Sensor status should work without recording a track

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Currently the sensor status screen shows "DISCONNECTED" when I open it up 
without recording a track. Obviously no attempt is made to connecto to the 
sensor (heart rate monitor device).

It would be great if

- as soon as I open "sensor status", the app would try to connect to the sensor
- and meanwhile give information that it does so, e.g. "looking for 
sensors...", "connecting to <sensor>" ...

If this is not possible, a quick win would be to show additional info on that 
screen, if no track is currently recorded, saying "Please start recording a 
track".

Original issue reported on code.google.com by marian.s...@gmail.com on 19 Nov 2010 at 4:12

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Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 19 Nov 2010 at 10:51

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Original comment by sandordo...@google.com on 6 Jan 2011 at 4:53

• Added labels: Priority-Medium, Work-Large

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By the way, in the current German release the displayed status is "NONE" 
instead of "DISCONNECTED".

I still consider this a usability problem. Since this is currently marked as 
Work-Large, let me propose a quick fix: How about we display a label or a toast 
in the Sensor Status screen? It should say "Please start recording a track to 
see Sensor Status." Of course, this should only be displayed if no track is 
recorded.

What do you think?

Original comment by marian.s...@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2011 at 6:06

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Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 30 Apr 2011 at 5:49

• Added labels: Component-Sensors

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Issue 471 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by rdama...@google.com on 25 May 2011 at 5:23

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Original comment by jshih@google.com on 5 Jun 2012 at 12:05

• Changed state: Fixed