Hello,
problem is, that Android 4.4 no longer allows to hide in- and outgoing SMS from the common SMS inbox. That's why we integrated a "SMS Remote Control" tool into avast! Mobile Security. The tool uses binary SMS to send SMS commands and receive answers. Binary SMS aren't displayed at all.
You can still operate Anti-Theft stand alone - all you need is to install Mobile Security on the phone phone of a fried you want to to use to send the SMS commands from.
You can still use the common SMS commands - but they will be displayed in clear text (including your avast! PIN) on the target phone.
I hope this is clear - if not - please feel free to ask further questions.
by the way - we are the first company to offer a solution for the sms command problem on Android 4.4.
Any other SMS based Anti-Theft solution experiences the same problem.
Have a nice day,
Werner
In this case, then I'd like to suggest a new feature- having the SMS Remote Control as a stand alone client, that needs to be installed in a friend's phone in order to send sms (without showing the pin etc). Instead of having to install Avast Mobile security (since it is integrated in it).
Why?
First, because if I understand correctly, if I lost my phone at a party, for example, and I ask help from someone nearby if I can use his phone to send sms, then I'll need to install first theft aware mobile security on this dude's phone, or risk showing the pin to whoever finds my phone?
Did I understand correctly? In this case, probably nobody will ever allow me to use his phone to send sms...
Now, if it is not complete strangers, but say, a colleague with a smartphone they wouldn't mind allow me to install a small client to send remote control sms, but I wouldn't dare asking them to install Avast mobile security just for me.
Second, even my two friends that I have designated in Theft Aware preferences don't like to install the whole mobile security thing- it's too much bloatware and they don't really need it. They don't mind installing a small client app that just allows their phone to send sms to mine, but they don't want all this antivirus, privacy stuff, firewall and the rest of the package- they laugh at me and say it's battery eating bloatware and takes too much memory and space. I don't use the mobile security package neither- I always uninstall it after setting up Theft Aware, not needing or wanting any of its "numerous functionalities".
Something like the cerberus client which is a small app used just to send the commands, not a huge mobile security package with too many bells and whistles:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus.client For me, the need to have mobile security on friend's phone, or losing the ability to send stealth sms from *any* phone is just a deal breaker. A small client would be just fine...
And, another thing- it is not possible to enable premium options in Theft Aware- I have to install the mobile security package, only to be able to push one button to check premium license, then uninstall the mobile security package. Is it that difficult to add the same button directly in Theft Aware?
