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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
I definitely agree that you have been VERY responsive in answering questions and adding new features and the app continues to get better and better. For example, the cellid thing started as a simple discussion and before we knew it, you had a new version out with it all implemented and everything. While I don't use that specific feature, I am very impressed with how fast you incorporated it!

Not sure if it would help or just add that much more work on your side, but what about adding a list of pending enhancements you have decided to add to TrackMe to one of the first posts, or on your website, so that we don't keep bugging you for something that's already on your to-do list?

Thanks also for considering the list of requests I posted earlier and I hope :eek: I didn't give the impression that my donation was predicated upon you actually implementing them. My donation was made right after posting that message and, while I sometimes don't donate as fast as I should :o, the quality of this app alone, besides the fact you also provide a free server back-end, is well worth a donation. I've donated for all of A_C's apps as well and would encourage everyone to show their support by donating to staryon and all the other great developers on this site.[\soapbox] ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hey del4, of course not. I didn't say that because of your donation. I really appreciate it as I told you in my email.

I used to have to-do list but I removed it, because most of the time I don't really know if I will end up adding something or not, so I prefer not to have a to-do list with things that maybe I will not add because I changed my mind or just because once I started working on that I noticed it was not fun at all to do it. Also I had a couple of items that were there for a long long time but I kept adding other things instead of those. For those reasons I prefer not to have it :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I hope mcross sees this message. Maybe he can do some research about that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brianmay27:
hey,

The product is great! it works great.

one feature that would be nice is if the test message alert feature would startup with the device so you can still get the location of your phone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] domotics:
trackme

Hello,

I have installed trackme on my device with no problem.

Then, i am trying to install the server, and at the end of the installation, i have the following error : Failed to connect to database. Display terminated.

My database is well setup, so i don't understand why after install.php, index.php cannot access my database. Do you have any idea ?

many thanks

Domotics

Edit: I am sorry, i found the problem by looking the code. In fact my config.php started with <? !

I have replace by <?php and the problem is solved on my apache/php platform
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] themudfly:
unable to create trip issue

Hi All,

I saw that a couple of people here had the same "Unable to create trip" issue when running their own trackme server as I did. I'm not sure if the fix was posted here, but I checked and couldn't find it...

What I had to do was go into MySQL, and modify the trips table so that it didn't have 'Not NULL' on the Comments column. I noticed in the requests.php file that the insert query only had 2 entries, while the table was expecting something for the Comments column.

That fixed it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
EDIT:

It seems to be a bug in the script. I will upload a new version of the script in a few minutes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ddookie:
Lightweight tool

Wow,

this tool looks quite impressive. I've just finished my own 'passive' GPS tracking tool called uTrack (see http://www.petervrenken.nl/uTrack/Default.aspx). Compared to TrackMe it is very lightweight in that it can only be used with HTTP-GET based systems, but i use it primarily to update the background of my website (see http://www.petervrenken.nl/Default.aspx).

It has however absolutely no features like positioning of images, KML, email, sms or whatsoever. Only the GPS location can be published to a website.

Greetings,

Peter Vrenken
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
David, I tried with the file that you sent me but still works for me.

I cannot find where is the problem. I'm not sure if I asked you but are you using your own server?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ErMeglio:
Wow, great idea!

One question only..

I see it has cellID location now ...BUT... how to use it?

I uncheked GPS and I wanted to use cellID but it asks to insert databases :confused:

I 've read it has your db and Google's db built-in, doesn't it?

If I have to add them...what should I Add precisely?

p.s. I'm using an Hermes...so NO gps...cellID is my only ""weapon"":D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available!

- On Demand notification. Now you can send an email/sms if TrackMe detects that your SIM card has changed.

- Manage Trips. Fixed error when browsing trips. The summary was not updated.

Some notes:

I have been testing the SIM detection feature with 2 different SIM cards.

For some reason, I cannot retrieve the phone number with one of them.

You guys try it and let me know if it worked for you.

TrackMe will return an error if the information from the SIM card cannot be retrieved.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
If you go to Config->Source, don't you see 2 entries under 'Available databases'?

If you do, just select them and click on the left arrow. They should be added to your 'Selected' databases.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ErMeglio:
They were empty but strangely they appeared the second time I opened the application...

Can't but say W-O-W:eek:

How damn superbly cool :D

You're the best!!!!

I think I'll buy a Kaiser only for this!

Two questions popping into my mind...

the first is...

I understood my position is somehow public (if one comes to know the link) if I make the app generate the KML. I don't like it that much, but I could otherwise use the website to track me, entering username and password.

I've read somewhere that also disabling the kml generation, my position is both private and public...but I think I misunderstood! Pheraps what you meant is that with the website it is all private and with the kmls it becomes public, am I right?

Anyway, the site is already cool, really, but you know, Google Earth is a bit cooler with that flyes hehe!

Couldn't you add the ability to protect the KML under the same username and password with a simple http auth form? We could then add the same location into Google Earth's properties but with a

http://username:password@location

and we would be logged in smoothly;)

second question could already be in the faqs which I read too fast as I was excited to try the application ASAP lol, or could simply be a cool idea to develop future versions...

Is there a way to let the application be totally hidden, autorun, and somehow switched on or able to answer to a remote code sent by sms?

The idea is to make it a strong guardian of my phone...

It could be cool if

*)the app saves EVERY configuration parameter into A config file

*)the app could be run with some sort of parameters like /firstsetup, which would make it load the config and eventually set itself to autorun/autohide/listen to sms codes if it already isn't.

Then one could put all its required files to extrom and, correct me if I'm wrong, making it auto-run from extrom autorun script with that parameter would make the app survive even to a HR:cool:

Of course one should add in the autorun script the sql cab installation just before TrackMe and render it not-uninstallable.

P.S. Will try NOW the new version, thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ErMeglio:
No luck about retrieving the number, mine says with both two of my H3G Italy USIMs: Unable to retrieve phone number from SIM card.

Also, just after Checking version... it says unable to get results!(from now on its in my language)For this exception is available an error message which can't be shown as it's part of a group of option[...al?] messages...

Oh, I noticed mail are sent from your server and ok there's no number in it, but sms are sent normally so here we are our telephone number we needed!

I did some tests changing my USIM and sending the sms with the code I had set.

Not wanting to bother you but only to help, I report my experience.

I think when someone steals your phone TrackMe is the application everyone would want to have installed:rolleyes:

So, I think it should be ready to do the easiest thing at first: send an SMS with the location, is it GPS coordinates OR Cell-ID to be "looked-for"(I mean, located).

Instead I noticed that it doesn't do anything without an internet connection working and of course it isn't working after one changes the sim!

I think it should send out simply the cell-id (or gps coordinates for who has a gps) into a sms and give somehow the user the opportunity to make the phone located from your server and/or google's one.

It doesn't send the sms if you enter the number in the format +<international prefix><local number>, but only if you use 00<int><loc>.Forbidding the + in the form would make everyone understand what he has to put there.

Run hidden works but for me it shows its bottom menu when run.

When the coded sms arrives it switches on backlight/screen, can you avoid this?

P.S. Does it "run"(click green play button) when someone sends the code by sms or changes the sim?

Only my two cents :)

Thanks for your hard work staryon,

superb work I think!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jonathh:
Just looking at the cool feature in the new version.

Fab! All i can say! I love this app.. it rocks.

One thing that would be cool to see is if i could say 'use GPS but if i cant get a fix in x secs use cell id'? It would need a mechanism of showing what points are GPS/Cell ID based so you can gauge accuracy..?

Just an idea...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jonathh:
PS My phone reports that it cant obtain the phone number...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
I tried your little app on my windows mobile smartphone, but it goes to the systemtray as an icon and i can't get there since i don't have a touchscreen on my htc-s730. any suggestions?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
yeah... I think the new feature doesn't work very well for all the SIM cards.

I will change the way I get the information to make it compatible with all of them.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moos3:
anyone got this to work with the htc ppc 6800? i see the radio for the gps but wont connect ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ddookie:
Hello xdaRadar,

ok, it seems that i haven't designed the tool for Windows Mobile SmartPhones.

I know how to fix this and look into this issue somewhere in the near future.

I'll keep you informed throug this thread.

Greetings,

Peter Vrenken
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Peter, I think it's better if you open a new thread about your product instead of using TrackMe's thread. We get many new posts on this thread and sometimes is difficult to keep track of everything, so it can get even worse if we start talking about different applications.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ddookie:
Ok, already done.

All future information regarding uTrack will be posted in the following thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=420508

Greetings and sorry for the inconvenience.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available.

I have changed the way I retrieve the information from the SIM card.

Now I'm reading the IMSI value.

I have tried with 2 SIM cards and seems to work fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] david.fensom:
Yes, I am using my own server. I ended up uninstalling and re-installing Trackme to get rid of the error.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jonathh:
Hey hey!

Been using this wonderful piece of software engineering quite abit now (took it with me when I did the London to Brighton Bike Ride)

I have some suggestions

i) Should be able to use the mobile signal as a location if no GPS signal is availible - but need to mark this some how so you can measure its accuracy (have previously suggested this)

ii) Profiles! sometimes i want 2.5min updates and to shutdown the GPS between fixes - other times i need 15~30sec updates and hence no shut down (not worth it)

iii) If no internet access is available when the phone mask location is taken it should be able to cache it so i can look it up when it is - it might already do this?

iv) the final screen in the options doesn't give me a scroll bar when i open the keyboard and the screen rotates - i have to type blind!

That last one is a bug!

Cracking bit of software! Keep up the good work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] david.fensom:
Has this been done?

I have got my server working, by making the changes to the trips table (as suggested by 'themudfly' - Thanks!), but obvisously it would be good if this wasn't required.

Thanks for everyone's help. It's nice to actually get my server working. Can't believe it was such a simple change to make!!

David.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, that change was already made.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] senthil_phtn:
Cell ID based location tracking

Hi,

I am kind of into a project which is "Cell ID based location tracking" for Windows Mobile 5 & 6 devices (both pocket pc & smartphone).

In development I used RIL to get the Cell ID & other tower details.

The problem I am facing now is getting it signed for distribution.

Mobile2Market (M2M) - Seems like the RIL is under undocumented API so Microsoft won't be signing it

Network Operators (Verizon etc.,) - Since the product involves RIL, would they hesitate to have it signed?

1. Is there any other API (documented) which I can use to get Cell ID details

or

2. Will the leading operators be interested in signing the application which uses RIL

I'm sorry to ask you too many questions in the first post... but I am facing a critical issue.

Thanks in advance,

Senthil
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] radiv:
Not receiving any email

Hi,

When using ”Notification on demand” I am not receiving any email.

(I am using my own server and TrackMe saying "Email request sent correctly")

How do TrackMe send email? Direct from the mobile or from the server? Is there any configuration for email?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] collins199820:
if its direct from the mobile i think it should be server based...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
yeah, it's sent from the server.

Not sure why you don't receive it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] radiv:
I am using a windows server and the url:

http://www.x.com/requests.php%20action=sendemail&username=x&password=x&to=x@x.com&body=PC%20map:%20http://xrl.us/x%0D%0AMobile%20map:%20http://xrl.us/x&db=6

Gives “Bad Request (Invalid URL)” and a error in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\HTTPERR
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] skiwithpete:
Tried it on my HTC diamond today. I mega ate my battery. 1.5hrs of use and I was down to the point of plugging the phone in.

My garmin 305, doing a similar job last 8hours

But overall, this is so the future.

Amazing program.

Hope you can get the battery issue way down and I can log everything.

:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rmarshll:
Great Software !!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] auxaux:
I didn't read the whole thread, but I experience some problems making pictures while having none or bad internetconnection.

The picture gets tagged on the position I am when finishing the upload (could be a few hundreds of meter further) or it errors when there is no connection at all. The GPS positions seem to get buffered very well, and I have to suggestions to improve the images part

- storing GPS positions before taking the picture

- buffering the picture when no connection is available.

Btw. no hard fealings when you don't improve on this, the software is GREAT as it is!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
There is not too much I can do about that. It depends on your PDA's GPS. Did you use the power save feature in TrackMe? That should improve the performance a lot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry but I don't have any experience with windows servers. I hope somebody else can help you about that.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] timoline:
Hi,

New feature is awesome.

Problem:

Everytime I get the message: Unable to retreive IMSI from SIM

Config:

Trackme starts when windows startup

If I start trackme manually I do not get this message

Suggestion:

Some kind of polling setting.

Sent mail/sms with gps coordinates every 15 / 30 / 60 minutes. only if distance is != 0 mtr

((so we can track the thief)

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
There is not such option in TrackMe. Do you mean 'Start tracking when program starts'?

I tested it having that option enabled but it worked ok for me
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] timoline:
Hi,

No.

I put a shortcut of trackme in //windows/startup folder, so trackme always start when windows start:) (in stealth mode)

But then I got this error message.

If I start Trackme manually there is no message.

The reason I do this is because:

When your phone is stolen a thief will reboot your phone and now I'm sure windows always start trackme automaticaly (minimized) ;-)

Thanx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I plan to add an option to start TrackMe automatically when Windows starts, so maybe your problem will go away with that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] timoline:
ahhh great thank you.

Please consider my suggestion about "polling" for notification on demand.

Maybe you can do it like this.

<text> <email/sms> <poll time> ON

<text> <email/sms> <poll time> OFF

eg.

sos test@mail.com 15 ON

or

phoneback 0612345678 30 ON

Just my thoughts about it.....

Sorry for my explenation, english is my native language I hope you understand.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry but I don't plan to add that.

Actually I really thought for a long time before adding the feature. I don't want to convert TrackMe into bloatware. I think the Anti-theft function should be a different application instead of having it inside TrackMe. Maybe I will be end up removing it from TrackMe and writing a new Anti-theft application.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] timoline:
After reading this, I think this is a much better idea:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phunzoid:
have you checked your junk mail/spam folder?....that's where my TrackMe e-mails were winding up :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] auxaux:
I remember there was a piece of software which could be placed in your ROM. It would send SMS's to a number after the sim was taken out. I liked the idea of being integrated in the rom

ofcourse nowadays the GPS position (once a day for example) would be great, but also the user contact information (phone number) of the new user.

The software actally came from XDA-developers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
wow... I didn't know that but I think it's a great idea.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] auxaux:
Took some time, but here is the original posting

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=219592
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available.

- Added option to start TrackMe when Windows starts
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] timoline:
I tested it and now the error message is gone....

thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rakh1:
Possibly the best app that this site has ever produced - fantastic work!!!

R
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
thanks a lot man :o
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spen2:
Keep trackme running while in suspend mode?

Hi, I've been trying this program http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=393189&page=13 on my PALM treo 750 WM6 and it has an option (unattended mode) that keeps the program running even when the device is in suspend mode, ie the power button is pressed. Would be a great feature for trackme if it could be implemented. I have ran this program alongside trackme and it keeps the program alive! I have only tried this for cell tracking and not with a gps however.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Using cell tracking in suspend mode is very different from using the GPS.

Let me know if you do some testing with the GPS and it works fine with that application.

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gio_zera:
Hi I really like your soft and before I try I just want to make sure if it works on WM6.1? thanks allot.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I'm using it with WM6.1 with no problems.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gio_zera:
cool! I'm going to install now :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available.

- Some minor fixes related with non English regional settings
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moos3:
what happen to remote server support? on the trackme.cab? the one on the site doesn't have it anymore.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I'm not sure if I understand. What do you mean exactly with remote server support?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moos3:
The version i just pulled off the site doesn't have it so I can put my server in the remote configuration. Ideas on that? like below

I'm missing the server part.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] palika:
hi,

I stored a long route, but I cannot generate kml file, the trip name diappeared. I found local.sdf file and I opened it in notepad and saw my trip name in it. How can I export/convert from local.sdf to kml or any other format?

Sorry for my english
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Probably a stupid question, but do you have the option 'Hide advanced settings' checked?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Did you check TrackMe's manual first?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] palika:
If You mean manual = http://luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html

Yes, I did.

I have tried to to upload my data, but my uname and /passw wrong. I see it in config file and tried to login via TrackMe Display (v1.20), but I cannot access.

Menu tools > Export positions. Trip - there are no any trip in the drop down list, none of my previously created. If I use a range it Invalis password/username combination error.

I tried to search for sdf to kml , but no found yet. I will read more, I swear...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] skiwithpete:
Just wanted to say another big thanks.

A questions for you:

Would reducing the number of entries in the main log window also reduce the memory footprint of the app?

I'm just conscious of the battery drain I suffer on the Diamond (Yeah I did turn on powersave mode... but still).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
1. Are you using your own server or the public one?

2. How were you uploading data? Offline mode or directly to the server?

3. If you were uploading directly to the server, didn't you get any password error there?

4. It's possible that you are using a username that is already in use. Have you ever used TrackMe with that username and it worked fine?

You don't need to convert anything from sdf to kml.

If you have offline data stored on your PDA, it can be uploaded to the server.

Once it's on the server, you can export it to KML.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I don't think it should make a big difference. The log window is also deleted automatically when a specific number of entries is reached.

What is really important about the battery drain is if you keep your screen on.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] palika:
That's ok, and thanks I will try to create a new user, > upload your server, then export to kml.

I stored them locally on diamond's internal storage. One more thing, if I create a new user, can I use those old track logs? I want to do a hard reset on my device, which file(s) should I save to the computer to back it up. And after a hard reset should I just copy them back to its original folder then will it work again ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Just enter a username and password. Once yo do that, click on 'Upload Offline data'. If you get an error about the username is because it's probably already taken. Just enter a different one.

Once you have uploaded everything to the server, you can uninstall TrackMe and install it again after you have done a hard reset on your PDA.