Best app/software for if you ever lose your phone.

JayS3 · Jul 27, 2012

What apps o you guys use? Looking for a really reliable feature full one to put onto my S3. I remember back when i was researching into buying mine, I saw a video on youtube of a guy using some software to locate his phone and access its cameras to take photo graphs and mics to listen in. Aswell as access to the gallery ect. Cant remember the name now though!! :thinking:

laptopquestion · Jul 27, 2012

this

treb1797 · Jul 27, 2012

OP...You might get some good recommendations here too : Android Applications - Android Forums

davoid · Jul 27, 2012

Doesn't the S3 enable us to use Samsung Dive - a service to track our lost phones?

Darkax · Jul 27, 2012

Cerberus!!!

It's an app that allows you to do nearly everything. You can remote acces your phone by a computer and no notification appears on your phone about it. You can remotely take photos or track where your phone is. Just search for "Cerberus" on Google Play.

SUroot · Jul 27, 2012

davoid said:
Doesn't the S3 enable us to use Samsung Dive - a service to track our lost phones?

Hmm good call. It appears that way yes. I can log in. Just testing it now. Hope I haven't frozen something it needs to communicate.

Edit> None of the images in instructions to set this up show anything past ticking the location tick box.

i.e:

Problem is in that image you can see that remote controls is still off. This never turns on on my device.... Im not sure at what point it should turn on...

scooter1942 · Jul 27, 2012

interesting... SamsungDive must be offered on international phones only. either that or i need to install something?? the "Find my mobile" section isnt even there on my phone

SUroot · Jul 27, 2012

I know AT&T and possibly sprint have removed this.

I got mine working. I thought it was theming at first so I reflashed my ROM but still no joy.

Now with lots of adding and removing the samsung account, I finally got the on off slider to slide on.

Now works...

GBB0131 · Jul 27, 2012

Find my mobile isn't on the Verizon version either.

Teris · Jul 27, 2012

Androidlost is a cool one.

Hogan773 · Jul 27, 2012

SUroot said:
I know AT&T and possibly sprint have removed this.

I got mine working. I thought it was theming at first so I reflashed my ROM but still no joy.

Now with lots of adding and removing the samsung account, I finally got the on off slider to slide on.

Now works...

Ahhhh, I was about to start investigating SAMSUNG DIVE but I guess I won't bother. I see that my At&T phone doesn't have the "track my phone" option as you say.

I guess I'll look at Cerberus.

I also developed the following list of potential apps that do this stuff apparently:

WHERE'S MY DROID
ANDROIDLOST
SEEKDROID
ANDROID ANTI-THEFT
ANTI-THEFT DROID FREE

There may be others

I'm glad someone started a thread on this because I am also curious for real experiences in terms of what is the best/most powerful/easiest to use/etc.

One question - is there a RISK that if someone hacks into the [CERBERUS, ANDROIDLOST, etc] websites that they can do lots of funky stuff that I don't want them to do, like track ME, or WIPE MY PHONE, or TAKE MY PICTURE etc. Like all the stuff that we all think we're going to do to that poor thief that steals our phone. Are we all relying on the security of the website of our chosen service so that some phlucking hacker doesn't mess with US?

I'd like to understand what I'm signing up for as I decide whether it's worth it to add such a system to my phone. Tradeoff between the negatives of the above, if any, vs the positives of being able to potentially track my phone.

Branndon · Jul 27, 2012

I searched this the other day myself. Most of the "bloggers" had this at the top of their list.

avast! Free Mobile Security | Antivirus & Anti-Theft App for Android

avast! Mobile Security

Antivirus
Performs on-demand scans of all installed apps and memory card content, as well as on-access scans of apps upon first execution. Options for scheduling scans, virus definition updates, uninstalling apps, deleting files, or reporting a false-positive to our virus lab.

Privacy Report
Scans and displays (grid) access rights and intents of installed apps, identifying potential privacy risks, so you know how much info you are really providing to each app.

SMS/Call Filtering
Filter calls and/or messages from contact list using set parameters based on day(s) of the week, start time, and end time. Blocked calls redirect to voicemail, while blocked messages are stored via filter log. Also possible to block outgoing calls.

App Manager
Similar to Windows Task Manager, it shows a list of running apps and their size (MB), CPU load, used memory, and number of threads and services

Teris · Jul 27, 2012

I didn't realize avast had that functionality. I love avast on my PC. I'll definitely check this one out.

Cerberus is solid, but it's not free (other than a one week trial).

Hogan773 · Jul 27, 2012

Holy Shnikes that is some list of features....

I think the only thing they forgot is "Activate small cutting laser to free phone from thief's grip and pop-out wings to fly phone back to pre-determined location via GPS locator settings, and execute soft touchdown landing with mini airbag deployed"

mihqke · Jul 27, 2012

I'm using also avast with rooted S3.

Ron H · Jul 27, 2012

I've been very happy with Seekdroid, both on the Droid X and now the S3.

rjtim · Jul 27, 2012

SUroot said:
Hmm good call. It appears that way yes. I can log in. Just testing it now. Hope I haven't frozen something it needs to communicate.

Edit> None of the images in instructions to set this up show anything past ticking the location tick box.

i.e:

Problem is in that image you can see that remote controls is still off. This never turns on on my device.... Im not sure at what point it should turn on...

Mine turned on by sliding the control to the right.

nesto1 · Jul 27, 2012

+1 for Cerberus

had it on my Skyrocket and now on my S3. Works perfect

lexluthor · Jul 27, 2012

I like Cerberus too. I like that I can access multiple phones with 1 login. Not sure which others allow that. I got it when it was offered for free a while back.

khurrambhatti · Aug 31, 2012

Avast anti-theft is best. It is free and provide almost all (or more) features than cerberus. Features like Stealth Mode, Call/SMS forwarding etc. Specially avast anti-theft can survives on hard resets(dont know about ceberus)

I also use Androidlost for particularly on/off wifi, gps and gprs. Because Avast initially tried to communicate through Wifi, where as If I want to only/direcly communicate through gprs, then I use Androidlost to enable gprs and then use commands of Avast. This workaround give me more control to manually apply different options to track my phone, other than the default setting which i done on Avast anti-theft.

keno1964 · Aug 31, 2012

I've been using Prey for a while now and it doesn't do a bad job of locating, locking and the like. (Open source anti-theft solution for your laptop, phone and tablet – Prey)

I do believe I'll look into Cerberus though, looks pretty good from the description.

jroyjohnson · Aug 31, 2012

mihqke said:
I'm using also avast with rooted S3.

I used it for a while but it was killing my battery!! Do you have an issue with it?

SUroot · Aug 31, 2012

rjtim said:
Mine turned on by sliding the control to the right.

My issue was it wouldn't slide right.

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