hi there,
i remember reading somewhere that its possible to turn a phone into a gps tracker/tracer?! does anyone know how to do that, or have a useful link? i did a search but nothing really came up...
thanks,
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neavissa said:
hi there,
i remember reading somewhere that its possible to turn a phone into a gps tracker/tracer?! does anyone know how to do that, or have a useful link? i did a search but nothing really came up...
thanks,
G
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Sure it didn't. There's only a dozen of them out there.
khaytsus said:
Sure it didn't. There's only a dozen of them out there.
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central Kentucky...that says it all...
neavissa said:
central Kentucky...that says it all...
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Oh, we're known to be able to use the search function here?
Hi,
Cachewolf can do such. OSMTracker is another, I've tested both...
But I'm searching for better toools, too. osmtracker has an unusable interface and cachewolf is made for other things, but is capable of logging tracks, too.
And then you need gpsbabel to convert the track into the desired format. There is even a ppc version of gpsbabel available, but I didn't searched for it yet...
Its usable directly inside cachewolf.
If you find better tools, let me know! I want to help osm, too.
regards,
Stefan
khaytsus said:
Sure it didn't. There's only a dozen of them out there.
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I wouldn't mind finding one, either. In its simplest form, it would take the phone's GPS location and ESN and send it to an IP address via the GPRS network, at which IP address would be a server that would import the ESN and GPS coordinates into a MySQL application.
I've only found two, and one was bought and orphaned about six months ago, and the other one hasn't been updated since 2006.
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I have had this 10 buttons for comm manager cab installed for a while and i find it to be of great use.
..But...I dont know what some of these things do.
1. What is IP Phone?
2. Why doesnt the 3G switch do anything? it always shows as off.
3. What does turning beam on and off do?
4. Ive installed ICS and the modem link switch is cool, but dont i need to hack my phone so verizon doesnt choke me chicken?
5. Why is it when i click to turn on Direct Push, active sync opens?
Thanks and sandwiches,
*Darth Groper*
Are U Serious??
YL Groper said:
I have had this 10 buttons for comm manager cab installed for a while and i find it to be of great use.
..But...I dont know what some of these things do.
1. What is IP Phone?
2. Why doesnt the 3G switch do anything? it always shows as off.
3. What does turning beam on and off do?
4. Ive installed ICS and the modem link switch is cool, but dont i need to hack my phone so verizon doesnt choke me chicken?
5. Why is it when i click to turn on Direct Push, active sync opens?
Thanks and sandwiches,
*Darth Groper*
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Just a couple of small suggestions that may answer your questions.
When u got ur phone and opened the box somewhere in there you should have found the manual. It has great details on what the comm manager buttons do. Now it may not cover all the extra buttons that your cab installed but it will help. Read it.
Google is your friend. Where ever you got the cab file from should have told you who made it. Search on their nick and you should find details on the extra buttons.
....um....are you serious?
BlueAnt1958 said:
Just a couple of small suggestions that may answer your questions.
When u got ur phone and opened the box somewhere in there you should have found the manual. It has great details on what the comm manager buttons do. Now it may not cover all the extra buttons that your cab installed but it will help. Read it.
Google is your friend. Where ever you got the cab file from should have told you who made it. Search on their nick and you should find details on the extra buttons.
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Okay, Less the Microsoft direct push, the touch pro manual would not say how these other buttons function. I only asked because it was on topic. why would beam be in my manual if my phone doesn’t have IR?
Second, if you don’t know the answers don’t say "google it" to feed your superiority trip. I’ve been googling it since the 90's. Ive tried googling "IP Phone" with the touch pro, and found dirt. Ive tried locating the original thread to ask the creator, and cant find it.
So...the manual wont help......Google has nothing....and I can’t find the original thread. So im left with my last option...
...Which is to post in a forum and risk getting chewed on by an ant with a big head (who most likely doesnt know the answers anyway) just to get some insight. Additionally, ive searched this site, and ppcgeeks aswell.
Sure i could have googled beam, but i thought i could get some quick answers all relating to the same subject.
"sure groper, Ip phone is for using your phone as a headset for skype on a pc. Beam is RF, which isnt on your phone. etc..."
"cool man, thanks for making my day easier"
Remember, forums are set up for information and help. I have legitimate questions that ive searched and still need answers. If you don’t want to help, then don’t bother posting.
YL Groper said:
I have had this 10 buttons for comm manager cab installed for a while and i find it to be of great use.
..But...I dont know what some of these things do.
1. What is IP Phone?
2. Why doesnt the 3G switch do anything? it always shows as off.
3. What does turning beam on and off do?
4. Ive installed ICS and the modem link switch is cool, but dont i need to hack my phone so verizon doesnt choke me chicken?
5. Why is it when i click to turn on Direct Push, active sync opens?
Thanks and sandwiches,
*Darth Groper*
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1. Internet Calling I.E. Skype
2. You Have verizion right?
3. Bluetooth.
4. ?
5. Thats kind of self explanatory.
Got another question pertaining to your original questions? Ask, and I will try my best to answer them in this thread.
YL Groper said:
2. Why doesnt the 3G switch do anything? it always shows as off.
3. What does turning beam on and off do?
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2 -> it switches between GSM und UMTS (3G)
3 -> same as Settings -> Connections -> Beam -> Receive all incoming beams.
I think it must be enabled to receive incoming bluetooth beams.
YL Groper said:
I have had this 10 buttons for comm manager cab installed for a while and i find it to be of great use.
..But...I dont know what some of these things do.
1. What is IP Phone?
2. Why doesnt the 3G switch do anything? it always shows as off.
3. What does turning beam on and off do?
4. Ive installed ICS and the modem link switch is cool, but dont i need to hack my phone so verizon doesnt choke me chicken?
5. Why is it when i click to turn on Direct Push, active sync opens?
Thanks and sandwiches,
*Darth Groper*
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1. VOiP (Not for a headset for Skype but actual skype itself)
2. Verizon uses CDMA not 3g, so does not apply to you
3. works with lightsaber.cab and garagedooropener.cab
4. Verizon chokes chickens? Sounds like a personal issue. If it's that big of a deal I'd look into a proxy or something, not sure if that would help
5. If you needed Direct Push you would know the answer or have an IT guy to ask. Of which I are neither
Sandwich please!!!
On a sidenote, there are alot better comm managers out there might want to look into the Raphael CDMA threads for stuff that people use with Verizon and the Touch Pro. GSM devices such as ATT and Tmobile are different hardware wise then those of verizon and sprint(?) which use CDMA as radio frequencies. Hope this helps
wshader said:
3. works with lightsaber.cab and garagedooropener.cab
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Thats funny.
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Thats funny.
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so what's the correct answer? It does not switch on BT, at least not in my ROM...
thats sounds like the comm manager I want...were did you find it at?
stan23 said:
so what's the correct answer? It does not switch on BT, at least not in my ROM...
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on mine it does, rc3
Geez Louise
YL Groper said:
Okay, Less the Microsoft direct push, the touch pro manual would not say how these other buttons function. I only asked because it was on topic. why would beam be in my manual if my phone doesn’t have IR?
Second, if you don’t know the answers don’t say "google it" to feed your superiority trip. I’ve been googling it since the 90's. Ive tried googling "IP Phone" with the touch pro, and found dirt. Ive tried locating the original thread to ask the creator, and cant find it.
So...the manual wont help......Google has nothing....and I can’t find the original thread. So im left with my last option...
...Which is to post in a forum and risk getting chewed on by an ant with a big head (who most likely doesnt know the answers anyway) just to get some insight. Additionally, ive searched this site, and ppcgeeks aswell.
Sure i could have googled beam, but i thought i could get some quick answers all relating to the same subject.
"sure groper, Ip phone is for using your phone as a headset for skype on a pc. Beam is RF, which isnt on your phone. etc..."
"cool man, thanks for making my day easier"
Remember, forums are set up for information and help. I have legitimate questions that ive searched and still need answers. If you don’t want to help, then don’t bother posting.
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So you got a cab from someone that you cannot trace. You then loaded it to your $1,000.00 phone without knowing what all the functions are.
Now you are giving me grief because I suggested (in an attempt to help you help yourself) that you google for the cab or the guy who made it as most of the software developers on XDA usually give information on what their software does.
Your response was pretty much what I expected and why I did not give you the direct answers. You want to be molly coddled and fed fairy floss, call HTC. They will at least pretend to give a ****.
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on mine it does, rc3
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I'm using RC3, too, but have a look at the screenshot.
I only touched "Beam"...
You can't receave files via Bluetooth if you disable Beam, don't know why this thing is still there, I think it comes from the times of IR.
Hello,
I have searched all over for an answer to my problem, and have not found anything of real relevance. I am using the AT&T Tilt with AT&T service.
I have just downloaded and installed the firmware at this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=556293 . I was hoping the software upon install would configure the data connection by itself upon initial startup. But alas, this did not happen. Is there any application that I can get that can configure my data connection for me?
You must not have searched in the proper area of all over.
Found this on the first try ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337481
ChumleyEX said:
You must not have searched in the proper area of all over.
Found this on the first try ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337481
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First off, thank you. The setup wizard cab worked perfectly. But are you really sure that you need to be this degrading to an xda-developers n00b? Im pretty sure you knew you knew exactly what you were looking for, whereas I did not.
Again, thanks for the help!
dude I just typed in att data settings, nothing impossibly hard to figure out. Next time I'll just say something like " search harder nub"..
How did you not know what you were looking for? You spelled it right out !
Is there any application that I can get that can configure my data connection for me?
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Degrading would be me having you dress up like a woman that has been crying and have you beg me for the answer.
true, i did spell it out myself, (sort of). next time, i should look harder, and i am sorry i took time out of your day. What I do not intend to do, however, is take up even more of your time rambling on for two hours in this post and start an argument, by so doing destroying any dignity that either of us might have.
Just as a side note, I would not beg you for the answer. this is the Internet. I would simply search somewhere else online. Given that I have the choice of being degraded or searching somewhere else online, I dont think it is possible for you to degrade me.
Seriously, though, thanks for your help. I really do appreciate it.
Tekgek
Hey all,
I am by no means a dev, but I have had some interesting revelations on the Sprint TV app. I've been messing with the apk and found I can run the app if I delete the check_wifi.lua file. If I try to edit it, it will crash. I tried changing the ip address it checks for wifi, but it won't install if I do that.
I think it'd be an easy thing to do, but I know very little about all this. Any thoughts?
Wii60 said:
Hey all,
I am by no means a dev, but I have had some interesting revelations on the Sprint TV app. I've been messing with the apk and found I can run the app if I delete the check_wifi.lua file. If I try to edit it, it will crash. I tried changing the ip address it checks for wifi, but it won't install if I do that.
I think it'd be an easy thing to do, but I know very little about all this. Any thoughts?
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Im pretty sure you have to sign it if you alter it
Burlyskink said:
Im pretty sure you have to sign it if you alter it
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All I did was open it in notepad and changed the last number in the ip address to a 0 so that it would fail to see wifi is on. Since I honestly don't know what signing it is, perhaps this is best left out of my hands.
I got it to work by switching back and forth between it and other apps. Now it has been working every time i launch it.
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I got it to work by switching back and forth between it and other apps. Now it has been working every time i launch it.
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On Wifi or just in general?
Wii60 said:
On Wifi or just in general?
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in general. I didn't notice wifi in the title until now
Ok, I have been able to active Wifi while Sprint TV is running, but it still doesn't get a channel listing.
sprint tv started working for me tonight over 3G. No idea why. Only show I was able to watch was The View. Go figure.
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sprint tv started working for me tonight over 3G. No idea why. Only show I was able to watch was The View. Go figure.
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more than I can watch. i can't even get a listing
tekkitan said:
more than I can watch. i can't even get a listing
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same here.
tekkitan said:
more than I can watch. i can't even get a listing
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neok44 said:
same here.
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i read somewhere that you needed to get the TV widget on your screen also
even with that i couldnt get it to work ... so after several frustrating reboots
I FINALLY GOT A LISTING!!
at first, it was telling me that i needed to subscribe to every damn channel i tried to watch
but when i went to the subscriptions menu, i saw that i was already subscribed to everything
some more reboots later everything loaded and i could watch channels
now the whole Wifi thing could probably get fixed by some baksmali/smali edits ... im still trying to get a grasp on how to do this so cant help with that yet :\
My tv app works over 3g now.
My tv started working once i hit 3g in my area no reboot
mines working also
mine just started worrking all of sudden too ! so I installed on my wifes mt3g also worked after a while by itself ?! I had widget on at that time anyways if you dont get it to work try again its really well worth it !
cm 4.1.11.1
no theme
to people who got this working, are yall on 3G?
Yup it looks like you have to be on 3G for the TV app to work.
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to people who got this working, are yall on 3G?
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Yes, just about all streaming video needs either wifi or 3g.
AH GRR! that is lame.. ya are so lucky!
Ive been able to stream over Edge. I dont have 3g in my area yet. I also had issues at first with anything loading but after waiting like everyone else i got listings and eventually i was able to watch the office on edge. Def not worth the wait but progress.
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i read somewhere that you needed to get the TV widget on your screen also
even with that i couldnt get it to work ... so after several frustrating reboots
I FINALLY GOT A LISTING!!
at first, it was telling me that i needed to subscribe to every damn channel i tried to watch
but when i went to the subscriptions menu, i saw that i was already subscribed to everything
some more reboots later everything loaded and i could watch channels
now the whole Wifi thing could probably get fixed by some baksmali/smali edits ... im still trying to get a grasp on how to do this so cant help with that yet :\
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my sprint tv also shows that i have subscriptions. but when i go to all channels to try to watch those channels listed in my subscriptions it still asks me to subscribe and buy.
??? help??? i've only been able to watch one channel for free and its the sprint exclusive stuff.
I lost my phone and I don't know how to track it. I had no tracking apps installed, but I did have CyanogenMod and when I installed it, there was something about location services of Wifi spots.. I dont know.. Is there any way I can find it?
Install plan B via google play.
Just go to the website search for Plan B and install. It wil triggers GPS and sent information about its location..
mrjraider said:
Install plan B via google play.
Just go to the website search for Plan B and install. It wil triggers GPS and sent information about its location..
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It won't let me. I believe the phone is off.. Does that mean that im screwed?
Edit: I tried to install avast and it works. Why does Plan B doesn't work?
I have no idea.
It should work.
mrjraider said:
I have no idea.
It should work.
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maybe it doesn't work with my country?
Been in your shoes
Bei60 said:
maybe it doesn't work with my country?
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If you phone is switched off then you are pretty much screwed.
sorry mate.
siimsander said:
If you phone is switched off then you are pretty much screwed.
sorry mate.
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Maybe I can track the last locations that my phone was in?
Like... If someone was connected to a Wifi and I can track the Wifi's location?
Bei60 said:
Maybe I can track the last locations that my phone was in?
Like... If someone was connected to a Wifi and I can track the Wifi's location?
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Very Doubtful - If your phone was still switched on you could have installed planb.
You can still try to do that and wait until someone else puts in a new sim card.
My phone configuration
AT&T Note 3
Stock firmware, rooted with TowelRoot, few modifications with wanam.
Haven't changed/modified anything system level on phone other than few visual changes with Wanam Xposed
Problem
All the saved wifi profiles are getting deleted. Happened twice in last month. I do not see any reason why it happened. Today, I came to work, it connected to wifi. An hour later I saw that phone disconnected from wifi and was using mobile data. I went to wifi setting to find that all the saved wifi profiles were deleted. (It only showed one saved profile "attwifi" profile which I think is the default comes with the phone). Now I have to save all wifi profiles again for work, home, friends' homes etc.
Solution
This is where you come in the picture.
Has any one of you seen something similar?
Is it a known issue?
Can this be related to Google "Sync App Data"? Is Google syncing empty wifi profiles for some reason?
Do you guys know solution/workaround for this?
(I will update the solution section when there is a solution available, so all future readers don't have to pile through pages of comments to find the right solution)
Bumping
I've been having this issue. It's a PITA!
I am not rooted.
I assume this issue is very rare and only few of us are seeing it. That's why nobody is replying to this thread. A quick google search found a lot of similar forums but no solution
It's not particularly rare- in fact I have a different but similar situation: my phone will not discover new SSID's, thus cannot connect to them.
You'll find this website isn't always helpful; this thread has had hundreds of views, yet no responses.
Tis just tough luck
I have this problem too. Not only losing l the Wifi but also all my personal settings, such as sounds in unlocking, typing etc. Drives. Me mad
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Mine does the exact same thing as yours. Every couple of weeks or so all of my wifi networks just disappear. I've tried googling with no success. I just can't seem to find an answer either. I even have general/backup and reset/backup my data unchecked. My Note3 did this both when I was unrooted and now that I am rooted. It is a real pain.
Well, lets hope that someone will have a fix for that in the future. The WiFi profiles are getting wiped like once a month so its not very annoying but I hope it doesn't wipe my SD card or my personal data.
I have unchecked the Google backup for now, lets see if it fixes the issue.
@K-Alzwayed has a great thread going with a bunch of fixes it looks like #2 in his thread might fix this, you might want to check it out and see if that works for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793441
For a workaround (needs root), try saving a copy of the wifi configuration file and then the next time you lose your settings overwrite the file with the backup version
Code:
/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
AlwaysNoob said:
I assume this issue is very rare and only few of us are seeing it. That's why nobody is replying to this thread. A quick google search found a lot of similar forums but no solution
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PerfectlyFlawed said:
I've been having this issue. It's a PITA!
I am not rooted.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
I have this problem too. Not only losing l the Wifi but also all my personal settings, such as sounds in unlocking, typing etc. Drives. Me mad
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Free mobile app
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voigts said:
Mine does the exact same thing as yours. Every couple of weeks or so all of my wifi networks just disappear. I've tried googling with no success. I just can't seem to find an answer either. I even have general/backup and reset/backup my data unchecked. My Note3 did this both when I was unrooted and now that I am rooted. It is a real pain.
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Yes, check out my thread and see if it will help you. I used to have a very similar issue until this fix. So, fingers crossed.
K-Alzwayed said:
Yes, check out my thread and see if it will help you. I used to have a very similar issue until this fix. So, fingers crossed.
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I just made the change to the build.prop file so I hope this is the solution. Time will tell...
K-Alzwayed said:
Yes, check out my thread and see if it will help you. I used to have a very similar issue until this fix. So, fingers crossed.
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Just an update. So far so good. I've been going on a month now with none of my wifi profiles disappearing. :good:
voigts said:
Just an update. So far so good. I've been going on a month now with none of my wifi profiles disappearing. :good:
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Glad it helped