ALP Connect Android Beta Testers

[BestRadarDetectors]

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[Won Hunglo]

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Here are some issues I have noticed on my Galaxy S3. Please note that these could be user issues & not App issues:

1. Will not auto connect. Must be manually told to connect every time by taping the ALPriority bar. Even when it connects, the icon does not turn blue on the home connecting screen.
2. Home screen "connecting..." box will not self close & circle tail chase just keeps spinning. Once you manually cancel the process with the red cancel button you find the App & ALP connected.
3. Several times the ALP & App have lost connection after about 15 seconds after connecting with no notification. Car just turns white on its own.
4. I use my parking sensor & have found the parking sensor indicating on the screen but no sound. Closing the App & restarting fixed this.
5. Sometimes the App just will not close. Must be force stopped.
6. Noticed it takes about 5 seconds for the car to change to white after killing power to the ALP.

[licwid]

Here are some issues I have noticed on my Galaxy S3. Please note that these could be user issues & not App issues:

1. Will not auto connect. Must be manually told to connect every time by taping the ALPriority bar. Even when it connects, the icon does not turn blue on the home connecting screen.
2. Home screen "connecting..." box will not self close & circle tail chase just keeps spinning. Once you manually cancel the process with the red cancel button you find the App & ALP connected.
3. Several times the ALP & App have lost connection after about 15 seconds after connecting with no notification. Car just turns white on its own.
5. Sometimes the App just will not close. Must be force stopped.

In addition to this I noticed:

After getting a call (but not answering) during an alert, subsequent alerts won't play sound through the phone until I restart the app.

I did get an error code 5 bad control unit while waiting to be tested. The app was on, but I had used it to power off the ALP. Power cycling the app and ALP got rid of the error

I have had two issues where the app won't connect to the ALP. It just spins on connecting until I power cycle the app (force close)


This is on my GS4

[BestRadarDetectors]

New Android Version sent out Beta 10.11.2014

Several bugs have been corrected and 2 new menu items were added. There are no longer issues turning it on and off and it hanging up. They are still working on the Disconnect & Auto Reconnect issue.

[Won Hunglo]

New Android Version sent out Beta 10.11.2014

Several bugs have been corrected and 2 new menu items were added. There are no longer issues turning it on and off and it hanging up. They are still working on the Disconnect & Auto Reconnect issue.

Thanks. Just loaded up the updated version. Had to make an unplanned 350 mile trip last night on the old version. No new issues identified. Will start testing the new version in the AM.

[Mirage]

So it looks like they might have resolved the close issue. The trick is you have to disconnect the bluetooth then exit the app. Appears to completely disconnect.

[shanetrainST]

Anyone testing this under ART runtime in Android?
All apps on the new Lollipop version will have ART running the show.
I noticed that its a feature that can be enabled in custom 4.4.4 Roms but its experimental until Lollipop
I'll be testing it out tomorrow to see how it goes but I would love to here if someone else is running it

[licwid]

Noticed issues where I cannot hear or be heard when dialing out while the app is running (even if it is just in the background). Once I force close outbound calls work fine again. I will flash a stock rom this weekend and see if its the ROM i'm running or something else.

[Won Hunglo]

The "fatal flaw" almost got me bagged. The latest update will not show when the ALP is disconnected from the App. When the App loses the ALP, the car remains blue with no disconnection indication or protection. You only find out you have no protection when you notice that parking mode no longer works. How I almost got bagged: I passed 2 LEOs in F250's working traffic. I was about 20 over or so when I saw them & adjusted my evil ways. Not a peep from the ALP or V1 as I was not targeted. A few miles ahead I exit & pull into traffic. It was then I noticed my parking sensors were not alerting. The App had disconnected but the car remained blue. This was corrected by manually reconnecting as I had an oh crap moment, knowing that I could have just been toast. Well, that is why they call it beta testing.

[BestRadarDetectors]

The "fatal flaw" almost got me bagged. The latest update will not show when the ALP is disconnected from the App. When the App loses the ALP, the car remains blue with no disconnection indication or protection. You only find out you have no protection when you notice that parking mode no longer works. How I almost got bagged: I passed 2 LEOs in F250's working traffic. I was about 20 over or so when I saw them & adjusted my evil ways. Not a peep from the ALP or V1 as I was not targeted. A few miles ahead I exit & pull into traffic. It was then I noticed my parking sensors were not alerting. The App had disconnected but the car remained blue. This was corrected by manually reconnecting as I had an oh crap moment, knowing that I could have just been toast. Well, that is why they call it beta testing.

Which phone and which version are you running? I cant disconnect and keep the Blue vehicle on my phone after the last version. As soon as I disconnect from the GPS it goes to disconnected and then you get stuck at the connecting box and it does not reconnect.