We can also set up a fake-reflashing button so that we will be able to get information from the device even after 'reflashing'.
2008/4/4, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > About the "we can do nothing if the phone is turned off by the thief > immediately" - maybe we can do at least something: > > - implement the regular shutdown via a hidden menu entry, maybe with a > password > - if the phone is instead turned off via the (hardware) power button of the > Neo we just fake a power-off by displaying a shutdown animation and turn > off > the LCD and speaker. > > In this case it's even an advantage if the thief tried to turn off the phone > because then we can be really sure that the phone is in illegitimate hands > (as it might be that a good soul finds your lost phone and tries to return > it > to you/the police). > After the fake-shutdown, the phone sets the THEFT_IN_PROGRESS flag and does > all the fancy things you mentioned before: > > - encrypting/uploading/erasing the data > - calling owner/police with GPS/GSM-cell location > etc... > > Some more (exotic) things which came to my mind: > - record and upload ambience to maybe catch the voice of the thief > - setting volume to max and play a "The holder of this phone is currently > stealing it, the rightful owner and the police have been called 15 minutes > ago and know about your current location - drop it now and run like hell > or > face the consequences" :o) > - auto-accept a voice-call and make hanging-up impossible - that way you > might > get the chance to talk him out of stealing your phone > > Of course - if he rips out the battery right after he finds it we really > can't > do much about it but if someone is paranoid enough he could probably make it > very hard to open the case (-> superglue ;o) > > And if the thief does not turn off the phone, we could still trigger the > THEFT_IN_PROGRESS mode by a coded SMS message. > > I'm pretty sure that the Neo could be made one of the hardest-to-steal > phones > ever :o) > > -- beren > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
