My current approach to this on my GrapheneOS phone is to use GpsLogger, writing to a directory that uses Syncthing-Fork to regularly send data to a computer at home. If the phone is lost I open the gpx files in Dawarich. Pretty elaborate clunky solution but works well and doesn't require Play Services.
perfect for my family who has a mix of android and iphone. getting one pane of glass to locate all of them while also preserving privacy by self hosting the historical data isn't something I knew existed until now, thanks!
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My current approach to this on my GrapheneOS phone is to use GpsLogger, writing to a directory that uses Syncthing-Fork to regularly send data to a computer at home. If the phone is lost I open the gpx files in Dawarich. Pretty elaborate clunky solution but works well and doesn't require Play Services.
in case you also have home assistant, you can enable location reporting too. you can request precise lock remotely and use it for buch of automations.
I found my wife phone that way
perfect for my family who has a mix of android and iphone. getting one pane of glass to locate all of them while also preserving privacy by self hosting the historical data isn't something I knew existed until now, thanks!
I primarily use find my device to ring my phone even when it's on silent.