sylvek / itracing2

android application to use your iSee bluetooth LE keyring
GNU General Public License v2.0
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itracing2

Available on F-Droid โค๏ธ

History ๐Ÿ““

itracing2 is a free and open source application allowing to manage "iTag" devices.

Around 2015, Bluetooth LE (or Bluetooth 4) became popular on smartphones and a lot of gadget-keyring-bluetooth-brands rised from nowhere (think about smart things). It was the begining of "IoT" for everyone and low cost devices from China invaded the market ๐Ÿ˜พ .

Because "no name company" are only interested by selling devices, software were incredibly unusable.

Customers and myself were so disappointated that i decided to create my own application.

In 2021, Apple released his AirTags ๐Ÿ˜ฎ . That's pretty smart because those devices are pretty cheap and by using iPhone/iPad as sensors, AirTags can be found anywhere in the Earth. Yes, every AirTags have an unique device id ๐Ÿ‘ and i suppose that Apple knows who is the owner of a dedicated AirTag.

Do you BLE? โš™๏ธ

If you want to learn more about BLE, there a lot of article on internet.

iTracing2 implementes "Proximity Profile" and should be compatible with a lot of devices.. BUT because chinese iTag are so badly built, i hardcoded some stuff. (prefer Quintic PROXPR chip if you can)

How that works?

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This application runs in background, so you do not have to launch it after each boot up.

Several actions are available :