[SOLVED] Possible weakness in "set anti-theft as Device Administrator" option!

[iONEx]

I found that when I go to location&security settings> select device administrators, the anti-theft service is plain visible for anyone.
A possible thief can then see the name of the service and then easily disable it. Which in turn allows him to uninstall anti-theft if I'm correct?
Correct me if I'm wrong....

[reinhardholzner]

unfortunately we can not avoid this. however, you could lock your admin settings.

[iONEx]

hm, I didn't know it could be locked?
Hate to bother you, but could you tell me how to do it?
Thanx for your help! Very helpful forum :-)

[Lisandro]

hm, I didn't know it could be locked?

+1

[iONEx]

I found what I was looking for :-)

App Lock - App Protector
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cc.applock&hl=en

That plus avast anti-theft..... B-)

[cmatte]

Mmh can't that app just be uninstalled?

Reinhard, I've got a question about this! I've bought and I'm using the app since ta and I always wanted to know this, just didn't take the time to ask
I'd like to understand if installing the app in a root manner (and giving it permissions of course) just works without the need of setting ta as device administrator, or if this is still needed!

Thanks.

[reinhardholzner]

it is still needed, as the wipe only works reliably with device admin permission.

[chainfire]

When you installed the Anti-Theft package, it should have asked you for a custom package name. That's the name I see on my Device Administrators screen.