I have found my old Desire HD that I thought I had lost, and its been locked, I'm now using it as a WiFi only tablet, so I wondered if anyone can tell me what stuff I can safely remove, with Titanium Back Up to get rid of all the dialer and "phone" stuff?
Many thanx in advance
I don't think there is necessary nor It's good to remove the dailer apps as its a part of the system, I can be wrong but in any case it wouldn't be necessary as I don't think they take extra memory, just use the device without a SIM card.
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Muikkuman said:
just use the device without a SIM card.
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Thats basically what I am doing, I'm just sice of the lock screen being covered with the "NO SIM" message, lol, and it keeping on popping up saying about emergency calls only, lol.
Don't know if removing the dialer will do what you want. Hell, just put honeycomb on it.
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Hi all,
I just bought a DHD secondhand and the previous owner seems to be tracking me. A joke maybe, maybe not. In any case, is there a way to stop him from keeping tabs on where I shop and more importantly, live. I've done a hard reset, will that do the trick?
jhudzina said:
Hi all,
I just bought a DHD secondhand and the previous owner seems to be tracking me. A joke maybe, maybe not. In any case, is there a way to stop him from keeping tabs on where I shop and more importantly, live. I've done a hard reset, will that do the trick?
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i dont know what application he is using to track you, but if its installed in /system a hard reset wont remove it.. your best bet is to root and install a custom recovery, you can them format the /system partiton, after that you are free to install a stock or custom rom of your choosing
jhudzina said:
Hi all,
I just bought a DHD secondhand and the previous owner seems to be tracking me. A joke maybe, maybe not. In any case, is there a way to stop him from keeping tabs on where I shop and more importantly, live. I've done a hard reset, will that do the trick?
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Are you sure your being tracked? (paranoia?)
But if you want to be sure then formatting fully and reinstalling a ROM is the way to go. Over in the Development Section you'll find all the information/guides/apps/ROMS you need.
May i ask how do you know that he is tracking you?
Anyways, programs like Theft Aware survive factory resets and so on. They can also activate gps without the symbol in the notification bar and the previous owner is able to remote control your device with sms commands and you wouldn't notice it because the pogram hides it. He can also request your exact position, even you have a new sim card in your phone.
Try to go to the settings->applications and look for some apps with names you haven't installed. Can be something like 'Beatbox Machine' or even something with HTC in its name.
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jhudzina said:
Hi all,
I just bought a DHD secondhand and the previous owner seems to be tracking me. A joke maybe, maybe not. In any case, is there a way to stop him from keeping tabs on where I shop and more importantly, live. I've done a hard reset, will that do the trick?
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Maybe he/she using htcsense.com
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kuklux said:
Maybe he/she using htcsense.com
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Don't think Htcsense.com would work because the email address and password for the account have to be put in the phone.
Flussen said:
May i ask how do you know that he is tracking you?
Anyways, programs like Theft Aware survive factory resets and so on. They can also activate gps without the symbol in the notification bar and the previous owner is able to remote control your device with sms commands and you wouldn't notice it because the pogram hides it. He can also request your exact position, even you have a new sim card in your phone.
Try to go to the settings->applications and look for some apps with names you haven't installed. Can be something like 'Beatbox Machine' or even something with HTC in its name.
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It might survive a full wipe, but what about flashing a new RUU?
Flashing a RUU will get rid of all tracking software.
So i did a search, and didn't quite find what was looking for.
My G2 (T-Mobile USA) market, is a T-Mobile modified version. Even after a complete format/Wipe and install of CM7.
My market has a "T-Mobile" button on the front page, instead of a "My Apps" button. Takes me to T-Mobile recommended apps. (bottom of the green header, where you can select Apps, Games, My Apps (or in my case, T-Mobile).
I was wondering how i can get it back to the standard Market, where it is My Apps. I don't need T-mobiles recommendations for apps. =)
(and yeah i know i can just hit Menu>My Apps, but its just annoying. I hate bloatware, and carrier modifications. The reason i use CM7 is for stock, and the only thing NOT stock about my phone now, is this little mod. Its not a big thing, just a little annoying is all.
I'm probably wrong, but I think it reads your carrier, not the phone. No matter what ROM I flash (DZ, G2, Sense, CM7, whatever), I get the Tmo button on the market. Irritating, but at least the "My Apps" is available under the Menu button on Market.
Pop out your sim? Other than that your sim tells your phone what carrier market to display.
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Nospin said:
Pop out your sim? Other than that your sim tells your phone what carrier market to display.
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I had thought of that, however, i have 3 phones (4 actually, ones not here tho); My T-Mobile G2, a Nexus One, and a My Touch 3G 3.5mm; all on T-Mobile, all with T-Mobile sim cards, yet my G2 is the ONLY phone that shows the T-Mobile Recommendations. The other two phones show the My Downloads.
This leads me to believe its NOT tied to the sim card. In fact, this is the sim card i took out of my Nexus One when i upgraded. and when this SAME sim card was in my Nexus One, i had a My downloads.
Hmm any other ideas? Again tho its not a HUGE deal, just would be nice if i could straighten this last little bit of carrier influence, out of my phone. =)
Thanks in advance.
Would market enabler solve this problem?
Ok just downloaded market enabler and set it t-mobile usa and I get the the tmobile reccomended apps. If I set verizon it just goes back to giving you the my apps option.
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blackknightavalon said:
Running PyroMod 1.6 with the transparent Market. If you're S-OFF, change your SIM card to another carrier and you'll see that the button will change.
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I'm 99% sure I'm S-Off. i rooted fairly late, so i think I rooted using the most current methods.
Are you suggesting to physically change my sim card to another carrier, or is there a way to change it software wise? I think you mean to change it to like AT&T or something right? Don't have the means to do that. =(
What always worked for me was changing the density in the build prop...I don't know why it works it just does
Lol. It is not a modified market. It's just reading your sim card. To remove the tmobile tab, either take out your sim, or download market enabler and change your provider.
Wow lol. I know im picky about ads, but this is uber picky hahaha.
Love the Overclocked "nonsense" CM7
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Lol. It is not a modified market. It's just reading your sim card. To remove the tmobile tab, either take out your sim, or download market enabler and change your provider.
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Did you read post 5?
If its reading my sim card, then why with the same sim card in my Nexus One, i didn't have this issue? And why does my wifes sim card not cause this issue? Hers is a Tmobile sim card also?
tackleberry said:
Wow lol. I know im picky about ads, but this is uber picky hahaha.
Love the Overclocked "nonsense" CM7
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Lol, i can only agree with you. <hides head in shame>
Hello, Other roms have an icon, I have tried starting the service by entering the command su am start Stk
Or same but for com.android.stk or com.stk.android, or combinations of the same.
Has anyone succeeded? Pushing Stk from other roms doesn't work.
Sorry for this question in a dev forum, but I wonder if this is a dev question.
Edit: Allgamer please move to general if it needs to be there.
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Try something like this:
am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.stk/.StkLauncherActivity
Your sim has to have addons for toolkit to run.
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here you go
Thanks.
I tried am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.stk/.StkLauncherActivity
No joy. Says no such class. Read on google about needs to be built into rom as android unloads on boot.
I do already see stk.apk in system/app. My posts in other thread were to get back to original because I overwrite without backup
Reason why I need to do this.
I had my number ported onto this sim. But my.phone refuses to recognise new number in say status screen.
Also impacts samsung dive which tries to locate based on cell number so useless without the right phone number played back to apps when needed.
I understand will also stop my phone banking only piece of crap about this phone
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crypticc said:
Thanks.
Reason why I need to do this.
I had my number ported onto this sim. But my.phone refuses to recognise new number in say status screen.
Also impacts samsung dive which tries to locate based on cell number so useless without the right phone number played back to apps when needed.
I understand will also stop my phone banking only piece of crap about this phone
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I can confirm that this phone does support and have Sim Toolkit - I'm using it right now. To use any services related to it you will need corresponding SIM and you should have separate applications in your app list. Well, at least that how I see it on my phone and have seen on Motorola Milestone (not on Nexus S, but that's entirely another story).
crypticc said:
I had my number ported onto this sim. But my.phone refuses to recognise new number in say status screen.
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Had the same issue, I just popped my sim in my HD2 and changed it from there. If you haven't got a spare phone lying around, see if you can borrow one off a friend for a few minutes
Isadora said:
Had the same issue, I just popped my sim in my HD2 and changed it from there. If you haven't got a spare phone lying around, see if you can borrow one off a friend for a few minutes
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Update: After trawling 6 phone shops, and none having phones except locked iphones or android I returned home disappointed. Out of interest tried my old HTC magic on CM7 - had the right menus, job done!
Hi, does anyone know how someone could remotely send text messages through another device/cloning? The cell bill shows international text and the carrier says it must have come from the device but it was NOT sent from the device - how is a phone (android) without a SIM card cloned? Thanks in advance!
U must have installed a virus.. install a virus protection program like lookout and run it.. you also should do a factory reset.. even do a clean install of a rom to make sure you have it off of your phone..
Also if you have any pirated apps or apps that u didnt get off of the play store, you shouldnt install them because thats probably where you got the virus from..
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Hi guys, not a good day, i really need information.
My phone was stolen yesterday, I had some serious private information on my phone, and im concerned.
Can the thief find a way to use my phone again? It has password to access it, so in theory, he wont use it. But if he find someone that can do something, is there a way?
My phone has cerberus, but aparently the guy turned the device off... or.. the sim card...
well im worried mainly because there was info open in my microsd card
Your phone is safe because he will or already factory reset to prevent tracking and removed the sim. You sd card is definitely in danger though.
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Android The Greek said:
Your phone is safe because he will or already factory reset to prevent tracking and removed the sim. You sd card is definitely in danger though.
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how the hell will he do it without accessing the phone?
thanks
You do not need a phone to open a micro sd card. Just an adapter
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Android The Greek said:
You do not need a phone to open a micro sd card. Just an adapter
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the factory reset i meant
That does not touch the micro sd
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you can do that/ factory reset by go to setting and tick factory reset. seriously most every phone has factory reset symbian,brew,android,unown chinese phone. it wipes data and restore the system as if it were new phone
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and you can go to recovery mode to wipe data and cache. or even install custom rom. in samsung by pressing vol up+power+menu in the same time
edgarzin said:
Hi guys, not a good day, i really need information.
My phone was stolen yesterday, I had some serious private information on my phone, and im concerned.
Can the thief find a way to use my phone again? It has password to access it, so in theory, he wont use it. But if he find someone that can do something, is there a way?
My phone has cerberus, but aparently the guy turned the device off... or.. the sim card...
well im worried mainly because there was info open in my microsd card
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Your data is almost certainly compromised. As for your phone, make sure you report it stolen. Hopefully you live in one of the countries which respect the IMEI blacklist so the phone will be deactivated.
Android The Greek said:
Your phone is safe because he will or already factory reset to prevent tracking and removed the sim.
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So you assume a thief or someone that finds a lost Android phone is also an enthusiast and aware of tracking mechanisms and ways to avoid them? I wouldn't make that assumption and would almost guarantee anyone who finds a lost/stolen phone that doesn't plan to return it is going to go through what's on it. Hopefully what's on OP's phone isn't too compromising.
FloatingFatMan said:
Your data is almost certainly compromised.
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^^^^^
This.
Everyone should at a minimum register their Samsung phones with "Find my Mobile" as part of setting them up. If it's out of your possession, even before you decide it's really missing, you can lock it remotely which would prevent it from being hard reset as well as protect your personal information. It also displays a message on the locked home screen which can include a reward and allows the phone to dial out to one number you designate so the person who found it can call you. You can always unlock it if it's returned or do a complete wipe if it's not. Obviously it has to be on a mobile network (not necessarily yours) or Wi-Fi to continue to access it and it has to be charged.
Any data on the sd card will definitely be compromised. What's on the phone is hard to say. If they went into the stock recovery and did a hard reset then it's been wiped. This is the more likely scenario. If they know Android well they can flash a custom recovery and keep the internal data intact while resetting the phone but it's unlikely that a regular thief is going to do that. Most likely they'll just do a normal reset and either sell it or use it.
If you had rooted and installed Cerberus as a system app you'd still have some security under this scenario. It persists over hard resets so you'd still have some control over the device once it gets reconnected to the Internet. They'd have to flash a new firmware or specially delete cerberus from the system directory to get rid of it.
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dr.m0x said:
If they know Android well...
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What percentage of thieves do you think fall in to that category? I'd guess it's not the majority. We on XDA are kind of jaded when it comes to our views on technology in general. I'd bet less than 10% of my friends and acquaintances have the knowledge to hard reset an iOS or Android device unless told to do so by support staff.
In the U.S., a TV network did an expose on TSA (government airport security) workers stealing iPads from security check points. Even after is was on the national news how they used Apple's mobile tracking s/w to find the stolen iPads TSA workers continued to steal them and get caught exactly the same way. An XDA'r that steals phones has skills and knowledge that I'd bet the masses don't come anywhere close to.
dr.m0x said:
Any data on the sd card will definitely be compromised. What's on the phone is hard to say. If they went into the stock recovery and did a hard reset then it's been wiped. This is the more likely scenario. If they know Android well they can flash a custom recovery and keep the internal data intact while resetting the phone but it's unlikely that a regular thief is going to do that. Most likely they'll just do a normal reset and either sell it or use it.
If you had rooted and installed Cerberus as a system app you'd still have some security under this scenario. It persists over hard resets so you'd still have some control over the device once it gets reconnected to the Internet. They'd have to flash a new firmware or specially delete cerberus from the system directory to get rid of it.
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You are saying that if my device was rooted cerberus would still installed, even after system wipe?
edgarzin said:
You are saying that if my device was rooted cerberus would still installed, even after system wipe?
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Yes it would, provided it is installed to /system/app.
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My friend is a police officer and he said that thieves have found a way to change IMEI. Im trying to track my phone by IMEI.. what are the chances these MF change the IMEI??
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Yes it would, provided it is installed to /system/app.
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I must read XDA more !
edgarzin said:
I must read XDA more !
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Avast Mobile Security is a free alternative.
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edgarzin said:
Hi guys, not a good day, i really need information.
My phone was stolen yesterday, I had some serious private information on my phone, and im concerned.
Can the thief find a way to use my phone again? It has password to access it, so in theory, he wont use it. But if he find someone that can do something, is there a way?
My phone has cerberus, but aparently the guy turned the device off... or.. the sim card...
well im worried mainly because there was info open in my microsd card
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If you have sensitive info on your phone and or sd card theres an option under settings/security to encrypt your device and external sd. The encryption will survive a no wipe flash which means it remains safe. If the scum theif wants to use your device he would have to do full wipe which would erase your sensitive data which means no access. This goes for your sd card aswell. You should also let your provider know your phones been stolen and let them block imei rendering the phone useless until with some slight luck you may get it back.
GT N7105 with XDA Premium......that is all......
amerkiller1995 said:
Avast Mobile Security is a free alternative.
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Avast Anti-Theft just got an update. Now it has two versions Premium and Free
Premium version has some mind blowing features
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Avast Anti-Theft just got an update. Now it has two versions Premium and Free
Premium version has some mind blowing features
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Good thing is that the Premium features are new, all the free features remain free. :laugh:
Since the device is off use SMS commands instead of cerberusapp.com. That way if the sim is changed or when the thief starts up the phone you will be notified and/or will be able to wipe the internal and external storages.
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