SPOT Connect Apk
Latest version 1.3.7
10 Feb 2015
Apk Infos
| Version | 1.3.7 |
| Rating | 3.0/5, based on 189 votes |
| Size | 2.4 MB |
| Requires Android | Android 2.3+ (Gingerbread) |
| Author's Notes | The SPOT Connect App pairs your Android smartphone with SPOT Connect |
About SPOT Connect APK
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Description
The SPOT Connect App pairs your Android smartphone with SPOT Connect, a revolutionary satellite messenger engineered to transmit messages via satellite from virtually anywhere in the world, including remote locations.The award-winning SPOT Connect device provides connectivity to the Globalstar satellite network for sending location-based messages from areas beyond cellular phone coverage or around town. By simply downloading the SPOT Connect App, SPOT Connect wirelessly synchs via Bluetooth® with Android devices. The SPOT satellite message features are initiated directly from the app’s intuitive user interface.
SPOT Connect utilizes proven SPOT technology to notify others of one’s GPS location coordinates and current status. By sending a message to the Globalstar satellite network, the user’s selected contacts will receive a custom Type and Send or Predefined message delivered as an SMS text message or email. SPOT Connect messages contain the user’s latitude and longitude, date, time stamp and a link to maps. Established SPOT message features include Check-in/OK, Help, SPOT Assist, SOS and automated Track Progress.
SPOT Connect messaging feature overview:
• SOS - Emergency assistance request sent with your GPS location to GEOS every 5 min until batteries die or until cancelled. The GEOS International Emergency Response Center alerts the appropriate agencies worldwide – for example contacting 9-1-1 responders in North America and 1-1-2 responders in Europe. Custom Type & Send messages can be sent with SOS for detailed emergency information.
• Help/SPOT Assist* - Request help from friends and family or professional service providers every 5 min for 1 hour. Custom Type & Send messages can be sent with a Help/Assist message for more detailed personal help.
* SPOT Assist subject to availability.
• Check-in/OK - Send a Predefined Message or custom Type & Send message allowing your friends and family to get a message from you with your GPS location virtually anywhere on the globe. With a push of a button a message is sent via email or SMS to a contact group. You can also send your Check-in/OK messages to social sites like Facebook or Twitter.
• Track Progress - This feature allows you to send and save your location and allow contacts to track your progress in near real time using maps. With your SPOT account you have the ability to set up a SPOT Shared Page which allows you to show your SPOT GPS locations to others on a map. (Additional service required).
The SPOT Connect App extends the functionality of Android devices while making available new features for customers. Custom messages can now be composed and sent on-the-go. Users can store up to 14 Predefined messages and 10 personal contract groups consisting of up to 50 contacts each. Additionally, the SPOT Connect App turns your devices into a satellite messenger utilizing SPOT Connect’s onboard GPS and satellite transmitter. Users can even send location-based messages to Facebook and Twitter from isolated regions such as mountainous terrain and areas off-shore.
Overview:
• Uses the GPS satellite system to determine location and the Globalstar satellite network to transmit that information to personal contacts or an international emergency response center
• Send location-based messages via satellite to others delivered as SMS text or email
• Send custom “Type and Send” 45 character text messages from your location
• Update social networks including Facebook and Twitter from remote locations
• Provide GPS functionality to non-GPS devices
• Store up to 10 predefined messages for quick reference and sending
• Store 10 contact groups on device – each group can consist of up to 50 contacts
• On device SOS button for standalone emergency operation
• Bluetooth wireless connection
Please verify that your device does not have the Developer Option "Don't Keep Activities" enabled. If this is enabled, it will prevent the app from functioning correctly.
Latest updates
What's new in version 1.3.7
Bug fixes for Lollipop usersHow to install SPOT Connect APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download SPOT Connect APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:
Update Phone Settings
- Go to your phone Settings page
- Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
- Check the Unknown Sources box
- Confirm with OK
Go to Downloads
- Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
- Tap the APK file you downloaded (com.spotllc.spotconnect.app-v1.3.7-ApkClean.apk)
- Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
Older Versions
| 1.3.7 (25) | 2.4 MB |
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User's Reivew
1 ★Upgraded Spot Connect firmware and installed Spot app on my new HTC One phone. Can't get either the phone or app to see the Spot Connect blue tooth signal, even though the device is clearly broadcasting it's ID. May be an issue with the HTC firmware rather than the app.
2 ★Could be such a great product but unfortunately it is not. Half the time (and that is being nice) the app just stops with an error or will not connect to the spot device at all. Another major issue is the fact that when sending a message the app will show a successful send but no message actually goes out. This is a real pain when you have no way to verify it's success or failure via email. This seems to happen about a third of the time. support was worthless also. Could be a great product, but its not.
1 ★I agree with all previous comments on the Bluetooth connectivity issues. It makes the app virtually unusable. I have many other Bluetooth devices that happily connect and disconnect automatically without any of the nonsense you have to deal with using the SPOT Connect device.
1 ★Downloaded the app, using a galaxy note 3. The layout is pretty poor, icons overlap does not have the professional feel for a app that could save your life. Could do better as we have to have subscription fees also.
1 ★Crashes after 1 use on Galaxy S making Spot Connect useless. Tech support suggest reinstalling
1 ★A few app versions ago this worked much better on my Galaxy SII, now, it crashes upon opening every (not exaggerating) time I try to connect to my Spot GPS device. Can I roll back to a stable version? Very disappointed.
4 ★SPOT Connect stopped working with my S3 phone. SPOT tech support replaced the unit but same problem. Discovered the Power Saver Mode on my S3 was causing the problem.
2 ★Connecting via bluetooth works exactly once, and then the phone has to be rebooted to make it work again. The application often crashed before I was able to start tracking (really, this should be a button on the device) or while composing a message. The braindead "device verification" will hang forever on flaky data connections (just turn off the connection, and it will skip the check). It's insistence on updating the configuration (addressbook etc.) is annoying (especially in complete absence of a data connection), and it's way too easy to inadvertently *delete* all cached data by selecting the wrong menu ite, making the device completely useless until an internet connection is available again. Please somebody reverse engineer the protocol and write an app that works!
1 ★Ok - so having had this for a couple of years - up to last summer, I was able to get it to connect with my phone reliably and send messages. It wasn't perfect, but the software was good enough. The latest firmware and software update however have made maintaining a bluetooth connection to an Android phone next to impossible (apparently they fixed it for the iPhone). Now the only way to link it is to reboot both the device and the phone, delete the pairing, re-pair, then make a connection. This is annoying, but possible at the start of a walk. I want to use it during a walk to send a message I have to reboot both again, thus terminating tracking! The fact that the s/w had been this broken for this long on a subscription device is not acceptable, and I'll be calling Spot again soon to see what they plan to do to resolve it. Support suggested that if the disconnect happens in the field, I delete the bluetooth pairing, tap the device button to get the blue flash, and then I'll have 60 seconds to re-pair, without having to reboot the device. Will give it a go next time and report back. Still no ETA on a real fix though. Phone them up and complain until they fix this!
5 ★Started playing with a SPOT CONNECT, have a GS4. Must say that getting used to it was the most difficult part- does the device sometimes take a while to link- yes. Does it work all the time- YESSS! Does it track every ten minutes....sometimes, sometimes not.WHY??? because i live in area that has some tree cover and, ride my bike through the downtown of the city I live in. And sometimes the device cannot communicate properly with the satellites. Holy crap, it says that on their website. CLEAR VIEW OF THE SKY! It also says in the manual that the HELP and SOS are high priority that will send regardless of attaining GPS coordinates. So this means what, that the tracking and other messages will not send if they cannot connect with the satellites. Oh that explains why I have twelve tracking spots in one 2 hour bike ride and the next day I may not ...because of other objects interfering maybe? I also had problems, still do here and there with the device not pairing. Go to BT setting Forget the device. Turn Connect OFF. Power cycle your phone and once it is rebooted, turn bt on phone on, boot CONNECT until blue LED lights up pair, open SPOT Connect VOILA!!! Its all computers just rebooT!
5 ★Spot works fine...if your having any issues, download the latest firmware to the device...and update the app
1 ★I should have read the reviews first... it is as most people say... buggy, and barely works if at all. Huge waste of money.
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