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Please email us back at ucistudy ics. My phone was stolen a few hours ago D: It was brand new and the best phone I have ever had No, Google Latitude will work across the globe wherever there are cell towers cellular service. Give it a shot and let us know how it works for you! Hey RYAN,you gat a nice posts here. But I have this question. Is this whole thing dependent on ones geographical area? I'm commenting from nigeria. So is it really possible here? Try mr tracker from mrxsystem.
I've been using it for work purposes for atleast 3 months now. Thanks for a great article, I just wanted to let you know that Microsoft has a similar technology, that lets you find your laptop anywhere on Microsoft's Virtual Earth, its called Microsoft Location Finder. Note that this does not need any mobile connectivity, just the Wi-Fi capabilty of your laptop, and it will post the location of your laptop.
I did a detailed article on this, if you are interested please have a look at: For some reason I left out the URL in the previous post, here it is again indiawebsearch. Ryan morning no I have no comment. I have another problem. I am trying to find the location of where my son is at this stage. We have some difficulties in the past and he left our town without any notification a year ago.
It start working on his mother and I have no answer for her. AlI have is a cell number. How can I find his location just to show to her okay he is there. Yes - if you go to the Google page listed in this article, there's an online map associated with your account. You can set your current location manually using that map so that even if your mobile doesn't update Google Latitude, you still can.
I started playing with this and a few friends as soon as I heard of it. Several family members traveling over the holidays to a single location, everyone can see how close everyone else is. Long-distance truck-driving companies could use it as a low-cost free alternative to using GPS for locating where there trucks are currently at. This is essentially just like a Twitter update which all your friends viewing you on the map can see except it's in graphical format.
Hi Shreela, great question. Yes, if you look on the Google Latitude page, just below the login there's an option to add the widget to iGoogle. I don't believe you need to enter your phone number to do that? Just log in with your Google ID and it'll get added, then you can manually enter your location on that page.
Good luck, and let me know if you run into any brick walls I've never considered the non-phone approach, but both you and Mike bring up some excellent non-PDA uses. Can't tell you how many times my wife has scolded me to "put that thing away! Anyway, yes, you need to be able to run Google Maps on your phone, and most standard cellphones either can't, or they don't have the data plan to support it, as you point out.
On the flip side, you CAN add the widget to iGoogle and manually set wherever you are or are going to be so that friends and family know what's up. You make a good point though - Google really should consider allowing people to somehow text there location to Latitude after signing up.. Does Google have a blog we can make these suggestions to? I've got some issues with Google Calendar as well.
I want to join, but don't want to put in my phone number. I just want to manually enter my nearest major intersection so people would know which part of town I'm from. But I can't see a way to join without providing my phone number. I think it is quite cool that you can track your location even without the GPS functionality. But my question behind this service was, is a data plan necessary? I'd love if it weren't, but since "accessing sites from your phone" kept getting mentioned I'm thinking a data plan is a necessity for this service.
Which is a shame because I'm all about the texting but can't justify the expense of a data plan since the only place I don't have an Internet connection is when I'm driving. And everyone who loves me doesn't WANT me to have a connection at those times: The drawback to Google Latitude is that it doesn't run in the background. If you switch to another application, your position updates will stop. I think this is totally scary.
What ever happened to privacy? When will they have a i-poop app that tweets my color and level of stink of my poop? Seriously, too much info. Yeah - it resolution depends a great deal on where the nearest cell towers are. My friend and I tested it this weekend to see how accurate it was.
He has Verizon and there's a cell tower right in town - it had his location correct right down to town level not building - it can't do that. In the end though, it shows you more or less where your friends are if they "share out" their position, that is. Privacy IS a setting within Google Latitude, and you can even turn off your location if you like so you essentially go "invisible" to either all friends, or select ones, as outlined in the article.
Thanks for the great feedback everyone. Latitude uses GPS if it is available on your phone, which makes the location reporting far more accurate. In addition to being able to turn of sharing of your position, you can also custom set your position that is shared. Resolution is vague, you can't even be sure if someone is really at that street or the next, or the next one.
And I'm talking about a gps-enabled device, not just triangulation which less accuracy than gps. The update freq is even worse, about once a minute here.
Track a mobile phone regardless of the operator they choose by using our geolocation service and find out where the person you are targeting is located. Jul 25, Apps like GPS Phone & Locate Any Phone are great with tracking mobile phones , even when the phone is not connected to the internet.
The tech is great, but I guess they limit its power due to privacy concerns, like someone attaching a cell phone into your car to track you down What if I am interviewing at a competitor while my boss is looking for me, what if I am buy a present for my wife at a particular high end store.
For that matter what if I am at the stripclub and don't want my girlfriend to find out, or a sporting event when I was suppose to be with a "sick friend".
And using tools like this can be an infringement. Beleive me, as soon as someone gets located doing something they were not suppose to and it resulted in trouble divorce, being fired, etc the lawsuits are going to fly. Can I zoom in to see which room of a building a person is in or is the resolution at the "cell tower" range which could be from a few thousand feet to miles. AJ, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.
This article IS about triangulating a cell phone's actual position using Google Latitude?
You can see from the screen shot above where I show how to set up a friend and then there are even sample screenshots of Latitude triangulating his position as well as mine. If you're talking about a way to do that without someone's permission, that's a whole different ballgame. I doubt Google or anyone would ever enable that ability due to privacy issues.
I would be interested in hearing what other people think about that concept though if Google would remove that step and you could track anyone by cell number alone Just think of the ramifications of that I beg to differ. A friend of mine was able to trace me on his Blackberry with just a phone number and I never accepted anything. I did not accept an invite like what is required on the My Location feature on the Latitude app.
I recall vaguely Latitude's introduction and the update, but where is that app that just tells you where a friend is on the iPhone with just a phone number. He was able to locate me and I was like how did he do that?
You make it seem like you can triangulate a cell phone's actual position or something using Google Latitude. Cube, Compared Dan Price. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Email. Stay informed by joining our newsletter! Read our privacy policy. We will be linking to this great article on our site. Keep up the good writing. I want to track my girl friend. Is there really a way of tracking a friend by their cell phone? My couaen sister was gone from my home because fighting with her please help. Informative, however, does it really work? Can it track the exact latitude and longitude location it is at at that current time?
Unfortunately, there is no such way to track a cell phone if Android powers it. But those two programs work only with iPhones in this way. Learn more about such tracking apps here.
But you can lie that it is some cool video or something interesting and send him or her installation link to the spy app you choose. Please note that according to the Federal Trade Commission and in conformity with the regulations applicable to the data collected, geotagging involves the collection and processing of personal data, therefore the service is subject to regulations on the protection of privacy. This way, they can use your phone to call you at whatever number you specify. For that matter what if I am at the stripclub and don't want my girlfriend to find out, or a sporting event when I was suppose to be with a "sick friend". The feedback is done via a mapping system that will locate the mobile phone sought within a few meters radius. If I am not interested to join Google Latitude then am I able to find location of people with their numbers??
Using those track phone applications, you can easily find any iPhone and iPad out there. Everything you need to get is the Apple ID and the password of the target phone and use these two points to track a phone through iCloud platform. It works perfectly for iPhones and iPads without jailbreak. You can track phone calls, GPS coordinates, and other important points; information can be tracked at a time convenient for you. Fortunately, there is a way to track a cell phone if it is Android. Every mobile phone device with this operating system has a special service installed by default.
Android Device Manager is working on your Google account. Here are the requirements:. It is an official tracking application developed by the popular website and searching engine.
The best thing is about its total independence from the operating system. You can press a special key to make your phone ring anywhere it is. Google offers one more way to track a phone remotely without installing any apps. Recently company changed the name of the tracking service, and now Route History is known as Your Timeline. It works with your Google account as Android Device Manager. Here are points it requires:. This service is the perfect helper if you need to track the places that your phone or your target visited.
If you need to track a cell phone, you need to follow those requirements. After every update, you will see special marks on the map that are the places that you have visited. It is not as easy as using those track applications with constant GPS tracking system, but it is easier to track a cell phone if you remember its last spot. That is why Apple gets its own track my phone system — Find My iPhone; this service is expensive and not affordable, as anything by Apple. If you lose your iPhone, it means you should pay lots of money to buy a new one or pay a high price to get it found by Find My iPhone option.
It is your right to choose. Here is how you can use Find My iPhone to track the phone if you lost it:. And the last way to track phone remotely without installation is not easy to perform. It deals with some sort of spam. It is impossible to force a person to install a cell phone tracker.
But you can lie that it is some cool video or something interesting and send him or her installation link to the spy app you choose. After that, you can register your account on the official website of the program you use. And then control the entire track process through the control panel in your account. Here are few interesting suggestions we have prepared if you need to learn how to track a phone with the help of a tracking app.
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It is a huge success and parents love it. But its features and ability to track phones remotely without installation make it a universal spying tool. The application has many users around the world and keeps improving its positions on the market. Here are few other advantages of the program:. And the last on our list is Spyzie. But it keeps evolving and has recommended itself as a reliable spying force. You should try it, and that is why:.
If you have any more suggestion on how to track a phone without installation of a track app, please comment below. Also, let us know about your favorite spying applications and experience of their usage. I do not have any tracking devices on my phone is there a way I can locate my phone with out a tracker. Hi Lana, I am searching a site or app by that way I can track few unknown numbers of my phone. Just I want to tank you for sharing this valuable article. I want to track my girlfriends phone without her knowing maybe by sending some type of virus to her phone is this possible willing to pay.
I need to track my fellas phone cause i think he is cheating on me and i need to make sure he doesnt know and i dont want to download any apps on his phone or anything that will make him suspicious. I think my account is hacked. How to make sure it is really being monitored and what should I do?
I have spent a lot of money already.