--- title: "Slow and no internet mode for equipment rental businesses | Requiply" description: "The Requiply mobile app keeps working on a weak signal: bookings go through on 2G, and the catalog, prices, clients and scanning work with no connection." canonical_url: "https://requiply.com/blog/slow-internet-mode-rental-app" last_updated: 2026-10-19 locale: en meta: "og:description": "The Requiply mobile app keeps working on a weak signal: bookings go through on 2G, and the catalog, prices, clients and scanning work with no connection." "og:title": "Slow and no internet mode for equipment rental businesses" "twitter:description": "The Requiply mobile app keeps working on a weak signal: bookings go through on 2G, and the catalog, prices, clients and scanning work with no connection." "twitter:title": "Slow and no internet mode for equipment rental businesses" --- ![Slow and no internet mode for equipment rental businesses](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=10&h=10&fm=webp&q=50&blur=3&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Fcover-en.png) A customer is at the counter, the power is out, the shop Wi-Fi is dead and your phone shows one bar. Or you are handing over scaffolding in a basement, a sound system in a field, skis at a mountain base. From version 1.1.7, the Requiply app for iPhone and [Android](https://requiply.com/blog/requiply-android-app) is built for exactly these moments. ## Does Requiply work without internet? Yes. On a weak mobile connection, even 2G, the app works fully: bookings and clients are created, while search and scanning answer from the phone. With no connection at all you can still see bookings, inventory, prices and clients, scan codes and put a new booking together. Requiply saves it as soon as any signal comes back. --- ## Why rental businesses need this Rentals happen where the internet is worst: on job sites, at outdoor events, in the mountains, in warehouses on the edge of town. And demand often peaks when the network is weakest. People rent generators and power stations during an outage, exactly when everyone switches to mobile data and the cell towers run on batteries. Most rental software shows a loading spinner in that moment. Writing the handover on paper and typing it in later means double bookings and lost deposits. So we made three changes: 1. The app notices a weak connection and adapts instead of freezing. 2. A booking created on a bad connection is never lost and never duplicated. 3. The data you need at the counter can live on the phone. --- ## How Requiply works on a weak connection ![Confirm step of a new booking in the Requiply app with the notice: Slow connection. Creating may take up to a minute](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Fedge-confirm-en.png) ![Requiply refuses a booking on a slow connection: Not enough ATEM Mini Pro for these dates, requested 1, available 0](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Fconflict-en.png) ![Message Booking #29 created after the Requiply app was reopened](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Fbooking-sent-en.png) *On 2G: the warning before creating (highlighted), a refusal when a teammate just took the same item, and a booking that went through after the app was reopened.* Requiply keeps measuring how fast the server answers. When the connection is weak, it waits longer instead of failing, refreshes lists in the background less often and holds back photo downloads. The confirm step warns that creating may take up to a minute. In our 2G test, the booking opened about 3 seconds after the tap. Bookings and new clients go through on 2G and congested 4G If the connection drops or the app is closed, the booking is sent by itself once the network is back Sending again never creates a second booking Availability is checked on the server, so the same unit can't be rented twice, even on a weak signal The last point matters when several people hand out equipment at once. If a teammate booked the last unit while your request crawled through 2G, Requiply refuses and shows how many are available instead of quietly saving a conflict. --- ## What works with no internet at all ![Inventory in the Requiply app with no connection: items with daily prices and stock, a red badge on the avatar shows there is no connection](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Foffline-inventory-en.png) ![New booking with no connection: a unit code was entered and the message says Rode Procaster added to the booking](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Foffline-scan-en.png) ![No connection to Requiply sheet: data on this phone updated at 4:03 PM, 915 KB, browsing and scanning work from this phone, creating bookings needs a connection](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Fno-link-sheet-en.png) *No connection: inventory with prices (the red badge on the avatar is highlighted), a unit code added to a booking from the phone, the connection sheet.* When there is no signal, Requiply doesn't show an empty screen. Data on the phone opens right away: Booking lists and bookings you have already opened Inventory with daily prices and stock Client search by name or phone QR code and barcode scanning, plus typing a code by hand Putting a new booking together: items, dates, services, client What waits for a connection: Saving the new booking and the exact total with every discount Status changes and completing a handover or return ### Quoting a price with no connection A customer calls, the call gets through, but mobile data loads nothing. Open the inventory or start a new booking: the daily price of every item and the stock are on the phone. Give an estimate and pick the items and dates. The **Create** button wakes up as soon as any signal appears, and Requiply works out the exact total with your pricing tiers and the client's discount. --- ## How to turn it on Working on a weak connection is on for everyone. To keep working with no connection, keep a copy of your data on the phone: 1. Tap your avatar in the top right corner. 2. Turn on **Keep data on this phone**. 3. Requiply shows how much it will download. Tap **Download**. ![Keep data on this phone? dialog: Requiply will download products, units, clients and bookings, about 773 KB to download, 953 KB on the phone](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Fkeep-data-confirm-en.png) ![Profile in the Requiply app with the Keep data on this phone switch on, updated 4:03 PM, 915 KB](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Fkeep-data-on-en.png) *The download size shows before you start, and the last update time sits under the switch (highlighted).* Do it ahead of time, on a good connection. A catalog of 3,470 units takes about 3.4 MB, and the first download over 2G took 15 to 25 seconds. Product photos download only on a good connection. After that the copy updates itself: teammates' changes reach the phone within seconds, and the phone refreshes it in the background from time to time while the app is closed. ### How to tell the connection is weak ![Slow internet sheet in Requiply: Requiply response 1.6 s, data on this phone updated at 4:22 PM, 923 KB, products, clients and scanning work from this phone](https://requiply.com/.netlify/images?w=600&fm=webp&url=%2Fblog%2Fslow-internet-mode%2Fconnection-sheet-en.png) *Tap the badge next to the avatar to see how fast Requiply answers and what works right now.* A badge next to the avatar shows the state. Blue means a weak connection and the app is working from the copy on the phone, blue with a spinning ring means the copy is updating, and red means Requiply can't be reached. Tap it to see the server's response time, when the copy was last updated and what works right now. --- ## Which rental businesses need it most - **Generator and power station rental.** Demand peaks during outages, when networks are at their worst. - **Construction tools, formwork and scaffolding.** Handovers on site, in basements and out of town, where the signal is weak on a normal day. - **Event and wedding rental.** Setups in fields, country venues and festivals where thousands of people share one cell tower. - **Ski, outdoor and water sports rental.** Mountains, lakes and campsites have patchy coverage, and peak season overloads it. - **Multi-location rental.** A warehouse with poor coverage and a manager in town work with the same data. --- ## Is it safe to keep data on a phone? The copy on the phone is encrypted. The Requiply server issues the key per device for 72 hours and renews it on every update. If someone is removed from the organization, the copy is wiped on the next connection. If the phone stays offline, the key is gone after 72 hours and the file can't be read. Turning the switch off or signing out deletes the copy too. --- ## Frequently asked questions ### Can I use rental software during a power outage? Yes. The Requiply mobile app works on a weak mobile connection, including 2G: bookings are created and availability is checked on the server. If Keep data on this phone is turned on in advance, bookings, inventory, prices, clients and scanning stay available with no connection at all. ### Can I create a rental booking without internet? You can put it together: items, dates, services and the client all come from the phone. Requiply saves the booking as soon as any signal appears, because the server checks availability. That way two people never rent out the same unit. ### What happens if the internet drops while a booking is being created? Requiply keeps the request on the phone and sends it once the network is back, even if the app was closed. Sending again never creates a second booking. When it lands, a message with the booking number appears. ### How much space does the data take on the phone? Not much. A catalog of 3,470 equipment units takes about 3.4 MB, plus a little for product photos. Requiply shows the exact size for your organization before downloading. ### Does it work on Android and iPhone? Yes, the same on both, from version 1.1.7 of the Requiply mobile app. It comes with every plan at no extra cost; barcode and QR scanning starts on the Advanced plan. ### Do teammates see changes made on a weak connection? Yes. The booking is created on the server, so teammates on the web app and other phones see it right away. Their changes also reach the copy on your phone within seconds. --- Update Requiply to version 1.1.7 and turn on **Keep data on this phone** while the connection is good. 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