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Becoming a Trekkit iPhone AppBeta Tester
If you are familiar with Beta Programs for the iPhone and want to jump right in, start with the Quick Start section of this blog.Following the Quick Start section is the Becoming a Trekkit Beta Tester section for those who would like to read more about the process.
Quick Start
- Best is to follow these steps on your iPhone. Please forward this webpage or the link below to your iPhone. Makes it much smoother.
- Navigate to this link (http://tflig.ht/pCInhD) and register for TestFlight. Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
- When the new beta (1-2 days after step 1) is ready you will be emailed with installation instructions.
- Enjoy the app; feel free to leave feedback at our contact page (http://feedback.trekk.it/).
Becoming a Trekkit Beta Tester
As we begin the start of our Beta Testing, we want you to try the iPhone app and provide any feedback (good or bad) so that we can make the app better.
Trekkit uses an app called TestFlight (www.testflightapp.com) so that we are able to install the app to your iPhone before we release it on the Apple App Store. TestFlight will email you latest versions of our app and help keep you up to date throughout the beta process.
The reason we have to use TestFlight is Apple does not allow developers to send anyone their iPhone App without it being downloaded from the App Store.
So how do you test then?
Apple has a process which you can send up to 100 people a test version of your application BUT you must register their iPhones/iPod with Apple before this is allowed. TestFlight helps us manage this process.
To get started, on your iPhone:
1. Navigate to this link (http://tflig.ht/pCInhD), to register your device.
Please complete this step on your iPhone/iPod you wish to test Trekkit on. If you are reading this email on your desktop please open this email on your iPhone or forward this email to an email account you read on your iPhone.
2. You will need to sign up for the Trekkit Beta through TestFlight. When you click on the link in step one you will see the follow form below. Fill in the form and click ‘Register’.
3. Upon completion, you will see a thank you screen. Scroll to the bottom of the message and click ‘Open Dashboard’.
4. You will now be taken to the Register Device screen. Your iPhone/iPod needs to be registered with Trekkit so that we can add you to the Beta Program. Click ‘Register Device’.
5. Once the device has been registered, you will need to install your iPhone’s profile to TestFlight so that we can add the Beta TrekkTrakker to your iPhone. Click ‘Install’. A popup will appear. Click ‘Install Now’. The TestFlight profile is installed to your phone. Trekkit is now notified that you wish to participate in the Beta.
6. You will receive a ‘Success’ email from Test Flight letting you know you are signed up. You do not need to do anything with this email.
7. Now that your iPhone/iPod has been registered with Trekkit, we will add you to the Beta Program. As soon as the next beta is released, we will send you installation instructions. This could be an hour or 1-2 days depending on our next release milestone.
When the installation instructions are emailed to you, open that email on your iPhone and click ‘Install’. The TrekkTrakker will now be installed on your iPhone and ready to use.
If you click ‘Install’ and you see the Register Device Screen it means the device has not been successfully registered or that the beta we released did not include you (Ooops 8-) ). Just wait a couple of days and we will send a new version to you that will work.
That’s it. You will now be able to test the iPhone Trekkit app. The Icon will look like this:
The manual for the app is available here (http://content/docs/trekktrakker_smartphone.pdf).
If you have any questions or would like to leave feedback anytime, please use our contact page (http://feedback.trekk.it/).
