Mobile Tracking System

[Guest stargate]

Thread title: Mobile Tracking System

Mobile Tracking System is a new project from Fightersoft Multimedia that provides an alternative to a GPS system. How does it work? The client version of MTS is a smartphone application that can get the identification data of the current cell used by the mobile phone. With this information, the client application connects to the MTS server and the server returns the location description of that cellid to the phone. Based on this concept MTS can provide a number of interesting services such as mobile phone tracking, viewing of pictures from every part of the country, messaging services and the best is yet to come. MTS is under heavy development and new and very interesting features will be made available shortly. Be sure to visit the MTS Services page and to view the FAQ.

Current MTS features (more are added very frequently):

- get your current location from a GSM cellid

- add or edit a cellid directly from the mobile client

- every cellid can have a photo

- realtime any user tracking (if allowed by user)

- send and receive e-mail messages directly to and from the MTS client

- send and receive MTS chat messages

These features are just for starters, the best is yet to come.

Supported phones: C500, C550, E200, C600, MPX 200 and variants on these models.

Mobile Tracking System is free for everyone. To signup send an e-mail message to [email protected] and include the following information: your phonenumber in international format example - 40755555555 (remove any preceding zero-s), your e-mail address , your name or nick, your country two letter code (example - FR, UK, US etc) and your network operator (example - Vodafone, Orange etc). Before sending the mail with the registration info, please check that MTS actually works with your phone. Just download the standard or qvga display from http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/download.htm , choose any network operator (don't be concerned that yours is not in the combobox) and your phone model. Now press Refresh. If you get a valid LAC+CID then MTS will work on your phone and you can send your sign-up mail.

Please be sure to read the FAQ - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/mts_faq.pdf and to check out the MTS Services page - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/services.html

MTS was running in beta mode here in Romania for some time. Starting version 1.05, MTS has international support. However, we need the community's help to add network operators. Therefore, when registering, please specify country code and network operator for example - RO Vodafone means the Vodafone operator in Romania.

You can see MTS in action on the MTS Services page - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/services.html . To check out the tracking feature of MTS, just use this demo phone number - 407xxxxxxxx and click localize. To view detailed information about a network, press the View MTS Server Information link and then click on any network operator.

Quick links:

Official MTS site is - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/index.htm

Download page - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/download.htm

Screenshots - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/screenshots.htm

Edited March 18, 2006 by stargate

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And here you can view how the database for Orange Romania looks after only two weeks of cell adding - http://193.231.125.43/v014cid002

[Guest stargate]

Mobile Tracking System 1.06:

- now you can send messages and track users using their phone number OR username

- added time zone support - every user should set their time zone from Options - Settings - Your ID. After choosing your time zone press Options - Change Time Zone.

- last reported location now specifies how much time has passed since the last report instead of showing when that occured

- now you are being alerted only the first time you received new messages. The alert will be silent until you select Options - Read Messages.

- now when activating the homescreen the current information is displayed immediatly (you don't longer have to wait 30 seconds)

- now when MTS client is communicating with the MTS server the <-> characters appear on the homescreen

Also, new network operators have been added: US Cingular, GR Vodafone, GR Tim, MY Digi.

To register check http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/sign-up.htm

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The Web2MTS service is now online. You can send an unlimited number of text messages containing an unlimited number of characters for FREE to any MTS user. Simply visit http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/services.html

Edited March 21, 2006 by stargate

[Guest mmm_drink]

Would there be a way using this software to track a phone via a pc or website? the reason in asking is i am looking for a simple and cheap car tracker

[Guest stargate]

Yes there is. As a demonstration just goto http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/services.html, type stargate in the phone number or user name editbox and press localize.

Edited March 21, 2006 by stargate

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Version: 1.08

Released: 27th March 2006

- added support for a local database of cell ids

- possible fix for the broken xbar issue

For the homescreen feature to work do the following:

QVGA display users:

1. Go to Start - Settings - Home Screen and select another home screen except MTS.

2. Press the Home button so that the home screen will be updated.

3. Go back to Home Screen and select MTS.

4. Press the Home button so that the home screen will be updated.

5. Start MTS and press Options - Enable Homescreen.

6. Press the Home button and you should find MTS information at the bottom of the home screen

Standard display users:

1. Using your home screen that displays the Owner information (that used to work with the previous versions of MTS) copy it to your computer (you will find it in Application Data\Home).

2. Find the plugin that starts with this line -

3. Edit this line to (change name/ with notes/). Save the file and overwrite the previous version on the phone.

4. Go to Start - Settings - Home Screen and select another home screen except your modified home screen.

5. Press the Home button so that the home screen will be updated.

6. Go back to Home Screen and select the modified home screen.

7. Press the Home button so that the home screen will be updated.

8. Start MTS and press Options - Enable Homescreen.

9. Press the Home button and you should find MTS information at the bottom of the home screen (or when the MTS information was previously displayed).

In time we will add more power to the local database such as syncronization (both ways) and many other stuff. Currently, the local database automatically adds known cellids when working in online mode.

Edited March 26, 2006 by stargate

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Mobile Tracking System version 1.09:

- fixed many local database issues

- fixed an issue that sometimes caused MTS to display the MTS service is not available when it was not the case

Important links:

Home - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/index.htm

Manual - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/manual.htm

Sign-Up - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/sign-up.htm

Services - http://www.fightersoft.ro/mts/services.html