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! :)
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December 11th, 2008 at 12:42pm
I’ll definately find it useful! Found out about FixMyStreet through online reports about this App! Great idea!
December 11th, 2008 at 1:16pm
Not used this but an S60v3 or Windows Mobile App would be excellent I would certainly use it.
Andy
December 11th, 2008 at 1:30pm
I’d love to see this in Australia.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:22pm
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.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:40pm
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.
December 11th, 2008 at 3:18pm
Awesome!!!!
December 11th, 2008 at 6:51pm
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.
December 11th, 2008 at 7:20pm
Great App!!! Just today, walking from work I could have use it 3 times. Great work.
December 12th, 2008 at 9:37am
Locks up completely on my iPhone, requiring a hard reboot after taking a photo. FixYourApp.
December 12th, 2008 at 9:46am
I’m sorry to hear that, rob. :-/ The app was tested by Apple before approval and passed, and others have successfully made problem reports; I don’t do anything fancy in the code. f you’re willing, you should get a crash log on your computer next time you sync your iPhone, details here: http://www.anoshkin.net/blog/2008/09/09/iphone-crash-logs/ - if you’d care to email us any log files, I can take a look.
December 12th, 2008 at 10:04pm
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!
December 13th, 2008 at 4:52pm
Why can’t I get the app in the U.S., even if just to look at it (or use it next I’m in Britain)? Drat.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:22am
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.
January 7th, 2009 at 1:14pm
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 :-)
January 13th, 2009 at 5:01pm
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?
January 13th, 2009 at 5:13pm
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.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:42am
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
February 13th, 2009 at 10:17am
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
February 13th, 2009 at 10:19am
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.
March 10th, 2009 at 12:21pm
Would it be possible to develop a Blackberry application?
March 10th, 2009 at 3:22pm
Hi James,
We have developed many apps for Blackberry which fit the bill. Have a look on our site but contact me if you want any additional info.
Have a look at this link as it lets you trial some of the apps.
http://www.interchangegroup.com/mobility
Please call 07703 098497 if you have any questions
Paul
March 27th, 2009 at 6:06pm
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.
April 26th, 2009 at 11:40pm
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
April 29th, 2009 at 10:02am
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
May 15th, 2009 at 12:12pm
Great port to android, can you add this to the front page please?
May 30th, 2009 at 4:39pm
Ну так без недостатков достоинства не так заметны :)
May 31st, 2009 at 8:43pm
Blackberry version please!
June 18th, 2009 at 9:07am
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.