STARSENSE EXPLORER APP UPDATE - PLUS COMPATABILITY INFORMATION.

[paulastro]

The app was updated to version 1.1.7.2 yesterday, August 4th.

When I was searching details of the new update I came across something very useful for finding out if your phone is compatable with the app.  Previously I thought the Celestron list for compatability was the place to go.

However, as most people know by now, it only includes the phones they have tested and also it can have your phone on the list  but under another name so that it appears your phone is not on there when it actually is!

Go into Google Play, search for Starsense Explorer and press on it. You will see the following.

It shows the date of the app update. Tap on the arrow to the right of What's new, and this appears.

Scroll down to the bottom and you will see this.

You can see that underneath compatability for your active device, it shows your device, in my case SAMSUNG SM - A528B.  In the UK its better known as the A52s 5G.  The former is presumably the name it comes under on Celestrons list, which is why it isn't there and I was told by Celestron it wasn't on the list!

More importantly, it clearly shows the app is compatable with my device - whatever of the names it comes under.

It seems the answer as to if our phones are compatable with the app has, literally, been in our own hands all the time 😄.

 

[DaveL59]

I guess many who've never looked to customise the OS and aren't maybe on XDA have never paid attention to the phone's boot up screen where it'd show the Samsung designation for the device. Always useful to note this however when you want to confirm a specific accessory will work with your device - glass screen protectors and even cases. The device ID can also be found in the phone's settings, about screens as well as on the OEM box. So I guess Celestron used that as it would clearly ID the variant of the device they've tested as confirmed to work as there are likely a number of variants of a model like the A52, A13 etc and they may vary according to the market they were sold into.

At least you now know yours is, what's the exact device ID of your friend's A13? Is that also on the list?

[paulastro]

4 minutes ago, DaveL59 said:

I guess many who've never looked to customise the OS and aren't maybe on XDA have never paid attention to the phone's boot up screen where it'd show the Samsung designation for the device. Always useful to note this however when you want to confirm a specific accessory will work with your device - glass screen protectors and even cases. The device ID can also be found in the phone's settings, about screens as well as on the OEM box. So I guess Celestron used that as it would clearly ID the variant of the device they've tested as confirmed to work as there are likely a number of variants of a model like the A52, A13 etc and they may vary according to the market they were sold into.

At least you now know yours is, what's the exact device ID of your friend's A13? Is that also on the list?

Thanks Dave.  I phoned him to ask him to look, but he was not available so I don't know yet.