Please see my other replies (e.g. http://androidforums.com/android-applications/14917-acar-track-your-vehicles-5.html#post707133).
The short answer is "yes, you'll lose them IF you don't have any backup from your data".
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aCar - Track your vehicles
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Please see my other replies (e.g. http://androidforums.com/android-applications/14917-acar-track-your-vehicles-5.html#post707133).
The short answer is "yes, you'll lose them IF you don't have any backup from your data".
I'm so sorry for the data loss. You can take a look at my other reply (http://androidforums.com/android-applications/14917-acar-track-your-vehicles-5.html#post707133) to find out why it has happened.
Please note that taking backup of your data has been always important in any software. You can easily lose your data with a phone crash or reset, hardware failure and many other reasons.
That's why I've implemented the backup feature. Please please please backup your data before anything bad happens...
I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Yes, it can be a good trick to uninstall and reinstall in order to run the auto restore if the previous auto restore has failed.
By the way, would you please do me a favor and send me the backup file which you've failed with?
Thank you,
The main problem with many of the users who have lost their data is that they didn't have any backup of their data at all!
If one has taken backup in regular order, the files are stored on phone SD Card and uninstalling the application won't delete them! The first time he launches the "reinstalled" version, the auto-restore will popup and restore his data from the backup files.
Note: When you uninstall an application (whatever not just aCar), Android deletes its database as well but DOES NOT TOUCH the contents of SD Card. So backup is the key here, as it is with many other softwares...
When I released v2.0.0, and 2.0.1 after that, I was busy enough for not to update this thread to announce the release and to ask for feedback (although I've already got many)...
Now it's the time! Guys, I need your feedback and comments on this major update... Keep them coming! Thankssss!
Now it's the time! Guys, I need your feedback and comments on this major update... Keep them coming! Thankssss!
the problem here is, on first updating, it worked, I browsed through the new interface, it failed when I tried opening it to add a fill up later.
the first time I'd uninstalled and reinstalled it, it still force closed.
the second time, it just didn't find the backup files(due to SD card being mounted on the computer I think, forgot to select unmount) and opened with no data.
the third time, it worked.
as it worked, there is no file it failed with now.
Since I don't think I've backed up, I downloaded 1.3.1 (Hero running 1.5) and installed it but still get a FC error each time I try to open the program. It gets farther than it did with 2.x.x though, meaning that I now get the header bar with aCar in it instead of not advancing past a black screen.
Yes yes yes! And if at all possible to incorporate the ability to import data from ProfileMD for Palm OS, that would be even more amazing. I wish I knew how to program so I could create this app myself.
Nitecaller
Newbie
Just found and loaded your app so far it looks great!
Is there a spot to save basic maintenance info for each vehicle like Oil/Air Filter, headlight numbers and such to save you looking them up when you need them?
I'm going to use this to also track our ATVs so this will be pretty useful! Only thing is you usually track ATV and work equipment maintenance by hours instead of miles.
Thanks for putting together this app for us!
Is there a spot to save basic maintenance info for each vehicle like Oil/Air Filter, headlight numbers and such to save you looking them up when you need them?
I'm going to use this to also track our ATVs so this will be pretty useful! Only thing is you usually track ATV and work equipment maintenance by hours instead of miles.
Thanks for putting together this app for us!
You are quite right! I confirm the bug. But the good news is that this has already been fixed in the upcoming 2.0.2
I just installed 2.0.2, and I still see the same issue. Am I doing something wrong?
Cad
stephenphill
Lurker
Would you believe that I was just going to look into what aCar meant by "backup" when I got the first FC? I was curious because of the $/day discrepancy, I thought if I tried a backup/export I might look at the data to see if it was really going wrong.
I am in the same boat as user "Spuzzem" reported, after installing the older version you gave a link to I now can get a blue screen with the aCar title bar at the top - but then another FC.
Is there anything else that can be done to recover the data? I had assumed it was stored on the SD card and I could just copy it off before an uninstall but now I see that it isn't.
This is a Sprint HTC Hero, so it is 1.5 of course.
Thanks,
kokiangel
Android Expert
My backup is stored on my sdcard under data/com.zonewalker.acar. See if that is on your sdcard.
I backup my information every time I complete any entry in acar just to be safe. That way if I redo a ROM or change a theme or whatever, I know my information is recoverable. Just a click away.
I backup my information every time I complete any entry in acar just to be safe. That way if I redo a ROM or change a theme or whatever, I know my information is recoverable. Just a click away.
Then you should do a clean install (uninstall any installed version and reinstall) and you can directly go for 2.x.x.
If you want to know what's going on and why this bug came up all of a sudden, please read the "Important Note" section (at "Introduction" block) at the following address:
ZoneWalker.com
Is this widely used in Palm world? I have no problem adding as many application import as I can, but I should be sure it's something popular and is (or has been) widely used.
- EDIT: Further checking ProfileMD shows that it's used for health tracking! Is this what you meant?
For the moment, you can use "Notes" field in vehicle to record such information. But I have a plan to add some further fields support to vehicles.
I'm going to use this to also track our ATVs so this will be pretty useful! Only thing is you usually track ATV and work equipment maintenance by hours instead of miles.
You are right. And I'm getting more votes for supporting ATVs, bikes and boats which are all based on hours. I'm not sure how well I can integrate such features in order to keep the usage simple. From what I can see, I don't see this implemented in near future. I should think and brainstorm more about this... Or I might need to come up with a new app. Who knows! ;-)
Don't you have any fillup records? The "Total" block in statistics sum up both fillup and service values... If you want service specific or fillup specific stats, you should look at their own blocks.
By the way, would you please send me (email) a backup of your data so that I can restore here and investigate more on your problem?
Thank you,
I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. If you're experiencing the same problem even after installing 1.3.1, you have no other option but to uninstall any version you have and do a clean install of 2.x.x.
By uninstalling the app, you will lose your data if you do not have any backup.
Your backup files (if any) are stored on your SD Card at the following directory:
/data/com.zonewalker.acar/
Hope there will be some automatic backup files there to restore from.
Unfortunately this was completely out of my control as I've already stated. There is a bug (issue #2047: Issue 2047 - android - Market copy protection totally breaks file access after updating - Project Hosting on Google Code) in Android 1.5 which causes this problem when a developer changes the copy protection flag of his application... But why did I change that flag? Because not all Android devices can see the copy protected apps. I've already received many complaints from users who could not find aCar in Google Market. I had to remove the copy protection flag so that everybody could find the app... and you know the rest!
Again I do apologies for all the inconvenience I've caused you :-(
I will consider this for my next app ;-)
I tried to go over all the posts and may have missed some. Is there a way to import data from a CSV file, more specifically transfer data from Gas Cubby to aCar? Please let me know. I just switched to Android and would like to keep my more than 2 years of data.
Let me know. Thanks.
Update: Never mind, I see the CSV import option and will be going over the help section.
Let me know. Thanks.
Update: Never mind, I see the CSV import option and will be going over the help section.
I also use Gas Cubby on my ipod touch. Let me know how the import goes when switching to aCar. I have been messing around with aCar a little and am thinking about switching but I have a couple of years of data in Gas Cubby.