I created action to open my garage door when I approach the house. I don’t think it worked because while I had my phone, but tablet (which I used to setup my smartthings hub_ was still in the house. Is that maybe what caused it to fail? Also, is there a way for me to run the mobile app on my table…

[image] Scott_Chapman: while I had my phone, Did you setup you mobile phone as a “Presence Sensor”???

Oh probably, I suspect it was the default, don’t recall the option. I do know that my tablet and phone both show up as presence devices on the IDE site when I view my things.

You should use different logins on different devices. For mobile presence to work, you have to enroll each device separately in the smart things app. As long as you don’t enroll those devices which you don’t want to track, they won’t be monitored… Also, even if you have presence enabled, you can a…

The answer is yes. I have my mobile phone as a presence detector and my tablets are not. You have to add the mobile phone as a presence sensor under “Connect New Device” If both are there you need to delete one. One for most mobile devices presence is weird. I would never have it trigger my garag…

Thanks for the details. I went ahead and removed my tablet. I realize I probably didn’t configure my “I’m Back” event, so I’ll try again. But what you say about presence detection with mobile phone is disappointing. I will try it (since I like not having to carry something else) for a while and see…

[image] Scott_Chapman: But what you say about presence detection with mobile phone is disappointing Don’t know about iOs but my Samsung S6 as Presence sensor works very well. I have installed Life360 on it as well, added that to ST (Life360 Connect) and set it up as a Presence sensor. I have …

Oh that good to know. Have you tried just the regular ST Presence sensor (not the life360)?

[image] Scott_Chapman: regular ST Presence senso I assume you mean the mobile phone??? Yes (Samsung Galaxy S6) … If you mean the key fob. I have an old version of this fob and it is useless, Stopped using it months ago,

The mobile phone works fine once you dial it in. It has to do with a few factors, mostly around detecting where you are. For example if my phone is in my pocket, while driving it may not be able to get a good lock on my location. I ended up increasing the distance it checks for, and its been prett…

Can I run app but not act as presence device?

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desertblade (Ben W) February 13, 2016, 7:14pm 11

Here is a thread about what I experienced last month. It seems to be an issue with Marshmallow and that is what I am running on both my Androids. It seems to be a little better, but there are still some delays in detecting presence.

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Mobile Presence Issues? Connected Things	15	3499	August 24, 2015
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Can I run app but not act as presence device?

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