Hi Brandon, Thankyou so much for your response!
Megaupload is as safe as the files you download from it.......
Is this the site that McAfee freaked out about? Scared me half to death, lol. I DESPERATELY need this manual of yours. The one supplied with the phone confuses me and kinda skimpy on the info. After I type this reply will do it then. Also just by reading through so many threads in past cple days I realize I don't have a clue about half the lingo you guys use and probably have only utilized 1/4 of stuff that xenon has to offer.... and Ive had this phone since May '09! lol I'm particularly interested in free stuff that can kill time at doctors office... haha! I'm also realizing now that even though the little box is unchecked Im not seeing any "smilies", only the words.... like cheesy. And Ive been wondering if that was some type of new terminology that was being used now days, since Ive been constantly seeing it throughout posts. LOL
But since I wrote The Better Manual, I can tell you that what you're asking about isn't in it (yet).
Good One!!
#1 Does not require the phone user's permission, though it may requires some amount of legal action or law enforcement request.
Yes I am aware of this way. In fact I believe my old Razor phone had the capability of switching to emergency tracking only. So was thinking this would be an option on the Xenon as well.
#2 Does require user intervention. The user needs to install the application and enable the location reporting.
This is something that I knew he would have to get his hands on my phone and do... and very possible he could have done so and used his own email address or something? I don't remember seeing this logo on his app screen but since it seems kinda similar to regular google logo I could have just dismissed it. I did however see the Loopt logo and although I dont know for sure Im assuming he downloaded it, that it didnt come standard on his iphone from AT&T? Might want to swing by AT&T store and ask 'em, huh? lol
I don't mean to pry, but it seems you might need to talk to your husband about why he's trying to track you without your knowledge or permission. There are stories of different devices "appearing" on peoples' vehicles, and there are different places these devices can be placed.
No problem and I should probably explain somethings... but I'm afraid this isn't the right forum to do that, lol. Live/reality soap site/forum would be more appropriate, lol. As for different devices showing up... yes this was one of his that he placed under my car.... cuz I got a cple ole tricks up my sleeve and figured out what program/site was being used to monitor the device.
As to your original question of whether you can turn off the GPS chip or otherwise disable it, I think you can turn off the GPS in the Engineering menu.
Will be looking for that menu when I get my hands on your manual, lol.
I trust my wife and I let Google Latitude report my position, for no particular reason, actually, since she rarely even looks. As for whether she shares her position with me, I leave that entirely up to her. I'm not the suspicious type, I guess. Paranoid worrier, yes. Suspicious, not so much.
Awww, very nice guy then! Hhmmm, so the Xenon is able to download Latitude to it? I went the their website, along with Loopt site and both say they only support smart phones. I wouldn't mind having a mapping feature that I didn't have to pay a monthly fee for. Although I might outta be careful and not make his job any easier by already having said program/app on my phone, lol. So if Im understanding you right the iphone supports both Latitude and Loopt BUT the Xenon only supports Latitude? Well unless you actually sign up for the ATT family map plan and that utilizes Loopt I believe. WOW, Im not making any sense now, sorry.
To be honest, because the Xenon isn't as capable as the iPhone, I wouldn't worry too much about him having an iPhone. Now if he gave you an iPhone, then it'd be more likely that he had hidden some kind of tracking software in it.
Very true!!
With the current state of Xenon hacking, there's no way I know of to run an application on the Xenon without it showing up in the Task Menu (hold down the middle multi-task button) unless it's a widget that sits on the home screen, but no custom widgets have appeared yet.
Well of course there is the AT&T Navigator icon. And when I hit the button/screen it asks if I want to start my free 30day trial. I just hit the exit button then. Hhmmm wondering if he's trying to utilize this free trial somehow... after getting hands on my phone. I keep it locked now. If I dont forget, lol.
You have the "dumber" phone, so in the tracking and installing hidden software respect, you're actually safer.
LOLLLLL...... well I really dont need all that stuff that's on an iphone. I don't work and Im around either my desktop, netbook or unlimited data plan on Xenon all the time AND since Im around the first two so much Ive never really used the web/internet portion of my phone.
Anywayyssss, thanks again for your help/advice. Gonna try your download again, now. Wow, looks like Ive just written a screenplay for tv mini-series here. Yikes, sorry it's so long.
