Help on securing my Incredible needed!

[bobarr]

I just left my Droid at Walmart and panic'd when I got home.

I had no luck with locatemydroid or lookout (paid). I'm sure the phone was within phone & gps range.

I realized I had all kinds of 'non-public' stuff on it and was lucky enough to remember where I used it last AND that some honest soul had turned it in.

I gotta tighten it up, even if it requires doing a password every time I 'swipe it' to use it.

Something to make it secure even when it is found by someone who knows how to 'run it', remove lookout and locatemy droid programs, etc.

Any ideas appreciated!

Bo

 

[sdrawkcab25]

There are few apps in the market that can remotely lock/wipe your phone via text message. Obviously gps won't work if you leave your phone in some indoor locations, it needs to be kind of close to a window, or having wifi on will help.

 

[Rovers]

Try Plan B.

https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5sb29rb3V0LmxhYnMucGxhbmIiXQ..

 

[76ford90lx]

Try Plan B.

https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5sb29rb3V0LmxhYnMucGxhbmIiXQ..

Seems cool but background data would have to stay on all the time so the app would download, and for me I disable background unless I am on the market or checking emails. Mostly because I have my corporate exchange server work email on my phone and if I dont disable background data then the phone is going off constantly 24hrs a day with emails. But that is a nifty app

 

[El Presidente]

ES Security Manager can lock the phone via a text message. If you've got data on it will also send your contacts (and some other stuff, can't remember which off the top of my head) along with it's approximate location to the gmail account associated with the handset.

 

[A.Nonymous]

Autowipe is what you need. Set a passcode/pattern on your phone. If someone enters the wrong code X number of times, it wipes the phone and the sd card. When I was running a custom ROM it would completely brick the phone and you'd have to restore from a backup. If you didn't know how to boot into recovery and you didn't already have a nandroid backup of your phone saved to a computer somewhere, you were screwed.

 

[Gekko]

1. Use a PIN or Pattern Lock on your Phone with immediate lock (No Delay).
2. MyBackup Pro (App).
3. Lookout (App).

 

[Gekko]

Autowipe is what you need. Set a passcode/pattern on your phone. If someone enters the wrong code X number of times, it wipes the phone and the sd card. When I was running a custom ROM it would completely brick the phone and you'd have to restore from a backup. If you didn't know how to boot into recovery and you didn't already have a nandroid backup of your phone saved to a computer somewhere, you were screwed.

i'd rather use Lookout or Plan B and try to find my phone rather than auto wipe it and have no chance of ever getting it back. bad guys can't get in without a PIN and there should be nothing confidential that's not password protected and encrypted on a microSD card if you're smart.