Aust. Geology/Tribolite Solutions

[EVIE/BEE]

The app on my iphone 13 fails to open. I kept my old iphone 6 and it's ok. I see this as a major safety issue. Take care out there.

The following is from Dave Collins at Trillobite.

There has been a major problem on a large number of iphones - a lot of work to fix.
There should be a release in a few days that fixes it.
Keep an eye on the following - progress is updated regularly.
https://trilobite.solutions/maps/trouble-shooting/

 

[davsgold]

yep all good on Android phone downloaded updates for WA stuff and all works like it should

 

[The geezer]

Good to keep updated on this problem as my iPhone 9 is doing exactly the same as Casper’s

 

[casper]

About time you understand , android is a he way to go
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No problems at all here

Haha - some would say that that was a "cheap shot" BUT I won't
The IOS hasn't crashed - it could be a compatiblity issue when looking across the devices affected.
just a glitch, "she'll be right mate" and it will be

 

[EVIE/BEE]

The fix has been released by Apple.
It's all good.

 

[Jigalong]

https://trilobite.solutions/maps/
Click the red Data recuse link, I saved this to files.
After opening the link clink the square and arrow scroll right right and clink the last button and open with the trilobite app.
If your out bush don’t try and save trails or drop pins, and don’t simply rely and apps to get you home.

No way I would rely on Tribolite to get me home. I make a camp waypoint on Oziexplorer and also on Exploroz Traveller. I also take a recharging brick.

 

[Hippyty79]

No way I would rely on Tribolite to get me home. I make a camp waypoint on Oziexplorer and also on Exploroz Traveller. I also take a recharging brick.

Great to see the apps back up and running, but now my thuraya satellite phone is good for bugger all now, as their satellites gone awol, the plan provider pivotal has cancelled plans for the time being after all attempts to get the satellite back on track failed.
I think for a couple hundred you’d be better off with a purpose made gps like one of these at a minimum, it apparently runs for up to a week on a couple AA battery’s.
I recently purchased a Garmin gpsmap 67 and I’m pretty impressed with it after using Garmin rino 750s for the last 7 years.
The problem with apps are they are 2nd party to the phone or tablet and app developers need to keep up with phone firmware updates.

 

[EVIE/BEE]

Learn how to use a compass.
Not the one from the app store.

 

[Hippyty79]

I agree and carry one, but after over 25yrs of using electric gps without any issue, I’m confident in the modern compass.

 

[EVIE/BEE]

I agree and carry one, but after over 25yrs of using electric gps without any issue, I’m confident in the modern compass.

Yeah she be right mate, until the satellites go down.

 

[Hippyty79]

Well over a hundred satellites, which are all owned by country’s with nuclear capability’s,.
There would be more of a chance of a nuclear war.

 

[grubstake]

Well over a hundred satellites, which are all owned by country’s with nuclear capability’s,.
There would be more of a chance of a nuclear war.

One big solar flare could potentially take the whole lot down. We might find out next year during solar maximum for the current sunspot cycle.

 

[Rockwall]

Should there be another war we won't be able to rely on satellites being available for civilian use

 

[EVIE/BEE]

Betta get some cash outa the bank. Sorry the internet is down.
No food at the supermarket because the truckies can't get fuel. Where's that veggi patch?
No TV. The enemy has won on the first day. We surrender.

 

[Nightjar]

No loss if TV disappears.

 

[Hippyty79]

We could all wander around with our compasses

 

[sand surfer]

cooks been up me for years to fix the aerial to improve reception
need to build a small 30 foot tower ,better chance of winning lotto 5 nights in a row than that happening

 

[sand surfer]

i think it will be the white flag well before that evie/bee
30 seconds of no phone reception it will be we give up

 

[grubstake]

One big solar flare could potentially take the whole lot down. We might find out next year during solar maximum for the current sunspot cycle.

Solar Storm Crashes GPS Systems:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/solar-storm-tractor-break-nebraska.html

 

[Hippyty79]

Katie McRobert, general manager at the Australia Farm Institute, said Australian farmers sourced their GPS signal from one satellite, which was a critical risk to rural industries.

“Having all your GPS eggs in one basket is a vulnerability on a good day, and a fatal weakness on a bad one,” McRobert said.