are mobile device tests working?

WebPageTest General Discussion
#1

Hi, I’m unable to get any good results from the android or iphone devices in Dulles, VA. Simply getting

The test failed to run.
timeout

and the screenshots show an about:blank page. Have tried a few times today.

However, the waterfalls are showing all the right requests, so I am assuming they are working, which may be good enough for now :slight_smile:

#2

Do you have a sample result?

Here’s an Android test I just ran: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140910_76_K21/

and iOS: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/140910_4S_JWN/

#3

I’m having similar issues. I’m trying some VERY basic script tests using setDnsName and Navigate through the webpagetest UI , and even the most basic script “navigate” by itself fails

iPhone 4 iOS 5.1 - empty result
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/141127_N8_d034a04a09849c914938691672661d7d

Nexus 5 - getGUID error
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/141125_JG_10157e228439c339eb0ec0b483c060e0/

Interestingly enough, when I switched from 1 run to 2 runs, and turned on repeat view, I seem to get a little more success, albeit with an error or two
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/141127_RB_b450e7aaaf67f961c9f5738ca55323b0/

As a side note, I’m just trying to understand what capabilities wpt has around actual mobile testing and validate what scripts work across HTTP/HTTPS across various devices.

#4

Hi, I thought I’d bump this again. I tried a sample test again

Simple Navigate
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/150119_CR_fb2256d5676f74fc8d307c7a2ee95314/

Navigate + setDnsName
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/150119_75_0f26f443c8d6c77847974fef2d1caad9/

And I get Object # has no method ‘getuid’. I believe I saw the UI say setDnsName and navigate are valid, so I’m struggling to understand if I’m doing something wrong.

#5

The mobile agents don’t support the WebPagetest scripting (yet anyway), no matter how basic.

#6

Thanks Pat, the UI gave a warning and a sample script on my first attempt (late November?) saying only setDnsName and navigate were supported, so I thought that had been addressed.