Suggestion for mobile app (battery saver)

[KevN1k 0]

Coming from the Scenic app, there are a few things I’m used to and some like what I’m about to mention would be a great addition to the MRA mobile app.

While navigating on Scenic, there’s an option for “battery saver” which reduces strain on the mobile phone, battery and display, it’s a setting that can be turned on/off or on auto. Instead of me trying to explain it and some MRA members saying I’m not clear enough, have a read for yourself on this exact feature here

Despite my iphone always being charged while mounted on my quadlock, this battery saver feature has reduced the strain on my mobile phone which is a lot more noticeable when the weather is really hot.

[Con Hennekens]

This could probably be a nice addition for anyone using his phone uncharged. But to be honest, I do not experience any "strain" on my own phone, and I wonder how much impact it would have.

[Brian McG]

@KevN1k-0 I think its a nice idea but for me of very limited use as I could never trust a single direction arrow
very often the map data is incomplete & the navigation instructions will miss a turn,
without being able to see the map I would expect using a single direction arrow system I would be doing a lot of u-turns / deviations

[KevN1k 0]

@Con-Hennekens well jumping to MRA from Scenic, I can tell you i saw a very noticeable difference! It was a hot day and my phone notified me of stopping the charge because it was overheating. In all the years I've been using Scenic, that only happened to me once and the battery saver feature was set to "off", never occurred after that so to me it's pretty much a crucial feature.

[KevN1k 0]

@Brian-McG i think you misunderstood how it works, way before you'll need to make any turns the screen will come back to the map. It doesn't stay black for the whole trip, only between turns that are longer than X between each. Get the app, try it and you'll see for yourself.

[Brian McG]

@KevN1k-0 I think you misunderstand
the app can only change back to the map when it knows IF there is a turn coming
very often the map data does not tell the app there is a turn on the route because the map data is bad or incorrect

the only way you know there is an unreported turn is if you can see the map
this happens a lot on very small rural roads, it is not such a problem on main roads as the map data is a lot better

why this is important to me is I often lead groups & we have a policy for fun of the leader has to buy the coffees or beers for every u-turn, it can get expensive if many mistakes are made

I don't think its a bad idea, it is just one that won't work for me

[KevN1k 0]

@Brian-McG I plan routes, create group rides and lead group rides as well, been using Scenic for the past 3 years with well over 36,000 kilometres and have had zero problems.

If you have this many incorrect map data then maybe you should look into a better provider?

Very rarely have I ever encountered an “unreported” turn and when it did, it was user “error”, in example, I didn’t put enough waypoints or vias, the itinerary is fine once created but when you start the ride, the app sometimes change course, and that is the same with over a handful of apps I’ve tested over the years so now I put more waypoints/vias to make sure, aside from this, I’ve never encountered such unreported turns but I have to specify I don’t do off road and stick to back country roads most of the time, hasn’t been a problem here in eastern Canada but maps aren’t as accurate for every part of the world.