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[Q] Can anyone recommend a GPS tracker for Android?

Looking for a GPS tracker to track one of the kids haha. I know it is a little unethical but I got over that.
It would be cool to be able to track her on my phone, but I could do with a web interface need be (these things access the internet as well, right?)
It would probably need to lock or hide itself in the app drawer (I rather have it hidden.) She would probably throw a fit otherwise. I don't mind paying for the right app.

Don't lie. You're trying to sneak it onto your woman's phone. LOL. I'm interested in this too.

lillee3377 said:
Don't lie. You're trying to sneak it onto your woman's phone. LOL. I'm interested in this too.
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I could just try a bunch, but that seems like a lot of work

Doesn't sprint already have GPS tracking for anyone on their family plan?

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Doesn't sprint already have GPS tracking for anyone on their family plan?
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Yup. It's their Family Locator service. $5 a month.
https://sfl.sprintpcs.com/finder-sprint-family/welcome.htm

I think any app that acts as a constant "tracker" will kill the battery in no time.
A few options come to mind; Lookout Mobile Security (extremely accurate the few times i've tested it) or Google Latitude - less accurate but can be configured using wifi+gps....

MrDSL said:
Doesn't sprint already have GPS tracking for anyone on their family plan?
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Yup. It's their Family Locator service. $5 a month.
https://sfl.sprintpcs.com/finder-sprint-family/welcome.htm
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Yeah....I just hate to pay extra when there are all these awesome apps that are potentially free.
I think I have found what I am looking for though.
Family GPS Tracker
Simple interface, not really a tracker but will be fine for what I need to use it for. Best of all you can change the update frequency so the app isn't phoning home constantly and destroying the battery.
Now I just need to find a way to hide the app haha.

jaypeezee said:
I think any app that acts as a constant "tracker" will kill the battery in no time.
A few options come to mind; Lookout Mobile Security (extremely accurate the few times i've tested it) or Google Latitude - less accurate but can be configured using wifi+gps....
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Sorry, tracker might be a bit of an overstatement. I don't really need tracking more so just location updating every now and then.

lookout mobile was free but i guess they have a premiuim version. 29.99 for a year. it has GPS tracking but it has to be used by logging on to their website to track, like family locator. i luckily have been using it since windows mobile days so i get the premiuim features for free

The best one I think is mobile defense and it hides itself the only thing is it sends a text when it connects so to get around that you'll need handcent sms and just blacklist the number it texts from that's how I track my girl lmao
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i use google latitude, its very good and its free. it even shows a picture of where the phone's @ with the address.

djcro said:
i use google latitude, its very good and its free. it even shows a picture of where the phone's @ with the address.
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latitude would be a good option if the person never opened it, lol. as soon as they do, they could turn it off, hide themselves, or just set it to a hard location ("i'm going to jessica's, dad", set's latitude for jessica's house, then is over to brad's tra la la la la)
if she had a custom ROM on her phone, you could make launcher pro the default home, then hide latitude from the app drawer. unless she's savvy, she wouldn't think about it. latitude should update.
of course, if you're going to go that way, you could use any one of several things and just hide them from the app drawer.

Safety
I would like to suggest this kind of innovative idea with regards to android phone application, in which you are able to monitor your love ones wherever they go. In addition you can use this app for your safety and protection of your family and it is the only application that has a direct access to the emergency response center. For more information please try to check their website: safekidzone.com or SafeTREC.com

Ninja Tracker
michaelvibe said:
Looking for a GPS tracker to track one of the kids haha. I know it is a little unethical but I got over that.
It would be cool to be able to track her on my phone, but I could do with a web interface need be (these things access the internet as well, right?)
It would probably need to lock or hide itself in the app drawer (I rather have it hidden.) She would probably throw a fit otherwise. I don't mind paying for the right app.
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I would recommend the Ninja Tracker - when my son passed his driving test I was always worrying about him so we now have one of these in his car (he knows it is there) and I often use it to check he has arrived safely at his destination etc... Also popped one in my daughters bag when we went to a music festival last year - just for peace of mind really - meant that she could have more freedom to wander off with her friends but at such a packed venue we could find her easily by logging into our interface via my iphone. Fab bit of kit at a reasonable price - company I bought it from was called Ninja Tracking Systems I think... Google them.

http://wheresmydroid.com/
I use this. It also allows me to erase the contents should the enemy get my phone.

I can suggest Fameelee - Family Locator. It's a free app avaiable on Google Play and recently launched on Appstore. It allows to track realtime location of the family members as well as to check location history for the past 30 days. Within premium version you may track sms and call logs of the loved ones. It works in background so mostly end user you going to track will even didn't notice it. Hope features of this app will meet your needs

I'd like to recommend you Fameelee app, it's a free app that was recenly founded by myself on Google Play Market. Allows to track real time location of the family members, friends or whoever you wish
You can also check gps location histor for the last 30 days, get gps notification once your app member reach some specific places (you can match it on the map) and a lot of other useful features.

[Q] Is it possible to take pics from the Lock Screen without entering your pin code?

I think IOS has this right, just to take a quick pic I dont want to have to enter my pin code or do my security pattern.

You have the option to swipe left..but only with slide to unlock. I can't say I've seen any iPhone with that function though.
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iphone 4s definitely has this feature even with Pin Code enabled, I have one in front of me.
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You have the option to swipe left..but only with slide to unlock. I can't say I've seen any iPhone with that function though.
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Personally, I disagree ... If I lock my phone, I don't want people to be able to do anything with the phone. Isn't that the point of the lock?

Well, that's why we have these things called options.
I lock my phone because if I lose it or its stolen I dont want anyone to have access to my data...I dont care if the only thing they can do is take pictures...as a matter of fact I would encourage this so I can track them via GPS info on the pics
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Personally, I disagree ... If I lock my phone, I don't want people to be able to do anything with the phone. Isn't that the point of the lock?
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If you are rooted I guess tasker or similar app can be configured to take pictures for you on lock screen.
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Then remove the pin if you want easy access to the camera.
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Yes, the while point of having a lock is to "lock" out other people from using your phone...
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I bet if i didn't mention IOS in my OP I wouldn't have had all these unhelpful replies
Since when did Android become the land of no options/customizations?

The idea itself is quite nice.
Maybe android itself won't make it possible? I could imagine that there are just no permissions to execute anything without unlock. However the community is insane and solves problems like that.
I don't use any lock so I can't tell you if any rom I used so far had this kind of feature

How are the replies not helpful? The fact is you can't.
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So it looks like you can do this with a few 3rd party apps.
Right now I am testing this Setting Profiles.
I have Profiles setup to disable Lock when connected to my home WiFi or my cars Bluetooth.
It has disabled the Lock Screen & Pin entering all together while home, but I will test this out more today during my travels.
If settings profile doesn't work well, then I will try this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benhirashima.unlockwithwifi&hl=en
Unlock With Wifi which seems to do most of what I use Settings Profiles for anyway.
And Josh, most of the replies just said "why" would I want to do this.
Thanks Herman76 for pointing me in the right direction.
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How are the replies not helpful? The fact is you can't.
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This might be possible because you can use wallet without unlocking the phone even with corporate email.
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Delayed Lock
Update:
Although Settings Profile did what I wanted, it was screwing up my Bluetooth connection. (Seems the app hasn't been updated in months...)
Right now I am testing Delayed Lock Free Trial.
It has plug-in to disable the Pin Lock based on Wifi AP connected, Bluetooth Device or GPS Location...so it brings me to the slider unlock screen where I have my Camera as an option (AOKP)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...CwiZGUuajR2ZWxpbi5kZWxheWVkbG9jazIudHJpYWwiXQ..

AOKP gives you an option to view the standard slide lockscreen before viewing the secure lockscreen, but you still have to put in your pin/pattern after sliding over to the camera. This isn't what you're looking for, but it seems to be a bit faster than putting in the pin THEN opening the camera app (especially if you enable the quick pin unlock in Rom Control).
There's also the option of using the above method with face unlock. After sliding, you'd move to face unlock then open to the camera app.

Reasons
@RichAP your efforts are well appreciated as you did actually try to find a solution and not just bring reasons for 'why you shouldn`t use this feature', however I`ve come across the same question as the person who started the topic and I thought I`d give a more detailed explanation of what is the app he is looking for.
This could come quite handy to most users who may want to capture a picture close to 'instantly'. For example if you wanna challenge your camera`s ability to take a picture of a fast moving object such as your neighbor finally jumping off his house, having to put a password/pin/pattern would result in you missing the moment and you don`t want that. A better example is something which happened to me today. An idiot nearly drove into the car i was in, popped his head out of the window, started swearing at everyone and then drifts away. I wanted to take a picture of his number plate, in case anything would go sideways, but by the time i unlocked my phone he was long gone.
As the person who started the topic mentioned, this feature is available in iOS (i`ve seen it on iphone 4s about 2 months ago), but the security measures have been taken into account too; you can only take pictures, but you cannot view them unless you pass the security measures (therefore if your phone gets lost/stolen, whoever has it can only fill up your memory with pictures in the worst case scenario, but what`s that good for when you can`t access them ?). I personally hate apple with a passion, but this is the only feature i`ve come across which i couldn`t find on android yet. Of course now this is down to the developers if they are interested to implement this, i only showed under what circumstances you can use it. Oh and why does apple have it (and amazingly, doesn`t charge the users ridiculous amounts of money, it`s actually built-in the OS) and android doesn`t (even as a 3rd party app) is a good question, as apple never gives its users more than 1% on top of the very basic (for free).
I do apologize for jumping in quite late, however I just got a galaxy S3 3 weeks ago and I`ve just come across this today. If anyone found an alternative or something which is already on the market, may I please ask how do i find it ? Thank you in advance.

I'm sure with the 4.2 update you can take pictures even when the phone has a pattern/pin lock, or at least I can on the paranoid 2.99 beta9 rom

You can do that in 4.2
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Anyone realize the last reply is 6 months ago, which means there is no 4.2.....................................................................

I dont think its a good idea to enable camera without unlocking the screen.
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[INFO][UPDATED 11/3] What do your NFC tags/tectiles do?

So I thought I'd make a thread about some of the things we are doing with our new GS3's and it's uses with NFC! Sure we can all google some of the uses but why not share some things not mentioned and share ideas. I think this is a good place to do just that!
For those of you that are unfamiliar with NFC and what it stands for/means, you can Wiki it, or I actually thought this was a better explanation.
A good app and very useful to have is NFC Task Launcher from the Play Store. It writes tags, erases tags, locks tags.. all done with your GS3! I can't remember if there was a free version or not. Either way, well worth the couple or few bucks that it cost.
It's also got a list of places to get blank NFC tags. I bought my starter pack for like $15 or $20 bucks and it came with a ton of tags, and a keychain!
User dhendy91 has made a Guide for Google Wallet. Be sure to check out his thread for another great use for NFC.. don't forget to press his Thanks button!
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And it gets better! User meyhemer has created a MOD to use NFC with the screen off or phone locked! Great stuff.. please visit his thread and show him some thanks as well!
Here's a list of places you can order NFC tags from here in the US: (NFC tasker has the same list!)
www.Tagstand.com
www.buynfctags.com
www.tagsfordroid.com
www.identivenfc.com
For more links and info regarding NFC right here on XDA, Click Here. Chances are if you have questions, they are answered in that section. Feel free to ask here too!
Love to hear some more suggestions and ideas or whatever else you guys are doing with NFC. Chime in even if you haven't put that idea to use yet!
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I'm gonna try to compile a list of some ideas and uses we have so far!
Call these tasks whatever you want, I'm jut going to call them whatever comes to mind for simplicity sake.
Bedtime/Night mode- set ringers, media, and notification volumes down to a minimum or silent when you go to lie down.
Car Mode- Turns on Navigation, GPS and maybe even thrown on some tunes
WiFi Toggle- Have a tag to turn on and connect WiFi to a specific Network.
Work Mode- Change ring/notification volume when your at work, connect to network, sync work email when your at... work
Disable Sync- Could also be used as nightime thing to save battery when you go to sleep.
Check-ins- Use a tag to check into a certain place.. your gym, school, etc..
Ads, or offers in shops- "where a user could tap on one, and be taken to a promotional page on x site, that could be tracked using a tracking code".
workout/bicycle routine- pretty neat idea
Coffee anyone- a tag can have an URL command turn on your coffee expresso machine!
Door locks- http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/20/yale-demos-nfc-enabled-residential-locks-germaphobes-rejoice-v/
Come home- A tag to fire up wifi and whatever else you may want when you get home
Message/Letter- Write a note on a tag, send it with a care package!
Screen Timeout- Adjust your screen timeout along with another task
If you find this thread useful don't forget to slap the THANKS button!

I just having boring one's.
Toggle WiFi and connect to a specific network.
Turn on GPS and open Google Navigation
Change ring/notification volume when I'm at work

Lol.. though simple they are pretty cool and neat to see em work. It'd be nice if every phone had NFC.. that way you could make a wifi one for your house without ever having to give up your password! That would be cool..
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Are the tags re-writable?
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Are the tags re-writable?
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Most are.. you can also lock some tags so they can't be rewritten.
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Do u recommend any particular nfc tag to choose from? Are the ones from ebay as good?
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Do u recommend any particular nfc tag to choose from? Are the ones from ebay as good?
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Yeah.. they are all pretty good. I used RapidNFC and the starter pack I got came with different size tags.. a bunch of ultra lights and a couple ntags, which I think is just a bigger chip.
Should be noted the ultra light tags though can't do things like web URLs.. not big enough apparently.
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Yo
Just ordered mine from RapidNFC,
I plan to set one up next to my bed to disable syncing when I go to sleep and save battery cause signal is so poor from my bedroom, set phone to silent and enable my alarm, then tap again in morning to undo it and send text messages trolling my missus who is working away at the moment.
Also plan to stick one to my desk in work to silence the ringer, connect to work wifi and turn on auto sync for my work email.

I like the work tag.. I can see lots of people using that idea!
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Don't forget guys that some of the smaller tags won't allow u to store enough info on them to do more than one or two tasks.
Go a 1k tag and that will allow you to pop a few tasks at a time on it.
Oh an I have a tag on my door for checking in at home, switch wifi on and change to normal sound profile.
In work a tag on desk activates silent profile, disables wifi and checks in on foursquare.
Used nfc quite a bit on my Nokia N9 and it's a really handy feature to have on a phone.
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This is all new to me. But seems amazing.

is NFC something that you have to actually enable on the phone, or is it always on?

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This is all new to me. But seems amazing.
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Yeah.. pretty cool stuff and very useful for phones!
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is NFC something that you have to actually enable on the phone, or is it always on?
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Yeah you just have to tick it on. Menu> Settings> More> (then tick the NFC box.. ) also take a look around in there.. turn on S-beam as well.
I'm gonna set some more up this weekend just to mess around and see what I can put on some of these tags!
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Oh so i guess it constantly runs in the background using battery waiting to detect a tag

Do you need a second tag to set your phone into "daytime mode" when you wake up? I've been wondering about this for a bit?

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Oh so i guess it constantly runs in the background using battery waiting to detect a tag
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I'm getting minimum 12hrs of usage off a single charge so I dont notice any battery drain.. also I don't think its constantly searching for a tag.. it just recognized the chip when it comes close enough to one.
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Do you need a second tag to set your phone into "daytime mode" when you wake up? I've been wondering about this for a bit?
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There's a toggle option on the NFC Tasker app. So basically you set 2 tasks.. the first time you tap the tag it does the first task and the second time it does task 2.. more or less making it a toggle. Just set it up like that.
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I'm getting minimum 12hrs of usage off a single charge so I dont notice any battery drain.. also I don't think its constantly searching for a tag.. it just recognized the chip when it comes close enough to one.
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try a charge with the NFC off and see the difference?
I dont see how it can sense a tag near it if its not 'searching' for one. same goes for bluetooth and wifi.

If you are concerned about your battery life you can always do all those tasks the NFC tag does manually, and drain your living hours
I think it is worth whatever the drainage the nfc will do comparing to switching all the different toggles manually and doing it every single time you get into the car, get into the office, house, and whatever you have used those tags for.
Just sayin...

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try a charge with the NFC off and see the difference?
I dont see how it can sense a tag near it if its not 'searching' for one. same goes for bluetooth and wifi.
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Yeah beats me but I will try a full charge without NFC ticked and see how it does!
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If you haven't already, check out Microsoft's on{x}. It's a program which has similar functionality to NFC chips. Once my SGS3 arrives, I'll be doing some development on these.

SimonsVoss keycard

I'm moving into a new appartment, this is the key for the building it is in.
It says Simonsvoss on it, its the name of the company.
You just have to hold it in front of the lock and it opens automatically.
I thought maybe it uses NFC and you can read out the key and also use your phone as a key.
I tried some NFC reader apps, but none of them got any signal.
I'm not sure if NFC works on my phone (i have a galaxy s3 with cyanogenmod 11 M6 installed).
Anyone knows if this thing even uses NFC?

I'm no expert but it was my understanding that nfc is Bluetooth and these fobs use some other radio signal
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There's a number of different reasons why your smartphone can't read it:
- it doesn't support that particular tag: it does happen, perhaps it works on a different frequency, or uses unknown protocols. There isn't much you can do about it.
- that key is not an nfc tag: it sounds unlikely to me, since the way you described how it works makes me think it is actually an nfc tag, but who knows.
- the cyanogenmod you installed doesn't support nfc: have you tried reading other tags with it? What kind of software are you using for reading it? Make sure you can successfully read other kinds of tags: if you happen to have Mifare Ultralight tags, you may use an app I developed a few days ago, UltraManager. if you have other kinds of tags (even the most recent passports have nfc tags embedded), apps like NFC TagInfo should do
- you have accidentally removed part of your nfc hardware accidentally: I know this sounds unlikely, and I would've never suggested it, but earlier today I talked to a guy who claimed he couldn't read any tags: turned out that he had changed his smartphone's battery with an unofficial one, and since that particular smartphone had the hardware on the battery, he obviously couldn't use nfc.

I know this thread is dead, but...Probably not NFC, since I can even scan and copy my Passport (hex codes of fingerprints and so on).
Would be to easy to break into a appartment secured like this
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Radio Frequency
The Transponder is a radio transponder, it unlocks the lock by sending a radio frequency which cannot be cloned like traditional RFID ..
Simons-Voss stated this information on their website, in fact that was their main selling point is that the transponders cannot be cloned .. I know this thread is old and all, but I would be interested to know if anyone has figured out a way to hack these locks. I used them, so I am interested to know how their level of security is holding up after all these years ..

NFC proper emulation on Samsung Galaxy Note5

Hello XDA community,
I'm looking forward to try and actually emulate my travel card. It's called a Rav Kav, and the location of it is Israel. From what I've seen you are required to edit the NFC configuration file to somehow maybe emulate a physical card. I tried an app that requires root. It unfortunately shows me a message "NFC configuration file is invalid". So I tried another app. This app might've worked, but I'm not sure because when I tried the scanner app it didn't white register. I'm still experimenting with the app it seemed to work in, but suspiciously it doesn't require root.
I thought of a couple things and I thought maybe entirely flashing a new rom would work? I honestly don't know. And also I'm not planning on using Samsung Pay or Google Pay anytime soon as these two don't support any israelian banks, so what's the point.
Any solutions?

Bump. Wow really old post, but any answers?