CamerAlert not working in the background

slay_alicantov · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2012 Posts: 5

I don't receive any notifications about the speed cameras while the program works in the background. While driving I prefer my media player to be on the main screen of the Android smartphone. Something wrong with my settings or this is the way the program works?

MaFt · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:30 pm Post subject:

Nope, it should run in the background. What device and Android version are you using?

MaFt

slay_alicantov · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2012 Posts: 5

I have Sumsung GalaxyS3 and my version is 1.3.10.754

253 · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:42 pm Post subject:

May be unrelated, but I have an S3 as well, and this sometimes happens to me.

If CA loads before there is a GPS fix, and I load another App onto the front, sometimes CA does not work. When I bring CA to the front, I find that the green box bottom left is grey and CA is not tracking. I have to press the grey box for it to go green, and all is OK.

Doesn't always happen, but maybe I'm doing something the wrong way around?
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IanS100 · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject:

slay_alicantov · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2012 Posts: 5

upgraded my S3 to a jeally Bean and the problem remains

MaFt · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:45 pm Post subject:

Are you able to download the database updates?

Under settings there is a development options tab, in which there is a check box for '"Don't keep activities" (destroy every activity as soon as user leaves it)'.

Please can you make sure that this is NOT selected and then the database update will work correctly.

(from the FAQs: http://www.cameralert.com/faqs/ )

MaFt

slay_alicantov · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2012 Posts: 5

Well, I am not a subscriber yet. I installed your program few days ago and wanted to test it before subscribe.

slay_alicantov · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2012 Posts: 5

by the way i don't see any development options tab under settings

M8TJT · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:49 pm Post subject:

Nor do I.

253 · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:09 pm Post subject:

It's under the SETTINGS for the phone, not for the App.
On my S3 it's almost at the bottom, you have to scroll down to see it.
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M8TJT · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:32 pm Post subject:

Nope. Not there. Android 2.3.6

253 · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:17 pm Post subject:

M8TJT · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:30 am Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:43 am Post subject:

The option/setting mentioned was only added in ICS (Android 4) so older versions will not have it (or be affected by it)

MaFt

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