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ButterflyCount app gps switching off (and how to solve it) #547

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chrisvanswaay opened this issue Apr 11, 2023 · 6 comments
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ButterflyCount app gps switching off (and how to solve it) #547

chrisvanswaay opened this issue Apr 11, 2023 · 6 comments
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If we (@JurrienVanDeijk and me) use the ButterflyCount app on Android "out of the box" the standard functionality is that it uses an 'optimalized' battery consumption. In practice this means that if there are not many butterflies around (as typical in NL in April, helas) the gps is switched off by the phone when I put the phone in my pocket, and only wakes up when I see a butterfly and want to enter it. However as the route in between has not been gps-ed, it shows a weird form jumping up and down, certainly when you see only one or even no butterflies (which helas is not so unregular here). It sometimes is even completely wrong.

If I want to record my precise route I have to dive deep into the settings (settings - apps - ButterflyCount app - battery and then change from optimalised to unlimited, see screenshot below - in Dutch, but I guess the message is clear). Now we use many more apps who use gps, and in all of them this issue does not happen. Would it be possible to do this for the ButterflyCount app too?

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@chrisvanswaay thanks, we'll check it up.

@Vilius-Stankaitis can you upgrade the geolocation plugin version to the latest one and check the GPS doesn't go to sleep after a few mins using the optimised battery? There is this plugin issue discussed here.

@DavidRoy DavidRoy added Priority 1 app issues related to mobile applications labels May 9, 2023
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Hi @chrisvanswaay, is this still an issue with the 1.20.0 version? I have updated the packages and tested them with my old Android device and seem working fine.

What device (version, model) are you using? I assume this is only an issue with old devices.

Nevertheless, there is a workaround for this problem, but I need to know if this is still an issue.

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I have v 1.20 and still the same settings as above (so unlimited use). Actually it is not an old phone, but a Zenfone 8 with Android 13. And I know Jurriën had the same issues with a half year old Samsung S22. Since we changed the settings the problem is gone.

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@Vilius-Stankaitis is this one working OK now?

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Hi @chrisvanswaay,

Could you check if is it fixed in the v1.21.0?

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