PDA UPDATE : Please use this thread for any PDA problems!

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 25 Apr 2020, 01:17

Superposed it is is like code 10 ie dead but as such a great leader of men the nation and humanity he will polish as turd and you will get one. Can we find anyone who thinks in the UK or are all the lights out?

postypie · Post by **postypie** » 26 Apr 2020, 17:50

A2B wrote:
postypie wrote:oh and the pen has disappeared ages ago when i was on hols...told line manager /Dom...usual response..We will sort it out..order a new pen...as usual nothing gets done...customers have had to use their fingers for several months to sign for items....unbelievable in these times!
Please tell me you are talking in the past tense and are not asking customers for signatures at the moment?

sorry....all this happened just before coronavirus ....lol

Grumpyoldmailman · Post by **Grumpyoldmailman** » 26 Apr 2020, 18:31

I wonder if there’s an update to fix the update ready for us tomorrow.

Mr Rush · Post by **Mr Rush** » 26 Apr 2020, 23:27

Grumpyoldmailman wrote:I wonder if there’s an update to fix the update ready for us tomorrow.

We can speed up the rollout of the update by not testing it... just like all the others.

Kirk.watson · Post by **Kirk.watson** » 15 Mar 2025, 11:47

Have this issue with my pda about to be doing a area i dont know at all

qwerty2 · Post by **qwerty2** » 15 Mar 2025, 19:08

That’s the manager’s problem
Work to your time and take stuff back

Eadinator · Post by **Eadinator** » 17 Mar 2025, 07:21

Some QOL requests.

- Please can it display the current DPR route you are looking it, e.g. 'Adhoc27', in case you forget.
- 'Depart Depot' requires you to hold for 7 seconds. If you just press it no feedback is given to the user, maybe a progress meter on how long left you have to hold it.
- Under no circumstances should an Adhoc manifest created in Indoor containing a bad item silently fail, and cause the route not to appear in Outdoor, requiring bisection of the parcels to identify the problematic parcel. Maybe make the route appear in Outdoor with an exclamation mark icon and when you go into it the problematic parcel has an exclamation mark next to it as well.
- Accidental signing in / out (SISO) is possible, e.g. by pocket pressing. Maybe make this a hold action (with above progress meter feedback).
- Logging in and setting up the device takes way too long.
- Taking a photo with Flash takes way too long.
- Navigation has road names truncated.
- It would be useful for Navigation to display current speed alongside speed limit.
- In Navigation, it's not entirely clear what the red dot, red and white dot and green dot symbolize.
- Allow Battery Saver to be turned on at any point, not just when it reaches 20% due to the Android notification.
- Allow you to display historical MyPerformance data not just a one week window.
- Add a 'All green thumbs up' button to Vehicle Check.
- Display current logged in user username
- Add change password functionality.
- Allow multiple people to number up parcels at the same time (as a feature, not multiple people going on at same time hack).
- Allow manual route reorganisation at any point (drag and drop stops), even in Outdoor. Route optimisation is not perfect.
- Add a scanning of a parcel feature to display its essential information, e.g. address, track and trace.

Thank you for your consideration.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 17 Mar 2025, 08:34

A good thing they could do would be to split the MC stuff and DO stuff into separate apps. Don't know if it would also help if the DO Indoor and DO Outdoor stuff were to also be separate apps.

postslippete · Post by **postslippete** » 17 Mar 2025, 21:18

The best thing they could do with our PDAs is to delete half the cr*p that's on it. I'm sure this is why it often crashes upon logging in and is often egg timing while scanning parcels in.

DryPop · Post by **DryPop** » 17 Mar 2025, 23:22

A QOL suggestion.
A feature that lets you know if you're missing a parcel when you've finished loading up your van. For example, when using the van loading tool, it will ping if you've missed scanning a parcel. I can't be the only one to misplace an occasional parcel or have a tracked letter hiding in a york & not realizing till you arrive at the property & can't find it in the van.
Of course I could manually check whether all parcels are present before dispatch but having this feature would make it more efficient.

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 18 Mar 2025, 10:29

Just wondering if anyone from RM actually looks at this thread - Postman asked RM to look at this thread about five years ago. Whether they do or not....

Seems bizarre that we have to report faults/suggest improvements on an unofficial chat board due to lack of engagement at shop floor level!

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