Review: SureCop

SureCop was recently released by 42Gears Mobility and is a security application for your Windows Phone that allows you to activate security features remotely via SMS messaging.

SureCop will allow you to locate your Windows Phone, lock your Windows Telephone, wipe your data make clean, remote callback, remotely alarm, and recieve notification is the SIM card is changed.

We took SureCop out for a exam drive recently and only follow the break to run into how it measured up.

Installation and Ready-up

Installation was like shooting fish in a barrel and straight frontward. When y'all first launch SureCop, y'all will exist prompted to establish a system countersign. This password will be used in remotely activating features, disabling alarms and accessing SureCop's settings.

The chief page of SureCop's application has tabs for Deportment, Settings, and About. The Actions Screen allows yous to send your location via SMS message and wipe your Windows Phone (difficult reset). The Settings Menu consists of General Settings, Manager Settings, Set Password and Disable/Enable SureCop options.

You can't send SMS commands from whatever phone so, before you tin can use the remote features, you lot will need to go into the Managing director Settings tab to constitute a partner phone(southward). From the Manager Settings carte, you choose to add a managing director then select a partner phone from your contact list. Salvage, close, and you lot tin can get-go remotely controlling your phone.

Commands

Remote commands are sent via your partner phone by SMS message. The command strings are basic and after a little use, easy to think.

A quick break down of the commands are:

Locate your phone: Using your Windows Phone GPS or jail cell tower information a SMS message volition be sent to your partner telephone with a link to Google Maps that will give an approximate location of your phone.

Remote Lock: This locks your phone and displays a custom bulletin. You tin have the message display anything ranging from your contact information to reward information. To unlock the phone, you'll need to enter your SureCop password.

Remote Wipe: This is basically a hard reset. Information technology will wipe non only the information stored on your Windows Phone simply too any expansion cards in the phone.

SIM Change Alarm: No command necessary on this 1. A SMS bulletin will be sent to your partner phone when your SIM card is changed out. Yous tin as well set up SureCop to lock the phone in the effect the SIM carte du jour is inverse.

Remote Callback: This command will have your Windows Phone silently call back the partner phone so yous can ease drop on whatever conversations taking place around your phone.

Shout Aloud: This is an alarm feature that initiates a loud alarm on your Windows Telephone. This feature will work even if your phone is on silent or vibrate and is a expert tool to locate a telephone you've misplaced.

Additionally, you tin can wipe your device manually through SureCop and send your location to other phones through the application. If you need to meet someone and demand to send them a map of where you are at, the latter characteristic could come in handy.

Performance

I had proficient results in testing the remote commands. In sending commands to lock the phone, sound an alert, and have the telephone call back these features worked fine. It took simply a matter of seconds for each feature to actuate and they performed as expected.

The one characteristic I had to concur my breath on was the remote location command. I've seen similar products accept forever to ship out the phone'due south location. I entered the SMS command into the partner phone and in merely under ii minutes, received a respond that had a Google Maps URL for my phone's location.

I as well tested sending my location and the SMS message was recieved just as quick. Both instances, the GPS placed my telephone inside twenty yards of its actual location.

Overall Impression

SureCop is a simple security application that will assistance y'all secure lost phones. The features that are designed to prevent someone from accessing or using your phone worked nicely.

The features designed to locate your phone worked just equally nicely and very accurately. Everything nearly SureCop worked as advertised and if you are looking for a uncomplicated security app, Surecop is worth a await. Y'all tin can download a trial version of the application at SureCop's website and give it your ain examination drive.