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Written by on December 10th, 2008 in FixMyStreet, Launches

Download the FixMyStreet iPhone app on the App StoreUpdate February 2013: The iPhone app has dated and we thought it best to remove it from the marketplace for now. We are working on new apps for both Android and iOS.

In the mean time, please access FixMyStreet via your mobile’s browser, at www.FixMyStreet.com: the site is optimised for mobile and should provide an experience that’s every bit as smooth as an app.

 

I’m very excited to announce that the iPhone app for FixMyStreet is now live and available for download on the App Store (link opens the App Store in iTunes). You can now record a problem when out and about with your iPhone, using its camera and GPS, ready for checking and submitting to the council. Hopefully people will find this useful! :)

Download FixMyStreet iPhone on the App Store.

35 Comments

  1. Mark Lomas says:

    I’ll definately find it useful! Found out about FixMyStreet through online reports about this App! Great idea!

  4. Pete says:

    There is no way to cancel a report once you have started except holding down the home button to force quit out of the app.

  5. Matthew says:

    Hi Pete,

    I’m not sure what you mean, I’m afraid. If you decide you don’t want to make a report, then you simply quit the app as with any other application on the iPhone? When you return to the app, your previous data is still there (in case you only had to look at something else briefly, e.g. a phone call), but you can overwrite it simply by changing the information. If you meant something else, please do let me know.

  7. Cllr Martin Cook says:

    Fantastic! Unfortunately I have just upgraded to a Blackberry Bold, it would be fantastic to see this platform supported as well. I already use the Blackberry to photograph and geotag my reports but I still have to spend a lot of time entering reports on the website when I get home.

  11. Richard George says:

    Rob:

    Unfortunately this seems to be a problem of the iPhone platform and not the fault of the individual apps. It’s particularly common with apps installed directly onto the phone (I don’t know if this is true in your case), and the solutions include:

    1) Power the phone right off and restart it (hold both buttons down until the red slider appears).

    and/or

    2) Delete the app and re-install it via iTunes.

    Unfortunately this is not something Matthew’s likely to be able to fix, as it’s probably not the app causing the problem!

  13. Matt Johnson says:

    Nice one, this works great. It would be nice though to have a “clear” or “cancel” button that wiped the current data and let you start again from scratch.

  14. Matthew says:

    Jeff: Sorry, I didn’t want to get lots of support mail from irate non-GB users asking why it didn’t work :) When you’re in Britain, would the App Store let you download it then?

    Matt: Thanks. I did think about this, but decided that a clear button was superfluous, given you can simply overwrite whatever’s there (the “x” icon on the text fields clear those). It might be slightly untidy to a person with a clear mind, but I’m sure they’ll cope :-)

  15. Patrick Weber says:

    Sorry, I dont find this useful because I have a Symbian Device!

    Now in isolation, my statement sounds rather selfish. BUT, if you had to pick one platform, why didnt you go for the one with the biggest market share, eg Symbian (over 50%). Or even better, do a Midlet which runs on an ever wider percentage of mobile phones in use?

  16. Matthew says:

    Because I didn’t want to learn Java and already knew C? :) Seriously, the fact there is now an interface to post to FixMyStreet, we hope applications for other platforms will be written; this has been discussed on our mailing list multiple times recently, with a few volunteers interested or already writing.

  17. P.Sheldon says:

    Hi.I live in sheffield and pass thro South Anston quite a lot ,for the passed 2 months i have noticed on the (A57) Keep Left bollards unlit,I would have thought that would be a priority as i think is very dangerous espeally when travelling from worksop hope you will look into this matter Regards P.Sheldon

  18. Matthew says:

    I have just downloaded the iPhone app and there is no ‘Your Details’ section.
    Please advise if this is a design change and whether any personal details are submitted.
    Thanks

  19. Matthew says:

    No changes have been made to the iPhone application. Your Details won’t appear until it’s needed, ie. when you first try and make a report. Only data you provide is submitted to the site, and nothing is sent to an external council without your confirmation later on.

  22. Aidan says:

    I would love this on my Android G1 (http://www.androidg1.org/)

    Failing that being able to start a report by uploading a geo-tagged photo would be awesome.

    Many GPS enabled phones embed the location data into the images, check the exif data and you can often see long and lat coords.

  23. James says:

    Hiya

    Why has the iPod touch been excluded? Just because it doesn’t have a phone and built in GPS doesn’t mean it isn’t useful!

    I can tether it to my mobile phone ( wireless 3G ) or just use it when I have wireless access.

    Please enable this app for the iPod touch

    James

  24. j d douglas says:

    1 live at geltside,high heworth lane, felling, tyne and wear.when cable tv was installed a few years ago,the pavement was patched up by the council,and i mean patched up.the bottom end of the street was remade with red tarmac and looks very nice, but from the island at the bottom of watermill lane up to the ship inn is in a deplorable state. i have e-mailed the council and was informed that the matter was in hand, but nothing has happened yet. perhaps you could have more success than me.
    yours sincerely. j d douglas

  28. Foomandoonian says:

    A great app, but I was hoping I would be able to use it to see problems that have been reported around me. Still, you have the most useful functionality in here.

  29. Michael Shears says:

    I was extremely pleased with the fix my street iphone app. Until OS3.0 was released. Now it doesn’t work properly. When I take a photo and try to use it, it crashes the program.:(

  31. Richard Brooksby says:

    The app store link no longer works and a search does not find the application. Is it gone?

  35. Martin Stephenson says:

    There is now a new Free iPhone app which simplifies submitting reports to FixMyStreet whilst out and about. This new app has been endorsed by the fixmystreet team and is linked on their FAQ.

    Further details and iTunes download link can be found at http://www.streetreport.co.uk

    Martin
    Author of StreetReport

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