CHAPTER ONE

1.1 Introduction

A smart phone is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more

advanced computing capability and connectivity than a feature phone. Mobile

phone and the function of PDA (personal digital assistance) were combined as a

first smart phone. Later models added the functionality of portable media players,

low-end compact digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation units

to form one multi-use device. Many modern smart phones also include high-

resolution touch screens sensors and web browsers that display standard web pages

as well as mobile optimized sites. The accelerometer is a built-in electronic

component that measures tilt and motion. It is also capable of detecting rotation

and motion gestures such as swinging or shaking.

The most common use for it is to activate auto screen rotation on mobile devices

when the user changes their orientation from portrait to landscape or vice-versa.

Another modern application for the accelerometer is to control the mobile device

music player with gestures (Sony Ericsson Shake control or Samsung Motion play

technologies).

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1.2 Statement of the Problem

To develop an Android app that will remotely access the smart phone through

commands or normal text message to enable and disable different features like turn

on & off MIC, upload files to web server by checking connected wifi connections

again & again so that we can spy our cheating members, parents can spy their

children’s, Boss can spy his staff, staff members can spy Boss important

discussions & meetings.

1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study

The aim of this research work is to determine the impact of android Spy App.

Objectives

 Automatic MIC Turn on: MIC of the phone is automatically turned on

when the SMS to turn MIC on is received without giving any type of

notification to the user.

 Automatic MIC Turn off: MIC of the phone is automatically turned off

when the SMS to turn MIC off is received without giving any type of

notification to the user.

 Upload files: All recording files will be uploaded to our web server when it

finds the connected wifi after receiving command of upload files & members

can see their target’s recorded files by log in to their accounts

 Automatic deletion of Track-messages: Our application deletes the

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 incoming and outgoing messages pertaining to the application such that the

new owner of the cell is clueless about it all.

 Start live streaming: MIC of the phone is automatically turned on when the

SMS to start streaming is received without giving any type of notification to

the user & client app will start sending live streams to server app.

1.4 Significance of the Study

The application project is built using the basic android framework. It basically uses

the telephony APIs of android to send messages as commands to turn on & off

MIC and to upload the recorded file. Every single task is based on pre written SMS

which acts as a command at other side. There are two app’s 1 is server app & 2 nd is

client app. Server app will send commands through GSM messages & client app

will read sms & act according to it. The actions are predefined in client app &

associate with special format commands messages SMS sent in the defined format

initiates the desired task and as the task is performed, a toast notification is

appeared to the number that requested the task on server side app. Tasks include

turn on MIC, turn off MIC, Upload files, Start live streaming & stop live streaming

& all these commands are transparent messages that will not appear in client

mobile.

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1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study

The last ones and due to the fact that they have to control the access of external

intruders are usually characterized of high complexity. For this reason, these

systems satisfy only some fundamental specifications. The most important of these

specifications is the reliability that they have to provide. At the same time, every

group of users is aimed to handle them in an efficient way. For example, if such a

system is supported with connections to external points, such as a database on the

Internet or another remote network, the system has to run in real time. Any

possible feedback information has to be simultaneously delivered to the users. In

addition, many systems of this kind allow the users to have access, based on

optical communication and they are expandable, so they can be upgraded in the

future.

1.6 Justification of the Study

During the last decade, Android has been developed at a great rate. Many

systems have been designed, that cover efficiently every possible security need.

These needs may be different from time to time, and they can be referred with

different purposes and targets of protection. So the fundamental need for security

has become a field of research of great interest, the last years. A security system,

aimed to smart home automation, has to support several different purposes.

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 CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Introduction

The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the release

of the Android beta in November 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0,

was released in September 2008. Android is under ongoing development

by Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), and has seen a number

of updates to its base operating system since its initial release.

Since April 2009, Android versions have been developed under a codename and

released according to alphabetical order: Cupcake (1.5), Donut (1.6), Eclair (2.0–

2.1), Froyo (2.2–2.2.3), Gingerbread (2.3–2.3.7), Honeycomb (3.0–3.2.6), Ice

Cream Sandwich (4.0–4.0.4), Jelly Bean (4.1–4.3), and Kit Kat (4.4). On 3

September 2013 Google announced that 1 billion activated devices now use the

Android OS worldwide.

Till 2007, several applications have been releasing and becoming popular in

market. Some popular android applications that are available in market & do

similar tasks are Mobile spy, android spy, spy bubble etc.

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2.2Project Related Applications

Mobile Spy works by installing a small hidden app to the device to be monitored.

The app records various activities and quickly uploads them to your Mobile Spy

account. To view the results, simply login to your secure account using any

computer or mobile web browser. Logs are displayed by categories and sorted for

easy browsing.

The software is completely stealth and works independently. Mobile Spy does not

rely on the phone's call and message database to record activities. So even if your

child or employee tries to delete their usage histories, the data will still be retained

and uploaded.

Check out a summary of Mobile Spy's features below.

 SMS Commands

 LIVE Control Panel

 Application Blocking

 Text Message Monitoring

 Call Monitoring

 GPS Tracking

 Web & Social Media Monitoring

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The Android Spy is used to know the how the phone is used and where it is. For

example, you can see what numbers have called the phone and what numbers the

phone has called. This includes the time of the calls as well as their duration. You

can also see any text message that the phone has received or sent, even if the text

message has been erased from the phone. Finally, you can find the location of the

phone on a map online, usually through Google Maps. This app is also has almost

same features with little bit difference.

Spy Bubble is The Most Advanced, Most Affordable Android Spy Software For

Parents & Employers which works well with ALL Android models and runs in

complete stealth mode. it has following features

 Quick & easy setup

 Monitors all phone activities 24/7

 Compatible with ALL Android phones

 Once installed, you can monitor the activities of the phone from any

computer, anytime from anywhere in the world

Our application has unique feature of LIVE STREAMING that has never been

introduced in spy applications & most of such app are charging high for all these

features we will give such features in very very low price & we will implement /

add all these features also in our app time to time.

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2.3 Mobile Theft Recovery Application

The application project is built using the basic android framework. It basically

uses the telephony APIs of android to send messages as commands to turn on &

off MIC and to upload the recorded file. Every single task is based on pre written

SMS which acts as a command at other side. There are two app’s 1 is server app

& 2nd is client app. Server app will send commands through GSM messages &

client app will read sms & act according to it. The actions are predefined in client

app & associate with special format commands messages SMS sent in the

defined format initiates the desired task and as the task is performed, a toast

notification is appeared to the number that requested the task on server side app.

Tasks include turn on MIC, turn off MIC, Upload files, Start live streaming &

stop live streaming & all these commands are transparent messages that will not

appear in client mobile.

2.4Android Framework

Android relies on Linux version 2.6 for core system services such as security,

memory management, process management, network stack, and driver model. The

kernel also acts as an abstraction layer between the hardware and the rest of the

software stack. Android includes a set of core libraries that provides most of the

functionality available in the core libraries of the Java programming language.

The API Level is an integer value that uniquely identifies the framework API
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revision offered by a version of the Android platform. Android platform provides a

framework API that applications can use to interact with the underlying Android

system.

The framework API consists of

 A core set of packages and classes

 A set of XML elements and attributes for declaring a manifest file

 A set of XML elements and attributes for declaring and accessing resources.

A set of permissions that application can request are like camera usage, GPS, WIFI

or data. A permission enforcements mechanism is also included in the system each

successive version of the Android platform can include updates to the Android

application framework API that it delivers.

Every Android application runs in its own process, with its own instance of the

Dalvik virtual machine. Dalvik has been written so that a device can run multiple

VMs efficiently. The Dalvik VM executes files in the Dalvik Executable (.dex)

format, which is optimized, for minimal memory footprint. The VM is register-

based, and runs classes compiled by a Java language compiler that have been

transformed into the .dex format by the included "dx" tool. The Dalvik VM relies

on the Linux kernel for underlying functionality such as threading and low-level

memory management.

Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that

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extend the functionality of the devices. Developers write primarily in a

customized version of Java. Apps can be downloaded from third-party sites or

through online stores such as Google Play (formerly Android Market), the app

store run by Google.

2.5 Android

Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touch

screen mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers. Initially

developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in

2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset

Alliance: a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies

devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. The first Android-

powered phone was sold in October 2008.

Android is open source and Google releases the code under the Apache License.

This open-source code and permissive licensing allows the software to be freely

modified and distributed by device manufacturers, wireless carriers and

enthusiast developers. Additionally, Android has a large community of

developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of devices,

written primarily in a customized version of the Java programming language. In

October 2012, there were approximately 700,000 apps available for Android, and

the estimated number of applications downloaded from Google Play, Android's

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primary app store, was 25 billion. A developer survey conducted in April–May

2013 found that Android is the most popular platform for developers, used by

71% of the mobile developer population.

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 CHAPTER THREE

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

2.1 Analysis of Application

2.1.1 Use Case Diagram

Use case diagram will show all the actions taken by the user and the thief. First of

all the thief will turn off the phone and change the Sim card. When he starts the

phone again the app will activate and start running as background hidden process

without any notification or any app icon being shown. The identification no of new

sim will be sent in a message to the hardcore number which is saved in the

application.

Then the user can send a message to turn on GPS and WIFI.

Send Track sms to fetch continues or single time location of the smart phone.

Send sms to change the profile from silent to general and general to silent.

Send sms to start phone ringing the current ring tone.

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Figure 3.1.1: Use case diagram

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2.1.2 Flow Chart

Flow chart is shows the control flow of the application. Install the app in the smart

phone and then restart it. A message is sent to the hardcore mobile number. When

the message is received the user will know whether it’s his/her mobile number or

not. Then the user will send a number of messages like turning on the GPS and

WIFI, fetching location of the mobile continuously or for once, stop fetching the

location, changing profiles, start phone to ring with its ringing tone.

Figure 3.1.2: Flow Chart

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2.1.3 Activity Diagram

Activity diagram is showing all activates done by the app. All the features are

discussed in it with the control flow lines.

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 Figure 3.1.3: Activity Diagram

3.1.5 System Diagram:

In system diagram the whole system is discussed, which shows the
complete features and working of the app.

Figure 3.1.5 System Diagram

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2.2 Functional Overview

Once the client application is installed on target’s Android phone, it will be active

every time. Application starts at the boot time automatically and runs in the hidden

mode.

If the SIM is flipped, then user must have to know the new number of his target to

start spying. Our customers can spy their target by installing server app to their

own smart phones to control target & clients apps to their target’s devices. When

they press Button TURN ON MIC then MIC of targets phone will be automatically

turned on & recording will start & when user will press TURN OFF MIC then

MIC will be turned off & recording will stop & recorded files are created in

internal storage of phones which will be hidden from user because this is that

internal storage which is used by applications to install. User can not access this

storage and this will be temporary storage for our recorded files. These files will be

uploaded in our web server when user will press upload files, wifi is checked if

enabled then connected wifi will be checked & files are uploaded. If wifi is off

then it will check again & again wifi connection until files are not uploaded, files

are deleted after uploading to web server & thus user can view recorded files any

time anywhere by login into his account from any computer through web server.

Live streaming is also supported by android spy user can listen voice of his target

live any time.

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2.3User Roles

The role of user in this project is to send COMMANDS by pressing Buttons in

Server app to control his targets smart phone for spying. User must have to know

the Mobile Number of his target, by entering mobile number in the text filed they

can do following tasks. Here we assume the user who wants to spy his target with

installed server application on Android phone is called as “phone L” and the phone

used for sending recorded files to our web server for spying is named as “phone-

M” this is the target’s smart phone. The syntax of the Commands SMSs that can be

sent by the user to targets phone and its functionalities are as follows:

 >AS ON: It turns the GPS automatically on without notifying the user L and

helps in fetching the location and address of the lost Android smart phone

(phone L) and sends an SMS location to the phone number, which requested

this operation only once.

 >AS OFF: This helps in fetching the location and address of the (phone L)

lost Android smart phone and sends an SMS location to the phone number

which requested this action as and when the location changes of Phone L , it

will keep track of it and sends the new location of the device to requested

phone M.

 >AS UPLOAD: It changes the Phone L profile to ringing, vibrate mode, and

acknowledges the same to the phone number, which requested this action

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 (phone M).

 >AS LIVE ON: It changes the Android smart phone's (phone L)profile to

silent mode and acknowledges the same to the phone number, which

requested this action(phone M).

 >AS LIVE OFF: It starts the current ringtone on phone L and send

acknowledgements to the phone number, which requested this action (phone

M).

2.4 Software Structure of the Application

2.4.1 Manifest

In an Android project, a manifest file is created in the beginning. Every application

must have an Android Manifest .xml file (with precisely that name) in its root

directory. The manifest presents essential information about the application to the

Android system, information the system must have before it can run any of the

application's code. Manifest file takes the permission of the usage of Data, Wi-Fi,

camera, GPS Bluetooth to name few services from the android system.

2.4.2 Main Service

At the start of application, Main service will send an SMS at each reboot to the

hard-coded number, so that we can easily get to know which SIM Card has been

installed in our phone which is now in the hands of a thief.

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Other functionality of Main service includes the service of changing the profile

modes of the lost phone from silent to ring and vibrate or vice versa and ringing

the current ringtone of phone.

2.4.3 SMS Receiver

This is a receiver, which extends the communication from Broadcast Receiver. It

reads the incoming message on the lost phone and if the message is intended for

the app, then it redirects to respective java files in the project, for execution of

functionality needed. SMS receiver calls the Single location file and continuous

location to fetch the GPS latitude and longitude.

2.4.4 Single Location and Continuous Location Services

Both these services extract the coordinates, translate them into address and send

both coordinates and address through SMS to the mentioned phone number.

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 CHAPTER FOUR

IMPLEMENTATION

2.1Implementation Details
A few interesting features are implemented in this application and combined in
such a way that makes the application effective. This application always runs in the
background and monitors all the incoming messages. If the SMS is meant for the
application, it reads the same and performs the expected task. This application is
made with android 2.3.3 gingerbread flavor.

2.2 Basic Code Strategy

2.2.1 Profile Changing

Just by sending an SMS from any of the mobile phone to the lost android smart
phone, we change the profile of the android phone from general to silent mode or
from silent to general mode.
We use following syntax /text format to activate this feature, TRACK-profile-
RingAndVib@phone number (from silent to ring & vibrate) TRACK-profile-
silent@phone number (from ring & vibrate to silent mode)

Code Snippet for Profile Changing:

if(token.trim().equals("profile"))
{
profile_ph=false;
String mode="";
SmsReciver.flag=false;
SmsReciver.msg="";

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 mode=sms_received.substring(sms_received.lastIndexOf("-")
+1,sms_received.indexOf("@"));
response_phno=sms_received.substring(sms_received.indexOf("@")
+1);
if(mode.trim().equals("RingAndVib"))
{

maudio=(AudioManager)getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);
System.out.println("...C...Profile ring-and-vib");

maudio.setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_NORMAL);
maudio=null;
sendSMS(response_phno, "Profile Changed To
RingAndVibrate Mode");
}
if(mode.trim().equals("silent"))
{

maudio=(AudioManager)getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);
System.out.println("...C...Profile silent");
maudio.setRingerMode(AudioManager.RINGER_MODE_SILENT);
maudio=null;
sendSMS(response_phno, "Profile Changed To Silent Mode");
}

2.2.2 GPS Value-Single and Continuous

This feature is used for fetching the location string. We retrieve the location string

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by sending one SMS to the lost smart phone in a particular format. The mobile will
reply by sending the Location String. We can also retrieve the location string in 2
ways. One is single value, which gives GPS value only once. The other way is
continuous, where various values of location can be obtained every pre-decided
interval of time and displacement.

We use following syntax /text format to activate this feature

TRACK-single-phone number (for single GPS value)
TRACK-continuous-phone number (for continues value)
The following code snippet fetches the longitude and latitude using GPS and
converts the coordinates into address using the GEO locater.

if (location != null) {
LATITUDE = (double) (location.getLatitude());
LONGITUDE = (double) (location.getLongitude());
String latlon=""+LATITUDE+" "+LONGITUDE;
geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.ENGLISH);
try {
List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(LATITUDE,
LONGITUDE, maxResult);

if(addresses != null) {
int j=0;
Address returnedAddress=null;
for (j=0; j<maxResult; j++){
returnedAddress = addresses.get(j);
StringBuilder strReturnedAddress = new StringBuilder();

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 for(int i=0; i<returnedAddress.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) {

strReturnedAddress.append(returnedAddress.getAddressLine(i)).append("\n");
}
addressList[j] = strReturnedAddress.toString();
}
addr="Latitude : "+LATITUDE+"\nLongitude : "+LONGITUDE+"\
nAddress : "+addressList[0];
}

4.2.3 Code Snippet for Turning GPS on:

Android Architecture doesn’t support turning on GPS automatically without
notifying the user but we are exploiting a security hole in android architecture to
turn on GPS.
Intent intent1 = new Intent("android.location.GPS_ENABLED_CHANGE");
intent1.putExtra("enabled", true);
sendBroadcast(intent1);

4.2.4 Code snippet for sending SMS:

For sending an SMS every time a specific task is performed, the following format
is used.
sendSMS(response_phno, "Profile Changed To RingAndVibrate Mode");
sendSMS(response_phno, "Profile Changed To silent mode");
sendSMS(response_phno, "Location not found");
sendSMS(response_phno, "addr");
sendSMS(response_phno, "Ringing");

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4.2.5 Code snippet for Transparent Messaging
Whenever an SMS is received, it is checked if it starts with TRACK or not. If yes,
it is sent straight to the SMS receiver that deletes the SMS after performing the
desired task and the SMS doesnt appear in Inbox. Following code is used to delete
SMS.
String pid = c.getString(0); // Get id;
String uri = "content://sms/" + pid;
int count=ct.getContentResolver().delete(Uri.parse(uri),
null, null);
System.out.println("Delete count : "+count);
} catch (Exception e) {}
}

4.2.6 Code Snippet for playing the Ringtone

ON receiving the SMS for ringing the phone, the default ringtone set on the phone
will start playing for some minutes. This code selects the ringtone from playlist
and play it.
Ringtone r=null;
try
{
Uri
uri=RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_RINGTONE);
r=RingtoneManager.getRingtone(getApplicationContext(), uri);
r.play();

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 catch(Exception e)
{e.printStackTrace();}

4.3 Java and SDK versions

4.2.5 JDK 1.6

Anyone who has existing Java applications will benefit immediately from the
performance, reliability, and UI improvements in Java SE 6. Coupled with the
expanded monitoring capacities built into the platform, the release delivers
dramatic out-of-the-box benefits.
without any coding changes or even a re-compile necessary. Simply running
existing Java applications on this latest release is all that is needed.
For developers, Java SE 6 streamlines web service and XML development,
simplifies GUI development and augments native desktop support, expands
programmatic access to native security facilities, and is the first release to offer a
standardized framework for scripting languages. NetBeans IDE integrates with the
release to further simplify the use of these and other new developer features in the
release.

 Advantages to running applications on JDK 1.6 are:

 Applications run faster on the desktop and servers.
 New 'dynamic attach' diagnostics simplify troubleshooting.
 Expanded Solaris DTrace support provides value on solaris.
 Improved 'native' look and feel across Solaris, Linux, and Windows.

Benefits in upgrading developer environments to JDK 1.6 are:

 JavaScript integrated and included with the platform.
 Scripting language framework extends support for Ruby, Python, and other
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 languages.
 Complete light-weight platform for web services, right out of the box.
 Simplified GUI design and expanded native platform support.
 Full JDBC$ implementation providing improved XML support for
Databases.
 Java DB included with the JDK, a free to use and deploy Java Database.
 Full support by NetBeans IDE 5.5.
 Sun Developers Services available to help build more robust application.

4.2.6 Eclipse SDK 1.6.2

Most of the Eclipse SDK is "pure" Java code and has no direct dependence on the
underlying operating system. The chief dependence is therefore on the Java
Platform itself Portions are targeted to specific classes of operating environments,
requiring their source code to only reference facilities available in particular class
libraries (e.g. J2ME Foundation 1.0, J2SE 1.3 and 1.4, etc.).
In general, the 3.5 release of the Eclipse Project is developed on a mix of Java 1.4,
Java 5 and Java 6 VMs. As such, the Eclipse SDK as a whole is targeted at all
modern, desktop Java VMs. Full functionality is available for 1.4 level
development everywhere, and extended development capabilities are made
available on the VMs that support them.

4.2.7 Eclipse SDK Features

 Java Development Tooling (JDT)
This feature adds Java editing capability to the platform. The implementation
includes a fully-featured Java development environment and provides specialized
features for handling, manipulating, compiling, executing and debugging Java
code. It defines its own extension points that enable tool developers to use Java

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capability in their plug-ins. An example would be the ability to use the Java Model
that defines the package, field and method definitions ofa Java project.
 Plug-in Development Environment (PDE)
This feature provides convenience for creating plug-ins, a task that is filled with
repetitive and laborious actions. It greatly simplifies creation, manipulation,
debugging and deployment of plug-ins by automating some of the processes
involved as well as presenting plug-in information at a much higher level than its
XML meta file.
The meta file stores details about the plug-in properties such as the used extension
points, external libraries, build configuration and deployment options. Manually
editing this file would be error prone and tedious, thus using PDE is much
preferred.
The outlined architecture will be developed using the PDE, allowing it to be built
within Eclipse itself. From version 3.0 onwards, PDE allows the launch of a
separate workbench to test and debug the plug-in under development. The
development code is seamlessly and automatically deployed into the new
environment and can be used immediately.

4.2.8 Android SDK 2.2

Android software development is the process by which new applications are
created for the Android operating system. Applications are usually developed in
the Java programming language using the Android Software Development Kit, but
other development tools are available. Android 2.3.3 is a minor platform release
including user features, developer features, API changes, and bug fixes. For
information on developer features and API changes, see the Framework API
section.
For developers, the Android 2.3.3 platform is available as a downloadable

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component for the Android SDK. The downloadable platform includes a fully
compliant Android library and system image, as well as a set of emulator skins,
sample applications, and more. The downloadable platform includes no external
libraries.
To get started developing or testing against the Android 2.3.3 platform, use the
Android SDK and A VD Manager tool to download the platform into your SDK.

4.3 API Level

The Android 2.2 platform delivers an updated version of the framework API. The
Android 2.23.3 API is assigned an integer identifier that is stored in the system
itself. This identifier, called the "API Level", allows the system to correctly
determine whether an application is compatible with the system, prior to installing
the application. API packages contain different built in classes that are imported.
The Android software development kit (SDK) includes a comprehensive set of
development tools. These include a debugger, libraries, a handset emulator based
on QEMU, documentation, sample code, and tutorials. Currently supported
development platforms include computers running Linux (any modem desktop
Linux distribution), Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later, Windows XP or later.
Enhancements to Android's SDK go hand in hand with the overall Android
platform development. The SDK also supports older versions of the Android
platform in case developers wish to target their applications at older devices.
Development tools are downloadable components, so after one has downloaded the
latest version and platform, older platforms and tools can also be downloaded for
compatibility testing.
Android applications are packaged in .apk format and stored under / data / app
folder on the Android OS (the folder is accessible only to root user for security
reasons). APK package contains .dex files (compiled byte code files called Dalvik

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executables), resource files, etc.

4.4 Testing
For this application, an emulator with API level 2.3.3 or higher is required with an
SD card. As this application includes all activities done on receiving messages,
SMS can be sent from Dalvik Debug Monitor Server( DDMS) perspective of
Eclipse to the emulator.

4.5 Android Services

The main service that our project provides is using following
 android.content.pm.PackageManager: Class for retrieving various kinds
of information related to the application packages that are currently installed
on the device
 android.app.Activity: An activity is a single, focused thing that the user
can do
 android.location.Geocoder: A class for handling geocoding and reverse
geocoding
 android.location.LocationListener: Used for receiving notifications from
the LocationManager when the location has changed
 android.location.Address: A class representing an Address, i.e., a set of
Strings describing a location
 android.location.LocationManager: This class provides access to the
system location services
 android.telephony.SmsManager: Manages SMS operations such as
sending data, text, and SMS messages
 android.media.AudioManager: Manages SMS operations such as sending
data, text, and SMS messages

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android.telephony.TelephonyManager: Provides access to information about

the telephony services on the device

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 CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

5.1 Summary

5.1.1 Getting the coordinates and address single time

A specific SMS in the following syntax is sent to the stolen phone to obtain the

coordinated and address of phone single time. This SMS also forces the GPS of the

phone to turn on.

Figure 5.1.1 SMS for getting location single time

5.1.2 Getting the coordinates and address continuously

To get coordinates continuously in case if the thief is moving, the following SMS

is sent.

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 Figure 5.1.2 SMS for getting location continuously
5.1.3 SMS containing the Location

The following SMS is received as a result of above mentioned SMS.

Figure 5.1.3 Location

5.1.4 Profile Change from silent to General

The following SMS changes the profile of phone from silent to general and

acknowledges the number mentioned in the SMS.

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 Figure 5.1.4 Profile change from silent to general

5.1.5 Profile Change from general to silent

The following text changes the profile from general to silent.

Figure 5.1.5 Profile change from general to silent

5.1.6 Notification to check the current SIM

The following notification is sent after each time the application restarts so that the

number of current SIM present in the phone is checked.

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 Figure 5.1.6 Current SIM notification

5.1.7 Starting the Current Ringtone:

The following SMS starts the current ringtone on the stolen phone without

anything appearing on the screen and repeats it for 3-4 minutes.

Figure 5.1.7 Starting Ringtone

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5.2 Conclusion

Android theft recovery application is a unique & efficient application, which is

used to track the lost / misplaced android phone efficiently. All the features work

on SMS basis. Therefore, incoming SMS format plays a vital role. Our android

application running in the cell monitors all the incoming messages. If the SMS is

meant for the application, it reads the same and performs the expected task.

We have managed the existing features in such a way that the existing cell tracking

system is enhanced. The highlighting features of our project:

 Profile change

 Ringing

 Intimation of SIM replacement

 GPS values Single value Continuous value

 Automatic turn on of GPS

 Transparent Messaging

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Reference

Android Introduction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

Android Operating System:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

Android Statistics

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2013/05/09/canalys-over-300m-smart-

mobile-devices- shipped-in- q1-2013-59-5-android-19-3-ios-and-

18-1-windows/

Android Framework. http://developer.android.com/guide/faq/framework.html

Android Framework. http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-2.2.html

Android version history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history

Android Applications

http://onlinetechguru.org/10-best-anti-theft-tracking-apps-for-android-

smartphones/

Android SDK

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html

API Packages http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html

Eclipse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)

Find My Iphone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_my_iPhone

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GPS applications

http://www.crazyandroid.com/10-most-reliable-android-gps-navigation-

apps-to-bet-your-life-with/

JDK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDK

Mobile Defense:

http://www.lo7ckergnome.com/uncategorized/2009/11/09/mobile-defense-

for-android-free/

Remote Wipe Feature https://support.google.com/a/answer/173390?hl=en

Smart phone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

SDK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_SDK#Android_SDK

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