GPS & Network Phone Location Monitoring

PhoneBeagle uses logic to be careful not to waste your battery, or rack up unnecessary data usage. Location tracking history with configurable update intervals from a few minutes upwards so you can see where the mobile phone was using 5 minutes intervals, 10 minutes intervals or hourly intervals etc. In addition, a real-time 'Locate Now' functionality is provided in order to immediately find the location of the mobile phone.

GPS, Cell Tower (Cell Id), Network location tracking depends on phone, network service and satellite availability. Buildings and even heavy cloud cover can prevent GPS information from getting collected on the phone. When GPS is not available PhoneBeagle automatically uses alternative location information provided by the phone to approximate location. For phone models without built-in GPS, network based location will be used and distracted driving features will not be avalable because speed calculations are not possible. Location tracking modes are remotely configurable in order to save battery life.

• Zero Impact Tracking Mode
  GPS is used only if it is already active, for instance when the user is navigating with navigation software or using Internet location services. Cell Tower location resolution is active.

• High Resolution Tracking Mode
  GPS is set active and receives continuous location updates. Network positioning provided by mobile service providers and Cell Tower location resolution are both active.

• Intelligent Tracking Mode
  GPS is used if it is already active. Cell Tower location resolution is always active. GPS and the network positioning provided by mobile service providers are activated if the device moves a significant distance.

PhoneBeagle hooks deeply into Android's security infrastructure to provide a degree of protection from being uninstalled by someone that does not know the PhoneBeagle Product Key. In the event that someone manages to disable the phone's security infrastructure, PhoneBeagle can be configured to send a Text Message notification that this has occurred. A Hidden Icon is available on all versions of Android.

All captured communications and events are stored on the phone in an encoded format before being uploaded to a central server over a secure encrypted connection. The data is stored encoded in a database on the central server. The data is only decoded after it has been downloaded onto the customer's computer, i.e. only when viewed by the customer in their browser. No data is decoded until it arrives on the customer's computer. Encoded means the data is not human readable. The PhoneBeagle data warehouse is very secure and our technical administrators have no access to your encoded private data. On the phone, during upload and download and on the Web Application, your data is secure.