Lowrance GoFree Controller for Android
Not sure if it's app or connection .....panisonic fza1 tablet .....won't stay connected to WiFi keeps loosing WiFi from hds gen 3 and sometimes won't let me reconnect let it set there it will find and reconnect does this on Galaxy tab 4 also......sometimes app stops and goes back to connection screen
Can only be used to view/control whats shown on the plotter itself (repeater?). Would be nice if the app could view/control independently so you could have different full size sonar/map/sidescan/radar pages on the moble device and the plotter. I don't see a use for this app as it is.
Trying to get this downloaded on A Surface Tablet. Not working for me has anyone been able to do so?
Won't connect to the phone directly. Only mirrors the screen and can't even control it. Really completly pointless and useless. Raymarine have it correct allowing you to control your plotter AND use your phone as an extra screen for differant views
Once upon a time this worked. Now on Marshmallow, I just get a blank screen with a spinning thing. The controls works so I know its connecting. This is on a Nexus 7 running 6.0.1. About as straight android as it gets.
The app works well with my HDS-9 Gen3 on a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. The problem is the screen times out on the tablet and you have to start over. Navico should change the software controls so that the screen stays on just like when using Google Maps for navigation.
Can't make any changes on my tablet can only view. That can only be done with a apple tablet. My Samsung tab 12.2 is not able to can only view the screen. Why don't you guys open this to Samsung tablets too?
Just got new tab s 10.5 and app does not display new lowrance gen3 hds12 or 7 on screen. IPad gen 3 works great. Tab S connects and controls only menu driven. Too bad the Tab S android doesn't work cause screen and feel of Samsung tab s is quicker.
Can only view screen from app when using cell phone. Cannot change between screens, or adjust sonar settings from app. Useful as a viewer and even then I have to be connected to my home wifi network. Will not connect away from wifi. Perhaps Lowrance only needs to provide more in-depth directions, but it's hard to say what is needed from a user standpoint.
This seems to work very well with the new Elite 7 TI. Cursor is a bit laggy but buttons and sliders have very little lag and work very well on my Nexus 7 (2012)
Works well on Galaxy Note 3 and IPad 4 even using it on the boat for an extra mapping display. Awesome!
i have a HDS9 Gen2 couldn't be happy more .. the system is great but the go free softeware was not as expected .. it connects but it only shows the one screen the one on the system and no control or changes could be don from the go free software .. bummer
Awesome. All regular functions available with the HDS gen 3.
Great app
Said it is a gtay app
Any reason why it wont work on my new samsung S5???? any one have any ideas
Works like a champ!
Not really liking the fact that you can only control it from a tablet and can't do any settings on a phone
I love my touch screen even more with young wifi!
It's a great feature to have. But it needs actual full screen support. And with these newer phones it needs to have controlling features for the phones not just tablets.
So far every Android connection drops connection and nearly impossible to reconnect with this app. The iPad/iphone never drops connection. This needs a lot of work.
This feature has turned out to be much more useful than I originally imagined. All we need now is an app for windows 8 tablets!
Awesome app. Just what I need. Thanks Navico
Tankyou
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Blank screen, no display. Tried new go free link, same result. Disappointing as it was one of the reasons I bought the Gen 3 HDS rather than the cheaper gen2. Hope I haven't wasted my money!