I received my SBrick a few days ago. The iOS app works alright on the iPhone 4S. It connects to the Sbrick most of the times. I can download profiles from the market,
and most of them works.I have the same problems as many of you have mentioned; the motors stop when full power is applied, and "identify LED" does not work.
Also also have a Galaxy Note (GT-N7000). This device does originally only support Android versions up to 4.2.1, but for the sake of the Sbrick, I rooted
and flashed it to Android 4.4.4 (using Slimroms). The Sbrick app works almost perfectly now! Motors can be powered 100% without shutting down, both in the port tester and in the various profiles. Identify LED also works.
Samsung Galaxy S5
Android 4.4.4
SBrick version 0.0.21
Port testers work.
Profiles can be downloaded from the market.
Brick can be paired.
No profiles work with the paired brick, varied bugs similar to those already reported - gyros don't work, some motors/ports don't register.
Shrill sound appears to be motor braking when sliders are in the "off" position, but not actually off. Recommend adding a "dead zone" to all self-centering controls where the motor is physically off to improve battery life.
Product is essentially unusable at this point.
When is there expected to be a profile building tool?
The description in the Android Market (now) says "This is an alpha preview build, not for production use!".
So the team is working on somethine better, it just means Android users have to wait. It may not be ideal but since the hardware is done and the iOS App seems OK a lot of people can work it fine.
I can wait!
I would probably describe it as Alpha rather than Beta considering most of it doesn't work, especially in comparison to the iOS one. (Which is an entirely different looking app)
Generally, at the moment the port testers work most of the time. The LED tester only work on rare occasions.
Amusingly, I have an S4 which can connect to the brick but with a very unstable and unfunctional app and a Apple 4 which has a nice app, but can't connect. Fun and games!
Just received my SBrick in the mail. Installed SBrick app v0.0.21 from the Play Store.
I have a Nexus 4 running stock Android 5.0.1.
Here is my feedback for the app:
I hope this helps yous guys somehow.
Unfortunately I cannot control the SBrick in order to control my creations.
Let me know if there is anything that you would like me to try out and give you feedback!
Would you provide your SBrick connection status to the statistics thread I tried start ?
https://social.sbrick.com/forums/topic/68/device-sbrick-connection-compatibility-statistics/
It should not replace this one, just used for collecting pure statistics on which device type/model is generally connecting OK or not.
Hi gents,
Give feedback (always useful for developers - include your android version and phone/tablet model), but keep in mind that the android actual version of the app is still in development, it's a beta version just released for us to test our just received Sbricks and be able to play a little bit during our vacations.
After all efforts done to have the hardware ok and send it, I think Sbrick team can have a little rest during this holiday period, even if we are also on holiday, with our Sbricks, impatient to see them animating our models.
Let's be comprehensive and patient... Roma did not get built in one day!
Sylca (simple backer)
[blockquote]Zsolt Pogonyi said:
Hi Everybody!
I can't pairing my phone with SBrick. I have Sony XPeria SP, Android 4.3, BLE Checker say BLE Supported. nRF Master Control Panel can connect, without previosly pairing. SBrick LED blink shortly after switching power on. I tried it with AA batteries (8881) and rechargeable battery box (8878). My phone bluetooth settings found the SBrick, but can't pairing. I have the latest SBrick Android App version 0.0.21 and this can't discover SBrick. Please help!
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Hi same phone, same problems. The first time I was able to pair with SBrick, but since the older version of the app didn't work, I unpaired the devices in order to start the whole procedure again - then I couldn't pair my devices anymore. I tried to clear the bluetooth cache, but it seems it doesn't clear right, there are always 12kB of data in cache that just won't go away. I tried the same on XPeria M, first time pairing wnet ok, app was working, after unpairing, no pairing could be done again!
Seems to be a huge gap between the current app version 0.0.21 and what is shown in some of the promotional videos.
And certaily acts like 'alpha' software. Certainly has a lot of potential. Is there a timeline for a beta release that might be more usable and closer to some of the promotional videos?
Thanks,
Ben
Hello,
I currently have a fully up to date samsung galaxy note 3, I am having trouble controlling my creations at all. The profiles in the app can't be adjusted, and for some reason the motors I am trying to power are acting really weird. I can't wait till the adroid app catches up with the ios one because right now it's between the android app and my iphone 4s which isn't exactly compatable with the app screen size wise (more details in the ios forum...). Bottom line, I can't easily control my creations so I hoping for a some serious updates. I know you guys are trying your best, just trying to share my experiences so far...
Thanks,
Justin
[blockquote]Sylvain CACHEUX said:
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Interresting point: when having a pb with a profile, go to market, delete profile, then redownload it and it works better! (does not work with joystick or gamepad 1 for me - sometimes app crashes when deleting the profile in the set edition)
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Thanks. Your confirmation of this behavior had me trying again and succeeding.
I want to add, that for the profile to reload I needed to remove it from all MOCs. I tried deleting it from market before and it failed reloading, but left it linked to one of the early MOCs.
Hello,
I went with further tests.
Test1 profile is ok, but button does not switch off the lights (light turns on, but when switching off the button, displays shows it off, but light are still on). Interresting point is that it's possible to have all range of lighting with a slider, not just on/off !!! That opens possibilities! Note: sometimes, when releasing the slider, it comes to center, but the motor is still working.
One useful thing would be to have a reminder on the profile's displays with which slider is "slider 1", which is "slider 2", etc. (idem with buttons). That would help a little bit (even maybe add to which port it's linked!).
Profiles which uses gyro are not really working well with my phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 2). Impossible to get them work correctly (zero or full speed, direction not taken in account, etc.).
Joystick or gamepad 1 (display pb - the joystick stick does not appears) not working either. Gamepad 2 also have pb, impossible to get it work, and displays seems to be corrupted/distorded.
Interresting point: when having a pb with a profile, go to market, delete profile, then redownload it and it works better! (does not work with joystick or gamepad 1 for me - sometimes app crashes when deleting the profile in the set edition)
I know it's still under development, it's just to give you a feedback :-)
See you later... (and warn me if you need a test :-) )
Sylca
Hi Everybody!
I can't pairing my phone with SBrick. I have Sony XPeria SP, Android 4.3, BLE Checker say BLE Supported. nRF Master Control Panel can connect, without previosly pairing. SBrick LED blink shortly after switching power on. I tried it with AA batteries (8881) and rechargeable battery box (8878). My phone bluetooth settings found the SBrick, but can't pairing. I have the latest SBrick Android App version 0.0.21 and this can't discover SBrick. Please help!
Hello,
Just a suggestion: as there is more and more profiles, it's becoming a little bit hard to remember which one have sliders, or steering whell, or light switches.
So it would be very nice that, when selecting the profile, we could have a little image of the controlers, just to quickly see which profile it is really in terms of controlers.
And as previously asked, inverters for each port would be very nice to have.
Thank you :-)
Sylca
[blockquote]Sylvain CACHEUX said:
Edit: I uninstalled the app, reinstalled, redownload the market, recreate a new moc profile, and this time it worked! I do not know what changed, I guess the cache has been reset.
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Same here, Android app crashes and you can't save an sbrick in a moc until you uninstall and re-install.
As mentioned elsewhere the brick makes a high pitch whine when operating, and there's no obvious way to reverse inputs it seems. Also noticed that sometimes on 'releasing' a slider the motor not stop, and you have to tap in the middle position when the control already is to stop or centre.
All that, given it's in Beta and I've got it working within an hour I'm quite happy :-) Just have to remember down is forward, and up backwards...
Iain
Just tested one of my Sbricks for the first time. First time right! Love it. Using Sbrick 0.21 on a Samsung S5 mini. Ultimate control, 4 slider controle, over the 42030.
The only thing I notice; it creates a very high pitched sound when active. Is that normal?
Okay, has anyone manage to get any profile to work on a Galaxy S4? I removed them and downloaded the current set (Including Test 1 & Test 2 now.) None of them do diddly squat.
The bit which amazes me is the ports work perfectly via the Manage Brick test interface. Just create a section of the interface in the APP where we have better access to those 4 sliders. At least then people can do some stuff.
Another thing I have noticed, is that you can't delete the sets you have created under My Sets. I removed the profiles from each one, then tried to remove the Sets themselves. Nothing. Delete icon does nothing. So be careful not to create to many Sets.
Just imagine if the SBrick has been shipped out at the original release date :)
I don't mind the release of the SBrick before it is really ready, just because the Test ports part of the App shows you what it will eventually be capable of. Just gotta sit tight a while.
Thanks to Tamas for publishing the communications protocol in the forum Suggestions.
Using this information together with the utility nRF Master Control Panel I have been able to control my Sbricks. This shows that there aren't any significant problems with the Sbrick itself, it is just major problems with the Android app.
Uninstalled Sbrick app and installed new version from Playstore, version 21, on to my Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3.
Changes? None in performance that I can see!! Still can't add a set only a MoC. Still can't discover any Sbrick! Only change that I can see is the version number!
[blockquote]Toku Betsu said:
My SBrick app updated last night. Was previously on 0.0.20 and is now 0.0.21. Apparently a scan fix has been done.
[/blockquote]"Apparently" yes, because I see no changes on my LG G2. SBrick visible in Bluetooth menu of the phone, but SBrick App can't find it.
Also the LED doesn't go on, it just flashes for a fraction of a second when you turn on the power. Not sure if this is normal behavior?