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My phone was stolen. Rooted with Fresh 3.4, Please help me!

Hey guys,
My Evo was stolen a little bit ago. Homeless guy (who knew my dad, so I had no reason not to trust him) came into the house, and I'm sure that he stole it.
Is there anything I can do to find it?
I've heard about the family locator and whatnot, but I know you have to have activated it before the fact.
Please help!

Borrow a phone.
Find the guy.
Call your own phone number.
Listen.
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dsgn09 said:
Hey guys,
My Evo was stolen a little bit ago. Homeless guy (who knew my dad, so I had no reason not to trust him) came into the house, and I'm sure that he stole it.
Is there anything I can do to find it?
I've heard about the family locator and whatnot, but I know you have to have activated it before the fact.
Please help!
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Use Sprint family locator to find it link attached. Create an account it will show you on a map when you find him whip the $hit out of him.... twice
https://sfl.sprintpcs.com/finder-sprint-family/welcome.htm

Mobiledefense is a great app. If you get your phone back is suggest installing it
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I use look out.... Google it, it tracks your phone, makes it scream if its on silent or vibrate and you can remote wipe it or remote lock it...
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That sucks. What was he doing in the house?
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rejectedkid said:
Mobiledefense is a great app. If you get your phone back is suggest installing it
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Is it out of beta and accepting new apps I know I have it and and a account I love the app let someone steal it unless there really smart they wont ever know its there and they cant (really unless your smart/into android) uninstall it even you can turn your phone on if its off turn gps on if its off tell you if its on a floor or waist high everything make sure you get it if you dont it helped me find my lost phone

chumba8 said:
Is it out of beta and accepting new apps I know I have it and and a account I love the app let someone steal it unless there really smart they wont ever know its there and they cant (really unless your smart/into android) uninstall it even you can turn your phone on if its off turn gps on if its off tell you if its on a floor or waist high everything make sure you get it if you dont it helped me find my lost phone
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I think it is still in beta nvm.. I have it installed on my wifes Evo and mine.
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rejectedkid said:
I think it is still in beta nvm.. I have it installed on my wifes Evo and mine.
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I installed MD as a system app so even if someone factory rests the app does not uninstall.

bender1077 said:
I installed MD as a system app so even if someone factory rests the app does not uninstall.
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How do you do that?

jdh10475 said:
How do you do that?
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If you have root, move the apk to the system/app folder (or /system/data, I can't remember right now)

if rooted just go to mobile defense site and download the system flashable zip. boot into recovery and flash. this will allow you to turn on gps remotely if it's off.

Im going to give this mobile defense a try. Unfortunately they have the beta closed right now so I had to go to the site to sign up for the waiting list. This sounds like an very useful app.

Sucks.. Mobile Defense you cannot get anymore

Where's my droid is a free app on the market which I use. If you misplace your phone somewhere and it is on silent all you have to do is text it from another phone with the phrase where's my droid and it will ring on the loudest setting until you find it.
If someone steals it all you have to do it text the phrase gps my droid and it will text you back the longitude and latitude coordinates and also a google maps link of where it is at. pretty cool app.

markushi said:
Where's my droid is a free app on the market which I use. If you misplace your phone somewhere and it is on silent all you have to do is text it from another phone with the phrase where's my droid and it will ring on the loudest setting until you find it.
If someone steals it all you have to do it text the phrase gps my droid and it will text you back the longitude and latitude coordinates and also a google maps link of where it is at. pretty cool app.
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It says GPS via email doesn't work with sprint in the app market description.
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elapshtc said:
if rooted just go to mobile defense site and download the system flashable zip. boot into recovery and flash. this will allow you to turn on gps remotely if it's off.
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Are there any other apps that can turn on gps remotely?

Arent all these apps battery killers?? They run all the time and destroy battery faster than anyother program

Battery killing apps < Losing your Evo

afma_afma said:
Battery killing apps < Losing your Evo
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+1 i could care less about sacrificing 2 hours of my battery life to find my phone that i paid 300.00 for...

Contacts from phone, touchscreen dead.

So my gf has had her evo screen die. I used my upgrade to get her a EVO 3d, but she stupidly didn't back up her contacts. She saved them all to the phone instead Google or exchange. I know sprint can typically get contacts out of there, but will they need the touchscreen to work to do so? The store is 45 minutes away so don't want to waste effort if it won't work....
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I would think they could do it, but I suggest instead of taking the chance that they can't, try using ADB to do it. Set the phone to USB Debugging on and then do what the guy suggests in the link below:
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-rescue-squad/30987-acquire-contacts-via-adb.html

Oh, just thought about this... Make SURE you TELL them that there are contacts on the phone, cause they will just assume that because it's android that you use google to back them up... so be sure you tell them to at least try to do it...

Unknownforce said:
I would think they could do it, but I suggest instead of taking the chance that they can't, try using ADB to do it. Set the phone to USB Debugging on and then do what the guy suggests in the link below:
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-rescue-squad/30987-acquire-contacts-via-adb.html
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I would do it over ADB, but I cant enable ADB without the touchscreen. I can get into fastboot, but thats it. The phone in on 4.24 and so I cant even try to use a RUU to get it back to stock and see if its a software vs. hardware issue. Its really annoying.

If it's a repair location, have them slap a screen on it real quick to get the contacts.

Well still can't get it to work. Erg. Guess time for a repair store.
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Rooted ICS phone won't connect to computer

Unfortunately I cracked my screen today and can't access any of my phone's memory. I can't even see anything on the screen.
I should've started this thread earlier when I first encountered the problem but a little too late for that.
Well my issue is that I have a rooted and I believe it was a custom ICS rom that was based off the AT&T version when it just came out a little while ago. I can't connect to Kies and never could even with USB settings on the phone activated, and deactiaved.
It's kinda crappy that it can't even be recognized to even get my pictures without being forced to connect through Kies. Is there any other way to get it to connect?
I'll eventually get a screen replacement and do it myself since it costs about the same thru the stupid insurance and at least I'll get to keep all my data if I do it myself.
Damn, makes me miss my stupid iPhone sometimes...

Xyberz said:
Unfortunately I cracked my screen today and can't access any of my phone's memory. I can't even see anything on the screen.
I should've started this thread earlier when I first encountered the problem but a little too late for that.
Well my issue is that I have a rooted and I believe it was a custom ICS rom that was based off the AT&T version when it just came out a little while ago. I can't connect to Kies and never could even with USB settings on the phone activated, and deactiaved.
It's kinda crappy that it can't even be recognized to even get my pictures without being forced to connect through Kies. Is there any other way to get it to connect?
I'll eventually get a screen replacement and do it myself since it costs about the same thru the stupid insurance and at least I'll get to keep all my data if I do it myself.
Damn, makes me miss my stupid iPhone sometimes...
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So this is a no go I'm assuming since there's no response?

Xyberz said:
So this is a no go I'm assuming since there's no response?
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OK so what u would need to do is make sure USB debugging is enabled, and if u can't see ur screen or access anything I'm afraid ur out of luck, that option needs to be enabled in order for the PC to connect, if it was enabled then make sure u have all the necessary drivers installed in ur PC, if both of those are good then idk, ur only other option is a replacement screen
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Well bit the bullet and just bought a screen replacement. Luckily I was able to get it unlocked and got all the stuff off. Mainly most important was the pictures that I couldn't get back any other way.

Well to prevent this issue from ever occurring again, it would be wise of you to back up pictures using Google+ Photos.
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SGS3 broken LCD, Remotely controlling from desktop?? [Help]

I have a new Sammy GS3 from Tmo US. My brother had the upgrade, but my original phone broke, so he let me have his contract upgrade, and I picked up the GS3. Long story short, I got a small crack in the screen when I dropped it, but the LCD is shot underneath. We ordered the insurance, but it is under my brother's LINE, not under the PHONE itsself. So I need him to be able to access data for a couple days, but we cant do anything to the phone whatsoever.
I guess my question is, ideally is there an emulator that I can use on the desktop over USB cable? or (more realistically I suppose) even just anyway possible to control it remotely, without using the lcd? make a download here, attempt a call there?
Thanks in advance!!!

You could adb push an app to the phone, but dont know how youd set it up.
Heres what i would do. Download the full stock firmware and flash it using Odin. Put your bros sim into the phone and call him a few times. The phone will have all default out of box settings which includes data on. You may have to wait a few days periodically putting sim in and calling the phone.
Still dont know for sure if thisll satisfy insurance requirements, but worth a shot.
.to get download mode for odin, make sure phone is off, then hold Volume down, home, and power for a few secs. You may feel a quick vibrate but cant remember for sure. Release all buttons. Now press volume up once. You should be in download mode and should be able to see on your pc. Flash the fw and go from there.
Just thought of something, do you know if wifi was active before it broke? If it was off and you didnt disable data then just putting the sim in shuld be good enough. If wifi was on, and youre sure data was not disabled you have 2 options. Go somewhere that the phone cant access a wifi network and itll default to data connection. Or try sending mms picture messages to the phone. It should deliver over data even with wifi enabled...i think.
Good luck!
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Wifi calling takes care of data, so an mms wouldn't be over network. The rest of it sounds good though.
Edit: you could just change your wifi password.
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vopezy said:
Wifi calling takes care of data, so an mms wouldn't be over network. The rest of it sounds good though.
Edit: you could just change your wifi password.
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Thats true, but only if wifi calling is active. Its one of the first things i shut off. But good points on both dude. I didnt even think of changing the network password. :thumbup:
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This is one of those ohhhh right, moments. haha thank you guys I'll give it a shot, it just makes me wonder why I didn't think of that...
I also got to thinking and the micro-hdmi cord should still mirror it upon startup right? so I might be able to get the display up that way, and I 'believe' the digitizer is functioning so if plan A doesn't work I might invest in one of those haha...

the android team viewer app will put your screen on your desktop, sounds and everything. if u get it set up with user name and pass
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[Q] did sprint fu** my phone over?

ok well took my phone to sprint store because i was having a rattling sound in it when u would do like a quick jerk or movement with it...
well they did what ever it was they wanted to i guess and brought it back out to me no more rattle ...
left their and on my way back home I noticed that the background wasnt the same on my lockscreen so i started going through the phone and c they have flashed my phone back to stock...
Ok still no biggie i can just root it and unlock it again well i go to use the play store it says network unavailable..
well i go to network settings and do the usuall checking and making sure roaming and data and all that is on wich it was but the roaming...
I go to see n make sure im still on sprint maybe thats y its no data... whell guess what its not it says chameleon...
whell what the hell is the first thing that comes out my mouth and laughing.. gf says what so funny i said look my phone says im on a chameleon n we both busted out laughing in the store...
well i got home and still no data so i called sprint and we went through the normal trouble shooting and phone restoring procedure..
Those procedires didnt get data to work either so they had me do a ##SCRTN# and after restart they had me do a manual programing, wich still didnt get data to work.
So last thing that they had me do was ##RTN# and once again did manual programming,and of course still no go no data..
After the "advanced tech support guy" came back on the phone he started urgently repeating and emphisizing take the phone the store or where it was i purchased it at.... so monday i gotta call and get a new phone shipped to me since this one is only a week old...
IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET MY PHONE WORKING AGAIN,AND WHAT DID THEY DO TO IT ?

I wouldn't worry about it too much if they're giving you a new phone.. but the whole situation sounds pretty shady..
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spatel9114 said:
I wouldn't worry about it too much if they're giving you a new phone.. but the whole situation sounds pretty shady..
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Im not worried since they replacing it but i still would like to know how it happened and is their a way to fix it incase my retardo kicks in and dont pay attention to what ever it is i was doing...
whats shady me, or what?

easy fix...
1. install nova launcher
2. with nova launcher now set as launcher hold on homescreen to create new shortcut.
3. select new short cut > activities.
4. scroll down the list until you see "Update Device"... click update device then look for a "Branding" submenu.
5. Click on "Branding" and you will make a "Branding" shortcut on your Homescreen.
6. Click new "Branding" shortcut and set Branding to "Sprint"
Confirmed working in both ZV9 and ZVB.
From autoprime
Or just lgnpst to zv9 then do a ota to zvb
Oh and on my old galaxy s 2 when sprint was finishing they forgot to plug in the lcd power *sigh*...

Ive went all the way back to zv7 and worked back up to latest. Its no longer saying chameleon as its net work ... it back to sprint and im able to talk n text sms.... still havent figured out the data side of things,any suggestions or input?
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bigfdaddy2 said:
Ive went all the way back to zv7 and worked back up to latest. Its no longer saying chameleon as its net work ... it back to sprint and im able to talk n text sms.... still havent figured out the data side of things,any suggestions or input?
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try a profile and prl update

rockh11 said:
try a profile and prl update
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Yep tried that a billion times to ... i give up on it lol...
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Hmm try flashing a rom sometimes the baseband loves to **** me over as well
If that doesnt work hop on irc and ask

Hmm, maybe this has been my problem the whole time. I've had my OG since earlier this year and it has always listed "Chameleon" as the network but I never thought anything about it. My issue though, is even though I am in a high 4G coverage zone, I rarely get 4G. I can force it to connect to 4G (using an app I found) and it will connect with full bars, but it will drop back to 3G in like 5 minutes.
I'll have to try the fix rockh11 posted. Does the phone need to be rooted to run that fix?

Rabbiddog said:
Hmm, maybe this has been my problem the whole time. I've had my OG since earlier this year and it has always listed "Chameleon" as the network but I never thought anything about it. My issue though, is even though I am in a high 4G coverage zone, I rarely get 4G. I can force it to connect to 4G (using an app I found) and it will connect with full bars, but it will drop back to 3G in like 5 minutes.
I'll have to try the fix rockh11 posted. Does the phone need to be rooted to run that fix?
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Lgnpst I think so unlock the bootloader and root it just to be on the safe side
Nova launcher no need for root i think
prl and profile no.

Try doing prl/profile updates via wifi. Alternatively, just wait. I've seen sprint take 2-3 days before data will come back after a reset. I had one blow up when traveling and support convinced me I would have to take it back once I returned to town. Woke up 2 days later an everything was working fine.
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Yea tried that to still no data lol... i went into debug menu and it says an-aaa pending... idk if matters or not ....
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