So I guess my mom is tracking my phone with the sprint family locator, one I figure this will drain battery because my location will constantly be sent, two I don't want my mother knowing when I'm getting high (jk, but I do enjoy privacy), and 3 I beleive she's tracking my father to. This wouldn't be bad except he doesn't want her to, not to bring you guys into my family life, but they just got divorced and long story short they don't trust each other and my father doesn't want her tracking his phone as she's lied to him about this tracking thing before.
SFL is most likely a hidden stock all or just something like ciq hidden in running programs somewhere.
My question : Is there a way I can prevent it from tracking my father and my phones? Such as deleting the service, in installing the app through root, or any way really.
Second question, if I did this would she know through say a notification we cannot be tracked anymore, or perhaps it just won't show up at all?
Thanks guys.
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I installed and tried the app. It only has to be on the primary account holders phone and tracks through gps. I tried tracking my families phones and my girl turned her location services off, so it wouldn't track her phone. Try turning your location services off in settings.
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I installed and tried the app. It only has to be on the primary account holders phone and tracks through gps. I tried tracking my families phones and my girl turned her location services off, so it wouldn't track her phone. Try turning your location services off in settings.
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Thank you.. Ide let you know ow if it works or not, but I wouldn't be able to tell.. How did you view were they were? From your phone or a computer?
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Both. It found her once, then she turned her gps off and it just kept saying phone not found
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if she is tracking your dad who is divorced, he needs to get his own phone off her plan
Actually, I have had the locator still able to find phones even if the person has GPS extra off. The only way is to use roam control and use verizons tower. I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I think the locator triangulates your location from the cell phone towers.
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if she is tracking your dad who is divorced, he needs to get his own phone off her plan
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The, but I was asking for phone help not life guidance. Besides if he stays on or plan I get his upgrade also.
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Actually, I have had the locator still able to find phones even if the person has GPS extra off. The only way is to use roam control and use verizons tower. I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I think the locator triangulates your location from the cell phone towers.
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The is most likely the case
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Actually, I have had the locator still able to find phones even if the person has GPS extra off. The only way is to use roam control and use verizons tower. I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I think the locator triangulates your location from the cell phone towers.
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Yeah but you could drive around where it says they are all day and not find them. Not that that isn't the case with gps in a building as well. I get good reception for gps in my house but the accuracy bounces around to wider than this block a lot of the time.
If your under 18 there isn't much to say. People want to be left alone and or rebel. But when your a minor and a dependent of someone not only is anything you own their property they are responsible for you.
I remember reading there is a bug that google voice sprint integration breaks family locator, I don't know if sprint fixed it yet.
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Yeah but you could drive around where it says they are all day and not find them. Not that that isn't the case with gps in a building as well. I get good reception for gps in my house but the accuracy bounces around to wider than this block a lot of the time.
If your under 18 there isn't much to say. People want to be left alone and or rebel. But when your a minor and a dependent of someone not only is anything you own their property they are responsible for you.
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Thanks rain, but I'm doing this Moe or less for my dad. He flies, so if my mom were to know he's out of state **** might go down . lol basicly.
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Thanks rain, but I'm doing this Moe or less for my dad. He flies, so if my mom were to know he's out of state **** might go down . lol basicly.
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Oops my bad i mean i saw that but I wasn't exactly thinking. Yeah that can be a bad thing. Not to mention a little psycho.
Are you some hollywood director coming up with the plot line for Fatal Attraction 2?
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Oops my bad i mean i saw that but I wasn't exactly thinking. Yeah that can be a bad thing. Not to mention a little psycho.
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Yeah it is a little creepy... -. - you don't even wanna know lol.
Lol no sfhub, I'm not. Lol but if I were ide let you be part of the main casting
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Use that app it spoofs the location lol you can have a lot of fun with it like put yourself on another country or in the middle of the ocean haha then your mother would think the tracking app doesnt work and hopefully stops using it just an idea lol
Just force roam, I don't think there is any other way honestly. But I know that is a for sure method.
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The phone triangulates off the towers. It shouldn't matter if you turn GPS off. The force roam idea may work, if he keeps his GPS off. Depending on how often she is checking it, she'll know something is up if the phone is on and the service is not working. (Trust me, I get calls like this all the time.) If you do a change of ownership you keep the same phone number, same contract dates, no ETF, thus you would still get his upgrade. If you roam too much you'll get terminated. Best solution is get a boost mobile and use *73 and leave the sprint phone at home when he's traveling.
She may still catch on, but it could take a while.
If you have a Google voice number integrated with your sprint number it will prevent sfl from obtaining your location. It did for me anyways. It either doesn't affect everyone or others haven't noticed. I haven't found any official confirmation anywhere yet.
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Use that app it spoofs the location lol you can have a lot of fun with it like put yourself on another country or in the middle of the ocean haha then your mother would think the tracking app doesnt work and hopefully stops using it just an idea lol
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Do this! Make it say ur in Madagascar or something.
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My point was there is probably no way to stop her from tracking him, seeing what numbers he calls and texts. With the phone in her name, unfortunately for you and him, there is no way to stop it. Also even without sfl, she can see any number he texts by requesting the info from sprints security department. I have done it myself. its an easy process.
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I just had the best conversation ever with a sprint rep. This was an in-store tech person, mind you, so all of my facial expressions were more than obvious.
The conversation went like this:
Hi, my E4GT is having some wifi connectivity issues. When I try to connect, it says connected but then keeps scanning, and in fact, it's not connected at all because I can't get a webpage to...
(Interrupting me) WAIT RIGHT THERE...let me see the front of your phone, turn it around! (I do so.) Yup, that's the problem...you downloaded something to make your ANDROID phone look like a WINDOWS phone.
You mean a launcher?
Yes, it's an unapproved app, and you corrupted your whole system. You need to delete that and hard reset. Don't make it look like it's not an Android phone...otherwise you corrupt the system.
(My face has a wtf are you serious look on it at this point.) Oooooh-kay. Um, are you sure?
YES! ABSOLUTELY! Also, I bet you have checked off install apps from unknown sources, don't you?
Yes...so?
THERE YOU GO AGAIN --- COMPLETELY CORRUPTED YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. Now, anyone anywhere can just go into your phone and access everything. That's why you can't get online.
(Now my face has the wtf look on it as well as a little bit of anger from this rep having somehow survived this long in her life, and in doing so, disproved darwinism.) So, you're telling me installing the amazon appstore breaks our phones?
YES, it's an unapproved app, just like that one that made your phone look like a windows phone!
But, that app's from the google market...??
I BET YOU'RE TETHERING TOO, AREN'T YOU?
(Damn, she got me there.) No! What is tethering?
Someone will come up and tell you to tether...go right ahead and do it if you want, but you'll be corrupting your entire phone again and it won't work.
Ok, thanks, this has been a big help.
You bet! Thanks for coming in!
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I just had the best conversation ever with a sprint rep. This was an in-store tech person, mind you, so all of my facial expressions were more than obvious.
The conversation went like this:
Hi, my E4GT is having some wifi connectivity issues. When I try to connect, it says connected but then keeps scanning, and in fact, it's not connected at all because I can't get a webpage to...
(Interrupting me) WAIT RIGHT THERE...let me see the front of your phone, turn it around! (I do so.) Yup, that's the problem...you downloaded something to make your ANDROID phone look like a WINDOWS phone.
You mean a launcher?
Yes, it's an unapproved app, and you corrupted your whole system. You need to delete that and hard reset. Don't make it look like it's not an Android phone...otherwise you corrupt the system.
(My face has a wtf are you serious look on it at this point.) Oooooh-kay. Um, are you sure?
YES! ABSOLUTELY! Also, I bet you have checked off install apps from unknown sources, don't you?
Yes...so?
THERE YOU GO AGAIN --- COMPLETELY CORRUPTED YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. Now, anyone anywhere can just go into your phone and access everything. That's why you can't get online.
(Now my face has the wtf look on it as well as a little bit of anger from this rep having somehow survived this long in her life, and in doing so, disproved darwinism.) So, you're telling me installing the amazon appstore breaks our phones?
YES, it's an unapproved app, just like that one that made your phone look like a windows phone!
But, that app's from the google market...??
I BET YOU'RE TETHERING TOO, AREN'T YOU?
(Damn, she got me there.) No! What is tethering?
Someone will come up and tell you to tether...go right ahead and do it if you want, but you'll be corrupting your entire phone again and it won't work.
Ok, thanks, this has been a big help.
You bet! Thanks for coming in!
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Lol, now that's funny
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Damn that guy is hilarius
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Ha ha ha, it's to funny! How incompetent.
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so...did it work?
Lol... I thought she was joking but shes serious... It anoys me that i know more about my phone and other phones then a sales rep(no offense to the sales reps that know what there talking about ).
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I once had a verizon droid incredible with a screen that literally moved when you touched it (this screen hardware itself physically moved, not anything on the screen). Took it into a Verizon store and the rep seriously asked me "did you try doing a battery pull?" I was just like wtf does a loose screen have to do with a battery pull.
I don't know where they find these people. When I apply for jobs there I never even get an interview, I think I fail their personality testing during the application.
I don't even understand how people like that can get hired. You would think they would require at least some basic knowledge of the industry and products. I am actually looking to change careers and would like to get a position managing a sprint store but I can't seem to find an opening in my area because they keep hiring people like this. I have been to four stores in my area and every single one has not one person who seems to know much of anything. Maybe its just the central florida area.
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Normally, I would say this story seems too far out there, and that there is no way someone is that clueless as an employee at the Sprint store.
However, I have dealt with some of the Sprint store employees and I guess it is feasible.
Either way, thanks for posting as it was an entertaining post.
Thanks op that was classic, I seem to run into these people all the time. Awesome
I had a similar thing happen at Radio Shack. I had bought the Photon there and before my 30 days were up I wanted to trade it for our SII...on launch day they didn't have any so I told them I wanted to return it and go to Sprint to get the phone. The salesman said why...the Photon is dual core and a much better phone...I immediately told him it was none of his business and then proceeded to rattle off the specs of the SII..he went into the back room. These people are clueless!
Haha I purchased an app called HVAC Buddy for work and a sprint tech told me it broke the gps in my Moment. Wtf
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I don't even understand how people like that can get hired. You would think they would require at least some basic knowledge of the industry and products. I am actually looking to change careers and would like to get a position managing a sprint store but I can't seem to find an opening in my area because they keep hiring people like this. I have been to four stores in my area and every single one has not one person who seems to know much of anything. Maybe its just the central florida area.
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All of FL, bro...I'm in the ft laud area myself, and it's harder to find a glimmer of intelligence in the general population than it is to find a guy who doesn't shave his chest here.
anyway, just fyi, it's an absolutely true story. the worst part, which I forgot to mention in the OP, is that a couple minutes before this dolt began "helping" me, I was talking with another customer who had an E4GT with some crazy problems (phone with a mind of it's own...would just randomly open up apps and close them and restart...) and I was telling her about this forum and how her problems were atypical and how she should just get a new E4GT...and then every time this stupid, stupid customer service rep talked, I had to just look over at this lady and hope she knew how completely retarded the rep was.
I hate that I am associated with these types of employees ...
-J
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I hate that I am associated with these types of employees ...
-J
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I know there has to be some knowledgeable reps, I just haven't encountered any myself.
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In my defense, not all of us are idiots.
And a 2nd thought, ive met such people. I sometimes feel ashamed that theyre one of my own.
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I hate that I am associated with these types of employees ...
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Yeah, this. I'm sorry guys.
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Yeah, this. I'm sorry guys.
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No need to apologize on their behalf...it's the same at every job and every profession. It's just a shame that people don't say, "sorry, I don't know," when they don't know. But, on the bright side, it does sometimes make for some funny ish when they talk out their ass
Walked into my local repair center and showed the Guy my OG Evo, told him that I was having some issues with the fact that my $400+ phone had a crack in the casing near the volume and power buttons. He immediately told me "you dropped your phone and it cracked. that's not covered sorry." and proceeded to the next customer. I walked up, showed him again my phone was in an otterbox defender case, had NO signs of damage... mind you I kept the case on since day 1 and I had never dropped the phone....
He looks at me with the straightest face and says "it is because you are using a Facebook IM application which causes the problem." at this point I laughed in his face, left the store and proceeded down the block to the next repair center.
This Guy still works there....
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Oh and here's another one.
Took another OG Evo 4G to another local repair center to have the dust cleaned out from behind the screen (there was a **** ton) and the service tech puts my phone back together and broke the power button, camera, and screen and then tells me "Uhhhh it came like that sorry"
.... fail of sprint repair centers. I'm better off fixing the phones myseld
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Well guys. I'm about to file a claim on my phone...laid the motorcycle down the other day and the screen is messed up...starting to mess up in the edge. If anyone has filed a claim let me know if you got hboot 97 or 98 please.
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Well guys. I'm about to file a claim on my phone...laid the motorcycle down the other day and the screen is messed up...starting to mess up in the edge. If anyone has filed a claim let me know if you got hboot 97 or 98 please.
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Maybe you'll get lucky if you're getting insurance replacement. If it from VZW, the odds are probably much lower. Hopefully they release a Revolutionary update soon.
knipp21 said:
Well guys. I'm about to file a claim on my phone...laid the motorcycle down the other day and the screen is messed up...starting to mess up in the edge. If anyone has filed a claim let me know if you got hboot 97 or 98 please.
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that sucks about your bike knipp, hopefully you weren't scraped up too bad....and to answer your phone, i'm on replacement #3 because of shoddy reception and they claim i shouldn't have all these reception issues (lolol), so i've gotten 2 replacements thus far, the first one was 97 and the second was 98....it all just depends on which batch they send from
Thanks guys. Dang I don't wanna loose root :-(
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I had to get one for my granddaughter friday an it came with .98 an 2.3.4 already on it
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I had to get one for my granddaughter friday an it came with .98 an 2.3.4 already on it
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From assurion?
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dam that sucks I dont think I cant be with out root hopefully you get lucky
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i'm on replacement #3 because of shoddy reception and they claim i shouldn't have all these reception issues (lolol)
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If you're mainly having issues at home, push for them to give you a free network extender. The phone DOES have a very weak antennae and I was given the same run-around for several months - I was told there was excellent coverage in my area. They even (supposedly) sent a tec out to measure it and he (not surprisingly) found no issues. This despite my not even being able to maintain a call outside, in the middle of the yard, on a clear day.
Just keep calling and eventually you'll get someone who'll offer a network extender. I got one and they do work - I can now make and maintain calls throughout the house. I could deal with the low signal when I'm outside near/around the house, but to not be able to make calls inside was unacceptable.
Keep us posted knipp. We need you here.
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If you're mainly having issues at home, push for them to give you a free network extender. The phone DOES have a very weak antennae and I was given the same run-around for several months - I was told there was excellent coverage in my area. They even (supposedly) sent a tec out to measure it and he (not surprisingly) found no issues. This despite my not even being able to maintain a call outside, in the middle of the yard, on a clear day.
Just keep calling and eventually you'll get someone who'll offer a network extender. I got one and they do work - I can now make and maintain calls throughout the house. I could deal with the low signal when I'm outside near/around the house, but to not be able to make calls inside was unacceptable.
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I had mentioned that and stated that I was in no financial situation to pay for one and he's like "yeah, they run yall about 250" and so we were talking and he said that 3 replacement phones is completely unacceptable and that we're only like 3.5 miles from 2 towers and we should have damn near perfect service
the conversation went on and he said that they're "sending a tech out" and that if they find nothing wrong w/ the tower(s) that they will see about replacing my phone with something else....lol
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Haha all I do.is cause trouble
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better than some people lmao......at least you contribute in some fashion haha
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the conversation went on and he said that they're "sending a tech out" and that if they find nothing wrong w/ the tower(s) that they will see about replacing my phone with something else....lol
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See if you can be notified when the tec will be there so you can show him your phone and it's dbm reading. I literally had readings of -96 to -106 outside, and this was on 3 separate Dinc 2's (mine and my wife's and a replacement) and the two Fascinates we had before them. Clearly it wasn't a faulty phone since the issue spanned 5 separate phones across two manufacturers. We live at the bottom of a hill, and as we're nearing our house in the car, even the local radio reception starts to break up.
Just keep calling them on it. At first they said no, then they offered $50 off the price. I called back a few hours after they offered the $50 and got someone different who offered the extender for free. Don't know how long you've been a customer, but my wife had been for about 10 years, and that helped.
Good luck.
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See if you can be notified when the tec will be there so you can show him your phone and it's dbm reading. I literally had readings of -96 to -106 outside, and this was on 3 separate Dinc 2's (mine and my wife's and a replacement) and the two Fascinates we had before them. Clearly it wasn't a faulty phone since the issue spanned 5 separate phones across two manufacturers. We live at the bottom of a hill, and as we're nearing our house in the car, even the local radio reception starts to break up.
Just keep calling them on it. At first they said no, then they offered $50 off the price. I called back a few hours after they offered the $50 and got someone different who offered the extender for free. Don't know how long you've been a customer, but my wife had been for about 10 years, and that helped.
Good luck.
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We were part of a recent acquisition so only like 3 months thru verizon, but 10+ years with the other one we were with before. Ive called them from it before but would lose service before getting thru lol. The tech is supposed to come ride out to test the signal here after they mess with the tower.
We have an LG Revolution on the plan but even with 95dbm, she can get full service. I just want use of my phone without using groove ip for calls and google voice for texts lol
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Well looks like ill keep root if I'm sending this back via insurance do I need to unroot?
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knipp21 said:
Well looks like ill keep root if I'm sending this back via insurance do I need to unroot?
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I probably would. Jcase's method will unroot you, but I think it takes you down to 2.2. You may have to run the RUU to get it to 2.3.3 and then accept the OTA update. Their should be more info in the Rootzwiki thread.
Edit: As long as you don't lose or break your phone.
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I probably would. Jcase's method will unroot you, but I think it takes you down to 2.2. You may have to run the RUU to get it to 2.3.3 and then accept the OTA update. Their should be more info in the Rootzwiki thread.
Edit: As long as you don't lose or break your phone.
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Yeah ill call assurion and ask them...but I won't include my information lol
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yeah you have to unroot, if you send the phone back rooted, they will say you voided your warranty and you will see a bill for the phone on your next bill lol....and congrats knipp! glad to see you didn't have to lose root after all
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Yeah ill call assurion and ask them...but I won't include my information lol
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Good idea. I know when I called them about my Eris, they do charge you like $90 for a replacement no matter if it is broke, lost, etc.
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yeah you have to unroot, if you send the phone back rooted, they will say you voided your warranty and you will see a bill for the phone on your next bill lol....and congrats knipp! glad to see you didn't have to lose root after all
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Lol read again bro. I'm talking insurance not warranty. I know it will be messed up with Verizon.
I might send it back with the stock Rom on it but leave it s off...its why I made that original nandroid to begin with haha
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Whose going go root their device? Im thinking about it just for google wallet but im hearing its unsecure. Any inputs
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Whose going go root their device? Im thinking about it just for google wallet but im hearing its unsecure. Any inputs
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if the root process is available for the vzw galaxy nexus by the time i get home, i will root it instantly. like you said, google wallet is the biggest reason followed by the fact i need to tether. google wallet isn't unsecure, i use it on my nexus s daily and wouldn't give it up for the world.
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if the root process is available for the vzw galaxy nexus by the time i get home, i will root it instantly. like you said, google wallet is the biggest reason followed by the fact i need to tether. google wallet isn't unsecure, i use it on my nexus s daily and wouldn't give it up for the world.
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all you phone junkies should play with your phone at least a week or so stock. just in case there are any hardware problems. methinks with all the people "renting" phones and the nexus having a high profile for modding i wouldn't chance voiding the warranty straight out of the box.
i dont need to use google wallet,i think root is better.
Ya google wallet is a musy have in my opinion, and i heard the.rooting process was easy
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You guys go ahead.... Google Wallet has a security flaw, so good luck with that!
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You guys go ahead.... Google Wallet has a security flaw, so good luck with that!
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You mean the same Google wallet that sprint and Google say is fine? Or the same Google wallet I use every single day? Please tell me about this flaw?
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You guys go ahead.... Google Wallet has a security flaw, so good luck with that!
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the flaw that verizon, atnt and tmobile made up about google using a hardware chip? that flaw? the one that won't go through their servers so they can keep an even closer eye on the things you do with your phone? that one?
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the flaw that verizon, atnt and tmobile made up about google using a hardware chip? that flaw? the one that won't go through their servers so they can keep an even closer eye on the things you do with your phone? that one?
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lol ok gotcha
I rooted mine and had a custom rom on it within 20 minutes of unboxing it.
Glad I did!
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all you phone junkies should play with your phone at least a week or so stock. just in case there are any hardware problems. methinks with all the people "renting" phones and the nexus having a high profile for modding i wouldn't chance voiding the warranty straight out of the box.
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That is an extrmely good point. I left part of me behind when I left my 3vo, and this is the first thing that came to mind when I get home with it from work tomorrow. Not now. Def gonna leave it the way it is for a week or so.....but we'll have to see how that goes haha
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The big security flaw is using your phone on ANY cell phone service. They track who you call, how long your calls are, who you txt, what the txt is, what cell towers you're connected to, when you pay your bill, with what credit card or check, also your name, address, oh and they know your phone number!
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I plan to use a lot of time exploring the phone on stock for about 10 days and then root.
Won't be rooting, see no need for it.
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i rooted mine on the first day, mostly becouse i want a recovery backup on the stock rom from day 1 with clockwork recovery.
I guess there is some consumer appeal, but really, why buy a Nexus if you have no interest in an unlocked phone? My decision to buy a Nexus was far less about firmware updates than it was about my right to own the hardware that I paid for.
To be honest, I didn't read the thread (shame on me), but these topics puzzle me. To each his own.
Google Wallet has some security risks in general for any device. Recently read the following from droidforums..... http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...s-news+(DroidForums.net+News+::+Android+News)
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I'll root when CM9 hits beta or if a good stable nightly.
Yes, but so far only to be able to restore app data (ie Angry Birds) from my old phone. I'm totally cool with the built-in ICS disable/freeze feature for the apps I don't want, I think that's an extremely fair compromise over rooting and deleting the apk/so files.
Not too concerned about Wallet yet, we'll see how that pans out if it's something we'll need to root for or just something we can head to the Market and install without any issue. I would like to try it out and have zero confidence that the competing ISIS thing won't completely suck in comparison, so if root is needed, root it is!
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The big security flaw is using your phone on ANY cell phone service. They track who you call, how long your calls are, who you txt, what the txt is, what cell towers you're connected to, when you pay your bill, with what credit card or check, also your name, address, oh and they know your phone number!
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If you want a private conversation phones are not the way to go. Back in the day we had to hard tap your line for LE with warrant. Now with CALEA and digital switches they can monitor traffic anywhere anytime w/o warrant.
Sometimes we put lines on speaker all day to monitor for noise. If your neighbor had wet line issue or cross talk we might monitor your line for noise. I worked in a 900 number telephone switch in California we have to check lines for "traffic" or people talking before working on them. It was awkward. Now I can monitor phone calls from my computer. Of coarse I don't unless it is for work I don't want to end up in Guantanamo.
Wow how off topic WTF happened?
Thinking of getting some tectiles and wanted to know you guys experiences with them?
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Thinking of getting some tectiles and wanted to know you guys experiences with them?
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It was cool, but I dont really use them like I hoped I would
I got a set but I've only played with them. It's a neat novelty but at the cost not really practical. If they were cents each rather than dollars I might use them more.
Just register your phone on Samsung.com and you'll get a 50% off coupon...buy your TecTiles with that. I have mine by the door to toggle WiFi, in the bathroom to launch Play Music, and by the toilet to launch YouTube.
I use mine a lot, but my only gripe is that the phone has to be on and unlocked in order for it to work...but its better than nothing I guess.
I have thought about putting one in the living room for guests to use to connect to WiFi without asking for the password.
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There.....Meh....
I got them for 50% off, so the price was more of a non point for me. Honestly though, I've only used one of them and then sort of forgot about them. They're nothing you can't just do as well on the phone itself. Fun to show off for a second I guess.
I got 10 of them off eBay for under 11bucks but only found my self using 3 of them lol they cool to play with but i hardly find my self using it everyday lol
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and by the toilet to launch YouTube.
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srsly? lmfao :laugh:
the way you set up yours are exactly the reasons why I didn't get any. couldn't think of any legitimate uses for them.
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couldn't think of any legitimate uses for them.
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How is that not legitimate? Oh that's right, that is simply an opinion. Luckily, I live in America, and I am free to choose what is legitimate for my needs. I guess you missed the connect to WiFi without having to scrummage through to find the password.
What are your expectations? You want it to brew, make, and deliver your coffee to you in the morning?
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How is that not legitimate? Oh that's right, that is simply an opinion. Luckily, I live in America, and I am free to choose what is legitimate for my needs.
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woah buddy, lighten up, lol. of course that was "an opinion", and mine obviously. sorry that I think having an NFC tag setup to launch YT when I'm taking dump is ridiculous. if you don't want conversations that are inherently going to have opinions, and possibly opinions that are not yours, don't post in a public forum, maybe?
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I guess you missed the connect to WiFi without having to scrummage through to find the password.
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and while that sounds great, NFC is not ubiquitious enough to make that worthwhile. in my opinion.
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What are your expectations? You want it to brew, make, and deliver your coffee to you in the morning?
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no... just want to it things I would expect a phone to do. I'm not even sure how that statement is a "witty comeback", as it's contextually nonsense.
seriously, relax.
Not ubiquitous because people like you keep saying it isn't. Buy it, try it out...you may find something interesting that will intrigue another to do the same. My local mall uses NFC to give out free songs or magazine articles. What's a couple of bucks gonna hurt? You already bought a $300+ phone...might as well use its features.
You don't have to use the Samsung TecTiles...you can buy any of them, and download an NFC programmable app.
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Not ubiquitous because people like you keep saying it isn't. Buy it, try it out...you may find something interesting that will intrigue another to do the same. My local mall uses NFC to give out free songs or magazine articles. What's a couple of bucks gonna hurt? You already bought a $300+ phone...might as well use its features.
You don't have to use the Samsung TecTiles...you can buy any of them, and download an NFC programmable app.
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lol, fair enough, actually.
believe me, I wish I could think of uses for them that would do something I thought was functional, because gawdamn, the idea is cool. and I do love anything new tech-wise. i'm always an early adopter.
(and I bought the phone outright. $700 bucks w/ tax. worth every damn penny.)
so far, the only implementation I am seeing make NFC worthwhile is sBeam/filesharing, and google wallet (if it worked right now).
I will be keeping a watch on the tech, and I tend to make frivolous purchases (like the AllShare TV dongle), and perhaps I'll keep an eye on you, see if you come up with anything that sparks some ideas.
Anything useful for my personal routine (turning off ringer at work etc.) I have set up in tasker. For little stuff like opening you tube while on toilet, (lol) it just doesnt seem more convienent to tap phone to a tag than to click the app on my homescreen. Tasker really does all of the automation for me for work, my car etc.
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A sprint tech said it (Google Wallet) should come in January, so add 4 months to that.
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Just register your phone on Samsung.com and you'll get a 50% off coupon...buy your TecTiles with that. I have mine by the door to toggle WiFi, in the bathroom to launch Play Music, and by the toilet to launch YouTube.
I use mine a lot, but my only gripe is that the phone has to be on and unlocked in order for it to work...but its better than nothing I guess.
I have thought about putting one in the living room for guests to use to connect to WiFi without asking for the password.
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Jelly Bomb has nfc with the screen off built in. I tried pulling the Nfc.apk from the 10.20 build and putting it on my own deodexed LJC rom but it didn't allow nfc with the screen off.
One thing that I thought would be useful is if I could set it up as a proximity sensor. Ex: when I put the phone in my car dock it turns on blue tooth and when I take it out it turns it off without having to touch another tag?
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It does with a little tweaking. It took me a little while to get working correctly but there is a how to thread floating around here.
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and google wallet (if it worked right now)
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher
That is the one I use. You can setup toggles with only one nfc label. For example. Scan it and it will turn off the alarm. And if you scan it again it will turn it on. It really expand the uses of the labels. And you can program e series of actions with it. Hope this help you
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We got some demos (and extra for us) at work, it's a tectile arm band, but I could fully program it and everything, my co-worker thought it was cool since he couldn't do it (lol iPhone) so I was thinking about keeping one, never know when I could wanna "wow" a friend
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One thing that I thought would be useful is if I could set it up as a proximity sensor. Ex: when I put the phone in my car dock it turns on blue tooth and when I take it out it turns it off without having to touch another tag?
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yes, just set it up to Toggle the bluetooth - that way if it's on it will turn off and visa versa.
I have similar setups and it works like a charm.
and the tiles will work with Every phone that has NFC, so even when you get a future phone, the tiles will continue to work. I think they are the bees knees.
they become more useful once you mod the phone to work with nfc screen off (someone posted a mod but it only works from lockscreen not screen off hopefully that will be fixed soon)
I have one each on my washer and dryer. they set a "timer" that goes off and tells me when the washer and dryer are done (30 minutes for washer 70minutes for dryer)
I have one on my car to auto set my car locator position one the dev for car locator gets that working right.
I also plan to use them for geo caching. I hope geocaching.com integrates NFC functionality into their service soon is VERY ideal for that.
I also plan to use them on "bins" in storage. I store what is in the bin in the tag. tap and now I know whats inside (working on that soon)
you can use QR codes but they are a pain (have to load an app) and then wait for camera to focus AND they don't like low light. NFC don't care tap done.
also plan to put on on my Radio Transmitter for my competition rocket gliders. tap and 15minute countdown timer starts.
So my best friends HTC one was stolen at gun point and he switched his service back over to an old iphone and we were wondering if verizon could do anything about it or there are any apps to find it. For some reason lookout wouldnt find it but it did take a picture of the guy who stole it because he put in a password wrong 5 times. If anyone has any suggestions just let me know.
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So my best friends HTC one was stolen at gun point and he switched his service back over to an old iphone and we were wondering if verizon could do anything about it or there are any apps to find it. For some reason lookout wouldnt find it but it did take a picture of the guy who stole it because he put in a password wrong 5 times. If anyone has any suggestions just let me know.
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really the only thing that can be done at this point is report it stolen to kill the IMEI.
That sucks so bad.
amazing what this world is coming to.
I remember people getting show in Fl. walking out with their PS3
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really the only thing that can be done at this point is report it stolen to kill the IMEI.
That sucks so bad.
amazing what this world is coming to.
I remember people getting show in Fl. walking out with their PS3
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Would it be worth letting the imei live and find out if someone activates by working with verizon. idk if they would do that. Yea it is crazy. What is even crazier is the phone caughta picture of the thief but they havent had luck finding him
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Would it be worth letting the imei live and find out if someone activates by working with verizon. idk if they would do that. Yea it is crazy. What is even crazier is the phone caughta picture of the thief but they havent had luck finding him
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There is that new app that Google has on all their phones I can't remember what it's called but if he set it up he can remote wipe... If he carries insurance I think its covered.
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Would it be worth letting the imei live and find out if someone activates by working with verizon. idk if they would do that. Yea it is crazy. What is even crazier is the phone caughta picture of the thief but they havent had luck finding him
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wow man that is just horrible, so sorry to your friend.
I would possibly yea give that a try!
but he may sell it, and the guy who bought it had no idea, then hopefully can track back to the thief.
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There is that new app that Google has on all their phones I can't remember what it's called but if he set it up he can remote wipe... If he carries insurance I think its covered.
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he already switched the service over. idk if that matters.
Android device manager? It can only remotely swipe if you have given it Admin permission in your google settings, but it can and will locate the phone.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
Sign into the google you set the phone up with.
find this scum of the earth!!
Thief would have to get it unlocked and on WiFi to locate now. Cell data went back to the old iPhone he said. So the op's friend is likely screwed.
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Thief would have to get it unlocked and on WiFi to locate now. Cell data went back to the old iPhone he said. So the op's friend is likely screwed.
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unless you dont secure your device. I dont have a passcode unlock on my phone, but I've been trying to get tasker set up to turn it on when I leave my house, or some nfc tag to lock it when I leave
If it was still active there is an app in play store called Plan B where you could push app to the phone and get GPS location from it but as stated, if service was disconnected this won't work.
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That's horrible.
Android Device Manager works pretty much just like Apples Find My iPhone. It allows you to locate the device on a map and remotely wipe it.
However, with the One you have to actually go into the settings and enable it.
Unfortunately, as others have said, even if it were enabled, your friend has already turned the service to the One off, so the only way I can see would be if the One connects to a WiFi network.
Sucks... this is why I am so glad I live in Virginia and can carry a handgun anywhere I go.
Thieves... Scum of the earth.
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+1 on the carry permit. My 1911 goes where I go. 45ACP makes sure my belongings stay with me. But on the plus side... I'm glad you're alive.
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But don't you guys know we need stricter gun control?
I wish I was 21 and could get a conceal-carry. Thief pulls a gun, I pull mine.
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unless you dont secure your device. I dont have a passcode unlock on my phone, but I've been trying to get tasker set up to turn it on when I leave my house, or some nfc tag to lock it when I leave
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Yeah...my post was in reference to this specific case. If you really intend to track down your phone....leave data active until you find it.
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But don't you guys know we need stricter gun control?
I wish I was 21 and could get a conceal-carry. Thief pulls a gun, I pull mine.
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but if he already has his gun pulled and he sees you going for something like a gun, he shoots, then claims self-defense.
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+1 on the carry permit. My 1911 goes where I go. 45ACP makes sure my belongings stay with me. But on the plus side... I'm glad you're alive.
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So instead of giving him the phone and going home to your family you will try to draw your weapon and either kill someone or be killed? All for $600? The lawyer will charge you 50x that just to get you out of the slammer. Give the guy the phone and go home and hug your kids, your wife, your mother or all of the above. Use the gun for target practice.
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So instead of giving him the phone and going home to your family you will try to draw your weapon and either kill someone or be killed? All for $600? The lawyer will charge you 50x that just to get you out of the slammer. Give the guy the phone and go home and hug your kids, your wife, your mother or all of the above. Use the gun for target practice.
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The minute someone draws a weapon on you, your life is gravely in danger. You respond according by handing over your belongings and tucking your tail then ending up in the paper because they raped your girlfriend in front of you, stole your phone and executed you. I prefer just to end the altercation with my 45. I'll take court over that.
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The minute someone draws a weapon on you, your life is gravely in danger. You respond according by handing over your belongings and tucking your tail then ending up in the paper because they raped your girlfriend in front of you, stole your phone and executed you. I prefer just to end the altercation with my 45. I'll take court over that.
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but if he already has his gun pulled and he sees you going for something like a gun, he shoots, then claims self-defense.
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Or you call self-defense.
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Or you call self-defense.
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oh no for sure. I'm just saying his gun is already out... ok I'm done I hate these kind of discussion