Re: Where is Google Maps Timeline stored on Android? (Android 14 UI 6.1 on Samsung A54)

On 6/11/24 1:23 PM, Enrico Papaloma wrote:

Dudley Brooks wrote on Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:52:00 -0700 :
 

What do you see when you go to "Android Settings > Google"
and then at the bottom you tap on "Firebase App Indexing"
and then you click on "Maps com.google.android.apps.maps"?
>
I see every location I searched for in Google Maps listed there.

This might not be what I'm looking for.  I want EVERYTHING in Timeline -- not just locations, but start and end time at locations and all the GPS data on the route between locations.
Does what you are recommending include that?
If so, I will persevere past the difficulties in even getting THIS far, which I describe below.

I assume that by "Android Settings" you mean "Settings" on my Android
phone.  (I don't see anything called "Android Settings".)

 Yes. Android 13: Settings > Google services > Firebase App Indexing
https://support.google.com/android/thread/18328571/why-is-there-a-firebase-app-indexing-option-under-accounts-with-several-google-apps-listed
 I assume everyone turns Developer Options on the instant they get any
Android phone, so you may need to do that if you haven't done so already.
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/213149/what-is-firebase-app-indexing-under-google-services-settings

This doesn't tell how to turn on (or even locate!) Firebase App Indexing on the phone ... so I looked it up online.  I discovered that I need to find Build Number and do something with it.
Apparently Google changes its UI so frequently (as do most computer companies, unfortunately) that it's hard to find instructions that are correct for the version one has.  I included "Android 14 UI 6.1" in my search (and I don't know what part, if any, of that info actually got used in the search).
I tried several returned pages, and finally one of them got me partway:
https://support.google.com/android/community-guide/273205728/how-to-enable-developer-options-on-android-pixels-6-secret-android-tips?hl=en
Unfortunately, it says that Settings/About Phone will include Build Number ... but it doesn't.  Luckily, I saw that it does include Software Information and figured that THAT might include Build Number ... and it did!
I did the required 7 taps on Build Number and successfully turned on Developer Mode
It then says to go back to Settings/System/Developer Options ... but, in fact (and luckily!) it turned out to be simply Settings/Developer Options.
However ... Developer Options does NOT include Firebase App Indexing!
So, as for Maps com.google.android.apps.maps (which at this point I can only HOPE that I will find under Firebase App Indexing ... IF I can even find THAT) ... unless it can do what I mention at the top that I am looking for, I'm not willing to waste any more time on this frustrating search nonsense.
Why do software developers feel like they have to change EVERYTHING, ALL THE TIME???
(Gee, something like that would make a good title for a movie!)

Firebase App Indexing saves a ton of personal data on your phone.
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/231849/stop-gms-firebase-indexing-from-collecting-all-of-the-personal-data

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