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LibreLink app

Westley

Westley

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Have any of you been using the new official Libre Android app?
How are you finding it so far? any issues?

I've been using Glimp (a non-official Libre android app) a lot when out and about over the last few months, and have been generally pleased with it, and enjoying not having to carry an extra device. I like that it lets me start reading without the 1 hour wait at the start, and carry on a little after the official end of the sensor. Values are generally very similar to those with the reader, but Glimp seems to do a bit less smoothing, which I actually prefer, as I think it sometimes shows up changes of direction sooner.
One downside has been missing the analytics in the Libre Windows software though, as I don't always scan with the regular reader every 8 hours. Another negative is that the NFC sensor on my phone needs to be <~2 cm away to work, compared to ~10 cm with the reader, though I guess this probably varies between phones.

I think when I start my next sensor I'm going to give this LibreLink a go. I notice in the EULA they warn that non official apps such as Glimp may interfere with it - I'm guessing they are just covering themselves and doubt running both will cause an issue, though it would be great if anyone can confirm that.
 
I had an email about it. I had a look at the website when a pop up told me it isn't available in my country. (UK). Is this correct?
 
I got the same pop-up from the LibreLink website, but the link to the Play store works fine and let me download it.
 
I used Glimp but it wasn't reliable for me, sometimes the NFC just wouldn't work.
I now use the official app and I do love it. A lot more than the original reader.
My only qualms is the 8 hours, it should be 12 hours - because I do sometimes sleep more than 8 hours.
 
Brit90 said:
I used Glimp but it wasn't reliable for me, sometimes the NFC just wouldn't work.
I now use the official app and I do love it. A lot more than the original reader.
My only qualms is the 8 hours, it should be 12 hours - because I do sometimes sleep more than 8 hours.
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I belive the problem is the sensor design it only has enough memory for 8 hours of readings :¬(

The only wacky app that would fix this would be duct taping your phone to your arm and having the app wake up every 6 hours to dump the sensors memory to the phone (thus emptying the sensor memory for another 8 hours of reading)

Of course this is a joke but the concepts sound :¬)
 
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