Hema trainwreck.. dont update your devices!

From the initial large change a while back which was annoying and I fixed it by a complete removal and start again but since then I'm having no issues on my Android devices.

I do feel though that there decision not to continue with the Windows version to be a backward step as sometimes I like to use it on a larger screen.

Stehen.
Unless the HEMA company or it's programmers have SPECIFICALLY ADDED a "DO NOT UPGRADE" notice to their site, as you go to use any upgrade , whenever prompted users go to update, they might just do that without knowing and BINGO. "HEMA DOWNED".
Ok on here for Duncan to tell people but unless the average user is somehow TOLD NOT TO, the damage will happen.
BIG MISTAKE from the company, and far beyond other hiccup BUG type issues with other systems. David & Michelle have often said they test the changes on many devices and OS. HEMA appear to not have checked ANYTHING on their devices.
A bad Brainware issue.

I'm not sure that a lot of owners of Microsoft Windows would agree with that last line. My Pro version allows me to defer updates, but only up to 5 weeks, but it's different for the more common version.

RMD

Every registered Hema user, including me received an email with specific instructions not to do the upgrade until they send out another email advising users it is then ok to upgrade and not sure why Duncan called it another Trainwreck.

Stephen, we have NEVER had an update do this. Never. So please don't make statements about our updates that are untrue. This is very serious and critical issue and if you read the link supplied Hema have made it very clear that the developer has gone rogue and they have lost control of their entire cloud and all their products and if that update gets installed all their users are affected. That type of malicious behaviour is not possible when the developer is the business owner such as in our case so this comment from you is very disappointing to even suggest.

Stephen.
I have friends with Hema navigator products but not me! However, no one has said an ALERT HAD BEEN SENT OUT before YOU DID today. So people reply with the concept being delivered to them. We presume they are telling the truth.

Still think I'm being unfair calling this an absolute train wreck Stephen?

References please?

https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0010/666910/2024FCA1127.docx?v=0.1.1

Tks. It's messy isn't it.

I really liked the vector maps available in the Hema 4x4 Explorer app but the app had bugs. Often when cloud access was not available it was not possible to start the app. The work around was to never close the app when off grid. With the app very dependent on its cloud services and the cloud services being removed by one of the Hema feuding parties, I have had to look for alternative mapping solutions. As compensation for the outage, Hema gave me a free license to their rastor maps for use in Memor-Maps but these do not work as well as vector maps in my use case. I am evaluating ExploreOz and my initial observations of the ExplorOz Traveller app is WOW. It is user friendly, works well, and the vector maps are comparable to the Hema vector maps. It will be some time before Hema gets their act together in the digital map delivery space, so I guess I'll be around here for a while.