IRC log of #maemo for Thursday, 2017-04-20

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michael_a330~lazyflash03:32
michael_a330~flash03:32
infobot[maemo-flashing] http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware, or - on linux PC - download&extract http://maemo.cloud-7.de/maemo5/patches_n_tools/maemo-my-private-workdir.tgz, cd into it, do sudo ./flash-it-all.sh; or see ~flashing-cmdline, or see ~lazyflashing03:32
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Vajbis it possible to mess with the android phone if i know the imei?06:55
Vajbmy gf got her phone stolen.06:55
DocScrutinizer05for authorities yes. For you: no06:57
DocScrutinizer05there are apps for that, but you obviously need to have them installed _before_ you lose access to the device06:57
Vajbok. I would just have remotely copied memory card photos...06:58
DocScrutinizer05even then nowadays each thief slightly smarter than an amoeba knows to shut down stolen phones immediately and reflash then before powering up to the system06:59
Vajbbut i guess that smart thief would change imei as a first thing06:59
DocScrutinizer05if possible yes06:59
Vajbexactly my thought...07:00
DocScrutinizer05a regular requirement for FCC approval though is an immutable IMEI07:00
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DocScrutinizer05let alone often it turn out after approval that manufs did a poor jib on ebsuring this property07:01
DocScrutinizer05job on ensuring*07:01
Vajbat least it was job of a pro. We didn't realize anything until phone was needed.07:01
DocScrutinizer05the only decent theft protection is a BT dongle paired to device, which makes both the phone and the dongle yell an alarm as soon as they don't see each other07:04
Vajbhmm is it cheap?07:05
Vajbtho it wont help much in a crowd07:06
DocScrutinizer05such dongle? not sure07:06
DocScrutinizer05well, it depends. You want to make sure the range is <3m07:06
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Vajband with a short range u will phase errors i suppose...07:07
Vajberm face*07:07
DocScrutinizer05and some alarm tones are clearly more effective than others. Like shouting "I'm getting stolen!!! <police siren> I'm getting stolen!!! <police siren> ..."07:07
DocScrutinizer05constantly taking and uploading videos of both front and rear cam is also a good action to take when alarm goes off07:10
Vajbyes..07:11
Vajbit's just too late is too late07:12
DocScrutinizer05yep07:12
DocScrutinizer05retroactively you only can set the IMEI on blacklist07:12
Vajbnow i'd prefer the thing Blade had in his sword :p07:12
DocScrutinizer05https://imei24.com/blacklist_check/07:13
Vajbwill do that07:13
DocScrutinizer05do it immediately, odds are the thief was even more stupid than an amoeba ;-) So Police and carrier could cooperate to spot the location where they took the device to and tried to clean it07:16
DocScrutinizer05often your carrier also has a "locate my phone" service that works even without any app on the phone, but will usually send a notification SMS to the phone about the fact it's been located. The web interface spots the device to some maybe few 100m radius precision as long as the SMS can get sent07:18
DocScrutinizer05didn't check http://trendblog.net/how-to-track-your-lost-android-phone-without-tracking-app/07:20
Vajbyeah police asked imei when we made report, but who carries his imei with him while holidays? Not us for sure.07:23
DocScrutinizer05check last link, it has a lot of good info for android07:31
DocScrutinizer05I was wrong, I blame my ignorance about how bad android actually is07:31
Vajbyup i will07:31
DocScrutinizer05actually seems there's a damn lot of ways to locate your phone even without a particular app installed07:32
DocScrutinizer05depending on how sane you configured your device and google account07:33
DocScrutinizer05get all the info you can, this way. Then provide that info to police, don't expect them to know about such methods or even just bother to use them07:34
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DocScrutinizer06and even if they know, they have no access to your google account07:35
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DocScrutinizer05and even if they know, they have no access to your google account07:35
Vajbwill have to read up, since we changed google password immediately when we realized it is stolen07:38
DocScrutinizer05the article says that doesn't matter :-)07:38
Vajbso no access to that account from that device07:38
Vajbhmm will have to dig more when i get back home07:38
Vajbshame that it has been many days...07:39
Vajbshe lost it at saturday07:39
DocScrutinizer05ohmy, then the device is either already cleaned and IMEI changed and sold, or discarded when you can't change IMEI07:40
DocScrutinizer05all you can do is help law enforcement07:41
DocScrutinizer05so when the thief takes next device home, police has evidence it wasn't the first time they did07:42
DocScrutinizer05won't help you though07:42
DocScrutinizer05I'd still get the IMEI blacklisted07:43
Vajbyeah07:43
Vajbwill do that07:43
DocScrutinizer05call your carrier about how to do that07:43
Vajbwe were on holidays so wanted to ignore the fact till we got home so...07:44
DocScrutinizer05they also might be able to save your device/IMEI last locations from location server records07:44
DocScrutinizer05not very precise but still may help07:45
DocScrutinizer05they might be willing to keep those records infinitely when you allow them to do so, and hand then out to police on their request07:46
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Vajbdoes it matter that we were on different country?07:46
DocScrutinizer05err yes07:46
Vajbso roaming...07:46
DocScrutinizer05makes things almost hopeless07:46
DocScrutinizer05but still, ask your carrier07:46
DocScrutinizer05and check your google account like explained in the URL linked above07:47
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DocScrutinizer05"nice" thing about android: it stores pretty much everything "in the cloud"07:48
DocScrutinizer05the agencies' wet dream07:50
Vajbyes, if u have cloud enabled07:50
Vajbthink my gf was thiefs wet dream. No device log, no system password, just lousy pin at the sim07:51
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VajbDocScrutinizer05: ok did what we could, but device hasn't been connected since it got lost. So not much luck except now we know exact last location and can announce it to police. Thanks for ur help.21:56
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KotCzarnyare you 100% sure she didnt just lost it?22:10
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Vajbyes22:17
Vajbwell if u wanna be presice device is actually just lost, since we don't know where it is...22:19
KotCzarny:)22:19
KotCzarnyand you dont have any proof someone stole it?22:19
Vajbnot apart that it wasn't in a zipper pocket where it was put22:20
Vajbbut im quite certain that mobile technology hasn't advanced to point where it can open zipper and walk away :)22:21
Vajbtho that's what something being mobile means...22:22
KotCzarnyhow do you open zipper pocket and take it out without knowing otoh?22:22
Vajbi wouldn't know22:23
Vajbwasn't my phone, wasn't my pocket22:23
KotCzarnyoh, and close it too probably22:23
Vajboh just now i realize that we should have asked sherlock, since we were at london22:25
KotCzarnygood idea22:27
Vajbwell only thing i know for sure is that she doesn't have that phone anymore and im amazed that that could happen since there were times when i could hardly tell where the hand stops and phone starts22:29
Vajbbut now i must rest, puzzled. Good night.22:30
KotCzarnynite nite22:30
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