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Title: Anti-Theft Installed as System App
Post by: jj92942000 on August 17, 2012, 01:07:22 AM

Installed beta 2 on 2 phones no problems everything works.  On my web account shows my rooted phone anti-theft not installed as a system app.  How do you install as a system app? Does it make any difference if not.

Title: Re: Anti-Theft Installed as System App
Post by: Ondra Cermak on August 17, 2012, 02:47:57 PM

Hi,

If you install Anti-Theft as a system app, it will survive the factory reset of the device. So when a thief steals your phone and immediately does a factory reset, Anti-Theft will still be there and functioning after the phone is turned on again.

To install it as a system app, you have to check the "Root install" option in the installation wizard (the Advanced installation mode) of Anti-Theft. If you already have AT installed, you have to uninstall it first.

Hope that helps,

Ondra

Title: Re: Anti-Theft Installed as System App
Post by: reinhardholzner on August 17, 2012, 03:23:42 PM

actually this is wrong. the AMS installation wizard just works for the public version, not rooted. you'll have to use ADB shell to install rooted beta.

Title: Re: Anti-Theft Installed as System App
Post by: jj92942000 on August 17, 2012, 04:26:32 PM

Can I install using root explorer system/app setting permissions rw-r--r--

Title: Re: Anti-Theft Installed as System App
Post by: jj92942000 on August 17, 2012, 09:29:53 PM

I read that you have to 1st uninstall anti-theft beta and install the regular that allows you to install as system, then install beta over it?