Strava???


boaty's picture

By boaty - Posted on 25 July 2012

Just a quick question, does the strava app work while your phone is on standby, or do you need to keep it on for the whole ride?

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pharmaboy's picture

iphones work on standby, start it up, use the poer button to make it go dark. i can get a 6hr ride on strava with a 100% battery

trancexone's picture

Hi Boaty,

I assume you mean the iPhone. Yep, it works on standby, just start the Strava app, make sure the seconds are ticking over, hit the circle button at the bottom of the phone to take you back to the home screen and then hit the standby button at the top right and it records away.

Pedalgogy's picture

Works well on standby with my LG which is using Android.

boaty's picture

Awesome, thanks for your help

chrischris's picture

I find that if I turn off Data & 3G (System / Network) that the GPS tracks much more accurately. I'm sure that it also saves a little battery.

Yes - the GPS still works even with Data & 3G turned off. I can get 4 hours very comfortably & have over 20% battery left. I also use a 'Mophie' on rare occasions to top up the battery on the fly.

Has anyone tried the 'Wahoo' heart rate monitor yet with an iPhone 4S?

StanTheMan's picture

yes I have the Wahoo bluetooth HR monitor it works a treat on the 4S.
Mine was faulty after 2 weeks. No dramas, I had it replaced imediately. I got mine from the Australian site. I use the Wahoo app. Which then uplaods to Strava imediately when the ride is finished.

ChopStiR's picture

I believe the latest updates for the strava app include support for +ant devices. Has anyone tried?

Jeronimo's picture

Weighing up the pricing it seems to make sense to get the Wahoo ANT+ bike pack even if you'll rarely use the case. I plan to use it with the case though after upgrading to an iPhone 5 from my 4 and swapping the sims for Internet access while I ride with the 4.However Bluetooth could be the go with the rumored port change for iPhone 5 which will obsolete existing peripherals, especially if you've already got a 4S which can use it.

Maybe I'll wait for the 5 before committing. Anyone know how much replacing the battery in the iPhone costs if you needed to keep it going long term?

Pete B's picture

"rumored port change for iPhone 5 which will obsolete existing peripherals"
Anyone know how much replacing the battery in the iPhone costs if you needed to keep it going long term?

2 Great reasons to dump Apple and join the Android revolution, there are many more but this isn't the right forum.

Big Mike's picture

Just get a Garmin and upload it to Strava. Phone GPS aint that good anyway - you'll have no battery left to ring your mates and brag about how awesome your ride was.

Discodan's picture

I have a Garmin but don't use it anymore, now I just use the iphone and strava as HR isn't mandatory for much of my riding. I've not seen any decline in accuracy, if anything I find the iphone has a higher sampling rate than the Garmin. The nice thing is that as it's an application platform if I want to get extra features or functionality in the future I just need to start using the right app.

I did consider getting a cheap android phone (like this http://androinica.com/2010/09/huawei-launches-ch...) which is a bit smaller than an iphone and costs $60 and using it as a dedicated bike computer with the right app. My daughter has one so I will steal it for testing some day and see what the battery is like, the main challenge is getting a good bar mount

pancakes's picture

I use one of those Huawei ideos phones for Strava. Records more accurately than all my riding buddies' iphone 4Ss. Judging by other peoples rides on Strava it does a better than a Garmin too, which was very surprising. As a bonus you've got a phone/data if you need it. Stick a cheapo sim like an Amaysim in it and you're set.

I've been told that Apple didn't give the GPS unit manufacturers all the info they needed to allow the GPS to perform as well as it should. Google on the other hand have a much more open philisophy with the tech in their Android platform. Could be BS but the proof is in the pudding.

Zoom's picture

What sort of accuracy do people expect from their GPSs? Most GPSs I've used get you within five metres or so of repeatability. The best one I've used is the Edge 305, but my iPhone is just as accurate. There are very few maps accurate to a few metres anyway, so it's a moot point.

ChopStiR's picture

It's true, the aerial photos are not 100%

I worked in a civil engineering office for 4 years and we would overlay road designs with the same photos you see on google maps from Sinclair Knight Merz. The photos got close but rarely lined up with the surveying.

pancakes's picture

If I'm going to bother recording a ride and upload it to strava I would prefer my device to not drop 5% or so of it like the iPhones do. Personal preference I guess...:rolleyes:

Zoom's picture

Pancake do you have an iPhone?

muvro's picture

When I first got a garmin, I ran the iphone and the garmin at the same time for a number of rides. The mapping differences were neglegable, however, the timing was a lot more consistant on the Garmin compared to the iphone. I found the iphone times were shorter (showed faster times) and less accurate when repeated numerous times, where as the garmin timing differences were spot on every time. I also noticed the lapping option on the Garmin was 100% accurate at the recent Rocky Trail enduro at Awaba, it triggered at exactly the same spot every lap. I was very surprised.

pancakes's picture

"Pancake do you have an iPhone?" by Zoom

No, but all my loser mates do.

Scratchy's picture

Hey guys, something to keep in mind which I don't think has been mentioned here is the sample frequency (breadcrumbs, waypoints). Most GPS devices (Phone/Non Phone) come on a default Auto setting that increases sample frequency at low speed and decreases sample frequency at high speed (ie driving a car). If one of your devices is sampling every 30 seconds and the other is sampling every second, then the one with the higher sample frequency is going to be more accurate (and show a longer journey). On phones often selecting the activity as walking will ensure a faster sample frequency. On Garmins some have the option to sample every second (ie the 500 with the firmware update). I suspect if you got your iphone and your Garmin/Magellan GPS side by side and put them on the same sample rate you would get very almost identical results. The only other impacting factor as far as I'm aware is the GPS might have a more sensitive antennae possibly allowing more satellites to be detected and therefor a more accurate reading. Bluetooth GPS receivers are available for phones, but Apple in their wisdom only allow bluetooth to certain uses (headphones etc.) and GPS isn't one of them (without jailbreaking it. Android users could probably use a Bluetooth GPS receiver strategically mounted for potentially a more accurate reading
ie like this one: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Qstarz-BT-Q818XT-Blue...

Garmins with speedometers and cadence sensors add that info into the mix as well for improved accuracy. But if your are running a sample every second you should hopefully get an accurate reading (pending tree cover and cloud cover).

ChopStiR's picture

I often wonder if devices calculate the distance between waypoints with the elevation to work out the hypotenuse to gain a more accurate distance traveled and speed indication.

I would assume so when they can show you the elevation diagram or is this just a drawing of dot to dots?

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