Edit: hey! Maybe Antonio can add a code (sim?) ask in the poweroff menu? Much more simple...
And then I'm thinkin' of some thief issues... Things with cable: pushing apks with adb, kdz flashing...
And you still have the erecovery...
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@Xadroid: you can push apks in the /system partition, and they will no more be erased by a factory reset... using root explorer for this is the easiest way: go to /data/app, "move" the apk, go to /system/app, mount r/w and paste. Reboot. Might work. Or not. Depends of the apk and the rom. Never bricked anything in my case, at least, forcloses.

CERBERUS is an excellent anti-theft sw, it has 3 ways of functioning (the first based on sms and the others using its website).
Check whether it sustains a complete wipe of the OB.
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Hurray for thread necromancing :good:
Anyway. I just stepped into the android world using a Nexus 4. My girlfriend had her android stolen a few months ago and is also using a Nexus 4 now.
My first reaction was to install Prey Anti Theft on both devices so that, in the event they get lost/stolen I would have some sort of means to track them down.
However, if your thief is a bit smarter then a doorknob he'll wipe the device the first chance he gets, so your anti theft solutions go out the window.
I was wondering if there is some way to "embed" the anti-theft in the OS. So that in case of a wipe the anti theft solution will still be able to fulfill it's duty.

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Cerberus can be integrated with os, so wiping data won't delete it. And it can be accessible using dialer- app is hidden and only pressing specific number will launch it.
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Nihiliu said:
Cerberus can be integrated with os, so wiping data won't delete it. And it can be accessible using dialer- app is hidden and only pressing specific number will launch it.
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Same for avast. Also has an AT included.
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N00BY0815 said:
Same for avast. Also has an AT included.
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I recently downloaded 'lookout'. Looks promising. Using this app with anti virus scanning disabled.
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All those antitheft apps have a big disadvantage: they all need the GPS and Data to be always on, so this leads to higher battery drain. In addition, you can't locate a stolen phone using GPS if it's in a building (it works only in open area)
I suggest you to keep your eyes always on the phone and keep it in your pocket and it will not get stolen.

Am I correct in assuming that only root is required, and not a custom rom?
ohadz said:
All those antitheft apps have a big disadvantage: they all need the GPS and Data to be always on, so this leads to higher battery drain. In addition, you can't locate a stolen phone using GPS if it's in a building (it works only in open area)
I suggest you to keep your eyes always on the phone and keep it in your pocket and it will not get stolen.
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And even then devices get stolen. My girlfriend's Galaxy Y was picked from her pocket a few months ago while she was paying in a store. Same for my brothers iPhone 2 days ago.
From what I understand, if you have root those apps can turn GPS/Data on/off by themselves and listen for an incoming SMS message or activation via the web. So at best they have a background service running.

[Q] 1 Account 2 devices

Hi guys,
i have a "Problem", but im sure its because im newbie
I have my gmail account syncronized with my Samsung Note. Today i used the same account for my new Nexus, thinking that the 2 devices would not interfere.
But i found on Nexus all the progs i had on my Note.....
How can i separate the programs between the 2 devices? Cause some program cant go on Nexus, and some that i paied are ok for both
Many thanks and sorry for my questions
Ale

There's an option when you set up the device to backup/restore the device from a backup on Google's server. I usually opt out on all of this stuff, since I use titanium on both of my devices.
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atermify said:
There's an option when you set up the device to backup/restore the device from a backup on Google's server. I usually opt out on all of this stuff, since I use titanium on both of my devices.
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Thnks for replay,
im no so sure, but i dont remeber when i start up the first time the Nexus it asked me abt backup/ restore.
I remeber it asked goole account...... later i will erase all and tray do all from beginning.
thnks
Ale

alechef said:
I remeber it asked goole account...... later i will erase all and tray do all from beginning
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You don't have to ease everything. Just delete your Google account, reboot the device, add your Google account again and you will be asked if you want to back things up.
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Anybody using Touchdown for email?

Guys
I love touchdown but my employer has a 10 min security policy on touchdown that requires me to enter a PIN. It's a pain because I have a self-imposed 10 min policy to enter the PIN so I have to do it twice
With a rooted Nexus 6, is it possible to get rid of the touchdown PIN requirement?
Thanks

You want to bypass your employers security? You would lose your job, same day, at my place for such nonsense.
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I use it and have no problems. Might be worth uninstalling the app, turn of your normal pin protection and then reinstall the app, see if that makes a difference.
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that didn't help. It still has the pin security on touchdown set
westers035 said:
I use it and have no problems. Might be worth uninstalling the app, turn of your normal pin protection and then reinstall the app, see if that makes a difference.
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Does the Sprint marshmallow update allow you to pin apps in recents (no, not screen p

T-Mobile user here. The international model has had a feature in Lollipop for some time now that allows you to "pin" an app in the recent apps screen to prevent it from being killed (for example, if you click on clear all, it'll clear everything except for apps you've pinned).
I'm hoping that with Marshmallow that feature will have made it to our American models.
So... Can you Sprint users who have got the update pin apps in recents or nah?
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Yes! I'm excited about this feature.

Yes it does.

YUUUUSSSSSS!
This was basically the only reason I considered using ROMs on my T-Mobile G4.
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Low Power Mode off/on, change of themes makes things CRAZY

Hello everyone,
I have been having this problem for a few weeks now, and it has gotten to the point where I think something is SERIOUSLY wrong with my phone.
I have a 512gb UNLOCKED N960U1. Never rooted. I'm a little OCD with my app arrangement so i have every app on my phone in folders so i dont have to get a finger hernia scrolling through everything.
My problem is that I use low-power mode often. I also like to turn in on while driving, and charge my phone in the car that way. Lately when coming OUT of low-power mode, I've found that my apps have DUPLICATED. Every. Single. One. Doesn't matter if the phone is charging, or not. They duplicate, BOTH APPS OPEN, and I have to uninstall the second ones with no data loss to the original(?) one.
I also like to change my themes weekly. Thats what originally started the problems. Recently, after switching a theme out again, I found that the phone had emptied out my folders into a giant CF in my app drawer. Thinking "at least its not old school Samsung LAG", I just put them BACK. No biggie.
NO GO. I did that THREE SEPARATE TIMES. I have 425+ apps on my phone. Sometimes SOME of the apps will be removed from the folders, sometimes ALL of the apps.
The breaking point for me was when I took it off of low-power mode as I was leaving the car, and the apps spread back out, and SOME WEREN'T EVEN SHOWING. Furious, I knew I was going to use my tapatalk app to get onto XDA to ask for help or guidance. Tapatalk Pro is on my phone, but WAS NOT SHOWING IN THE APP DRAWER. So i searched for it instead. It came up in the SEARCH, but not alphabetically where it SHOULD be. Now when you find an app by searching, if the app comes up, you can long press it and it will give you the option to "locate" where the app is store on your phone (folder, which screen, etc.) When that was done, the phone froze briefly, and then did nothing.
Im at my wit's end on this issue. The most horrible part is that I can't find ANYONE who is having this issue other than me. Phone has not been dropped, no cracks, nothing.
What the hell is wrong with my phone??

This is the most horrific problem I've ever read on XDA is all my time here. Sorry that I don't have a solution to your problem, but just reading through your post is terrifying.
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I think a logcat and developer tools may help. Have you tried Samsung service since you can easily replicate the problem in front of them?
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Are you using 3rd party launcher? If you don't use low power mode does it still happen. What are using to change themes?

raul6 said:
Are you using 3rd party launcher? If you don't use low power mode does it still happen. What are using to change themes?
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No third party launcher. I use the standard, built in theme options when I switch themes, and the themes are downloaded from the Samsung theme app/store/part.
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Paras Lehana said:
I think a logcat and developer tools may help. Have you tried Samsung service since you can easily replicate the problem in front of them?
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Samsung service?
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Samsung Service Center*
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I would just backup the device and factory reset.
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kta said:
I would just backup the device and factory reset.
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Yes that's the last thing I would do. I couldn't live without knowing the reason. [emoji6]
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kta said:
I would just backup the device and factory reset.
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Unfortunately thats exactly what I did. I started putting my apps in folders as everything was downloading. I also began to get rid of apps because I figured that definitely didn't help.
By the time the phone finished downloading all my backup'd apps, the two apps I deleted were BACK, and the apps came out of the folders I had just put in. Back to the same situation. :silly::crying:

Slicc98 said:
Unfortunately thats exactly what I did. I started putting my apps in folders as everything was downloading. I also began to get rid of apps because I figured that definitely didn't help.
By the time the phone finished downloading all my backup'd apps, the two apps I deleted were BACK, and the apps came out of the folders I had just put in. Back to the same situation. :silly::crying:
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What are those apps?
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Slicc98 said:
Unfortunately thats exactly what I did. I started putting my apps in folders as everything was downloading. I also began to get rid of apps because I figured that definitely didn't help.
By the time the phone finished downloading all my backup'd apps, the two apps I deleted were BACK, and the apps came out of the folders I had just put in. Back to the same situation. :silly::crying:
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Since what you're experiencing is most likely a software issue, you may want to factory reset and try not restoring any of your backed up apps, just manually install the basic ones and see how it behaves for a few hours.
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Paras Lehana said:
What are those apps?
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Just random apps. No category to put them in
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How are you still sane from this? I'm sorry I can't provide a solution.

Call Samsung stars. Personally I would factory reset and install apps one by one.

clax6 said:
Call Samsung stars. Personally I would factory reset and install apps one by one.
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For 435 apps?

I'm reviving this thread because the problem continued on the the Note 10.
...then the Note 20U...
Now I'm too scared to try it on my Z Fold 3.
This is a SOFTWARE issue...not a specific phone or app issue.