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As an example, I left the house near 2 hours ago. #OwnTracks says unknown host. Toggled off data, wifi, airplane mode, opened browser and went to same server just fine.

Looking at the app debug logs I see it collecting data, but never attempting to send again. It's almost like the thread that handles sending dies or gets stuck on fatal disconnect/connect.

j_angliss 1d ago

Anybody have issues with the #OwnTracks app on android when it disconnects or loses access to the server, and then refuses to reconnect without force terminating the app or restarting the whole phone? (Both of which lose data)

I've noticed when roaming from wifi to cellular it happens a lot. I can access the same host name using browser just fine, but OwnTracks just refuses to reconnect. Killing wifi and even full data services, or going into airplane mode also doesn't help.

__Knut_May 26

Unterwegs hatte ich vermutlich "Versorgungslücken".
Cached Owntracks die GPS Punkte nicht (ausreichend)?
Kann man das unter IOS evtl. besser konfigurieren?

#owntracks

FrikiGeekFran May 26

Hace unos días, monté (finalmente) un servidor @owntracks para compartir la ubicación en tiempo real de mi teléfono con los amigos y familia.

¡Adiós a los "¿dónde estás?" o "¿onde andas?!

Ahora, mi gente sabe al instante si estoy de ruta, en paseo o dándome un chapuzón en la playa.
Ya no hay que estar explicando cada vez. Tranquilidad total

#owntracks #tech #selfhost #foss

Dave Robinson May 13

Today's IT project was to install an MQTT broker on my #SelfHosting #HomeLab. After a bit of shenanigans with DNS and certificates I've got it working. I'm using the Caddy proxy to generate me a certificate, and a shell script to copy the certificate to my docker host for use by the #Mosquitto #MQTT broker. My router and DNS server make sure the messages end up on the docker host, and a test application on my home desktop is able to subscribe and receive messages from the broker.

The real fun starts now... writing an app that receives my location data from #OwnTracks on my phone, stores it in a database, and ultimately does all sorts of pretty geospatial stuff.

Henrik Sørlie Apr 14

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@hsorlie/116392714351515084

Related: Is there a way to run android apps (specifically #OwnTracks ) on #kaiOS ? Or is there an @owntracks kaiOS app? Or a way to run OwnTracks on a kaiOS device, besides the app? Or a... 🤔 @kaios

Henrik Sørlie Apr 12

What is the "dumbest" phone that will run #OwnTracks ? I need to buy a phone for a kid, and ideally I'd want a non-smartphone, something like a Nokia 3210. No youtube, no web, no social media. I would really like it to run OwnTracks though. I've read some "dumbphones" run versions of android, like the Keyphone, or the Mudita Kompakt. Does anyone have experience with this? @owntracks

Cinux Apr 11

Also ich habe mich gerade nochmal mit dem Thema Anwesenheitserkennung beim #homeassistant auseinander gesetzt. Lange rede kurzer Sinn. Anstelle der Home Assistant App kann man einfach #owntracks verwenden. Das erzeugt wieder ein Gerät welches man einer Person zuweist und dann geht alles sein Gang.

Notwendig war dies, weil ich nur die Minimal Version der Android App verwende (F-Droid).

Vielleicht hilft es ja noch anderen :)

@homelab_de

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TOϺΛZ Apr 11

@bobjonkman @ascentale @Amgine @bikenite For $SPOUSES luxury of tracking kids/husbands the #owntracks is also nice and opensource solution if minimal #SelfHosting is not a problem.

https://owntracks.org/

OwnTracks - Your location companion

Your location companion

LovesTha🥧Apr 6

Anyone know how to get a track out of #OwnTracks recorder into a GPX file with timestamps?

Inspecting the track page let me figure out a page to request a geojson file from, but it doesn't have any time information in it :(