You can use an app like Prey or Smart Lockscreen protector to try to stop a thief from being able to power off your device without unlocking it but they can likely still place it into Airplane Mode. You can try Prey. It's free for under 3 devices , open source, cross platform, has the option to control your device from PC or via SMS and I personally recommend it for your needs. See if your device is there. Anyways you can use a third party app like prey anti theft [link].
Prey is also a good one, with similar features I created my own tracker out of an old android phone and a cheap monthly sim card. It has motion detection which alerts you if the bike is moved and you can track it with a nice gui:.
I had to turn the sensitivity down on mine as trucks driving past shaking the the bike were setting off the motion detector. The way it works is that I use tasker to detect an 'activate motion sensor' message, which put the phone into an armed state. Any time motion is detected I get a text alert sent from the phone in the bike to my phone. To disarm the system, I just send it a text.
If thieves were to somehow cotton onto the system and try disarm the motion detector they wouldn't be able to as it only recognises my mobile's number for the commands. This gives you a first line of defence so that if the bike is being messed with you know immediately. If the bike IS stolen, maybe whilst you're away or can't get to the bike in time, you've got the prey app, which provides a nice locator. I heard some good things about prey but never used it. Can anyone chime in?
Maybe Prey I haven't touched it for a while, so I'm not sure how in-depth the breaking can be. Finder Remote mobile phone searching via SMS-requests [link].
Simple sms remote Control your device by sending text messages [link]. Prey [link] [link]. PhoneTrack Nextcloud application [link]. Once you install and configure it on your phone, laptop, or tablet, you'll be able to manage the app from your Prey account as long as your device connects with our servers. From your account you can run actions such as alarms, on-screen messages, screen lock, among others.
Also, in case the device is lost or stolen, you can use the Missing mode by clicking on the red button down below the device's icon. Missing devices will send back reports as long as they're online, including location, pictures and screenshots on laptops only. Most applications only need to be open from your device and they will run. Well, Prey is a bit different. While the app is running on your device, you are the one who manages everything from your Control Panel. You can trigger all the actions, location and reports from one place.
And our last but not least Control Zones feature, which allows you to create a radius on the map and select a list of devices that will notify you when they enter or leave that area.
If you have 10 or more slots on your account, you can add as many as you want. You can request a new location as many times as you wish refreshing the page, or clicking on the Update Location button. If you want to start getting reports, please click on it, and, as soon as the Missing modal pops up, set the report frequency time and the advanced options you prefer. However, when I lost my phone for real, all actions functioned properly.
A pre-written message will pop-up on your screen for your approval. If unlocked, you can also choose to make that message appear on the whole screen of the phone.
Note that this is just a message, it will not actually lock the device until prompted. As soon as I had my cellphone back, I checked if the messages were still present. Lucky for me, they were. So, I can confirm that this feature works perfectly. Even though the phone received notifications, I never got an email from the person that took it.
On the other hand, when sending a message to my laptop, a small notification would appear in the middle of the screen. Personally, I thought it was pretty easy to simply move it away.
Maybe if it took over the whole screen people would pay more attention to it. The alarms are incredibly loud, which is certainly helpful. If your device is still nearby, this will definitely help you find it. I dare to say that these might even frighten off anybody that tries to steal it. From what I recall, the sirens went off for around 30 seconds, but you can always replay them if needed. That was reassuring. Thumbs up for this feature. I think it can really help users prevent their devices from getting stolen.
Another good thing is if your device is simply misplaced, finding it will be pretty painless. When I was still looking for it, I asked my co-worker to call my number. When she did, nobody answered, which does not surprise me at all. But then somebody called my coworker back from an office building. Saying they had found the phone and wanted to give it back.
Personally, it sounded kind of sketchy. Probably one of the wisest things to do is immediately block your devices if they go missing. Luckily, Prey allows you to do this. At first, with my phone, I thought nothing had actually happened. As soon as I unlocked it with my regular password, Prey had taken over my screen. I could do nothing but place the password I previously set when taking action over the panel. When I tried it on my laptop, everything went smoothly, well kind of.
Honestly, I got a little scared when Prey blocked my laptop. Suddenly my whole screen went black. As much as I tried to type something, nothing happened. It was not until I marked my device as found over the online panel that my keyboard started functioning again. Then I could type out the password with no problem at all. Needless to say, the blocking feature can be really effective but also a little daunting. Prey Project is a freemium platform. For instance, with the free version, you can secure up to three devices.
Whereas, by getting the Home package, you can protect ten devices. The only thing you need to do is write down an address and set up the range within the area where your device should be. Following suit, you can select to get an email every time a device leaves that designated area. Likewise, you can set up any of the actions that I previously mentioned.
Another option is to recover files remotely from your device by sending a download link to an email. Part of this entails the ability to delete all the information you want from your devices. Here, users are able to establish actions on a schedule or condition. Depending on the circumstances, it will trigger an action. Prey Project has special features for Android users.
For example, Android owners can prevent anyone from deleting Prey from their device by creating a separate password.
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