Lightning AutoShot Support

Questions, a flash it missed, or an idea: write to tinges.loggers_0y@icloud.com.

Getting the most flashes

• Use a tripod or lean the phone on something firm. The app can watch from your hand, but it is less sensitive while the phone shakes, and it pauses while the phone is being moved about.
• Watch from indoors, behind a window. Turn the room lights off and tap the moon to darken the screen, so less reflects in the glass.
• Plug the phone in. The camera and the screen stay on the whole time it watches.
• Night works best. In daylight or over a brightly lit town, faint flashes are harder to see.

Common questions

It saved a clip with no sound and no distance. The microphone is off for the app. Turn it on in the app's Settings > Permissions.

No photos in my library. Photos access is off. Clips are then kept in the Files app, under Lightning AutoShot. Turn Photos on in Settings > Permissions.

No weather or storm outlook. They need your location. Turn Location on in Settings > Permissions.

A clip could not be saved. Its recording is kept in the Files app, under Lightning AutoShot > Unsaved clips.

What is Possible lightning? Short clips of things the app was not sure about. Open them from the capture list: keep the ones that are lightning, delete the rest. Clips you do not keep are deleted once they are more than 3 days old, the next time the app is used.

Why can't I change the lens or format? They are locked while a clip is recording. Stop the recording, or wait for the clip of a flash to end.

How accurate is the distance? It is an estimate from the time between the flash and its thunder. Never use it to decide whether it is safe to be outside.

Safety

When thunder roars, go indoors. If you can hear thunder, lightning can reach you.