MSM Installation Manual - Blackberry

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Introduction:

Maverick Secure Mobile (MSM) is a cell phone security application. MSM helps you protect your data, track your stolen device, retrieve your phonebook and disable the stolen device remotely. The application works in hidden mode and cannot be viewed in the device. To launch or customize this application one has to enter the Registration Code, pre-defined “short keys” and a password. After installing MSM in the device one must add a “Reporting Phone Contact” in the application. The reporting contact can be your second number or a friend’s number or any other mobile number on which you want to receive all the reports. Please note that there are slight differences for Installation on the three main Operating Systems. Please confirm YOUR device’s Operating System per attached List of Compatible Phones.

Contents:

1. Installing Maverick Secure Mobile on your Blackberry

2. Launching and customizing Maverick Secure Mobile

3. Data Backup

4. List of commands and explanations

Please note: Before downloading and Installing Maverick Secure Mobile, please make sure you have the applicable PC Suite or Desktop Manager installed on your computer for your phone.

For help and assistance please go to SUPPORT.

Installing Maverick Secure Mobile

There are two ways that you can Install and download MSM onto your mobile device.

1. This first method will be making use of Blackberry Desktop Manager. From Maverick Secure Mobiles website, go to "Buy Now" from the home menu and select your phones model from the drop down list. Then Click "Download"

2. The second method is downloading MSM via your phones web browser and accessing Maverick Secure Mobile's Mobi Site.

Once you have downloaded and installed the MSM to your mobile device, the application will launch itself for the first time. By default the application will install itself in Phone memory. It cannot be installed on MMC. To perform smoothly MSM require at least 3 to 5 MB of memory free on the device. Before installing MSM please make sure you have backed-up all the contacts and important data onto the memory card or any other safe place.

Method 1:

1.Installing Maverick Secure Mobile on your Blackberry using BB Desktop Manager.

1. Save the folder named msm.rar on your computer.
2. Unzip the .rar file and it will extract to a subfolder. Do not open the folder on your computer.
3. Open your Blackberry’s desktop manager on your computer.
4. Select “application loader” to install the application.

Method 2:

2. Installing Maverick Secure Mobile on your Blackberry using the phones web browser.

1. Open your phones web browser and go to www.maverick-mobi.com

2. The Mobi Site will automatically detect what phone you are using.

3. Click on "download" and follow the onscreen prompts.

Registering

1. To launch MSM press *123* and then press call button.
2. The registering screen will now appear.
3. In the given fields, insert your mobile phone number and the 14 digit registration number.
4. Select mode for registering as sms.
5. Select server 2
6. Select "send" to complete registration.
7. Wait for a response from the Maverick server. Once you get the message “registration complete” your application is ready to use.

Please note: that the Maverick Secure Mobile application works in hidden mode. You will not see a Maverick Secure Mobile application icon in your Blackberry. To launch Maverick Secure Mobile press *123* then the call button.

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2. Launching and customizing Maverick Secure Mobile

To launch Maverick Secure Mobile user has to press pre defined short keys *123* then call button & password “ajt”. To customize go to settings.

General Settings:

1. Switch On MSM: (Select YES/NO)

If “Switch on MSM” is marked “yes” then MSM will function actively on SIM change, Activate & other commands. If Switch on MSM is marked NO then MSM will not function at all even if the SIM is changed.

2. SMS text to switch on MSM: ( User INPUT )

By default SMS command to activate MSM is “Activate” This command will turn on all the functions of MSM even if SIM is not change and take your phone to Theft/Stolen mode. User can define his own SMS command to activate MSM without changing the SIM. User has to send this command from reporting contact number. MSM will respond to the commands received from reporting device only.

3. Enter Email: Input text

Insert your valid email address. You can use this email address as your reporting email. If you activate email reporting by sending a specific command it will start reporting on your given email address. Email reporting can only be used in case you want to track mobile activity. This email reporting feature will not be applicable for Sim change and activate phase. To receive email reports, one must send “msm track” from the specified email address.

4. Change Password: (User Input)

Default password is “ajt”. Using this field user can change default password as per his choice. Password can be Alpha Numeric. Max length of the password can be 09 characters.

5. Change MSM hot keys: (User Input)

Default hot keys to launch MSM is *123* Using this field user can change hot key combination. Max Hot key length can be 09 characters. Hot keys combination has to be Numeric only! (By default Hot key combination starts & ends with *. While changing hot key combination user need not to write * If user changes hot keys from 123 to eg 567, to launch application with new key combination user has press *567*.

Please remember to select “SAVE” after any settings have been changed.

Adding Reporting Contact Number:

Reporting Contact number can be any other mobile number on which user want to receive all the reports related to his lost/stolen phone. User can add Reporting contact number from phone book within application. MSM will accept and respond to commands received from Reporting Contact Number.

Hang Settings:

1. Change Attack screen txt (User Input)

User can edit the Text using this field. User can add his name, address, alternate number, award amount. Whenever application receives “msm hang” message it will play loud siren and disable the phone completely & display pre defined screen along with the above added details.

2. Raise a Siren alarm

By default this field is set to “Yes” if application receives “msm hang” message it will play loud siren and disable the phone completely & display pre defined screen along with the above added details.If this field is set to “No” application will not play any siren even if it receives msm hang message. If this field is set to “No” in preview attack also it will not play any siren.

Decrypt:

Whenever MSM goes into theft/stolen mode it encrypts all the contacts, images, messages. When you select Decrypt it will restore all the data in respective places. Please be patient while decryption is in the process.

3. Data Backup

Please note: The Data Backup for Blackberry makes use of "EDGE" and not "GPRS". Please make sure your phone is picking up a EDGE signal before attempting to register for Data Backup.

1. To access Data Backup for Blackberry, go to the Blackberry menu on your phone and open the "downloads" folder.

2. From there click on the "Data Backup" icon.

3. Select register

4. In the given fields, insert your Username, Password, Name and Email address.

5. Click your Blackberry menu button and select save.

6. You will be notified after a few moment whether or not you successfully registered.

7. To access your backups and make backup, go to "Data Backup" from the downloads folder, enter your username and password and click submit.

4. List of commands and explanations

1. msm deactivate

Deactivates sms command “track”.

2. msm unlock

This command is only necessary if the rightful owner the assistance of authorities like SAPD tracked the thief via the reports given to apprehend the suspect. This command unlocks keypad so the password defined by user (default “ajt”) may be inserted. Now it stops siren & brings back phone to normal mode.

3. msm hang

Plays loud siren, disables the phone completely, displays predefined message: lost/stolen phone”. Even if the thief removes and replaces the battery the siren and “lost/stolen” phone message starts again.

4. msm activate sms

To activate theft/stolen mode without changing Sim. This command will send reports via sms. It will switch on password protection for your phone book, messages and images. Whenever the user wants to access the phone book, messages and images it will ask for msm password and kick the user out. Starts reporting of all the activities like incoming/outgoing calls, and sms.

5. msm activate email

To activate theft/stolen mode without changing Sim. This command will send reports via email. It will switch on password protection for your phone book, messages and images. Whenever the user wants to access the phone book, messages and images it will ask for msm password. Starts reporting of all the activities like incoming/outgoing calls and sms. All the emails send and received will be forwarded to the specified email address.

6. msm track

This command should be send from reporting email address only. This command will send all commands on to email. This will not activate password protection mode for contacts, messages and images so that the person you are tracking will not come to know that he is being tracked. This feature can be used for the corporate world for employers to track their employees Blackberry’s. Starts reporting of all the incoming/outgoing calls and sms. All the emails send and received will be forwarded to the specified email address.

7. msm contacts=all sms

Sends all the contacts stored on phone book of lost/stolen phone to reporting number by sms one at a time.

8. msm contacts=all email

Sends all the contacts stored on phone book of lost/stolen phone to reporting email address by Gprs.

9. msm location

Sends IMEI, IMSI, Area code, Cell ID, Operator Name, Country code.

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