Need help & suggestions on my antitheft Macro

[Selix]

Hi

I have created the below Macro with the following functionalities

When macro receives a text from a number, it performs the following actions

a) put the phone on silent mode so the sound of the text would not be heard by thief
b) Clear notification so that the source text and any other tracking activities would not be displayed on the screen
c) turn on data and location so that I can perform any operations remotely


Currently the below Macro works wonderfully except it shows the trigger text on the screen sent from another phone even though I have clear notification action added, is there anything I'm missing here?


Thanks

 

[hsurB]

You could use webhook trigger instead sms received if you are willing to learn how they work, it would solve the issue of showing pop up notification at the top of screen. (Edit. Okey - nevermind, you need connection for that to work )
This macro could also be enabling macro created on the device that would for exemple turn off the screen every time screen is on. That could tilt someone.
Obviosly if someone is stealing phones for life there is no macro that will stop them but hey

Edit. You could take picture with other camera as well, just in case - it might say something useful (where the phone is).
You could add force location update few seconds after location is enabled to make sure its as close as it can get to phones location. You for sure saw how does it look like when opening google maps for exemple and enabling location, it can go crazy for few seconds before it finds correct spot (wait before next action might be recommended between other actions in this macro as well, just to make sure all actions will be performed correctly)

 

[Selix]

You could use webhook trigger instead sms received if you are willing to learn how they work, it would solve the issue of showing pop up notification at the top of screen. (Edit. Okey - nevermind, you need connection for that to work )
This macro could also be enabling macro created on the device that would for exemple turn off the screen every time screen is on. That could tilt someone.
Obviosly if someone is stealing phones for life there is no macro that will stop them but hey

Edit. You could take picture with other camera as well, just in case - it might say something useful (where the phone is)

I was trying to create similar template on Tasker but it was really difficult. So tried Macrodroid and it somehow worked, I was able to establish remote connection to my phone via text message. I'm not sure if I would be able to learn webbook and make sure of it. Do you why that text message popup is not disappearing even though I have clear notification action set up?

Thanks for your suggestion on using macro to turn off the screen, I will look into but I don't wanna tip off the thief lol

 

[hsurB]

I am not sure if theres other way to prevent from this pop up than disabling pop up notifications for messages app or performing ui interaction - swipe to get rid of it faster. What happens if you have option in your settings enabled to hide notifications when phone is locked?

 

[Selix]

I am not sure if theres other way to prevent from this pop up than disabling pop up notifications for messages app or performing ui interaction - swipe to get rid of it faster. What happens if you have option in your settings enabled to hide notifications when phone is locked?

I'm pretty sure that disabling it the notification settings would work but that means I wont get any SMS notification before that horrible theft happens lol

Is there any way where i can tell Macro droid to check incoming messages to look for specific texts, and if it meets that criteria it never shows the message or it gets rid of that message the second it lands on my phone?

Thank you

 

[hsurB]

I meant to disable only pop up notifications.
If you use google messages, you can go to the conversation and change notifications to be silent or something (only for one contact). I believe pop up notifications aren't shown for low priority notifications so maybe its worth a shot.
Other things worth testing is trying to set do not disturb mode quickly at the start of macro or display high priority notification with pop up to cover the one with message with something different.

 

[Selix]

I will look into it and thanks @Brush for your help so far!

 

[Selix]

I will look into it and thanks @Brush for your help so far!

I meant to disable only pop up notifications.
If you use google messages, you can go to the conversation and change notifications to be silent or something (only for one contact). I believe pop up notifications aren't shown for low priority notifications so maybe its worth a shot.
Other things worth testing is trying to set do not disturb mode quickly at the start of macro or display high priority notification with pop up to cover the one with message with something different.

I have managed to turn off notification for a specific contact/number!

 

[Elieston]

I have a suggestion, then send the message that will activate the macro, set up the text to be one of these boring operator or sale advertisements (spam) at worst the thief will see but it will not mind the content.