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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.
Pete

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.
Sent from the void...

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...

[Q] Where is Android Beam?

I cannot find it on my GNex. Also, do I need to enable NFC for it to work, and how do I do that.?
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marriedman624 said:
I cannot find it on my GNex. Also, do I need to enable NFC for it to work, and how do I do that.?
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Under "Data Usage" click "More".
You'll see NFC and AB; and yes NFC has to be on for Android Beam to work.

Do I have to open the android beam app? I I tried to send a contact to my wife's phone but couldn't get it to work.
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marriedman624 said:
Do I have to open the android beam app? I I tried to send a contact to my wife's phone but couldn't get it to work.
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Just enable NFC and put two phones together, that will work. No app needed.

tititake said:
Just enable NFC and put two phones together, that will work. No app needed.
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To clarify, navigate to the contact you want to transfer. Then put the two phones back to back. Then tap the screen on the source phone and it will transfer

Yeah, Android Beam requires that you have your web page/contact/Youtube video up in the foreground before you send it over. When you hear the chime after the two devices come together, touch and hold down on middle of your screen until the info gets sent. Often times a quick tap isn't quite enough, especially for web pages.

Just For Kicks, I'm Going To Have To Mention BOTH Phones Must Have NFC

Wonder if u can send pics like that
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Pictures don't work. I assume the files are too big to do it that quickly.

NFC tasks are repeating. How to stop?

Recently bought some nfc tags and programmed one to launch Car Home when in my car dock. Works fine, but it repeats every 2 seconds while in the dock. Is there a way to keep from repeating the task over and over? I tried the Limit Tag Execution setting in NFC task launcher but doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Am I missing something? Thanks for any help.
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Bump. Anybody run into this before?
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I don't know nfc task launcher. Could be a bug in that app? Have you tried Tasker?
Update: ah, it's a plugin for tasker. Apparently, the nfc retag app does the trick for a couple of users. Worth a try?
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Thanks Petro - I'll try out Retag and see if that fixes things. I'm curious what most people use though. I thought I had seen many people using Task Launcher in conjunction with tasker with no problems reported. I'd really like to utilize Tasker and NFC together.
Edit: Looks like Retag can tasker tasks. Hopefully that's the answer... testing now.
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I checked out Retag and its not exactly what I'm looking for. It doesn't actually write data to the tags. I've sent Josh at Tagstand a debug log of my issue and he's hopefully taking a look at it. He said that is obviously not how it should work, with any NFC tags/app. Hopefully he's able to find something. I'll update if he finds a solution.
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redstorm64 said:
I checked out Retag and its not exactly what I'm looking for. It doesn't actually write data to the tags. I've sent Josh at Tagstand a debug log of my issue and he's hopefully taking a look at it. He said that is obviously not how it should work, with any NFC tags/app. Hopefully he's able to find something. I'll update if he finds a solution.
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any update on this?

@work said:
any update on this?
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I can't recreate it. When we left it he thought it might be related to his launching several apps at once, but it stopped occurring. I can tell you that this isn't a normal thing and shouldn't occur. If anyone has this type of thing shoot me a debug log from scanning the tag and having this happen and we might be able to identify what's going on.

krohnjw said:
I can't recreate it. When we left it he thought it might be related to his launching several apps at once, but it stopped occurring. I can tell you that this isn't a normal thing and shouldn't occur. If anyone has this type of thing shoot me a debug log from scanning the tag and having this happen and we might be able to identify what's going on.
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It seems to happen when I have DailyRoads Voyager (dash cam) running for a few minutes along with Navigation and Pandora. I'll post a log in a bit.

redstorm64 said:
It seems to happen when I have DailyRoads Voyager (dash cam) running for a few minutes along with Navigation and Pandora. I'll post a log in a bit.
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If you could get the full logcat output from that it would be very helpful.

Of course now that I'm trying to log the issue, it won't happen... I'm headed out driving for about 2.5hrs later today though so I'll try to grab the log if it happens then.

krohnjw said:
If you could get the full logcat output from that it would be very helpful.
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I think I've narrowed it down to only one type of NFC tag (http://www.tagstand.com/collections...go-type-2-nfc-sticker-ntag-square-35mm-x-35mm). Also, I do not need to have many apps running to repeat the issue...just launching the tag and keeping the phone within proximity will cause it to repeat over and over.
I did get a log.

redstorm64 said:
I think I've narrowed it down to only one type of NFC tag (http://www.tagstand.com/collections...go-type-2-nfc-sticker-ntag-square-35mm-x-35mm). Also, I do not need to have many apps running to repeat the issue...just launching the tag and keeping the phone within proximity will cause it to repeat over and over.
I did get a log.
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Ok, so the tag is being lost and the system is re-dispatching the event when it restarts the polling loop and sees the tag again. The screen stays on the entire time? I can get a few of these tags and give them a shot. Does it happen with all of these tags? Those are just standard NTAG203 tags.

I'm not sure if I've tried more than one of that specific type of tag. I know it doesn't happen with other circular tags I received. I'm out of town for the weekend but when I get home Monday or Tuesday I'll try a couple more of the same tags. I'm interested to hear if you can repeat the issue though. Thanks for taking a look and helping
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krohnjw said:
Ok, so the tag is being lost and the system is re-dispatching the event when it restarts the polling loop and sees the tag again. The screen stays on the entire time? I can get a few of these tags and give them a shot. Does it happen with all of these tags? Those are just standard NTAG203 tags.
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Were you able to repeat this issue?
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redstorm64 said:
Were you able to repeat this issue?
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I haven't had any luck.
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Resurrection of old thread
Bump
Any further news on this topic? I'm having the same problem using Samsung TecTiles with a SGS3 running Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and NFC Task Launcher 4.2.3(198)
The tag is fixed on my car mount and the phone sits in contact with it. It can take anything from a few seconds to over an hour for the repeat read to happen. I have tried setting the 'Limit tag execution' parameter using both a time limit and a 'last tag read' limit and neither seems to make a difference.
I will get a log if there is no status update already available.
Thanks
Mark.

phillim said:
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Any further news on this topic? I'm having the same problem using Samsung TecTiles with a SGS3 running Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and NFC Task Launcher 4.2.3(198)
The tag is fixed on my car mount and the phone sits in contact with it. It can take anything from a few seconds to over an hour for the repeat read to happen. I have tried setting the 'Limit tag execution' parameter using both a time limit and a 'last tag read' limit and neither seems to make a difference.
I will get a log if there is no status update already available.
Thanks
Mark.
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The issue that was being seen was a re-dispatching of tags (I believe due to rotation of the display). That shouldn't occur any longer. The current release isn't applying appropriate logic to the ignore tags settings, this will be fixed in 4.3. You should see that by Friday or early next week.

Would be great to see this fixed. Haven't really been able to use the tags with my car mount because of this.

krohnjw said:
The issue that was being seen was a re-dispatching of tags (I believe due to rotation of the display). That shouldn't occur any longer. The current release isn't applying appropriate logic to the ignore tags settings, this will be fixed in 4.3. You should see that by Friday or early next week.
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That's great. Thanks for the quick response.
Mark

redstorm64 said:
Would be great to see this fixed. Haven't really been able to use the tags with my car mount because of this.
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If you're seeing this send an email. There's not nearly enough info here to determine what the issue is. The previous issue was fixed a while back.

[Q] Shattered screen! Nooooo

Ok so I shattered my screen. No big deal I have insurance. I got a new OG in like 2 days. The thing is the screen is not responsive at all. I mean I can pull the notification bar down but I cant select anything. I have like 42 text messages that I really want to read . Anyone have any ideas about how I might be able to get that stuff over to my new OG

Take the motherboard from the old one to the new one is the only suggestion I got.
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_Epic said:
Take the motherboard from the old one to the new one is the only suggestion I got.
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^^^This would be the easiest option if you're familiar with opening devices.
If not, hopefully you've paired a bluetooth controller to your phone before. You could turn it on and use it to navigate through your phone and download an SMS backup app.
Worse case scenario, what MIGHT work is to buy a USB-OTG cable and hook up a controller to your device

sirswag87 said:
Ok so I shattered my screen. No big deal I have insurance. I got a new OG in like 2 days. The thing is the screen is not responsive at all. I mean I can pull the notification bar down but I cant select anything. I have like 42 text messages that I really want to read . Anyone have any ideas about how I might be able to get that stuff over to my new OG
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i dont have a way to find your messages but what i could tell u is that u should get google voice so your messages would get backed up to somewhere at least

Good options guys thanks
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try this. If you can get the app to open once then your all set.
http://www.androidlost.com/
Now if the phone had OTG support I'd say hook up a USB mouse and have at it but since it doesn't then you have no remote features which sucks in this case.
UPDATE!!!!!!
install this from the web play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEwMiwiY29tLmFuZHJvaWRsb3N0Lmp1bXBzdGFydCJd
wait till it is installed or a couple minutes depending on connection speed.
then this from the web play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlost
again wait for the install to complete.
now send a txt or call your phone then goto http://www.androidlost.com/ and hopefully you'll see the congratulations screen on the pc.
no guarantee

Weird things after official 4.3 update

Hi guys,
Few days ago my S3 received official 4.3 android update, and weird things happening after that.
When I connect to internet, via wi-fi or data, phone automatically download a small file named "files.zip". And it happening every time I turn on wi-fi or data... I can`t find this file in downloads or anywhere else. When I try to open, it says "cannot open".
Second weird thing - browser often redirect me to a advertising or span webs. For instance, I try to open youtube.com, it opens different web with advertisement.
Anyone have an ideas how can I fix this?

We need proof screen shots video something
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Yup, could you go to about phone, take a screen of the software info and post? Thanks

He stated he can't find the file, BUT when he tries to open, it say cannot open file???? How weird is that.
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topnoch said:
Hi guys,
Few days ago my S3 received official 4.3 android update, and weird things happening after that.
When I connect to internet, via wi-fi or data, phone automatically download a small file named "files.zip". And it happening every time I turn on wi-fi or data... I can`t find this file in downloads or anywhere else. When I try to open, it says "cannot open".
Second weird thing - browser often redirect me to a advertising or span webs. For instance, I try to open youtube.com, it opens different web with advertisement.
Anyone have an ideas how can I fix this?
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post a screen shot or go back under the bridge troll.love to know how a sprint phone works in Lithuania
this post says you have a international s3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35395057#post35395057
if that is the case. your in the wrong forum. no way its a sprint phone. if you claim it is a sprint phone. we need proof as in it would never work there.

topnoch said:
Hi guys,
Few days ago my S3 received official 4.3 android update, and weird things happening after that.
When I connect to internet, via wi-fi or data, phone automatically download a small file named "files.zip". And it happening every time I turn on wi-fi or data... I can`t find this file in downloads or anywhere else. When I try to open, it says "cannot open".
Second weird thing - browser often redirect me to a advertising or span webs. For instance, I try to open youtube.com, it opens different web with advertisement.
Anyone have an ideas how can I fix this?
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You might be in the wrong forum. Your profile says you're in Lithuania, using a GSM provider there. Is that still the case?
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kaos420 said:
post a screen shot or go back under the bridge troll.love to know how a sprint phone works in Lithuania
this post says you have a international s3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35395057#post35395057
if that is the case. your in the wrong forum. no way its a sprint phone. if you claim it is a sprint phone. we need proof as in it would never work there.
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Calm down...lol he is probably just in the wrong forum.
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bigpappags3 said:
Calm down...lol he is probably just in the wrong forum.
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learn to read you quoted me saying that.

kaos420 said:
learn to read you quoted me saying that.
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I'll try to learn. Who knows it might not stick...
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kaos420 said:
post a screen shot or go back under the bridge troll.love to know how a sprint phone works in Lithuania
this post says you have a international s3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35395057#post35395057
if that is the case. your in the wrong forum. no way its a sprint phone. if you claim it is a sprint phone. we need proof as in it would never work there.
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So sorry, I definitely went to wrong forum
I`ve attached few screens. Maybe I can found the true in this forum.

topnoch said:
So sorry, I definitely went to wrong forum
I`ve attached few screens. Maybe I can found the true in this forum.
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damn your luck were still stuck on 4.1.2 if your having the issues you say you are with what sounds like maleware. have you installed anything to check phone. over here we have apps like lookout security. i kno nod makes a phone app. you could always do a factory reset back to out the box state. reinstall apps one by one to check it out. sound like you have a app with crap in it.

kaos420 said:
damn your luck were still stuck on 4.1.2 if your having the issues you say you are with what sounds like maleware. have you installed anything to check phone. over here we have apps like lookout security. i kno nod makes a phone app. you could always do a factory reset back to out the box state. reinstall apps one by one to check it out. sound like you have a app with crap in it.
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Factory reset helped to solve "files.zip" autodownload problem, but phone is still laggy. It takes 3-5 seconds to turn on screen when I press power button in sleep mode. Applications become laggy. I will try to reflash 4.3 via KIES, if the problem remain, back to 4.1.2 will be optimal decision.
Thanks for help guys, and sorry again for getting lost in galaxy s3 forums