Plan B

[jmartinez748]

i was cruising around in the market and found this interesting app its called plan b and its made be lookout, the same people that make lookout mobile security. the best thing about lookout security is if you loose your phone you can track it however you needed to have that app and if you lose your phone without that app or a app similar you were screwed. but this app allows you to download it via the market website and it automatically starts and emails you the location of your phone.


here is the market description- Plan B is the 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you lose your phone.Plan B is your last resort to find your missing phone.
This is the first and only 'find my phone' app that you download AFTER you've already lost your phone. Having Lookout on your phone is the best way to protect your phone and find it fast, but use Plan B if you have already lost your phone and didn't have Lookout installed.
Follow these easy steps to use Plan B:
1. Install Plan B to the phone that you are trying to find from the Android Market website: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb.
2. Plan B will start automatically and send your phone’s location to your Gmail address.
3. To locate again after 10 minutes, borrow a friend’s phone and text the word “locate” to your lost phone.
Using Plan B is simple, but requires access to the Android Market website and your Google account. (If you have an Android phone, you already have a Google account.)
After you install it, Plan B will start locating your phone using cell towers and GPS. On some phones, Plan B can switch GPS on automatically. Your location will keep updating for 10 minutes, and you will get an email each time it is located, whether the phone is moving or standing still. You can start the process again by texting “locate” to your number from any other phone. In order to locate your phone, we send you a text via SMS, so standard message rates apply.

ONLY DOWNLOAD AFTER PHONE IS MISSING

Links-
https://market.android.com/details?i...out.labs.planb
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[Zantar6]

sounds like a great bounty hunter app if you need to find someone.

edit: thank God you need to sign in with your gmail info. i was afraid someone could just type in a number and find their phone. that wouldn't be cool.

[hillmom]

NICE!

Sent from my rooted Droid X, running Liberty 2.0.1!

[JoeM]

This app really does work quite well. I ran 7 tests with the app on my Droid X in both indoor and outdoor locations and found that under most normal "lost" conditions the app performed well - giving locations within 45 ft of the actual location of my phone.

The app had some trouble when I buried my phone 1 foot under ground (in a plastic bag, of course!) and when I took it into a grocery style Walmart. Both times it provided no location data even though the app downloaded to the phone.

I really like the extra locate feature that you can do if you want to see if your phone has moved since the initial locate. By texting the word "locate" to your phone you generate another batch of emails to your GMail account. Simple and easy. We tested this feature extensively and it worked every time. Just don't do it too often because using the app heavily does drain the battery significantly.

For more details you can read the full review that I did: Plan B {GPS Tracker App Review}