Category: 秘决 & 技巧 Android

Sometimes you might want to change a capturing setting in the FlexiSPY control panel. Maybe you’d like to activate our Ambient Recording feature, or change what app’s you’re monitoring. Whatever the case, you’re given the option to choose the method that FlexiSPY will use to send the changes to the phone.

There are three ways to for sending commands to your Android device using FlexiSPY.

1. Network (FREE, works on all mobiles)
2. Push Notification (FREE, but not available on all mobiles)
3. SMS commands (requires purchase of SMS credits, works on all mobiles)

SMS credits are an optional way to send commands to FlexiSPY. They are used within Control Center in your online account to make sure time sensitive commands are processed immediately (e.g. Send Immediate – to send all data not yet uploaded immediately to your online account.)

The default is push notifications, or network. But these are sometimes slow, and can take an hour to arrive – which is perfectly fine for most users.

SMS commands arrive instantly, and are appropriate for professional use, where timing is important. You can always send SMS commands from your own mobile device, so you don’t ever need to buy SMS credits.

But for those users who value convenience, and the best possible performance, we give them the option to buy credits directly from inside the account portal inside your account tab.

Let’s take a look at how push notifications work;

Everything takes place inside the Control Center in your online account.

Just browse to the category for the command you wish to set and set the options you want to change.

Click Sync Now when done and wait for the push notification to be sent to the Android TARGET device.

With the push notification sent to the device the changes will then be applied.

Disclaimer: While installing ADB is a safe process, please follow all the steps carefully. FlexiSPY is not responsible for any damage or data loss through following this article and all steps are correct at the time of writing. Create a Windows system restore point at any time if you are unsure. Performing these steps is your own responsibility.

If you are a casual Android user who just uses their phone for Facebook, Clash of Clans, calls and emails then you most likely won’t be interested in ADB or what it is. But for those who like to tinker with the plethora of Android customization options available to the platform ADB is an integral part of the experience.

But what is ADB and why should Android owners become familiar with it?

When you plug in your Android phone or table to your PC Windows will happily display the contents of the phone for you to work with. This can be internal storage or external storage from an Sdcard you have inserted. But surely you must have wondered, what else is on my phone and how can I get access to it?

ADB is the answer

ADB stands for ‘Android Device Bridge’ and is a set of tools for your PC that allows you to interface with your Android phone at the very lowest level in terms of system and processes. You essentially can access all areas of your Android phone and its filesystem instead of the areas deemed safe by the manufacturers that only Windows can see.

ADB allows you to perform advanced operations on your Android phone that you would otherwise normally not be able to.

But what are these ‘advanced operations’ you mention?

Usually ADB is commonly used for rooting.  An Android phone software is powered by the Android OS which is based on Linux. On Linux there are certain levels of user responsibility, the highest being superuser which allows you to change anything.

Your Android phone is the same. By default the filesystem of the phone is locked down by the phone manufacturer but you can gain full and complete access to the device by gaining root (hence the term ‘rooting’). This lets you do anything you want on the phone and ADB helps make this happen.

So if you want to root an Android phone or perhaps install a custom ROM or basically just perform advanced tasks on your Android phone then you’ll need ADB so let’s install it.

What is needed to install ADB?

To install ADB you will need a PC. You will need to download and install the Android SDK which you can get from here.

Once you have downloaded the Android SDK save it to an easy to remember folder, for this article we are going to use C:\Android on the PC we are using to write this article.

Here we have downloaded the Android SDK to the desktop.

We will now extract the contents of the folder.

The above screenshots show what is inside the extracted SDK. We will now make a new directory on our C drive called Android and we will copy the three folders shown above.

If you are wondering, you simply navigate to SDK > platform-tools and ADB will be shown along with Fastboot which is also needed if you are rooting

Note: You will not see a platform-tools folder after you extract the SDK. You must install it first which we discuss now.

How do you configure ADB?

To configure ADB and make sure you have the right packages installed launch SDK Manager.

Because you are running it for the first time it will ask you which packages you wish to install, we must install Platform-tools because this is what contains ADB.

Just make sure Android SDK Platform-tools is checked, click Accept and then click Install.

Installing all the packages may take some time – please be patient.

When all packages are install the SDK Manager should look like this.

As you can see, Android SDK Tools and Android SDK Platform Tools are both installed.

Set the Windows ADB path variable

Based on which version of Windows you have (we are using Windows 8.1) the steps here may be a little different. Basically we need to tell Windows that the SDK actually lists and has its own unique path. That way, when ADB is invoked by a program (e.g. a rooting tool) it knows where to find the required file inside your SDK installation folder.

Because you are modifying system variables and paths you may want to create a Windows system restore point first.

You need to access Advanced System Settings.

To do this (on Windows 8.1), press the Windows key + S to bring up the search box and type Advanced System Settings and click the entry that appears.

On the menu that appears click Environment Variables.

The environmental variables window will appear and this is what we need to edit.

Under System Variables, scroll down to Path and click Edit.

Note: Do not delete the variable value field in any way.

Instead, append it. At the end, add the following line (include the ; at the start):

;c:\android\android-sdk-windows\tools;c:\android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

Note: Remember that we installed our Android SDK to C:\Android? Your SDK folder location may be different so please make sure you update the variable value field with the correct path.

Click OK when done.

Now that you have done that you need to install the Android USB drivers.

Installing USB drivers using the SDK Manager

For many Android phones, once you have connected them to your PC, they require their own special set of drivers for Windows to be able to recognize them and allow you to interface with it using ADB.

To do this, inside SDK Manager, scroll down to Extras.

Make sure Google USB Driver is selected and then install it.

The Google USB driver should work for most Android devices once they are plugged in to your PC but not all phone manufacturers require the use of ADB however you should always make sure that you have installed the latest USB drivers for the Android device you wish to root on to your PC.

These are available to download below.

1. Samsung (install Samsung Kies)
2. HTC
3. Motorola
4. LG
5. Sony
6. Huawei
7. ASUS
8. Lenovo

Now that you have done that there is one more final thing to do.

Test that ADB works correctly

Now that we have set up ADB and installed the Android USB drivers it is time to test it all work.

• Plug in any Android phone to your PC using its USB cable.
• On the Android phone enable USB debugging. To do this go to Settings > About Phone (or About Device) and tap build number until the Developer Options menu is enabled.
• Once inside the Developer Options menu make sure USB Debugging is checked.

• On your PC open up a Windows command prompt by opening Run (Windows key + R) and then entering cmd and then press Enter.

In the command prompt window type adb devices and press Enter.

If everything is working properly the command window will display the device data as shown below.

Congratulations! You have now successfully setup and configured ADB for your Android phone and you can perform many additional tasks such as rooting, OS upgrading, OS downgrading and other custom options.

Here on the FlexiSPY blog we love to customise our devices and root them and jailbreak them but we understand that this does not come without risk. Therefore, in this article we will explain how you can quickly and safely backup the entire contents of your Android phone.

The benefits of doing this are numerous such as if you decided to downgrade the OS or install a custom ROM for example – backing up the Android phone can often be a lifesaver.

Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for any loss of data or damages incurred from following the directions given. The directions were accurate at the time of writing. Please make sure you follow the rooting guide correctly if you need to root your phone first and make sure your phone has enough storage space to perform a backup before proceeding.

What is needed to backup the Android phone?

To backup the Android phone you will need the Android phone in your hand and, depending on the method of backup (discussed later) a PC may also be required.

What is the easiest way to backup an Android phone?

The easiest way is on the device itself and even though you think that means you do not need a PC it actually does. This is because you need to have rooted the Android phone first to install a custom recovery on it and it is through booting in to this custom recovery that you can then perform a full backup of the phone.

Usually this is to the SD card that you have inserted but what if you do not have an SD card? You can save the backup to the internal memory of the Android phone but if the phone is restored or reset you risk losing the backup so you still need a PC to transfer the backup file (which can often be large such as several gigabytes) to a PC for safekeeping.

To backup the Android phone itself, as mentioned, you will still need a PC to transfer the backup file from the Android phone to the PC for safekeeping once the backup is complete. However you also need to make sure that the Android phone you want to backup, on the device itself has been rooted as well.

Why is this?

Because rooting a phone is what installs a custom recovery. It is the custom recovery that has the feature that allows for the Android phone to be backed up directly to the device to start with.

You can find out more on what rooting is and why it can be a good thing by reading this article.

Essentially backing up the phone directly to the device consists of three steps.

1. Root the phone (this installs the custom recovery mode)
2. Backup the phone using the device itself and custom recovery
3. Transfer the backup file to a PC for safekeeping

For the sake of this article we are going to assume that you have already rooted your Android device. If you haven’t and you want to know how to root some of the more popular Android handsets then be sure to check out rooting help here.

So how do you backup the phone to the device itself?

First of all you must boot the phone in to recovery mode.

To do this you do the following:

1. Turn the phone off completely.
2. Hold down the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons together.
3. Wait until the phone boots up.

Providing you have done this correctly the phone will boot up and it will look like below. If your phone does not boot in to custom recovery mode then it most likely has not been rooted so please remember to root it first otherwise this article cannot be followed.

Use the volume up and volume down keys to select and the power button to confirm.

From the main menu choose backup and restore.

On the menu that appears choose the backup option.

The backup process will start – please be patient, this may take some time.

Once it is complete you need to transfer the backup file to a PC for safekeeping.

This is done by doing the following:

1. Reboot the phone after using the recovery mode to backup the phone. – The Android phone will be recognised by Windows.

Double click Phone. The contents of the phone internal memory will be displayed.

Double-click the clockworkmod folder.

Inside the clockwork mod folder you’ll find that there are no backup files of any kind.

So where are they?

This is why you need root access.

The clockworkmod backups are actually located on the Android phone in /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup.

We will show you how to find the backup files using ES File Explorer which is freely available on the Play Store.

Simply search for ES File Explorer on the Play Store and install it.

Once it’s installed, run the program

You now need to get root permissions from the application to find the hidden location where the backups are stored. This option is found in the Tools menu.

In the Tools menu set Root Explorer to ON and grant root permission when asked.

Once root permission has been granted browse to the original file location – /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup

This time the folder will not be empty and the backups will be listed.

If you open up any backup folder you can verify the contents.

But now that we have found the backups how do we get that folder on to our PC for safekeeping?

By copying the backup folder to a folder on the Android phone that the PC can access such as the Downloads folder.

To copy the folder press and tap the folder icon and then tap Copy that appears at the bottom of the screen.

You then need to browse to the main downloads folder.

When you have reached the Download folder tap the Paste button to start copying.

Wait for the copying process to be completed – this may take some time.

Now that you have copied the backup file to a folder that your PC can access on the Android phone we can now copy it to our PC for safekeeping.

To do this make sure that you have plugged your Android phone in to your computer. Once it is plugged in simply browse the phone until you reach the Download folder.

Inside there will be the backup file we copied previously

As you can see, backup folders are there. Simply copy these folders to a convenient place on your PC for safekeeping and everything is complete.

You have now successfully backed up your phone entirely. We will discuss how to restore these backups in a separate article.

本文将向您展示如何成功地将三星Galaxy S4从4.4.2系统降级到4.3系统

免责声明：请注意本指南 “按原样”提供。FlexiSPY不对本文或其内容承担任何责任，您须亲自执行手机降级操作并自行承担风险。对于您因遵循本指南而引起的任何损害，FlexiSPY不会以任何方式承担责任，并且您通过阅读本通知内容表示同意上述意见:

我们示例中的三星Galaxy S4型号为GT-I9500。

以下操作步骤可能不适用于三星Galaxy S4手机的GT-I9505型号。您须亲自执行操作并自行承担风险。

为什么要进行手机降级？

FlexiSPY软件尚未完全兼容4.4.2操作系统。因此，如果您的目标设备在4.4.2系统上运行，而您希望使用FlexiSPY至尊版的监听通话和呼叫拦截等功能，那就需要进行手机降级。

除此之外，手机降级实际上还可能致使S4手机要求性能提升，这是因为这款手机多年来都无法充分运行最新的安卓操作系统，而三星Galaxy S5手机也存在类似问题。

注意，S4手机可能在某些地理区域还无法运行4.4.2操作系统，这完全取决于网络供应商和三星产品本身。

手机降级需要哪些准备工作？

对三星Galaxy S4手机进行降级所需的准备工作如下：

现在我们已经拥有了所有必需的设备，那就开始吧！

第1步—检查三星Galaxy S4手机上的安卓操作系统是否为4.4.2版本。

转到手机的“应用”>“设置”>“更多”>“关于设备”，将会看到显示出的操作系统版本。在以下截图中，您将看到我们S4手机运行的安卓系统是4.4.2版本。

第2步—备份S4手机的EFS分区

总体而言，在无需过多技术型操作的前提下（我们稍后将详细探讨EFS分区），您先对手机分区备份然后再进行降级操作能够始终确保安全。EFS分区使手机具备载体功能（例如识别网络和IMEI码）和拨出电话。

如果没有这些数据，手机将无法正常工作。

对EFS分区进行备份时，我们将会使用到EFS Professional电脑程序。该程序允许将EFS分区备份到计算机中以确保安全。

您可在此处下载EFS Professional。

要想运作EFS Professional程序，需要转到三星Galaxy S4手机的Play商店并下载和安装BusyBox。您必须首先取得三星Galaxy手机的Root权限才能安装BusyBox，并可通过此处的“监控手机评述”（Spy Phone Review）获取帮助。

您在遇到询问提示框时只需取得Root权限，然后点击“安装”（Install）即可开始安装过程。

您在BusyBox安装完成并已取得三星Galaxy S4手机的Root权限之后，只需用S4手机的配套USB电缆将其连接到个人电脑，即可运行EFS Professional程序。

EFS Professional程序在运行时，首先会检查S4手机以确保USB调试功能已启用（如需启用USB调试功能，需要转到S4手机的“设置”>“更多”>“关于设备”界面并点击“内部版本号”，直到显示“开发者选项”。进入“设置”>“更多”>“开发者选项”之后，确保检查USB调试功能。）

您在S4手机屏幕上遇到询问提示框时只需点击“确定”（OK）即可。

在个人电脑界面上，如果您已经运行EFS Professional程序，则电脑会确保已经取得S4手机的Root权限和安装好BusyBox，并且界面与下图所示内容相似。

点击“备份”选项卡。

确保EFS Professional程序的界面与此图相似。您可以看到“所有分区”已被选择，但只有与EFS相关的四个分区已被选定备份，这是您需点击“备份”执行操作。

备份过程完成后，先断开S4手机与个人电脑的连接，然后再重新连接。

使用Windows资源管理器浏览S4手机的SD卡，您就会发现名为EFSProBackup的备份文件夹。

您只需将该文件夹复制到您的个人电脑，并将其保存在安全的位置。

第3步—根据您所在的国家地区下载安卓4.2.2操作系统和S4版本

接下来需要下载安卓4.2.1ROM，我们会用其对S4手机进行刷机以便降级。

我们利用此处的网站来完成操作。

点击下页的“固件数据库”。

在“类型”、“操作系统”、“型号”和“国家”等项目下，选择与您的S4手机相符的数值。

点击您要下载的4.2.2ROM

确保详细信息与您想要降级的S4手机相匹配，然后点击“下载”按钮。

文件下载完成后，将其解压到您的计算机，如图所示

注意，ROM文件大小会达几个GB，因此可能需要一些时间才能完成下载。

第4步—在S4手机上进行4.2.1固件刷机

您现在需要对S4手机上已经下载的固件进行刷机。

为此，您需要在此处下载Odin程序。

您需要将三星Galaxy S4手机设定为下载模式，操作方法如下：

现在您已经下载了Odin程序，只需将三星Galaxy S4手机连接到您的个人电脑，Windows就会自动下载驱动程序。

您在启动Odin程序之后，如果一切顺利并且S4手机处于下载模式，则界面上应该显示“已添加！”，如图所示。

您现在应该点击AP按钮，并浏览在此前步骤中已经下载和解压的固件文件。

点击固件文件，然后点击“打开”。

固件文件将通过检查和添加到Odin程序，界面如下图所示。ROM文件的大小可能会使操作需要一段时间才能完成。

当Odin程序的界面如下图所示时，您就可以对ROM文件进行刷机操作，这是原因Odin程序已经成功地检查了ROM文件。

此时您只需点击“开始”就可以进行ROM刷机。

ROM刷机操作的耗时可能长达15分钟，因此需要一段时间

切勿断开S4手机与个人电脑之间的连接，或是以任何方式关闭手机。

当操作过程结束后，Odin程序的操作界面将会显示“通过”，S4手机将会重启和进入刚刚刷机的ROM模式。

第5步—解决任何问题—无法启动

如果S4手机的操作在ROM刷机后停在三星标志界面，则您需要执行以下操作：

手机现在将会处于恢复模式，界面与下图相似。

利用音量增大和减小按钮滚动到“清除”数据/恢复出厂设置，然后按下电源键确认。

向下滚动到“是”，并按下电源键进行确认。

三星Galaxy S4手机将会恢复到出厂设置。

如果手机屏幕返回到上述界面，选择“重启”将会使S4手机重新启动和开机—第一次启动时可能需要耗费一些时间，所以请耐心等待。

第6步—解决任何问题—IMEI丢失

如果您在手机启动后却发现没有信号，那可能是IMEI码不正确—例如004999010640000/01（“设置”>“更多”>“关于设备”>“状态”> IMEI）。您需要从此处下载调制解调器文件，将其保存到您的电脑并进行解压。

将三星Galaxy S4手机重新设为下载模式，并将其连接到您的计算机和运行Odin程序（更多信息参见第4步操作提示）。

如前所述，连接完成后的手机界面如图所示。

点击CP按钮，然后指向上一张屏幕截图所示的调制解调器二进制文件。

现在的Odin程序界面应该如图所示。您从中可以看出已经添加S4手机并且调制解调器文件已被选定。

点击“开始”对调制解调器刷机并等待。

切勿断开S4手机与个人电脑之间的连接，或是以任何方式关闭手机。

操作完成后，等待S4手机重新启动。您现在就应该已经重获IMEI码，并且将S4手机的操作系统从4.4.2版本成功降级到4.2.2版本。

本指南内容如上所述。如果您对此存有任何问题或疑问，请通过意见栏与我们联系，我们将尽力为您提供帮助。

Ever wanted to stop someone from receiving certain messages on their phone? Maybe a bill payment notification or an important event? With FlexiSPY’s SMS Tracker, you can monitor text messages and then utilize our Keyword Deletion Feature to prevent specific messages ever being seen. This guide shows you how to use this feature on an Android device.

Getting Started

Step 1 – Log in to your FlexiSPY dashboard via the Portal

Step 2 – Click the Control Center tab and then click SMS Controls.

Step 3- Click SMS Keywords and then Auto-Delete

Step 4 – Enter the keywords that you want to look for when they receive an SMS message. Click Sync Now when finished.
Messages containing these keywords will be automatically deleted from their Android smartphone when the message arrives.

Done

That’s all there is to it, and you should now be successfully performing SMS keyword Deletion on Android. Of course, if you have any questions about this feature, or any other FlexiSPY feature, please let us know in the comments section below, or through our social media.

Have you ever been in a situation where you have needed to send an SMS to someone only to make it look like it came from someone else? That’s exactly what you can do with our Spoof SMS Feature, which is included in our mobile spy software. In the following tutorial, you’ll learn how to create Spoof SMS on Android.

Creating Spoof SMS on Android – Getting Started

Step 1 – Log in to your FlexiSPY Dashboard via the Portal

Step 2 – Click the Control Center tab and then click Spoofing Controls.

Step 3 – Click Send a Spoof SMS

Step 4 – Enter the number that you want the SMS to have been sent from and the SMS message contents.

Then, click Send Spoof SMS Now

Done

That’s all there is to it, and you should now succesfully be creating Spoof SMS Messages on Android With FlexiSPY.

Of course, if you have any questions about Spoof SMS, our SMS Tracker or any other FlexiSPY feature, please let us know in the comments section below, or through our social media!