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Cut off wi-fi, mobile data transfer and then try to connect with your friend who is not farer than 50 meters and have the same app installwd. Then share your results with all of us.

Then you can chat nearby. We are going to soon be hit by hurricane Irma. We are all leaving but my husband has to come back as soon as the storm passes due to him being apart of the clean up crew.

I would like to be able to stay in contact with him to know he is safe. Without internet? No such app exist due to hardware limitation.

It has to have some way of sending out the data, right? If it is not bluetooth, not wifi, not cellular network, how does the app send out data? If you can transmit data without it being connected to something, then why bother building network towers?

Wait for 3GPP to come up with their ProSe, which will give proximity services in the range of m as compared to the WiFi range of m. A mesh network of a few phones can give you that kind of range. Mesh networks can be used from phone to phone across great distances, but, there has to be a phone in range and your listed range is too far without other mesh users in between.

So, in these cases, with great distances between, and no internet, and no land based phone network, you will need to go with a Satellite phone option. Bridgify… Somerhing like that…. Every cellphone becomes like an Antena and expand the signal… We used it here in mexico a couples of months ago just after a big earthwake, i dont kmow how to spell it, buy its works great. The Serval Mesh can do this with a long range relay device they are specifically working on for the purpose of relay communications in the outback.

The relay devices are WiFi only the app supports Bluetooth relay but in testing relays between Bluetooth WiFi incur heavy delays, so they are focusing on the longer range option of WiFi. From what I have read, firechat looks like the first and most popular and thus best connected of these apps. Even if my mobile data is down and I do not have an Internet connection myself? And if that is the case, will the entire mesh be using up that one guys mobile data for the month just because he is the only connection to the net?

Firechat is actually pretty difficult to use. This is false advertising. Wish me luck! The only two I have tested is Serval and FireChat. I have discovered that they do not coexist well, so you really have to pick one that works best for you. FireChat only requires internet to set up, then it will work offline. It can even somehow bypass background data restrictions to some degree. It is a text only app, but very resilient at its mesh ability and it is cross platform which may be very important in many situations.

The Serval Mesh is kind of buggy. The advantage of FireChat is it can take advantage of an internet connection whenever available on top of WiFi and Bluetooth relay ability. Serval Mesh is very much a point to point communication platform, FireChat is designed as a public communication platform, kind of like a Twitter lite.

Messages move from phone to phone to spread across the network. It can stretch as far as there are phones running the app.

If you include a contact e-mail or phone number, these folks can share your status with your loved ones. Molly, One person said it was integral to the Cajun Navy in Houston for them to communicate rescuing people. I just downloaded it, it took about 30 seconds and it is really cool, works just like a real walkie-talkie. After it is downloaded it will ask you if you want to test the app, click yes.

At that point the walkie-talkie part will show up and you will have a red circle in the middle of the screen, press down on that Circle and hold it until it turns green and start talking, when you are done talking stop pressing, kind of like a real walkie talkies with buttons on the side. Zello can get groups together to accomplish great things but as soon as the tower goes it is useless. These mesh type apps will work even when the towers go down.

The only downside to them is range. Of course range can be extended every time someone installs the app. HELP Reply. Kaelyn Barron on July 26, at pm. Trudy on May 13, at pm. Kaelyn Barron on May 22, at pm. Best, Davis Reply. Kaelyn Barron on April 13, at pm. Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

Search for:. If I were to scroll through all my downloads however, that would be quite a damper! Maybe out the graphics in categories and treat how they are right now as subcategories? For example, liquid, put packages under that which have liquid—and make the liquid the first thing that pops up when clicking on said pack!

Please come out with these features, preferably the first one! I really do love and want to support this app, however the prices of subscription are honestly so high. And slash the subscription price. Or around that number. Regardless, this app is still amazing and i will still be using it. Still trying to use this App. I still loved all it offered in the beginning.

This app has become infuriating to me and I have used it since the very beginning. Also stop redesigning the app itself; again all my purchased stuff is Missing, all I have no is the recent freebie downloads of the last year.

Truly disappointed. As I said previously I used this app for years. It has gone through a lot of changes recently and honestly I have tried to stay supportive but I am ready to delete it. It is wanting to charge you for everything. Some of my stuff I purchased pre-redesign is gone some is still there. You can simply install these apps and get free data, and enjoy the uninterrupted internet access.

Hike Messenger has come a long way since its release and have been offering various different advantages for its users. The app after its Rs 20 free recharge for per referral, is now offering free internet data per referring to your contacts. STEP 1: Install hike messenger on your smartphone. There's more waiting for you with the app. Start sharing now and ask friends and family to install it! Databack is another app which can gift you with free internet data, for easy and uninterrupted browsing, to stay up-to-date.

STEP 2: You are now required to fill a few details. STEP 5: After your contact has installed the Databack app with the referral number you provided, you'll earn a few MB data, which can be redeemed after you have MB in your carrier. KickBit app has hit the market very recently, and has gained popularity with by offering free 3G free data for Android users. STEP 2: Enter the referral code on installation and the user will automatically be credited a few MBs as a reward on signing up.

Although the initial data usage in installing these apps has been cut from your main account data balance, installing these apps can fetch you extra MB of mobile data than you spent. If I recall but not to sure, was informed already by Android with the setting to a yes or no permission to add up dates to apps.

To make it aware that answers my question. Lery of this popping up now and then on screen. I got a text message about some Nike gift card on my phone and saying that I should check out this cool app called appleshock Can't remember the name but what really scares me is that the message had the name of a family member saying "--Name" at the end.

But it showed the the message was sent from my sister's phone, which wasn't working at the time. I am confuse. I was checking the message to see if anything was suspicious I should've noticed immediately being that it was an unrecognized number but, I continued to download to see if it wasn't a picture from someone I know.

I'm afraid I may have just fallen victim to a phishing scam of some sort. Links can take you to spoof sites that look real but will steal your personal information.

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