Is there an app that I can track my son's droid from my iPhone? I need something that my son won't know or find out about.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Is there an app that I can track my son's droid from my iPhone? I need something that my son won't know or find out about.
Thank you!
Doesn't the location service require the uses consent for a location trace, or at the very least it notifies the user.If you are both on verizon... verizon offers a family locator service.
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The OP asked for advice on an app, nothing else. Nobody knows the particular circumstances involved, nor should the OP be made to disclose them. Provided any solutions provided are legal and above-board it's not anyone else's concern.
I'll also move this to Android Applications, as it's a general app inquiry rather than device-specific.
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Doesn't the location service require the uses consent for a location trace, or at the very least it notifies the user.
To the OP, you aren't going to find one and you should really rethink your strategy here. I guarantee you that you will lose this fight. Kids today know exactly what these phones are capable of, and it will be pretty obvious if you give them a new smartphone and immediately seem to know everywhere they go and everything you do. They will find a way around the tracking, or just turn the phone off or leave it behind if they do something they want to hide. This is a battle that has been waged since the dawn of time, and the kids always win.
And ultimately, the more you try to secretly keep tabs on him the more he's going to want to keep things secret. Even if he doesn't have anything to hide, if he knows you're going behind his back to spy on him the more he'll work to hide everything from you.
this is nice of you. To the kind ops/moderators.. thank you guys for making life simple. And as for the guy with the question... im bar none but im sure both phones would have to support gps... im sure what you are looking for would be a program for use to find a cheating girlfriend of something... it would do the kind of work you are asking for.. but me im no help as this.. Im not sure what your son is doing but if you think it's harmful then you have every right to take control of your household.
What tech savvy do you need to turn off the phone or leave it behind if you don't want to be tracked? The best, most secretive tracking software wouldn't do you any good if the phone isn't on and isn't with the kid.thats not really true anymore... most kids aren't as computer savvy as you think.. I was an exception... most kids can't even use google... what makes you think they would be smart enough to use a task manager? Btw... this comes from a 25 y/o.. besides... MOST of these types of programs HIDE themselves even if they were to get smart enough.
After the Mod stepped in to mention that, nobody has brought up the OP's or his son's personal life or their opinion of the situation (I made sure to limit my previous comment [after the mod's] on the technical aspects of what he's trying to do).People it's a question of an app not of his personal life or what everyone's opinion is on his situation.
Is there an app that I can track my son's droid from my iPhone? I need something that my son won't know or find out about.
Thank you!
How old is your son?
After the Mod stepped in to mention that, nobody has brought up the OP's or his son's personal life or their opinion of the situation (I made sure to limit my previous comment [after the mod's] on the technical aspects of what he's trying to do).
I don't believe you can hide apps on an unrooted phone running the stock launcher. Other launchers (launcher pro I believe, definitely others) can let you hide an app from the app tray, and I believe there are other options if the phone is rooted. However, it will probably show up elsewhere, like in the running apps/services menu or if he's using some form of task manager (like system panel).
It just occurred to me that that you should be able to do this with Tasker as well, and that will probably be one of the most innocuous way of doing it. I don't use tasker so I'm not 100% on that, but you can look into it.
And again, if he thinks he's being tracked on the phone and wants to hide something, he'll just turn the phone off or not take it with him.
Not going to give you parenting advice because that's not why you're posting. I will, however, tell you what I did with my teens. I installed Life360 on our phones and told them it was there. What this app does; allows families to stay in touch with one another via GPS. It has a "check in" feature that will let everyone check in with one another. It shows you where on the map that there are convicted sex offenders and shows you where emergency services are located (police stations, fire stations, hospitals etc).
The check in feature is nice because when they do check in, it will send you a text message and an email showing you their location. If my kids do not check in when they are supposed to and do not have a reasonable explanation, then they either lose their phones for awhile or they get grounded. If they turn off the GPS or uninstall Life360, they lose their phones permanently. The other good thing about the check in feature is if something really did happen to them, you have a log of their last known location in case you have to call the police.
Hope this helps somewhat.
Not going to give you parenting advice because that's not why you're posting. I will, however, tell you what I did with my teens. I installed Life360 on our phones and told them it was there. What this app does; allows families to stay in touch with one another via GPS. It has a "check in" feature that will let everyone check in with one another. It shows you where on the map that there are convicted sex offenders and shows you where emergency services are located (police stations, fire stations, hospitals etc).
The check in feature is nice because when they do check in, it will send you a text message and an email showing you their location. If my kids do not check in when they are supposed to and do not have a reasonable explanation, then they either lose their phones for awhile or they get grounded. If they turn off the GPS or uninstall Life360, they lose their phones permanently. The other good thing about the check in feature is if something really did happen to them, you have a log of their last known location in case you have to call the police.
Hope this helps somewhat.
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