Experience with MRA through Swiss Alps, Dolomites, Austrian Alps
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Hello everyone,
I’d like to share my experience with the MyRoute App (version 4.3.9 – downgraded from 4.4.0, which was completely unusable on my device due to severe lag; I opened a ticket but received no solution) during a trip through Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, covering some of the most scenic alpine passes.
I started from Alba Iulia, Romania, with the route loaded into the app and trip recording enabled. Everything went smoothly at first, until our first fuel stop. When restarting the motorcycle and the smart display (Chigee AIO-5), the app froze. After some trial and error, I figured out that after each stop I had to completely close the app on my phone and reopen it before riding off, resuming both trip recording and navigation.
This worked for a while, but as we made more frequent stops, I would often forget to restart the app, so I gave up on recording the trip. Luckily, my bike is connected to a Sizzapp device, which automatically tracks and records my routes in GPX format, which I can later download from the Sizzapp app. I continued using MyRoute App for navigation only, which worked flawlessly. I would leave the app running on my phone during fuel stops, and when restarting the bike, I simply tapped "Resume navigation" on the Android Auto screen — and everything continued perfectly.
One major issue I encountered was with tunnels. In an Austrian tunnel, I missed an exit leading to another part of the highway (also within a tunnel), because the navigation froze and the location cursor stopped moving once GPS signal was lost. As a workaround for the next tunnels, I switched to OsmAnd, using a GPX file exported from MyRoute App. OsmAnd handles tunnels differently: after GPS signal is lost, the cursor continues to move at the last known speed, which allows uninterrupted navigation. If you maintain a steady speed, the GPS resumes smoothly after exiting the tunnel with no visible lag or navigation hiccups.
I went back to using MyRoute App until day seven of the trip, when bad weather forced me to plan a new route home while also trying to visit some of the attractions I had originally scheduled for later. I attempted to plan a new route using the app’s built-in planner. Unfortunately, this didn’t help at all because the POIs I had saved in the online planner on my PC were not visible in the mobile app, and I had no internet access to use the web version.
I had to switch back to OsmAnd, where I had the same POIs organized in folders and displayed directly on the map. Creating a new route was easy — I just selected the POIs as waypoints and continued navigating without any hassle.
In conclusion, the MyRoute App worked well for navigation (with no crashes or major bugs), except for the Android Auto restarts when recording routes, and the limitations in tunnels and offline POI access.
Best regards,
AdrianSamsung S24 Ultra and iPhone 13 with Android Auto / CarPlay
MyRoute-APP (Planner+Navigation, GOLD Lifetime)
Honda NC750X (2021) with CHIGEE Aio-5 Play -
Hello everyone,
I’d like to share my experience with the MyRoute App (version 4.3.9 – downgraded from 4.4.0, which was completely unusable on my device due to severe lag; I opened a ticket but received no solution) during a trip through Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, covering some of the most scenic alpine passes.
I started from Alba Iulia, Romania, with the route loaded into the app and trip recording enabled. Everything went smoothly at first, until our first fuel stop. When restarting the motorcycle and the smart display (Chigee AIO-5), the app froze. After some trial and error, I figured out that after each stop I had to completely close the app on my phone and reopen it before riding off, resuming both trip recording and navigation.
This worked for a while, but as we made more frequent stops, I would often forget to restart the app, so I gave up on recording the trip. Luckily, my bike is connected to a Sizzapp device, which automatically tracks and records my routes in GPX format, which I can later download from the Sizzapp app. I continued using MyRoute App for navigation only, which worked flawlessly. I would leave the app running on my phone during fuel stops, and when restarting the bike, I simply tapped "Resume navigation" on the Android Auto screen — and everything continued perfectly.
One major issue I encountered was with tunnels. In an Austrian tunnel, I missed an exit leading to another part of the highway (also within a tunnel), because the navigation froze and the location cursor stopped moving once GPS signal was lost. As a workaround for the next tunnels, I switched to OsmAnd, using a GPX file exported from MyRoute App. OsmAnd handles tunnels differently: after GPS signal is lost, the cursor continues to move at the last known speed, which allows uninterrupted navigation. If you maintain a steady speed, the GPS resumes smoothly after exiting the tunnel with no visible lag or navigation hiccups.
I went back to using MyRoute App until day seven of the trip, when bad weather forced me to plan a new route home while also trying to visit some of the attractions I had originally scheduled for later. I attempted to plan a new route using the app’s built-in planner. Unfortunately, this didn’t help at all because the POIs I had saved in the online planner on my PC were not visible in the mobile app, and I had no internet access to use the web version.
I had to switch back to OsmAnd, where I had the same POIs organized in folders and displayed directly on the map. Creating a new route was easy — I just selected the POIs as waypoints and continued navigating without any hassle.
In conclusion, the MyRoute App worked well for navigation (with no crashes or major bugs), except for the Android Auto restarts when recording routes, and the limitations in tunnels and offline POI access.
@Adrian-Avram said in Experience with MRA through Swiss Alps, Dolomites, Austrian Alps:
I opened a ticket but received no solution
Be patient... it's holiday season!
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"As a workaround for the next tunnels, I switched to OsmAnd, using a GPX file exported from MyRoute App. OsmAnd handles tunnels differently: after GPS signal is lost, the cursor continues to move at the last known speed, which allows uninterrupted navigation. If you maintain a steady speed, the GPS resumes smoothly after exiting the tunnel with no visible lag or navigation hiccups."
I hope they implement also this to MRA because i've had your same problem with some tunnel.
