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myJikita uses an Alpik account. The same account works across Alpik services, and signing in is handled by Alpik's identity service rather than by a password form inside the app.

How signing in works​

When you tap Sign in, myJikita opens your phone's normal web browser at the Alpik identity page, you sign in there, and the browser hands you back to the app.

This is deliberate, and it is the more secure arrangement:

  • The app never sees your password. It is typed into Alpik's own sign-in page in a real browser, not into a form inside an application.
  • You can check the address bar, which is something an in-app form cannot offer you.
  • Your browser's password manager works, including the one built into iOS and Android.

If a version of "myJikita" ever asks you to type your Alpik password directly into the app, it is not myJikita.

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File: img/myjikita/account-01-signin.png Shows: The Alpik identity sign-in page open in the system browser, with the address bar visible.

Creating an account​

  1. Open myJikita and tap Create an account.
  2. The browser opens the Alpik registration page.
  3. Fill in your details and submit.
  4. Confirm your email address from the message you receive.
  5. Return to myJikita and tap Sign in.
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File: img/myjikita/account-02-register.png Shows: The registration form on the Alpik identity page.

Use a name people will recognise

The name on your account is what your contacts see beside your position on their map, and it is what a rescue team is given if it comes to that. "Marie D." is fine. An untraceable nickname is a poor choice on a day when somebody is trying to work out which pin is you.

One phone at a time​

An account can be actively tracking on only one device. This is a safety decision, not a licensing one: two phones both claiming to be you would produce two position streams and there would be no way to tell which one is the person.

If you sign in on a second phone, the app tells you the account is already active elsewhere and offers to take over. Accepting it makes the new phone the active one and signs the old one out; the old phone will say why the next time it is opened, rather than silently stopping.

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File: img/myjikita/account-03-takeover.png Shows: The device takeover prompt, explaining that the account is active on another device.

You can see and revoke your devices at any time from Settings → Devices — see Settings and your account. Revoking a device you no longer have is the right move if a phone is lost or sold.

Staying signed in​

You stay signed in. The app holds a credential on the device, in the phone's secure storage, so you do not have to sign in again at a trailhead with one bar of signal — which is exactly where a sign-in screen would be most unwelcome.

The app signs you out on its own in only two cases, and it always says which:

  • The device was revoked, from another phone or by you.
  • The credential is no longer valid and could not be renewed.

Signing out​

Settings → Log out.

Signing out erases the outings, tracks, contacts and messages stored on this phone. Your downloaded map areas are kept, because they are not personal data and re-downloading them is slow and expensive.

If you have positions or outings that have not yet reached the server — because you were out of coverage — the app warns you before it proceeds and tells you exactly what would be lost. If you see that warning, cancel, get some signal, let it sync, and then sign out. The app will not let you sign out silently while an outing is still in progress.

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