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Offline Ian

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Re: Tracking a phone
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2014, 00:26:40 AM »


The tracking device needs GPS, surely you can turn that off on the S4.

If he turns the GPS off he will get lost  - you know these modern drivers can't go anywhere without their satnav   ;)



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Re: Tracking a phone
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2014, 12:46:57 PM »
Ian, I use GPS constantly. Although it's on a TomTom not my phone.

It's absolutely essential. Here's a typical day :

Start at 5am
Wrexham to Barrow in Furness
Barrow in Furness to Hawick
Hawick to York
York to Hull
Hull to York
York to Wrexham
Finish at 9pm

With a total journey of just under 650 miles there's no time to get lost.

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Re: Tracking a phone
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2014, 13:26:50 PM »
I understand - can I suggest that purely from a logistics point of view it would probably be better if you started and finished in Tamworth     ;)

PS that really is one hell of a day - I always enjoy driving but that does seem a bit daunting!

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Re: Tracking a phone
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2014, 16:24:42 PM »
I bet Stoop could give a definate answer ,he is very knowlegable on this subject,unlike football of course.   ;)

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Re: Tracking a phone
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2014, 16:47:15 PM »
Why not turn off the tracking when not in work then turn it back on when working?

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Re: Tracking a phone
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2014, 17:11:41 PM »
Yes, thanks for that. I turn off the GPS anyway but as you'll see from previous posts I was enquiring whether that was all I had to do.

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Re: Tracking a phone
« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2014, 18:52:05 PM »
You can "force stop" any app on an S4. Settings - more - application manager - then open the app to see your options. You can also clear the cache in there so after a private journey that might also put your mind at rest.

PS: It will give you a warning about making the app unstable but mine has always been fine when I've done this & a simple switch off & back on has got the said app up & running again.




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