Hey guys!
I've been trying some of the free ones but I'm not really hundred percent satisfied, so just as topic. Which one do you recommend and why?
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I'm using LookOut on the market (backup, locate, erase, siren, antivirus). The good thing about it is that it's free.
andrei_ said:
I'm using LookOut on the market (backup, locate, erase, siren, antivirus). The good thing about it is that it's free.
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I've tried Lookout, but it doesn't seem to work for me. It can't find my phone or trigger the siren, even with wifi and gps turned on.
The only free program I liked is AntiDroidTheft. Very minimalistic tracking and sim change notifier. It can also take a picture remotely and upload it to your account. But of course that's useless when your phone is lying down. The only downside is battery usage.
There should be an app with the possibilities of AntiDroidTheft and Lookout combined and without the battery drain. You should also be able to change the update frequency remotely and the app should enable the GPS only for a few seconds.
I'm waiting for Mobile Defense, but at the moment it only works in the US.
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I've tried Lookout, but it doesn't seem to work for me. It can't find my phone or trigger the siren, even with wifi and gps turned on.
The only free program I liked is AntiDroidTheft. Very minimalistic tracking and sim change notifier. It can also take a picture remotely and upload it to your account. But of course that's useless when your phone is lying down. The only downside is battery usage.
There should be an app with the possibilities of AntiDroidTheft and Lookout combined and without the battery drain. You should also be able to change the update frequency remotely and the app should enable the GPS only for a few seconds.
I'm waiting for Mobile Defense, but at the moment it only works in the US.
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al iets gevonden ? zoek er ook naar eigenlijk, en whereismydroid werkt helemaal niet met base
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Try Application WHERE
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do you have an url ?
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I am taking part in a 1 week cycle for charity. During that time I would like to be able to give people the option to locate me.
I know about sprite terminator but done want to give people the password for that. During th ejournet while I am on the bike I will not have internet access.
Is this easily possible ?
Can I install a program that will accept sms gps location requsts?
Is there some other (better) way to do this ?
many thanks
http://www.pathaway.com/
It is very easy with this...
I use SportsDo. Works great, and you can post to Facebook etc...
thanks guys, do either of these services work via sms? remember I will not have any internet connection while on the bike.
SportsDo doesnt. Check this link out for other programs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471864&highlight=sportsdo
actually I have just realised that my o2 sim (mobile internet) works in the phone so that provides the possibility of a constant on internet connection (I have a 10GB data plan with them).
So, I am looking at Sportsdo again. The only problem I am seeing is power. The app does not seem to have a power saving (backlight off) mode. Is this correct ? How do other SportsDo users cope with power usage?
many thanks
Davebravey said:
I use SportsDo. Works great, and you can post to Facebook etc...
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Dave
Can you confirm, does SportsDo have a power saving mode ? How do you invoke it ?
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http://www.google.co.uk/latitude/intro.html
Could be worth a shot.
jake_tenfloors said:
http://www.google.co.uk/latitude/intro.html
Could be worth a shot.
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Exactly! Google Latitude does the job.
It's free, it works, and it's already on your phone
How do i close a program in the magic, i dont want it running in the background. Is there a prog like a taskmanager or something..??
Hi ,
Download "advance task manager lite" off the Market. This is a very very helpful app which can close all your programs running and very simple to use. And it is Free.
If you need anymore help feel free to post back
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There is no such app in my market. Can anyone share a free version? Thanks
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There is no such app in my market. Can anyone share a free version? Thanks
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It's a free version. The actual name is "Advanced Task Manager Lite" so do a search on "Advanced".
I did do a search and can't find it. Anyone else managed to find it under Rogers in Canada?
I can easy find it. I use it every day, but i find it a bit strange that you cant close apps in any other way! And alot of programs doesnt have a "Quit/Exit" function.
Does anyone have any explanation to why its not possible to close programs without download extra programs?
you know,
I think i heard Something about when you leave the app , it does actually sort of close.
It saves the state you left it in (freezes) and unfreezes when you enter it again. So really the App is not running or using any comsumption at all until you are in the app.
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you know,
I think i heard Something about when you leave the app , it does actually sort of close.
It saves the state you left it in (freezes) and unfreezes when you enter it again. So really the App is not running or using any comsumption at all until you are in the app.
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This is true.
It is because android is awesome at app management. There is no real need for closing apps. It leaves apps kinda open (saves their state in ram) but not running. That`s why most apps open so fast. And even though more ram is "in use" it doesn`t cost you battery life.
Thanks for confirming ,
What a fantatic way , The OS is fantastic and I can guarantee that Android has alot of potential and Can only get better and come up with more technological breaking idea's!!
CLLC
CLLC said:
you know,
I think i heard Something about when you leave the app , it does actually sort of close.
It saves the state you left it in (freezes) and unfreezes when you enter it again. So really the App is not running or using any comsumption at all until you are in the app.
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Oh i didnt know that!! Sounds really fantastic. I have to get used to a whole new way of thinking then, i think im too used to windows
Anyway. I love Android more and more. But i was shocked when i found out that you cant send or receive files via bluetooth. I hope this is their number 1. priority in the next released. I mean, comon .. phones have been able to do this for 10 years now!
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I did do a search and can't find it. Anyone else managed to find it under Rogers in Canada?
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i did not find it either. i m using rogers too
but you can download Close Everything at Market for free.
i think those apps are similar. the only difference is you have to close EVERYTHING instead of choosing an app to end it.
anyway, the system is not getting slower even i open lots apps.
maybe, the "freeze" thing is true
yesterday I had my phone fully charged before i got to sleep, in the morning 8 hours later the battery was almost empty. GPS and WIFI was disabeld, so I think all the programs in the "background" ( a lot ) killed the battery.
Or what do you think killed the batt?
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i did not find it either. i m using rogers too
but you can download Close Everything at Market for free.
i think those apps are similar. the only difference is you have to close EVERYTHING instead of choosing an app to end it.
anyway, the system is not getting slower even i open lots apps.
maybe, the "freeze" thing is true
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But I thought if you close EVERYTHING the alarm will not work?
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yesterday I had my phone fully charged before i got to sleep, in the morning 8 hours later the battery was almost empty. GPS and WIFI was disabeld, so I think all the programs in the "background" ( a lot ) killed the battery.
Or what do you think killed the batt?
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that did not happen to me yet
if you disable background data usage in data sync that will save batt life and lower data usage too.
do not know if that helps at all
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But I thought if you close EVERYTHING the alarm will not work?
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alarms still work (tested just now)
i do not know how that app works ~oops~
maybe it does not work at all hahaha
not all programs stop running. some are designed to run in the background
the only real way to check what is running is to use a task manager
I paid $0.99 for advanced task manager. Its a good, but basic app. And hardly breaks the bank at that price!
The other issue I get is "go slows" sometimes on the phone. It doesn't seem to crash, just response times go into the seconds. I switch off and on to soft reset and its fine.
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that did not happen to me yet
if you disable background data usage in data sync that will save batt life and lower data usage too.
do not know if that helps at all
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Why should I disable data usage? If i have an app that use data, then I only need to close the app. Please correct me if I´m wrong.
Just got the Hero - love it. Is there any way to track the 3G activity to make sure I don't go over my monthly limit? Can't find anything in settings but are there any market apps that would do the trick?
thanks
i am sure phonalyzr would do it, among logging many other things such as calls, data usage, power usage etc. it seems to be pretty popular from what i have heard.
Thanks. I can't find that in the market which is either because I am from Ireland (no market support here) or have a sim free phone.
Any other (non copy protected) apps?
thanks.
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i am sure phonalyzr would do it, among logging many other things such as calls, data usage, power usage etc. it seems to be pretty popular from what i have heard.
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3G watchdog
net counter
there's bound to be others.
just search the market for 3g, counter or monitor.
something should show up.
you should be able to see the free apps, but if there is no Google Checkout launched in Ireland, then no, paid apps will not appear. nothing to do with being SIM free, cos i've seen paid apps on SIM free phones here in England.
I wonder.... if they don't show up in Eire, would they show up in the North on the UK networks??? maybe that's for another thread!
netsentry, you can set a limit and everything
I installed netcounter and netsentry but netsentry gets my vote. perect.
thanks for help and recommendations.
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netsentry, you can set a limit and everything
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Is anyone using Locale App on their Nexus One, does all the functionality work reliably, eg, via location and time.
As it's a paid app now, would be nice to know if it is 100% compatible.
Or are there any other similar apps which you can recommend which are free?
Thanks
I stopped using locale when it started to get more and more broken with each new release. Some of the older versions worked really well but basically it chomps more and more ram until android has to kill it for any new app at which point it'll try and restart and then start sending messages out (eg tweets) for locations. Gets very irritating to have your twitter stream updated every few minutes to say exactly the same thing.
It's also a huge shame that they went pay on this app especially with all the flaws it has now.
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I stopped using locale when it started to get more and more broken with each new release. Some of the older versions worked really well but basically it chomps more and more ram until android has to kill it for any new app at which point it'll try and restart and then start sending messages out (eg tweets) for locations. Gets very irritating to have your twitter stream updated every few minutes to say exactly the same thing.
It's also a huge shame that they went pay on this app especially with all the flaws it has now.
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So what do you use instead?
There is nothing to use instead. At least, to my knowledge. That said, Locale is still garbage and it is ridiculous they expect $10 for it. They should make sure it works before asking for any monetary amount, be it $1 or $10. For that reason, I will hold onto my money until another developer creates a similar, working application.
I have it and it works absolutely fine.
I managed to get the VERY latest version before they made it a paid app
I'm using it on my phone and haven't had any issues. I'm using the free version. One suggestion the developer gave me was when I set it to do something based on my location is to make the blue circle around the location really big. like 3 times bigger than I would normally expect it to need.
since doing this, all my locations work perfectly.
also, i use it at night (time situation) to turn off the volume, turn down the screen brightness and reduce the number of seconds for screen timeout. haven't had any issues with that either.
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I have it and it works absolutely fine.
I managed to get the VERY latest version before they made it a paid app
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What version number is that?
tasker could be a alternative for locale
I;ve bought the app, and was pretty dissapointed.
It does what it says it does, BUT very slow
I've set Home and Work on specific locations, and a default for when i'm gone.
The app changes sound/wifi/bt, but when i'm approx 10-15km away from home. It's very slow, especially if you don't have GPS on.
Also, it activates WiFi everytime when you start using your phone to check for local wifi networks to determine the location.
All this was pretty emtying my battery
Works most of the time for me.
Be careful when you add a new spot...Don't change the radius and coordinates too much. (I tweaked my location for accuracy a couple of times and it never applied my settings)
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So how do I download tasker ? a search in the marketplace for "tasker" yeilds nothing? Thanks in advance.
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I have struggled with horrible battery life. I tried everything from roms, radios, setcpu, registry tweaks, all builds on this site and still couldnt pull much more out of my battery.
I ran across an app yesterday while digging through some articles looking for a battery miracle and found an app on the market called tasker. It is an automated tasking app that allows you to set different variations for anything you could imagine on your phone.
I have only scratched the surface with what it can do. The link below has a simple GPS setup to get started.
It enables you to turn on a certain function (WIFI, GPS, Bluetooth) when you open an app and then allows you to close it once the app closes. No more forgetting to use the power control widget!
Hopefully this thread can evolve with suggestions and other setups to help save more battery!
Today I was able to get 13 heavy usage hours out of my phone. Before this I was in the neighborhood of 8-10 depending on usage.
Any suggestions or new scenarios appreciated.
Hope this helps!
http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone
Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)
psykick5 said:
Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)
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Absolutly correct, nearly the greatest program I have seen for android...
Isn't it a paid app?
Yes it's is. See : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
There a direct Purchase form the author site that is cheaper from The Market
psykick5 said:
Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)
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I am Jealous. I wish my life was as great as yours.
So really how about the battery life?
arifqur said:
I am Jealous. I wish my life was as great as yours.
So really how about the battery life?
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Wonderful!
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Yes it's is. See : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
There a direct Purchase form the author site that is cheaper from The Market
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Does Tasker support turning on/off 3G? I.E. could I set it to turn off 3G ad drop to EDGE when the screen is off, thus saving battery?
yeah.. it works awesome.. so many settings to config up.. endless combinations lol..
good stuff dude!
3g
Fmstrat
Yes, you can set it to turn off everything when you turn the sreen off.
To do this go into tasker
Add new
Click Event
Click Display
Click Display off
Click Done
Click Plus sign in bottom left corner
Tap Net
Tap Mobile Data with the gear beside it
So the same thing but in reverse for Display on!
Along with this you can set a time profile to check turn on data every X minutes to grab your emails
New Time
00:00 to 23:59
repeat every x mins
add task mobile data on
It dues shut off APN completely however, I dont think there is a way, yet, to just shut off 3g. If anyone know a way please add it.
Hope this Help!
Looking for help with a profile
Need some help from the community.
I am trying to set up a profile that will work as follows:
Screen off > Kill all tasks using ATK
If I choose it as an app it loads the app but doesn't kill anything. This would be a great battery saver.
Anyone?
This looks like an excellent app.
Just a quick question (I've only ever installed free apps from the market )
If I pay for this app and validate/register it online using a Desire based android build, but then subsequently load a different build (maybe a nexus based one) will the app still install and work correctly?
Or will the app be seen as being transferred to another phone and refuse to work?
Thanks for any advice
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