PraeGuard support

Set up monitoring, review activity evidence and understand what the app can—and cannot—tell you.

Get started

1. Install PraeGuard from the official Google Play listing once available. Open the app and read its permission explanations.
2. In Settings, choose optional camera capture. Check battery, storage and microphone readiness.
3. On Home, tap Arm. The app allows an exit countdown and a baseline period before monitoring begins.
4. When you return, disarm monitoring before using Evidence to review recorded activity.

Understand the timeline

Incident titles summarise detected signals. A label such as speech-like or door/impact-like is a classifier result, not proof of actual speech, room entry or identity. Android may not report every possible event.

Choose what belongs in your report

Under Evidence, open an incident and choose Keep in report, Marked as mine or Ignore. These review choices do not erase the underlying evidence. Export reviewed includes only included incidents; Export all creates a broader record.

Connect optional Gmail alerts

1. Open Alerts and select Connect Google.
2. Choose your sending account and grant Gmail send-only authorisation.
3. Enter the recipient address and send a test email.
4. Enable automatic alerts and choose whether audio or photographs may be attached.

Gmail uses your own authorised Google account. Praescius does not supply a shared sending account. Email delivery is not guaranteed; network access, account authorisation and Android's background restrictions can delay or prevent sending.

If monitoring appears interrupted

• Check microphone, camera and notification permissions.
• Review the phone's battery optimisation and background usage settings, without expecting them to override Android's system restrictions.
• Check battery charge and available storage.
• Keep the monitoring notification enabled and verify behaviour on your device before relying on an extended session.

Pro upgrades and purchases

If offered, the Pro unlock is a non-consumable Google Play purchase using the account that bought it. Use the app's purchase restoration option. Purchases and refunds are governed by the Google Play transaction terms.

Exporting and deleting data

Export important evidence before uninstalling, clearing app storage or choosing permanent deletion. Events marked as your activity or ignored remain on the device until separately removed.

Need more help?

Email info@praescius.org.uk with your device model, Android version, PraeGuard version and a description of the issue. Do not email private recordings unless specifically necessary and you choose to do so.

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