Freeze during flight

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Freeze during flight - IPad mini

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redant	redant posted 6/4/2013 9:12:27 AM HOT Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 5, Visits: 48	Skydemon version (2.6.3) Full subscription on IPad mini. On our way to Aero Expo on Sunday, heading SE and just south (10 miles approx) of the Isle of Man, the Skydemon aircraft symbol stopped, turned red (it was yellow) and pointed north. A message to the effect Route ended (or lost or closed, can't quite remember) and another stated that it had stopped logging. I turned Skydemon off and back on - didn't help, I then turned the IPad off and back on again but still no luck. About 10 minutes later it started working again and did so without incident for the remaining 5 hours of flying that day . What was interesting - another Skydemon working on a colleague's IPad (not mini) had no problems. I talked to the Skydemon guys at the Expo who were very helpful. It was suggested that my IPad had temporarily lost the satellite signal and had difficulty regaining it as it would normally use a wireless signal to help the initial acquisition. I wondered if the very small distance in positioning/shading between my colleague's IPad (front RHS lap) and mine (rear LHS lap in C172) could make such a difference? Or does the IPad mini have an inferior built in sat nav system? Or, is it a Skydemon version problem (2.6.3). I know that I can add an external sat nav receiver to the IPad, assuming that the problem is sat signal related, would this addition improve performance? Appreciate any advice! Cheers, Redant
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CAB825	CAB825 posted 6/26/2013 7:53:19 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 22	Hi All, Just a quick note that I had similar issues today. Ipad mini with a Dual XGPS 150E and Skydemon 2.6.3 that is. Route was all set and hit Go flying on the taxi out and was not until I was in the air that I noticed that a pop up had appeared saying seeking GPS (or something to that effect). Continued with the flight just as Neils did and tried to get it back up and running. Shut down Sky Demon, shut down dual app, disconnected Bluetooth, and finally a full reboot of the Ipad set it straight. As you can imagine this is quite painful to have to do in flight when solo. This was only the the third time I have used Skydemon, the first two were 3 hour flights were it worked a treat navigating through France and the endless fields followed by a village then another village and yet another village that all become a blur after a while. It really is an amazing piece of kit for the price. Hopefully the tech's at Skydemon are reading these and can offer some concrete advice, will give stevelup's recommendation a go for the time being. All the best. Chris
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*stevelup*	*stevelup* posted 6/28/2013 7:21:39 AM Post Details Share Post
Group: Moderators Posts: 593, Visits: 4.9K	Hi If you follow my suggestions, I can all but guarantee the problem will go away. Give it a whirl. The vital action is to make sure no system services try and access your location data before you have paired the GPS. Steve
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CAB825	CAB825 posted 7/29/2013 2:46:20 PM Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 22	Hi Steve, Thanks for your recommendations, I did give it a go and the app you recommended is very useful to confirm connectivity, using it all the time now. At the end of the day its a shame to have to disable a bunch other services just to get one going. As apps are added the services are coming back online (by choice I know) so I find myself doing a hard reboot before each flight (out of wifi coverage or wifi turned off) which gets it going.
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Freeze during flight - IPad mini

redant - 6/4/2013 9:12:27 AM

I had the same problem yesterday evening exactly as described. I use...

Neils - 6/4/2013 1:25:06 PM

Hi Unless I've misread what you've written, your problem is...

stevelup - 6/4/2013 2:05:56 PM

Your proposal worked a treat, I think as I have only tested it on the...

Neils - 6/6/2013 11:17:44 PM

[quote][b]Neils (06/06/2013)[/b][hr]I didn't need to download the app...

stevelup - 6/28/2013 7:23:19 AM

I've been using SD (this story relates to the previous version) on the...

Jaycee46 - 7/4/2013 3:47:54 PM

Have you at some point connected the Glo to either of the phones? It...

stevelup - 7/5/2013 8:01:34 AM

Hi All, Just a quick note that I had similar issues today. Ipad mini...

CAB825 - 6/26/2013 7:53:19 PM

Hi If you follow my suggestions, I can all but guarantee the problem...

stevelup - 6/28/2013 7:21:39 AM

Hi Steve, Thanks for your recommendations, I did give it a go and...

CAB825 - 7/29/2013 2:46:20 PM

[quote][b]redant (04/06/2013)[/b][hr]Skydemon version (2.6.3) Full...

guille - 7/6/2013 3:54:22 PM

Had SD for just over year, full subscription, having tried the 30 day...

goaround - 7/8/2013 6:04:45 PM

What you described is either a problem with your iPad or with your...

Tim Dawson - 7/10/2013 1:07:48 PM

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