Our house got broken into :-(

[sarkycow]

Amongst some random stuff that got stolen the main items taken were my husband's note 3, his note 8 tablet, my laptop, Garmin GPS and my digital camera.

My husband is totally bummed as we were only out of the house 45 - 60 minutes a few miles away buying groceries and so he thought he would just leave the phone in his office to charge a little.

Thankfully they didn't find some irreplaceable items from my grandmother and his mother. But, he's still sad about his note 3 & 8 tablet being taken.

Hopefully we will be able to find the (insert expletives here) who stole from us. Not a great start to shabbat/the weekend!

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[AzharB17]

So sorry, my mother's Blackberry Z10 also got stolen, really wish all these thieves would stop. Worst thing is that u can't even track it when its off

 

[bclinger#IM]

Might consider installing/enabling a tracking app.

Sent via my Note 8

 

[ShaggyKids]

Might consider installing/enabling a tracking app.

Sent via my Note 8

True but that's not going to help with the stolen items, only what they replace them with.


Notes from Deb's Note 3

 

[AzharB17]

Tried so many but none work when the phone is off. Do u perhaps have any suggestion to one that might work?

 

[anon8380037]

So sorry to hear that.
Bet you have been mad as hell, and a little traumatised.
Going to be hard to put any replacement devices back. I hope insurance helps a little.
Sounds like an opportunist who grabbed what could be seen.

I hope you can get back to normal soon.
It's very unlikely to happen again.

Makes me think maybe cloud storage is not so bad after all.

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[jpr]

True but that's not going to help with the stolen items, only what they replace them with.


Notes from Deb's Note 3

As long as there is an internet connection, you can install remotely from the Play Store. You'd want to do this with one of the apps that are set up with default settings that make them enabled upon install. Also, Android Device Manager is already in the settings on the Note 3, if she/her husband has it enabled.

 

[thegame161]

That's terrible so sorry to hear that

Hope they get them and you get your stuff back.

 

[Jalopiejoe]

Sorry to hear that! Try the Android Device Manager to lock and wipe data if you enabled it!

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3
"Size Does Matter!"

 

[dpham00]

That's horrible, sorry to hear that

dpham00, Android Central Moderator
Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 3

 

[z06mike]

That really sucks, but might've been worse had you guys been there.

Try this, you might just get lucky! You can install it after you're phone gets taken.

 

[Almeuit]

That sucks . I am sorry this happened... I hate thieves.

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[Spencerdl]

Sorry to here. I hope thing work out.

 

[dc52ltr]

Gutted for you pet, would hope they find them and give him/her what for

 

[neonworm]

Sorry to hear that. I hope you get it resolved.

 

[jeepmanjr]

That really sucks, but might've been worse had you guys been there.

Try this, you might just get lucky! You can install it after you're phone gets taken.

From the Google Play site: (Note: Plan B only works with 2.0 - 2.3 versions of Android). FYI.

 

[jpr]

From the Google Play site: (Note: Plan B only works with 2.0 - 2.3 versions of Android). FYI.

AndroidLost app should work. But she didn't say they didn't have an app installed already anyway. And Android Device Manager is built-in - as long as they didn't disable it. Unfortunately, a smart thief will take the steps to make all these apps useless. There are a lot of thieves who are not very smart, however, and I certainly hope they do get caught.

 

[jeepmanjr]

AndroidLost app should work. But she didn't say they didn't have an app installed already anyway. And Android Device Manager is built-in - as long as they didn't disable it. Unfortunately, a smart thief will take the steps to make all these apps useless. There are a lot of thieves who are not very smart, however, and I certainly hope they do get caught.

Just installed this on my GN3 and my wife's GS5. So far so good...I like it. She liked it too, until I told her I could see where she was shopping!! LOL!

Sorry...I didn't mean to make light of your loss. I hope you recover your belongings posthaste.

 

[MkVsTheWorld]

Sorry to hear that. Karma will catch up with these kids sooner or later. I know it bites now, but at least you are OK. Your husband's phone and tablet are replaceable, unlike yourself or those family memorabilia.

Side note: I have a large dog and I've been told that he is a burglar-deterrent. People in my neighborhood have had break-ins and all of them didn't have dogs. Of course, who wants to wrestle with Cujo to steal a smartphone? Maybe you could rescue a sweet and lovable dog from the local pound or rescue.

 

[neonworm]

Sorry to hear that. Karma will catch up with these kids sooner or later. I know it bites now, but at least you are OK. Your husband's phone and tablet are replaceable, unlike yourself or those family memorabilia.

Side note: I have a large dog and I've been told that he is a burglar-deterrent. People in my neighborhood have had break-ins and all of them didn't have dogs. Of course, who wants to wrestle with Cujo to steal a smartphone? Maybe you could rescue a sweet and lovable dog from the local pound or rescue.

What kind of dog is he?