Android phone tracker

mutley74

can anyone recommend a tracker I can use to track my son's whereabouts using his android phone ?

thanks

bob_a_builder

Life360 can track 'em

easy

Hmm, how old is he, will he be in agreement of your tracking of him?

If you install an app like Life360, and he doesn't WANT to be tracked, he'll just uninstall the app, surely ?

you could use the built-in utility in Android Device Manager, as long as he tends to leave GPS switched on ...

See this article

mutley74

easy wrote: »

Hmm, how old is he, will he be in agreement of your tracking of him?

If you install an app like Life360, and he doesn't WANT to be tracked, he'll just uninstall the app, surely ?

you could use the built-in utility in Android Device Manager, as long as he tends to leave GPS switched on ...

See this article

he is 12...but wonders around with his friends a lot and always guided where they tell him to meet/do, sometimes telling me one thing but ending up elsewhere

bob_a_builder

Yes ,Android Device manager likes a good option - didn't know about that one !

Richard_T_

Android device manager will track the phone and give you a now location, google dashboard will have the phones location history although if GPS is off it may not be that accurate, also if its located itself from a wifi access point or mobile phone tower then it will show a location "jump" to that point

Device manager: https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Dashboard ( scroll to location history ) https://www.google.com/dashboard

bob_a_builder

And some people say a smartphone is just a tracking device that happens to let you make phone calls ?

forgotmyname

Used the lookout app to track my daughter when she went on a trip to another city with some friends.

Its limited to the phones signal and GPS lock.

pepdavies

Cerberus will show you location and recent calls and texts but I think you're invading his privacy. If he can't be trusted maybe he shouldn't be out on his own? He's only got to switch his phone off or leave it home to stop you tracking him.

J_B

Just been messing with this on my (Nexus4) phone and it plots exactly where I've been over the last 30 days - very interesting.

However - I have to be careful that this doesn't sound like stalking - Mrs B's phone only says that she has been here at home. Which setting hasn't she got switched on to locate herself using mobile data ... and not just the house wi-fi ???

mutley74

J_B wrote: »

Just been messing with this on my (Nexus4) phone and it plots exactly where I've been over the last 30 days - very interesting.

which one did you use?