App to track Droid Razr if stolen?

[eidian]

The cops didn't arrest him?

The thief probably didn't have the phone long enough to give the DA a solid case and the police knew that. Any decent defense lawyer would argue that the thief was in process of trying to return the phone when the police arrived. Now if the guy had the phone for a couple of days and was using it (Seek Droid would show the call history), the cops would've arrested him.

2.3.6 ver 174 rooted with NO problems

 

[Malvado]

Eidian is right. The cops were just there for backup. I showed the guy the seekdroid map printouts of the location of my phone.

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[Zebulon]

So, which app did you decide on durell? Did you find one for free?

 

[vatothe0]

I use Wavesecure. I got a free lifetime account for signing up when it was brand new and not owned by McAfee. I've never had to use it but it's tested out just fine.

Just tested again while the phone is 20 feet from a window and it put the phone in my neighbor's apartment instead of mine.

 

[ddraper]

For the time being you can also get Norton AntiTheft for free.

It allows you track the phone, lock, unlock, wipe from a web browser. You can also send a message to the phone for whoever has it to see.

If you login to the web it will show you a map on your phone's location at 15 minute intervals for the last x days.

You can also take a picture using the phones camera and have it displayed in web browser.

If you are near the "lost" phone and can't find it , you can send a message to the phone to play the "siren" sound and that can help to pinpoint the exact location.

If you enable the SMS feature you register what is called a buddy phone. You can send txt messages to your phone from the buddy phone that contain a command and a PIN. These txt messages can be used to lock, unlock the phone.

Now to the official disclaimer, I am a Symantec employee and work with the Norton guys so of course I am going to push my companies stuff.

Dave

 

[vatothe0]

Sounds exactly like WaveSecure with the addition of the camera feature.

 

[Mirabal]

I'm also looking for anti-theft app

Yea the guy tried saying he found and tried contacting me, which he didn't because he turned the phone off after I kept calling every 5 minutes for it. He apologized and gave it back. I bet he was embarrased/scared lol.

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Hi there,
I'm new here. I had my Droid stolen and just got a new one. Lesson learnt, I didn't have any anti-theft app installed on my old (stolen) phone, so now with the new phone I want to take all possible precautions.
The last 2 days I have almost non-stop researching and reading reviews about anti-theft apps, tested a few, but oh boy what a jungle out there - I'm lost and need some help!
Like the original poster of this thread I'm looking for an anti-theft app that can
- track the stolen phone, if possible with nice interface / maps
- can track the stolen phone, even if phone is turned off (is that possible?)
I believe the first thing a thief does with a stolen phone is turning it off - maybe for weeks
- can track the stolen phone, even if SIM card is removed or replaced with other SIM card
- can track the stolen phone even after robbery is reported to phone carrier who deactivates phone / SIM card
(that's why I was not able to use 'Plan B' on my stolen phone. First thing after it got stolen I called my phone carrier to report it stolen, they disactivated the SIM card immediately. So... any apps that require to send SMS to the phone to activate tracking are not really usefull, correct? )
- does not drain the battery and doesn't use much memory / ram
- preferred free, but wouldn't mind paying, if there is one super app, that does all what I need.

So far I tested and installed Androidlost.com, but I'm not too happy with the user interface (no maps showing the location) and it does not seem to work when the phone is not connected to WIFI / GPS (although the app claims I can connect remotely from the web - couldn't get it to work) and also does not work when phone is turned off.

I see WaveSecure has very good reviews, does it work when phone is turned off? I read above that Seekdroid does it? Sounds interesting and maybe worth paying for it, instead using a free app with less features.
I love the description of life 360 mentioned in this thread. Since a have a teenage daughter (who has also an Android phone) this might be a nice way to keep track of her as well, he he.

Anyway, looking foward to hear any comments or tips which App would be the best for me. Thanks in advance for any advise!

 

[Nightcatfisher]

I like Android Lost, Tracking and so much more for free.

 

[Mirabal]

hi Nightcatfisher - thanks for your reply!
Yeah, at the moment I'm also tending to use Androidlost.com . Like mentioned earlier, I'm not too happy with the interface, but it seems to do the job as long the phone is connected to WIFI / GPS and does not or hardly use any battery / memory. Only one thing I noticed: I downloaded Androidlost.com on my phone and when I go to 'downloaded apps' the program appears there totally visible with the usual 'uninstall' button next to it. I'm a newbie with Android phones and sorry if this might be a stupid questions, but wouldn't a thief very easily be able to simply uninstall the App?

I also looked into PREY, sound very nice, but there is one thing that makes me suspicious. They mention in their app description that in order to track lost / stolen phone you have to send an SMS to the phone to activate PREY. I think it's safe to assume that that first thing a thief would do is turn off the phone and change the SIM card, or not?? In this case the SMS I would send to activate the app never would arrive?

I also tried life360, nice app to 'see' your family members and be able to 'check in' and send 'I'm safe' messages or similar, but for some reason the GPS location is often totally off and this app also seems to drain the battery.

So far, I think I prefer Androidlost, but would need to find out if I can 'hide' the app in my phone, so it can't be easily uninstalled by the thief. Any ideas?
Thanks again for your comments and replies.