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KORVEX + the Android App: A Complete Setup Guide

Android  Beginner · ~15 min read · Updated August 2026

This guide takes you from a blank slate to a working KORVEX setup: a private KORVEX Server running on your office PC, and the KORVEX app on your crew’s phones, all syncing over your shop’s Wi‑Fi. No monthly fees, no account with us, and your job data never leaves gear you own.

KORVEX is a job‑tracking app built for construction and renovation crews — not for an office desk. You track jobs, crew hours, materials, photos, change orders, and customer sign‑off right from the job site. In this self‑hosted setup, one Windows PC at the shop acts as the hub that every phone talks to, so the whole business runs on hardware you already have. Everything here is written for someone who has never opened either app before — if a step is already obvious to you, there’s a “skip ahead” note so you can jump on.

What you’re building

KORVEX has two pieces that work together. The KORVEX Server is a small Windows app that holds your business’s data and hands it out to your phones. The KORVEX app is what your crew uses in the field. They talk to each other over your local Wi‑Fi — nothing goes through the internet or through us.

        Your office / shop Wi-Fi
   ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
   │                                   │
 ┌─┴───────────────┐        ┌──────────┴─────────┐
 │  Office PC       │        │   Crew phones      │
 │  KORVEX Server   │◀──────▶│   KORVEX app       │
 │  (the hub —      │  sync  │   (foreman, leads) │
 │   holds the data)│        │                    │
 └──────────────────┘        └────────────────────┘
   All job data lives on your PC. Phones pull it down.

You have two ways to run KORVEX. This guide covers the first one.

Before you start

Step 1 — Install KORVEX Server on your office PC

Already installed KORVEX Server? Skip to Step 2.

1. On the office PC, open the Microsoft Store.
2. Search for KORVEX Server (publisher HackitzLabs) and click Get / Install. It’s a free download with a 30‑day trial.
3. When it finishes, open it. KORVEX Server runs quietly in your system tray (the little icons by the clock, bottom‑right).

Step 2 — First‑run setup & your owner password

Already finished the setup wizard and know your owner password? Skip to Step 3.

The very first time it opens, KORVEX Server walks you through a short setup:

1. Choose where your data lives. The default (C:\KORVEXData) is fine for almost everyone — this is the folder that holds all your jobs, photos, and hours on this PC.
2. Let it open your network. KORVEX adds a Windows Firewall rule so your phones can reach the server on your local Wi‑Fi. Approve it if Windows asks.
3. Create your owner password. This is the master key for your whole business — it unlocks the desktop app and it’s what pairs every phone. Pick something strong and write it down somewhere safe.

When setup finishes, the main window opens with a menu down the left side: Dashboard, Jobs, Clients, Crew, Estimates, Photos, Business profile, Email sync, and Server. Click Server — a green dot means it’s running and ready for phones.

Leave the PC on and KORVEX running during work hours (it’s happy minimized in the tray). That’s what lets the phones sync.

Step 3 — Install the KORVEX app on your phone

Already have the KORVEX app installed? Skip to Step 4.

1. On each crew phone, open Google Play.
2. Search KORVEX and tap Install. It’s a free download with a 30‑day trial.
3. Open it once so it’s ready. You’ll see the KORVEX dashboard.

Step 4 — Pair the phone to your server

Phone already shows your jobs? It’s paired — skip to Step 5.

1. On the PC: open KORVEX Server → Server page → click Connect a device. A QR code appears.
2. On the phone: tap the menu (☰, top‑left) → Settings → Connect to Server → point the camera at the QR code on the PC screen.
3. In a few seconds it pairs, and the phone starts pulling down your business data. Done.
4. Repeat for each crew phone. Every phone is its own paired device, even though they all share your one owner login.

Step 5 — Set who’s using the phone

So that hours and photos are credited to the right person, tell each phone who’s holding it.

1. On the phone: Settings → Role & PIN.
2. Pick the crew member this phone belongs to. (If they’re not listed yet, add them under Crew first — see Step 6.)
3. Optionally set a PIN so the choice can’t be changed by accident.

Step 6 — Add your business, crew, clients & first job

You can enter everything on the phone, but the fastest way is on the PC’s big screen — and it all syncs down to the phones automatically.

• Business profile: your company name, logo, and contact details. This is what appears on the PDFs and proposals you send customers.
• Crew: add your people. Include an email for each — it’s used later for the off‑network “Email sync” feature.
• Clients: add a customer.
• Jobs: create a job — pick the client, give it a title and a status (Scheduled / In Progress / Complete).

Within a few seconds, the new job shows up on every paired phone. That’s the whole idea: enter once, everyone sees it.

Step 7 — Out in the field

Now the crew works the job from their phones. Open the job and you’ll find everything in one place:

• Time clock — clock in and out; KORVEX totals the hours and shows who’s on the clock.
• Photos — snap Before / Progress / After / Receipts shots, each tagged to the job and to the person who took it.
• Materials & notes — log what was used and jot anything worth remembering.
• Checklist — tick off the steps for the job.
• Customer sign‑off — capture the customer’s signature against a plain‑language completion statement, and generate a clean PDF summary where you choose exactly what shows (labour, materials, notes, checklist, photos).

Step 8 — Sync everything back to the office

When the crew is back on the shop Wi‑Fi, their work flows back to the hub.

1. On the phone, tap Sync (KORVEX also syncs quietly in the background when it can).
2. Everything logged in the field — hours, photos, materials, sign‑offs — now appears on the office PC and on every other paired phone.

On the PC you can browse it all: the Photos page shows the actual images each person uploaded, per job, with who took them and when.

Working off the network (Email sync)

Sometimes a foreman is out on a job all week and never gets back to the shop Wi‑Fi. For that, KORVEX has Email sync (Settings → Email sync on the phone, and an Email sync page on the PC):

• The worker taps Email my updates to send their week’s photos and hours to the office by email.
• The office imports that file, and can email updates back for the worker to import on their phone.

Everything still merges safely — nothing is duplicated — so it’s a clean way to bridge the gap until they’re back on the network. (A dedicated Email sync walkthrough is coming as its own guide.)

Test everything

Before you turn the crew loose, confirm the loop works end to end:

1. On the PC, create a test job. Within seconds it appears on a paired phone. ✔
2. On the phone, add a photo to that job and clock in for a minute, then tap Sync. ✔
3. Back on the PC, open the job — the photo and the time entry are there, credited to the right person. ✔
4. Delete the test job when you’re happy.

If all three worked, you’re live.

Troubleshooting

Glossary

Storage, pricing & links

• Where your data lives: on your PC at C:\KORVEXData — jobs, photos, hours, everything. Back that folder up like any other important data.
• Pricing: KORVEX Server and the KORVEX app are each free for 30 days, then a one‑time license (about $4.99 each). No subscriptions, no ads.
• KORVEX Server (Windows): app page & download.
• KORVEX app (Android): on Google Play.

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