+South Lyon Trekkers Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 Does anyone know, especially have used, the Geocaching app with a Garmin GLO 2? Does they work together? Quote
+Mineral2 Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 The Garmin Glo should just be sending position data to your phone. I don't know if it requires an app to read the data and if it can then be passed on to other apps for use. But you really shouldn't need a Garmin Glo for geocaching. Phones and tablets these days, (and when I say "these days," I do mean phones compatible with the current geocaching app), have built-in gps receivers that are as good as what you'll get from a Garmin. I think there are some limited situations where the Glo might be useful. Otherwise, it seems redundant for most people. Quote
+South Lyon Trekkers Posted January 16, 2020 Author Posted January 16, 2020 I guess I missed that. My phone is pretty old and doesn't have a GPS chip. Another reason to upgrade, I guess. Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 Are you certain? What model? Is it possible phones made long enough ago to not have GPS could still have functioning batteries? 8^\ Quote
+Mineral2 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Some of those old phones had user replaceable batteries. I'm more concerned that a phone that old is on an older android OS and is not receiving proper security updates. I worry about that with my Galaxy S6, which otherwise still functions fine, GPS included. Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 True. The Monterra is android 4.0, and almost nothing in the play store works with it any more.... Quote
+Mineral2 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Luckily my Galaxy is running android 7.0, Most apps are compatible. But the last security patch was from 2018, and that has me concerned. I don't like that phones are locked so that you can't upgrade/install your own OS. At least with a computer, I have the option of installing a modern, but stripped down, linux distribution to keep the hardware running smoothly. Quote
robertlipe Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 SLT, I wouldn't expect that combination to be well supported. Phones with GPS have been common for 8+ years at this point and development mindshare for add-on devices just isn't wide. Additionally, Groundspeak recently wrecked their developer interface and required extensive changes from apps that talk to the site, so most of the old versions of any apps you'll find appropriate for that phone - even before GLO - are not at all likely to work these days. You don't say if you already have the GLO, but if you're really wanting to stay geocaching with a phone, Moto makes some really good entry-level devices with GPS that'll run modern apps for about the same price as the GLO. (They're very popular in the weather balloon projects in schools...) Not to threadjack, but lots of Androids DO have that option. xda-developers.com Android builds like LineageOS focus on exactly the problem you're describing: capable hardware that's abandoned by the maker not keeping it up to date. 1 Quote
+N6HE Posted June 16, 2020 Posted June 16, 2020 SLT, hi - did you ever get a better answer to your GLO 2 and Geocaching App on iPhone? Seems adding a bunch of Russian GLONASS satellites to the GPS ones would have to be better, but.... Quote
+South Lyon Trekkers Posted August 1, 2020 Author Posted August 1, 2020 I am going to looking this more as I recently upgraded my very old phone. Quote
+Atlas Cached Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 You 'updated' phone almost certainly has GLONASS capability at minimum, if not more (Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC). Quote
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