Estimote Proximity Profile UUID for Android Development - bluetooth-lowenergy

I'm trying to make an Android program that will always scan for a specific Bluetooth device, and alert the user when the phone is within proximity.
I modified the demo code provided here: https://github.com/devunwired/accessory-samples/tree/master/BluetoothGatt
The second demo here, (titled "BeaconActivity,") constantly scans for Bluetooth devices with the thermometer service. For testing purposes, I am trying to make it scan for the proximity of an Estimote. I do not want to use the provided Estimote SDK since I plan on using a more generic Bluetooth device in the future.
In the above "BecaonActivity" a UUID for the thermometer service is defined. I tried switching this number out for the UUID for Estimotes defined on this page: https://community.estimote.com/hc/en-us/articles/200761958-Advertising-Packet-Estimote-s-Proximity-UUID
From the above linked source code, there is also a "TemperatureBeacon" class that has a "short-form UUID" of "0x1809." I realized that this was just the 5th-8th character in the full thermometer service UUID, so I changed it to "0x7F30".
After mostly just changing the UUIDs and leaving most of the code the same, I tested it on my phone, but it could not detect the Estimote. Any ideas about what I'm doing wrong?

This is Wojtek Borowicz, a community evangelist at Estimote. We're not ready yet to make specs for thermometer available for Android. Stay tuned!
Cheers.

I am not familiar with the demo code you provided but did you actually try to use the estimote proximty uuid (https://github.com/Estimote/Android-SDK) ?
private static final String ESTIMOTE_PROXIMITY_UUID = "B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D";
This might be helpful as well:
Check if Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons are nearby in Android
As David points out, for android devices you do not really have to consider UUIDs or services
if you are only interrested in proximity.

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