Are there some app's I can remotely install from my computer and then access it find out where it is etc?
My phone was stolen today. I have it sim locked, so I guess if they try to take the sim out or turn the phone off and back on they're S.O.L.!!
I had GoSMS Find Phone plug-in installed but gah forgot to turn it on after my fresh install of JDevil's rom.
Filed a police report, have the sim card number, hopefully the ebay seller will still have the esn handy.
That sux I have ceberus installed on mine. Don't know if u can install remotely.
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If u still have the imei number u can give it to the company and block the phone remotely it may not get u the phone but it will be useless for the one that stole it.
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breezedragon said:
If u still have the imei number u can give it to the company and block the phone remotely it may not get u the phone but it will be useless for the one that stole it.
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That's the funny and odd thing, T-Mobile asked for the esn when I activated it on their network with the micro sim. When I called them up they didn't know what I was talking about. LoL
SMH If a kid is abducted or whatever and they have a phone they can gps track it, but if your phone is simply stolen. Ohh sorry we can't help you but would you like to buy this nice new replacement??? LoL
From computer install
Androidlost app
And
Androidlostjumpstart.
And see if it helps.
Goodluck
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From computer install
Androidlost app
And
Androidlostjumpstart.
And see if it helps.
Goodluck
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Nothing yet and everytime I call my phone now it rings a few times and says "The Subscriber you've dialed is not available or has traveled outside the coverage area" so either it's still turned on (Since it still rings a few times like normally or it's roaming and has no signal wherever it is.
Well I'm happy knowing the battery finally died on the thief, it goes straight the t-mo error message now even on *67 dialed calls, I don't think they were smart enough to know how to block calls. Also I'm kinda pleased cause my sim card lock has probably gotten the best of him now whenever he tries to power the phone back on and gets prompted to enter a pin. Plus I know no cellphone repair store will touch a sim card pin lock issue, especially if the person bringing in the phone has no information to give to them about my account. Plus even if he attempts to take the sim card out he'll still be prompted to enter a pin.
Today I'll be off to get a cheapo slider phone so I can text people easier until my replacement gets here.
Going with a ZoPo ZP950+, over at their forums it has a root guide, twrp and cwm support as well as LeWa and other custom rom's made for it even an internal sd card mod to increase the storage space to 2.95gb's and has pretty much the same spec's as the note 2, except it's a chinandroid.
Phone: http://www.zopomobileshop.com/en/85-zopo-zp950-phablet-quad-core-phone.html
Offical Rom D/L: http://www.zopomobileshop.com/en/content/9-download
Forum D/L's CWM/TWRP and Custom Rom's: http://forum.zopomobileshop.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=37&filter=typeid&typeid=1
That sucks brother. ..
But you got the last laugh. ..
I use lookout mobile security.
Best $29.00 I've ever spent.
Device tracking, improper unlock protection, it even takes a picture of the person trying to hack it and emails it to you. .
Not to mention GPS tracking of the device and geolocation if GPS is off.
Remote wipe of data also.
Check it out. ....cheers. ...and again very sorry. .g
lookout security FTW....had it for a long time now...
Aegis is awesome for Finding, locking, or wiping, your phone from another Cell.
i have done this plenty of times and even have it on my sons phone i can locate, or Turn off his or lock him out whenever i want. pretty slick little app if you ask me, Oh and its FREE. or was i dont know now.
Did you ever get this sorted out OP?
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Sorted as in getting it back? Nope, all I could do is a file a report to the police, when I tried to report the esn to at&t they said they couldn't find it and that apparently the seller on ebay never updated anything. I might have to contact him to tell at&t that he sold it to me and release the esn to me then try again.
E-mailed go dev about getting the code list and never once got a reply from them, I had to load GO SMS in Bluestacks and open find phone and get the codes from there, which nothing really ever worked since either a. the thief took the sim card out before I could use the codes with lostandroid or b. lostandroid wasn't able to start up for some unknown reason, maybe the phone was turned off or my gmail account wasn't active on the phone anymore and c. I forgot to start go sms find phone feature before it being stolen (You'd really think they'd make something like this that automatically starts once installed either over the pc or android!! LoL)
So I'm haha stuck right now on a old iphone 3g got it for a lil bit of cash, jailbroke it and loaded whited00r 6 (Based on 3.1.3 made to look like and have some features of iOS 6) since 4.2.1 was constantly looking up the phone and making me lag. I'm locking for a new phone now, I might either get a Note i717 LTE model and unlock it myself or take a risk with the ChinAndroid ZoPo ZP950+ for $250 roughly with shipping.
It's more of an ouch than anything, I got a damn good deal on one hell of a good and bad ass phone, then some jersey shore looking faggity assed ***** boy comes along with his dad and bro to offer to do some repairs, so my dad with dementia foolishly lets them in and never askes them for id or any type of contact info and then while outside helping one of them with something around the house he lifts my phone because apparently he can't afford to buy his own phone otherwise he wouldn't be doing unlicensed odd jobs with his family and stealing sh¡t.
I took a gamble on ebay with a seller who had no feedback and won it for $330.00 bucks, that's where it really hurts the price I got it for.
Well Kinda Good News
Well kinda good news, I won a manufacture refurbished i317 for $300 bucks.
One of my xda/facebook buddies said "damn man you're crazy why don't ya just buy a brand new phone." LoL! I told him when something better than the samsung note 2 comes out that I can afford I would. haha
My old i317 I got for $330 plus shipping and it had a small crack on the bottom of the screen, this other one is newly refurbished, sucks that I'll be $300 in the hole again but I figured what the hell it makes sense. I was gunna pay up to around $230 to $275 for a ChinAndroid phone with a lil bit larger screen same specs and no lte, so why not chuck in an extra $25 bucks and get what I really wanted </again>...
n1nj4Lo said:
Well kinda good news, I won a manufacture refurbished i317 for $300 bucks.
One of my xda/facebook buddies said "damn man you're crazy why don't ya just buy a brand new phone." LoL! I told him when something better than the samsung note 2 comes out that I can afford I would. haha
My old i317 I got for $330 plus shipping and it had a small crack on the bottom of the screen, this other one is newly refurbished, sucks that I'll be $300 in the hole again but I figured what the hell it makes sense. I was gunna pay up to around $230 to $275 for a ChinAndroid phone with a lil bit larger screen same specs and no lte, so why not chuck in an extra $25 bucks and get what I really wanted </again>...
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Those China Phones are NOT the same specsd.... THey are no WHERE NEAR the same as the note 2..
hyelton said:
Those China Phones are NOT the same specsd.... THey are no WHERE NEAR the same as the note 2..
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Some are and some aren't honestly, the details are always lost in poor translation and the advantage of it being a misconception from the consumer...
I'd say the safest to follow are Lenovo, ZTE and Pantech, they're to what they say they are...
I'm really anxiously waiting for this to hit the consumer market, see how much it is and possibly get it: ZTE Nubia Z7 rumoured to sport 6.3-inch display, 8-core CPU, 16-megapixel camera
But right now, I'm just happy as hell to have a Note 2 again. LoL
But yea with ChinAndroid phones it usually tends to go claim to 13mp equals a 8mp half the time and dual-core means a cpu and a gpu some of the time and so on. LoL
I'd still eventually like to get my hands on one just to give it a real consumer user run down and play around with to see how hackable it is plus how well it holds up. Maybe I'll get the ZoPo Zp950+ and do a side-by-side youtube review and comparison to the Note 2. haha
It's odd I done a esn check on a few sites and they all report back that it had a clean esn but the seller said it has a bad esn... Guess the only way to know for sure is to take it to or call AT&T themselves. Hopefully it it's clean!
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Do yourself a favor and download android lost from the play store, it hides on the phone and theres a website where you can track it, take pictures with it, and do all kinds of other things if this ever happens again
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astang99 said:
Do yourself a favor and download android lost from the play store, it hides on the phone and theres a website where you can track it, take pictures with it, and do all kinds of other things if this ever happens again
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I've got Ceberus, I might look into android lost again.
You can never have enough security
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So I called Radio Shack today and the store manager told me I can come down and buy one. Drove there and she brings it from the back and proceeds to ring me up and activate the line (I didn't know it was micro sim card btw), She was having trouble activating my line so she called Verizon and they activated it for me. I turned on the phone, logged on to my google account and was using the phone to text and make a couple of calls. The whole time I thought she would remember she wasn't suppose to sell but no one even said anything UNTIL....continue reading
Here's the sad part. It comes time to pay for the phone and she tries to ring it up in Radio Shack system but it won't let her. She tries a couple more times and it still won't let her. Meanwhile I still have the phone in my hand and texting some friends. She proceeds to call another Radio Shack and that's when I knew the gig was up, cause I had called the same store earlier and they told me it wasn't for sale. So when she got off the phone with him, she proceeded to tell me it wasn't for sale yet and that she will hold it for me. She felt so bad and of course I was frustrated but she will be holding the phone for me until this coming sunday when *supposedly* it will go on sale. SO we shall see.
Playing with the phone it is still running 4.0.1, I should of click update to see if anything would of came through but the phone seems nice and can't wait till it drops.
Here's a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHozIrPcxMc&list=UUHaBPzKKbiPJUrfmYkhUGRA&feature=plcp
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So I called Radio Shack today and the store manager told me I can come down and buy one. Drove there and she brings it from the back and proceeds to ring me up and activate the line (I didn't know it was micro sim card btw), She was having trouble activating my line so she called Verizon and they activated it for me. I turned on the phone, logged on to my google account and was using the phone to text and make a couple of calls. The whole time I thought she would remember she wasn't suppose to sell but no one even said anything UNTIL....continue reading
Here's the sad part. It comes time to pay for the phone and she tries to ring it up in Radio Shack system but it won't let her. She tries a couple more times and it still won't let her. Meanwhile I still have the phone in my hand and texting some friends. She proceeds to call another Radio Shack and that's when I knew the gig was up, cause I had called the same store earlier and they told me it wasn't for sale. So when she got off the phone with him, she proceeded to tell me it wasn't for sale yet and that she will hold it for me. She felt so bad and of course I was frustrated but she will be holding the phone for me until this coming sunday when *supposedly* it will go on sale. SO we shall see.
Playing with the phone it is still running 4.0.1, I should of click update to see if anything would of came through but the phone seems nice and can't wait till it drops.
Here's a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHozIrPcxMc&list=UUHaBPzKKbiPJUrfmYkhUGRA&feature=plcp
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well i have the phone and when i click update it says its up to date
welcome to the club, same thing happened to me Saturday. Supposedly a guy on androidforums got around the POS system today, and the manager just sold it to him with a written reciept lol , I can wait
That's why you carry cash, fake an emergency, and run out the door with it, slapping down the cash on your way out.
When she said she would hold the phone for you, I wouldst said, how about you put the money in an envelope and hold that for a few days.
-sent from temp HTC Rezound waiting for Galaxy Nexus
player911 said:
That's why you carry cash, fake an emergency, and run out the door with it, slapping down the cash on your way out.
When she said she would hold the phone for you, I wouldst said, how about you put the money in an envelope and hold that for a few days.
-sent from temp HTC Rezound waiting for Galaxy Nexus
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This. Then again, we've heard this exact story many times already lol it's the way RadioShack has been handling it.
Also, the woman sounds attractive. Why was she not included in the video? Everybody's seen video of the phone...guessing not many people have seen video of her.
Trust me she wasnt, just very nice
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Sunday?
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Ya i know thats what i said. Wasnt trying to get anyone hopes up just venting lol. But we'll see when it happens. We have Dec 15 to look out for
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NeoMagus said:
welcome to the club, same thing happened to me Saturday. Supposedly a guy on androidforums got around the POS system today, and the manager just sold it to him with a written reciept lol , I can wait
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That guy was me! Woot!
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You guys still don't have your GNs? haha I couldn't be any happier with this phone. You guys might want to look into getting a spare battery when it becomes available.
I thought they had a 2100 battery with a special battery cover. Holding the phone its pretty thin so i wouldn't mind a bigger battery
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Soldi3rxx said:
I thought they had a 2100 battery with a special battery cover. Holding the phone its pretty thin so i wouldn't mind a bigger battery
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They do, and I'm getting it, as well. The extra weight/thickness would be great.
Actually, currently having a Rent-a-Rezound, the *only* thing I like about the phone is the physical size/weight. The software is crap and eats battery like crazy, but the phone *feels* perfect.
according to the two guys that got them at best buy yesterday on ac they said they picked up the extended battery afterwords at vzw and comes with an extra door but you wont need it, it doesnt add any thickness to the phone
Is there a price
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I sent you a pm with the link, dont know if Im allowed to link to other boards here or not
Will be out on the 15th @ Radio Shack.
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I sent you a pm with the link, dont know if Im allowed to link to other boards here or not
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If it's for the sake of discussion I believe it is. People link to other boards all the time.
Holy crap the very same thing happened to me as well today. I had everything loaded up on it... contacts, apps, the whole 9 yards. I'm thinking to myself.... I [email protected]#k yes! Apparently not. She couldn't ring the damn thing up at all, and when she called another store they told her she could not sell it till the 14th. I've been bummed all day now, because that phone was cookin!
its #243 picture of the battery and price
Hahaha i know man. U feel your pain. Soon my brother soon.
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Well i went back to stock (at least tried to) for the preperation of ICS and the maintenance update. That was a disaster. I have had over 25 android phones but i guess i thought it would be a good idea to check re-partition in ODIN cause i thought it would be an *extra good* flash. Ya now i have a FULL brick. Before i tried to reboot download mode, it said PARTTABLE missing or something like that. And yes it was a full brick there was nothing i could do.
Whats even BETTER is that TMOBILE told me to shove it! "Oh this phone is not part of our replacement program." WTF. So they directed me to call Samsung which i did and it is now on it's way there. Since when does a phone i bought on the account less than six months ago not qualify for an exchange. Bastards. Well hopefully Samsung fixes it in a timely fashion and sends it back!
My wife recently broke her screen on her GS2 and they replaced it...
Geeze man, that's a major screw up. It's posted everywhere not to check repartition. and tmo has been replacing these phones for people.
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Idk who you talked to maybe a out sourced rep but sg2 is surely part of the exchange list my bro just did a exchange on his two days ago
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So Tmobile has con another person. I think that you should tell Tmobile to shove it again and again after the lie they told you. The are the practical joking wireless company, don't be fooled by one representation of Tmobile, you have to keep escalating the situation until you find the hard to get truth with Tmobile.
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For future reference you cannot and should not ever check re-partition with out a valid PIT file. It will always result in a brick otherwise.
-Mr. X- said:
For future reference you cannot and should not ever check re-partition with out a valid PIT file. It will always result in a brick otherwise.
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I agree with you. It was a very very dumb move. But i was pretty sure there is a pit file in the same folder as i have odin and i put it in the correct box.
See i figured someone shafted me. That really sucks cause god knows samsung is going to take longer than it would have taken teabag-mobile! GRRRR.
xsteven77x said:
I agree with you. It was a very very dumb move. But i was pretty sure there is a pit file in the same folder as i have odin and i put it in the correct box.
See i figured someone shafted me. That really sucks cause god knows samsung is going to take longer than it would have taken teabag-mobile! GRRRR.
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No, no pit file
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Why would you go through all of that unrooting for an update that you will want to root ? I mean we all know what ICS looks like... i guess i just dont understand why you even wanted to do that when we have multiple Twiz flavored ICS roms that have 0 bugs and even ASOP and MIUI ICS Roms with very few bugs..
xsteven77x said:
I agree with you. It was a very very dumb move. But i was pretty sure there is a pit file in the same folder as i have odin and i put it in the correct box.
See i figured someone shafted me. That really sucks cause god knows samsung is going to take longer than it would have taken teabag-mobile! GRRRR.
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samsung had my device back to me in 5 days. i mailed it on a Monday and got it back on a Friday. brand new device not a refurb.
dude I have done two replacements on this phone You should never ever ever call tmo on the phone to get anything done period. Go to a corporate tmo store not one of those dealers a full tmo store and deal with them face to face. Those idiots over the phone are stupid and they dont care, but when you are face to face they will respect you more and try harder. And they dont just call the same number we call when you go to a corporate store they actuall get to the right people. Hell I dont even call them to change my plan I go to the store. You know how many times I just wanted to make a small change in my plan and they gave me a problem or they did the wrong thing and then I went to the store and they fixed it without a problem. I know it might be a pain in thew ass I work 70+ hours a week and I dont have a car but I still find a way Thats my two cents
If you gave tmo warranty call again they should replaxe it.
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-Mr. X- said:
samsung had my device back to me in 5 days. i mailed it on a Monday and got it back on a Friday. brand new device not a refurb.
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Hmm I've got serious blobs in my screen did the one they sent you have any flaws?
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blchff04 said:
Hmm I've got serious blobs in my screen did the one they sent you have any flaws?
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I am currently on my 4th S2 since NYE when I purchased the phone, never have I had issues getting a replacement. The only issues ive had have been trying to go around the.$20 fee since I dont have thr insurance but even that can be waived easily
My first replacement had issues so I quickly returned till I had a decent one then that one stopped charging after like 6 months.
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You'll be fine man. You seem to have a phone with a warranty. Mines from Ebay.
And its actually nice to know Tmobile does that.
Good luck.
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Android_Monsters said:
You'll be fine man. You seem to have a phone with a warranty. Mines from Ebay.
And its actually nice to know Tmobile does that.
Good luck.
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definitely! also this last time they offered me a $3.99/month for LIFETIME WARRANTY so as long as i don't have any water damage or screen physical damage, i am set well that is until the next top of the line phone comes out, and no the SIII isn't good enough to switch at least from what i've read about it
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dude I have done two replacements on this phone You should never ever ever call tmo on the phone to get anything done period. Go to a corporate tmo store not one of those dealers a full tmo store and deal with them face to face. Those idiots over the phone are stupid and they dont care, but when you are face to face they will respect you more and try harder. And they dont just call the same number we call when you go to a corporate store they actuall get to the right people. Hell I dont even call them to change my plan I go to the store. You know how many times I just wanted to make a small change in my plan and they gave me a problem or they did the wrong thing and then I went to the store and they fixed it without a problem. I know it might be a pain in thew ass I work 70+ hours a week and I dont have a car but I still find a way Thats my two cents
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That's funny, we've had the reverse experience.
The T-Mobile store people have frequently lied to us. When we signed up during their Valentine's Day deal they lied about the plan requirements, they lied about transferring our old phone numbers to T-Mobile that day, they told us we could downgrade from unlimited talk and 5GB data in two weeks, then two weeks later they said we couldn't.
In the end we just called T-Mobile CS the next day who transferred our numbers and changed our phone plans with no fuss at all. Now we never bother dealing with the T-Mobile store in person, my girlfriend gets pissed off just thinking about them.
rosemachinegun said:
That's funny, we've had the reverse experience.
The T-Mobile store people have frequently lied to us. When we signed up during their Valentine's Day deal they lied about the plan requirements, they lied about transferring our old phone numbers to T-Mobile that day, they told us we could downgrade from unlimited talk and 5GB data in two weeks, then two weeks later they said we couldn't.
In the end we just called T-Mobile CS the next day who transferred our numbers and changed our phone plans with no fuss at all. Now we never bother dealing with the T-Mobile store in person, my girlfriend gets pissed off just thinking about them.
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service varies greatly from store to store, and agent to agent on phone as well. But I will say this that.if you know the right things to say you can get more done over the phone
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Its so funny how people think stores have a special number to call! They have a retail line they call but that's just to enter their dealer codes they get to the same place u get to when u call!
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AJ26T said:
Its so funny how people think stores have a special number to call! They have a retail line they call but that's just to enter their dealer codes they get to the same place u get to when u call!
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Exactly
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UPDATED 6/21/12
I wanted to thank everyone who offered kind words and support during this crappy situation I was pulled through. I really really appreciate all the nice things everyone said and offered for me. I also want to thank everyone who contributed towards me getting a new phone, I absolutely honestly would not have been able to buy a replacement phone without the additional funds raised here on XDA by the community. Thank you all so very much.
I wanted to thank kennyglass123 especially for his kind PM he sent me and his suggestion for me to link my PayPal account in case anybody was interested in lending me a hand. If it was not for his suggestion, I would not have had the opportunity to reach out to the community for help and to have my phone replaced.
Thanks in part to your donations, T-Mobiles willingness to give me an early full upgrade and credit of one free month and my wife for being cool enough to let me buy a $400 in less then a month of having another $400 phone stolen from me, I was able to upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy SIII today.
Thank you all so much, I'll be forever grateful to this community
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I work at a propane facility and I'm unable to keep my electronics on me while working.
I had my phone in my drawer and we had a temp labor worker here. He left, I came inside to grab my phone and it was gone.
I contacted T-Mobile who said because I don't have the insurance they cannot use GPS to track my phone. They said my window is past for insurance and due to that, they cannot add the feature to track my phone.
Is there ANY way at all I can possibly track this phone if I don't have an app on there? Any way at all? I just got this phone like a month ago as a gift that my wife somehow managed to save for and now its gone. I need ANY advice at all.
Please.
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Per the request of Kennyglass123 I have linked my PayPal account to XDA. I have received a few small donations since doing so and I wanted to thank anyone who decides or who has already decided to donate towards the replacement of my phone. Thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart. My wife was truly moved when I told her what Kenny had suggested I do
Donation Amount To Date: $125.28
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
Go to the play store and download the app linked above to your phone. You can then track it from the my lookout website, assuming the phone is turned on. Damn office temps!
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lrs421 said:
Go to the play store and download the app linked above to your phone. You can then track it from the my lookout website, assuming the phone is turned on. Damn office temps!
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How do I search from their website?
It's asking me to login which I don't have a login...
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How do I search from their website?
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Once you have the app downloaded to your phone and are registered you can log in on there website and track your phone.
1. Install Plan B to the phone that you are trying to find from the Android Market website: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb.
2. Plan B will start automatically and send your phone’s location to your Gmail address.
3. To locate again after 10 minutes, borrow a friend’s phone and text the word “locate” to your lost phone.
You might want to try out the 3rd option mate. Some person commented that he found his lost phone.
Best of luck and keep your hopes up!
arzbhatia said:
1. Install Plan B to the phone that you are trying to find from the Android Market website: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb.
2. Plan B will start automatically and send your phone’s location to your Gmail address.
3. To locate again after 10 minutes, borrow a friend’s phone and text the word “locate” to your lost phone.
You might want to try out the 3rd option mate. Some person commented that he found his lost phone.
Best of luck and keep your hopes up!
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I tried and I'm getting nothing. I have a bad feeling because I unchecked the "allow apps to use GPS to track my location" that it won't work. I always disable that and enable it only when I'm using Maps so it doesn't drain battery (Facebook and such).
I've tried texting it several times with no luck.
If the guy was smart and shut data off or factory reset, then there's no way to track it. It's GSM, so you can't blacklist the ESN even. Sorry. I don't think there's much you can do but keep texting "locate".
Amphibliam said:
If the guy was smart and shut data off or factory reset, then there's no way to track it. It's GSM, so you can't blacklist the ESN even. Sorry. I don't think there's much you can do but keep texting "locate".
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Cops just left. I filed a report. I have to call and give them the IMEI number tomorrow so if it gets pawned, they can find it. I'm sure he's smarter then that though and he'll just sell it to a friend.
Pretty much just lost my phone and there's nothing I can do. Sucks so bad, I can't afford a new phone. God, this is so horrible. Just got the phone, wife doesn't work because our son, and now I can't afford to replace it. This is the worst feeling in the world.
temp labor is not that smart, from my experience those are people that cant hold jobs due to drug problems, or freshly out of jail.
Call and the agency let them know that you will be filing charges as your office has CCTV set up and has it all on camera, state you will not press charges if the phone gets returned.....
Then feel really bad when you find out tomm, you left it in the bathroom at work
I wouldn't really know but if he is/was working at your workplace wouldn't you guys have some info on him?
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Don't know what your situation is but most homeowners insurance policies might still cover it.
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Don't know what your situation is but most homeowners insurance policies might still cover it.
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His company's insurance should cover it. They don't allow him to bring his phone with him, they should provide a safe place for him to keep it in. Stolen on company property, so it should be their insurance any way.
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His company's insurance should cover it. They don't allow him to bring his phone with him, they should provide a safe place for him to keep it in. Stolen on company property, so it should be their insurance any way.
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I agree in theory, but I'd be willing to bet there's some clause in his job contract saying they're not responsible.
I hqve had some form or another of tracking software installed to all my nexus devices, but the best one is cerberus. Even after a factory reset it remains installed. You may try pushing it to the phone and then log in via the website. It should give you info if it is connecting to a tower, it also will email you a photo when the phone is unlocked. Brilliant stuff.
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I hqve had some form or another of tracking software installed to all my nexus devices, but the best one is cerberus. Even after a factory reset it remains installed. You may try pushing it to the phone and then log in via the website. It should give you info if it is connecting to a tower, it also will email you a photo when the phone is unlocked. Brilliant stuff.
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+1 on the app Cerberus I have it installed in my nexus its the best out there bro so when u get ur phone back or get it replaced make sure u install it bro .
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uoY_redruM said:
Cops just left. I filed a report. I have to call and give them the IMEI number tomorrow so if it gets pawned, they can find it. I'm sure he's smarter then that though and he'll just sell it to a friend.
Pretty much just lost my phone and there's nothing I can do. Sucks so bad, I can't afford a new phone. God, this is so horrible. Just got the phone, wife doesn't work because our son, and now I can't afford to replace it. This is the worst feeling in the world.
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Damn man I feel for u bro I hope everything works out for u .
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I work at a propane facility and I'm unable to keep my electronics on me while working.
I had my phone in my drawer and we had a temp labor worker here. He left, I came inside to grab my phone and it was gone.
I contacted T-Mobile who said because I don't have the insurance they cannot use GPS to track my phone. They said my window is past for insurance and due to that, they cannot add the feature to track my phone.
Is there ANY way at all I can possibly track this phone if I don't have an app on there? Any way at all? I just got this phone like a month ago as a gift that my wife somehow managed to save for and now its gone. I need ANY advice at all.
Please.
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Yeah, get the temps name and agency give it to the cops and track it the normal way don't play detective lmao
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I hope you find the thief and he gets what he deserves.
That's why I installed Cerberus.
Sorry for your loss.
Sent from the future.
I have always owned and loved android devices since the g1. I always got carrier branded devices and switch every so often. I thought it would make sense to grab a gsm nexus so I started researching, and boy did I research. I thought that the price of a gnex from google is not bad and i had enought money to get one, but for whatever reason i figured i'd check ebay, but they sell for the same or more used. so I checked craigslist- on payday i saw what looked like a great deal... new gnex with extra battery 300, so i contacted the dude and met up about 40 minutes drive. the phone was in new condition there was the extra battery and vanilla ics, tried it made a call so i took it. while driving away i started playing with it.. i went to the camera app, got a message stating to insert sd card, i was like wth a gnex with an sd card. then i got a call the there was a flashing led at the bottom. i got home and examined it well, turns out its a fake ( my fingernail can operate the capacitve sereen) it looks so damn real... now im screwed out of 300 bux. I was so upset i went to google and got a new one, so I should have it soon... learnt my lesson well.- i really didnt think that fake phones existed and damn they did a great job... i think ill just give it to my son- he will by happy to have it
Pics or it didn't happen LOL. Can we see it? Wanna see how good of a "job" they did.
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^^ this. and you never bothered playing around with one in a Verizon store or Sprint store before you did this? dude...live and learn i guess.
nevr thought to play around with one, i was just going off youtube, but seriously its a DAMN good job will add SLR pics tomorro
You didn't notice the feel of a resistive screen? It is distinctly different from a
Capacitive screen. Also always check the about phone, storage, EVERYTHING. I hope you learned your lesson, sucks for you :3
PS fingernails can't operate capacitive screens
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I would love to see this too. I mean, it sucks, but it's also a fantastic lesson to everyone out there. Don't buy things used carelessly. Ever.
I want to see this as well, I tend to avoid Craig's list nowadays. After I nearly got into a fist fight with a man after deciding not to purchase his phone which he would not let me hold nor turn on...
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I want to see this as well, I tend to avoid Craig's list nowadays. After I nearly got into a fist fight with a man after deciding not to purchase his phone which he would not let me hold nor turn on...
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HAHAHAHA
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I gotta see this fake. Sorry for your luck
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I knew someone who bought a phone shop display fake phone as the seller told him it wouldn't turn on as the battery was flat. DOH!
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subscribing. wanna see how good the imitations are now.
i just tried looking them up to find one i cant seem to find a fake one anywhere, but i did find some really good fake phones however and by good i mean they look really close to the original.
I did a search I think this is a fake http://www.aliexpress.com/product-f...citive-screen-WIFI-5-0MP-GPS-wholesalers.html
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I did a search I think this is a fake http://www.aliexpress.com/product-f...citive-screen-WIFI-5-0MP-GPS-wholesalers.html
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Yeah that's a fake. The site even looks like amazon, with the way it's laid out and even some of the graphics.
This is why I like buying things eBay over CraigsList. eBay has gone to great lengths to protect buyers. With that being said it is such a pain any more to sell things on eBay (major hassle listing/shipping items, excessive fees, picky buyers) which is why I usually won't sell things on eBay any more.
In your case though you got a fake phone, which may have been hard to tell when you bought it but hypothetically if it were a Verizon phone for example it could have been completely real but may have been stolen and had a bad ESN. Even then though I believe you can check with the carrier to see if the ESN is clean. I guess what it boils down to is you just have to be very cautious whenever buying something from an 'un-trusted' source.
On a side note, I just received my Verizon Nexus that I bought on eBay for $240. This thing was listed at 'Used' but it is seriously in like new condition, not a scratch or scuff on it (and it came with a nice case). I am absolutely loving the phone so far. Only thing I don't like is that I didn't upgrade to it sooner.
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Yeah that's a fake. The site even looks like amazon, with the way it's laid out and even some of the graphics.
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There is a video on YouTube with the creators of this knockoff... pretty interesting
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:laugh: Kick his ass Seabass!
I'm staying away from eBay and craigslist from now on, just for certain things I guess- i got a sweet shih tzu puppy for 300 bux on CL so I guess in the end it all evens out. I'll just get a simple mobile sim and give it to my kid, so its not a total loss, he will be happy with it. I'm just amazed of what a good job they did with it. and the fingernail test is how I narrowed it down - compared it to my girl's SG2. Im getting withdrawals waiting for the real phone to ship from google.
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I'm staying away from eBay and craigslist from now on, just for certain things I guess- i got a sweet shih tzu puppy for 300 bux on CL so I guess in the end it all evens out. I'll just get a simple mobile sim and give it to my kid, so its not a total loss, he will be happy with it. I'm just amazed of what a good job they did with it. and the fingernail test is how I narrowed it down - compared it to my girl's SG2. Im getting withdrawals waiting for the real phone to ship from google.
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Pictures! Please!? I'm dying to see the fake. :silly: :cyclops:
I wouldn't say he was careless. How many people have reported purchasing a FAKE Galaxy Nexus. I personally didn't even know they existed. I'm sure this could happen more than we like to think. Know we know to be even more careful.
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Hello, pls see my story below: - Anything I can do by tracking the IMEI ? etc ?
MY STORY -------
I was robbed on craigslist, NYC MIDTOWN?
To sum it up:
I was robbed by a con artist on craigslist pretending to buy my phone.
I sold many things on craigslist in the past, high end and small end. Whatever..
I posted an ad to sell my Samsung galaxt s3 tmobile phone for $540, and the buyer called with 1 number and ask if Its available and that his wife saw the ad and hes buying it for her. Then he asks me if I’m a business and I said no. Then he said he will call me back and I said ok.
He called again in a few minutes and said hes interested and asked my location and he will be coming so I said ok , I gave him location, on park avenue and 58th street at TD BANK. When he got there he was driving was in his car so I got him to show him the phone.
He asked nicely if I can just go with him to tmobile store around the area to make sure the phone is not stolen so I said okay sure. Its 2-3 blocks away. We was driving and he was telling me this whole store how he and his daughter went to check out a phone and after he bought it the phone turns out to be stolen and it took him a week to return it back to the seller and such and he thanked me for going with him to the store.
Finally, we parked RIGHT in front of the tmobile store by a fire hydrant. He asked if I can watch his car while he goes in to make sure its legit and to activate his simcard for the phone so I said ok pls make it quick. He went in for a few minutes and I was wondering what if this car is stolen ? or he ran away ? anyways so I took a peak and saw him on the line and speaking to the representative so I thought okay its cool. He came out and said something is not working and if I could go and talk to her, so I can ok.
I was in the passenger seat , now the keys are in the car. He ask if I can turn off the car so I turn it off and I took the keys with me when he said he needs to get something real quick and go in first, I went in for less than a minute. LESS THAN A MINUTE OR 1 MINUTE!!! Then I turned around and POOF!
HE IS GONE…. HE IS GONE!! I got scammed and wow, I was shocked and laughing.. I tried running up the block but his car is nowhere to be found!
I called the cops and gave a report, waiting for a call back from the detectives hopefully.
I have received a call back from 1 of his numbers he called me with , and it was lady claiming she don’t know what happen. I have a feeling she is linked to him, I don’t know.
What should I do now ? What can I do ? I want to catch this sucker!
His appearance:
Age 19-25
Skin: Dark / Tone
Nationality: Hispanic Hair: Curly hair Attire:
He was dressed in a white button up with dress dark khankis or dress pants and shoes
. ( his attire indeed let my guard down )
Tattoo: He had a tattoo on his right hand
Name he goes by: Andy , Jason , Alex , Alec -
His accent is a bit weird.
Numbers he is using: 917-549-9112 347-340-6348
these other numbers were called from a phone store with demo phones or something: 718-733-7119 646-296-3081
Regards,
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Another victim's story, happened before I got robbed-
Has anyone gone through this? I got robbed on craigslist?
Postby hawly » Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:20 pm
Ok here's how this went. I was selling a samsung galaxy s III (for about $500) on craigslist. I live in queens, NYC, so I arranged for the exchange in midtown manhattan. I drove there with my bro and parked my car in a parking lot. The guy who i was selling to, arrived in a family van with his 2 year old daughter. He wanted me to drive down the street to the "Fossil" store where his "wife" worked at as she was "the one he was buying the phone for". Seeing his daughter, his demeanor, as well as the fact that we were in a heavily populated area, I thought nothing of it. He seemed like a reasonable person.
We get to the fossil store, he asks me if I can go to the driver's seat as he goes into the store to speak to his "wife" in case cops request for the car to be moved. At this point, his 2 yr old daughter and I are in the car alone. He asks me if I can give him the phone so that his wife can test it out. I say fine as I have his car and his kid is in the car. He comes back later and says he's having a problem testing out the phone. He asks me If I can check it out. I say no problem, I step out of the car, turn off the car and hold the keys with me (the keys also included 4 other keys). All of a sudden, he disappears literally into thin air. I take a few steps to look around. This is 7th ave manhattan, so there's alot of people walking up and down. I then turn around, and boom...car is gone. All happened within 1 minute. Literally, 1 Minute. I literally started laughing in amazement.
I am not one to get scammed..very rarely have i been in a fraud situation. I've seen everything...but This.
How could a guy use an innocent little kid to scam people? Is this a new Craigslist scam? I am being reimbursed for the phone by my credit card company as they cover theft. What do you take of this?
is this for real?
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is this for real?
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Yes.
I know it might look confusing and have typos and such but I am so heated and still cant believe I was conned like that. Its just shocking!
I went to the precinct on my lunch break to give the cops more details and that other post I found a day earlier of my incident indicating the same pattern of crime.
Its the same guy!!
new member first posts sounds weird but still it was a entertaining read whether real or fake
why would you let him out of 2 feet if he has your phone, you let this happen to yourself learn a lesson from it
this is a reason why I never sell phones on Craiglist, I always sell them on Ebay is more secured and no way for you to get scammed, I have seen a couple of friends that actually sold their phones and got fake $100.00 dollar bills, with Ebay you get backed up by paypal.
Sounds like some next level ninja sh!t, I hope by some strain of luck you get your S3 back.
Get Chance and Luck
This is happening more and more!
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ionic7 said:
why would you let him out of 2 feet if he has your phone, you let this happen to yourself learn a lesson from it
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What caught me was maybe the office attire, the area and the fact i had his keys...
It was pretty good scam.....
I have up to date, sold over 500 phones just on craigs...
Sucks... Lesson Learned, gotta be alert... Luckily he didnt have a gun to my head..
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this is a reason why I never sell phones on Craiglist, I always sell them on Ebay is more secured and no way for you to get scammed, I have seen a couple of friends that actually sold their phones and got fake $100.00 dollar bills, with Ebay you get backed up by paypal.
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if a customer on ebay, insists to their credit card that they did not purchase the item. I think they can get away with it just as easy like how this happened to me, however this guy took a lot of time to develop his scheme..
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if a customer on ebay, insists to their credit card that they did not purchase the item. I think they can get away with it just as easy like how this happened to me, however this guy took a lot of time to develop his scheme..
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That's why PayPal has certified mailing addresses tied to the account. It's a way to track someone down...
You do realize that you can reverse lookup his telephone numbers right?
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why would you let him out of 2 feet if he has your phone, you let this happen to yourself learn a lesson from it
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There's always one " **** wouldn't happen to me" Superman!
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If you still have the box that you got the phone in you can ask T-Mobile to block the IMEI. That way it's useless to him.
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You morons need to stop being so cheap and use ebay and just pay the damn auction fees. That is why they guarantee their buyer and seller protection.
Now you don't have a phone, I would never trust Craigslist for selling or buying anything.
Also why would you get into a car with a stranger? Why not just say go park and I will meet you at the store?
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try plan b or prey
Ask T-Mobile or Samsung if they can track
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CRAIGS LIST IS WHERE THE PROCESSED GO TO MINGLE. It has perverts, murderers, cons, and thiefs, and much more crime that you have never even heard of. STAY AWAY from that worthless site.
You got some real balls to get in a strangers car anyway, you are lucky you are here even posting this stupid message.
Good luck, cost you $500+ to find out.
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There's always one " **** wouldn't happen to me" Superman!
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What? It's common sense. If I'm selling on CL the person doesn't even get to touch the phone unless they're in the middle of me and a friend on the street or sitting down inside somewhere.
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That's why you meet up and it's either buy it on the spot or go buy else where. No taking it to show his "wife" bull****
Craigslist - Not even once.
lol... wow... I've sold tons of phones on cl. Never this happened to me. But then again I live in Virginia, where its legal to open carry a gun. And anytime I have a item for sale and someone wants to buy it, when we meet up they always notice that I'm not one to scam or rob.
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