For many people restoring an iPhone can mean hours of extra work restoring all installed applications, contacts and such but, most importantly, it means that the device needs to be jailbroken again. This is especially important when, say, an iPhone is restored and Apple wants it to be upgraded to an iOS version that cannot be jailbroken. How can you restore the said iPhone and keep the jailbreak? The following shows you how.
FlexiSPY is not responsible for any damages incurred as a result of following this guide. Restoring the iPhone by following this guide will delete all contents and settings so make sure you have backed up the iPhone first before proceeding. Following these steps from hereon out is done so entirely at your own risk.
What is needed to restore an iPhone and keep the jailbreak?
To restore an iPhone and keep the jailbreak you simply need the iPhone you wish to restore physically in your hand.
The iPhone must be jailbroken first, otherwise you cannot install the software mentioned below as it only works on a jailbroken device.
The iPhone can be jailbroken running iOS 6.x or 7.x (up to 7.1.2) the steps are entirely the same and the end result (of the iPhone being restored completely and remaining jailbroken is exactly the same.) Now that we know what is needed it’s time to get started!
Step 1 — Add the iLex R.A.T repository to Cydia
The program that magically allows us to restore any iPhone and keep the jailbreak is called iLex R.A.T. You will need to add this repository to Cydia to be able to then install the program and run it.
To do that please follow the steps below.
Open up Cydia on the jailbroken iPhone
Tap Sources.
Tap Edit.
Tap Add.
In the dialog box that appears type http://cydia.myrepospace.com/ilexinfo/ and then tap Add Source. Give the iPhone some time to update the Cydia source list.
Once the source has been added tap the new repository that has appeared.
Tap All Packages.
Tap iLex R.A.T. From the list.
Tap Install.
Wait for the program to install..
Step 2 — Install Mobile Terminal Emulator
In order to use the program once it has been installed you first need to install the mobile terminal emulator because all the commands are done by the command line. Mobile Terminal emulator is part of the standard Cydia BigBoss repository and you can install it by following these steps.
Open up Cydia on the jailbroken iPhone
Tap Sources.
Tapthe source called apt.thebigboss.org
Tap All Packages
Scroll down to Mobile Terminal Emulator and tap it.
Tap Install.
Wait for the program to install. Once it has been done the mobile terminal icon will appear on the iPhone springboard. Tap it to continue on to the final step.
Step 3 — Restore the iPhone and keep your jailbreak
With the mobile terminal emulator open, type the following and then press return after each command.
rat
The iLex R.A.T. program will then present you with a long list of options. We need option 12.
So type the following and press return.
12
You will be asked to confirm this so please do and then the restore process will start.
The process may take some time.
Once it has been done though, the iPhone will run the first use wizard (as it does when it has been completely factory reset) so you simply need to complete that again and, once the iPhone is ready for use, Cydia and the jailbreak will still be present and working.
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This guide will show you how to root the very latest Samsung Galaxy S5. Thankfully Samsung phones are easier than most other Android smartphone manufacturers to root the device and the whole process is pretty straightforward.
Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way. Before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely.
What Is Needed To Root The Samsung Galaxy S5?
In order to root the Samsung Galaxy S5 you will need the following.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 you wish to root
A PC
Step 1 – Download the USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy S5 for your PC
In order for your PC to recognise the Samsung Galaxy S5 as part of the rooting process you first must download and install the USB drivers on to your PC.
You can download the USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy S5 from here.
Once you have downloaded them run the main program file to make sure the drivers are installed.
Step 2 – Download the Odin rooting program
In order to root the Samsung Galaxy S5 using the root file given in the next step you must first download Odin which is what will be used to install the root file on to the Samsung Galaxy S5 and perform the rooting process.
Once downloaded extract the file to a convenient location such as the desktop.
Step 3 – Download the Samsung Galaxy S5 root package
Now that we have installed the Samsung Galaxy S5 USB drivers and downloaded Odin we now need to download the root package to be used for the rooting process.
You can download the Samsung Galaxy S5 root package from the links below.
You must make sure you download the correct version for the Samsung Galaxy S5 you have. To find out which version that is go to Settings > About Phone on the device itself.
Step 4 – Enable USB debugging on the Samsung Galaxy S5
In order for your PC to recognise the Samsung Galaxy S5 when you plug it in to perform rooting you must first enable USB debugging on the phone itself. This is done by doing the following.
Tap the Settings option.
Tap the About Phone option.
Keep tapping the Build Number option (seven times) until it says you are a developer.
Tap the new Developer Options menu that appears
Make sure that the USB Debugging option is checked.
You should now have successfully rooted the Samsung Galaxy S5 using the Towelroot program with no PC required.
Step 5 — Root The Samsung Galaxy S5
Now that we have all we need it is time to root the Samsung Galaxy S5. Before we can do that you must first put the Samsung Galaxy S5 in to Download mode which can be done using the following steps.
Make sure the Samsung Galaxy S5 is powered off completely.
Hold down the Volume down key and the Home key and the power button and keep all three buttons pressed until the Samsung Galaxy S5 powers up.
Providing you have done it correctly it should boot in to Download mode and you press the Volume up key to start Download mode.
Connect the Samsung Galaxy S5 now to your PC.
Run the Odin software you downloaded in step 2.
Inside Odin click the PDA option (this is called AP in the latest version of Odin) and browse on your computer to the .tar root file you extracted in step 3.
Inside Odin click Start to begin the root process.
The process will take a few moments after which the Samsung Galaxy S5 will restart itself and complete the rooting process — Do not remove the Samsung Galaxy S5 from your PC during this time.
Once the Samsung Galaxy S5 starts up properly simply go to Apps and look for the SuperSU icon that should now be present. If you can see this icon it means that the Samsung Galaxy S5 has been successfully rooted.
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This article will show you how to root the Nexus 5 running the Android L developer
FlexiSPY is not responsible for the steps or rooting process given inside this article. However, all care has been taken to make sure that the information contained here is as accurate as possible. Please read and follow the instructions carefully and remember that rooting is entirely your own responsibility and FlexiSPY is not responsible for it in any way.
What’s Needed To Root?
We already gave a detailed blog article on how to install the Android L developer preview on a Nexus 5 which you can read here.
This article already assumes you have set up the following pre-requisites. If you have not done this please read the article linked above to learn how to set up the environment correctly:
You have installed the Android SDK onto your PC
You have enabled and are running USB debugging on the Nexus 5
You have correctly set the path variable within Windows for Fastboot to be used by the Android SDK
The next step is rooting it to allow you to get the most from the new Android OS.
Thankfully Android L and the developer preview has already been rooted and the process is quite simple and we have documented it completely below.
In order to root the Nexus 5 on Android L you will need the following:
A Nexus 5
The Android L developer preview image
A PC
You will then need to install the Nexus root toolkit which you can find here.
Once you open up the Nexus rooting toolkit it will look like the picture below.
There are two steps to the rooting process. First of all, you must unlock the bootloader and second you can then root the Nexus 5.
Simply click the Unlock button to start the bootloader unlocking process. This will DELETE ALL DATA on the Nexus 5 and so, if you wish to back it up first please follow the steps in the previous article before continuing.
Once you have backed up the Nexus 5, as said, click Unlock and the following dialog box will appear with detailed instructions on the actual process and what will happen.
As long as you have set up the Android development environment on your PC correctly (see the prerequisites given above) then all you need to do is connect the Nexus 5 to your PC and follow the steps that appear to unlock the bootloader. The entire process will be automated providing you have installed the Nexus 5 USB driver and Android SDK and you just have to click OK to start.
The rooting toolkit will then check to see if USB debugging is enabled on the Nexus 5 and it will then proceed to restart the device and unlock the bootloader and it does this by using Fastboot and putting the phone into bootloader mode.
The entire process is short and only takes a few minutes. Once it is done the Nexus 5 will boot up normally and the Nexus toolkit will display a message saying that the bootloader was successfully unlocked.
You can tell if the bootloader has been successfully unlocked when the Nexus 5 is in Fastboot mode (as shown in the picture below) and the lock state is set to unlocked.
With the bootloader unlocked you can now proceed to root the Nexus 5 running the developer preview of Android L. Open up Android toolkit again and make sure the Custom recovery option under Root is also selected.
Once you click Root the following message will appear detailing the entire process which is also automated.
Simply click OK to start and the entire process will begin. Again you need to make sure the Nexus 5 has USB debugging enabled and you successfully installed the Android SDK on the PC that the Nexus 5 is connected to (via USB) whilst performing the rooting process.
The rooting process will also install the TWRP recovery as well which replaces the stock recovery used on the Nexus 5 and gives far more functionality. The TWRP recovery allows you to easily backup the Nexus 5, flash and install zip files (e.g. ROM kernels) as well as a whole host of other advanced features which is why, for this guide, to get the most out of the Nexus 5 we recommend you root the phone and install TWRP.
Once the rooting process has been completed you will easily be able to tell that the Nexus 5 has been rooted because you will see a new application called SuperSU which means the Nexus 5 running Android L has now been successfully rooted!
This article will show you how how to downgrade from the Android L developer preview to Android OS 4.4.4 on a Nexus 5.
Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for the steps inside this article. However all care has been taken to make sure that the information contained here is as accurate as possible. Please read and follow the instructions carefully and remember that downgrading the OS is entirely your own responsibility and FlexiSPY is not responsible for it in any way.
Why downgrade?
We’ve already published articles on how to install the Android L developer preview on a Nexus 5 here.However Android L is still under development which means that certain features, functions or software may not work entirely as expected. It is also not recommended to run an OS that is currently in development on your main phone for reasons mentioned above.
This means that ultimately you may wish to downgrade back to the latest version of the Android OS which is stable and works. In this case, for the Nexus 5, this is Android OS 4.4.4 and the process for downgrading from the Android L developer preview back to Android OS 4.4.4 on a Nexus 5 is actually not as hard as you may think.
What’s needed to downgrade?
In order to downgrade the Nexus 5 from Android L you need the following:
The Nexus 5 running Android L
A PC
The Nexus 5 OS 4.4.4 recovery image
On the PC that you will be using to downgrade you must have first of all set up the Android environment correctly such as installing the Android SDK, setting the Windows path for Fastboot, making sure the bootloader of the Nexus 5 is unlocked and installing the correct Google USB driver so that the Nexus 5 is recognised completely by your PC when you plug it in.
This article is written assuming that you have done this already. If you have not then you can learn more about setting up the Android environment needed by reading the first article in this series detailing how to upgrade to the Android L developer preview which you can find here.
Step 1 — Download the Android OS 4.4.4 image
The first you need to do is download the Android OS 4.4.4 image from here. Google provides these images for you so that you can easily downgrade the Nexus 5 should anything go wrong or reinstall the current OS version if the Nexus 5 is running OS 4.4.4.
Please make sure that you download the correct version for the Nexus 5 model you are working with.
Once you have downloaded the image file save it in a convenient location such as your desktop.
Once you have saved the image file to your computer you must extract it to gain access to the files that are required to start the flashing process.
Once you have extracted the files inside the downloaded image file it should look like the picture below.
Step 2 — Flash the Android OS 4.4.4 image to the Nexus 5
We already mentioned that we assume you have already set up the Android development environment on your PC but again, if you need a refresher, read the article here.
To flash the Android image you first need to put the Nexus 5 in Fastboot mode.
This is done by doing the following:
Make sure the Nexus 5 is turned off completely.
Connect the Nexus 5 to your PC using the USB cable
Hold down the volume down button and the power button together to turn it on.
If done correctly the Nexus 5 will turn on in Fastboot mode and it will look like the picture below.
With the Nexus 5 in Fastboot mode and connected to your PC browse, on your PC, to the folder where you saved the Nexus 5 Android OS 4.4.4 ROM.
Simply double-click flash-all.bat and wait for the Nexus 5 to complete the steps and, once done properly, the Nexus 5 will restart and it will be running OS 4.4.4 again.
This article will show you how to install the Android L preview on to a Nexus 5.
Bear in mind that the latest version of Android, Android L, is still under development.
The version we are installing in this article is subject to change and you perform the steps in this guide at your own risk.
While everything has been done to make sure the steps are accurate, FlexiSPY is not responsible for the contents of this guide or any damage that may be incurred from following this guide.
What is Android L?
Android L is the newest version of the popular Android OS. It will be Android OS version 5.0.
As is the tradition with Android OS versions being named after desserts (Android OS 4.x (K) was named Kitkat for example with Jelly Bean and Ice Cream preceding them) many people believe that the ‘L’ will stand for lollipop but this is not confirmed (nor denied) by Google at this time so we just have to wait and see what Google decide to do.
With the new Android OS not being scheduled for release until at least the end of 2014 it comes as no surprise that only a few select phones are eligible to be running this version currently.
Luckily, here at FlexiSPY, we like to keep on top of all things tech which is why we have just installed the Android L developer preview on our Nexus 5 and we are going to show you how you can do the same in just a few quick and simple steps.
What you need to install Android L
In order to install the Android L developer preview on to a Nexus 5 you will need the following:
A Nexus 5 phone
The Android L developer preview image
A PC
Step 1 – Backup the Nexus 5
Because this is still development software we highly recommend that you back up the phone first completely before proceeding.
To do that you, first of all, install the Nexus root toolkit which you can find here.
Once you have downloaded the Nexus toolkit connect the Nexus 5 to your PC using the USB cable it came with. After that, you need to put the Nexus 5 in USB debugging mode before it will be seen while connected to the PC using the Nexus root toolkit program.
To enable USB debugging on the Nexus 5 simply do the following:
Tap Apps
Tap Settings
Tap About Phone
Scroll down to Build Number and keep tapping that until you read you are now a developer. The Developer options menu has now been unlocked.
Tap the new Developer Options Menu.
Make sure Stay Awake is checked
Make sure USB debugging is checked.
You also need to make sure you have installed the Nexus 5 USB driver otherwise even with USB debugging enabled the PC will still not recognize the phone. To learn how to do that click here.
If, after enabling USB debugging and installing the USB driver and the Nexus 5 is still not recognized then try a different USB port on your computer because sometimes that can make the difference.
Also make sure that, with the Nexus 5 connected to your PC, no on-screen notification on the Nexus 5 is visible asking you to accept USB debugging on the PC (you have to accept otherwise the PC will not find the phone).
With all this done the Nexus 5 should now be recognized when you run the Nexus toolkit and it will look similar to this.
As you can see the Nexus root toolkit has identified the Nexus 5 and Android OS version so the next thing that we need to do is start the backup.
The root toolkit takes care of the entire backup process, so click the Backup button to start.
We want to create a complete backup of the Nexus 5 before we install anything on to it so simply click Create Android Backup File.
There is quite a lot of text to read but essentially you just need to tap OK and then you can proceed to the next step.
The next step will ask you where you wish to save the backup file to on your computer. Simply pick a convenient location and then the next window will explain more about the backup process and what will happen.
While the backup is in progress make sure the Nexus 5 is not interrupted.
Once the backup is complete the Nexus root toolkit will inform you.
Downloading the Android L developer preview
Google makes downloading the developer preview as simple as possible however there are some prerequisites first. You must make sure you have installed the Android SDK on your PC first.
You must also make sure that, within Windows, you have set the path variable for Fastboot to match the location where you save the downloaded Android developer preview too.
For more information how to install the Android SDK please see the details here.
When you have successfully installed the Android SDK to a folder of your choice on your PC, it should look like this (we have installed the Android SDK to C:\Android for easy reference).
Here you can see the SDK (the SDK folder) has been installed and we have put all of this in a folder located at C:\Android for easy access as mentioned.
You can download the Google L developer preview from the link here.
Make sure you download the correct one for the Nexus 5 and then save the downloaded folder in the same folder as the SDK as shown below. We named our folder android for easy reference also.
Inside the android folder, you must extract the contents of the developer preview so it looks like this:
Next, connect the Nexus 5 to the PC using the USB cable.
Make sure it is powered off and the hold down the volume down button and the power button to turn it on and it will boot up in Fastboot mode which looks like this.
The final thing that needs to be done is within Windows which is to set the Path of Fastboot so that it points to the Android SDK Fastboot files which we have located in C:\Android\SDK\Platform-Tools on our PC (for you it will be different).
To set this do the following:
On the Windows desktop (in this case Windows 8) open up file explorer. Right click your computer and then click Properties.
With the system properties menu open click Advanced System Settings and the System Properties window will appear.
With the System Properties window, open click Environment Variables and the menu that appears will look similar to what is shown below.
In the Environment Variables window select Path and then click Edit.
Add a semicolon, as shown in the example, and then type the full path to the Android SDK (in this example we use C:\Android as mentioned).
Now that we have everything set we need to make sure the Nexus 5 is ready.
The Nexus 5 should be connected to your PC.
The Nexus 5 should be running in Fastboot mode.
You should have installed the Android SDK on to your PC in an easy to access location.
You should download the Android L developer preview image and saved it in a folder where you saved the Android SDK for easy reference.
Now that you have done all these four things you simply run the flash-all.bat file inside the Android L developer preview folder.
If all you see inside your Android L developer preview folder is a zip file you must extract it first to view all the files.
The Android L preview image will be flashed to the Nexus 5. This may take some time.
DO NOT DISCONNECT THE NEXUS 5 FROM YOUR PC OR TURN IT OFF OR DO ANYTHING THAT WILL INTERRUPT THE FLASHING PROCESS IN Anyway.
Once you have flashed the Android L developer preview the Nexus 5 will boot up for the first time. This may take some time also so please be patient. Once it boots up Android L will be fully ready for use.
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This guide will show you how to root the Google Nexus 5 Android phone which is the latest flagship model in Google’s popular Nexus range of Android phones.
Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way, before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.
What is needed to root the Google Nexus 5?
In order to root the Google Nexus 5 you will need the following.
The Google Nexus 5 you want to root in your hand.
A PC.
Step 1 – Download the Google Nexus 5 root file to your PC
In order to root the Google Nexus 5 you first need to download the root file to your PC. This is the file that is installed on to the Google Nexus 5 to give you root access.
You can download the root file from here. Once you have done that save it to an easy location on your PC such as your desktop.
Step 2 – Download and install the Android SDK on to your computer
In order to use Fastboot to root the Google Nexus 5 you must have the Android SDK downloaded and installed on to your computer.
Step 3 – Boot the Google Nexus 5 into Fastboot mode
So that your PC can communicate with the Google Nexus 5 when you connect it via a USB cable you must first put the phone in to Fastboot mode which is done using the following steps.
Make sure the Google Nexus 5 is powered off completely.
Hold down the volume down button and the power button together.
Wait for the Google Nexus 5 to boot up in to Fastboot mode.
Once it has booted in to Fastboot mode connect it to your PC.
Step 4 – Connect the Google Nexus 5 to your PC and root the phone
With the Google Nexus 5 in Fastboot mode connect the phone to your PC. We can now root the phone using the following steps.
On your PC browse to the folder you created when you extracted the root file from step 1.
Run the file called ‘root-windows.bat’ (you may need Windows Administrator rights for this).
Wait for the rooting process to complete.
Once the rooting process is complete the Google Nexus 5 will reboot and complete the rooting process (a red Android logo will appear on the phone screen).
It will reboot once more when done and the Google Nexus 5 will be ready for use.
You can then verify the Google Nexus 5 has been rooted successfully by looking for the SuperSU application which is installed once a device has been rooted properly. If you can see that then you have successfully rooted the Google Nexus 5.
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This guide will show you how to root the popular Samsung Galaxy S4 phone from Samsung.
Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way, before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.
What is needed to root the Samsung Galaxy S4?
In order to root the Samsung Galaxy S4 you will need the following.
The Motorola Moto X you want to root in your hand
A PC.
Step 1 – Download the USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy S4 for your PC
In order for your PC to recognise the Samsung Galaxy S4 as part of the rooting process you first must download and install the USB drivers on to your PC.
You can download the USB drivers for the Samsung Galaxy S4 from here.
Once you have downloaded them run the main program file to make sure the drivers are installed.
Step 2 – Download the Odin rooting program
In order to root the Samsung Galaxy S4 using the root file given in the next step you must first download Odin which is what will be used to install the root file on to the Samsung Galaxy S4 and perform the rooting process.
Once downloaded extract the file to a convenient location such as the desktop.
Step 3 – Download the Samsung Galaxy S4 root package
Now that we have installed the Samsung Galaxy S4 USB drivers and downloaded Odin we now need to download the root package to be used for the rooting process.
You can download the Samsung Galaxy S4 root package from here.
Make sure you download the correct one for whichever version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 you have (check the model number that appears when the phone turns on for more information – e.g. GT-I9500).
Step 4 – Enable USB debugging on the Samsung Galaxy S4
In order for your PC to recognise the Samsung Galaxy S4 when you plug it in to perform rooting you must first enable USB debugging on the phone itself. This is done by doing the following.
Tap the Settings option.
Tap the About Phone option.
Keep tapping the Build Number option (seven times) until it says you are a developer
Tap the new Developer Options menu that appears
Make sure that the USB Debugging option is checked.
Step 5 – Root the Samsung Galaxy S4
Now that we have all we need it is time to root the Samsung Galaxy S4. Before we can do that you must first put the Samsung Galaxy S4 in to Download mode which can be done using the following steps.
Make sure the Samsung Galaxy S4 is powered off completely.
Hold down the Volume down key and the Home key and the power button and keep all three buttons pressed until the Samsung Galaxy S4 powers up.
Providing you have done it correctly it should boot in to Download mode and you press the Volume up key to start Download mode.
Connect the Samsung Galaxy S4 now to your PC.
Run the Odin software you downloaded in step 2.
Inside Odin click the PDA option (this is called AP in the latest version of Odin) and browse on your computer to the .tar root file you extracted in step 3.
Inside Odin click Start to begin the root process.
The process will take a few moments after which the Samsung Galaxy S4 will restart itself and complete the rooting process – Do not remove the Samsung Galaxy S4 from your PC during this time.
Once the Samsung Galaxy S4 starts up properly simply go to Apps and look for the SuperSU icon that should now be present. If you can see this icon it means that the Samsung Galaxy S4 has been successfully rooted.
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This guide will show you how to root the Motorola Moto X Android phone.
Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way, before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.
What is needed to root the Motorola Moto X?
To root the Motorola Moto X you will need the following
The Motorola Moto X you want to root in your hand
A PC.
Step 1 – Download the PC USB drivers for the Motorola Moto X
Before we begin you need to download the USB drivers for the phone to your PC so that when you connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC to perform later steps the PC will recognize the phone.
Save it to your computer in a safe place such as your desktop and extract the contents to a new folder which you will need later
Step 2 – Enable USB debugging mode on the Motorola Moto X
Now that you have installed the USB drivers for the Motorola Moto X on to your PC you need to enable USB debugging mode on the phone itself so that it is recognised by your PC when you plug the Motorola Moto X to perform later steps.
You can enable USB debugging mode on the Motorola Moto X using the steps below.
On the Motorola Moto X tap the Settings option.
Tap the About option.
On this menu tap ‘Build Number’ seven times continuously.
Once you have done that go back to the Settings option.
Tap the new Developer Option menu that has appeared.
Make sure the USB Debugging option is checked.
Tap OK to confirm.
Now that you have enabled USB debugging on the Motorola Moto X it is time to move on to the next step.
Step 3 – Unlock the Motorola Moto X bootloader
In order to be able to root the Motorola Moto X you need to unlock the bootloader. Once the bootloader is unlocked it allows you to then connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC and perform the rooting process.
How it works is that you have to connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC, run a command to get a unique token and then you put that in to the Motorola bootloader website and get a response back which you enter on the PC and then the Motorola Moto X will do its magic and unlock the bootloader ready for the next step.
Step 4 – Download the Motorola Moto X root file and save it your PC
With the USB drivers installed, the Motorola Moto X with USB debugging enabled and the bootloader unlocked it is time to download the root file that will be used to root the phone.
Save it in an easy location such as the desktop and then extract it to its own folder.
Connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC and transfer the root zip file to the phone in an easy location such as the Downloads folder.
Step 5 – Download the Clockwork Mod recovery file.
In order to use the root file from the previous step you must flash the clockwork mod recovery image to the phone.
You can download the clockworkmod image file from here.
Save it in an easy location such as the desktop and then extract it to its own folder.
Step 6 – Flash the Clockword Mod recovery file
You need to flash the clockwork mod recovery file to the Motorola Moto X and this can be done using the following steps.
Make sure the Motorola Moto X is powered on.
Make sure USB debugging is enabled (see step 2).
Connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC.
Open up command prompt.
Type ‘adb reboot bootloader’ (without quotes) and press Enter. If done properly the Motorola Moto X will reboot and be in FASTBOOT mode.
Type ‘fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery-razri-tryAtouch.img’ (without the quotes) and press Enter. If done properly the recovery file will be flashed to the phone.
Step 7 – Use Clockwork mod to install SuperSU and root the Motorola Moto X
Please make sure you have followed all previous directions in the last step.
With ClockworkMod having been flashed to the phone successfully perform the following steps.
Type ‘fastboot.exe reboot-bootloader’ (without quotes) and press Enter. If done properly the Motorola Moto X will boot in to the Bootloader menu.
Using the Volume up and down buttons to choose and the Power button to select make sure the RECOVERY option is selected. If done properly the phone will reboot in to recovery mode and ClockWork mod that was flashed in the previous step will load.
Choose the ‘Install zip from SDcard’ option.
Browse to the folder on the phone you saved the root file to from step 4 earlier.
Select the root zip file and confirm you wish to flash it.
Once the file has been flashed reboot the Motorola Moto X.
Once the phone reboots you can verify the phone has been successfully rooted by looking for the SuperSU application which appears after having successfully rooted the Motorola Moto X.
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The LG G3 has just been released and already it is looking like one of the top Android phones to beat, with the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Google Nexus 5 also being heavy contenders. It should be an interesting battle. But if you do have a G3, you’ll want to get the most out of it. This guide will show you how to do so by rooting it.
Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way, before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.
What is needed to root the LG G3?
To root the LG G3 you will need the following.
An LG G3 you want to root in your hand
A PC.
Step 1 – Download the LG G3 root file to your PC
In order to root the LG G3 you must first download a root file to your computer which you will then copy to the LG G3 and run from your PC in later steps
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The Google Nexus series has always been a popular range amongst Android phones and whilst the Nexus 4 has been superseded by its younger brother, the Nexus 5, it does not take anything away from the Nexus 4 being a very impressive Android device.
This guide will show you how you can root the Google Nexus 4 to get the most out of it and to be able to install FlexiSPY and use all its features.
Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way, before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.
What is needed to root the Google Nexus 4?
To root the Google Nexus 4 you will need the following.
The Google Nexus 4 you want to root in your hand.
A PC.
Step 1 – Download the rooting package to your computer
In order to root the Google Nexus 4 you must install the root package on to the phone to perform the root process. This is done by using Fastboot to push the root file to the Google Nexus 4. To use Fastboot you need to have the Android SDK development environment installed which you can download in the next step.
Step 3 – Enable USB debugging mode on the Google Nexus 4
For your PC to be able to communicate with the Google Nexus 4 once you have connected it you must first enable USB debugging
To do this, on the Google Nexus 4, go to Settings > About Device and then tap ‘Build Number’ seven times. The USB debugging menu will appear. Simple make sure ‘Enable USB debugging’ is checked and you are all set.
Step 4 – Put the Google Nexus 4 in Fastboot mode
Before you can root the Google Nexus 4 you need to put it in to Fastboot mode
This is done by the following
Turn off the Google Nexus 4 completely
Hold down the volume down button and the power button at the same time
The Google Nexus 4 should turn on and look like this picture
Connect the Google Nexus 4 to your PC using the USB cable it came with
Step 5 – Start the rooting process
Back in step 1 you downloaded the root package and extracted the contents of the file to a safe place. You now need to go to the same location and run the file called Root Windows.exe. Providing you have installed the Android SDK properly and you have the Google Nexus 4 in Fastboot mode a window should appear looking as shown in this picture
Simply follow the steps to root the Google Nexus 4. Once the phone restarts you can verify the phone is rooted by looking for the SuperSU application icon which means that the Google Nexus 4 has been rooted successfully
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The HTC One is one of HTC’s most popular flagship Android models, in the following guide you’ll learn how to Root it.
Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way, before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.
What is needed to root the HTC One?
To root the HTC One you will need the following.
The HTC One you want to root in your hand.
A PC.
Step 1 – Unlock the HTC One bootloader
To root the HTC One you first need to go to the HTC website and unlock the bootloader of the phone. Until you do that rooting cannot take place.
Essentially what happens is that you have to connect the HTC One to your PC and use Fastboot to execute a command to get a unique ID that you then type in to the HTC website above to generate a bootloader unlock code that, on the PC (with the HTC One still connected) you enter to then unlock the bootloader.
Full details of the entire process are given on the HTC website above.
Step 2 – Install TWRP recovery on to the HTC One
In order to install SuperSU and root the HTC One you must install TWRP recovery on to the device first. This can only be done if you have successfully unlocked the HTC One bootloader in the previous step.
You can download TWRP from here. Make sure to choose the correct HTC One variant from the list.
You need to save the TWRP file on to the HTC One in the same place that you saved the Fastboot and ADB files from step 1 when you unlocked the bootloader.
After you have downloaded the TWRP recovery file rename it so it is called TWRP.img – you will need this file later.
Step 3 – Use Fastboot to flash TWRP to the HTC One
You need to first put the HTC One in Fastboot mode.
To do this follow these steps.
Power off the HTC One completely.
Hold down the volume down and power button at the same time.
If you have done it correctly the phone will turn on looking like this
Make sure ‘Fastboot’ is selected and then press the power button to confirm. If done properly HBOOT will turn in to FASTBOOT.
Connect the HTC One to your PC using the USB cable.
Open up a command prompt in Windows and access the folder on your PC where you saved TWRP and the ADB and Fastboot files from the previous steps.
Type ‘fastboot flash recovery twrp.img’ (no quotes) and press Enter. The TWRP file will be flashed to the HTC One
Once it has finished restart the HTC One.
Step 4 – Root the HTC One
Now that you have successfully unlocked the HTC One bootloader and flashed the TWRP image file to the phone it is time to root the phone.
To do this you first need to download the SuperSU zip file which is located here.
Save this to your computer in a safe place.
Connect the HTC One to your PC and copy the SuperSU zip file you just downloaded to the HTC One (for example, to the Downloads folder).
Once you have done that turn off the HTC One completely. It is time to flash SuperSU and root the phone which is done using the following steps.
Power off the HTC One completely.
Put the HTC One in Fastboot mode as given in the previous step.
When the HTC One boots up select RECOVERY from the list. The HTC One will restart and the TWRP recovery menu will appear. If done correctly it will look like this
Tap Install.
Browse to wherever you saved the SuperSU zip file you downloaded and copied to the HTC One.
Confirm that you want to flash the selected zip file.
Once done choose the Reboot option in TWRP to reboot the HTC One.
Once the HTC One reboots, to verify the phone has been rooted properly, simply look for the SuperSU application icon. Once you see this you have successfully rooted the HTC One.
This article will show you how how to successfully downgrade a Samsung Galaxy S4 from OS 4.4.2 to 4.3
Disclaimer: Please understand that this guide is provided ‘as is’. FlexiSPY is not responsible for it or its contents and you perform the downgrade procedure entirely by yourself and at your own risk. FlexiSPY is not responsible in any way for any damages that may incur through following this guide and by reading past this notice you agree to the notice given above:
Our Samsung Galaxy S4 is model number GT-I9500.
These steps may not work on the GT-I9505 version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and you perform them at your own risk.
Why Downgrade?
FlexiSPY is not yet fully compatible with OS 4.4.2 and so if your target device is running OS version 4.4.2 and you want FlexiSPY Extreme features such as spy call and call interception to function then you need to downgrade.
Not only that but downgrading may actually cause a performance increase due to the S4, which is getting on in years, not being able to fully run the latest Android OS version as well as something such as the Samsung Galaxy S5
Please note also that in certain geographical regions the S4 may not yet be able to run OS 4.4.2 and that depends entirely on the network providers and Samsung themselves.
What is needed to downgrade?
To downgrade the Samsung Galaxy S4 you will need the following
The Samsung Galaxy S4 you wish to downgrade which is running OS 4.4.2
A PC.
The USB cable that cmae with the Samsung Galaxy S4
The OS 4.2.2 firmware file for your S4 according to your country (see later)
A backup of the EFS partition of the S$ (see later)
The modem binary file of the S4 (see later)
The rooting software for PC called Odin (see later)
Now that we have all the necessary equipment it’s time to get started!
Step 1– Check the Android OS version is 4.4.2 on the Samsung Galaxy S4
On the phone itself go to Apps > Settings > More > About Device and the OS version will be listed. You can see our S4 is running Android version 4.4.2 in the screenshot below.
Step 2– Backup the EFS partition of the S4
Basically, without getting too technical (we will discuss more about the EFS partition later) it is always safe to make sure you backup the phone first before you downgrade.The EFS partition is responsible for allowing the phone to have carrier functionality and make calls such as getting the network identified and IMEI number
Without this data the phone cannot function as a phone
To backup the EFS partition we will use a program called EFS Professional which is a PC program that allows us to backup the EFS partition to a computer to keep it safe
On the Samsung Galaxy S4 go to the Play Store and download and install BusyBox as this is required for EFS Professional to work. You must have rooted the Samsung Galaxy first to install BusyBox and you can head on over to Spy Phone Review here for assistance with that.
Simply grant root access when asked and then tap Install to start the installation process.
With BusyBox installed and the Samsung Galaxy S4 rooted simply plug the S4 in to your PC using the USB cable it came with and run EFS Professional.
When you run EFS Professional it will perform checks on the S4 itself first to make sure USB debugging is enabled (to enable USB debugging, on the S4 itself go to Settings > More > About Device and continue to tap Build Number until the Developer Options option is shown. Once inside Settings > More > Developer Options make sure that USB debugging is checked.)
Simply tap OK on the S4 when asked.
Back on the PC if you run EFS Professional it will make sure the S4 is rooted and BusyBox is installed and it should look similar to this.
Tap the Backup tab.
Make sure EFS Professional looks likeThis Picture . You can see that All Partitions is selected but only the four partitions related to EFS are selected to be backed up, then Click Backup to start.
Once the backup process is complete disconnect the S4 from the PC and reconnect it again.
Using Windows Explorer browse to the SD card of the S4 and you will find the backup folder titled EFSProBackup.
Simply copy this folder to your PC and keep it in a safe place.
Step 3 – Download the Android 4.2.2 OS for your country and S4 version
The next thing that is required is to download the Android 4.2.1 ROM that we will flash to the S4 to downgrade it.
Click Firmware Database to be taken to the page below.
Under TYPE, OS, MODEL and COUNTRY select the values that match your S4
Click the 4.2.2 ROM you want to download
Make sure the details are correct for the S4 you are wanting to downgrade and then click the Download button
Once it has been downloaded extract it to your computer as shown in This Picture
Please note that the ROM files can be several gigabytes in size and downloading them may take some time.
Step 4 – Flash the 4.2.1 firmware on to the S4
You now need to flash the firmware that was downloaded on to the S4.
To do this you will need a program called Odin which you can download from here
You need to put the Samsung Galaxy S4 in to download mode which you do so by doing the following:
• Turn off the S4 completely
• Hold down the volume down, home and power buttons together
• Wait for the S4 to turn on and it should boot in to download mode
If you have done it correctly it will look like below and you then press the Volume up button to continue and it will be in download mode
Now you have downloaded Odin connect the Samsung Galaxy S4 to your PC and Windows should download the drivers automatically.
Once you launch Odin, if all is successful and the S4 is in download mode, it should say Added! as shown in This Picture
You now click the AP button and browse to the firmware file you downloaded and extracted from the previous step.
Click the firmware file and click Open.
The firmware file will be checked and then added to Odin so it looks like the screen below. Due to the filesize of the ROM this can take some time.
When Odin looks like the screenshot below you are ready to flash the ROM file because the ROM file has been checked successfully by Odin.
All you need to do is click Start to flash the ROM.
Flashing the ROM can take up to 15 minutes and will take some time
DO NOT DISCONNECT THE S4 FROM THE PC OR TURN IT OFF IN ANY WAY
When the process is finished Odin will say PASS and the S4 will restart and boot in to the newly flashed ROM
Step 5 — Resolving any issues — unable to boot up
If the S4, after you flash the ROM, is stuck on the Samsung logo then do the following
• Turn off the S4 completely.
• Hold down the Volume up, home and power buttons together.
• Wait for the S4 to display the S4 logo and then let go
It will now be in recovery mode which looks similar to this.
Using the Volume up and down keys scroll to Wipe data/factory reset and press the Power button to confirm
Scroll down to Yes and press the Power button on that to confirm.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 will then perform a factory reset.
When it is back on the screen shown above select Reboot and the S4 will restart and boot up – this may take some time when booting for the first time so please be patient
Step 6 — Resolving any issues — Loss of IMEI
If, after the phone has booted up you find that you no longer have a cell signal and that your IMEI number is incorrect — e.g. 004999010640000/01 (Settings > More > About Device > Status > IMEI) then you need to download the modem file from here, save it to your PC and extract it.
Put the Samsung Galaxy S4 in to download mode again and connect it to your PC and run Odin (see step 4 for more information).
It will look like This Picture once connected as we have seen before
Click the CP button and then point to the Modem binary file shown in the last screenshot
Odin should now look like This Picture . You can see the S4 has been added and the modem file is selected.
Click Start to flash the modem and wait.
DO NOT DISCONNECT THE S4 FROM THE PC OR TURN IT OFF IN ANY WAY
Once it has been done wait for the S4 to reboot and you should now have your working IMEI back and successfully downgraded the S4 from 4.4.2 to 4.2.2.
As ever this guide is provided as is so if you have any issues or questions about this simply let us know in the comments and we will do our best to assist you.
AutoUpdate — We’re really proud of this feature in our latest release. After updating to the latest version of FlexiSPY for Android (2.3.5) and, if the device is running on Limited 1, or Full mode, the device will be able to auto-update to future FlexiSPY releases!
RemCam — When activated, RemCam now captures a photo from the back, AND front camera simultaneously!
BBM — We’ve added support for Location Capture and Sticker Capture!
Facebook — We now support video capture for Facebook!
There’s also various other changes and improvements that we didn’t want to squash into this article, so for a more in-depth look into what the latest release gives you, check out our Android Page.
Most of these changes started off as great suggestions by people that have been fans of our software for a long time. If you suggest an improvement for FlexiSPY, we’ll review it, and it could eventually get passed along to our developers. So, why not brainstorm a few things you’d like to see, and leave your thoughts in the comments section below, it’s a win-win for everyone and we’d be delighted to hear from you!
This now means that you can now get the same unrivalled IM capturing capabilities on iOS 7.1.2 as well as great signature FlexiSPY features such as spy call and call interception.
How can I get FlexiSPY on my iOS 7.1.2 device?
The first thing you need to do is jailbreak the device, we have a guide for that, which explains all the steps, that you can read, here All it takes is a few minutes and the TARGET device in your hand to jailbreak the device with help from access to a PC and you will be up and jailbroken in no time. After being jailbroken, the installation of FlexiSPY will be as simple as ever, so why not start enjoying FlexiSPY on your jailbroken iOS 7.1.2 device today!
Recently news broke that a group of Chinese hackers successfully released a working jailbreak for iOS 7.1.2 devices. For those who have been holding off on upgrading from iOS 6.x.x because they did not want to lose the jailbreak this is surely welcome news however there are a few questions that need to be asked about this jailbreak and whether it really is legitimate or not.
WHAT IS PANGU?
Pangu is the name of the jailbreaking application for iOS 7.1.2. Currently it is released on Windows only so those who have Macs and wish to jailbreak their iOS 7.1.2 device are currently out of luck. However there are already warning signs as to the legitimacy of the jailbreak before you even download the jailbreak tool – starting with the download URL.
http://dl.pangu.25pp.com/jb/ (this is not the full download link – see below for that)
25pp.com is a well-known Chinese piracy site and the jailbreak application, once downloaded, tries to install spyware in the form of the 25pp iPhone app -the old version does this, the new one contains no spyware- but how is this even possible? If the jailbreak application tries to install spyware how can the actual jailbreak be deemed trustworthy?
As you can see from the screenshot above the UI of the jailbreak tool takes a lot from what we have already seen from evad3rs, the process shouldn’t be too difficult
Below are two guides, one to jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 safely and the other for those who have already jailbroken iOS 7.1.2 using Pangu and want to stop the application from doing whatever nefarious reasons it has to dial out.
HOW TO JAILBREAK IOS 7.1.2 SAFELY
Below are steps to jailbreak IOS 7.1.2 safely without installing any nasty 25pp spyware.
Alternatively you can watch either the Mac or PC video and follow along.
It should be noted that we are not responsible for any damage that may be done to your phone by following this tutorial. Also be aware that you might have to complete the process twice on a 5s, the first attempt, the device will ‘blue screen’, wait for the iPhone to reboot, then re run Pangu on your PC, and follow the guide again.
Step 1- Download and run the Pangu jailbreak from the link below.
Step 2 – Run the Pangu jailbreak application in Administrator mode on your PC, and uncheck the box (the most current version of pangu no longer has the option for unchecking the box)
Step 3 – Connect your iPhone or iPad that is running iOS 7.1.2.
Step 4 – This is where things get interesting. The jailbreak tool uses an out of date enterprise certificate for authentication to allow the jailbreak to take place. This means that you need to change the date and time on your iPhone or iPad to June 2nd, 2014 otherwise the jailbreak will not work.
Step 6 – Set the date and time to June 2nd 2014.
Step 7 — Wait for Pangu to check the date is correct and then click the big black button to start the jailbreak and just wait.
Step 8 – As with Evad3rs a new app will appear on the springboard of your device.
Note: If you wait too long before tapping ‘Continue’ or ‘Quit’ a message in red text will appear. If this happens you must start the jailbreak process from the beginning again.
Step 9 – The Pangu app on the PC will continue to jailbreak the device – do not disconnect the device or unplug the device USB cable from your PC.
Step 10 – When the Pangu app looks like this on your PC the jailbreak is complete.
You can verify this also by looking on your device now and seeing the Cydia icon.
THAT’S IT
iOS 7.1.2 is jailbroken.
But what happens if you did all this but forgot to uncheck the checkbox? (If your pangu had the checkbox option)
How to disable 2PP if you have already jailbroken your iOS 7.1.2 device
You have two options:
1 – Restore your phone which will DELETE ALL DATA and rejailbreak the phone using the steps above.
2 – Remove PPSync to stop 2PP from functioning.
To do this, on the now jailbroken iOS 7.1.2 device, go to Cydia. Tap Sources > Manage > Edit > Add.
Wait for Cydia to update and then tap the new source from the list.
Tap the program titled ‘Install Complete PPSync Remover’.
Run the app to remove the PPSync program from your device and it should be okay.
For those who are wondering PPSync, once installed, can cause device instability and stock apps (e.g. iBooks or Maps) to crash and it generally can affect the performance of your device.
So now you know how to jailbreak iOS 7.1.2 on a Windows PC using Pangu. If you have any questions or comments head over to the jailbreak page of Spy Phone Review which you can find here or leave a comment below.
For those who are not familiar with the world of gaming recently one of the most hotly anticipated titles dropped – Watch Dogs from Ubisoft. This open world sandbox game promised everything that the seminal GTA V offered except its focus was more on hacking the city in order to thwart enemies then relying just on firepower alone,
Watch Dogs takes place in a Chicago of the future where the entire city is hooked up to one main system known as CtOS. Obviously, those with any hacking knowledge could potentially hack in to the system and cause all kinds of chaos to the city and its inhabitants and that, essentially, is the crux of Watch Dogs.
Many people have already gone to task comparing just how plausible or possible the hacks are that you pull of as Aiden Pierce as you investigate who murdered your niece and this article is going to show you that parts of what you see and what you can do in the world of Watch Dogs is already very real and has been around now for quite some time.
The first thing is listening to live calls. At the start of Watch Dogs you happen to hack in to a bystanders phone and you can listen to the entire conversation on your own phone.
Call intercept allows you to listen in live to the phone calls of another person without the other person ever knowing you are there. Unlike Watch Dogs though which stretches the truth like all good Hollywood and TV to the point where you believe that anything can be hacked remotely (hint: it’s a lie) if you really want to listen to someone else’s phone calls using FlexiSPY you will of course need the TARGET device of the other person first so that you can physically install FlexiSPY on to it.
CALL RECORDING
During the course of Watch Dogs you uncover audio logs which are recordings that give more insight in to the lives of the people living in this futuristic version of Chicago. In the game Aiden simply hacks in to a computer and can then start listening to a stored audio log on his phone. The same principle is applied by FlexiRECORD with their FlexiRECORD product. Except in real life you need to first install the monitoring software, in this case FlexiSPY, on to the TARGET device and FlexiRECORD on to your own computer and connected Android phone.
After that it works the same way, all calls can be recorded and stored on your computer or you can save the recorded files to your phone to listen to them on the move.
Not only can you listen to live calls in Watch Dogs but you can also be privy to private conversations between Chicago’s inhabitants as you walk around. FlexiSPY also has this feature in real life – known as spy call – and it allows you to use your own phone to call the TARGET device and listen to what it taking place around the phone at the time you call.
FlexiSPY makes spycall incredibly simple, once you have installed FlexiSPY on to the TARGET phone you simply enter your own mobile phone number in the FlexiSPY online dashboard, enable the spycall feature and then you are all set.
Simply call the TARGET phone from your own to start secretly listening in.
Watch Dogs is all about hacking at the end of the day. There is nothing more satisfying then hacking traffic lights to escape a police pursuit, looking back seeing the police smash in to the puzzled drivers as you speed away or watching them get impaled on blockers you activate. But did you know that Watch Dogs allows you to hack the SMS messages of people too? That’s right, and, yes, in real life it can be done too. So this means that, at certain points during the game, you can hack someone else’s SMS messages to learn revealing information or even send them SMS messages to distract them and get their attention whilst you sneak past.
Whilst technology is not at the point just yet of allowing you to hack someone else’s phone remotely (although many scams are out there) you can indeed intercept and read someone else’s SMS messages using FlexiSPY.
FLEXIRECORD
Or how about hacking a bridge to raise up after you have escaped? Watch Dogs allows you to do all that and Ubi Soft even had Kaspersky onboard as advisers to make sure that the hacking performed in the game was actually real (although a lot of it was made more dramatic for effect – think the hacking movie Swordfish with John Travolta and Hugh Jackman).
So there is no doubt that right now Watch Dogs is the hottest game on the planet. With its innovative take on an interactive and interconnected city and society it makes you think about your own security. We are all too reliant on our computers or smartphones and it will only get worse and this means the greater the risk that all we care about digitally can be hacked. There is a classic line in the 2001 Ryan Philippe hacking movie ‘Antitrust’ which goes: “We don’t take anything seriously, unless it’s on a hard drive”
This is truer today than it has ever been with our devices now literally becoming part of us (Galaxy Gear and Google Glass) with a whole host of wearable devices set to launch very soon. It is getting to the point that are bodies are our data which is why health apps are now the next big application market to plunder.
There is no doubt that the release of Watch Dogs has raised issues and questions about how secure we are online or when dealing with digital data and how dependent we have become on our devices and how much control they have over us (let’s get this straight, they control us, we do not control them otherwise we would just turn them off and never use them).
It is the constant need to check Twitter, Facebook, SMS messages, voice mail all the time that keeps our devices turned on and always in our thoughts. All of this data, in the wrong hands or obtained unethically could have very bad consequences. But first the media needs to educate itself about what hacking really is and what it truly involves instead of sensationalizing it for Hollywood and TV.
With the release of Watch Dogs it would have been nice to get away from the stereotypical way of showing hacking as being done remotely which is just not true. It is this misinformation that allows for many illegitimate companies to profit providing scam software. When you think about the story of Watch Dogs even placing an entire city under control by one OS (it would be several ones surely? One for each infrastructure type — water, power etc.) is a little radical but make no mistake, this is where our lives are going.
WHO KNOWS
Maybe Ubi Soft will fix this in the sequel and will make Aiden have to physically install the hacking software on to the device you want to hack first and for multiplayer teams of hackers could fight it out online for control of specific subsystems of the OS (like capture the flag) to beat the opposing team – it would make the game more interesting and more realistic — or at least they could allow us to hide all the dead bodies we leave in our wake.
This article will show you how you can use FlexiSPY on an iPhone to spy on all Hangouts chats that take place on the TARGET iPhone and view them directly from inside your FlexiSPY online account.
Getting Started
Step 1 – Make sure you have the TARGET iPhone in your hand.
Step 2 – Make sure the TARGET phone has been jailbroken.
Step 4 – Make sure that the TARGET iPhone has Hangouts installed with an account signed in.
Viewing the captured Hangouts data
Step 1 – Log in to your FlexiSPY online account.
Step 2 – Highlight the Messages tab and click IM’s to bring up the IM menu.
Step 3 – Click the IM services drop-down menu and choose Hangouts from the list.
Step 4 – All captured Hangouts information on the TARGET iPhone will be displayed.
That’s all there is too it, and you should now successfully be using FlexiSPY’s Hangout instant messaging capturing feature for iPhone to spy on their Hangouts messages.
Of course if you still have questions about this feature, or any other feature, feel free to let us know in the comments section below, or through our social media!
This article will show you how you can use FlexiSPY on an iPhone to spy on all the Yahoo Messenger chats that take place on the TARGET iPhone and view them directly from inside your FlexiSPY online account.
Getting Started
Step 1 – Make sure you have the TARGET iPhone in your hand.
Step 2 – Make sure the TARGET phone has been jailbroken.
Step 4 – Make sure that the TARGET iPhone has Yahoo Messenger installed with an account signed in.
This article will show you how you can use FlexiSPY on an iPhone to spy on all the Yahoo Messenger chats that take place on the TARGET iPhone and view them directly from inside your FlexiSPY online account.
Viewing the captured Yahoo Messenger data
Step 1 – Log in to your FlexiSPY online account
Step 2 – Highlight the Messages tab and click IM’s to bring up the IM menu.
Step 3 – Click the IM services drop-down menu and choose Yahoo Messenger from the list.
Step 4 – All captured Yahoo Messenger information on the TARGET iPhone will be displayed.
That’s all there is too it, and you should now successfully be using FlexiSPY’s Yahoo Messenger instant messaging capturing feature for iPhone to spy on their Yahoo Messenger chats.
Of course if you still have questions about this feature, or any other feature, feel free to let us know in the comments section below, or through our social media!
We’ve temporarily disabled Snapchat tracking. This is because Snapchat have recently changed the way third party applications access their data. We are currently working on a fix and it will be announced when it’s available again.
This article will show you how you can use FlexiSPY on an iPhone to spy on all those supposedly hidden Snapchat pictures and messages and view them directly from inside your FlexiSPY online account.
Getting Started
Step 1 – Make sure you have the TARGET iPhone in your hand.
Step 2 – Make sure the TARGET phone has been jailbroken.
Step 4 – Make sure that the TARGET iPhone has Snapchat installed with an account signed in.
Viewing the captured Snapchat data
Step 1 – Log in to your FlexiSPY online account.
Step 2 – Highlight the Messages tab and click IM’s to bring up the IM menu.
Step 3 – Click the IM services drop-down menu and choose Snapchat from the list.
Step 4 – All captured Snapchat information on the TARGET iPhone will be displayed.
That’s all there is too it, and you should now successfully be using FlexiSPY’s Snapchat instant messaging capturing feature for iPhone to spy on their Snapchat messages and pictures.
Of course if you still have questions about this feature, or any other feature, feel free to let us know in the comments section below, or through our social media!
All spy software products promise to be “completely hidden,” “undetectable,” “totally invisible” or similar. But are they really? If your spy software isn’t truly hidden, not only will it ultimately fail in the end, but you may also end up seriously busted.
Stealth is important when purchasing Spy Phone software
In this series of Visibility articles we discuss the importance of stealth operation and investigate how well each application truly remains hidden.
We’ll be looking at StealthGenie, MSpy, Mobile Spy and MobiStealth, and comparing each of these with FlexiSPY. We’ll also give you screenshot examples of what we found. This series compares the major spy software and monitoring apps for the Android platform.
Stealth operation comes down to a handful of important questions such as:
Is the application itself well hidden or can it be easily found and disabled by the user? Is it found by anti-virus and security apps?
Does the monitoring app interfere with normal use of the phone?
Does it eat too much battery or consume noticeable amounts of data?
Does it bring attention to itself in other ways?
Stealth operation is more than just hiding an icon. All of FlexiSPY’s competitors are only partiallyhidden at best. Whether advertised as discreet, hidden or even fully invisible, the software can still be found in numerous ways. Sometimes it’s even easier than you’d expect.
Sometimes an app may be found directly from the Application Manager itself. From there an experienced user can track its resource and data usage, kill its running processes or even uninstall it.
Another monitoring app may be spotted by an antivirus utility, notifying the user with a warning to the screen and an offer to automatically uninstall it.
Other apps may leave behind the icon to a rooting utility that was installed as a dependency.
If not hidden properly, a wealth of system utilities can also report on the app’s percentage of battery, CPU time, memory and total data usage.
FlexiSPY’s Visibility series deals with the actual visibility level of the main spyphone competitors in five basic areas. You can find these articles on SpyPhoneReview here, or directly at the links given above.
For even more information, we’ve also conducted in depth reviews covering visibility and more which can be found here.