VIOFO A229 Pro FIRMWARE

vvs49 said:
My 9-inch car stereo runs Android 4.
Will Viofo Dashcam work with it?
Can you share the Viofo Dashcam APK file? I can't download it from the Play Store.
(If you extract the APK file from an already installed Viofo Dashcam, it won't work.)
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You can try to download from this link: https://we.tl/t-F1kClGso9W
 
Is anyone else having issues with the new VIOFO Dashcam app crashing? My phone notified me that it is crashing frequently and recommended that I put it in deep sleep. It was never like that with the old VIOFO app. 🤔
 
onkasongbi said:
Is anyone else having issues with the new VIOFO Dashcam app crashing? My phone notified me that it is crashing frequently and recommended that I put it in deep sleep. It was never like that with the old VIOFO app. 🤔
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I had problems the first time I used the new app, I tried to download videos. It kept freezing and all the videos on the phone turned pale while. I'll play with it some more since I think the app has been updated since that experience.
As I rule I hate downloading videos using Wifi. Maybe 6G Wifi is better, I use 5G and it's not great.
 

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Anyway to have geozone set to last known location when GPS is lost?
 
PJsGolf said:
Anyway to have geozone set to last known location when GPS is lost?
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What are you trying to accomplish? Goefencing is set to the location you want the camera to turn off rather than enabling parking mode.
Why would you want it set to the last known location when GPS is lost, which could randomly occur anywhere?
 
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Hack_man said:
What are you trying to accomplish? Goefencing is set to the location you want the camera to turn off rather than enabling parking mode.
Why would you want it set to the last known location when GPS is lost, which could randomly occur anywhere?
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I park underground. So if i set my geozone right before i go underground, then that would be its last known position.

in other cases if you dont have GPS, unless you were last spotted in a geozone area, it should still activate parking mode
 
PJsGolf said:
I park underground. So if i set my geozone right before i go underground, then that would be its last known position.

in other cases if you dont have GPS, unless you were last spotted in a geozone area, it should still activate parking mode
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Ah yes, now I understand! I'm pretty sure this would require a Firmware change.
Viofo would have to constantly store the current GPS location into memory and when you transition to parking mode, test the last location against your GPS zone which you would set just before diving underground.
They would probably not be happy using more processing power (to constantly update a memory location) but I can't see why it wouldn't work.
If you decided to park above ground in the immediate area you would have to disable geofencing, or manually enable parking mode.
 
Hack_man said:
Ah yes, now I understand! I'm pretty sure this would require a Firmware change.
Viofo would have to constantly store the current GPS location into memory and when you transition to parking mode, test the last location against your GPS zone which you would set just before diving underground.
They would probably not be happy using more processing power (to constantly update a memory location) but I can't see why it wouldn't work.
If you decided to park above ground in the immediate area you would have to disable geofencing, or manually enable parking mode.
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Hmmm. Thats true about needing to constantly write/monitor the memory location. If they had a solution for a geofence zone being 'underground' then maybe that would help? or only monitoring/recording the GPS location when youre in a geofence zone vs constantly.

Its probably a small niche thing to ask for, but I can imagine other people are parking in parking garages or underground where a GPS signal can be lost.
 
GPS, as we know it, was never intended for anything other than outdoor use and reception. My view is that dashcams, which are already constrained by processing power, memory, and software, should not be expected to 'guess' a car's location. Any scheme a manufacturer proposes may work in one underground parking lot but not in another. Well, then that unhappy user will complain and want GPS-guess-a-location to work for him also. Manufacturers cannot win in this situation by providing a whack-a-mole algorithm for 'suggestive GPS location'.

There are solutions, though: users need to request that building owners, parking garage operators, and similar facilities install GPS beacons at various locations within the garage. This is certainly easier done with new construction projects and municipal-owned properties, but more of an issue with existing privately owned properties.
 
Hack_man said:
I agree with @lufa6977 but it was an interesting suggestion.
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It is an interesting topic and a challenge that many of us have pondered. 🙂

An app can display a Google Map of an area, and the user can place a single marker on that building and set a radius of, say, 100 meters. This will work, but once the car enters that 100-meter zone, the selected geofence action will happen. Does the dashcam now enter a parking mode or turn off? These could be undesirable if the user is forced to park outside the garage within the 100-meter radius.

The app could also allow the user to define 4 points around the building and specify a 30-meter perimeter around that grouping.

Let's say the user has entered the 100-meter zone; the dashcam is now in a parking mode, which may mean no recording, and an accident occurs. Will the accident be captured on video? Perhaps, depending on the available parking modes. If the user selects a no-parking-recording-camera-disable mode, no recording occurs. If they selected an impact-type recording or time-lapse recording, the accident, or a portion of it, could be captured.

There is a risk for whatever the user chooses. More importantly, the manufacturer should make it very clear to the user how this feature works and how it can work against them in the event of an accident or parking-related damage to the vehicle.
 
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lufa6977 said:
It is an interesting topic and a challenge that many of us have pondered. 🙂

An app can display a Google Map of an area, and the user can place a single marker on that building and set a radius of, say, 100 meters. This will work, but once the car enters that 100-meter zone, the selected geofence action will happen. Does the dashcam now enter a parking mode or turn off? These could be undesirable if the user is forced to park outside the garage within the 100-meter radius.

The app could also allow the user to define 4 points around the building and specify a 30-meter perimeter around that grouping.

Let's say the user has entered the 100-meter zone; the dashcam is now in a parking mode, which may mean no recording, and an accident occurs. Will the accident be captured on video? Perhaps, depending on the available parking modes. If the user selects a no-parking-recording-camera-disable mode, no recording occurs. If they selected an impact-type recording or time-lapse recording, the accident, or a portion of it, could be captured.

There is a risk for whatever the user chooses. More importantly, the manufacturer should make it very clear to the user how this feature works and how it can work against them in the event of an accident or parking-related damage to the vehicle.
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If a user enters the geozone, parking mode turns off. Each geozone can have a setting (default to no), where its "use last known location?"

If you change between parking underground (you want parking mode off) and above ground (you want parking mode on), then manual would be the only way to handle it.

But if youre at a parking garage in general, id imagine youd want the same result (ie. Turn off parking mode regardless of which floor im parking in my apartment building)
 
Since applying the latest main camera firmware WiFi is switched on when the camera powers up, and is switched off after 10 minutes?
 
clevoir said:
Since applying the latest main camera firmware WiFi is switched on when the camera powers up, and is switched off after 10 minutes?
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Funny you mentioned that, I am seeing the same behavior on my A229 Plus. I actually prefer it since it's one less step to connect to the app.
That's how I accidentally found out that the Vanture app connects and works with the Viofo camera.
 
clevoir said:
Since applying the latest main camera firmware WiFi is switched on when the camera powers up, and is switched off after 10 minutes?
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I would consider that to be an undesirable action. But....that is how I roll. 🙂 I generally do not care for a manufacturer or software company to decide for me which features should be auto-enabled or user opt-out. Just sets against my basic beliefs that I should have control over my device. Mileage on those sorts of features, of course, will vary for others.

I view this the same as I would if I picked up my cellphone and the screen automatically opened the dialer or contacts...assuming I was going to make a call.
 
lufa6977 said:
I would consider that to be an undesirable action. But....that is how I roll. 🙂 I generally do not care for a manufacturer or software company to decide for me which features should be auto-enabled or user opt-out. Just sets against my basic beliefs that I should have control over my device. Mileage on those sorts of features, of course, will vary for others.

I view this the same as I would if I picked up my cellphone and the screen automatically opened the dialer or contacts...assuming I was going to make a call.
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But in this case what undesirable impact is there? Slightly higher current draw (heating) for a few minutes but a better user experience when connecting to the app.
I think there is a setting to disable auto wifi connect.
I hear you on the cell phone thing, it seems my fingers are constantly accidentally dialing numbers not intended. It's like if I breath on the phone when a number is selected it dials the person.
 
Twice now the geofencing function to turn off the camera has not worked. The two malfunctions were not twice in a row, it had worked in-between.
Both times there was a GPS lock prior to shutting off ignition (center LED ON, A229 Pro).
Geofencing was enabled on zone 1 for 15 M
It had reliably worked in the past.
Edit - the Geofencing did not work for a third time today. Something is clearly wrong. I even reset the coordinates prior to the third malfunction.
 
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