Prevent Shut Down

[Bike Mi Vie]

I don't know how but whoever stole my phone was able to shut down the phone and prevent me from tracking it.

If the phone is locked can the device be shut down?

If not is there something I can do to prevent it from shutting down without entering a passcode. But I know that maybe if holding the powerbutton down for X amount of time will do it

Is there a way to do that, im open for root and all that

 

[mustang7757]

What's going on here ? You had a lost phone phone in January .

https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=1020188

 

[B. Diddy]

If this is the same phone, we can merge the threads.

Also, I don't see how rooting can help if you don't actually have the phone in hand. Or did you get a new phone and are asking how to prevent this issue in the future?

 

[Bike Mi Vie]

THis is related to the phone that was stolen yes. I am the same person inquiring about a method to prevent a phone from being shut down easily. for my new phone

 

[mustang7757]

THis is related to the phone that was stolen yes. I am the same person inquiring about a method to prevent a phone from being shut down easily. for my new phone

If you erased the device through find my mobile like you mentioned that phone is not trackable anymore.

 

[Bike Mi Vie]

Im talkig about setting up a new phone so that it cannot be shut down, in the future

 

[B. Diddy]

I'm not sure if there's a way, since all Android devices can be forced to shut down by pressing and holding Power for about 30 seconds (or, in the case of Samsung, Power and Volume Down), and then a person could boot the device into Recovery Mode and do a factory reset from there. They wouldn't be able to access your data or set the phone up as their own, though, due to Factory Reset Protection.

 

[mustang7757]

Im talkig about setting up a new phone so that it cannot be shut down, in the future

If you sign into Samsung find my mobile the moment you know it's lost or stolen you can back up everything ,erase, lock or unlock the device

https://findmymobile.samsung.com/

 

[donm527]

Im talkig about setting up a new phone so that it cannot be shut down, in the future

Unless I am mistaken I think with an Android, if someone stole a phone, they would only need to shutdown the phone immediately, take out the sim to maybe avoid sending location, and boot into Recovery Mode and just erase the phone?? Put in their own SIM and setup as new and they are good to go.

The only issue is that it may be carrier locked? Is that avoidable by using Odin and loading another carrier ROM?

Not like Apple where a phone is useless if an Itunes account has been setup and cannot erased and setup without knowing the previous owners Itunes account.

 

[B. Diddy]

Unless I am mistaken I think with an Android, if someone stole a phone, they would only need to shutdown the phone immediately, take out the sim to maybe avoid sending location, and boot into Recovery Mode and just erase the phone??

I don't think that would work -- doing a factory reset through Recovery Mode would still result in Factory Reset Protection asking the user for the previous Google account and password upon restarting.

 

[donm527]

I don't think that would work -- doing a factory reset through Recovery Mode would still result in Factory Reset Protection asking the user for the previous Google account and password upon restarting.

I see... Googling a bit I see if you put in a Google account it does tripper a Factory Reset Protection mode similar to Apples.

 

[Bike Mi Vie]

You know whats stupid, there is a simple work around if you google how to do it. I can't verify myself but it looks so simple and I wonder if its fixed in Andropid 11