If your cell phone is stolen, with this APP you can recover it

If you do not take preventive measures in case your cell phone is unfortunately stolen, after plagiarism it is very difficult for you to get it back. One of those preventive measures is installation of an application that, after the robbery, helps you know the geographical position of the same, I send you photos or videos of the thief and other information that can be very valuable to have a better chance of recover your cell phone.

One of those applications is Cerberus App, from the developer LSDroid, a powerful alternative among anti-theft applications. I had used it for several months on my Android: after seeing all the information it offered me about my phone, I considered it insurance in case my cell phone is stolen. It was one of the best preventative applications that should be installed on every device before the unexpected happens. Online you can see the data of where the cell phone is through a map, perform remote actions such as taking photos and completely erase or clean the internal memory and the micro SD card, among other things.

Characteristics

Once Cerberus is installed on your cell phone, the application starts send photos to your email Taken with the front camera of the person who wrongly enters the screen unlock pattern or pin. It also sends the geographical location of the cell phone at the time of entering this lockscreen security wrong (It is important to keep the lock screen configured with a PIN or with a security pattern. Another type of security does not work for this Cerberus functionality).

Cerberusapp email with photo of thief

Place where the stolen cell phone is

You can remotely send to the stolen cell phone some commands to learn more about where it is and who is using it, and to do certain things to protect the data that is stored on it. Here are some of the things that can be done with these commands:

• Get the location history of the stolen cell phone
• Lock it with a code
• Get call log and SMS
• To call
• Send SMS
• Record audio
• Take a photo
• Capture video
• Capture the screen
• Hide application from menu
• Clear the phone’s internal memory (which would make it unusable)
• Erase the memory card

The information, photos, videos, audio recordings, etc., is sent to the email configured in the application when it is installed, via Internet (The application will send this information the moment the cell phone connects to the internet, be it the moment the command was sent or later).

Commands for executing remote actions can be sent “cloaked” in a SMS, or also from the online tool cerberusapp.com. The latter is more discreet but requires that the cell phone be connected to the internet for the command to reach that moment. SMS commands obviously do not require internet and although they are less discreet, they guarantee that the sent command is executed, regardless of whether or not the cell phone has internet.

How to use Cerberus

To use Cerberus, what you need to do is install the application and create an account (used to send commands from the indicated online tool and view other information regarding your cell phone from the cerberusapp.com website). Here are some screenshots on what can be done from the cerberus web application.

Remote actions that can be performed on the cell phone, over the internet

Commands executed on the stolen Android cell phone, from Cerberusapp.com

Places where the cell phone has been, on a Google Maps map

That is basically it. Then, you just have to configure the application according to your needs, through the settings.

The app is completely in spanish and it is quite clear so there are problems to know what you should activate and deactivate, according to your requirements.

Authorized SIM cards that will receive alerts of changes in the plagiarized cell phone

It should be noted that, although Cerberus works without root, there are certain interesting functions of the application that are only available on rooted Android phones, such as the protection against uninstalling the app, the screen capture and also the automatic activation of GPS (to send the location of the cell phone).

Descargar Cerberus

Once you have created an account in the application, which can be downloaded from the official website cerberusapp.com, you can use it for free for a week. After that time, to continue using it you can buy the Annual license for one device for 5 euros per year, 14 euros per year for three devices, among other available plans.

Cerberus is not available on Google Play because many of its features are considered “inappropriate” for Google, such as being able to control the device by SMS, which obviously requires permission to SMS and that Google restricted. It is for that reason that the developer offers its APK on its official website, APK that contains all the features mentioned above.

His bad reputation

Unfortunately, LSDroid is a developer who has gotten a bad rap for revoke licenses for life to users who bought this type of licenses, forcing all of them to buy an annual subscription. If your wish is not to support this developer, you can use other alternatives with similar characteristics, such as Wheres my Droid O Lost Android.

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