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[FEATURE] Syncing Saved Lists between iDevices

#1 User is offline   Ruko2010 

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 05:32 AM

It would be great if the saved lists would be in sync with every device u use.
My wife and I both use the iphone to cache (with the same geocaching.com account) and sometimes we use our ipad.

If I save a cache to a list on my phone it will not be on my wifs phone or my ipad.

Also the lists of caches do not appear on the geocaching website.

I think there are 3 ways make sync possible:
1. List the saved caches related to one account on the website (like it is with field notes)
2. Sync over icloud
3. Sync over Dopbox (or something similar)


Thank you.

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 05:50 AM

I wish the lists were like the bookmarks. They show up on any device I log into; but the saved lists don't. Would be great.

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 05:51 AM

View PostRuko2010, on 19 March 2012 - 05:32 AM, said:

It would be great if the saved lists would be in sync with every device u use.
My wife and I both use the iphone to cache (with the same geocaching.com account) and sometimes we use our ipad.

If I save a cache to a list on my phone it will not be on my wifs phone or my ipad.

Also the lists of caches do not appear on the geocaching website.

I think there are 3 ways make sync possible:
1. List the saved caches related to one account on the website (like it is with field notes)
2. Sync over icloud
3. Sync over Dopbox (or something similar)


Thank you.


I'm not exactly sure if I'm understanding what you're referring to....

Any bookmark lists that you create can be made into a pocket query. Those pocket queries can be downloaded into each phone.

This post has been edited by Lieblweb: 19 March 2012 - 05:52 AM


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Posted 19 March 2012 - 06:12 AM

Moving this thread from bug reports to feature discussions and suggestions.

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Posted 02 April 2012 - 05:05 PM

View PostLieblweb, on 19 March 2012 - 05:51 AM, said:


I'm not exactly sure if I'm understanding what you're referring to....

Any bookmark lists that you create can be made into a pocket query. Those pocket queries can be downloaded into each phone.


The issue with that is your assuming I'm setting everything up on a pc. You can't create pocket queries on the iPhone app. I would really like to be able find and setup my lists On my iPad (plz update and go universal) and then have them sync in the background to my iPhone. It's annoying to have to submit some query I can't change, it Should just happen in the background

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Posted 15 April 2012 - 08:02 AM

View PostLieblweb, on 19 March 2012 - 05:51 AM, said:

View PostRuko2010, on 19 March 2012 - 05:32 AM, said:

It would be great if the saved lists would be in sync with every device u use.
My wife and I both use the iphone to cache (with the same geocaching.com account) and sometimes we use our ipad.

If I save a cache to a list on my phone it will not be on my wifs phone or my ipad.

Also the lists of caches do not appear on the geocaching website.

I think there are 3 ways make sync possible:
1. List the saved caches related to one account on the website (like it is with field notes)
2. Sync over icloud
3. Sync over Dopbox (or something similar)


Thank you.


+1 for this feature. I'd also be interested to understand how geocaching.com saved lists can be synced to multiple iPhones.



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Posted 16 April 2012 - 05:52 AM

View Posttaboo8614, on 02 April 2012 - 05:05 PM, said:


The issue with that is your assuming I'm setting everything up on a pc. You can't create pocket queries on the iPhone app. I would really like to be able find and setup my lists On my iPad (plz update and go universal) and then have them sync in the background to my iPhone. It's annoying to have to submit some query I can't change, it Should just happen in the background


So, you wanna be able to create pocket queries directly using the APP? And have them synced to each device?

You have Safari? Why not just login with Safari? Create your pocket queries there.... and download them to your phone.

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Posted 16 April 2012 - 04:58 PM

View PostRuko2010, on 19 March 2012 - 05:32 AM, said:

It would be great if the saved lists would be in sync with every device u use.
My wife and I both use the iphone to cache (with the same geocaching.com account) and sometimes we use our ipad.

If I save a cache to a list on my phone it will not be on my wifs phone or my ipad.

Also the lists of caches do not appear on the geocaching website.

I think there are 3 ways make sync possible:
1. List the saved caches related to one account on the website (like it is with field notes)
2. Sync over icloud
3. Sync over Dopbox (or something similar)


Thank you.


I like this idea.

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 05:20 PM

View PostLieblweb, on 16 April 2012 - 05:52 AM, said:

So, you wanna be able to create pocket queries directly using the APP? And have them synced to each device?

You have Safari? Why not just login with Safari? Create your pocket queries there.... and download them to your phone.


I would like the saved lists, bookmarks or anything else i have to sync between the devices and the website, Why make me open up safari it defeats the whole point of having the app. I hate having to leave the geocaching app.

I would also be nice to have the app updated for the ipad and become higher res for all devices now that everything has a retna display.

This post has been edited by taboo8614: 29 April 2012 - 05:22 PM


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Posted 06 March 2013 - 01:12 AM

+1 for this.

I have an iPhone and an ipad and would like to prepare my list of caches to look for on the ipad and then have that list appear in my iPhone when I next open the app, although the pocket query function is good it is reliant on a visit to the website and its not intended or designed to be a replacement for good old sync.

Dropbox would be great and many apps utilise drop box to sync across multiple devices and its also not platform specific which is even better

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 01:16 AM

An start were, if we can sync the lists manualy. I don't have to be an automatic sync. Just export a list to a dropbox folder and import it on another device.

This post has been edited by Ruko2010: 06 March 2013 - 01:17 AM


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Posted 06 March 2013 - 02:51 AM

Autosync would be good, so I'm giving it a +1.

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 03:52 AM

I suggested syncing bookmarks between the site and mobile devices as a solution to solve some other feature request awhile back. With some sort of syncing feature, apps which use the API could sync data with the and bookmarks, PQs, personal notes, or logs written in the field on the site as well.

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