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Outatime – 15 minutes ago »
-gonzo- – 4 days ago »
Pollensa1946 – 7 minutes ago »
Can someone confirm that the box still powers up every 30 mins or so when the app is paired to the box.
Yes the HDD still powers up every 20 minutes.
Do you know why it does this? It’s not going to wear out my hard drive is it?
I imagine it’s bound to shorten it’s life somewhat. It boots up to access the server to see if you have made any schedule changes.
Like others I think you should be able to choose the length of time between checks.
any generous, tech-savy individuals feel like uploading the apk for me please to a public dropbox / google drive if ya have a minute please?
grahamlthompson – 3 hours ago »
Outatime – 15 minutes ago »
-gonzo- – 4 days ago »
Pollensa1946 – 7 minutes ago »
Can someone confirm that the box still powers up every 30 mins or so when the app is paired to the box.
Yes the HDD still powers up every 20 minutes.
Do you know why it does this? It’s not going to wear out my hard drive is it?
I imagine it’s bound to shorten it’s life somewhat. It boots up to access the server to see if you have made any schedule changes.
Like others I think you should be able to choose the length of time between checks.
I posted this elsewhere, but it’s worth repeating here…
“I wonder if Humax have grasped the implications of these spin up/down actions relating to the new app. Taking an average couple who are out working during the day I assume…
Box on for 1 hour in the morning and then again for 5 hours in the evening. So on sby for 18 hours per day = 54 additional spin up/down. At w/e box is on sby for 12 hours per day, so 36 spins x 2 = 72. Total for week = (5 x 54) + 72 = 342 per wk.
Taking a 48 wk working year and ignoring holiday times the minimum additional spins would be = 342 x 48 = 16416 per year.
I’ll put money on it that if Humax factor that into their assumed warranty failures they’re going to see a noticeable uplift in early life failures.”
Some number of years as quality manager in a major PC mfg facility showed me that the spin-up/down cycle is a major element of the failures in HDDs. I do not use the app and will not until the spin-up interval can be set by the user. Go ahead Humax, deny my assumptions!
frlarryduff – 1 week ago »
Would anyone be able to send me the apk for the app or upload it somewhere for me please as its not available in my country – probably need root access on the android phone and a root explorer – would v much appreciate it.
Rgds,
Lar
Lar,
Did you get the .apk? I also can’t download as I live in Holland. If you you did get it would you be able to send to me?
The one thing that would have made this app really useful for me would have been the ability to access recordings cia the remote section of the app.
Alas this is missing, the apps remote control is basic in the extreme.
I have now realised that I can access recordings just by powering off and on again, which I can do on the remote app. At last I have dicovered why they insisted on this box booting to the home screen, it;s there as a rather clunky workaround to cover for the lack of a ‘home’ button on the remote app, good forward planning. Althogh if they had foreseen this they would probably have realised the need for a ‘home’ button on the app.
Never the less it does work and for this alone it makes the app well worth while and is. surely, the cheapest best solution for operating the box from the bedroom.
The iOS app has a section where you can select to watch any recordings that are stored, I’d assume the Android app should get an update at some stage adding the same function.
In the meantime using the Off/On/ Home menu method is at least a sort of useful workaround for the time being.
A Recordings or Menu button on the app would come in very handy though, especially if you choose not to keep to app synced to the box.
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