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EM1 WiFi Controller App
With Image Share on Live View, I am finding that the app is guzzling up my internet data and I am only on pay-as-you-go. I have returned to Kenya and want to use an iPhone or iPad for LV and capture.
Is there an alternative app to Image Share, which does not need internet? Thanks |
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I may be missing something very obvious here but why is Internet access involved here? The camera communicates point-point with the app on your device using WiFi. No Internet connection is required.
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You beat me to it Ian. I was going to query the same. :rolleyes:
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Not sure what OIShare is doing on the internet at all. I used it all the time for GPS logging on holiday with no noticeable data usage bar downloading Maps if I looked at the logs themselves with a data connection available.
When my E-M10 is connected over WiFi to my iPhone can't see the internet at all (as expected). iOS 11 allows you to disable mobile data on the lock screen - I imagine Android has the same function? |
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Thank you Ross for pointing me in the right direction :) |
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Settings -> iTunes & App Stores -> Use Mobile Data. toggle this to disable it. There is also a switch to control Updates from dowwnloading automatically |
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As above - until recent EU sponsored changes made it unnecessary - I disabled Mobile Data Roaming when ever I left the country.
Roaming is using a foreign network when abroad and was traditionally very expensive - it's now included in your regular usage in the EU. There are fixed day rate options in other places that let you use what you need for a set amount - I used it in the USA. No idea about Africa though. It might be worth buying a PAYG sim locally if you need data and WiFi isn't available but you'd need to ensure your handset is unlocked by your current provider before you go. WiFi still works fine when it's available. You can simply disable all mobile data from the lock screen in iOS11 - green icon here - took me ages to find out what that was for :) You can also set which apps are able to use mobile data at any time as well as control Mobile Roaming etc in this screen in "Settings" FWIW I found the GPS logging from OIShare really useful on a recent road trip to France. I wrote a post on it on another forum I use... https://www.avforums.com/threads/gps...0-mki.2120455/ |
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All very confusing to this bear. |
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When your phone connects to your camera, the camera is acting as a WAP but to a network contained completely within the camera - there is no internet access even though there is a wifi connection. |
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Thanks guys, but now I am thoroughly confused. Give me time to digest this info:-)
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