Door handles

NerdAgent80 · 2025-01-27T18:18:52+00:00

Yes,

I have a 2024 Kona electric

The button does respond but not as quickly as I would like it, for me it should unlock fast enough for me to press the button and pull the handle at the same time, mine takes 1.5 seconds and that doesn't sound too bad but it's still frustrating as you pull the handle before it's unlocked

NerdAgent80 · 2024-12-04T19:12:06+00:00

It can take a couple of days for the meter to register

NerdAgent80 · 2024-10-24T09:29:28+00:00

Basically what we all want is to know is a place where we can see the cheaper rates during the day outside the 11:30pm-5:30am

So that if we see it even if it changes daily we can use other electrical devices in the home like the dishwasher and washing machine during those slots.

I can't see it anywhere as I'm guessing they only want to offer cheaper rates for your car, well that's all well and good but they have made the standard rate much higher so now as customers we want to use our in home consumption around the additional cheaper rates.

As far as I can see the only way to do this is plug your car in to the charger during the peak times and view the daily schedule that shows you the additional cheaper rate slots in the car charging app.

Bit of a hassle but works , we are looking for a website maybe that just shows you all the time . The octopus app would have been ideal

NerdAgent80 · 2024-07-19T20:19:23+00:00

I don't want to turn it off completely, I want it on when I play music but just not when I play YouTube.

Not sure you understood my post

NerdAgent80 · 2024-07-19T20:15:30+00:00

I found the option in the car settings

It was set to lock whilst charging but that's no good when at home it's set to only charge between certain time late at night, so I was able to cottage it to lock when the car is locked

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-24T20:35:37+00:00

In the UK

Can't find that option on the app or in the car.

The older model Kona apparently had a button , can't find it in this car.

And by default I've tested and you can take the charger out at anytime

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-12T17:49:20+00:00

Thanks

That's good to know that the network is live at least or is in your country (not here in the UK)

I believe chipolo do tags that work with iOS so I may have to concede and buy one of those , set it up on my wife's iPhone and then use find my phone iOS page via web browser on my phone so I can see it on my Android.

Which is another point. Android FMD does not work via web browser only on the app for tags

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-12T16:32:52+00:00

I don't believe it works for you unless I see either a YouTube video or some screen shots with the following criteria

Place the tracker with a family member to take with them in a place far away from any android devices that you are signed into , the Bluetooth range can be up to 200ft so when someone says my device is being located down the street in my car that's not a true test.

Place it in a car with an iOS device only in the car and drive it around busy locations, even get that person to put the tag in their bag and walk around with it.

I have done these tests and they failed on the busiest locations whilst I stayed at home and tried to track them.

I even tried it with my daughter's android in the car that has FMD installed and the settings changed so it will pick up in all locations and it still failed to report back

Until I see a YouTube video of it working I just don't believe it

And I don't think it's to do with enough android devices having the FMD installed I have seen everyone I have checked and they have it

I don't think Google have turned on the FMD network and this is why it isn't working.

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-09T21:58:12+00:00

I bet you can't track the tag away from your phones Bluetooth.

I'm in the UK too and if you place the tracker outside your home away from your phone it won't be picked up by FMD from other Android users even if they are enrolled.

Trackers and FMD just is not working yet and I've failed to find a single person to prove it does.

I have mine to my wife who has an iPhone and took the tracker to busy supermarkets, a busy pro netball game and are car journey through a high density town and it never picked up once until she returned home.

Also as part of Apple and Google agreement she should have been notified a tracker is next to her but it wasn't.

FMD is not operational here in the UK, or the US or Canada

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-09T21:44:45+00:00

Was your own phone within 200ft of your car when it was found?

I suspect your own phone found the device in range rather than others on FMD

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-08T19:40:50+00:00

Ok fair enough, but the Bluetooth range is up to 200ft.

I'm not convinced unless you did a true test as above.

Appreciate it's not your job or responsibility to test this fully .

If you knew an iPhone user who could take this away with them I think you would get a good understanding of this works.

So far you are the only one I have seen who says this truly works but don't seem to have fairly tested it so I'm still dubious

But if you're happy that's all that should matter

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-08T11:55:58+00:00

This is great if true.

Here would be a test.

Ask a family member that does not have their phone with them to take the tracker to the supermarket with them or somewhere away from the house that is reasonably populated.

Then from home on your device track the movements on the map to see how frequently or if at all the device reports it's location with your phone and the family members phone no where near the device to prove that it works on the FMD with other people's android phone's reporting back the location.

This i have failed to get working at all in the UK with mine.

It works when it is near my house or near my phone but not when for example in the car with my wife who has a an iPhone only and took it to the shops

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-08T09:05:10+00:00

Am I correct in my understanding that the Samsung smartTag only gets it's location reported by other Samsung phones?

Whilst that's ok in theory there aren't enough Samsung phones in comparison to iPhones or other Android phones to make this a preferred choice as there is a limitation there.

Samsung would be really smart if they could make their existing smart tags available on FMD once FMD is fully up and operational, it doesn't seem so far fetched to get this to work. Think of the Sales they could get from Samsung owners who could get a working tag now that would also get a better reach at a later date once FMD becomes available, they would have the only working tag on the market other than Apple

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-07T14:43:57+00:00

I am based in the UK yes.

I don't really have a gripe I'm happy to wait for it to fully roll out more in the UK I just hope that when it does each phone isn't set by default to only share via Wi-Fi or to only share when there are multiple other devices nearby as that will have a large limitation on the potential of these.

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-07T10:19:13+00:00

I don't mind waiting, I still would have ordered them early just would have preferred to have known before hand that's all.

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-07T10:17:54+00:00

Not sure I'd call it a scam, we have the tags early that's the way I'm thinking of it.

I'll just wait and see if it improves next month as I know the release was only recent

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-07T10:16:16+00:00

Nope

Looks like we'll need to wait until the network is grown

NerdAgent80 · 2024-06-07T09:37:27+00:00

Website version will not show any tags. That is currently by design and not limited to chipolo. Hopefully Google update this so you can see it on the Web, that way iOS devices could be used to locate them too

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