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How to turn off GPS on a Phone

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Many of the smart function that phones have nowadays are the GPS. The GPS function is normally embedded as a default in many of the smartphones available in the market. What is a GPS? GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It is basically a technology that uses space-based satellite navigation system that will allow information such as location to be distributed and accessible by a GPS receiver. 

Almost all smartphones are equipped with a GPS receiver and therefore allows it to receive information on location from the satellite. However, some user probably wants to protect some of its privacy and therefore it is best sometimes to disable the GPS. So, how you can disable the GPS?

If you are using iPhone, the best way to disabled the GPS locator is by opening the setting icon. Look at privacy section and turn off the location services. By turning the location services off, you will not be able to track your phone using the “Find My Iphone”. You can also turn off the GPS locator on each of the individual apps.

If you are using Android, the similar function can be found by opening settings and then choose location and then uncheck the GPS satellite. This will turn off the function of GPS in your android phones. But by disabling your GPS settings, you will not be able to use apps that relies on GPS such as navigation apps.


Track Stolen Car Using Cell Phone

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With the smart technology nowadays, you now can convert your phone into a homing device where you can track your car if it got stolen. This is basically an alternative to an anti-theft car system to protect your car. The only thing that you need to have is a cheap smartphone and a subscribed data plan. Some of the cheap smartphones available nowadays such as Nokia Lumia 610, Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 are affordable and cost around $150 to $200 dollars.

After that you will need to subscribe to a data plan. Just ask around your favourite network operator and ask them for the cheapest data plan that they can offer. This can range from $30 to $50 dollars per month. Now, once you have done all that, the next thing is to download an app that can track your phone accurately. One of my suggestion is the SeekDroid app. It cost around $4.99.

There are many free location app that you can install. Google Map app can also be used as it utilized the GPS of your phone. SeekDroid has the feature of using a website to track your phone. Once you installed it, you need to sign up for the SeekDroid website where it requires you to have a username and password. Make sure you do not lose the username and password. Once all that has been done, all you need to do is just hide the phone in your car (Under the seat, inside the compartment glove etc.).

Make sure you put it in silence mode and keep recharging it once a month depending on the phone battery that you used. And there you have it, a cheap alternative of a car tracking system that you can do it by yourself that requires probably less cost to install compare to a full blown anti-theft car system.

How to Track Android Phone

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As an Android phone are getting more and more popular nowadays, some people could not live without having his or her Android phone close nearby. However, sometimes the owner can sometimes misplaced the phone and will be panicky be searching for it. The normal method people are using is just to call the lost phone from another phone and to find it once it is ringing. But, what if it is on silent mode? Due to the smart nature of an Android phone, there are several apps that you can use in this type of situation.

For instance, if you have downloaded the Where’s My Droid app, it can force your phone to ring even though it is silent mode. Not just that, it can also force it to vibrate and also to light up its camera flash. If you use a soft ring tone where it is quite hard to spot the sound, it can force the phone to emit white siren noise. If all that fails, you can use the GPS features of your phone to send the location of your phone to another phone.

If that also fails, you can actually force the phone to capture pictures and send it to your account for viewing. So, by looking at the force captured pictures, you can have a clue on where are the whereabouts of your phone. But, in the event that your phone got stolen, by using all this data you can collected, it is advisable for you to give this information to the police and let the police do the job of retrieving your phone. Do not put yourself in danger as Android phone can be replaced but your live is not.