After reading TOO much about many apps, and trying to find the right one for me, I chose to start this thread. I'm looking to the forum to help weed out the garbage and suggest the best FREE "lost phone" and/or tracking app. I've read about so many. I REALLY want one that does NOT alert the potential thief that I'm tracking them (certain people will assume I'm trying to track a spouse and/or child- fine). A lot of people suggested LOOKOUT, but I read many people say it was malware/spyware and that "VIRUS" protection isn't needed on android. Lookout seems great, but it scares me now. Here's what I've figured out by myself:
Mobile Defense - no longer beta, can't download- but looks good
Prey - sounds almost too good to be true, but not too many users?
Instamapper - intresting, but only finds phone
WaveSecure - $20/year; NOT free
Tasker - sounds powerful; NOT free (but only $6 one-time I think); not transparent either
Lookup - Contains unecessary virus protection; maybe spyware?
And there's more, LOTS more...
Where's My Droid
Theft Aware
Pintail
EasyRecover
PhoneSecurity
WatchDroid Pro
UninstallProtection
PhoneLocator
phone finder
FindMyPhone
Phone Finder Pro
Stray Phone Finder
Protect
Protect Basic
Locate Your Phone
Child Safety Monitor
Locate Your Phone PRO
Phone Finder Donate
PhoneLocator Pro
Phone Finder Gold
Protect Premium
I can't image the work to install and try all these...I'd really like to hear what you guys are using and maybe we could get a useful thread here!
PS- My new phone (and first android) is the MyTouch 4G
Mobile Defense - no longer beta, can't download- but looks good
Prey - sounds almost too good to be true, but not too many users?
Instamapper - intresting, but only finds phone
WaveSecure - $20/year; NOT free
Tasker - sounds powerful; NOT free (but only $6 one-time I think); not transparent either
Lookup - Contains unecessary virus protection; maybe spyware?
And there's more, LOTS more...
Where's My Droid
Theft Aware
Pintail
EasyRecover
PhoneSecurity
WatchDroid Pro
UninstallProtection
PhoneLocator
phone finder
FindMyPhone
Phone Finder Pro
Stray Phone Finder
Protect
Protect Basic
Locate Your Phone
Child Safety Monitor
Locate Your Phone PRO
Phone Finder Donate
PhoneLocator Pro
Phone Finder Gold
Protect Premium
I can't image the work to install and try all these...I'd really like to hear what you guys are using and maybe we could get a useful thread here!
PS- My new phone (and first android) is the MyTouch 4G