Controlling your phone remotely

WaveSecure lets you manage your phone remotely either via our secure site or from a mobile phone using text messages. Most people are familiar with the web approach so here’s how you can do so with any cell phone.

You can lock, locate your phone and wipe mobile data off your device simply by sending a SMS to the current phone number used in your misplaced mobile. The table below sums up the available commands and works for WaveSecure Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile.

Command	Instruction
Lock	To lock your phone, send “Secure lock ”. Eg. “Secure lock 123456”
Customize lock screen	To change your lock screen message, send “Secure lock ”. Eg. “Secure lock 123456 Please contact 911 to return”.
Sound alarm	To lock your phone, send “Secure lock alarm ” or with a custom message “Secure lock alarm ”. Eg. “Secure lock alarm 123456”
Locate	Send “Secure locate ” for a SMS with a link to track the current location of the phone. Eg. “Secure locate 123456”
Wipe	To erase the phone’s data, send “Secure wipe ”. Eg. “Secure wipe 123456”

SMS Command PIN for Android users

When sending SMS commands, the text message cannot be encrypted and will be in plan text. Hence, there is a possibility for your WaveSecure PIN to be compromised. On Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms, WaveSecure will be able to intercept such commands so it will not be an issue.

Android platform lacks this functionality. To circumvent this problem and to protect your WaveSecure PIN, WaveSecure now lets you specify an additional SMS Command PIN. Access the option from Menu, Settings in the WaveSecure app.

The SMS command PIN only works for lock, locate and wipe. Hence, even when the thief got to know your SMS Command PIN, he will not be able to unlock the phone. Additionally, WaveSecure’s lock screen only accepts the WaveSecure PIN, not the SMS Command PIN. This way, even if the thief gains access to your SMS Command PIN, there is no way for him to unlock WaveSecure.