Hi,
I’ve installed Avast Security + Antitheft on a first phone wich is on Android 4.4.
With a second phone (android 5.1.1) , I sent to phone 1 a “xx_pin LOCATE” message → message is in clear on phone 1, and a minute after I well received the phone 1 position on phone 2.
Then, as I wanted the message to be invisible on phone 1 , I also installed Avast Security on phone 2, then : more tools | Anti-theft | SMS remote control + phone number of phone 1 +“LOCATE” … and nothing happened !!!
If sent correctly, remote SMS commands will not cause any ring tone, signal, ambient light
activation or any other indication of an incoming message on the target phone. Also, the
SMS will not be visible in the SMS Inbox of the target phone and SMS replies sent back to
you will also be sent silently and will not be stored in the Sent Messages outbox.
Note however that if the PIN is not correct, the command will be ignored and the SMS will
be delivered to your phone’s Inbox as a normal SMS and triggering the usual SMS arrival
notification.
Keep in mind that some options only work in paid version and/or if the mobile device is rooted.
@eddy
the link for the user guide is for an old version of avast.
With Avast AntiTheft AND Android 4.4 or more, all incoming SMS are visible… So Avast said that a way is to using SMS remote control on the sending phone.
It’s what I done but I didn’t receive any notification, it seems that the SMS is not sent by the SMS remote control!!!
You can try what worked for me. On the phone go to avast and disconnect the phone from your acct. Uninstall the app. Then reinstall and then reconnect it to your acct. Hope this works for you as it did for me.