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<blockquote data-quote="Parsh" data-source="post: 877015" data-attributes="member: 58090">It might be difficult to find everything you need in one app. There are some reliable ones built into AVs. I won&#039;t list them.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sim.location" target="_blank">Anti-theft Mobile Tracker </a>allows you to use sms commands to trigger actions (among other features)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.maceda.android.antifurtow" target="_blank">Anti-theft Droid Web</a> allows you to enable GPS remotely if it was off (among many other features)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prey" target="_blank">Prey Anti-theft</a> is perhaps the most feature rich one, though the cherry on the cake features are paid ...</li>
</ul>These apps could help if the device is lost unattended or an unevil person finds it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> but likely not in case it falls into the hands of a thief with brains. These get shutdown and/or reformatted.Just take care of the developer reputation, no. of downloads, reviews of the apps before deciding on one. All of these will naturally ask for tons of permissions.Antitheft Droid Web had a companion earlier based completely on SMS commands instead of web. Both could survive OS reformatting if root privileges were granted. Flashing a new ROM is a different thing. Unfortunately it&#039;s not an available feature anymore and rooting is generally safe neither.Regarding the browser - Brave or Firefox.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Parsh, post: 877015, member: 58090"] It might be difficult to find everything you need in one app. There are some reliable ones built into AVs. I won't list them. [LIST] [*][URL='https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sim.location']Anti-theft Mobile Tracker [/URL]allows you to use sms commands to trigger actions (among other features) [*][URL='https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.maceda.android.antifurtow']Anti-theft Droid Web[/URL] allows you to enable GPS remotely if it was off (among many other features) [*][URL='https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prey']Prey Anti-theft[/URL] is perhaps the most feature rich one, though the cherry on the cake features are paid ... [/LIST] These apps could help if the device is lost unattended or an unevil person finds it ;) but likely not in case it falls into the hands of a thief with brains. These get shutdown and/or reformatted. Just take care of the developer reputation, no. of downloads, reviews of the apps before deciding on one. All of these will naturally ask for tons of permissions. Antitheft Droid Web had a companion earlier based completely on SMS commands instead of web. Both could survive OS reformatting if root privileges were granted. Flashing a new ROM is a different thing. Unfortunately it's not an available feature anymore and rooting is generally safe neither. Regarding the browser - Brave or Firefox. [/QUOTE]

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