Do you mean to get the position from the current cell phone tower you're connected to?

I'd love to add that, when someone tells me a (portable) way to achieve that. I know Google Maps does it, but they have a slightly bigger budget for research and paying mobile phone producers for this kind of information than I have (hint: my budget is pretty near 0$).

does it work with the pearl with software v4.5.0.37? and can you track the phone from your computer like a lojack sort of thing?

Why don't you try it and tell me? It should work. It works on my 8800 with the 4.5 OS.

Not yet. It only stores the tracks locally.

I just walked a 5 mile loop. 5 second intervals.

When I stopped the track, the hour glass popped up and stayed there for about 5 or more minutes. I could not escape out of it. Finally, the hourglass cleared and I went to view the track list - the hour glass popped up again and I finally had to pull the battery (not easy when trapped in an otterbox.)

version 051. Well, I just upgraded to the newest version.

Question: I searched and I see that the PERMISSIONS issue can be "fixed" by tweaking the firewall setting.

Does anyone know what that firewall setting affects on the BB, such as the Browser or email or what????

anyone using this with 4.5 Beta successfully?

seems to be tempermental for me sometimes works other times no

Yes this is working just fine on my 8800 running 4.5

You try change the setting by "Otion/ Media Card/ Encription Mode: None"
Goodluck!

I'm using just fine on my 8800, running 4.5.0.42.

Only issues I have is that I get prompted for accessing local content every time I access a track, or do an export.

will try bbtracker....

Will you be adding support for the 8330 at any point? I checked the website and that model isn't listed (yet).

First of all: the fact that some model isn't listed in that list only means that I didn't get a report of that model yet.

And the number of reports is FAR smaller than the number of downloads, so chances are that someone is already using it on a BB 8330.

All modern BlackBerrys (OS 4.2 and up) can run bbTracker, so feel free to try it.

Also, I hope that I can find some time for bbTracker in the near future (yes, I know that I said something about a release "around next week" several weeks ago).

I apologize. I should have gone ahead and tried it on my device first.

What prompted the question was that I have been told that Alltel has locked down the GPS on the 8330 in a similar manner to Verizon, limiting it's use to the bundled software: TeleNav and Blackberry Maps.

I will attempt to use bbTracker and report back.

Edit - Scratch what I said. It seems to be working suddenly. I'm not sure what changed.

So does this program work with a freedom keychain GPS receiver? When I search for the GPS device, it seems to find it just fine, but when I go to select it I get an error message;
No matching service found;

No matching service found for this Bluetooth device. Please ensure you have selected a Bluetooth device.

woulde be nice , if it works

just installed this if its nice ill be testing it out on my bike ride to work

thanks

It does not work do I need vznavigator installed to make this work?

This does not seem to work with verizon. Grrrr

Verizon doesn't allow any third party applications to use GPS on their BlackBerry phones. There's nothing I can do about it.

Also: I'm aware that another update is long overdue, but I don't find enough time for personal reasons. I won't promise any specific date, but I'll try to find some time eventually.

Might go.to tmobile soon verizon is crazy I can't believe they lock a feature like that

To bad that seems like a good application too hopefully I can try it with my other service

I just installed mine yesterday and while I was riding my bike home, periodically my office called to give me updates and it appeared that the system took a long time to update my position.

In settings I selected GPS Update Interval 30 seconds and update my position when it changes 10 meters.

Are there faster/better setttings to have a speedier update on the computer?

This is an excellent app!

I had arrived early for a drive with my car club and kinda wanted something like this so I did an OTA install, set it up and started tracking. Just exported to KML format and opened it up in Google Earth and I have to say I am very impressed! It will be useful for keeping track of the fun twisty roads just outside of Houston.

I am getting the annoying "Would you like to allow this?" prompts even with the firewall enabled but considering it's a free app it's a small price to pay IMO.

Here's a strange one - or am I doing something wrong.
I've been using the AWESOME little app for about a month now on my 8310 without incident. Last week our phones were switched to 8830's and now my Altitude is showing negative. When tracking the the numerical value seem to rise according to my ascent but in bbtracker the negative seems to indicate that I am actually going downhill. I have the 2 BBs running side by side right now and the 8310 reads Elevation: 37m (which is close to actual) and the new 8830 reads Elevation -62M.
Anyone seen this or have a fix?
Cheers!

I've had a single report that reported the same problem. I suspect it's a bug in the BlackBerry GPS. Unfortunately I don't have a fix fox it. I can't even force all numbers to be positive, because negative elevation might also be valid values ...

I finally got a SD card, so I tried tracking on it. Unfortunately it still randomly stops. :(

I still miss the time it used to "just work". I don't know why it just randomly stops tracking now.

I tried two other 8330's in our office and they both did the same thing. We are running Bell Mobility 8330's. Anyone here using a Bell 8330 successfully?

I can't seem to figure out how to set up a track directory. I want the files to save to a folder on my bb desktop called Daniel Tracks. How do I enter that into BBTracker Track Directory in OPTIONS?

SOunds good, any updates?

I must say this is an awesome piece of software and i have been using version 0.5.3.1 for the last couple of weeks now on my 8310. I do alot of long distance cycling (70-120 miles on weekends) and this is brilliant for recording my routes.

I'm not sure if this has already been asked (couldn't see it on this thread). I have exported the file to my desktop and viewed the route on Google Earth. How can i (if even possible) view the graph's for 'Elevation over time' and 'Speed over time' on my computer?

Does anybody know if Google Earth of another program can do this? I haven't had much luck so far.

Thanks

Hi. I'm using a 8130. I also have the negative altitude problem. This happens in all programs including telnav, gpsed and blackberry tracker. I suppose it is a bug in the blackberry, perhaps all cdma blackberries.

You can get an elevation profile if you load the route into Bikely.com

Hey. I just downloaded this. It looks like it works fine on my Bold. Although, for some reason, I can't find the track files. But maybe I didn't save it. -shrug-. But at least the display, etc. on the screen looks good.

Thanks a lot!!

Did you set the directory for track files? That was how I lost first couple of tracks.

Even better is SportTracks from Zone Five Software

Yes for me this is the main reason I no longer use this app. I wish the file app question could be made to disappear.

Hey. Thanks for writing the app. It is pretty useful for most of the things that I do. The main thing that I find annoying, aside from the permissions questions, is that I can't switch from this bbTracker application to other applications. This is on the Bold.

As for the permissions being prompted.. I think some donations would help there.. I mean, gotta pay RIM first ;)

On my 8800 I just press the red phone button and it takes me to the home screen and I can do whatever I want, and it's still functioning if I click on the BBTracker app icon again. Does that not work for you?

Don't the permissions questions stop coming if you tick the box not to ask again?

Saua-LOVE LOVE LOVE the program.
Got a bug for you...... Just need to figure out how to send you the kml file
Not letting me post the link.... grrrr

I pm'd you.

Do i need to have a data plan to get this working or will it work just with a network connection without a data plan?

bbTracker itself doesn't require a data plan. Depending on the kind of GPS you've got, it might need or optionally use some data connectivity.