Tracking Configuration & Settings Requirements
This is an experimental feature currently available only to a limited number of users.
We want to provide you with the best mileage tracking experience and in order to do that we need to make sure that your phone is set up to track your trips accurately.
The Tracking Configuration settings page will help you set up and keep your phone settings "healthy" and ensure you a good outset for tracking your trips accurately. A red Tracking Configuration indicator means that the Driversnote app requires some adjustments in your phone settings.
You can always check if your phone settings are configured correctly:
- Open the Driversnote app
- Tap Settings > Tracking Health
Below are the phone settings and permissions that need to be configured to ensure the best tracking accuracy and keep the Driversnote app working optimally.
Tip
Settings that are required for tracking and auto-tracking (iBeacon / motion detection) with Driversnote might revert back to their default when either the phone’s software is updated, an app is not used very often or an app is deleted and reinstalled. We recommend you open the app on your phone to check your trips daily and to ensure that Driversnote is set up properly.
Jump to Settings Requirements for:
| iPhone Android Auto-tracking with the iBeacon |
iPhone Settings Requirements
- Allow Driversnote to access Motion & Fitness
- Set Location permission to "Always"
- Enable Precise Location
- Allow Driversnote to access Background App Refresh
- Disable Low Power Mode
This will
✔ improve overall tracking performance
✔ help conserve battery when not moving
Read more on Why does Driversnote need access Motion & Fitness
This will allow the app to
✔ track your trips consistently
✔ receive GPS coordinates when you open another app or when your screen is locked
✔ log the total distance of your trips
Driversnote
⚠️ does not want to know where you are at all times and does not record location data unless you are driving
⚠️ does not share / sell any of your personal information - all your data, including your trip data, belongs to you and you alone
Read more on Why does Driversnote need access to Location
With Precise Location enabled, the app
✔ receives precise GPS coordinates
✔ tracks trips which reflect the route you took
With Background App Refresh enabled, the app
✔ keeps tracking your trip once your phone is locked
✔ keeps tracking your trip when you are using another app
Please note
If the Background App Refresh switch is unavailable, then you will need to disable Low Power Mode and then toggle the Background App Refresh ON.
With Low Power mode turned off, the app tracks your trips when your phone is locked or when you are using another app
Android Settings Requirements
- Allow Driversnote to access Physical Activity (also know as "Body Sensor")
- Set Location permission to "All the time"
- Disable Battery Saving settings
- Disable Low Power Mode
This will
✔ improve overall tracking performance
✔ help conserve battery when not moving
Read more on Why does Driversnote need access Motion & Fitness
This will allow the app to
✔ track your trips consistently
✔ receive GPS coordinates when you open another app or when your screen is locked
✔ log the total distance of your trips
Driversnote
⚠️ does not want to know where you are at all times and does not record location data unless you are driving
⚠️ does not share / sell any of your personal information - all your data, including your trip data, belongs to you and you alone
Read more on Why does Driversnote need access to Location
Disable Battery Saving settings (also known as “Battery Optimization”, “Doze”, “(Deep) Sleeping Apps”).
Unfortunately, these settings terminate background apps including fitness apps and mileage tracking apps such as Driversnote. This results in coordinate gaps and even missed trips.
Read more Battery Optimization Troubleshooting for Android devices
With Low Power mode turned off, the app tracks your trips when your phone is locked or when you are using another app
Auto-tracking with the iBeacon Settings Requirements
- Allow Driversnote to access Bluetooth
- Enable Bluetooth
Without the Bluetooth permission the app is not able to track your trips with the iBeacon.
This will enable the Driversnote app to connect to your iBeacon device and track your trips.
Read more on How to set up your iBeacon