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Tracking App - one my child can't switch off?
halewood
10-09-2015
My child currently has an iPhone 4s and I have a Galaxy S4 - I am tracking using Life360 but my child keeps turning the Location Services off (I suspect). Before the Cotton Wool Brigade reply - there is a good sound reason I need to keep tabs.

Is there an App I can use where it would prevent them from interfering with the settings?

Thanks in advance
lightspeed2398
10-09-2015
If you go on Settings, General, Restrictions, you should be able to lock the location services on with a passcode.

If your child is turning location services off then that's at a system level not an app level so changing app wouldn't do it, but luckily Apple have included a way to lock it on as I said above. Hope that helps
Mystic Eddy
10-09-2015
I'm not sure if you can view Find My iPhone on Android; I guess you can...so you could use that as unlike the app you're using now, it can't be closed and will run whenever you login and the phone has a GPS signal.
Orbitalzone
10-09-2015
Where's My Droid app can be hidden from view (and restricted access via PIN to the app) I beleive, don't know if that stops someone turning off location services though.
stephen122333
10-09-2015
or explain to your child they can have an iphone so long as the keep the tracking turned on, if it is turned off then they will have their iphone turned off.
My name's Scott
14-09-2015
Your child can still turn the tracking off on any phone in three ways.

- Airplane mode.
- Simply turning their phone off.
- Taking the SIM out

It's all a bit futile.
ThisGuysGood
14-09-2015
Find my phone on iPhone is good, as to turn it off you need to put your phone in Aeroplane mode. If your wife (sorry child ) is putting their phone into aeroplane mode then there is a reason.
ThisGuysGood
14-09-2015
Originally Posted by My name's Scott:
“Your child can still turn the tracking off on any phone in three ways.

- Airplane mode.
- Simply turning their phone off.
- Taking the SIM out

It's all a bit futile.”

Yes but that is actively hiding yourself, that would be enough for me to be alarmed, depending on the child's age.

Years ago if your child went missing either Sid the local pedophile had them or they had gone to the park across the main road they were told not to go to. Today every peado on the planet is potentially in your child's bedroom via their phone/tablet/PC and even the smart tv.

It worth taking every precaution you can!
Stressedmammy
15-09-2015
I agree. I installed it on my kids phones to limited success. Often we have the excuse that location was 'knocked off'
BKM
16-09-2015
Originally Posted by My name's Scott:
“Your child can still turn the tracking off on any phone in three ways.
- Taking the SIM out”

This last one won't (by itself) disable "Find My iPhone" - which will use WiFi if available!
nafanny29
16-09-2015
Hide a gps tracker in the sole of his trainers
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