danialgoodwin

I have a GNex but am currently using an HTC One of 4.1.2

Okay, thank you for letting us know that the app works for this device.

Did we ever get this working on Samsung 4.2 devices?

YES! Well, theoretically, yes. Airplane mode cycling now works on [ROOTED] Android 4.2+ devices.

If you are able to try out the newest update, then please let me or Spence know about it! We'll be keeping a list for everybody.

Also, there have been a few more improvements and bug fixes to the app. I hope you will like it.

There are more updates in the works. Just trying to make sure the base feature works before adding too many features.

@mrrogers1, thank you. I will definitely let you know. We do need beta testers for this type of app. A recent update to the Developers Console for Google Play allows us to have beta and alpha apps before being rolled out to everybody.

Also, eventually, we going to add some basic analytics to the app so that we know better how most people are using the app and how we should focus our efforts more. I currently just keep tabs of how everybody uses this in my head lol (from many feedbacks).

One of the best things about developing an app for a high tech demographic is the better quality feedback and bug notices. But, one of the hurdles are the many different types of ROMs to make sure the app works for. I actually just received my new Nexus 4 today so that I can do even more testing easier now.

ps - I just re-read this and am not really sure if it is coherent or not. I'm really tired and it's been a long day at work.

I would like a feature to be able to turn off all the notifications. I hate having to clear them all the time.

 

Also add the ability to turn off the gps feature. Unless the app is going to pull the serving cell IDs with it, then I find the GPS list to be useless.

 

Other than that it works perfect for me.

Thank you for the feedback! I believe the more feedback Spence and I receive, the better we can make the app. And we can also see which features are the most important to the most people.

We have a long todo list of features (including serving cell IDs) and have added your two excellent suggestions to it.

May I ask, which mode(s) do you use? Is it only "Cycle only when not connected to LTE"?

Hi SpenseSouth, I was lead to your app by the very involved group of "LTE Hunters" we have here and honestly, when straight to the paid version once i saw the advanced options. Only thing is, I'm having issues with the app on my HTC One (Android version 4.2.1).  I do have some enhancement requests to send but I'd first LOVE to get the app running 100% on my device. 

 

So things I'm experiencing are...

 

1. App will stop polling, unexpectedly on it's own. I don't think it has anything to do with connecting to LTE either as (I do have the scan when not connected to LTE setting checked) I may never see LTE and it'll stop anyway.  (*This is a big one as if it's not running, it's not doing it's main job.  )

 

2. The app seems to never want to close (or be reduced to background) by normal means.  To close the app I either have to actually kill the process using Manage Apps or a kill process action OR sometimes when I hit the back or home it'll just force close the app. *I can grab a locat of the FC if you are good with reading those. 

 

3. I don't think it's supposed to, but when it's running and you click on the app in the notification bar, it takes you right to the GPS location page.  Then you have to get back to the main screen off the app from there. Is that logic on purpose? 

 

These are the main things that I can think of right now that I am more than willing to help get sorted with you.  When the app is running, it does, "what it do" so well, I just have found reliability issues when running on my device. 

 

The enhancement I was thinking of is the ability to actually click on the GPS location (stored on the location page) to take us to the location in Google Maps.  It would allow us pinpoint on an interactive map rather than just see the time and location LTE was picked up, which while useful, it's not actionable data right now. 

 

Thanks for the app and dedication to the community of LTE Hunting folks around here. 

Hey, see post above. I just wanted to quote you so that you have a better chance of receiving a notification about my reply.

ps - I would have deleted the post above and reposted if that open was available...

Hi mrrogers1,

I'm directly working on the code with Spence in developing LTE Discovery.

Unfortunately, automatic toggle of airplane mode isn't working on API 17+ (4.2.1+) because Google altered some security measures on their end. It is a high priority for us to find a workaround. One solution so far involves having users root their phone, but we are looking for a more general solution.

1. We are not exactly sure why this is happening, and it theoretically shouldn't be happening. But, we are currently working on a HUGE overhaul to the code base to clean it up, make bugs easier to find, and make future updates easier. This is one of the main reasons there hasn't been a major update in awhile.

2. Yes, please send us a Logcat if you can (feedback@simplyadvanced.net). And, a very wordy/specific description on how we can recreate the bug (you can't be too wordy with a bug description ).

3. Yes, the logic was planned this way and it was actually harder to do than just always opening the main page. We figured that once you choose a setting that you like, you don't really ever really need to change it. It is more likely that after driving around hunting for LTE, that you would want to see the GPS coordinate, NID, BSID, and SID. But, if you have another use-case that you would like to present to us, then we would really like talking to you about it. We are very open to suggestions and all feedback.

The ability to click on GPS coordinates to open it in Google Maps is definitely on the todo list! And, some other cool features too.

I have a Nexus4, I have selected for the app to run on startup, but it doesn't, I have to manually start it.

 

It does run on startup on the Sprint s3 though.

Hmmm, interesting. I would think that it'd be the other way around. Unfortunately, I don't have a Nexus 4 to debug and this is the first that I have heard of this problem. I'll be on the lookout for what could be the reason for this.

But, I do have a solution. It would be a great feature to support on all devices. So, how about this? We can put an option in the settings so that you can easily toggle whether or not LTE Discovery should automatically startup.