# Prepare smartphone

Set location permission of RACEMAP app "allow all the time"

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* Test live tracking before your race, to get to know how tracking works well at the competition.
* Share the link of your tracking map in WhatsApp, Facebook. That way your family and friends keep track of your race easily.
* Stow smartphone: Fix your smartphone properly at the upper arm, in a tricot pocket or in the backpack lid pocket of your bag.

Use a powerbank for 15+ hours of live tracking with Racemap App. Tracking affects the battery life of your smartphone. Battery life depends on your device, the battery, your usage behavior and network coverage.

* Charge & restart your phone.
* Stop all apps you do not need.
* Use a powerbank for long events.