Frequently Asked Questions

SecuDroid sleeps silently in your Android device waiting for commands sent from any cellphone by SMS. The answer to these comands will be sent by SecuDroid either by e-mail or by SMS.

These SMS will not show up on your phone because they are intercepted by SecuDroid, so the thief will not suspect that you are on your way to recover your phone.

When you request an action from SecuDroid you must precede the command with a password. This password can be changed at any times from the SecuDroid configuration window and, by default, it is set to "PW" (without quotes). Anyone who knows this password will be able to track you or even wipe your data off your phone

SecuDroid will appear as "eNotes" under the installed applications list. Also, you will be able to remove the launcher icon from the configuration window

You'll be able to launch the configuration window by dialing a pre-configured code from the stock phone app. This code, by default, is 3535 but you can change it at any times. Please, note that you still need to enter your password in order to access the configuration window

In order to switch GPS on, Android enforces the user to do it manually. However, SecuDroid will enable the GPS hardware without user interaction (by tricking the OS) to get the location and, afterwards, it will switch it off automatically to hide itself. Nonetheless, it is highly recommended that you test this feature in your particular device because this is likely to be avoided by Android in the future. In this case, just leave the GPS setting on (no impact on battery life) or you'll only get positions based on GSM towers triangulation

No. Pictures are stored temporally without image extensions and they will be erased right after being sent

SecuDroid will take pictures silently by disabling the shutter sound. However, some devices are impossible to get the shutter sound disabled due to legal restrictions so you must make sure how your device works by testing it first. You'll probably be able to disable it by some other means like rooting your phone and removing the sound but SecuDroid doesn't encourage you to root your phone unlike other apps

Just send a BEEP command to your phone and SecuDroid will ring loud for 60 seconds or until you switch the screen on/off no matter what the previous state was. After this command, volume will be set at maximum level so you're free now to call and find out where the sound comes from

Before trying to track or locate your phone, you should lock it with a password to make sure that noone can access to your sensitive data or even make calls. If you feel that the information inside your phone is even more important than the device itself, wipe the data within a few seconds by issuing a WIPE command

Yes! The WIPE function will completely erase your SD card and your device internal storage getting it into factory defaults

SecuDroid does NOT include any phone-home component. You can be completely sure that SecuDroid will not connect to a 3rd party server and will not use your location or personal information in any ways

You can configure a GMail account from SecuDroid settings window and this will be the account used to send the answers to remote requests. If, for example, this account is removed or you change the password, the answers will be sent back via SMS (or MMS if a picture was requested). The default destination e-mail address is also configured and has not necessarily to be a GMail address

Before you can uninstall SecuDroid, you must remove the Admin privileges by deselecting "eNotes" from Settings -> Location and Security -> Select device administrators

Not every time. When somebody fails to log in for 3 consecutive times, a silent snapshot will be taken and sent to you.

To increase the chances of getting thief's face, SecuDroid will keep on taking snapshot every wrong attempt to log in. However, after the first notification, you will not get more than 1 picture per minute so that your mail account or phone doesn't get too flooded.

There are similar apps out there that will tell you "OH, I'M SO SORRY, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU". We're not going to tell you such a thing. Keep reading

If you lost your phone without having set up an unlock code, Don't worry! You can do it remotelly! Send a LOCK command and SecuDroid will immediatelly start monitoring any attempts of breaking into your phone.