Your devices
You can use OpenBeacon on more than one phone or tablet. Each one has its own entry in Account › Devices.
See your devices
Go to Account › Devices. Each phone or tablet signed in to your account shows its name, when it was added, when it was last active and when it last shared a location. The one you're holding is marked This phone. A device that's signed in but not set up yet is marked Waiting for setup.
Name a device
Tap a device to change its name or icon. A new device is named after its model, so you might rename "Pixel 9" to "Work phone". Names and icons help you tell your devices apart on the map and in Devices.
Device names and icons aren't encrypted. Members of your groups can see them, and so can the server.
Add a phone or tablet
When you sign in on another phone or tablet, it can't see anyone's location until it's set up. That keeps your family's locations safe if someone else learns your password. The setup screen gives you these choices:
- Yes, link with your other device. The new device shows a code. On a device that's already set up, go to Account › Devices › Add a device and scan it, then tap Add. The new device gets your location history and sees your groups' locations shortly after. Codes last 10 minutes; tap Show a new code if yours runs out.
- Enter your recovery phrase. If you've set up a recovery phrase, enter it to set up the new device and get your location history.
- Create a phrase on your other device. If you don't have a phrase and your other device isn't with you, create one on it, then enter it here.
- Start fresh, I've lost my phrase or I don't have another device. Set up without your history. See Reset a lost phrase.
If you didn't sign in on the device whose code you scanned, tap Not me. It's removed from your account straight away. Change your password too.
After setup, you can give the device a name and icon, or skip and do it later in Devices.
The first device you ever sign in on is set up straight away. Once all your devices have been removed, the next one needs your recovery phrase or to start fresh, because there's no device left to link from.
If you don't finish setup
Tap Cancel and remove this phone to remove it from your account. A device that isn't set up within 7 days is removed automatically.
Remove a device
If a phone or tablet is lost or stolen, or you don't use it any more, remove it:
- Go to Account › Devices and tap the device.
- Tap Remove device and confirm. If you haven't signed in within the last 30 minutes, you'll be asked to confirm it's you first.
The device is signed out and won't receive new locations. The next time it connects, it deletes its keys, saved locations and anything waiting to upload. We email you when a device is removed.
Removing a device can't take back anything it has already seen. If someone else might know your password, change it too.
To use a removed device again, sign in and set it up. It's added as a new device.
Remove the phone you're holding
You can't remove this phone from Devices. Instead, go to the Account tab, tap Sign out and choose Also remove this phone from your account. If it's the only device that can read your location history and you haven't set up a recovery phrase, the app warns you first, because your history would be lost.
Signing out isn't removing
Signing out keeps a device in Devices, so you can sign in on it again later. Remove a device you're giving away or won't use again. To sign out every device except the one you're holding, see Sign out of your other phones.