Icudkill:


U can't jus flash a gs5
Itz knox enabled

caramel007:


Amen! I sincerely pray so. Thank you very much

runzlord:
wrong! As long as its an android device, a simple factory reset either internal or external, would remove everyting on ur phone. The best u can do is root your phone and download avast anti-theft(root), it will prevent the phone from being flashed or restored.

MarthaK:

What's your own? No be me get my phone again?
I know what I'm talking about...

firetrap:


A simple factory reset will erase everything on an android phone. if the person can't get access to the phone, booting into recovery would do the trick, if they can't boot into recovery, using adb (android debug bridge) and sending in the right command would format it.

sKeetz:
Chai!! A month or two pay for dįck Riding just gone like that.. Must be very painful op

caramel007:
I lost my samsung galaxy s5 a couple of days ago. Thursday precisely and I have not been able to get over it. Immediately I discovered it was missing, I tried calling it but it wasn't connecting. Though the battery was lOw but it was on battery saving mode which would still take me about 7hours or so. I ve searched everywhere for it. But when I tried calling it on friday morning around 10am but it was switched off. Hard as it seems I just can't seem to let go. I feel so bad and I have cried my eyes out.

Is there any hope of recovery? Though I didn't activate the anti theft app. Can it be tracked? Please I need phone gurus in the house to come to my rescue....

deejayharry1:
op try this, if you were the one who set up your phone when it was bought, then the anti theft was automatically enabled from company.. head over to the site below, input the gmail you used in setting up your phone... it will do 4... things for you, it will show you the options to choose.. either wipe your phone, have it ring out loud.. show you the location of the phone, or with the ftfront camera it will snap the face of whoever is with it and forward it to your mail.



http://mobile.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/google-android/3500315/how-use-android-device-manager/

caramel007:


Thank you so much. I have done as requested. It gave me two options of either erasing or have it ring out. I clicked on ring out. But can all these work if the phone is switched off?

firetrap:


wetin this one dey talk. Knox enabled kor. people just hear about a security feature and feel that its applicable in all situations. Knox is an enterprise security software that secures a phone for enterprise services. it will not protect ur phone against theft and believe me, you can easily flash a galaxy s5 if you know what ur doing. when Knox is enabled it protects the contents on the phone and will make sure it is not accessible without the password. in other words if the phone is stolen the content is not accessible to the thief if Knox is enabled so flashing the phone will delete all data which is what the thief wants in the first place

MarthaK:

What's your own? No be me get my phone again?
I know what I'm talking about...

runzlord:
okay ma. So what is the name of this ur anti theft app?

texazzpete:


Did you register for a Samsung account? You can track the phone with that.

Next time you get an Android phone, install Cerberus backup from Google play. If you're rooted and you give the app root access, it can survive even reflashing and will prompt you when anyone puts in another SIM

Icudkill:


U can't jus flash a gs5
Itz knox enabled

runzlord:
wrong! As long as its an android device, a simple factory reset either internal or external, would remove everyting on ur phone. The best u can do is root your phone and download avast anti-theft(root), it will prevent the phone from being flashed or restored.

MarthaK:

It came with the phone..... Inbuilt....