Android Phone Presence Sensing

[Scott_Barton (Scott)]

@eric10k93

The best solution I have found is to make the geofencing radius in SmartThings to be absolutely huge. I’m talking a couple of miles in diameter.

@GacAttack

My grocery store, my gym, my gas station, and some other things are all within 1 mile of my house. I’m glad such a large radius works for you, but it won’t be a viable workaround for many people.

Check out this solution. It uses ST Presence, IFTT Location, and WiFi to determine if you are actually home. See bottom paragraph of this post to see exactly how big you need to make your Geofence.
Since doing this I have not had any issues.

Fix for Android presence arrival problems

I think I have come up with a work around for smart phone app presence constantly arriving and leaving even when home. I created a Virtual Presence Sensor using the Universal Virtual Device Type Handler. I then use 3 IFTTT recipes and an ST Smart App to control the Virtual Presence IFTTT Android Location enters a location, turn on ST Virtual Presence Sensor. This location is the same size GeoFence as ST IFTTT Android Location leaves a location, turn off ST Virtual Presence Sensor. This location is much bigger as it includes the areas where Google thinks I’m jumping around to (more on that later) ST Smart Lighting App to turn on Virtual Presence Sensor when my Android Presence Sensor arrives. IFTTT Android connects to Home WiFi turn on ST Virtual Presence Sensor Now change your R…