Any lost or stolen app that also blocks hard reset?

g2uzer · Jul 6, 2012

I found a few apps that tracks your phone down or even takes pictures of the person trying to unlock it, but like the title says, is there any app that blocks hard reset? It's kind of pointless if your phone gets stolen if they can just shut the phone off and do a hard reset to it and sign in with there email,
Thanks :-D
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johnnyutah22 · Jul 6, 2012

I guess in theory you could place an app like Seekdroid in the system folder and then do a hard reset. Usually a hard reset won't affect system apps.

dLo GSR · Jul 6, 2012

g2uzer said:
I found a few apps that tracks your phone down or even takes pictures of the person trying to unlock it, but like the title says, is there any app that blocks hard reset? It's kind of pointless if your phone gets stolen if they can just shut the phone off and do a hard reset to it and sign in with there email,
Thanks :-D
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you can't really avoid physical maneuvers. and anything baked into the phone's startup has to be a modification to the actual ROM. so no.

g2uzer · Jul 7, 2012

dLo GSR said:
you can't really avoid physical maneuvers. and anything baked into the phone's startup has to be a modification to the actual ROM. so no.

I didn't think so, but wanted to make sure lol, thanks

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x_SCOS_x_ELITE · Jul 7, 2012

whats the name of the one you found that takes pics of thief, that sounds badass

caulton · Jul 7, 2012

Use Cerberus that app does everything that ur talking about

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g2uzer · Jul 7, 2012

x_SCOS_x_ELITE said:
whats the name of the one you found that takes pics of thief, that sounds badass

Cerberus app in Google play

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g2uzer · Jul 7, 2012

caulton said:
Use Cerberus that app does everything that ur talking about

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Thanks
I missed the part were it said that you could set it to were the only way they can un install it is by flashing a different ROM,,but that setting is for rooted phones,I'm completely stock and not sure if I want to root this phone,

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tjr2010 · Jul 7, 2012

You should root the phone it will change your life. Plus its so easy even a cave man can do it

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jiggytom · Jul 7, 2012

Check out Android Lost, it does alot of those things as well. Relies on push messaging too, so its very light. You can take a picture on demand, turn on GPS and get location, download texts/emails, etc.

g2uzer · Jul 7, 2012

tjr2010 said:
You should root the phone it will change your life. Plus its so easy even a cave man can do it

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Yea, I've rooted all my previous phones and yea I've like them a lot more, but for some reason I'm not sure to root this particular one lol

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g2uzer · Jul 7, 2012

jiggytom said:
Check out Android Lost, it does alot of those things as well. Relies on push messaging too, so its very light. You can take a picture on demand, turn on GPS and get location, download texts/emails, etc.

I'll give that a try

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stonew5082 · Jul 7, 2012

It'd be nice if we could put a password lock on the recovery. Wonder why 4ext hasn't done that yet.

g2uzer · Jul 7, 2012

stonew5082 said:
It'd be nice if we could put a password lock on the recovery. Wonder why 4ext hasn't done that yet.

Yea it would, also it would be tight if Samsung had in app like that already installed, that way even with a master reset you'll still be able to find your $700 + phone lol, I haven't lost one yet (knock on wood) but still very nervous of loosing it, ill give android lost a try,

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stonew5082 · Jul 7, 2012

g2uzer said:
Yea it would, also it would be tight if Samsung had in app like that already installed, that way even with a master reset you'll still be able to find your $700 + phone lol, I haven't lost one yet (knock on wood) but still very nervous of loosing it, ill give android lost a try,

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After I got my phone I left the box on the train with all the accessories lol. It can happen!

g2uzer · Jul 7, 2012

I'm trying to use Android Lost,, but I can't get the gps remotely to turn on when it's off,
So maybe Cerberus might be better, I might have to give that one a try,

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nismax · Jul 7, 2012

Android lost is free and its king of this kind of apps. Nothing is even close. Go get it try come back and hit thanks.

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jiggytom · Jul 7, 2012

This is how I got around the GPS toggle not working:

Since AndroidLost.com allows you to send texts, I have setup a tasker profile which waits for a text that says "androidlost" and if it receives it, it enables GPS.

stonew5082 · Jul 8, 2012

nismax said:
Android lost is free and its king of this kind of apps. Nothing is even close. Go get it try come back and hit thanks.

Signed &

it looks good, although cerberus seems just as good and its already installed. I tested cerberus and its flawless. I guess there's no harm in having both though!

nismax · Jul 8, 2012

stonew5082 said:
it looks good, although cerberus seems just as good and its already installed. I tested cerberus and its flawless. I guess there's no harm in having both though!

Its not that wise to have 2 of same kind of apps running at same time. Battery and often cause conficts. I have tryied only android lost and is one amazing ap. Newer had cerberus. I cant say much about it.

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