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Is anyone successfully using the Leica Q app for Android?

 

I cannot connect and wonder if it because Android needs an internet connection to make the Q WiFi app work.  Per Leica support the iPhone iOS will allow a pure WiFi connection between the phone and camera, but they are not sure the Android one will and are researching it.  When I turn on my phone hotspot (to get an internet connection in my case) it automatically disconnects the WiFi, so no connection with my Q.

 

Wondering whether I have to get an iPhone to make the app work in my case, or be around a WiFi source instead of my hotspot for Android to connect.

 

Your help appreciated!

 

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I work with Android and there is no problem.

Since the camera creates ist own Wi-Fi net in order to communicate only with your own devices you do not need an internet connection. But you need to configure your Leica WiFi.network on your smartphone  and give access to your phone. Often then you only need to scan the QR code being shown on the disply of your camera. But I personally find this awkward  so that I prefer to connect via WLAn directly. The WLAN Leica net will be recognized by Android. But as before mentioned you have to check whether you did not forget to allow the Smartphone to accept this connection.

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  • 2 weeks later...

I just un boxed my Leica y Q and have been trying to learn this awesome camera all weekend. Took my 3 months to receive and now I know why. It's an amazing camera. The biggest issue I had was indeed connecting the WiFi. Really the steps around it. Nothing online was really helpful. I have a Router at home and connected it via that avenue and it worked. I began to think about the practicality of that as I am certainly not going to take all my pictures within my Home WiFi range.

 

Iduna (below) is correct. The best way I found to connect was via the built in WiFi the camera enjoys.

 

I have Android Marshmallow update but don't believe  it matters. I am sure you downloaded the Leica Q App on Store.

 

Settings on Camera should be set to:

WLAN>

Make sure WLAN Mode is on Create WLAN >

Backup File Setting JPG>

NFC is Smart Connect & Transfer>

Go to top and click on Connection to get  to second menu>

Select Remote Control

 

Next step was very important

 

Go to Settings on Smart Phone>

Select WiFi

Phone will search for Leica Phone and eventually it will find it.

Tap on Leica Phone>

Enter Passcode on the screen of the Leica Q. You just have to do this once. 

 

Go back to Leica App on Smart Phone

 

Grey circle will recognize Leica Q and ask you to Tap to connect.

 

Voila (hopefully)

 

From this point forward it should take you four clicks to get going again. Leica Q WLAN>Connection>Remote Control>Tap Circle to Connect on App

 

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You can use your router at home to connect both, the Q and your mobile with that home network simultaneously, works nicely.

 

However, you can set up a direct connection just between your phone and your Q, if you are outside taking pictures. It works exactly as Pawlicks described it. With Android, it is important, that - as soon as you have told the Leica Q to provide the Wifi-network - before you start the app, you first connect your Android-phone to that Leica Q-Wifi-network (it will show that Leica Q-network in the list of available Wifi-networks). Watch out - if you are at home, this means your phone will first disconnect from your home network, of course, but I would assume that normally you make use of that direct connection when you are outdoors and out of reach of any Wifi-networks anyway.

Only after your Android phone is connected with the Wifi-network created by the Leica Q you start your Leica Q app.

It takes some seconds until the app does that final step after you tap the grey circle (I always impatiently tap several times until it is connected).

 

I also used to have some connection issues before I started to establish the connection as described.

 

P.S.: You only have to enter the Wifi-passcode (or use the QR-Code for that) the very first time.

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thanks, it's what i am doing, when i start the leica app after i connect to the leica wifi network.

Leica app see the network but always failed to connect, always searching device.  After some time the Leica Q display an error message "could not connect to the device" ( in french) 

This happen in both wifi mode.

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@svasseur:

 

Maybe try the following: Deinstall the Leica Q app completely (including its data), then delete that Q-Wifi-network from the Wifi-list of your Phone, then download and install the app again.

 

That procedure sometimes helps, if - after an Android update - an app isn't working any more. And I just remembered that I also did that when I had the connection issues with my Q.

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Is there anyone on Android 7.0 Nougat with Leica Q app working/connecting properly? The system upgrade killed the app for me. The connection just cannot be established.

 

I own Leica Q and Oneplus 3 smartphone.

Same problem, hope new version coming rapidely

 

 

Envoyé de mon ONEPLUS A3003 en utilisant Tapatalk

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Same problem, hope new version coming rapidely

 

 

Envoyé de mon ONEPLUS A3003 en utilisant Tapatalk

 

Have you tried uninstalling the app/removing data, removing the wifi network and pairing it again? Or switch between host/client type of connection? I will try it today, but I think that unfortunately it's a compatibility issue so we will have to wait for the app update.

 

It's just sad that the app support for the +$4000 camera is so bad.

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Have you tried uninstalling the app/removing data, removing the wifi network and pairing it again? Or switch between host/client type of connection? I will try it today, but I think that unfortunately it's a compatibility issue so we will have to wait for the app update.

 

It's just sad that the app support for the +$4000 camera is so bad.

I try all, but failed

 

Envoyé de mon ONEPLUS A3003 en utilisant Tapatalk

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Ok, I have some answers directly from Leica Q app developers:

 

 

Dear Mr. Gorecki,
 
many thanks for your inquiry.
 
Our Leica Apps are currently in the test in connection with Android 7.
Here I can not give an exact date.
I ask for your understanding and your patience.

 

and following

 

 

Dear Mr. Gorecki,
 
some Smartphones with Android 7 have problems here.
We are still checking.
But it will not be possible to test all smartphones on the market.
After an update of the operating system always the Leica App completely uninstall and reinstall.
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I'm using mine with a Google Pixel C tablet running android 7.1 – no problem.

However, I have to say that the app is lumpy, ill thought out and poorly implemented.

I have no idea why like Leica haven't also implemented Bluetooth for a much more flexible connection system – in addition to Wi-Fi and also NFC.

Even on the new M10, so far as I know, the Wi-Fi implementation is broadly the same.

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I just upgraded my Android Version to 7.0 (they finally rolled it out for the Samsung S6), the Q app still works. Sometimes (every 10th connection or so), however, it needs 2 attempts to connect (it also was like that before 7.0).

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OK, I now also have problems with with new Galaxy S8 and the Q app. Establishing the connection is not a proplem, but downloading the pictures is a real trial of my patience. It is really slow (compared to how fast it was with my S6) and after downloading one picture, I need to wait until the thumbnails in the Q app reload again (most of them disappear after each downloaded picture) which takes another 10 to 30 seconds.

 

It has become almost unusable for me. Does anyone have the same problem with the Galaxy S8?

 

P.S.: I've already tried to erase the wifi profile and I also uninstalled and reinstalled the Q app - that didn't help. Any ideas?

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Before the Adroid-Update the app worked with my Huawei P9 but now (Adroid 7.0) it don´t work anymore. A reinstall didn´t solve the problem. :-(
On my Acer-Tablet it still works...

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