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peterc10
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[quote="M8TJT"] | MaFt wrote: | | It seems that Sygic might possibly have the same problem as users keep banging on about Sygic using lots of battery after being exited, although I havn't noticed this 'feature'. |
If you have CA set up to run your sat nav app, including Sygic in the foreground you always have to close CA after you exit the sat nav app, otherwise it keeps running in the background. AFAIK that applies to all sat nav apps. .
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IanS100
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| peterc10 wrote: |
If you have CA set up to run your sat nav app, including Sygic in the foreground you always have to close CA after you exit the sat nav app, otherwise it keeps running in the background. AFAIK that applies to all sat nav apps. . |
Certainly applies to TomTom
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M8TJT
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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| peterc10 wrote: | | M8TJT wrote: | | It seems that Sygic might possibly have the same problem as users keep banging on about Sygic using lots of battery after being exited, although I havn't noticed this 'feature'. |
If you have CA set up to run your sat nav app, including Sygic in the foreground you always have to close CA after you exit the sat nav app, otherwise it keeps running in the background. AFAIK that applies to all sat nav apps. . |
Yes, I know that. You obviously miss interpreted my post. The subject of the sentence was 'Sygic' and thus the 'exit' also refered to Sygic. It is now admitted (at last) by Sygic that it can leave stuff running after it (Sygic) has been exited. |
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M8TJT
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| MaFt wrote: | | On my Hero and Atrix I occasionally saw android restart the GPS Listener Service (our camera icon in top bar) as soon as the app was exited. |
Is this 'feature' being investigated? It happens on to me frequently. I sometimes have to restart and exit CA several times before the top bar camera goes away. And does it realy make any difference to battery consumption etc? |
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wrinklyninja
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:40 am Post subject: TomTom continually restarting... |
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After a few trials of different startup routines, I think I have found a relatively foolproof routine. (At least on HTC Desire HD)
1. DO NOT use the 'On Startup Also Run' feature in CA. For me this always got me stuck in a loop whereby TomTom would immediately restart after exiting.
2. Start up CA first
3. Start TomTom
Everything works as it should. Only on rare occasions do I get the problem of CA continuing to run in background after exit but its easy to see when this happens by seeing the camera icon and getting CA to exit again
Would love to see a cure for the 'On Startup Also Run' problem. It would certainly make life easier for regular use. |
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lbendlin
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| M8TJT wrote: | | MaFt wrote: | | On my Hero and Atrix I occasionally saw android restart the GPS Listener Service (our camera icon in top bar) as soon as the app was exited. |
Is this 'feature' being investigated? It happens on to me frequently. I sometimes have to restart and exit CA several times before the top bar camera goes away. And does it realy make any difference to battery consumption etc? |
yes, the version that is currently in testing will reduce that "feature" to "happens only rarely" status. We can't promise it to go away altogether because as MaFt already mentioned we're fighting the Android system here (Think Don Quixote and wind mills). When we tell our service to exit, the Android OS notices and thinks "Ohh, a foregrouind service just terminated, let me quickly restart it before anyone notices". And then we hae to politely explain to the OS that yes, the service termination was intentional. A few times.
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DrDick
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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The 'Start on startup' worked ok for a few times but now for some reason it has stopped working.
Un-installed & re-installed CA but still not working so having to start CA and then TTom |
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KenBruce
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I know this is an old thread but...
I've tried every which way to run CamerAlert for Android with Tomtom for Android on my Samsung Galaxy Note2 and cannot get any real success.
I try running CA first but as soon as I press the Home button in order to run TT the system ditches CA. The icons in the notification bar disappear.
If I run TT first I can then run CA in the foreground at the same time. I know TT is still working because I can hear the TT instructions while looking at the CA screen.
It seems as though the 'Prevent Standby' feature is not working for me on my Note2. 
Any suggestions or is this just a problem with the Note2 when using CA?
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lbendlin
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:10 am Post subject: |
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Have you tried running TomTom by starting it from CamerAlert?
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KenBruce
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| lbendlin wrote: | | Have you tried running TomTom by starting it from CamerAlert? |
Yes and I had the same problem as other people have reported, Tomtom runs and CA is dumped but when I try to exit TT it runs CA presumably which restarts TT again. I end up with no way back into CA to cancel the 'Run From CA' command. I then have to uninstall CA to revert to normal.
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lbendlin
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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Is it possible that your phone is configured to prevent multitasking?
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PaulB2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Uninstall TT. Reinstall CA. Confgure CA not to run TT. Reinstall TT?? |
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KenBruce
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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My phone can multitask ok because it can run TT in the background and CA in the foreground.
I'm not even sure how I could prevent it from multitasking!
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lbendlin
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately we don't have a Note 2 here for testing that. Any other Note 2 owners who can confirm the behaviour?
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KenBruce
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:48 am Post subject: CamerAlert now working |
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I found out how to cure it but don't know why.
I did a factory reset and it all worked as it should. First thing I installed after the usual Google stuff was CA. It worked pefectly and since then I have been reinstalling my apps and checking for problems as I go. Found nothing so far.
Taken 12 hours so far. 
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