SpyCall Questions

[Pharaoh]

Another question. When the Listening mode is enabled, I assume that takes place as a "call" that simply doesn't get logged in the devices Call History.

What happens if someone tries to call the phone? Does the incoming call over-ride FlexiSPY and ring the mobile device normally or will it effectively send the call to voicemail?

What happens when the user tries to place an outbound call when the Listening mode is enabled? Is the earpiece enabled so they can hear the 'other' side of the FlexiSPY call or does it truly act as a one-way listening device? What happens when the user attempts to dial the phone to make a call?

[Christian]

Another question. When the Listening mode is enabled, I assume that takes place as a "call" that simply doesn't get logged in the devices Call History.

What happens if someone tries to call the phone? Does the incoming call over-ride FlexiSPY and ring the mobile device normally or will it effectively send the call to voicemail?

What happens when the user tries to place an outbound call when the Listening mode is enabled? Is the earpiece enabled so they can hear the 'other' side of the FlexiSPY call or does it truly act as a one-way listening device? What happens when the user attempts to dial the phone to make a call?

SpyCall mode can be remotely turned on or off at any time. When turning on, it will work only for the number of the phone (the Monitor) that is sending the command. SpyCall is an absolutely normal call, except that it will be automatically answered on the Target without ringing or showing any Caller ID or overt indication of an incoming call. Then this incoming call is deleted from the Call Log history.

This also means you will want to MUTE the mic on your Monitor phone, so the other side will not hear anything coming from your end. There is a mute function from the active call menu (after the call is initially connected), or you can use a headset with mute button, or even just use a wired headset and cut the wire to the mic so you never have to worry about it.

If SpyCall is connected and a second call comes in to the Target, in order to avoid the "Call Waiting" message both calls are immediately rejected (disconnected). The 2nd incoming call might continue to ring through sometimes or they will hear the call rejected (busy) tone and would just have to call back again. Either way your SpyCall will drop before the screen display would be able to show your connected call.

During the SpyCall, if the Target user attempts to use the phone by pushing any buttons, the SpyCall is then immediately dropped as well. This prevents the software from interfering with normal use of the phone, and always prevents the screen display from lighting up and showing that a call is connected. SpyCall remains discreet and hidden that way.

[drsmooth]

In line with Pharaoh's question about the SpyCall feature... what if the target phone is turned off? Will the Spycall listening mode still work? If it is a stealth call feature then I assume it can't work if the target phone is off. Can you clarrify if you are still able to listen in to a phone's (Blackberry 8330)surroundings if it is powered off? Thanks.

[Christian]

In line with Pharaoh's question about the SpyCall feature... what if the target phone is turned off? Will the Spycall listening mode still work? If it is a stealth call feature then I assume it can't work if the target phone is off. Can you clarrify if you are still able to listen in to a phone's (Blackberry 8330)surroundings if it is powered off? Thanks.

This is a very common question, and I am really not sure why we get it. If a phone is truly off, it can't work any more than if you were to remove the battery. There is NO product that will work when the phone is off. How could it?

Now...I think there is a misconception perpetuated by another company out there, saying that their products will still work even when the phone is off. I don't remember who claims this, but they are not being exactly honest about it. What they do is fool the user into only believing they have shut their phone off. In reality the phone is still on and only appears to be off, so yeah you could still perform functions in that case. We think this is a bad idea, because if you think that your phone is off then you don't expect it to be using any battery power, and then you'll think something is wrong with your phone when you see it needs charging after being "off" all night. Then straight-away you've got a suspicious Target user, or they will take it to a service center to get checked and probably have it reformatted (wiping all software), or may just trade it for a different phone. Either way that's going to be a problem. There's a short life on that trick, and its pretty malicious to.

With Blackberry in particular, the phone is not completely turned off when you manually power it down, rather it goes into a sort of very low-powered standby mode. But in this "off" mode the radio, display and audio circuitry are all shut down, so there is no possiblity of making any type of phone call when its off. Its not communicating with any cell towers or initiating any functions. Off is OFF for all intents and purposes.

Don't believe claims by other companies that their products work when a phone is off. That's kind of a marketing scam. Ask them if it will work without a battery...or when the battery is DEAD, because that's what will happen after just a day or so when the user is tricked into thinking he powered it off and isn't keeping it on the charger.