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Silently Pocket Distress Call

Discussion in 'Android Apps & Games' started by tjehuda, Sep 2, 2011.

  1. tjehuda

    tjehuda Lurker
    Thread Starter

    Hi!

    On my old nokia phone I had a distress number set to a quick dial number. That way I could silently make a distress call with the phone in my pocket.

    Now that I am with the droid - is there a way to make such a call with the phone in the pocket?

    I was thinking - maybe after 5 quick presses of the lock/unlock button a chosen number would be called for example.

    Another option is to customize the unlock screen with a large icon that can be easily pressed while the phone is in the pocket.

    Does something like this exist?

    All the best,

    Tjehuda
     


    #1 tjehuda, Sep 2, 2011

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  2. chanchan05

    chanchan05 The Doctor

    Yes, get an app that can put shortcuts on the lockscreen, like Agile Lock paid version, Widgetlocker etc, and put a contact shortcut on the lockscreen.
     
    #2 chanchan05, Sep 2, 2011
  3. gfinockio

    gfinockio Newbie

    Use Tasker.
     
    #3 gfinockio, Sep 2, 2011
  4. JaSauders

    JaSauders Well-Known Member

    Not sure if it's what you want, but what about Life360? I have it set up so when I go mountain biking by myself, if I have a nasty wipeout I can at least feel confident I can get help.

    You have a contract list you add users to. Then that list becomes your panic contact list. If you hit the panic button within Life360, it texts/emails/calls each user in your contact list your GPS coordinates. Pretty handy since mountain bike trails are hardly along main roads.

    It's not something you can easily trigger from your pocket, but if you bust out the phone and have an icon on your home screen, a matter of 2-3 clicks you'd be in business.

    Like I said, not sure if it's what you want, but I figured I'd mention it at least.
     
    #4 JaSauders, Sep 3, 2011
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