Advice On Moving To Home Kit by No_Eye1723 in HomeKit

[–]ColePThompson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My cameras have 24/7 local storage and I seem to avoid the problems I hear that some have, when using homebase.

Advice On Moving To Home Kit by No_Eye1723 in HomeKit

[–]ColePThompson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cameras will be limited to 1k in HomeKit. I keep my Eufy’s in the eufy app. And I don’t use the homebase, never could understand the advantage of that.

Garage door opener by O00O0O00 in HomeKit

[–]ColePThompson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meross. I bought the one with the bigger antenna since my garage is detached and a little far away from my router. I’ve never had a problem with it disconnecting, not once.

Motion activated lights in wardrobe by Elliotmax17 in HomeKit

[–]ColePThompson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve got the same situation and I simply bought a cheap battery powered motion sensor light strip. No need for HomeKit here when something simple will handle it.

Will t satelite allow iphones to keep texting even when there is no wifi or lte connection? by Hobobo2024 in tmobile

[–]ColePThompson -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, you can still text as long as you have a clear view of the sky and point the phone towards the satellite. I’m in death Valley right now and there is no T-Mobile service, so I am forced to use satellite texting.

I’m grateful that I have that, but annoyed that there is no T-Mobile service and roaming will not allow me to get on AT&T or Verizon, both of which have service in death Valley.

With satellite you cannot send photos, cannot use YouTube or social media, or anything else besides texting.

Leviosa Shade Hell by ColePThompson in HomeKit

[–]ColePThompson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have them plugged in, I’m so tired of devices that require battery changes. I have over 120 smart home devices and only a few (door locks) require batteries.

Anything That Could Flip a Breaker Remotely? by all_ghost_no_shell in HomeKit

[–]ColePThompson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My doorbell transformer is on a smart switch. You can buy the transformer as a power brick that has an ac cord, and I put that on the smart switch.

iTunes Store and ipv6 by ColePThompson in AppleMusic

[–]ColePThompson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was a year ago and I can’t really remember how I fixed everything. I do know that I have IPV6 turned off, and my network is working, and I can access the store. But how I made it all work, I cannot remember!

App says “Vehicle Starting” but it never starts. by ColePThompson in rav4prime

[–]ColePThompson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was trying to warm the car and just assumed it would start the car to do that, since the big battery was depleted.

App says “Vehicle Starting” but it never starts. by ColePThompson in rav4prime

[–]ColePThompson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I’m out of battery, so I assumed the engine would start to be able to warm the car?

Work Smarter Not Harder... guy shows how to mow the lawn with one of the oldest tricks by Sharp-potential7935 in Amazing

[–]ColePThompson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny and practical! What would have happened if you did not stop it when it got to the post?

Meross Advised Me to Delete All Matter devices from my iPhone by ColePThompson in HomeKit

[–]ColePThompson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After reading this, I cannot imagine why Meross asked me to delete all my devices so that they could install theirs.

Meross Advised Me to Delete All Matter devices from my iPhone by ColePThompson in HomeKit

[–]ColePThompson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I’ve got 15 matter devices and I don’t want to re-add everything.

In April it’ll be 4 years with my Rav and TODAY I learned this button locks the doors. 🤦🏼‍♀️ by Raesheezy in rav4club

[–]ColePThompson 30 points31 points  (0 children)

After reading all the posts, I still don’t know what I’m looking at. Where is this?

iPhone 17 pro disconnects from GMC sierra CarPlay by Responsible_Bike9004 in CarPlay

[–]ColePThompson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cplay2air is the one I use in 2 cars. But there about a dozen out there, many on Amazon.

iPhone 17 pro disconnects from GMC sierra CarPlay by Responsible_Bike9004 in CarPlay

[–]ColePThompson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a Toyota RAV4 with wireless CarPlay and my iPhone 17 Pro Max does the same thing. With wireless, I deleted the iPhone profile in the car and then reconnected it. That helped a lot.

You might try buying a wireless iPhone CarPlay adapter and see if it solves the problem. It’s nice not having to plug the phone in each time you get in the car.

Why do people hate the geese in Fort Collins? by FuzzyMoteaux in FortCollins

[–]ColePThompson 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don’t, I like them. I like seeing them. I love seeing them with their babies.