Android app sees device but gives a connect failed 1 minute later
I'm using a Hudl 2 tablet with Android 5.1. The app (says v1..0.1 bottom right) initially sees the Pokit, I click on the button and a second later it mentions it has connected and I see an LED flicker on the Pokit. However I'm left with the white screen and 40 seconds later I see another flicker from the LED. Then 20 seconds after that (60 in total) the app pops up a dialogue box with "Connect Failed There was an [sic] problem connecting to your PokitMeter. Try moving closer, or if you keep seeing this message, try replacing the battery. OK" It leaves me with a mostly blank white screen with just a warning about 60V at bottom.
I have repeated that sequence of events several times and it doesn't change. I have bluetooth and location services turned on. The battery is the new one that came with it. The cell is showing up as 3.12V on a multimeter.
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I borrowed a friend with a more recent version of Android on his smartphone. The Pokit app on that initially looked promising, it connected to the Pokit reporting firmware v1.2. The upgrade failed about half way through to v1.4. Tried three times, all failed to upgrade. This is never a pleasant feeling either, as half an upgrade can be a "bricking" event depending on design of the mechanism.
Moved on to an iOS smartphone. That connected and managed to get the firmware to v1.4. We did briefly see a voltage reading too but that was flaky and stopped working.
The v1.4 firmware has not changed behaviour on my Android 5 tablet, still can't connect.
Overall, I'm not impressed by this. I was going to make this Pokit a gift but with the state of the software as is it's too unreliable and hence embarrassing to gift.
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