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[Q] Looking for .apk of new sprint security App

Does anyone have the new sprint security app as a .apk? I am currently running Myn's z port and sprint will not recognize my phone as an Evo. I do know I could just flash back to a different Evo rom and download it, back it up, and nandroid back to where I was at but that is a pain in the ***! I am sure if some one where to post it, there would be many appreciative people!
I do not believe this to be a repeat post for I did search before posting but you never know.....you know!
Thanks!

EsotericSage said:
Does anyone have the new sprint security app as a .apk? I am currently running Myn's z port and sprint will not recognize my phone as an Evo. I do know I could just flash back to a different Evo rom and download it, back it up, and nandroid back to where I was at but that is a pain in the ***! I am sure if some one where to post it, there would be many appreciative people!
I do not believe this to be a repeat post for I did search before posting but you never know.....you know!
Thanks!
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Here you go man. My Evo recently died a slow and horrible death, but I pulled this off of my SD card. You should be good to go.

gomorrah said:
Here you go man. My Evo recently died a slow and horrible death, but I pulled this off of my SD card. You should be good to go.
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Thanks So much. It is really appreciated!

Will this work for people without the Total Equipment Protection service? I doubt it, but I have Where's My Droid to help me find my phone and it lets you set a pass code on it.

According to the web site it will not. But i believe they give you a month free trial if you want to give it a shot!

For those who came into this thread that don't have TEP, be sure to check out Plan B. It's an easy way to locate your phone without ever installing any software before you lose your phone. It essentially pushes the app to your phone and upon install it notifies you of its location.

Sounds like a good alternative.....is this available on the market?

gomorrah said:
Here you go man. My Evo recently died a slow and horrible death, but I pulled this off of my SD card. You should be good to go.
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What does this app do?

It has some basic security features such as remote wipe, find phone, and force alarm on full volume. It also had a contact backup feature and web service to find closest repair center. You can also start tep claim...
Which doesn't make sense....if you are trying to start a claim your phone is probably already boned
Remember it free if you have tep. If not, be aware.
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EsotericSage said:
It has some basic security features such as remote wipe, find phone, and force alarm on full volume.
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same stuff lookout has

[Q] Remote Deletion Question

Hey folks. My Evo got stolen today, and I have a question. I've already reported it stolen to Sprint, started the Asurion claim, and changed the passwords to all the services my phone had stored passwords for. Unfortunately, there's a fair bit of info on that phone that it would do best not to spread. I have phone numbers for the vast majority of my squadron, along with some passwords for a few secure government systems. Granted, the passwords are in one of the password vault apps behind a different master password and I'll be changing them tomorrow morning anyways, but is there a way I can have google remotely delete that app and de-sync my contacts if my phone ever connects to a wifi network (or gets used on MetroPOS)? Sprint says all they can really do is blacklist the ESN, which they've done.

I don't believe so, unless you had like lookout mobile, where you pay for the premium service that allows it to do that.

There's a sprint app in the market just for future reference its called sprint total protection app(free). It saves your numbers and allows you to remotely lock your phone. It also sends gps coordinates every 2 hours of your phones location so you can find those pesky thieves and give them a piece of your mind. You get a pin code to login the website to view the gps locations and it works like a charm.
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dirkyd3rk said:
There's a sprint app in the market just for future reference its called sprint total protection app(free). It saves your numbers and allows you to remotely lock your phone. It also sends gps coordinates every 2 hours of your phones location so you can find those pesky thieves and give them a piece of your mind. You get a pin code to login the website to view the gps locations and it works like a charm.
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That actually works? I have it, but never set it up. May look into it now.
but OP, go for that -pushes you to it-

Thanks for the snappy replies, I'll definitely be using one of those security apps next time. Oh well. At least now the thieving bastard can never use the phone to its full potential. At this point aren't the second rate providers like Metro and cricket the only ones that will activate a phone with a dirty ESN?

teh roxxorz said:
That actually works? I have it, but never set it up. May look into it now.
but OP, go for that -pushes you to it-
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Yes it actually works, oddly enough it doesn't drain battery since it only uses gps to send location then turns back off. I've been using it. Theres a weird issue with cm7 to where the app ask you to turn on gps even though it's on but it works!
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jdelforge5684 said:
Thanks for the snappy replies, I'll definitely be using one of those security apps next time. Oh well. At least now the thieving bastard can never use the phone to its full potential. At this point aren't the second rate providers like Metro and cricket the only ones that will activate a phone with a dirty ESN?
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I believe so, but they'd be risky for flashing it. Unless they tried to clone a good esn...but most people aren't skilled enough or would think of it.

dirkyd3rk said:
There's a sprint app in the market just for future reference its called sprint total protection app(free). It saves your numbers and allows you to remotely lock your phone. It also sends gps coordinates every 2 hours of your phones location so you can find those pesky thieves and give them a piece of your mind. You get a pin code to login the website to view the gps locations and it works like a charm.
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Should note that this app will not work with phones running non-sprint ROMs.

Malware? UpgradeDroid.apk

So my wife was on her Evo when suddenly the browser opened and started downloading something called DroidSpeedUpgrade.apk. The website I traced and it gave me a forbidden 403 from my PC, but did allow me a DL of the apk from phone. I did not install, look at the crazy permissions! Any idea what this is, or how it opened on my wifes Evo (cm7)?
Thanks
Below is the APK, I wouldnt install it, screen shot is the permissions...

I would backup all apps [except that], then do a fresh re-install of CM7.

teh roxxorz said:
I would backup all apps [except that], then do a fresh re-install of CM7.
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I would question if there's already a malware app on the phone if the browser automatically opened to that page.
Check through unfamiliar apps and the permissions associated with them.
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jackslim said:
I would question if there's already a malware app on the phone if the browser automatically opened to that page.
Check through unfamiliar apps and the permissions associated with them.
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That too is true, but hoping he did that already. Though either way, I firmly believe she should do a clean install again; at least go through the last 10 apps she installed, and like said, check the permissions.

If I were to wipe fully with a clean install of a rom, and not log in to Google or restore anything, what damage do you think this could do if I installed it out of curiosity?
I know it could get my phone number, info and whatnot. That alone would probably keep me from doing it... but what's the worst that you think it could do?
If I had an unactivated Android phone then I might do it.
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plainjane said:
If I were to wipe fully with a clean install of a rom, and not log in to Google or restore anything, what damage do you think this could do if I installed it out of curiosity?
I know it could get my phone number, info and whatnot. That alone would probably keep me from doing it... but what's the worst that you think it could do?
If I had an unactivated Android phone then I might do it.
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Your curiosity is like mine, I am tempted to just install it, lol. See if the app can be found in app drawer or what, if I can do anything with it, and so on. My wife doesnt have any credit card junk stored on phone, but has a bank app, so that is all bad by itself! Wait, Amazon Market has credit card linked to it, so in theory they can get password and get credit card info from Amazon. On top of bank passwords, all bad! Maybe I am being paranoid, but this rouge apk seems to have to many permissions for it to just install like that.
I have a unactivated LG Optimus S here, I will install it on that and report my findings
edit...INSTALLED!!!
OK, it is just a Task Manager, on the outside that is. What it does is mask itself as a battery saver/task killer. Meanwhile it sends and recieves text messages that cost YOU $9.99 each! Says a minimum of one per week will be sent and or received. If works with either Sprint or Tmobile, according with terms and conditions, which are carefully hidden. For the average user its gonna fool them, the app by itself would not be so bad so one would think they got a awesome app. Meanwhile your Sprint bill is racking up $9.99 texts, I guess you can get them reversed by sprint. But if you have autopay set up it may take a bit to realize you bill payment was a couple hunderd over normal cost Just be on the lookout, the app may do more than what I found, I only scratched the surface of it.

Just create a nandroid backup, turn off your mobile network, install see what it is, then flash back
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Khilbron said:
Just create a nandroid backup, turn off your mobile network, install see what it is, then flash back
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see post above yours, i installed it. its all bad for anyone who does get fooled into installing this on a activated phone

cordell12 said:
see post above yours, i installed it. its all bad for anyone who does get fooled into installing this on a activated phone
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That blows, good catch

Will it do that to my phone if I turn off all data and place it on airplane mode then install, Check it out then uninstall it then turn airplane mode off.
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sharkboy0901 said:
Will it do that to my phone if I turn off all data and place it on airplane mode then install, Check it out then uninstall it then turn airplane mode off.
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it's best not to find out with something like this
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sharkboy0901 said:
Will it do that to my phone if I turn off all data and place it on airplane mode then install, Check it out then uninstall it then turn airplane mode off.
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It has permission to change your settings, so it could turn data back on. It can also read your phone information - phone number and such - so if it can send this information out then it can definitely do damage.
I wouldn't try it.
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It also gives the user magic powers and allows the user to live forever. THIS is a must install. LMAO! However, I WOULD PERSONALLY *that is if I had time to do this* DECOMPILE THIS CRAP AND SEE WHO THE HELL MADE IT AND WHERE IT IS SENDING OUR INFORMATION TO. then, I would track the person down. and put a bullet in their head or heads. I don't play games with identity theft. oh and we all know the two places they are likely from. either china or Africa. Well, in Africa... I firmly believe most of them should all be put into a grave. :-D
Does this make me a bad person? nope... it sure doesn't. I'm protecting americans. Actually. the government does this on a daily basis. They murder hundreds of people over seas for oil. :-D We gotta have our oil. :-D lmao If they come over here, they are terrorists. If we go over there, we are terrorists. :-D as I just went way off subject...
okay okay. don't install it. final. and why would you install something that you know for a fact is a phone virus? How stupid is that? We need a platform that can tests apks OUT OF A REAL phone environment. like a virtual mobile computer like vmware.
okay, I'm done. bedtime!

runcool said:
the government does this on a daily basis. They murder hundreds of people over seas for oil. :-D We gotta have our oil. :-D lmao If they come over here, they are terrorists. If we go over there, we are terrorists.
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wow really?

good lord... i haven been uninstalling this on my customers phones for 2 weeks now... anyone, get a full decompile on it?

Avast! Anti-Theft Anyone?

Anyone else use this? I used it a while back for my N1, tested the remote auto-enable GPS, siren, lock, etc and they all seemed to work great. Haven't used it since though and just decided to fire it up and get it set up on my GNexus.
Think it's worth using or just a waste of time?
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Cerberus
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I'm using it, always have been an avast fan on my pcs
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Cerebus is the best out there, that's what I use.

Cerberus is best IMO as well.
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Cerberus is the ****. one license for 5 devices also....

I'm using Avast!, but not sure if I should switch Cerberus or use both together?
(I'm not rooted at the moment)

I'm using my brain.
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alxrock said:
I'm using Avast!, but not sure if I should switch Cerberus or use both together?
(I'm not rooted at the moment)
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i cant imagine you need anything more than cerberus.
and im not rooted and dont plan to...

I just dumped my Avast! and got Cerberus set up now. Thanks for the input. I've heard a lot of good things about Cerberus, and wasn't too sure about Avast!
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i cant imagine you need anything more than cerberus.
and im not rooted and dont plan to...
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I also just signed up with Cerberus. Thanks everybody!

I just "Attempted" to sign up with Cerberus last night. Paid for the app through Google Play, still haven't activated my device, and nobody is answering my e-mail to let me know what is going on. We'll see how it goes.

I've never in my life lost a phone, or misplaced it for that matter. I just figured, with Avast! being free, "why not?" have a safety net in case I lose it.
Set it up with my wife's phone as the "trusted" number so if it gets lost, I can track it
Cerebus is probably better but I don't see the need to pay for something like this, personally.
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uoY_redruM said:
I've never in my life lost a phone, or misplaced it for that matter. I just figured, with Avast! being free, "why not?" have a safety net in case I lose it.
Set it up with my wife's phone as the "trusted" number so if it gets lost, I can track it
Cerebus is probably better but I don't see the need to pay for something like this, personally.
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I've worked inIT for years and one thing i noticed with virus removals. They came in by the bunches with eset, macafee (sp) Norton, etc all paid subscriptions. The least infected computers I've seen were all running avast free. My personal laptop has never been infected. Recent, avast on my phone picked up malware code not only in an app i downloaded from the play store (koi pond live wallpaper) but it also noticed the same app/malware in my mybackuproot compressed back up of the app.
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I can also vouch for Cerberus! Just make sure you don't restore it through titanium, it causes problems

My apologies for gravedigging, but...
I have avast installed currently. Has anyone actully used either of these to recover a stolen phone?

funkbuqet said:
My apologies for gravedigging, but...
I have avast installed currently. Has anyone actully used either of these to recover a stolen phone?
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I applaud you for finding a relevant thread to post in. I have used rooted avast to find a lost phone. I left it at work derp.
"best to be fresh" sent from the n7

I use Cerberus as well as Avast. Cerberus anti-theft is much easier to re-enable after flashing a new ROM, so I just turn that feature off in Avast. There doesn't seem to be much virus activity in the Android sphere yet, but Avast has a nice firewall, permissions snooper, and some other things. Saves me from having to install a few separate apps that cover the same territory.
Haven't lost my phone yet, but I've seen posts by people who have recovered their phones using Avast, and others using Cerberus.

hi all
not sure if this is the right thread, but i also installed the avast anti-theft on my note 10.1 and my wife's note 1.
the problem is that i already un-installed the avast program. using the application manager, also using the titanium backup to remove it.
apparently it is still there. i just recieved an sms from my wife's phone that a new sim was inserted and all, but she informed me she just turned off her phone. no sim was removed or anything.
now this would just be irritating if we are in the same country, but right now she is using her roaming number and that number is sending back these messages to me.
is there any other solution to totally removing that notification? i am worried that when i follow her there also and have my sim be on roaming, my Note 10.1 would also be sending these messages everytime I turn off my phone or remove my sim.
any help would greatly be appreciated, as this has been already going for 2 weeks now. i am afraid to look at the bill on her mobile number.
thanks guys.
sorry for the long post.

jappy01 said:
hi all
not sure if this is the right thread, but i also installed the avast anti-theft on my note 10.1 and my wife's note 1.
the problem is that i already un-installed the avast program. using the application manager, also using the titanium backup to remove it.
apparently it is still there. i just recieved an sms from my wife's phone that a new sim was inserted and all, but she informed me she just turned off her phone. no sim was removed or anything.
now this would just be irritating if we are in the same country, but right now she is using her roaming number and that number is sending back these messages to me.
is there any other solution to totally removing that notification? i am worried that when i follow her there also and have my sim be on roaming, my Note 10.1 would also be sending these messages everytime I turn off my phone or remove my sim.
any help would greatly be appreciated, as this has been already going for 2 weeks now. i am afraid to look at the bill on her mobile number.
thanks guys.
sorry for the long post.
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You may need to check settings/security/device administration and see if avast is still there. Avast hides a secondary app to prevent someone from simply uninstalling the app if stolen and you'll have to disable the administration option to truly uninstall it.
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Lost not stolen phone, needs apps

Hey guys, Iost my nexus and I need some apps to find it. I know there are threads and alot of websites regarding this, but i'm just asking for quick answers BEFORE somebody does find it and turn it off.
So its still on because it is ringing and then it goes to voicemail. I have data so i can remotely download apps to it. No one can turn it on because the power button is broken and I use PGM to slide to wake.
Any apps I can remotely download without activating using my phone (obviously because its lost lol) is needed.
I have some really important pictures that are highly sentimental that I haven't yet backed up so I need help ASAP please. :crying:
EDIT: I tried Androidlost but its no registering with the website. I installed the app and then texted my phone "androidlost register" but it didnt register. Then deleted the app and installed the androidlost jumpstarter and did it again and still nothing.
My battery is probably going to die soon, any ideas would be appreciated.

stephan001 said:
Hey guys, Iost my nexus and I need some apps to find it. I know there are threads and alot of websites regarding this, but i'm just asking for quick answers BEFORE somebody does find it and turn it off.
So its still on because it is ringing and then it goes to voicemail. I have data so i can remotely download apps to it. No one can turn it on because the power button is broken and I use PGM to slide to wake.
Any apps I can remotely download without activating using my phone (obviously because its lost lol) is needed.
I have some really important pictures that are highly sentimental that I haven't yet backed up so I need help ASAP please. :crying:
EDIT: I tried Androidlost but its no registering with the website. I installed the app and then texted my phone "androidlost register" but it didnt register. Then deleted the app and installed the androidlost jumpstarter and did it again and still nothing.
My battery is probably going to die soon, any ideas would be appreciated.
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Android lost from Google play store

Try the app" plan b"
Best app to use after you lost your phone?
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Where's My Droid worked for me
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are any of them going to work? don't you have to open most security apps at least once physically from the phone to activate them?