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Author Topic: iPhone app keeps video stream going even after phone lock  (Read 5667 times)

Mackie1604

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iPhone app keeps video stream going even after phone lock
« on: February 26, 2012, 04:44:53 PM »

This causes massive 3G data to be used.  If you don't close the app first it just keeps streaming and eating data + battery.

This data screen cap is for 10 minutes after locking the phone with the app open.

When the phone locks, the app should kill the video streaming.

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Mackie1604

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Re: iPhone app keeps video stream going even after phone lock
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 10:21:08 AM »

No, that doesn't make sense.

When the app is suspended it doesn't use data (go back to your iphone menu, then lock the device).  The only time this happens is when you are in the DLINK Application and you lock your phone without closing the application. 

The application should automatically stop streaming data to the app if you lock your phone.  You can't use that data, nor can you see it because your phone is locked.

This would be like if you had YOUTUBE open on your phone, watched a video and hit "Lock" on your phone and it kept playing in the background the entire time the phone was locked.  That doesn't happen though....youtube app stops streaming when you lock your phone.
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Mackie1604

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Re: iPhone app keeps video stream going even after phone lock
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 09:26:54 PM »

The lock feature is a saftey/privacy mechanism so that someone doesnt use your phone if unattended. Kind of like a screensaver if you want to use an analogy. Windows continues to run in the background and outlook continues to download emails despite your screensaver protecting your system from prying eyes or loose unknown fingers. Simple procedure--- if you dont want to run the DLINK app then shut it down. Also, YouTube videos have fixed duration and do not represent a continuious connection by default as does viewing your cam remotely. I think it works for its internded purpose and is designed properly for normal usage under normal circumstances. I suppose we could ask DLINK to make it an option to close the way you want for special situations.

Sorry, this is a mobile app, not a desktop and it needs to take bandwidth and the mobile restrictions around using a phone into consideration.  There is zero warning this occurs after a phone lock.  Zero.  It drains your battery and sucks your data dry.  This is simply a bad design.  They designed it like its a desktop app, and shouldn't have.

There is zero benefit to keeping the stream going as you cant rewind.

So why not just make the application "pause video stream when phone locks or user hits the home button"?  Seems simple enough and prevents this from happening.  I have never seen an app eat resources like this after a phone lock.  It's clearly an oversight by dlink.

No application should ever use your battery and/or data when not physically being used.

I would really like someone from dlink to comment. 
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