Mobile Defense!

woodstock1029 · Jan 12, 2010

That's probably it. I have Premium SMS blocked on my acct. That's why it's not coming through I bet.

Juneau · Jan 12, 2010

woodstock1029 said:
That's probably it. I have Premium SMS blocked on my acct. That's why it's not coming through I bet.

You asked about Mobile Defense and he replied about WaveSecure (which I understand is overseas)

The text from Mobile Defense should come through rather quickly. I do not know why you are not receiving it but I wanted to point out that you two were discussing two different programs.

barry99705 · Jan 12, 2010

Yea, Mobile Defense is US based, Wavesecure is in Spain I believe.

nycebo · Jan 12, 2010

I'm not even sure that you see it. My Mobile Defense text messages disappear as they are received. Did you hear the notification sound? Moreover, did you reboot after installing the program? Can you connect to your phone from the Map page on their web site?

andrew53517 · Jan 12, 2010

Does it constantly drain your battery though? anyone whose had it for a while notice a decrease in battery at all? Just wondering.. I haven't noticed anything much yet, but I've only had it for a few hours..

And regarding that story with the park... WOW!!! :eek:

Juneau · Jan 12, 2010

andrew53517 said:
Does it constantly drain your battery though? anyone whose had it for a while notice a decrease in battery at all? Just wondering.. I haven't noticed anything much yet, but I've only had it for a few hours..

And regarding that story with the park... WOW!!!

No, it doesn't use the GPS unless you are tracking the phone. Other than that is is inactive.

aileendq · Jan 12, 2010

woodstock1029 said:
That's probably it. I have Premium SMS blocked on my acct. That's why it's not coming through I bet.

I seem to remember that Mobile Defense sent me an email, not a text message, to activate the account.

The texts are for when you try and locate the phone.

aileendq · Jan 12, 2010

dukenilnil said:
I sadly had to uninstall Mobile Defense. It worked great for a week, and then it started having multiple pop-ups saying that the app wasn't responding and it would force close. I would get 3-5 of these back to back and then the phone would lose cell signal and slow down greatly and need a battery removal to restart. This happened multiple times. Anyone else have this issue and know of any resolution? Would love to have Mobile defense back on but this issue makes it a no-go.

You should totally email the devs. I've heard they are super responsive. Also, it might be that another one of your apps isn't playing nice with MD.

Good luck!

barry99705 · Jan 12, 2010

aileendq said:
I seem to remember that Mobile Defense sent me an email, not a text message, to activate the account.

The texts are for when you try and locate the phone.

It texts the phone to make sure you put the right number in. I just had to reinstall it two days ago after flashing back to 2.01 after playing with 2.1.

metasin · Jan 12, 2010

aileendq said:
You should totally email the devs. I've heard they are super responsive. Also, it might be that another one of your apps isn't playing nice with MD.

Good luck!

The only time I had force close issues with it was when I installed Missedcall. Uninstalled that and it has been fine ever since.

Watashi · Jan 13, 2010

Pfft, MD thinks my phone is on the other side of my apartment...sh*tty app

Watashi · Jan 13, 2010

Hehe, but on a more serious note, I only see the text preview in the notification bar at the top, right as it hits the phone, but then poof it's gone.

Watashi · Jan 13, 2010

Heh, sorry for the spam posts, but I have an actual question now.

I logged onto MD website and tested the Pattern Lock activation. It worked, but any combination input will unlock the phone? Am I doing something wrong?

iLollar · Jan 13, 2010

Trondroid-
Thats great! I might have showed him a nasty side of myself but you made my day with that story.

GtRacerH · Jan 13, 2010

Watashi said:
Heh, sorry for the spam posts, but I have an actual question now.

I logged onto MD website and tested the Pattern Lock activation. It worked, but any combination input will unlock the phone? Am I doing something wrong?

I also had this issue and think it should be addressed. what you need to do for it to work properly is set the pattern lock manually on your phone and save your pattern. never take the pattern lock off of your phone manually...if you want to disable/enable it, only do it through the mobile defense website. It should work that way but it's a bit of a hassle.

nycebo · Jan 13, 2010

GtRacerH said:
I also had this issue and think it should be addressed. what you need to do for it to work properly is set the pattern lock manually on your phone and save your pattern. never take the pattern lock off of your phone manually...if you want to disable/enable it, only do it through the mobile defense website. It should work that way but it's a bit of a hassle.

GTRacerH, the devs mention exactly what you just wrote. Activate the pattern lock and then use the site to lock/unlock. Out of curiosity, how come some users wouldn't want a pattern lock activated? It's not a lot more work than sliding the lock, is it? I have noticed that you can't silence notification from the lock screen if you are using the pattern lock, though.

barry99705 · Jan 13, 2010

nycebo said:
GTRacerH, the devs mention exactly what you just wrote. Activate the pattern lock and then use the site to lock/unlock. Out of curiosity, how come some users wouldn't want a pattern lock activated? It's not a lot more work than sliding the lock, is it? I have noticed that you can't silence notification from the lock screen if you are using the pattern lock, though.

Depends on the pattern.

woodstock1029 · Jan 13, 2010

Juneau said:
You asked about Mobile Defense and he replied about WaveSecure (which I understand is overseas)

The text from Mobile Defense should come through rather quickly. I do not know why you are not receiving it but I wanted to point out that you two were discussing two different programs.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. However I never received the text. I tried resending it 5 times from the website, I checked to make sure they had my mobile number correct, I read through their forum a bit, had my wife send me some texts to make sure I was receiving texts, it just kept saying awaiting phone activation. I finally had to go to work and gave up on it. I might try again today.

woodstock1029 · Jan 13, 2010

Ok The problem was on Verizon's end. Got it fixed and I'm in business. Hey do you guys stay connected to the phone via the website, or just connect when you need to? Does it make any difference......battery consumption etc?

Juneau · Jan 13, 2010

woodstock1029 said:
Ok The problem was on Verizon's end. Got it fixed and I'm in business. Hey do you guys stay connected to the phone via the website, or just connect when you need to? Does it make any difference......battery consumption etc?

Only connect when you need to track your phone or when you are testing it out.

nycebo · Jan 13, 2010

Exactly, I think that 'staying connected' is why some users are noticing their batteries running out of juice sooner than usual. As Juneau said, only connect to your device when you want to track it....."or when you are testing it". I'm well past the testing it phase; I played with it for an hour when I first got it. Just too awesome a software product.

rdalcanto · Jan 13, 2010

Just downloaded it. Very cool, but far from perfect. I was able to get around the lock pattern. I don't' know exactly how I did. Hit the back key maybe? The web site is also unable to relock the phone sometimes. After using the program, I could not get the locking feature disabled on the phone until I put a new pattern in, and then I could disable it. I also get seem to block the text message from Mobiledefense from popping up. I added them to my contact, but I can't find a way to block them.

cheewee · Jan 14, 2010

barry99705 said:
Yea, Mobile Defense is US based, Wavesecure is in Spain I believe.

Hi barry99705,
Just to clarify, WaveSecure is based in Singapore.

Thanks,
cheewee
Team WaveSecure
www.wavesecure.com

cheewee · Jan 14, 2010

soulesschild said:
I think wavesecure actually deletes the text it sends because I can't find it anywhere. The only downside is that when WaveSecure sends you a text message you're charged an international text message fee if you're located anywhere outside of Singapore.

Hi soulesschild,
We've made tweaks and there should be no international text charges for WaveSecure users in the US.

Also, we learnt that UK users do get charged for international text messages too. Hence, we're setting up our SMS gateway in the UK. Anyone keen to help us with testing, please contact me.

Thank you,
cheewee
Team WaveSecure
www.wavesecure.com

soulesschild · Jan 14, 2010

cheewee said:
Hi soulesschild,
We've made tweaks and there should be no international text charges for WaveSecure users in the US.

Also, we learnt that UK users do get charged for international text messages too. Hence, were setting our SMS gateway in the UK. Anyone keen to help us with testing, please contact me.

Thank you,
cheewee
Team WaveSecure
www.wavesecure.com

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