OK, so I got the reminder email that my subscription was expiring, but didn't get a chance to go retrieve my ipad and ifly GPS to do updates on my home wifi. I thought I'd just fly with the expired database for a flight to a known destination.
The ifly 700 I have continued to work as a GPS as any GPS would, but the ipad defaulted to an expired demo version. I was not able to use the ipad at all.
Even if expired, the GPS program should still work. I don't even have the ability to check settings. I only get the following notice.
"Failed to obtain authorization from the server for evaluation session. Please check our internet and/or wifi connection. Would you like to attempt authentication again now?"
Selecting yes or no to the above question are the only choices I have. of course yes results in another message that the unit can't connect because I don't have wifi capability in the plane, and no brings up a thanks for trying ifly message and tells me I can purchase a subscription to gain access. selecting OK shuts the program down.
Whats going on here?
Any GPS should continue to function even if databases expire. I don't even think I hit a part of the cycle where any data expired, and it was only the ifly subscription that expired.
This is unacceptable.
Shawn, any ideas why I seemed to lose the program with it defaulting to a demo version?