Starting a safety session
Choose an activity, set how long you expect to be out, and start the session before you leave. Bread Crumbs is for temporary outings, not continuous everyday tracking.
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Clear answers for the road ahead.
Here's how Bread Crumbs works during a safety session, and what to expect when you're offline, overdue, or taking a break.
Sharing a guardian link
Use Share Safety Link to send one private browser link to someone you trust. They do not need the Bread Crumbs app or an account.
Location permission
Bread Crumbs needs location access during an active safety session to record your last reported breadcrumbs. Choose Precise Location for the most useful guardian view.
Why Always Location matters
During an active session, Always Location allows background location updates when the phone is locked or you switch to another app. Bread Crumbs asks for this only so the active safety session can continue its intended job.
Notifications
Notifications are used for session changes such as Overtime and resuming after leaving a Snooze area. You can adjust them in iOS Settings.
Updates waiting to sync
This means Bread Crumbs has information queued locally and is waiting for a usable connection. The app keeps ordered breadcrumbs and catches up after connectivity returns.
Offline tracking and GPS
Losing internet does not intentionally lower normal active Ride, Hike, or Other GPS quality. Bread Crumbs keeps locations that iOS provides locally and queues guardian updates. No internet is different from no GPS fix; missing fixes still create route gaps. Snooze and low-battery modes may use lower-power location settings.
Snooze and auto-resume
Snooze is useful when you stop at a hotel, campsite, or other resting place. With Resume if I leave this area enabled, Bread Crumbs can resume normal tracking after you leave the Snooze area.
Overtime
Overtime means the session has reached its expected end. You can extend it, end it, or use the incident controls to communicate your status.
Ending a session
End stops new location tracking and freezes the final trip summary. An already-shared private link can remain available temporarily until it expires or the rider explicitly revokes it.
A guardian link no longer works
A link may have expired, been explicitly revoked, or been replaced by a newer session. Ask the person who started the session for a current link.
Battery and background behavior
Use a charged phone and keep Low Power Mode and location settings in mind. Most importantly: do not swipe Bread Crumbs away from the app switcher during an active session. Force-quitting tells iOS not to relaunch the app for background location until you open Bread Crumbs again.
I Need Help
I Need Help records and communicates an incident state through the app’s existing session flow. It does not currently mean Bread Crumbs automatically called emergency services or sent an automatic SMS.
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