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Re: "Find-My-Droid" type apps -- remote install and setup?

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  Re: "Find-My-Droid" type apps -- remote install and setup? "TomR" <TomR@tomrljp2hg.mht> - 2015-06-26 20:17 -0400
    Re: "Find-My-Droid" type apps -- remote install and setup? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-06-27 19:21 +0000
    Re: "Find-My-Droid" type apps -- remote install and setup? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-06-27 19:21 +0000

#20527 — Re: "Find-My-Droid" type apps -- remote install and setup?

"s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:36:14 -0400, TomR wrote:
>
>> I am trying to figure out if there are any apps out there that I could
>> remotely install, set up, and run on my lost Android phone from my 
>> computer.
>
> 8< snip >8
>
>> If I am not being clear about what I am asking, let me know and I'll 
>> explain
>> further.
>
> I think I understand you correctly and AFAIK what you're asking is not
> possible. You need to install such tracking software on your
> phone/tablet /before/ losing it.
>
> Prey is a good example that you can install to locate your stolen/lost
> phone. BUT it needs to be installed through your phone.
>
> <https://preyproject.com/>
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prey>
>
> s|b

Thanks s|b and Pete Cresswell.

I was hoping there was a way to remotely install the software on the phone 
after it's gone (not beforehand), but I guess that ain't gonna happen.

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#20538

TomR <TomR@tomrljp2hg.mht> wrote:
[...]
> Thanks s|b and Pete Cresswell.
> 
> I was hoping there was a way to remotely install the software on the phone 
> after it's gone (not beforehand), but I guess that ain't gonna happen.

  If the person who has your friend's phone is still using her (your
friend's) Google account, you *can* remotely *schedule* the installion
of an app on her phone, but you can not force it to *run* and you can
not remotely *configure* it.

  Remote *scheduling*  of an app's installion is done from Google play
under her Google account.

  For example if I want to schedule the installation of DroidStats on my
phone, I start any webbrowser anywhere, go to the Google play entry of
the app [1], make sure that I'm logged into my Google account and click
the INSTALL button. Next time the Play Store app on the phone runs, it
will install the scheduled app.

[11] <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nitro.phonestats>

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#20539

TomR <TomR@tomrljp2hg.mht> wrote:
[...]
> I was hoping there was a way to remotely install the software on the phone 
> after it's gone (not beforehand), but I guess that ain't gonna happen.

  If the person who has the phone is still using
> 
> 

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