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is there such an app?

thaDroidz

Android Enthusiast
May 1, 2010
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texas
I lose my droid alot at home, my living room is dark and with the droid asleep it is totally black and hard to locate without turning lights on.

I am looking for something like "clap on clap off".
Using voice I would think it's possible to program the droid to activate/light up via voice command...


I know of "locate my droid" and all the others but I am looking for a way without having to use a pc or another phone.
 
not wanting SMS based... I want to say aloud "droid where the hell are you" and it lights up, flashes or even response with it's own smart ass reply.

I don't wanna go log on my pc or send a txt when it's in the same room as me..

I spent 10 minutes the other day looking I found it on the couch 3 feet from me. If it's in a shadow it hard to find..
 
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I know there has to be a way...

Just like the old "clap on Clap off"...

I don't want to use another pc or phone to locate my droid, when more than likely it's 3 inches from my butt.

A simple app that when a preset spoken phrase is said it lights up and make a droid chant...


ie:
"Droid where are you?"..

"I over here, moron"

:)
 
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Hey, sorry to be the one to bring bad news, but you really don't want to run a "key finder" type app.

To work, such an app would have to be constantly running, recording audio. Security/privacy concerns should not be an issue -- but battery life will! The moment your phone goes into standby, it can (if not will) use a lot less power; running an app like that would require effectively disabling the screen timeout, such as various book readers and games do.
 
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