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Best Anti Theft for Android phones

15 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/best-anti-theft-for-android-phones.187612/

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emailvarunchandak Original post #1
Oct 10, 2014 at 4:16 PM
I have a Xiaomi Mi3 and I need a decent, working in india, anti theft app for my phone.

Please help guys.
SaiyanGoku
Oct 10, 2014 at 5:57 PM
I got a lifetime cerberus account when it was on a giveaway from them. try to get it. :D
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Minion #3
Oct 10, 2014 at 6:31 PM
Get Avast anti theft or CM antivirus make sure to lock system settings with app locker that comes with it.
rohitshakti2
Nov 10, 2014 at 11:27 AM
But whatever you do, if you loose your phone or it gets stolen, no application can find it as the person who gets the phone first switched it off and then formats the phone and then .....you all know....
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Minion #5
Nov 10, 2014 at 12:21 PM
Not if have you disabled usb debugging and unknown software in system setting and locked it through app locker.
Desmond
Desmond #6
Nov 10, 2014 at 1:01 PM
I got a lifetime cerberus account when it was on a giveaway from them. try to get it. :D

+1 to Cerberus, probably the best app there is.

It runs in the background and allows you to track the phone through GPS and allows you to take pictures from the stolen phones camera, etc. Also, the regular lock device or wipe device options are also available.
ankush28
Nov 11, 2014 at 12:21 PM
Pre-installed ones are always better that those you install from play store. Use android device manager - Android Device Manager
Desmond
Desmond #9
Nov 11, 2014 at 1:50 PM
Pre-installed ones are always better that those you install from play store. Use android device manager - Android Device Manager

But that will send data to Google. :eeksign:
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Minion #10
Nov 11, 2014 at 6:18 PM
Pre-installed ones are always better that those you install from play store. Use android device manager - Android Device Manager

I don't know why Android device manager causes too much wakelock in phone.
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promo87 #11
Nov 13, 2014 at 3:03 PM
Well, there are a number of them available over the store and I would say most of them are pretty much decent anyway you can try using avast, macafee,... to start with as with them you are going to get multiple benefits !
RCuber
RCuber #12
Nov 13, 2014 at 4:03 PM
Why not get Theft Insurance? you might have higher chances of getting insurance money than getting your phone back.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #13
Nov 14, 2014 at 1:01 PM
Not if have you disabled usb debugging and unknown software in system setting and locked it through app locker.

It doesn't matter for Phone flashers that USB debugging is enabled or not...

recently my Gionee P2 was bricked with a boot issue (coz I flashed wrong recovery/boot img) and tried several adb commands to recover it but failed
so finally visited Gionee Service center (as it was in warranty) and to my surprise they installed stock OS within 30minutes :shock: and I don't how they flashed it coz the device was not detected in PC (not via adb or any other command)


so professional engineers can flash a locked phone also
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Minion #14
Nov 14, 2014 at 5:33 PM
But it is better to have something rather than nothing :p
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #15
Nov 14, 2014 at 7:25 PM
But it is better to have something rather than nothing :p

Ya...prevention is better than cure.
but one shud not rely on this anti-theft tools completely :-D