Location App

X X location memory
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Dynamic Power Save

OwnTracks software has 2 major modes:

  • Move mode - accurate but use a lot of power
  • Significant mode - saves power but inaccurate

iOS

Starts in Move (monitoring: 2, adapt: 10). After roughly 10 minutes without meaningful movement, iOS automatically reduces to Significant. When it next reports in Significant mode, the server sends Move again and recentres +follow.

Android

Starts in Significant (monitoring: 1). Significant-motion detection, leaving +follow, or speed ≥5 km/h causes the server to switch it to Move for about 10 minutes. It then returns to Significant on a subsequent non-moving report after that window. The 15-minute ping is the fallback.

Summary

Mode keeps changing in a loop

iOS:     Move → Significant → report/movement → Move
Android: Significant → motion/exit/speed → Move → Significant
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Set up

Please complete the following requirements on your mobile device.

1. Set up your AI Memory Alias

  • Create your AI Memory alias on 88.io.
  • Make sure the alias is active and correctly configured before continuing.

2. Install Netbird

  • Download and install Netbird app on the mobile device and login using the email address and password located on 88.io -> AI Memory -> Instant AI Team -> AI Mesh 1 -> Application.

3. Install OwnTracks

  • Download and install Owntracks on the mobile device.

4. Generate the config file

  • Login to your Nextcloud, e.g: https://61481826938.2.88.io, click on 88 -> Apps -> OwnTracks devices -> Check the detected iPhone / iOS or Android platform (correct it if necessary) -> Create and download .otrc. The file will be downloaded automatically to your mobile device which is normally located in the Downloads folder.

For iOS

  • In iOS Settings, give OwnTracks Always location access, enable Precise Location and permit Background App Refresh. Allow notifications if transition/status notifications are wanted.
  • In OwnTracks settings, open Remote Control and enable Allow external configuration to allow configuration by URI and configuration file.
  • In the Files app, open Downloads, click on the generated .otrc file, click publish and select OwnTracks.
  • Return to OwnTracks. It should be in HTTP mode and Move monitoring. Use the publish icon and select the Send location now while the phone has network and a GPS fix.
  • Open your your Nextcloud, e.g: https://61481826938.2.88.io, click on 88 -> Apps -> reload the device list and confirm Last update and Last config are populated correctly.
  • In the OwnTracks app, select Regions and confirm the first successful response installed an active +5 region.

For Android

  • Give OwnTracks Allow all the time location permission and enable Use precise location. Allow notifications so its ongoing background-service notification can run.
  • Set OwnTracks battery use to Unrestricted or exclude it from battery optimisation. Some phone vendors have additional background/autostart controls which must also allow OwnTracks.
  • In OwnTracks, open Preferences -> Advanced and enable Remote commands and Remote configuration file.
  • Open the generated .otrc file from the Downloads with OwnTracks.
  • OwnTracks should start in Significant monitoring. Use the publish_android icon to verify HTTP connectivity.
  • Open your Nextcloud, e.g: https://61481826938.2.88.io, click on 88 -> Apps -> reload the device list and confirm Last update and Last config are populated correctly and Server mode: Significant.