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by Slimson
Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:05 am
Forum: Starter Kit Support & Discussion
Topic: Mercury switch
Replies: 5
Views: 9751

Post subject: Anyone found autopower up on connect

I think most people just leave the phone powered up all the time and hooked to a source that is powered all the time.

The small amount of power used by the phone won't cause any significant drain on a car battery.
by Slimson
Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:48 pm
Forum: General Technical Support & Discussion
Topic: not reporting last stop
Replies: 5
Views: 4182

smart sending not working

I guess my problem may not be the same, as the reporting of postions stops entirely when the car is parked. With smart sending disabled, I get reports approx. every 5 minutes.
I am using the latest version (3.3.0), but the previous version behaved the same.
by Slimson
Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:34 pm
Forum: General Technical Support & Discussion
Topic: not reporting last stop
Replies: 5
Views: 4182

I have the same issue, and have found disabling smart sending to cure it.

Is this due to a poor signal or is there some solution that will allow the smart sending feature to work?
I really like the smart sending to reduce the redundant positions reported.
by Slimson
Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:04 pm
Forum: General Technical Support & Discussion
Topic: Weak cell signal, but no cached positions.
Replies: 3
Views: 3142

Weak cell signal, but no cached positions.

I have a problem with low cell signal. Lose postions for hours at a time, then begins providing locations again. The phone doesn't require reset, but will just begin working again when the signal is srong again (one bar minimum). I don't have the program set to start when phone powered up, so I assu...
by Slimson
Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:42 am
Forum: General Technical Support & Discussion
Topic: Calling Nextel to Complain about Poor Tracking Coverage
Replies: 1
Views: 2544

Poor tracking coverage

Interesting, -I am getting spotty performance from my tracking phone. Boost mobile I415. It was working great up until a week or 2 ago. Status icons show sometimes weak GPS signal, but more often a weak cell signal- even at the exact location that previously had a strong signal. I thought maybe my p...
by Slimson
Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:27 am
Forum: General Technical Support & Discussion
Topic: Updating to newer version
Replies: 4
Views: 4050

Okay, after much effort I got it working. I discovered that to change to numeric input I had to not only push the menu button, but to hold it until the menu came up allowing the change. So after that got taken care of, I was still only able to input 9 characters (same after several software loads). ...
by Slimson
Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:00 pm
Forum: General Technical Support & Discussion
Topic: Updating to newer version
Replies: 4
Views: 4050

I didn't want to do the uninstall due to the existing version working okay. Well- I followed your advice, and now have no working software on the phone! Same problem with both versions - won't take more than 9 digits in the tracker ID window, and always defaults to alpha characters. I make sure the ...
by Slimson
Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:58 am
Forum: General Technical Support & Discussion
Topic: Updating to newer version
Replies: 4
Views: 4050

Updating to newer version

Trying to update to latest software revision, but after loading into phone (i415), I find that the tracker ID window will only accept 7 characters, and my tracker ID is 10 characters. I didn't try creating a new tracker ID for concern of being charged for another unit. Also, the software always want...
by Slimson
Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:24 pm
Forum: Starter Kit Support & Discussion
Topic: battery
Replies: 41
Views: 40241

I removed the cigar lighter outlet from a junk car and wired it into the trunk light of our car. Then a car charger to the phone can be plugged in an is concealed below the rear deck. The trunk light has power all the time, so the phone stays on. It has been working that way for a month, just quit o...
by Slimson
Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:39 pm
Forum: General Technical Support & Discussion
Topic: Timestamp inaccuracies on cached records
Replies: 1
Views: 2474

Timestamp inaccuracies on cached records

The normal records seem to be timestamped correctly, but the cached records have an inaccurate timestamp. The result is that the history tracking lines go berserk. Example: car driving along road, timestamp 1:00pm, next location in weak nextel signal area, cached timestamp 10:30am, next location wit...