lost my phone while boarding bus

irfpat wrote:

any smartfone can be switched off/restart by holding the power button for more than 10 seconds. one more thing nowadays the back cover of the phone can be easily removed and disconnect the battery.

also, with the help of test point, modified custom rom can be installed with qpst qualcomm 9008 mode.

Your 1st Statement Doesn't matched with my Phone Settings! I already told you without my phone unlock no one can power off/restart the device. The back panel battery is a different thing which you are saying. Read my comment earlier once again, i said even if thief is stealing my phone 1st thing what he will do is powering it off and without my password it won't be power off. By that time I will track my phone in just 5 min

guest_999 wrote:
@Mufasa I have also heard that except iphones & samsung top end galaxy S series, most other android phones can be flashed using "special tools/software" even if bootloader is locked.
@shraaj

@getready you said it's nearly impossible for the phone which has already bootloader locked to modify

guest_999 wrote:
@Mufasa I have also heard that except iphones & samsung top end galaxy S series, most other android phones can be flashed using "special tools/software" even if bootloader is locked.
@shraaj

Yes any phones can be flashed by  some software paid tools even phone manufacturers lock bootloader or edl. Those software pass the authentication by fooling the flash programmer file by replacing it with a crack  auth file.

shraaj wrote:

Your 1st Statement Doesn't matched with my Phone Settings! I already told you without my phone unlock no one can power off/restart the device. The back panel battery is a different thing which you are saying. Read my comment earlier once again, i said even if thief is stealing my phone 1st thing what he will do is powering it off and without my password it won't be power off. By that time I will track my phone in just 5 min

Bhai, just press the power button for 10+ seconds on your locked phone and see the magic XD

BlueFlash wrote:

Bhai, just press the power button for 10+ seconds on your locked phone and see the magic XD

not understood by @shraaj what i mentioned in my previous post. @shraaj if you put one lock the thieves have 100s of keys to unlock it. hooray, you are living in a scientific world.😆😄😃

Yes i have also lost the phone last year 

No help from anywhere neither from police nor from any app

I have visited dozens of time to police station no help

Better you do not remember that incident it hurts 

If you have luck you may get it

Ek baar ek chor ko pakda tha. Baccha sa hi tha. Mere doston ne usko itna maara peeta ki bacche ki rooh kaanp gayi. Side mein jo Police waale aaye, woh bhi nahin roke. Mera mere ek dost se jhagda ho gaya tab usne bola ki agar yeh aaj maar nahin khaya toh dubaara behichak chori karega tab se main ek chota chor dhoond raha hun jisko peet ke main yeh sabak kisi aur pe chipka sakun. Koi mil hi nahin raha. Pata nahin kahaan chupa hai. Aapko mile toh meri taraf se bhi peet dena extra 🙏🏻

shraaj wrote:
@getready you said it's nearly impossible for the phone which has already bootloader locked to modify

Yes, it is impossible

Only Manufacturer got access to these (Generic Qualcomm/Mediatek tools hardly work but there are official leaked service tools like MSM [via EDL] for OnePlus and probably RealMe, Oppo too.. but there aren't leaked ones for all brands and there's no way to do this without data loss) and they don't them in their official service centers either (Direct Motherboard replacement)

BlueFlash wrote:

Bhai, just press the power button for 10+ seconds on your locked phone and see the magic XD

Tried it that's why telling you

saucap wrote:

Ek baar ek chor ko pakda tha. Baccha sa hi tha. Mere doston ne usko itna maara peeta ki bacche ki rooh kaanp gayi. Side mein jo Police waale aaye, woh bhi nahin roke. Mera mere ek dost se jhagda ho gaya tab usne bola ki agar yeh aaj maar nahin khaya toh dubaara behichak chori karega tab se main ek chota chor dhoond raha hun jisko peet ke main yeh sabak kisi aur pe chipka sakun. Koi mil hi nahin raha. Pata nahin kahaan chupa hai. Aapko mile toh meri taraf se bhi peet dena extra 🙏🏻

You became chor and self beat you by your friends and post it on social media 🤣

BlueFlash wrote:

Bhai, just press the power button for 10+ seconds on your locked phone and see the magic XD

I have realme gt neo 3t, doesn't switch off even if i hold it for 10+ seconds.

Needs password/fingerprint for restarting/switch off.

@shraaj

Same settings in my phone also
Though my phone restarts when i press the volume up and power button together

I don't understand this like what do they get by stealing phone, there's no way they can unlock it, least they can do is sell parts or recycle.

shraaj wrote:

My Phone has a feature called without my phone password/pin it will not POWER OFF Or Switch Off and whenever I am travelling 99% Chances "My Data Will be ON" and one more thing by swiping down My Internet or Any Other functions cannot be turned on/off without opening my phone Password/PIN.

Also,Most of the time I turned on my location for various reasons like Google Maps,OLA,Uber or Food near me so it's a WIN WIN Situation for me in these Robbery Cases. Finding my phone feature is good for me. Also,there is a SIM LOCK/ UNLOCK Feature in our phone even in NOKIA too Old ones where you can create a PIN for your SIM to turn it on while Switching ON. My phone bootloader is locked and phone is not rooted, device is IQOO NEO 6


@jennyllwilliams @guest_999 @Ananthth

Bro even my phone is having that feature but don't let the thief know that AIRPLANE MODE works from notification bar even if locked! 😉😝😹

vibhujain wrote:

Bro even my phone is having that feature but don't let the thief know that AIRPLANE MODE works from notification bar even if locked! 😉😝😹

My notification bar can't be accessed without unlocking the device

getready wrote:

Yes, it is impossible

Only Manufacturer got access to these (Generic Qualcomm/Mediatek tools hardly work but there are official leaked service tools like MSM [via EDL] for OnePlus and probably RealMe, Oppo too.. but there aren't leaked ones for all brands and there's no way to do this without data loss) and they don't them in their official service centers either (Direct Motherboard replacement)

Read this @irfpat

chipi wrote:

I have realme gt neo 3t, doesn't switch off even if i hold it for 10+ seconds.

Needs password/fingerprint for restarting/switch off.

@shraaj

Same settings in my phone also
Though my phone restarts when i press the volume up and power button together

Tried that also in My device like Volume Up+ Power Button it doesn't restart

Device - IQOO NEO 6

shraaj wrote:
My notification bar can't be accessed without unlocking the device

Gazab topibaaz device hai phir toh! 😹😝 U configured the bar this way or by default?

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shraaj wrote:
Tried it that's why telling you

@chipi Sorry, my bad. It's 30+ seconds for some phones. It's inbuilt in Android itself in case the phone/ui hangs up, so pressing the power button for 30+ triggers a hard restart. Try it once and let me know.
https://support.google.com/android/answer/7...98

Also, tbh, a thief need not switch off the phone to prevent you from tracking, he can simply physically throw out the SIM card, rendering the network/tracking useless (wifi is of no use in outside environment). Or better even use a Faraday's bag/pouch which simply cuts of all electric fields till he wants.
https://www.amazon.in/Mission-Darkness-Non-Wind...

And, yes, I agree, in general, the best a thief can do is to sell individual parts of the phone, if you have taken proper security measures like adding a strong password/pin, which prevents from accessing directly; along with a google account which prevents a soft/hard reset since android always ask previous logged-in password if reset; along with OEM account (Mi has one) which further prevents flashing/unlocking from bootloader/recovery without OEM account password. Obviously, replacing the mobo or using an EDL firmware tool (had one from Motorola via leaked source long back) might work, although the IMEI has to be changed (can use some old dead phone's one). Also, a SIM PIN lock is definitely recommended to prevent unauthorized use of network (calls/sms), especially if it happens to be linked to banking OTP/2FA.

BlueFlash wrote:
@chipi Sorry, my bad. It's 30+ seconds for some phones. It's inbuilt in Android itself in case the phone/ui hangs up, so pressing the power button for 30+ triggers a hard restart. Try it once and let me know.
https://support.google.com/android/answer/7...98

Also, tbh, a thief need not switch off the phone to prevent you from tracking, he can simply physically throw out the SIM card, rendering the network/tracking useless (wifi is of no use in outside environment). Or better even use a Faraday's bag/pouch which simply cuts of all electric fields till he wants.
https://www.amazon.in/Mission-Darkness-Non-Wind...

And, yes, I agree, in general, the best a thief can do is to sell individual parts of the phone, if you have taken proper security measures like adding a strong password/pin, which prevents from accessing directly; along with a google account which prevents a soft/hard reset since android always ask previous logged-in password if reset; along with OEM account (Mi has one) which further prevents flashing/unlocking from bootloader/recovery without OEM account password. Obviously, replacing the mobo or using an EDL firmware tool (had one from Motorola via leaked source long back) might work, although the IMEI has to be changed (can use some old dead phone's one). Also, a SIM PIN lock is definitely recommended to prevent unauthorized use of network (calls/sms), especially if it happens to be linked to banking OTP/2FA.

About SIM PIN lock, android had a security flaw until recently (at least on pixel devices) where we can insert any locked SIM and get past the device security measures (w/ no data loss)

Accidental $70k Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass - bugs.xdavidhu.me

vibhujain wrote:

Gazab topibaaz device hai phir toh! 😹😝 U configured the bar this way or by default?

Yes,i did configurations. I turned it off the  Control Center/Notification Center

getready wrote:
Accidental $70k Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass - bugs.xdavidhu.me

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