BlackBerry Tracker is a free web-based GPS client for the BlackBerry. It even functions as an anti-theft app too (cool!). You can, but I'll give you a quick breakdown here. First, register an account. This creates a profile for you on their website. The profile links your BlackBerry device to you. After this you need to activate your account. Check the email you received when you signed up. Second, install the tracker on your BlackBerry. You can download the app OTA by going to in your BlackBerry browser. Pick the OS that is right for your device (either OS 4.1 or 4.2). If you're not sure what OS you are running, go to the options menu under settings on your BlackBerry. In options to go the about option and you should see your OS specified for you. Next you need to configure the tracker client. Click the BlackBerry Tracker icon on your home screen. Then login using the username that you created in step 1. Once you're logged in, the app is all setup and ready to go! Some key features noted on their site: Live Tracking The core feature of Blackberry Tracker is live tracking of your Blackberry device. Once the client application is running on your phone, GPS coordinates will then be sent to the server at the interval you specify on your phone(Ex. 30 seconds, 60 seconds, etc.). Tracking History After the application has been running on your phone, you will begin to accumulate a history of GPS data. You can see the path of your phone between any two dates. On the home page select Tracking History. Track Friends Want to let your friends see your location? Now you can with Blackberry Tracker. ![]() Start off by having your friends sign up for an account. After they have signed up, all they need to do is search for you under Find User and then select Track this user's location. After they have permission from you, they can go under Track Friends on the home page to begin finding your location! Fore more info, visit. Thanks to Dieter for sending this one in. Application is working perfectly. Only thing I had to do to get it up and running was reboot and refresh the GPS manually by going into Advanced Options-> GPS. This application is perfect for tracking your phone in case it is lost, misplaced, or stolen. I am running a Blackberry Curve 8310 on AT&T network. Find out how to use and troubleshoot your BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone with interactive simulators, how-to guides and support videos. Power the handset on by pressing the End Call/Power Key. The Hands Free Activation process will begin automatically. When finished, press the trackpad. The initial setup will begin. The handset is now active. Boost Mobile. Stay Connected. Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Snapchat g+ Tumblr. Good job James! Keep the good work up. P.s.- it would be great if it worked with google maps as BBMaps doesn't work on AT&T devices. Recording or saving a route would also be nice but not a biggie. There are versions for OS 4.1 and 4.2. It's not clear if it's supposed to work on 4.3, but I installed it anyway on my Pearl 8130 running 4.3 and I had no problems logging in and accurately sending my position to the website. You can also view your current location in BB Maps. There's no evidence that it updates the location every 20 seconds as my settings would suggest, but I haven't moved in that time either. I'll have to test some more. If it won't let you log in, remember that you have to click on the Activation Link in the email before you are allowed to log in. Sorry about the typo. That said 'I had so problems logging in' and should have said 'no problems'. I've edited my original post. It works quite well. The only thing is that the GPS seems to go to sleep when nothing is requesting information from it (to save battery, no doubt). It sounds like the programmer is working on that. I had to go into BlackBerry Maps or Google Maps to 'wake up' the GPS, then it works, at least for a minute or two. Google Maps tends to send co-ordinates that are off by a mile or so, estimated from cell towers. I'd prefer if there was some way to make the tracker ignore ones that are this approximate, but I don't know if that is possible. The other problem is that earlier today I couldn't get a GPS signal for anything, even though I tried several times over about 30 or 40 minutes in wide open areas. ![]() I expect that the heavy overcast conditions to the south of me were responsible for a lack of GPS signal. I, too, am unable to connect to the server. I suspect that their server is only accepting connections from certain devices or with certain methods (e.g., only via BES or only via WAP). Or, maybe their server just isn't up. Perhaps just as serious is the fact that they don't have any sort of privacy policy. For all we know, they are selling your GPS coordinates to rapists and killers. ![]() Or turning over your whereabouts to the FBI or CIA. The fact that a site like this doesn't ever bother to have a privacy policy makes me very nervous. Setting Up Your BlackBerry for GPS. The BlackBerry Curve (8830) and the BlackBerry Pearl (8100) support an external GPS connected through Bluetooth. BlackBerry® Curve™ 9370 smartphone Moto X™ - Designed by You Samsung SCH-a930 Verizon Wireless PC770 2-in-1 Card and ExpressCard® Casio EXILIM. Jun 23, 2010 Great advice Jude526! Just dial *228 from your old Blackberry device and listen to the prompts to activate it on your current line. I can't believe they know what they're doing. Hi all, I'm the sole developer for Blackberry Tracker and I'm glad that its working well for most of you. I am aware of the connection problems that some are having as well as problems with the GPS not updating. I am working on an update to the client that will fix those problems and I should have it available within the week. Also, the new client will have the option of connecting device side or with BES(I understand some people do NOT want to use their APN, as they are getting charged for it). Jeffrey: As this project started as a side project of mine(not a commercial endeavour), I never really got into working on privacy policies and terms and conditions. But rest assured, your GPS data and all of your information is yours only, and completely private. I will work on putting something on the site that will explicitly assure you the privacy of all of your data.(Thanks for bringing this to my attention). Thanks for everyone's support on this project, because as I said earlier, I started it for fun to track my new Blackberry, and now its turned into a great resource for a lot of people. I have a 8820 from AT&T and I do have GPS. But its not working on my BB. At first it couldn't update the GPS location and gave the longitude and the latitude as 0 and 0. Now, it can't even log into the server. I tried refreshing the GPS satellites in Advanced Options -> GPS, it updates the location up there, but I don't think it helps the application itself though. I have been looking for some kind of anti-theft-tracking so that if i loose my BB or if someone steals it, then I might be able to track it down through the GPS, but no luck so far in finding the right application. Whatever products I came through, they require the user of the BB to manually update the location by 'refreshing the location' or something. No application that I tried actually updates the location by default, on its own. Leader Board Leading Today Pts Helpful 1. 0 61% Leading this Week Pts Helpful 1. 200 100% Leading this Month Pts Helpful 1. 1000 100% 10.
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