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To start this off, I do not have an android and have not in years. But, I have been asked by my SO's mother if there is a way to retrieve the location data (e.g. When the phone was at a specific location or locations) and export that into some sort of usable file.

I looked online and was not having much luck, everything I was finding mentioned installing apps to track future data, but I'm looking for past data.

The phone is a Galaxy S4...does anyone have any ideas on what can be done to retrieve this information?

Thanks!

P3N6U1N
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  • This question seems to be quite complex. Do you need to find some app for this purpose or do you want to know how to code it? – Jerry Apr 30 '15 at 23:28
  • @Jerry I'm trying to retrieve this information for them because they are entering a lawsuit and are trying to find more proof that they went to the property when requested to do contracted work. – P3N6U1N Apr 30 '15 at 23:59

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Sign in to their google account using a browser. Locate their user settings. Somewhere in there will be a Location History. If it has not been disabled it should show the location history of the device. It'll show a calendar and you can click on the calendar to see what location data is available for each date.

Martin Pearman
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  • I was wondering if that would work...I saw a link for something like that within my gmail account, but since I don't use android I didn't have any data. – P3N6U1N May 01 '15 at 00:31
  • This would only work if they have their google account tied to their phone though, correct? – P3N6U1N May 01 '15 at 00:31
  • It would only work if the user was signed into Play Store for the period that location data is required. I'm not 100% sure but think that location history is enabled by default - so as long as the user was signed in and had not changed the default setting then there should be some location data. – Martin Pearman May 01 '15 at 06:26