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GPS Tracking

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 ?
Many thanks

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

Weather not updating???

Ive searched Google and couldn't find a answer to this. Im running Energy.IMAGIO.23563.Sense2.5.Cookie.HomeTab.Apr.20 and every time i try to update the weather it just sits n then says no weather data available? Even on Google maps it says location temp unavailable? Anyone have any ideas? I first thought gps is bad but im a noob and not sure how to tell if the gps test is good or bad?

Sounds like you don't have My Location turned on.

I double checked it and its on so not sure whats up. Even tried hard n soft reset plus diff roms. Was working 1min then just stopped at 11pm one night

starvenmarven said:
...every time i try to update the weather it just sits n then says no weather data available? Even on Google maps it says location temp unavailable? Anyone have any ideas? I first thought gps is bad but im a noob and not sure how to tell if the gps test is good or bad?
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Well . . . weather data does not use GPS, so that is not the issue.
When you click on the weather tab, does it have your location correct?
Can you add your city and see if that improves the situation?
As for the GPS, have you run "QuickGPS" to download the initial satellite information?

BRosenow said:
Well . . . weather data does not use GPS, so that is not the issue.
When you click on the weather tab, does it have your location correct?
Can you add your city and see if that improves the situation?
As for the GPS, have you run "QuickGPS" to download the initial satellite information?
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Well i did download the data with QuickGPS and all my location says is No data available. Also my city is not in the list?

starvenmarven said:
Well i did download the data with QuickGPS and all my location says is No data available. Also my city is not in the list?
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Are you able to surf the web and/or get email with it?
How about selecting a city near you. We just need to see if it can download weather data for ANY city.

BRosenow said:
Are you able to surf the web and/or get email with it?
How about selecting a city near you. We just need to see if it can download weather data for ANY city.
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Ya i can get email, surf the web and got a city a 50miles west of me so that all works? Starting to think that it doesnt like my area anymore

Im having the same exact problem with my Touch Pro 2, you click update the circle spins and then it says no weather data available. I called vzw tech and they are sending me a new one

I am having the same problem with my Tilt 2 on AT&T. It works fine on edge, but won't work at all on 3G.

I've received a new device and its not working near my house, drove 275 miles yesterday and only wouldnt work within a 30 mile radius of my home.
Actually bought a ****ty imagio too and thats not updating either, per someone at ppcgeeks, apparently it is a mapping issue and HTC is aware.

[Q] Noob needs help

Ok so I watched the 'threatening' video at registration and done the search of the forums and still havent' found what I'm looking for . It could be that I surpassed the limit of noob-ability and even don't know how to download from market .
I started my gmail acc , etc but when i want to download (for example launcher pro , cause it looks kinda sexy ) it says that no device is recognized for my account . How can I , well , kinda attach a device to account from pc ?
I know there is a way of direct download from device but there arent many 'hotspots' where I live so i could hook up to them . Okey , this sounded very gay . To put it simply I want to download it to pc and then install it on my SG3 .
How ?
Thanx in advance .

Search for any app on the net by just typing its name followed by .apk

Trafalgar Law said:
Ok so I watched the 'threatening' video at registration and done the search of the forums and still havent' found what I'm looking for . It could be that I surpassed the limit of noob-ability and even don't know how to download from market .
I started my gmail acc , etc but when i want to download (for example launcher pro , cause it looks kinda sexy ) it says that no device is recognized for my account . How can I , well , kinda attach a device to account from pc ?
I know there is a way of direct download from device but there arent many 'hotspots' where I live so i could hook up to them . Okey , this sounded very gay . To put it simply I want to download it to pc and then install it on my SG3 .
How ?
Thanx in advance .
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You have to set up the google account on your device as well as on the computer, and you'll also have to use the chrome browser and an app on your phone called chrome2phone. (this is the long way)
The easier way would be to do as divzzen says: (You'll need to use either ADB or download an app via market on the phone to install it)
divzzen said:
Search for any app on the net by just typing its name followed by .apk
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There may be other ways to do it, but by far the easiest would be to use mobile data (unless its a huge file) or find yourself a hotspot

divzzen said:
Search for any app on the net by just typing its name followed by .apk
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Much obliged .
nrk_2k said:
or find yourself a hotspot
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Haha , that's just mean ...

Trafalgar Law said:
Haha , that's just mean ...
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Find yourself a copy of WifiAnalyser, shows all sorts of info about wifi networks, and you might even be able to find yourself an unsecured network to use

Trafalgar Law said:
Ok so I watched the 'threatening' video at registration and done the search of the forums and still havent' found what I'm looking for . It could be that I surpassed the limit of noob-ability and even don't know how to download from market .
I started my gmail acc , etc but when i want to download (for example launcher pro , cause it looks kinda sexy ) it says that no device is recognized for my account . How can I , well , kinda attach a device to account from pc ?
I know there is a way of direct download from device but there arent many 'hotspots' where I live so i could hook up to them . Okey , this sounded very gay . To put it simply I want to download it to pc and then install it on my SG3 .
How ?
Thanx in advance .
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The pc market (market.android.com) doesn't download the app to your pc, it pushes it to your phone. It probably doesn't recognize your device because you didnt set up a google account on your phone (maybe its also necessary to open the market), after you've done that the site should show your phone.
Others, pretty much, gave you the rest of my advice
P.S. I read OP

download them on to your computer and send it to your phone by bluetooth. you can install them from your memory card.

Internet close after screen gets off

Hi,
i have a small suqestion.
Everytime me display went off, and then about 10 minutes, i cant get any whatsapp messanges or other internet apps news.
Its like the internet is closed after this time.
But if a activate the display, i see that there is a internet connection.
Any idea what this could be?
Big thanks for help.
eg. the option, display off, internet on is set..

djsven said:
Hi,
i have a small suqestion.
Everytime me display went off, and then about 10 minutes, i cant get any whatsapp messanges or other internet apps news.
Its like the internet is closed after this time.
But if a activate the display, i see that there is a internet connection.
Any idea what this could be?
Big thanks for help.
eg. the option, display off, internet on is set..
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Are you using emui or custom rom?

I use Emui but with root.

djsven said:
I use Emui but with root.
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I have it too, if you're using lspeed than it's dose mode... Wifo goes off after some mins cuz deepsleep is activating.

This is a realy damm bug!
After a while you can get any whatsapps or else.
Not realy nice.
What you meen with "lspeed" ?
Why this error occures?

djsven said:
This is a realy damm bug!
After a while you can get any whatsapps or else.
Not realy nice.
What you meen with "lspeed" ?
Why this error occures?
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You need to go in wifi setting and select always keep wifi on. Also add whatsapp in ignore battery optimization and there is a setting in developer option related to this. I can't remember it. I hope this will solve the issue.

djsven said:
Hi,
i have a small suqestion.
Everytime me display went off, and then about 10 minutes, i cant get any whatsapp messanges or other internet apps news.
Its like the internet is closed after this time.
But if a activate the display, i see that there is a internet connection.
Any idea what this could be?
Big thanks for help.
eg. the option, display off, internet on is set..
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Try to convert whatsapp and other needed apps to "system apps". YOu can use app like Apps2SD to do this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.co.pricealert.apps2sd&hl=en
If apps are "user apps" EMUI kills app if screen is off, but it doesn't do this for "system apps".

Hi,
i cant believe this!
I never seen this happend on other devices.
Why android do this if it set the power settings for whatsapp and co ?
So every user with this device have this problem?
What cause this?
So i have to set every internet app for this device to system app?
Not true or?
Or is it a bug inside this android 7 version from huawei ?

djsven said:
Hi,
i cant believe this!
I never seen this happend on other devices.
Why android do this if it set the power settings for whatsapp and co ?
So every user with this device have this problem?
What cause this?
So i have to set every internet app for this device to system app?
Not true or?
Or is it a bug inside this android 7 version from huawei ?
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This is emui problem not Android. I am using RR I don't have this problem. Where did you get Android 7 (with emui) on Huawei p8 lite?

Phone been acting weird... need help

My phone has been acting really weird for a few months now and I can't figure it out. Is there a way to find all apps on the phone user installed, system, and hidden?? My phone isnt rooted; well I havent rooted it nor does it say it has. For instance earlier when I pushed my volume button there was an accessibility guy there nothing would open when I pushed him and while looking threw my accessibility settings and checking here and there to see if he was still there, he just vanishes without me turning anything off. Like WTF. Theres other weird things but that's just the most recent 1. And it's got me very concerned. Pls help!!

Your probably have a setting on in Accessibility like visibility enhancements or screen reader, you'll need to turn it off.
For list of apps you can view them in Settings > Apps ( Tap the 3 dots on the top right and tap "Show system apps" )

Jeremy_J7 said:
Your probably have a setting on in Accessibility like visibility enhancements or screen reader, you'll need to turn it off.
For list of apps you can view them in Settings > Apps ( Tap the 3 dots on the top right and tap "Show system apps" )
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That's what I thought at first so I went threw my accessibility settings and they r all off. He hasn't been back so far that I have noticed. I know there r some spyware and malware that u can hide from being seen or make it look like some random app. Is there a way to use like adb or android studio to scan it for something that shouldn't be there.

Dendy420 said:
That's what I thought at first so I went threw my accessibility settings and they r all off. He hasn't been back so far that I have noticed. I know there r some spyware and malware that u can hide from being seen or make it look like some random app. Is there a way to use like adb or android studio to scan it for something that shouldn't be there.
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I'm not sure too much about malware, I do know that Samsung has their own "Security Features" in Settings > Device Care > Security if you want to scan your device, also try Play Protect.
Seeing that the Accessibility issues are out of the way, what other problems are you experiencing ?

Jeremy_J7 said:
I'm not sure too much about malware, I do know that Samsung has their own "Security Features" in Settings > Device Care > Security if you want to scan your device, also try Play Protect.
Seeing that the Accessibility issues are out of the way, what other problems are you experiencing ?
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I saw the guy again but this time I kinda got to look at the running services and I found this. Could that have something to do with it?? As u can kinda tell, once I forced stopped that cloud messaging service the time changed on it and went under the dual messenger service. But as I was saying beforehand, google play services always had a pop up saying using headphones in the background. But my data doubled in the last 2-3 months, things I download will just disappear and pictures (like my phone will restore itself a few days but not my messages or calls), my phone also keeps adding a new camera gallery like it's not connected anymore and is a new camera same with the screenshot folder. Theres also a few other things

Dendy420 said:
I saw the guy again but this time I kinda got to look at the running services and I found this. Could that have something to do with it?? As u can kinda tell, once I forced stopped that cloud messaging service the time changed on it and went under the dual messenger service. But as I was saying beforehand, google play services always had a pop up saying using headphones in the background. But my data doubled in the last 2-3 months, things I download will just disappear and pictures (like my phone will restore itself a few days but not my messages or calls), my phone also keeps adding a new camera gallery like it's not connected anymore and is a new camera same with the screenshot folder. Theres also a few other things
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So Cloud Messaging's time would change because after you stopped the process it restarted itself. But the other things make it look like your phone is being haunted :laugh:
Can you send your list of installed Applications ?

KineSight said:
So Cloud Messaging's time would change because after you stopped the process it restarted itself. But the other things make it look like your phone is being haunted :laugh:
Can you send your list of installed Applications ?
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/WF1EBxMV44ws6TXU9
Might be easier just to share an album, if u cant view it let me know I'll post separate pics on here

Dendy420 said:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/WF1EBxMV44ws6TXU9
Might be easier just to share an album, if u cant view it let me know I'll post separate pics on here
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You sure do have alot of apps. I'm not from your country so I'm not 100% of what all your apps do.
But these are the apps that look suspicious to me :
AnyMusic
Device Info (Multiple Apps)
Downloader
I-Say
InboxDollars
Lucky Dice,Money,Pusher
Match to Win
McAfee Security
Mobile Performance Meter
Movie Hunt
MP3 Music Download
Music Downloader
Numerology
Phone INFO
Phone Reveal
QuickShortcutMaker
S'more
Scam Sheild
Shortcut Master (Lite)
Step Younger+
TextNow
Torrent Movies
Tubi
If I were you, I'd get rid of them.
If this doesn't fix your issues. I recommend you reset the device and do not install apps like this.

KineSight said:
You sure do have alot of apps. I'm not from your country so I'm not 100% of what all your apps do.
But these are the apps that look suspicious to me :
AnyMusic
Device Info (Multiple Apps)
Downloader
I-Say
InboxDollars
Lucky Dice,Money,Pusher
Match to Win
McAfee Security
Mobile Performance Meter
Movie Hunt
MP3 Music Download
Music Downloader
Numerology
Phone INFO
Phone Reveal
QuickShortcutMaker
S'more
Scam Sheild
Shortcut Master (Lite)
Step Younger+
TextNow
Torrent Movies
Tubi
If I were you, I'd get rid of them.
If this doesn't fix your issues. I recommend you reset the device and do not install apps like this.
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I uninstalled most of those but look what else I happened to stumble across... why is there 2 recoveries??

Dendy420 said:
I uninstalled most of those but look what else I happened to stumble across... why is there 2 recoveries??
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The one on the left is your recovery. The one on the right is Download Mode (Used to reinstall firmware via PC)

KineSight said:
The one on the left is your recovery. The one on the right is Download Mode (Used to reinstall firmware via PC)
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If u look close y does it say android recovery twice

Dendy420 said:
If u look close y does it say android recovery twice
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Sorry. I see it now. I'm not sure why that is. I have never seen that before in my life, it's very weird.
I recommend you backup your files and reinstall the firmware.

Thank u so much for u help but I think I'm actually gonna root this phone and get rid of some of these odd apps and that work profile that I have no idea how to get into. Now to just find and download everything I need to do just that. Lol

Dendy420 said:
Thank u so much for u help but I think I'm actually gonna root this phone and get rid of some of these odd apps and that work profile that I have no idea how to get into. Now to just find and download everything I need to do just that. Lol
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