1. slam54's Avatar
    Lost my phone last week . I am a bit disappointed with blackberry protect. I could not locate or wipe the device remotely and that was a few hours after i lost the phone. As soon as who ever picked it up wiped the phone there is no other way of recovering the phone
    01-06-14 01:47 AM
  2. curvezzz's Avatar
    I don't think any phone can be found or wiped if the sim is out or the thief wipes it first. In the US it can be black listed so it's useless.

    ? AT&T Z10 STL100-3/10.2.0.1791 ?
    01-06-14 01:56 AM
  3. slam54's Avatar
    ya, i got it blacklisted aswell. it just sucks that you cant do anything
    01-06-14 03:51 AM
  4. Djlatino's Avatar
    Could always try video chatting with the pin and see if they pick up LOL or do a PIN TO PIN message.

    Making breakfast on the back of my Z10
    01-06-14 05:51 AM
  5. MobileMadness002's Avatar
    Did you have the device password protected?
    01-06-14 06:06 AM
  6. slam54's Avatar
    Ya it was password protected, but all the stuff on my memory card wont be erased....
    01-06-14 06:18 AM
  7. slam54's Avatar
    i had the phone blacklisted already doubt anyone can use it.
    01-06-14 06:19 AM
  8. HotFix's Avatar
    Ya it was password protected, but all the stuff on my memory card wont be erased....
    Didn't you encrypt your SD card?

    Posted via CB10 on a Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.1925
    01-06-14 06:13 PM
  9. tushargkwd's Avatar
    I know it hurts when you lose your phone... I have had it in the past...
    Also protect works when you have an internet connection...and is not really robust.

    If some dev can make an app which can make the BlackBerry 'steal-proof' then maybe he can become rich overnight!

    Sorry for your loss... maybe you can pick up a new one...

    Posted via CB10
    01-06-14 08:43 PM
  10. RotaxPower's Avatar
    These BlackBerry Protect doesn't do well on tracking when I am on traveling. It like stop and lost it and later on, it pop up on other side or way off the map. Can't find refresh button on BlackBerry Protect map. It doesn't quite reliable.
    01-06-14 08:56 PM
  11. Morty2264's Avatar
    I'm so sorry that you lost your phone. What carrier are you with? Can they offer you some kind of compensation for it?

    I hope you feel better soon!

    Posted via CB10
    01-06-14 09:11 PM
  12. eldricho's Avatar
    I know it hurts when you lose your phone... I have had it in the past...
    Also protect works when you have an internet connection...and is not really robust.

    If some dev can make an app which can make the BlackBerry 'steal-proof' then maybe he can become rich overnight!

    Sorry for your loss... maybe you can pick up a new one...

    Posted via CB10
    NemOry was busy with an app that was better than BlackBerry Protect, don't know what came off it

    Sorry for your loss, OP!

    Posted via CB10
    01-06-14 10:37 PM
  13. slam54's Avatar
    Had it insured, so m waiting for a replacement phone, hoping to get a Z30, for now m stuck with my sister's I Phone 4s
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    01-06-14 11:49 PM
  14. Morty2264's Avatar
    Had it insured, so m waiting for a replacement phone, hoping to get a Z30, for now m stuck with my sister's I Phone 4s
    Good! I'm glad you will be getting a replacement!

    Posted via CB10
    01-07-14 12:09 AM
  15. dad2bandm's Avatar
    ...What carrier are you with? Can they offer you some kind of compensation for it?...
    Sounds like the original poster had his phone insured, so that's good. That's what insurance is for. Without "insurance", carriers should not offer "compensation" because someone loses a phone.
    01-07-14 08:10 AM
  16. scrannel's Avatar
    Unless the phone is working and on a data network (or wifi) you can't see it with Protect. Any phone requires this. The pro-active steps are:

    1) Password on device that will wipe device after ten fails.
    2) SIM password so someone can't use your SIM (and see whatever you may have on it -- like contacts)
    3) If what's on your media card is sensitive, encrypt.

    Sorry about the phone, man,
    01-07-14 08:59 AM
  17. HotFix's Avatar
    Had it insured, so m waiting for a replacement phone, hoping to get a Z30, for now m stuck with my sister's I Phone 4s
    I highly recommend you encrypt the SD card and main memory on your next phone.

    Posted via CB10 on a Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.1925
    01-07-14 09:35 AM
  18. slam54's Avatar
    How do i encrypt?
    01-07-14 11:55 PM
  19. afiqhamzah's Avatar
    How do i encrypt?

    Lost my Z10 :(-img_00000809.png

    Settings - Security and Privacy - Encryption
    01-08-14 01:05 AM
  20. FF22's Avatar
    The caution with sd-card encryption is that if the original device fails for some reason, then the card's data canNOT be read or used anywhere else - it is tied to the failed phone. So clearly, the user must do their own regular backups or risks losing the data.

    I canNOT confirm, but some have said that updating the OS can also create access problems to an encrypted card. I would expect to read about such issues if it were true.
    01-08-14 08:49 AM
  21. jas1212's Avatar
    F2 your right after a update my sd card was useless =(

    Posted via CB10
    01-08-14 09:19 AM
  22. Atmarix's Avatar
    Well BlackBerry Protect was never useful to me.
    For those situations apple is way better.
    One night at my job, a passenger (I work in the airport as a taxi dispatch) asked me if I could help him find his phone. He showed me his ipad which has a locator and showed me where the phone was, I noticed that the phone was in the taxi holding lot, which meant that his phone was still in the taxi he took. The passenger gave me the taxi ride receipt then I called the base to send a supervisor to where the taxi was.
    At the end he got his phone back, and I was really glad I could help him. And at the same time I was angry at the fact that you can't do that with any BlackBerry device.
    By saying "you can't do that" what I mean is being able to find your phone while being out of your home. With BlackBerry Protect you have to have a computer, and know all the information needed to go through the security check before login in to BlackBerry Protect

    Posted via CB10
    01-08-14 09:43 AM
  23. Dok Kang's Avatar
    BlackBerry Protect worked fine for me when I dropped my phone and I thought I lost it. Pin pointed exact location. I'm sure signal and battery strength can play a role however.

    I locked my phone with Protect on my computer until I located my phone.

    Posted via CB10
    01-08-14 11:57 AM
  24. HotFix's Avatar
    The caution with sd-card encryption is that if the original device fails for some reason, then the card's data canNOT be read or used anywhere else - it is tied to the failed phone. So clearly, the user must do their own regular backups or risks losing the data.

    I canNOT confirm, but some have said that updating the OS can also create access problems to an encrypted card. I would expect to read about such issues if it were true.
    Installing a leak can cause issues as the phone gets wiped I think, and perhaps the Sachesi route might run into some unforseen issue (but I can't think of what), but a standard BlackBerry upgrade shouldn't cause a problem.
    I have gone from 10.0 --> 10.1 --> 10.1 MR BETA --> 10.1 MR RTM --> 10.2 BETA --> 10.2 RTM --> 10.2.1 BETA 1 --> 10.2.1 BETA 2, all with no issues with maintaining access to my encrypted SD card.

    Posted via CB10 on a Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.1925
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    01-08-14 01:47 PM
  25. enik's Avatar
    I had the same thing happen to me but some kind soul mailed it back to me

    Posted via CB10
    01-08-14 02:52 PM
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