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On 2026-04-16 22:32, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:17:12 +0200, "Carlos
> E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> got a new tablet, a "Lenovo Idea Tab 11" (8GB 128GB) - Luna Grey + Pen"
>>
>> I'm examining the preinstalled apps. One of them is:
>>
>>
>> Phone Tracker: Phone Locator
> 
> If this had worked, what would its advantage be over
> www.android.com\find
> Which you can do from any webbrowser.

No idea...

When I did the initial configuration of the tablet, Google asked my age 
and sex, and used that to automatically suggest and install a few apps, 
and this was one of them.

This app is used to track family members in real time. Kids, mostly. 
That is, of a phone that is not yours.



> I used it in Baltimore once when I couldn't find my phone and realized
> it had fallen out of my pocket into a taxicab. I made it make a noise,
> the driver found it, called me, and I was in no rush and she returned it
> an hour or two later.
> 
> And just now I tried it again, with it sitting right next to me, and it
> found it in Peru, and shows on the map where it is, and it's right
> except for 20 feet.  It shows it across the street.  It also shows the
> wifi network, the % charge, , when last seen, and you can have it play a
> unique sound, you can reset it, or you can marked it as lost (which I
> think means locked.  If you never lock your phone, you have to come up
> with a lock code.)
> 
> I don't know if this will work when the phone is off, by giving you the
> last location where it was on.  That seems simple enough to implement,
> but what do I know?

When powered off, the best it can do is the last location, if it is 
automatically saved.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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