Android help

SET UP ALARM PHONE

Your smartphone
as alarm phone.

How to pair your smartphone with GEYRA. It takes about five minutes.

GEYRA
GEYRA is not a single device –
the network itself carries GEYRA.

What you need

  • ✓ an Android smartphone
  • ✓ the smartphone is connected to your Wi-Fi at home (only for the setup)
  • ✓ GEYRA is installed and open on your PC
Free: The app and the alarm phone cost nothing. Without Guardian, alarms arrive while your PC is running – at home and on the go. With Guardian around the clock, even when your PC is off.

Pair

You will switch between the PC and the smartphone. Place them next to each other.

  1. On the PC: start the setup

    On the overview click the Alarm phone tile or Next step: pair alarm phone. The window Set up alarm phone opens.

  2. On the PC: choose the phone (step 1 of 3)

    GEYRA shows the phones on your Wi-Fi. Choose your smartphone from the list and click USE THIS PHONE.

    Step 1: choose phone (device name made unreadable in the picture).
    Step 1: choose phone (device name made unreadable in the picture).
  3. On the smartphone: install the app (step 2 of 3)

    Open the Google Play Store, search for “GEYRA Cyber Defense” and tap Install.

  4. On the smartphone: open the app

    Open the GEYRA app. Allow notifications with Allow.

  5. On the PC: show the code (step 3 of 3)

    Click SHOW PAIRING CODE. GEYRA shows a code like ABCDE-FGHJK. It is valid for 10 minutes and only once.

    Step 3: pairing code (made unreadable in the picture).
    Step 3: pairing code (made unreadable in the picture).
  6. On the smartphone: enter the code

    Type the code into the app and confirm. If Android then asks whether GEYRA may run in the background, tap Allow.

  7. Wait a moment

    It takes 1–2 minutes until the phone is connected to the GEYRA server. Then “✓ Alarm phone is ready” appears, and the overview on the PC shows your phone as “reachable”.

Good to know: from now on the app runs quietly in the background and starts by itself after the phone restarts.
Blocking from the phone: You always see the buttons for blocking and allowing. Without Guardian they are locked – then you block the device on the PC. With Guardian it works directly on the phone, even on the go.

Test the alarm

  1. Open the alarm section

    In the expert view click Alarms on the left.

    Alarm & Eskalation: Alarm-Handy, Kontaktwege und Eskalationsplan.
    Alarms: alarm phone, contact channels and escalation plan.
  2. Trigger a test

    Click Test alert. After a few seconds the test alarm arrives on your smartphone. If the button says “no alarm phone paired yet”, pair it first as described above.

Sound and full screen

  1. The sound follows your phone

    If your phone is set to silent, the alarm stays quiet. On vibrate it vibrates. On normal it rings once.

  2. “Do not disturb”

    If “Do not disturb” is on, the phone stays quiet. You then find the alarm in your notifications.

  3. Full screen when the phone is locked

    If your phone is locked, GEYRA shows the alarm large on the whole screen. That way you do not miss it.

When an alarm arrives

  1. View the alarm

    Your smartphone shows a notification from GEYRA, for example “Neues Gerät erkannt: …” (new device detected). Tap it.

  2. Check

    Do you know the device – a new phone in the family or a visitor? Then tap Kenne ich (I know it). If you want to look at it later, tap Später prüfen (check later). If you don't know it, block it: Block a device.

  3. GEYRA has disconnected a device

    If GEYRA has disconnected a device from the internet by itself (quarantine or automatic defence), you always get an alarm. In it you choose Release or Keep blocked.

Change or remove phone

  1. Remove the old phone

    On the PC under Protection & system click MANAGE PHONES. Next to the old phone click REMOVE.

  2. Pair the new phone

    Set up the new phone as described above under Pair.

“This phone already belongs to another GEYRA household”? Then the phone is still connected to another GEYRA. Remove it there with REMOVE and then pair it again. If you no longer have access to the other GEYRA, write to us at info@geyra.de.
Several phones: you can also pair a second alarm phone, for example for your partner. The overview then shows, for example, “Galaxy S24 Ultra +1 · reachable”.
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