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[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Since a lot of people are asking me by email and PMs, here is what you have to do to track a phone

How to track a phone using TrackMe

1. Install TrackMe

2. Run TrackMe and click OK on the Disclaimer and Information page. This will take you to the TrackMe's main screen.

3. Press the Menu button on your phone.

4. Click on Minimum Accuracy in the Storage section. By default is set to 300m (984 ft). You can change that to a higher value if you want to reduce the chances for the position to be discarded because of poor accuracy.

This is specially useful if the phone is indoors.

5. Check the WiFi and Cell Network checkbox in the Source section. This will let you to get the location of the phone even if it is indoors.

6. Click on SMS tracking settings in the SMS Tracking section.

7. Check the SMS tracking enabled checkbox on top.

8. Click on the Send Position option. This will show you the text message that this phone needs to receive in order to send the location to the phone that sent the message.

By default is !!send but you can change it to anything else. Note the two exclamation marks at front. Click ok to confirm your changes.

9. Click the back button on your phone twice to go back to TrackMe's main screen.

That's it!

- From now on you don't need to have TrackMe running on this phone to make this work. You just need to have it installed.

- You don't even need to have internet on this phone!

- From now on you can restart your phone and do other things and TrackMe will still be listening for text messages containing the text that you specified previously.

Now you can just send a text message from any other phone containing the word that you specified in step 8, and TrackMe will reply with another text message showing the location of the phone and a link to a map.

Note: When TrackMe sends the location of the phone using a link, it will try to generate a short link to make it more readable to the user.

I have been informed that some providers don't allow these services (like tinyurl.com) and it will discard those messages.

If you never receive a message from the tracked phone it could be due to this reason.

You can disable URL shortening by going to Sharing Settings in the Sharing section. Once you are there you can uncheck the option Shorten URLs
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
LEM,

While you have a webdev on the line, you might ask if he knows how to convert TrackMe to Google Maps V3 api, as V2 is deprecated as of 5/2013 and the map, tracks, points etc will not draw after that date.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks, khaytsus, I will let him know.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
tonny3k just fixed the "Private system" error when exporting a route to KML or GPX from the web viewer! It should be working now. I have also updated the server files for people using their own servers.

Thanks, Tony!

Enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] blah123456:
I made a tasker addon for trackme. There are three profiles in the attachment.

Logging profile: This one does the logging. I have it set for every 5 minutes to get a gps fix and generate the url to upload to the server and store it in an array. You can change the repeat time to whatever time you want. edit the array push at the end and put your username and password in there. Most of this profile consists of getting a gps fix and splitting the variables apart then generating a url that is compatible with the TrackMe server.

Metro Gps Logging: This is a sample profile that will start the logging and set the track name to whatever you want. I have a car that has a bluetooth radio so I have it set so when it is connected to the radio it turns on logging and sets the trackname to the car name. It could be set to start logging for whatever triggers you want to set, and whatever trackname you want to give it. I have 5 total profiles that start logging ranging from bluetooth connecting, car docks, wired headset plugged in during the morning means I am jogging. Anything you can think of really. Just set the trackname and logging=1 to start logging and set logging=0 to turn it off.

Upload Logs: Edit the server name and path to match your upload server. I left a vibrate function in there so you can check to see if it is working. It sometimes doesn't reliably trigger this profile. I will have to experiment with it at a later date to get it to reliably trigger once it gets an internet connection, but it will eventually get all the values uploaded from the array the way it is now. They just sometimes might take a few minutes to start uploading after you regain internet connection.

I hope I am not making any developers mad by uploading this but it seems like a useful addon for TrackMe. I have been using this program since the windows mobile days and haven't found anything else that is as good. I was just wanting a way to automatically log my activities without having to manually start it.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
blah123456,

I appreciate your effort and that you share your work with the community. I'm sure many people will find it useful.

I will add an entry in the main post with a link to this post. Thanks!

Edit: I have put the link in the second post of the thread.
[Android Apps and Games] :
hej _LEM_, as i got my hd2 back recently, i can use the best app there is out there (your app) again. - if you have to much time some time, i would still fancy an iphone version ;) ...
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry for the delay, kb1313

Thanks for your comments! :) To be honest, I really don't know the status of the iPhone version that the company that acquired TrackMe was working on. I will let you know if I find out something.

Take care and I hope you keep enjoying TrackMe for a long time!
[Android Apps and Games] hatememarkz:
Re: [APP]*TrackMe* GPS/WiFi/Cell Tracking tool for Google Earth/GM Now avail for Andr

Sorry buy I have say this iPhone is hot garbage :thumbdown:

AOKP B4 NOS V0.0.7
[Android Apps and Games] uszu:
new web viewer

Hi!

I tried posting this in web development thread, but I don't have 10 posts :(

When I earn some points I may repost it there, where it belongs

I wrote a web viewer for TrackMe data. It is a complete rewrite of the original viewer. The only thing that is left of old viewer is interface look and feel.

It uses Google Maps API v3 but I plan to implement also an OpenStreetMap alternative.

My viewer is based on ajax, so everything works dynamically without page reloading.

I use TrackMe on Android, so I implemented only the functions present in this version. There is no support for photos or comments. I will surely add those features when they become present on Android :)

On the other hand I added altitudes graph. I thought about adding other graphs (like speed) and statistics but gps data I get with the Android app often miss info like speed, angle etc. (why?)

The code is GPL, so everybody can contribute or reuse it. If you make changes to it please contribute your patches back :)

The code is available at github:

https://github.com/bfabiszewski/phpTrackme

You can see a simple demo at:

http://flaa.fabiszewski.net/phptrackme/

(auto registration of new users from client is blocked on this site)
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
uszu, I posted my reply in the developers post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42773478#post42773478
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
For people using their servers, I just uploaded a new version of the server files with a security issue that uszu found.

Only the file requests.php has been modified.

uszu, thanks again for your help.
[Android Apps and Games] jsidhu:
This app is awesome. Working well on my HTC One and the S4
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks for that! I'm glad it works well on the S4. I haven't had a chance to test it there yet. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] jsidhu:
Let me know if there's anything specific you'd like me to test or if u need logs etc.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Long time that I don't stop by...

Just a quick update to let you know that this project is still in progress. I haven't updated it in a long time, but I still plan

to go back to it one day. Sorry for the long long wait... :angel:

By the way, a question... Do you guys know the Google API that TrackMe uses will be obsolete? I remember that Google extended

the expiration, but I don't know until when. I need to upgrade the viewer before that happens... If there are any volunteers please say something!

Thanks. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] khaytsus:
My understanding was that was 11/19/2013, and my TrackMe is still going well. So I don't know if they delayed it more, or the automatic v3 wrapper they're doing is working fine.

I got stuck on converting to v3 and stopped, I really need to give that another go. Maybe over Christmas vacation.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks for your reply, khaytsus. I appreciate that you still consider working on that update.

Hopefully we'll both the chance again to go back to TrackMe soon!
[Android Apps and Games] ryanmorrison:
Error uploading offline position (An exception occurred during a WebClient request. )

Hi,

I am getting the following error when trying to upload my offline positions, do you have any ideas.

Error uploading offline position (An exception occurred during a WebClient request. ). I am using my own server, it has been working for over a year now, but all of a sudden I am getting this error.

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
oh, I just realized... Are you using the Windows Mobile version?
[Android Apps and Games] ryanmorrison:
Hi, yeah I am using windows mobile 7
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I don't think there is Windows Mobile 7. I think the last one is 6.5

I think 7 and 7.5 are for Windows Phone but maybe I'm wrong.

This is the Android thread. However I think it is really going to be hard to pinpoint the problem because

the error description doesn't say too much.
[Android Apps and Games] alidano:
My own Server

Can I use my own server to receive the location data?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry for the delay...

Yes. Check this link where it says "How to use your own server"

http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hey guys,

I'm back to development! I just uploaded a new version where I have added the initial logic to let users remove ads.

It's not available yet, it will in the next version.

Once I have that done, I will add the option to upload images which has been on my to-do list for a long time.

I also want to create a very light version of TrackMe for tracking phones. I get several emails every week about that asking

how to do it.

Glad to be finally back. I'm a little rusty developing on Android, but hopefully it'll be just a matter of time! :angel:
[Android Apps and Games] Tigggger:
Great to see you back on the case, still use the app every day

The feature I miss most from my old windows phone days is where in the event of internet failure it would continue to log positions and then upload them automatically once back on line. Currently I get loads of big gaps, hope that is on your to do list :)
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Hey _LEM_,

welcome back to this Thread ...

I am so happy that you back again !! :laugh:

Hope you remember me

I have some ideas (can we write per Hangouts, FB, etc ???)
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I'm glad you still use it every day. I will implement your request first. Stay tuned. :)
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Of course I remember you!

You helped a lot with the development. And sure, I would love to hear your requests.

Do you mean to share your location with those?
[Android Apps and Games] vzoltan:
doesnt work.

Hi

i did try to make this work on my server, but it doesnt displays the map (google maps)

the android client (app) sends the data up to the server/database, the webpage connects to the database, but the map and the track doesnt show.

can somebody help me with this?

or should i just use this?

https://github.com/bfabiszewski/phpTrackme

btw this one works flawlessly

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
You need a Google Maps API Key.
[Android Apps and Games] vzoltan:
But here it says:

How to use your own server

TrackMe already provides a server that can be used free of charge by any user. However, if you want to use your own server, you can use the installation package that jcleek created for TrackMe.

Download installation package (Google Maps API not needed)
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Sorry you have right. Can you send me a link to your site? On my webserver it works well.
[Android Apps and Games] vzoltan:
i rather not share my domain, but could you pls make a zip of your installation ? (without password and db data of course)
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available!

- Added option to remove ads.

- New icons to improve visibility.
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Icon doesn't fit, look at the screenshot!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Oh, it is supposed to be like that. On devices with a lower resolution, I cannot add another icon, so I added a new row, and I will start

adding new icons there. Sorry if it looked kind of weird. :(
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
What about a sidebar like in Google Maps (on the left side to push out)
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Could you post a screenshot?
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Like this.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
That looks nice, but it would add an extra click, don't you think?

I like more the idea to have them at the bottom. Actually how it appears on that screenshot at the bottom. Like floating.

The icons that I use look kind of old. I'm not a graphic designer so I cannot get something much better.

Actually I was trying to get rid of the white background for each icon, but the best I can get is this

As you can see, there is still some white border around the image.

If there are any people who know how to do it right, please let me know!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I have been able to find the right icons for uploading offline position and for deleting offline positions. :)

Update: I got the rest! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version uploaded!

1.10.1

- New icons.

- Check if device is not compatible with in-app purchases.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update

1.11.0

- Added option to upload offline data automatically while tracking.

- Ads updated to new Google Play version.
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Here some new ideas for the app from me:

A small preview map were you are.

(A choice to show or not)

And you use geocoding to get the street name for the "sharing location" can you write the street every x second on the main screen? Perhaps after the upload of the position behind the coordinates (in brackets)

More will come [emoji6]
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I like that. I will probably be able to add it in the next version. Thanks for the suggestion.
[Android Apps and Games] vzoltan:
Feature request:

If the car (phone) is out of a specified range (circle, or rectangle) it sends a text msg with the coordinates, and starts tracking/uploading the points to the server.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] sudolea:
what to do with this issue of mine ?

Hello,

I have created an Android app that is using TrackMe's website's features (intended to track a stolen vehicle by means of an Android app/phone, hidden somewhere in that vehicle and operated upon by means of SMS messages). I started with the original (_LEM_'s) TrackMe php, after which I switched to (uszu's) phpTrackMe. Up to now, the app is not modifying the database structure that's implemented in both projects.

But I am now on a split, as I want to modify the database structure. My main issue is that I want to add my app's logs to the database. So at this point, should I continue on my own (and up to now : simple) fork, or is there some interest to have these modifications in this project ? If there is, from which point should I start (i.e. from the TrackMe's php, of from phpTrackMe), as I haven't followed the evolution of either of both projects, and so don't know which is more or less the 'lead', if there is a lead whatsever ...

(_LEM_, uszu : you'll most probably remember my mail I posted to both of you some month ago ...)
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Hey _LEM_ what did you think about translation?

I would make the German one.

Here a good free service:

http://ackuna.com
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry for the late reply.

I like that. Thanks for the suggestion.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
sudolea,

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for checking with me about that.

I only maintain the original web viewer (TrackMe's php) but I didn't write that part. It was made by the community. I would be ok if you add any new features to the main build as long as they stay close to the main functionality of TrackMe and it doesn't affect its performance.

Usually when a user has made a modification, I test it on my own website, and if it works fine, I add it to the main build. I could do the same in your case.

Thanks a lot for your contribution to TrackMe. :)
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry for the late reply.

I have gotten a few requests for translations into other languages, the problem is that right now my code is not 100% ready for that.

I really don't know when and if I'll have the chance to do that, but if I do, I will let you know. Thanks a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update

1.11.1

- Ads status (purchased or not) was being displayed every time user returns to the app. It could be annoying. Now it only shows the first time.

Sorry, nothing major... :(

Before continuing the development on TrackMe, I am going to release a new app called TrackMe Lite. It only includes tracking by sms in stealth mode.

Users who use TrackMe only for this, find it too complicated to setup, so I'm going to release that app. I hope it helps with those users.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hey guys, I'm still alive! ;) :o

I'm back to development and I'm finally working on the Force Update feature. It will be ready in a few days.

The other day I was hiking and I needed to pinpoint some very specific locations. I really missed that feature.

Also, I plan to go back there one day, and I would like to see in a map in real time those locations so I know how to get closer.

Now this along with the picture uploading will be possible soon.

I hope you guys also find it useful. Any suggestions are welcome!

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] p-de-geus:
He Guys,

I've been using the Windows Mobile version in the early days.

I'm not using the android version, but i do use the server for showing tracks.

I've made a php upload function, currently for GPX files and need to improve and add some things but it does add a track to the database.

Anyone interested?

If someone does i'm happy to share it with you guys!
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Sound great please share with us!
[Android Apps and Games] p-de-geus:
Hi Guys,

Hereby i post my simple php script for adding an gpx file, in this case from an Garmin etrex device, to the trackme database.

At this moment its simple but i'm planning to improve it.

Maybe it needs some modifications for adding an gpx file with another syntax.

If you have any questions or remarks/sugestions on this script please reply :)
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
NEW UPDATE AVAILABLE

1.12.0

- Force update. You can upload a position at anytime and include an image and/or text with it.

- Live map. Track your position and route in realtime while showing nearby comments and pictures.

- Fixed problem showing two TrackMe icons in the launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
One small thing for the next update.

Please hide the password with *** if I write it in.
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Live Tracking maps always grey.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, there is a problem with the Google Maps key. I'll fix it today.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
NEW UPDATE AVAILABLE

1.12.1

- Fixed: Map was not displayed.

- Password is now masked.
[Android Apps and Games] greyuit:
I made my own server: pelegrino.ru/trackme/ on Android. It shows the map only for few seconds only. I understand that problem with some permissions on my site?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
greyuit,

For the latest versions I made some changes on the server. I had forgotten to upload the new files.

I just did that. I didn't write the web viewer so I don't know if it will fix the problem, but you can try it anyway. Just download the server.zip file again.

You will need to recreate the database.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] greyuit:
I downloaded new server.zip and make installation from the begining. And recreated the database. The problem is the same.

You can watch my website: pelegrino.ru/trackme/

It works but very short time. So I think Android App works correctly and problem is on my website. I made everything like in readme but maybe I miss something?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I'm sorry. As I said I didn't write the web viewer, so I can't help you here. Hopefully somebody else can help you with your issue.
[Android Apps and Games] greyuit:
I found the problem) I removed my Google API Key from string ($googleapikey = "";) and now everything is ok! Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Great! I'm glad it works now. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
NEW UPDATE

1.13.0

- Live map. Route updates automatically when tracking.

- Auto upload offline data and Force update could crash sometimes.

- Other minor fixes
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
NEW UPDATE

1.14.0

- Images matching. Now you can upload pictures that you have taken and TrackMe will match them with existing positions using the GPS and time information stored on them.

- Automatic Offline data upload could crash sometimes.

- Other fixes
[Android Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Hey perhaps that's something you can use?

http://android-developers.blogspot.de/2015/03/hello-places-api-for-android-and-ios.html
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update available

1.15.0

- Expanded route selection. It shows additional data and summaries.

- You can lock/unlock routes.

- Added camera button in Force Update so there's no need to go to the gallery if you want to take a picture.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update

1.16.0

- Fixed crash when selecting images to upload.

- Added button on Live Map to show ALL pushpins along the route.

Next feature to add is to let user delete pushpins manually from the route.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New update

1.17.0

- Added option on Live Map to delete positions

- Fixed random crash when uploading images

- Possible crash when listing routes.
[Android Apps and Games] CirruZZ:
Quoting myself from a mail with Louis, continuing here on xda so other can see.

Ok, tested the new version v1.17, but still the same issue. Also tested TrackMe on an old phone, Galaxy S4 with android 4.2.2, still the same.
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks for posting here.

I forgot to ask you. Are you using your own server or mine?

I have made some changes on the server files and database, but I haven't updated them yet.
[Android Apps and Games] websurf:
Hi Guys

I'm about to switch from Windows Mobiles to Android phone and would like to install and use Trackme, google/ map and earth. but I got STUCK right after I pickup the android phone on my hand.

TrackMe work great but

1) when I open google map and open this link -> http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme/routes/UserName.kml Google map can not open it. why? Windows mobiles opens without problem.

2) I then tried google earth but I can not find an option in the settings where i can add the Network Link above. So what is going here.

How do you guys view your tracks beside the webview http://luisespinosa.com/trackme/index.php

Is this also mean GoogleMap/Earth on ANDROID PHONE useless?
[Android Apps and Games] _LEM_:
websurf,

I'm glad that you are moving to Android so you can use all TrackMe's features.

I have never tried to open a kml file from the phone using Google Maps but I'm sure there has to be a way. I may to add an option to do that directly from TrackMe if that helps.