So mysterious bookmarks keep appearing on my home screen every other day. I sort of ignored it at first but now there's one called SMS spy and something about location and now I'm creeped out. Anyone have any ideas? These don't show up in application cache or anything, just on my home screen.
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I have never heard of that before. What happens when you click it? Does it direct you to a website?
I would also browse your root folder directories and see if you can find anything out of the ordinary.
http://www.smsspy.org/
Someone is trying to spy on your text messages. Does anyone suspect you of cheating? Let us know the juicy details.
Google SMS spy and you will understand.
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Shift apps/malware for sure. Uncheck "install from unknown sources" and try to track down the rogue app. If you can't find anything, I'd factory reset. Don't wanna mess around with that stuff.
McCadi said:
So mysterious bookmarks keep appearing on my home screen every other day. I sort of ignored it at first but now there's one called SMS spy and something about location and now I'm creeped out. Anyone have any ideas? These don't show up in application cache or anything, just on my home screen.
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what have you been installing? any apps that aren't allowed to be discussed here can cause things like that.
Bro if your gonna download apps illegally, at least get a bunch of security applications, like 6 of em for 6 different opinions.
Speaking of malicious, Has anyone got a warning about Super user being malicious??? That is what both of security applications said. And I got it from the play store.
*facepalm*
Antivirus on anything is pointless if you're doing something completely legit.
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*facepalm*
Antivirus on anything is pointless if you're doing something completely legit.
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Changed ur profile picture huh bro???
rjcapp said:
http://www.smsspy.org/
Someone is trying to spy on your text messages. Does anyone suspect you of cheating? Let us know the juicy details.
Google SMS spy and you will understand.
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Haha the funny thing is that it showed up at my girlfriends house but trust me she has no clue how to work android or anything tech. Seriously this freaks me out.
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martonikaj said:
Shift apps/malware for sure. Uncheck "install from unknown sources" and try to track down the rogue app. If you can't find anything, I'd factory reset. Don't wanna mess around with that stuff.
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Thanks I'll try that. And I only install from the android market anyways so I'm confused.
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derekwilkinson said:
what have you been installing? any apps that aren't allowed to be discussed here can cause things like that.
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Bro if your gonna download apps illegally, at least get a bunch of security applications, like 6 of em for 6 different opinions.
Speaking of malicious, Has anyone got a warning about Super user being malicious??? That is what both of security applications said. And I got it from the play store.
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In response to both of you, I only have installed apps from android market. And nothing shady from what I know.
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I have never heard of that before. What happens when you click it? Does it direct you to a website?
I would also browse your root folder directories and see if you can find anything out of the ordinary.
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Yes it does actually, so it must be a bookmark...I hope. But how would they all get there?? Ok I'll give it a shot, not sure what "ordinary" looks like but I'll see.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antispycell.free
Maybe that can help you out. Good luck.
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Some apps from the market will do that. If you are getting any of the air push ads then that's what it is. Some apps are in the market that will do that. Best to find which app it is and delete it. That is from my experience.
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Haha the funny thing is that it showed up at my girlfriends house but trust me she has no clue how to work android or anything tech. Seriously this freaks me out.
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Never underestimate women, all women are nuts in the mind.
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Dragn4rce said:
Changed ur profile picture huh bro???
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Lol that's all you got outta that.
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*facepalm*
Antivirus on anything is pointless if you're doing something completely legit.
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Not nesesarily true, malicious apps have been found on the Play Store in the past.
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Not nesesarily true, malicious apps have been found on the Play Store in the past.
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Yeah but obviously a game or app that seems too good to be true is where malware is found. Not in angry birds. Like I said totally legit.
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A few apps from the play store will add bookmarks to your home screen. TBH I can't name any off the top of my head but has happened on my GF android before. Chances are an app you have downloaded has been developed by the same people who make this "SMS spy" app. I would go through installed Apps and note who the publisher is and see if any are the same as the SMS spy app.
Chances are its just pain in arse advertising.
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indyred99 said:
Some apps from the market will do that. If you are getting any of the air push ads then that's what it is. Some apps are in the market that will do that. Best to find which app it is and delete it. That is from my experience.
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As indyred99 said. Some apps allow air push ads. Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.byq.airblocker from the play store. (Must be rooted) reboot, then they will stop.
Also, only install apps from the play store.
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Related
I just got the update for Google Play Store so here is the Apk........Hold a sec I need to upload it from the computer
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Lol gross. Oh no I just got it too lol.
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Just got the update 3.4.6
I've waited 5 minutes, jejeje, can't wait!
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Okay it's up,Sorry I had to boot my computer up
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Lol gross. Oh no I just got it too lol.
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Haha,I actually agree but I thought some people would want to check it out.I don't like this new Google Play in front of everything & the new icons are terrible imo but I seriously doubt they will go back
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I don't know how I feel lol
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I don't know how I feel lol
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I just feel like if they were going to change anything it should have been in a way that matched ICS a little better
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WTF!? "Play"?
Got this Update a few minutes ago.
Is Google kidding me?
What was wrong with "Market"?
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I just feel like if they were going to change anything it should have been in a way that matched ICS a little better
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Why is it not matching ICS? The icon and app pages are halo light and overview in halo dark. It matches perfectly (if you saw the android developer site.)
Though I do miss Andy. They need to put him somewhere in the market.
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What was wrong with "Market"?
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"Market" is not a name
Just got it as well.
I like how they replaced everything with 'Play'.
Instead of 'Read The Hunger Games' it's 'Play The Hunger Games'
Hopefully they'll update something worthwhile soon so I can 'Play with Google Wallet' instead of having it broken.
im ok with the 'play' name its the icon/logo i dont like, market was prettier
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What was wrong with "Market"?
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I recall reading a blog mentioning that the term "app" was patented by you-know-who. They even had an issue with Amazon's store because it had the same name.
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I recall reading a blog mentioning that the term "app" was patented by you-know-who. They even had an issue with Amazon's store because it had the same name.
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****ing apple! Lol. Kill those bastards. Still waiting for my update here..
Edit: Got it! Had to clear data in the market
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I recall reading a blog mentioning that the term "app" was patented by you-know-who. They even had an issue with Amazon's store because it had the same name.
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I remember. But where was the "app" in "Android Market"?
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I remember. But where was the "app" in "Android Market"?
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When you click on the settings it says "apps" or "my apps" it was there.
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Apps is still there on Play it's exactly the same except for the name and icon of Market
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When you click on the settings it says "apps" or "my apps" it was there.
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It was not "app" it was "App Store™" and "Amazon Appstore"!
http://m.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-app-store-and-a-little-trademark-history/46336
Bit off topic, but does anyone of the apk for Play Music? I hear that it's fairly different to the stock player, well and I can't get it here in Germany.
Thanks!
EDIT: NVM, market enabler does the trick
To receive it, just clean market cache (only cache is enough), reboot, open market (wait a bit,in background it should download the update), exit, reopen and bam you will receive the play store...its confirmed to work
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I unlocked my screen today and on my home screen there was an icon I've never seen before. It was a blue square with a magnifying glass and under the icon it said " search". Idk where it came from but what should I do about? I removed it and looked for it in my app drawer and in settings under apps but couldn't locate it
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lolwut
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I have had this happen to me multiple times in the past and I don't know if it's a virus or what.
Lol not a virus. Its an app that you recently installed that added it. Usually bad apps or ones that are shady. Might want to figure out the most recent app you installed.
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I unlocked my screen today and on my home screen there was an icon I've never seen before. It was a blue square with a magnifying glass and under the icon it said " search". Idk where it came from but what should I do about? I removed it and looked for it in my app drawer and in settings under apps but couldn't locate it
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Probably a malicious app.
Delete any app u've installed in recently.
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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^
Definitely a malicious app. Download some antivirus/antimalware apps.
download this app to see what app could be in question! it detects apps with ad addons https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDMsImNvbS5kZW5wZXIuYWRkb25zZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..
I've had that happen to me when I installed some games/apps. Dunno what it is though, weird.
it is just a malicious app brother... review the apps that you have recently installed and remove it one by one until the issue is gone.
I use a program for music, it is written that it will add a search icon blah blah on install screen. I just delete the icon.
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I use a program for music, it is written that it will add a search icon blah blah on install screen. I just delete the icon.
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And you don't think that's bad? You must be somebody that uses lime wire as well and thinks its fine and has no danger.
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And you don't think that's bad? You must be somebody that uses lime wire as well and thinks its fine and has no danger.
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Lime wire still exists!? I actually used lime wire all the time til it was shut down. Then I kept using it til I got a new laptop.
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95Z28 said:
Lime wire still exists!? I actually used lime wire all the time til it was shut down. Then I kept using it til I got a new laptop.
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Well you see I don't use illegal tactics... otherwise I would have known it was taken down... point being. Stop doing things that aren't totally legit. Even if it is on the market.
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And you don't think that's bad? You must be somebody that uses lime wire as well and thinks its fine and has no danger.
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No it's not bad, as the developer who is well known has not kept it secret, it's written clearly on his play store link.
It's a search icon that if you use will search using some other search engine, obviously I don't use it.
This happened on my wifes old glaxy s i9000 when she installed kindle app.
Have you installed kindle recently?
To be on the safe side i wiped her phone immediately.
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Well you see I don't use illegal tactics... otherwise I would have known it was taken down... point being. Stop doing things that aren't totally legit. Even if it is on the market.
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That was in 2010 in case you were wondering how far behind you've fallen
Anyways yes there are some apps that state they will place an icon on your home screen, its just a more intrusive way of advertising so they can make that money. The ones to be concerned with are the ones that don't forewarn you about push notifications or shortcuts, because then you may not know to look for an alternative. Of course if you read some reviews, like I do you, you can usually find out about these things before downloading.
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Download and install AirPush Detector and Ad Network Detector from the Play Store. They always help me identify apps that cause problems.
Is anyone else having this issue in google play.
You scroll down as you look at apps.
You select one to look at it then go back to the app list.
Once back to the list you are started back at the top.
Pretty annoying if you are pretty far down.
Anyone know of a fix
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It works like that for everyone. I have not seen a fix for it.
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It will probably be fixed in a newer version, it is annoying but its no biggie
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I have actually contacted Google about this. It happens when viewing the "My Apps" and is especially annoying in the "All" tab. It also happens in the "Top New Free" apps section. Google emailed me back and said they can't promise anything, but my concern had been forwarded to their developers. I really hope they fix this.
Good deal. Yeah it's not a huge deal but gets annoying when you are searching for apps and have to scroll through a couple hundred apps to get back to where you left off. Seems like it would be an easy fix for Google I wonder why they don't fix it.
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It would be great if they fix it soon... and also give us the possibility to clean the chronology of the google play, i've an endless list of apps it's pretty useless...
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It would be great if they fix it soon... and also give us the possibility to clean the chronology of the google play, i've an endless list of apps it's pretty useless...
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Yes, now that you mention it the app history of every app you downloaded in the last 5 years is worse. I download and try a ton of free apps as well as paid. Most free apps are deleted within the day, so I have a gazillion apps in the my apps list
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I agree these issues are annoying. I'll sign any petition!
Furthermore, they need to bring back a way of filtering purchased apps. All of our purchased apps should be in one convenient place.
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Furthermore, they need to bring back a way of filtering purchased apps. All of our purchased apps should be in one convenient place.
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I heard there was an apk called "play legend"that allows you to see all purchased apps, still haven't found + installed it yet though
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Theres legacy play store by Paul O'brien on MoDaCo.
An update to the Playstore is being rolled out to address some of these issues. You can now remove apps from the all apps list and it appears to keep your place when you scroll.
http://m.androidcentral.com/play-st...ifications-and-removable-entries-all-apps-tab
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An update to the Playstore is being rolled out to address some of these issues. You can now remove apps from the all apps list and it appears to keep your place when you scroll.
http://m.androidcentral.com/play-st...ifications-and-removable-entries-all-apps-tab
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This new Play Store is sweet! You can delete historical apps and it remembers your position when navigating backward!
I downloaded from the article link, cleared market data, pushed to system (rooted), and rebooted. Works great.
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An update to the Playstore is being rolled out to address some of these issues. You can now remove apps from the all apps list and it appears to keep your place when you scroll.
http://m.androidcentral.com/play-st...ifications-and-removable-entries-all-apps-tab
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Anyone try removing some of the bloat yet? Or deodexing?
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vx2ko said:
Anyone try removing some of the bloat yet? Or deodexing?
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Doesn't removing bloat and deodexing have opposite effects...albeit to varying degrees?
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What exactly is the purpose of removing stock bloatware, apart from feeling comfortable...?
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Anyone try removing some of the bloat yet? Or deodexing?
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It's a Nexus; What do you consider bloat??
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It's a Nexus; What do you consider bloat??
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I was thinking the same lol.
There is hardly any "bloat" on this device.
There is no Touchwiz or Sense. it's pure android! Enjoy it!!!
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I was thinking the same lol.
There is hardly any "bloat" on this device.
There is no Touchwiz or Sense. it's pure android! Enjoy it!!!
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Aye, and all the 'stock' apps can be uninstalled the ol' fashioned way.
I found out that you can disable an app by going into Settings, Apps, select the app, and then press Disable. I don't use GMail and got tired of seeing the icon. Seems to work the same as freezing an app.
Oh yeah I guess y'all are right. Sorry, just got back into android with the new nexus 7. Honestly I just don't like having anything on my devices I don't use.
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vx2ko said:
Oh yeah I guess y'all are right. Sorry, just got back into android with the new nexus 7. Honestly I just don't like having anything on my devices I don't use.
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Makes sense.
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What exactly is the purpose of removing stock bloatware, apart from feeling comfortable...?
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Free up space, delete an unused process. Keep crap apps from annoying us. That said this is Nexus. There is not much you could call bloat
Currents.
xene97 said:
I found out that you can disable an app by going into Settings, Apps, select the app, and then press Disable. I don't use GMail and got tired of seeing the icon. Seems to work the same as freezing an app.
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Yea that's what I've been doing. I have no use for the mail app (I use kaiten), gmail, hangouts, etc. everything has been working fine.
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Brenex said:
Yea that's what I've been doing. I have no use for the mail app (I use kaiten), gmail, hangouts, etc. everything has been working fine.
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something I can expect from an iPhone loaded with tapatalk
alicarbovader said:
something I can expect from an iPhone loaded with tapatalk
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Haha yea I was waiting for my sister. Needed the net somehow!
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If its a system app that can't be removed by just uninstalling it. Than they other option is to root and just delete it using a file manager like root explorer.
Pretty sure gmail and currents are play store apps so they should just be able to be uninstalled.
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Pretty sure gmail and currents are play store apps so they should just be able to be uninstalled.
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Unfortunately not. Currents was the first thing I deleted lol
Current version: 3.2.25
Read: http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/0...ing-out-with-new-google-play-services-update/
Download: http://db.tt/czjV4rOP
Install as normal apk.
Activate from Settings-> Security-> Device Administrators-> "Android Device Manager"
Enjoy a more secure device
Hit the thanks button if this helped you!
I think the link is broken.
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I think the link is broken.
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Link updated.
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Bump... I can't believe the low response for this.. It's an anti theft suite straight from Google!! Something a lot of us have been waiting for...
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it's a news from yesterday, also you can't do anything apart from install the APK e enable it..the web part is still missing
Might I suggest using www.goo.gl for the link, that way you can see how many people click on it.
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Might I suggest using www.goo.gl for the link, that way you can see how many people click on it.
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Statistics can only be so interesting. I hope this download link works fine enough?
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It's useless as of now. Web interface should be active later this month.
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It's useless as of now. Web interface should be active later this month.
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it's a news from yesterday, also you can't do anything apart from install the APK e enable it..the web part is still missing
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Ah! I see... Just wanted to share this right away when I got my hands on it.
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Ah! I see... Just wanted to share this right away when I got my hands on it.
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I got excited for a moment then I realised the web interface is not live yet...
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I got excited for a moment then I realised the web interface is not live yet...
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No worries! It's just a matter of time now..
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I got the google play service 3.2.25 update pushed yesterday to my gnex by google without needing to update manually using the apk in this thread.
Mine updated on its own and never seen it happen
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Does anyone know how this will compare to other services like Cerberus?
I just located and made my phone ring from my work iPhone. Showed wipe also but for obvious reasons didn't try it
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I just located and made my phone ring from my work iPhone. Showed wipe also but for obvious reasons didn't try it
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which service do you guys use to locate? maps?
web page is live!
www google com/android/devicemanager
(I cannot post links yet)
Just goto this site https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager also make sure you have it enabled in phone security settings, device administrators. Also their is some settings in the Google settings app.
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The above links work and you can also find it by going to the Play Store in a web browser and then clicking on the gear icon on the right side and then you will see the Android Device Manager there too.
This seems useless after I change my Google password (which would the first thing to do since thief has my phone as a authenticator).
Cerberus > *