Cells version check via auto update mechanism

[pejacoby]

Could the auto update mechanism be used to flag when the Cells data has an update? Track the current version on the OTA site and post a message to the screen during the boot cycle or on the web page when a new version is available.

I understand it is likely not practical to update the cells data OTA, but leveraging the version check to alert users to a new version would be valuable to keeping the GSM data current.

[JosephHewitt]

It's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure if it would be worth implementing. The data is updated frequently, but the changes are usually very small. I don't think it's worth updating monthly, I think once a year is okay. For that reason I think telling people an update is available for it each time will make them think it's more important than it actually is.

This could also be implemented by simply displaying a notification once the cells data hasn't changed for x months because then it's safe to assume something newer is available and the message won't be too frequent.

I would one day like to implement some kind of OTA delta updating where it can bring in just the changes, but this would take up a lot of time for such a small improvement so I don't think this is worth the effort unless a lot of people want to see it.

I'll definitely think about this some more, but I doubt it is something I will work on any time soon.

Thanks for the suggestion 😃