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Big Bars for Driving 1.3

3.8 MB / 1+ Downloads / Rating 5.0 - 1 reviews


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Big Bars for Driving, developed and published by NASA Rally Sport, has released its latest version, 1.3, on 2016-07-25. This app falls under the Tools category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 100 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 5.0, based on 1 reviews.

Big Bars for Driving APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 4.2+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: com.nasarallysport.bigbars

Updated: 9 years ago

Developer Name: NASA Rally Sport

Category: Tools

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Big Bars for Driving on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Reviews

1 ★, on 2019-02-18
way too big. drop it down a bit. a 1x1 widget size you can move around would be perfect. can you do that? that way it won't block out the rest of your home screen. thx.

Previous Versions

Big Bars for Driving 1.3
2016-07-25 / 3.8 MB / Android 4.2+

About this app

Sometimes you need to move to a place with better signal. Often this is in a car, and the five bars of signal display is small if you're trying to drive and see if you have the two or three bars needed to successfully place a call that won't drop. This app takes those same bars on your status bar and makes them the size of the whole screen.

This app does not magically increase your signal strength. It shows the same information you have, only 100 times larger.

This app was developed for use in rally race cars. Between racing stages on the transits, the race teams often want to contact their crew to give them info on repairs needed. Travelling down a bouncy dirt road watching for when you have enough bars to get a text out is difficult.

Permissions:
Note that in order to get your signal strength, the software has to ask the phone for the data from the cell phone chip. This comes all as one bundle which includes the cell tower information, which means that one could in theory (although this app doesn't) figure out roughly where the user is if you had some other master list of all cell tower locations. Because of this, the app needs the "Coarse_Location" permission to function.

New features

Bug on large bars for Android 6.0. The Precision bars disabled for more research later... too crashy.

App Permissions

Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.