Mobile theft is increasingly becoming common with over 20 million mobile thefts reported worldwide. In most of the cases, more than the loss of hardware, its the loss of sensitive data which is of concern.. Everybody knows of  Palin's BlackBerry which landed up on ebay.. I'm sure you dont want to be in such an embarassing situation. Now there is a way to prevent loss of sensitive data and misuse of your lost mobile. Thanks to Wavesecure, an award winning mobile security software from the benches of Tencube. Wavesecure was installed and tested on Nokia 5800. Read further on for a detailed review of wavesecure on 5800.

Installation:

Thanks to Nokia, wavesecure can be downloaded for free on 5800 and  a few other Nokia models (N96, N79, N85, E51, E66, E71, E90) from this link (free exclusively for Nokia India):

Update: Wavesecure is now available as a paid application on ovi store. Now users across the world can use this amazing security software

Download link for wavesecure

You can download it right from your 5800 using Opera Mini or download on a desktop/laptop and then transfer the setup file (.sis) either by Bluetooth or USB to your 5800. The installation process is fairly simple and the application is installed in a matter of seconds.

Features:

The first time you start the application, the user has to register with Wavesecure and set a PIN. The application will need internet access (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-fi) to complete the registration process. Once you have registered, you can proceed to the following screen:

Settings screen

When you click on Secure Phone, you will be prompted to make the following settings:

Lock Phone settings

The first setting you need to make is to set the Lock on Sim change to ON. If you wish to be smsed of the present status of your device on a friend's mobile, that can be done using the buddy notification option. You will be prompted for the PIN, every time you make any changes in the settings. Let's explore the data backup section now:

Back up data

The first time you register with Wavesecure, a backup of data is done automatically and the application prompts for data access for the same. After the latest backup any new changes in the log will be displayed as in the above image. The options button has the following settings:

Options tab

If you select Restore from web, you can decide what data you want to restore:

Restore from Web

It has to be noted that restore from web, will need data access and hence one needs to consider data costs before using this option on your device.

Now, lets see what happens if you lose your device and a new SIM is inserted in your device. This is what welcomes the culprit when your device is turned on:

Phone locked screen

If you like to use more than one SIM on your phone, you don't have to fret. On changing the SIM, when you see the above screen, you just have to enter the PIN to unlock your phone and once you unlock, your SIM is added to the list of safe SIMs (these SIMs won' t trigger the lock phone option when the SIM is reinserted in the phone). This is one of the best features of this application.

What do you need to do when you lose your phone? Go to wavesecure.com and login with the the username and pin you created when you registered your phone. These are the options you have:

Wavesecure: welcome screen

It can be seen that, there are several options varying from locking your phone (if the culprit has not attempted to change the SIM), tracking the present SIM on your phone and backup tools. Clicking on continue will lead to a page, where there is an option for editing the lock message to be displayed on your locked phone:

Editing lock screen message

Verdict:

Wavesecure is one of the best security softwares for mobile devices. It has one of the top security features like remote locking, tracking, data backup/wipe/restore. The security options provided are in the league of most paid security softwares and its available as a free download, exclusively for a selected few models from Nokia. With Wavesecure installed on my 5800, I will never have to bother about my mobile device falling in wrong hands ever. Please go ahead and install Wavesecure on your 5800s and forget about mobile security issues once and for all.

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