until now i was using app called "Locker" version 1.1.0 for the purpose of completly wiping the data on the phone including os to be sure that no data like photos can be recorved.
After i bought the new galaxy s20 it seems to not work- the messages of "you have left X attempts before wipe out" As i don't want to lose the phone to check if it will still erase it even though it doesn't show the notification (over hthe password screen)
How can i fix this problem? Or maybe do you have a name of an app like this that will work on galaxy s20?
Thank you.
Gulash123 said:
until now i was using app called "Locker" version 1.1.0 for the purpose of completly wiping the data on the phone including os to be sure that no data like photos can be recorved.
After i bought the new galaxy s20 it seems to not work- the messages of "you have left X attempts before wipe out" As i don't want to lose the phone to check if it will still erase it even though it doesn't show the notification (over hthe password screen)
How can i fix this problem? Or maybe do you have a name of an app like this that will work on galaxy s20?
Thank you.
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Samsung has an integrated feature for that. Just look somewhere under Biometrics and Security settings and under Lock Screen type
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Hello people,
I have been playing with some crazy idea for a while. I know that exist a lot of anti-theft apps where you can send a message to your stolen and it performs a certain task like taking a picture or start an alarm or something like that.
So I have started to think about the possibility of a more radical idea like being able to send a sms to your stolen phone that would cause some kind of irreversible damage. Something that could fry your phone internal components like a killer overclocking.
I dunno, I just thought that it would be a cool sweet revenge.
99% of the time if some steals your phone the first thing they do is throw away your sim card.
And what about sending a message through your Google Account? I think I once tried an apk that was able to send message using your gmail account.
bse88 said:
And what about sending a message through your Google Account? I think I once tried an apk that was able to send message using your gmail account.
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Full wipe, and all is Ok
Better idea would be to throw a false reset option in the settings that reformats the phone to make the phone appear to have been reset but GPS, and various owner enabled services would still be on and accessible via computer manipulation.....or predefined actions.
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Well there is a good anti theft app called cerberus
Just take insurance,u get brand new phone
There are already several apps available that do exactly what you suggest.
It should be easy to hard brick the phone. A little "dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/... bs=512 count=1" to all partitions on the phone should do the trick
An App with a hardcoded config in /system/app would survive a Factory Reset
I much rather would like to catch the thief who stole my phone instead of frying the phone.
My phone got stolen last month and even though I had some kind of find phone feature, I couldn't look it up. They should made something based on the IMEI# of the phone to track it instead of the sim card and account, which could easily be replaced.
Full wipe
I've had an idea for improving anti theft.
The one flaw in hardcore solutions like avast mobile and Cerberus is that they are rendered useless when a new ROM is flashed or the system partition is wiped. I know avast is supposed to have an option to be added to the backup list on CyanogenMod based ROMs, but for some reason it never works for me. Maybe because it could have been designed for CM7 and not CM9.
Anyway, the solution to the issue would be adding the anti theft program to another protected partition other than the android system. OEMs use additional partitions for the HBOOT or ODIN. An encrypted partition would make it secure. I know Ubuntu has some sort LVM encryption.
Or, restricting access to the custom recovery menu by locking it with a pass code. The issue with that might be where to store that pass code. Of course you could just reflash a stock recovery to prevent writing to the system partition, but who wants to do that?
So there's a basic description of the flaw now it just needs to be fixed somehow. I'm not good with actual coding so I'd leave that to the developers.
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Buckylastard said:
I much rather would like to catch the thief who stole my phone instead of frying the phone.
My phone got stolen last month and even though I had some kind of find phone feature, I couldn't look it up. They should made something based on the IMEI# of the phone to track it instead of the sim card and account, which could easily be replaced.
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I would rather blow up my phone along with the hand of the thief.
U add an app to system/app and this app popup every 12h and want a code like "xdgfr" and u have 10 seconds after first touch of code, if u dont write in ur phone vibrates 20 seconds and than u must insert again code if not ---> hard brick
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Install a ssh server such as dropbear, starting from init.rc
Install an IPv6 6in4 tunnel.
Now you got access to your phone via ssh and a unique IPv6 address, reachable wherever the phone is, behind NATs, firewalls, on cellular nets etc.
If it gets stolen, just access it and decide the best action ...
Just :
A new encrypted partition that can only be deleted by the user entering a password, this partition will store a pre-configured program that will detect the state of the rom, stolen-alarm, will store credentials (for accessing the main security account, data and networks) and will take actions depending on that configuration or direct access from the user(Via ssh or a custom UI).
What about that?
It doesn't need to be a large partition, just large enough to save that data.
I wouldnt want that app to get in the wrong hands.
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Anyone have any experience with the 2014 NOTE 10.1 RETAIL MODE APP???
I have used this type of product on a Blackberry Playbook and was wondering if it worked the same way, In the retail mode on the Playbook you can do most functions but when you leave that mode everything that the user did is erased and the tablet goes back to the way it was before activating the demo mode.
It also would play a video if not touched for a preset time.
There is a password that you need to activate it, anyone know the password for this version as well as the one for the 2012 Note 10.1?
UPDATE I figured out the password and at this time I would not recommend that you activate the retail mode. It does not work the way I though but I'm still messing with it. Seems that it my need to be factory reset to get it off..
Will update with more details as I find them.
2nd UPDATEThis demo works nothing like the one that is on my Playbook.
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YOU CAN NOT REMOVE THIS APP AND YOU MUST DO A FACTORY RESET TO GET RID OF IT.
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So whats the password?
Im using the password working on every other Samsung Galaxy device but it dont seem to work on this 2014 Edition,
Please help! :good:
Solarnnn said:
So whats the password?
Im using the password working on every other Samsung Galaxy device but it dont seem to work on this 2014 Edition,
Please help! :good:
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Don't think you know what you are getting yourself into with this App.
When you run this app it will disable parts of you tablet and add media files. You need a password to disable it and I did not figure that one out. The only way to get rid of the app is to do a factory reset.
If you want any of the songs, photo's or video that it puts on the tablet make sure you save the files onto your computer or to the cloud as it will erase all of them when you do the factory reset.
If you are still dead set on trying the app I will only give you a hint as to what the password is .......... the password is one of the words in the devices name.
My phone has been hacked into and it seems they can enter whenever. I was given a Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000m by a friend, and it's running Froyo 2.2 and the hardware is that of windows (NOW), not my doing. Would an upgrade get rid of those who switch my settings during the night. Should I put a different operating system in...most of this being as clear as mud to me! I can't even download apps without them knowing and they would just join the rest of the grayed out ones. I am beginning to think how far would a Galaxy S skip as I toss it across the river.
Any suggestions would be of help as to what to do about this dilemma.
Have you done a factory reset? I would definitely suggest doing that. If you're rooted I'd make a backup and factory reset. See if that clears up your problem. Also once you have done a factory reset change your passwords to your email (Gmail etc ..) accounts. Whatever you do don't change your passwords until after you've done a factory reset because it may lock you out otherwise for 72 hours.
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My phone has been hacked into and it seems they can enter whenever. I was given a Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000m by a friend, and it's running Froyo 2.2 and the hardware is that of windows (NOW), not my doing. Would an upgrade get rid of those who switch my settings during the night. Should I put a different operating system in...most of this being as clear as mud to me! I can't even download apps without them knowing and they would just join the rest of the grayed out ones. I am beginning to think how far would a Galaxy S skip as I toss it across the river.
Any suggestions would be of help as to what to do about this dilemma.
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Let me know how that goes. Factory reset usually takes away any type of spyware on a device if something's been installed.
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Have you done a factory reset? I would definitely suggest doing that. If you're rooted I'd make a backup and factory reset. See if that clears up your problem. Also once you have done a factory reset change your passwords to your email (Gmail etc ..) accounts. Whatever you do don't change your passwords until after you've done a factory reset because it may lock you out otherwise for 72 hours.
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Thank you, I have done a factory reset, used *#*#7780#*#*, and *2767*3855# many a time with no luck. Whoever it is put a small package in my phone and I only have half the features available. I have tried to erase the ram but get caught. As far as passwords they got into my GMail through GSuite and I have 2 step verification on it using printed out codes. I've notified Google.
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Always Learning said:
Thank you, I have done a factory reset, used *#*#7780#*#*, and *2767*3855# many a time with no luck. Whoever it is put a small package in my phone and I only have half the features available. I have tried to erase the ram but get caught. As far as passwords they got into my GMail through GSuite and I have 2 step verification on it using printed out codes. I've notified Google.
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I'd do a factory reset in stock recovery.
I believe you can get into stock recovery by pressing volume up, power and home buttons all at the same time then release em all when it reboots. Should get you to stock recovery. I dont use dialer codes. I've been messing with phone's since HTC Evo and Galaxy S2 days. I've never had a virus that a factory reset didn't wipe out. (And a change of my passwords and security checkup.)
Remember if someone logs into your gmail account it will have your phone model as the device that logged in but it's NOT.
I always delete all recognized devices too...
Hope that helps. If so please hit the thanks button as I'm trying to be able to make posts on here and can't till I have 10, not on certain threads anyway.... Lmao.
I hope you solve this issue though.
I have a stock VZW Galaxy S10 Plus purchased from Verizon, after an update to may Android security I noticed close to all my apps now had permissions to modify system, as well as many switches "Greyed out" and certain functions trying to force me to use WiFi. I have been dealing with it for over a month, in recovery the text at the top is displayed 2 times. And at the bottom it says Missing 2fs file... I have factory reset the phone more times than I can count, and with a root folder spy app I am able to see some folder that I am pretty sure should not be in a stock rom. (Lazy script) ... it was showing enterprise billing , and other things....
Things changed after using Verizon sw app connect to my PC. But I am sure the problem is still there.
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I know **""this is not Possible """** is the standard response. Verizon was no help, Samsung sent me to **UBreak I fix** nothing changed. And the last option was to send it in to Samsung..... I want to know what/how it happened. I always have my phone with me. I am happy to share any screen captures, and I'm trying to post some screen recordings of me scrolling through the folders on my phone. I also have trace logs. But not even sure how to read it.
This is wrecking my life . More that the Covid shut down. .....
I want to find out how it was done, just replacing the phone will not satisfy me anymore.......
Oh, I also have 2 Sledge, And 2. Snote3.... that now look like they have problems......
I know this is the place to find the answer. Help me get to the. *Root * of the problem??? Lol.... please.
I actually forgot the pattern to my samsung galaxy m30s and now i cannot unlock it. and since the device restarted, it isn't accepting my finger print and want the pattern.
I tried using find my device, and find my mobile but all in vain. Nothing seem to work.
I cannot afford to loose my data as it contains some really important notes, videos, files and contacts.
what shall i be doing to bypass the security? it do not feature knox security too, so it might be easy too?
Or at least get the backup, and later recover it after factory resetting the mobile.
And i do not have any recovery installed or nothing extra have been done to my mobile.
Sorry but the outlook is not so good.
Do not do a factory reset if you want to try to recover the data.
Try this.
blackhawk said:
Sorry but the outlook is not so good.
Do not do a factory reset if you want to try to recover the data.
Try this.
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isn't there any way that i can able the finger print sensor? it is still working very fine and will work. the only problem is since the mobile restarted, it want pattern first
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isn't there any way that i can able the finger print sensor? it is still working very fine and will work. the only problem is since the mobile restarted, it want pattern first
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I don't know; I never lock my devices.