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PaulB2005
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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2018 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Onedrew wrote:
PaulB2005, sorry, I meant to ask -- as we have the same phones and software -- does CamerAlert work in the background for you or does it disappear after a mile or two?



No problem. I haven't used it much recently but I'll run it for a day or two and see what happens.
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drove all the way to work with CamerAlert in the background.
Not a peep!!

Will try in the foreground later.
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting. Any idea how many cameras would normally have been alerted?
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PaulB2005 wrote:
To confirm this is under

Settings
General
Background App Refresh

The switches here determine if an app can continue to run in the background.

My iPhone 6s iOS 11.3.1 doesn't list BAR for CamerAlert either.

Just checked my old iPhone 5 (iOS 10.3.3):
CamerAlert is NOT listed

Just checked my current iPhone 6s Plus (iOS 11.3.1):
CamerAlert is NOT listed

Just checked my wife's current iPhone X (iOS 11.3.1):
CamerAlert is NOT listed

I always run CamerAlert in the background (TomTom GO Mobile in the foreground) and I've had intermittent warnings from CamerAlert for a while - I always thought that it was me forgetting to start it.

When I realise that CamerAlert isn't warning, I bring it to the front then send to background and it then usually works for a while.

Looks like CamerAlert does have a problem running in the background for me.

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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is there any way to report this fault apart from this discussion?
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What have you got set in Privacy - Location Services - CamerAlert?

Mine was set to "While Using the App". I will try it later with "Always" selected to see if this makes it work in the background.
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have tried both to see if it makes any diffetence. It doesn’t. . We need BAR back: it’s what enables apps like CamerAlert run in the background.

PGPSW: can you tell us anything? Please . . .
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In the background the alerts stopped but then when I got home there were notifications for the two locations I passed. But no audio alert.
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Agreed, it made no difference. I am not getting the alerts at the end of the journey either. I passed 5 cameras the first one within 30 seconds of putting CamerAlert in the background alerted properly (display and sound), nothing at all for the other four cameras.
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is thete any way we can report this to get a fix?
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why don't you try clicking on the 'Support' tab at the top right(ish) of the page?

But to save you looking for it, it's HERE
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WHY CAN'T I EDIT MY DAMN POST ON THIS THREAD?
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry. Meant to do that in bold.

WHY CAN'T I EDIT MY DAMN POSTS ON THIS THREAD?
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Because that's for subscription queries only.
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PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2018 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any news from Darren and the crew regarding this problem?
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