SeekDroid

by GT Media, LLC

Product Details

• ASIN: B004R1LNGS
• Original Release Date: March 24, 2011
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 24, 2011
Rated: All Ages This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (659 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,179 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
  • #76 in Appstore for Android > Utilities

Product Features

• Locate your Android device anywhere
• Remotely enable GPS and display location on the map
• Lock your device with a custom code
• Retrieve recent calls
• Run without a SIM card

Technical Details

• Size: 228.1KB
• Version: 2.1.0
• Developed By: GT Media, LLC
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • Send SMS messages
  • Write to external storage
  • Read the low-level system log files
  • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
  • Monitor incoming SMS messages, to record or perform processing on them
  • Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
  • Access the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
  • Read the user's contacts data
  • com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
  • Disable the keyguard
  • Read only access to phone state
  • Get notified that the operating system has finished booting
  • Open network sockets
  • Change Wi-Fi connectivity state
  • Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
  • READ_CALL_LOG
  • Access information about networks
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.2
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 10 seconds

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

109 of 123 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Love the Lock and Wipe Options March 23, 2011

By Bill Justesen

Amazon Verified Purchase

Edit 10/29/2012:
SeekDroid has switched to a paid model for some of the features including Breadcrumb and Fences. For this reason, I have removed one star.

Original review below:
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SeekDroid is EXACTLY what I was looking for in a security product if I ever lost my Droid X. I looked at competitor's software, but they all wanted a monthly subscription to provide equal or inferior service. I love being able to see the last 10 phone calls as well as locking the phone remotely, and I especially love the fact that I can wipe both the phone and the Micro SD card. All of these other functions are located at the SeekDroid Web site.

Pros:
- One-time fee (no monthly subscription)
- Ability to view last 10 phone calls
- Ability to wipe the phone (and/or SD card) remotely
- Ability to hide the software as it runs on the phone
- Ability to view location of the phone via GPS functionality
- Ability to send an alert with a custom alarm message to the phone (helpful to locate a missing phone)

Cons:
- None

Parents, if you need to know the location of your child this app will help you do so. And if you are like me and tend to forget where you placed the phone recently, then the alert is an extra bonus!

53 of 58 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Wavesecure!!! March 22, 2011

By Josh A.

This app is superior to McAfee's wavesecure in that you do NOT have to go through the trouble of rooting your phone in order to allow REMOTE enabling of your GPS to accurately find your phone.

For Wavesecure to be useful the GPS needs to already be turned on on your phone (unless you're a root user which I am not). Also being able to retrieve the last 10 or so incoming/outgoing phone calls remotely is a pretty powerful feature to be able to have.

The program also does remote locking well.

I just wish the "Alarm" notification where it states "Please help me find my owner" would stay on longer than one beep while my phone is on it's lock screen. I noticed if my phone is unlocked and I send the alarm notification the alarm continues like it's supposed to.

Oh and to "hide" the app on your phone you have to enable that remotely from the website then reboot your phone.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars If you do not have this on your Android you deserve what you get (or don't get back) March 30, 2011

By Scott Sykes

Amazon Verified Purchase

Don't tell anyone but I would pay more for this. It has exactly what I am looking for; Peace of mind.

I've had and still have the "Where's my Droid" application on the phone even though I use SeekDroid because if the bad guy gets my phone when I am unaware he may find the "Where's my Droid" application, think he is the smart guy and delete it before I have a chance to alert or locate my phone. However because I can hide the SeekDroid application once installed the joke will be on the bad guy. When the time comes that I know my phone is missing I can use the SeekDroid.com website and to locate the general area that the phone is at and then I can send the alarm when I would be within earshot of the device. Soon I will find both my phone and the culprit. The alarm feature is good if I am the culprit and careless enough to misplace my phone somewhere nearby. If the possessor is a decent person I can send a message on how to reach me for a fair reward all the while the phone is locked and useless to someone that may attempt to use it.

If someone did get a chance to use it before I locked or located it I can also find the last 10 calls that were made on it as well. Fear not as the unrelated "Horizon" application will still assist the owner of the phone as SeekDroid will not access that information.

The wipe and lock features prove that the application was well thought out and intelligently designed. I love how unlike "Where's my Droid" the possessor has no idea that any of this information is being communicated.

The only "CON" I can think of is the lack of the SMS option as one may not always have access to the internet once the phone is considered lost. Just about everyone has a mobile phone so to have the the ability to grab any phone and send an SMS to your own phone and use many of the features that SeekDroid has would be icing on the cake. I hope this is a future "Pro" feature to come as it would be worth an extra cost if implemented.