heypiotr
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9 years ago Stickers broadcast the iBeacon packet approximately once every 10 seconds when still, and once every 5 seconds when in motion. They should still be detectable, only less often. Keep in mind stickers don't broadcast under the default Estimote UUID—each sticker has their own UUID+major+minor combination, which you can read in the Estimote app.
This default advertising frequency is there to reduce the energy usage—stickers have a battery that's an order of magnitude smaller than that of the bigger beacons, so some trade-offs are necessary not to have them run out of juice too quickly. That's the price for the much smaller size.
We're planning to make the advertising settings configurable via a firmware upgrade that'll be coming later this year.
About the app not detecting your stickers: would you mind if we move this conversation to forums.estimote.com, or to contact@estimote.com? We'd prefer to keep GitHub issues about the SDK. Just post on forums or shoot us an email and we'll assist shortly.
I have had no problem detecting Estimote Beacons using core location. However nearables are not detectable. That to me means they are not broadcasting over iBeacon frequency.
How do I fix this? Is this issue common, or expected?
Also the estimote beacons app does not detect nearables.