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iPhone iCaughtU Pro vs. iGotYa
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I've used them both and honestly, deleted them both. I'll just keep an extra careful eye not to leave my iPhone laying around.
Such a hassle every time I want access.
Sure, I could get it stolen but the slight annoyance caused by constantly unlocking my iPhone isn't worth it.
Such a hassle every time I want access.
Sure, I could get it stolen but the slight annoyance caused by constantly unlocking my iPhone isn't worth it.
I had the latest I caughtu pro version.
I'm glad it's working good for you.
Maybe it didn't play right with other things I had installed.
i had da same problem but now resolved. turned on location services which was turned off by mistake. (settings --> location services --> icaughtUsenderpro (turn it on) )
Accuracy
I had IGotYa and I just switched and bought ICaughtU Pro because it has a lot more customization and allows for SMS Commands, which is great. I do however have three questions listed in order of priority.
1. Assuming both programs retrieve the phone's coordinates from the OS, how come I CONSISTENTLY get much more accurate coordinates with IGotYa than with ICaughtU Pro?
2. When I setup a Gmail email account in ICaughtU Pro, the emails containing the pic and location always come through and practically immediately. If I use an @me.com email account (tested it with 2 accounts) the emails sometimes don't come through at all (not even in the junk folder) and if they do come through, they could be delayed by as much as 20 minutes. Furthermore, they come without the jpg as an attachment and are just an extremely long email full of jibberish.
3. I live in a community with three apartment complexes. When I click on the coordinates in the emails, they open in Google Maps and sometimes there is just a red bubble with the letter A pinpointing where the phone is and sometimes there is a red bubble with the letter A pinpointing where the building is (either my building or the one next over) and a green arrow pinpointing where the telephone is (my apartment). Why the different results and what triggers it?
I had IGotYa and I just switched and bought ICaughtU Pro because it has a lot more customization and allows for SMS Commands, which is great. I do however have three questions listed in order of priority.
1. Assuming both programs retrieve the phone's coordinates from the OS, how come I CONSISTENTLY get much more accurate coordinates with IGotYa than with ICaughtU Pro?
2. When I setup a Gmail email account in ICaughtU Pro, the emails containing the pic and location always come through and practically immediately. If I use an @me.com email account (tested it with 2 accounts) the emails sometimes don't come through at all (not even in the junk folder) and if they do come through, they could be delayed by as much as 20 minutes. Furthermore, they come without the jpg as an attachment and are just an extremely long email full of jibberish.
3. I live in a community with three apartment complexes. When I click on the coordinates in the emails, they open in Google Maps and sometimes there is just a red bubble with the letter A pinpointing where the phone is and sometimes there is a red bubble with the letter A pinpointing where the building is (either my building or the one next over) and a green arrow pinpointing where the telephone is (my apartment). Why the different results and what triggers it?
Apparently, iGotYa has a problem now too. If you have enabled the safe mode on iGotYa's settings, you will notice that it will hide most of the apps on your iDevive, but NOT the "maps" app. The thief can then access the app and click on the little arrow on top, and a message will appear saying "would you like to turn on location settings?" When the first time the thief pressed the settings option, yes, the device will exit out to the springboard. But the second time, he will be directed to the settings. There, he could edit any settings within the system. From then on, you practically have 0% chance of getting back your iDevice. Correct me if I am wrong but is anyone else experiencing the same issue?
And the chances the theif will discover that bug/workaround step sequence?
He can just pop the sim card out or just restore it instead.
If I, a 15-year old could figure it out, why can't the thief do it? Yes, removing the sim card would be a smarter and more efficient way of securing a stolen iPhone. But, certainly the process will take quite some time? He needs a very sharp and thin object to remove that lid, which most people won't bring along with them when they are out. Restoring also means requiring a laptop. Surely you don't go around stealing iPhones with a laptop in your hand, do you?
I bet you pirated the app. Let's hope people steal your idevice like how you steal from dev.
Im just saying what are the chances that the thief will even open the maps app, hit the little arrow on top, then select yes enable location services, then he will get kicked off and then he will do the same exact steps and will get to the settings and then from there he will know how to disable find my iphone or whatever. And that's a big IF the owner of the device has even enabled safe mode and the hide all apps feature of the program.
Far fetched for people to try those same steps buts its still a bug that needs to be fixed none the less though.
You bet... Sad to tell you, you have lost your gamble. I am currently trying out the free trial of iGotYa. Reasons for the age bias-ness?
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Of course the chances of figuring these whole process out would be very slim. However, I am just stating a precaution that everyone should take of they are using iGotYa. I have discovered a solution to this problem. Head over to settings -> location settings -> on ,and then, settings -> restrictions -> on -> location -> don't allow changes. Having said that, all these discussion about anti-theft tweaks should be kept at their optimal performance, so we the consumers can have better sense of security, doesn't it?
Guys one request to u... Please let me know about any app which is equal to iCaught u for iphone 4 ( jail break not done ) .. I don't want to jail break my phone so tell me any security app which clicks photo from front camera when wrong passcode is entered .. I would appreciate for ur help 
Guys one request to u... Please let me know about any app which is equal to iCaught u for iphone 4 ( jail break not done ) .. I don't want to jail break my phone so tell me any security app which clicks photo from front camera when wrong passcode is entered .. I would appreciate for ur help
There's no such thing for a stock iPhone.
You can only get that with a jb device.
Only thing closer would be the find my iPhone feature.
okay thank you dude,.. anyways let me know about any cool awesome app which i should try... thank you..
I'ld prefer using iGotYa because it works more smoothly than iCaughtU/ Pro. iCaughtU is not that accurate. The only good thing about iCaughtU is that it has more options n is little cheaper than iGotYa. But whats the use of it if it doesnt work properly.
He actually didn't I just wanted to see what people like u would say
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Calm down