Auto-update of Database - suggested new feature !

mattelise · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 7

Hi,

I use (and love!) cameralert on the iPhone however as I only tend to use it once a week, each time I load the app, which I then have autoload tom-tom (great feature), i'm then greeted with "you do not have the latest database, please update" - by then I'm on the move and need to pull over (as clearly i wouldn't use it while driving), I then need to re-open cameralert (as tom-tom is on the screen) navigate to settings, select manage databases, select update, then navigate back to tom-tom when complete.

Please, please, please, can we have a TOGGLE in settings which if the membership is valid (lifetime or subscription) the database AUTO updates. Perhaps we could hear "your database is updating, your database update is complete". This would be soooo great and would make it much more user friendly - and SAFE !

I've requested this before but it was stated that it might not be ideal for those on a limited data plan - however with a toggle in settings to enable auto updates surely thats no longer an issue...

as Mrs Doyle from Father Ted would say "go on, go on, gooo on, go on go on!!"

Am I the only person who thinks would be a stonkingly good update ?

Razz

PaulB2005 · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:33 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:49 pm Post subject:

Slightly off topic, but.... For your convenience, may I suggest a quick load of CamerAlert before you leave home? I do it any time I feel like it and using my super duper home Broadband the update is very fast indeed. Usually I set mine in motion whilst I'm doing the other stuff before driving off - with satnavs to setup, junk to tuck away, etc, update of the database is complete before I'm ready to drive off.
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Privateer · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 3:37 pm Post subject:

I agree with DennisN. Our WiFi hub is left switched on all of the time. When I'm getting ready to go out I find that it's no problem to start up CamerAlert and download the latest version of the database, it only takes a couple of minutes.

Even if I'm doing a short journey the CamerAlert database will be current even if the PGPSW database on the SatNav is not.

If I'm going on a long journey then I try to ensure that the PGPSW database on the SatNav is also the latest version.

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mattelise · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 7

lbendlin · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject:

for the non-couch scenario we are thinking more along the lines of a delta update. That will reduce the amount of data burning through the ether, but as you may imagine this is rather more complex than a simple flush and fill. So we need to think this through carefully. We appreciate your feedback.
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DennisN · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:07 pm Post subject:

peterc10 · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:14 pm Post subject:

I would also vote for an automatic upgrade option. Maybe that is because I am not as organised as others, or maybe my memory is just going. Or I am not as organised as others Wink

Lots of other programmes I know do this. Doesn't need to be pushed from "your" end. It could be set up to check from "our" end - either when switched on (so would be no need to pull over and muck about) or at set intervals.
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MaFt · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:23 pm Post subject:

253 · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject:

I like the idea of just adding / deleting the data that has been changed. It would be a boon for those on limited data packages. However I am on 500Mb a month and hardly ever get to use 400Mb, so the present system is still no real problem for me to be honest.

Like a couple of others posted, my home wiFi is always on and I check for App updates almost daily and check CA at the same time more or less.
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mattelise · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 7

MaFt · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:37 pm Post subject:

falkirk81 · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:52 pm Post subject:

Why not make it user configurable? i.e. the user can state how often it updates and whether or not it includes the whole database or just the changes? Some of us are on unlimited data plans so data allowance is not an issue, but some are limited so to have an option would be good. Also, you could have an option to set a data limit for constant updating, so say 3mb a day when the app is running and no more, this would give data limited users an option to have a limit.

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253 · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:46 pm Post subject:

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