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Offline ZfrenchyTopic starter

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EEvBlog 121GW Bluetooth
« on: October 22, 2024, 12:46:17 am »
hello all,

Apologize in advance if the topic was discussed before, but the forum is so huge, I cannot find the info I am looking for.


Just got my multimeter GW121, bought it especially for the bluetooth function, which can be a very good help for my day job of troubleshooting low voltage.  But, I am disappointed, the Android App (Meteor) cannot be installed on my phone, because the phone is too recent, now I am limited to deploy my laptop and the Windows app (which I was required to buy a more recent Bluetooth/USB dongle).

What is the most recent Android App for this multimeter, for live reading, and logging through Bluetooth ?
 

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Re: EEvBlog 121GW Bluetooth
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2024, 11:58:05 am »
you have an huge 121gw thread here      you should have done a search and posted there instead,  but do a read  it may help you
 

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Re: EEvBlog 121GW Bluetooth
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2024, 02:23:51 am »
just past 2 hours of my life looking for answers about what recent app will work with the 121gw.

experience not good, nothing recent work with an Android phone.


If I do not find an reason to keep this meter, I will classified EEVBlog 121GW as a SCAM product, not giving the result spec on the product !
 

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Re: EEvBlog 121GW Bluetooth
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2024, 02:51:51 am »
you have an huge 121gw thread here      you should have done a search and posted there instead,  but do a read  it may help you

I mean the last page of the 121GW thread also basically says there is no app supported on any recent Android version.  Which is pretty much par for the course with android.  Simple intrinsically secure apps are kicked off for being "out of date" even though there is nothing wrong with them while adware laden crap that is privacy violating by design is promoted as long as it gets recompiled once a year for the latest android version (cramming ever more invasive ads and trackers in while they are at it).
 

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Re: EEvBlog 121GW Bluetooth
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2024, 03:02:53 pm »
If is just that, nobody can recompile for the newest android OS ?
 

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Re: EEvBlog 121GW Bluetooth
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2024, 04:43:45 pm »
If is just that, nobody can recompile for the newest android OS ?

Go for it.  The source code is available, and so it Android Studio.
 

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Re: EEvBlog 121GW Bluetooth
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2024, 09:51:59 pm »
FYI, the Meteor app for the 121GW was just updated today for Android 14 compatibility:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.westerncomputational.meteor&hl=en_AU&pli=1
 
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