Does Sprint Family Locator Notify the Person Being Located
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First of all, they told me in the store that the only 2 phones available as a "parent" phone are the 8400 and the Fusic. I found this hard to believe. Why only 2? I wasn't particularly addicted of either, but went with the 8400.
The child has a Samsung a640. When the locator nether settings was turned on, it usually gave me accurateness betwixt 10-30 yards. I discover that totally acceptable.
All the same, the kid knows that he can be tracked and also knows how to turn the locator off. Now the "accuracy" is betwixt 300-700 yards. They told me in the store that whether the locator was on or off didn't make whatever departure. I guess I constitute out otherwise.
So, my next question is this: Is at that place style to go on the locator on? Can you somehow force the need for a password or something to change things under the "settings" carte? (I hope I'm being clear with this.)
Any help? Thanks.
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Hi Zebco,
This is non authentic, First of all, there are well-nigh 25 compatible Parent handsets for the Sprint Family unit Locator application (http://www.sprint.com/familylocator). Yous tin observe a listing of them hither:
https://sfl.sprintpcs.com/finder-spr.../phoneList.htm
Just scroll down to "Parent (Locator) phones.
The other critically of import point is that you do NOT have to have a uniform Parent phone to sign upward for or use Sprint Family unit Locator. Everyone should call back of Sprint Family Locator as a Spider web application primarily. And, if you happen to have a uniform Parent phone, groovy, you lot can download the costless mobile application to do locations from your phone... simply, once more, this is not required to use the service. You just need web access.
Now, onto your 2nd question. There is no way to force the GPS location setting to remain on for any device. This is a device setting but.
However, at that place is an alternative. What you tin can do is change the Child Notification setting. This is a new feature that allows you to make up one's mind whether the located Child phone receives a notification every time it is located OR alternatively, information technology tin can receive an occasional reminder notification (about once per calendar month on a random day) that the phone can be located. So, if the phone is notified on every location, information technology volition not be sent the occasional reminder notifications. And, if the telephone is set to receive the occasional reminder notifications, information technology volition Not be notified every fourth dimension it is located. So, in the latter example, your kid will not know every time he/she is located... just that he/she CAN be located past you lot... a deterrent, if yous volition, for bad beliefs.
I know that's not the ideal solution, just at to the lowest degree its a step in the right direction.
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First of all, they told me in the store that the only two phones available as a "parent" phone are the 8400 and the Fusic. I found this hard to believe. Why just 2? I wasn't specially fond of either, but went with the 8400.The kid has a Samsung a640. When the locator under settings was turned on, it usually gave me accuracy between 10-thirty yards. I find that totally acceptable.
However, the kid knows that he can exist tracked and likewise knows how to turn the locator off. At present the "accuracy" is betwixt 300-700 yards. They told me in the store that whether the locator was on or off didn't brand any departure. I gauge I found out otherwise.
So, my side by side question is this: Is there way to keep the locator on? Tin can you somehow strength the need for a password or something to modify things nether the "settings" bill of fare? (I promise I'm being clear with this.)
Any help? Thanks.
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Thanks for your answer.
I know there were more phones bachelor as parent phones, but iii stores said only 2 were currently available. I only thought that they would have more than that out of their current lineup of phones.
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im non tellin y'all how to be a parent but possibly you should tell your kid youll accept away the telephone if he turns the locator off....cuz thats kinda sneaky on his/her part...simply if it was every bit easy as turning it off then isnt the locator service kind of a waste?
- Equally a kid though, I would take likewise turned off the locator feature when I wanted to non be found so accurtly (for example, if at a mall either mode a parent would see I'1000 at the mall, but with the location feature off he/she can't see what store im in.) - even my family equally shortly every bit they figured out the phones can be used to track them started to figure where they could turn off the phone and get away with it (for instance, maxim the battery was low toward the end of the day).
Originally Posted by JustinAmpd im not tellin y'all how to be a parent but maybe you should tell your kid youll accept away the phone if he turns the locator off....cuz thats kinda sneaky on his/her part...but if it was as piece of cake every bit turning it off then isnt the locator service kind of a waste?
For usa, what nosotros are doing is to make the web site accessible to all family members at all times; I tin check on who I want, and they can too. Between that and a understanding to use the site/service when we want to find someone but don't want to take a chance calling them (similar on campus - it's bad getting a phone telephone call during a class, or during a meeting for me) it looks like this will work out.
Looking for my next new telephone...
- Originally Posted by Darkshadow46236
As a child though, I would accept also turned off the locator feature when I wanted to non be establish and then accurtly (for example, if at a mall either way a parent would see I'grand at the mall, but with the location feature off he/she can't see what store im in.) - even my family unit as presently as they figured out the phones can be used to track them started to figure where they could plow off the phone and get away with it (for example, saying the battery was depression toward the cease of the mean solar day).
my take on kids existence tracked: Option 1: The kid could keep the phone charged and the GPS on all the time and would take the freedom to become more than places when they wanted to. Selection 2: The kid gets to stay home and become nowhere because they dont wanna play past the rules and go along the GPS turned on and their phone charged, end of word.Note: I have several friends that use this method with their kids, and it works VERY well
- True ( I know the practice it our fashion or stay home method - information technology does work well as long as yous are careful) merely what if the kid leaves his phone at a friends house and goes somewhere else for a while? Heck, they could sign up for a prepaid phone (only a few cents for the days yous use information technology + free phone if u look around a bit) and then forward all calls to that device. Or leave it with a friend in the mall and say that the ringer was too placidity for yous to hear that time (the last i would only work one time or twice but information technology would work). Originally Posted by PhantomApollyon
my take on kids being tracked:
Choice 1:The kid could continue the phone charged and the GPS on all the time and would have the liberty to go more places when they wanted to.
Option 2:The kid gets to stay abode and go nowhere because they dont wanna play by the rules and keep the GPS turned on and their phone charged, end of word.
Note: I have several friends that use this method with their kids, and it works VERY well
In the end, even with a GPS I'g not going to let my family members get anywhere I would not let them go earlier the GPS. I don't mind them wandering effectually a mall or walking a few miles from our firm to some store/ect (nosotros are rather lenient regarding this; after they learned to be responsible and think - it'due south not that hard when they know the culling
). For me, the GPS is merely a nice tool; as long as they have their phones on them it's yet - just the GPS takes one infinitesimal while calling them all up takes five minutes at to the lowest degree. I worry more about making sure they can and volition think, and that if they need help the resource to get that assistance are there for them. Just my 2cents.Now, moving on a bit, I've got my own question about the family locator - has anyone else noticed that the website is a flake buggy? For example, sometimes where I locate Mr X, it says X is at the corner of 2nd and R street. The side by side five times (over the course of 20 minutes) I ask the site to locate X it says the aforementioned location... even when mr. X is right in front of me.
I've found that this happens similar every 2nd or third time locating certain phones, though it can take up to the 5th or more to start. If I log out and log back in though, it works and shows the existent location of the phone; only I'yard non timing out or annihilation because without logging out I can still pull upwards the location of another phone and it volition study that one accurately. Anyone else have this problem earlier? (btw happened on multiple computers at different locations).
Last edited by Darkshadow46236; 06-29-2007 at 07:29 PM.
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regarding your "problems" or buggy behavior on the web site, its actually not a bug.
Dart Family unit Locator is a "location" application and not a constant tracking application. Too, it is designed for peace of mind, as a type of "insurance" to know where a child or family unit member is... just in case. Again, it is not build for spying / tracking.
For these reasons, you lot tin can simply request location every x minutes. If yous try to request a location more oftentimes than that, you will become the aforementioned (buried) result you got before, on your nearly recent request. You lot can only go new location data subsequently x minutes has passed from the last time y'all got a unique location.
This is explained in this FAQ: https://sfl.sprintpcs.com/finder-spr...tm?question=22
- Ahh, I didn't see that; thanks for pointing that out. Interesting feature. A ten minute filibuster sounds like a good idea; I usually logged in and checked locations a few minutes before everyone decided where our grouping would be going, and then that messed things up. Originally Posted by jason_wave
regarding your "bug" or buggy behavior on the web site, its actually non a problems.
Sprint Family Locator is a "location" application and not a constant tracking application. Also, it is designed for peace of mind, as a blazon of "insurance" to know where a child or family member is... just in case. Again, it is not build for spying / tracking.
For these reasons, you lot can just asking location every x minutes. If you try to request a location more oft than that, you volition get the same (cached) outcome you got before, on your near contempo request. You can just get new location information afterwards x minutes has passed from the concluding time you lot got a unique location.
This is explained in this FAQ: https://sfl.sprintpcs.com/finder-spr...tm?question=22
That said, I sure am not going to tell anyone there is a x minute delay between checking their location - trust or not I merely know they volition take advantage of a useful loophole like that.
Thank you again.
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Soo the location on vs. off feature on the phone volition help with accuracy!?! I meet someone said information technology helped. I can't get better than .6 miles most of the time. She has it off correct now.
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yeah, 0.6 miles is about as good equally you're going to get with location off on the telephone yous are locating. if the location setting is off, Dart Family unit Locator will not be able to get a GPS fix (which is the most accurate).
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p.due south. - for more than info on Sprint Family Locator, there'southward really a Sprint Family unit Locator Forum: http://flforum.wavemarket.com/
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There used to be...
There used to be a better plan from Nextel. It didn't require a java app to track the telephone.
If they would take kept that it would have been great.
Also back in the uLocate was crawly. Information technology would tell me where my begetter was, and in what direction he was travelling and how fast.
Some guy in California stalking his Ex lead to the demiss of tracking someone without them knowing, I believe.
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fyi, Sprint Family unit Locator does NOT require putting a java app on the phone beingness located.
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Ok....
Its been awhile since I accept used it. I had when it first came out and had a hard time with Sprint getting their act together on it. I did call up of the name of the old Nextel app that I couldn't think of yesterday. Since I went to the forums you suggested.
Mobile Locator was neat. I recall they need to bring it back. I used to utilize it all the time and it assist telling me where belfry locations are as well.
I had a phone from my account stolen once and called Nextel, told them to put Mobile Locator on that unit. Got on a computer, seen where information technology was. Called the police, made a report with them. Showed the cop the print out showing where it was. They weren't sure what to make of it.
I went to where it was, knocked on the person's door, showed them another phone simply like it and said, the telephone said information technology was here in this area. They said they didn't accept it. I said anybody in the area knowing to steal stuff. They said talk to our neighbors.
I called the phone and information technology was sitting in a van with the drivers window downwards in the dominicus visor. I took the phone out of the van called the cops and told them I found information technology. Of grade, thanks to SIM cards, the phone wasn't the phone I had, but the SIM card was and that is what is attached to my account for charges.
They came, asked me how I got, I told them I took it out and they talked to the possessor of the van. He claimed information technology wasn't his phone and didn't know where it came from. He wasn't virtually to claim I bankrupt into his van and stole something that wasn't his anyhow.
So I had to bring my proof of my SIM number to the cop shop the following Monday and got the SIM carte du jour back. The moral of the story.
The program worked and Sprint ended it to sell something that was worthless at the time.
Source: https://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1188533-Questions-about-Sprint-Family-Locator
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