[Guardian]

Originally Posted by zieglerj

Hi everyone,

I bought a q9h on ebay about a year ago. It was before the Q's were available for AT&T, but the seller said that he had gotten it from a Motorola exec that loaded it with the AT&T software. Anyway it's worked fine until today.

I noticed today when when I'd set it to Normal profile, it would automatically change back to Silent. So I turned off the phone and turned it back on. When it came back on, there was a weird screen saying it was preparing to start for the first time, and not to interrupt the process. When it had finished, all my data was gone, the screen layout was different and it said:

Alert
Your usage is being monitored. Business
and Personal usage data will be sent to
Motorola for monitoring. Further info at
www.motorola.com/foundit

So what's that all about, and can I fix it?

Thanks,

Jonathan

I hate to tell you this but it seems that this unit belonged to the company and when they found out it has been gone, they remote activated the software that cleaned it and rebooted it and now is telling you that they will be tracking it so they can find out who has it and where it is. Similar to alot of protection softwares out there you can get for yourself that do the same thing.

Say you lose it or someone jacks it, you can remotely lock and reset your phone to protect your data and then it will transmit GPS to help you locate it. Sorta kinda like Lojack if you will. Sorry you got a raw deal but it seems that person lied to you big time.

What can I say, from the horse's mouth:

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