We have all wanted to be that fly on the wall at one time or another in our lives. From listening in to childhood gossip to getting the latest information at the office, have you ever wished you were there at that particular time? Do you ever wish you had an all-seeing eye? Something that is on your side and allows you to become the fly on the wall instead of missing out on what could be potentially vital information? FlexiSPY is proud to introduce, as part of their Premium and Extreme packages, a feature called RemCam that does just that – but how does it work?
Using Remcam is SIMPLE, (Remcam stands for remote camera if you were wondering.) First of all you need to have physically installed FlexiSPY’s Mobile Spy Software on to the target device -remember to ask for permission to do this as FlexiSPY does not condone illegal activity- and remember that you need the device physically in your hand also, and that it must be a compatible smartphone that the software supports. Once you have done this, you simply use your computer to log in to your FlexiSPY online dashboard and click the RemCam tab that is easily visible on the left-hand side.
On the menu that appears simply click the button near the top right that has a picture of a camera on it and RemCam will start to do its magic. That’s all there is to it. Behind the scenes what happens is that as soon as the button is clicked to initiate RemCam (and you read the notification message that appears) FlexiSPY will then use the back and front camera on the target device to take a single image and then that image will be uploaded, along with all other captured data (IM, emails, GPS etc.) based upon the configuration settings that you had already set up beforehand.
Once the picture has been uploaded it is conveniently located inside the RemCam tab also. You just click the thumbnail image to view the picture in full size and you can then right-click the picture and choose the Save As option to save it to your desktop. However, for best use of RemCam, there are a few tips you can utilize for better results.
1 – You only get two RemCam pictures taken (one from the front camera and another one from the back camera) for every time you click the RemCam button. This means that if you wish to take multiple sets of RemCam images then you need to click the RemCam button again to take another picture and so on.
2 – The pictures may not be uploaded immediately. The RemCam images are quite small in filesize and so, if the target device has a working internet connection, then pictures may be uploaded as quickly as five minutes. But, it all depends on the target device and whether internet is enabled and, if so, the speed of the internet connection. It also matters that FlexiSPY is still installed and operational on the target device.
3– Save any pictures that may be useful. Once you have found a particularly juicy piece of information using RemCam you can click the picture to view it in full size and then right-click the image and save it to your computer desktop.
4 – Understand that the camera may be in use by the device owner. Sadly neither you nor FlexiSPY can control what the device owner does on their own device. This means that, if the target device owner is taking a picture or making a video at the same time that you initiate a RemCam picture to be taken then it will not be possible. But don’t worry, the genius of FlexiSPY is that it will send you an SMS message telling you if the camera is in use and RemCam cannot be used at that time to save you constantly trying again or worrying that FlexiSPY is not doing its job properly and that RemCam does not work. Also, if they are taking a photo, you’ll be able to view the photo later on in the photo dashboard, no worries.
We hope that with these few simple tricks you will start to see the power and potential of the RemCam feature. RemCam provides a quick and easy way to take a picture of the target device at any given time and so if you wanted see if your employees are really being constructive in that meeting, or just to see if your child is spending too much time on their phone then RemCam is the way forward.