Google Search with My Location - HTC Excalibur

So this was working great, but the past few days I no longer see where Google has grabbed my location on the search page. Running a search on something as simple as "sushi" no longer brings up restaurants near my location.
Anyone else having this problem? I'm wondering if Google has taken the feature offline for a bit for some reason...as it just suddenly vanished.
By the way, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Google Gears, but to no avail.

Mine is confirmed still working

Well that's not good news for me... Has anyone else encountered this issue? I've tried clearing the cache/cookies, etc...nothing seems to work.

Thats weird, mine is still working fine as of now.

I also noticed that the my location feature on the google mobile site is no longer there. Now it shows US voter registration info. I hope it goes back soon. Monday the 6th is the last day here in AZ that one can register so hopefully the google geeks put it back how it was. My location in google maps was way off also while driving yesterday.

cmcgrail said:
I also noticed that the my location feature on the google mobile site is no longer there. Now it shows US voter registration info. I hope it goes back soon. Monday the 6th is the last day here in AZ that one can register so hopefully the google geeks put it back how it was. My location in google maps was way off also while driving yesterday.
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That's exactly what mine is showing as well...

Damn, I jinxed myself... Mine shows the same thing here in AZ now... UHHH....

WEIRD! Just checked mine and its still working normally.

Oh where are you located at like what state are you in?

Portland, OR

Ummm maybe thats why, I am in Arizona.

yeah, not sure about the OP though

I'm in Ohio... :-/

Update: My Location is working again...

uansari1 said:
Update: My Location is working again...
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Mine too, I think it was just a moment thing because of the voting and all...

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Google places

Does anybodies Google places work? I hit the search button when I want to find something and nothing ever happens.
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Mine is working fine. I am on a custom rom though. I'm pretty sure it was working before rooting too.
The exact same thing has happened to me since ive owned the galaxy nexus. I have been holding out and hoping that one of those maps updates will fix our problem. A good work around is if you go to maps and type in the search bar what you are looking for and select it from the map or if you go to google places on your web browser it works ok. Not really a good solution but its worked for me.
Are you sure you guys are allowing access? When you first run it you have to grant it access. Could be in the background when you pull the drop down.
blacknsb said:
The exact same thing has happened to me since ive owned the galaxy nexus. I have been holding out and hoping that one of those maps updates will fix our problem. A good work around is if you go to maps and type in the search bar what you are looking for and select it from the map or if you go to google places on your web browser it works ok. Not really a good solution but its worked for me.
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Yeah when I search in maps it works but in the places app no dice. Kinda sucks. I wonder if I uninstall it and reinstall will fix it.
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Worth a try for sure. I use that app all the time if I'm out of town.
I checked and I had the same problem. I resolved it by going to:
Settings>apps>Maps> then I cleared the cache and uninstalled the updates. I went to the market and updated back to the current version and everything works fine now.
Oh how I love Android and all of it's little glitches. I see them as an opportunity to figure things out.
bmolloy said:
I checked and I had the same problem. I resolved it by going to:
Settings>apps>Maps> then I cleared the cache and uninstalled the updates. I went to the market and updated back to the current version and everything works fine now.
Oh how I love Android and all of it's little glitches. I see them as an opportunity to figure things out.
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Glad it worked for you but it didn't work for me.
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Google Now Crashing

Hey Guys,
Google Now has been crashing recently. Specifically, when Google play launches a google search, it crashes. For instance, when I ask a question by voice, I hear Google Now answer the question partially, but before the Google search results below load, the app crashes.
Is anyone else having this problem? Do you possibly know how I can fix it?
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Just noticed this myself on my Nexus 7, but works OK on GNex both running trinity kernel..
same issue
I'm having this problem as well with my Nexus 7. I'm not sure what's wrong with it. it's just so frustrating. I tried to download the offline language pack but still didnt work. Like u said no other post online available for this solution yet. Wondering if many people get this.
However one thing did happen, my nexus 7 ran out of batt and turned off by itself. I then plugged it into a power source and turned it on. I run an app and suddenly some blur screen like the TV tuned out came on and all i can hear is some buzzing sound. then i plugged off the power and i charged it again and everything was alright apart from the Google Now thing!!!!!
when the batt ran out, all the memories seems to be wiped out... such as time and date.. seems strange when they built such high tech stuff and they do not have memories to keep track of time and date?!
i really hope this gets resolved soon
Working fine here, GSM.
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I'm having this problem as well with my Nexus 7. I'm not sure what's wrong with it. it's just so frustrating. I tried to download the offline language pack but still didnt work. Like u said no other post online available for this solution yet. Wondering if many people get this.
However one thing did happen, my nexus 7 ran out of batt and turned off by itself. I then plugged it into a power source and turned it on. I run an app and suddenly some blur screen like the TV tuned out came on and all i can hear is some buzzing sound. then i plugged off the power and i charged it again and everything was alright apart from the Google Now thing!!!!!
when the batt ran out, all the memories seems to be wiped out... such as time and date.. seems strange when they built such high tech stuff and they do not have memories to keep track of time and date?!
i really hope this gets resolved soon
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Created a thread under N7 Q&A and quoted your post
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Created a thread under N7 Q&A and quoted your post
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i think i may have solved the.problem... what i did was i.went to the settings in google now.and.untick the search option under google chrome which searched bookmarks and history. after that google now is working fine and no more Crashes... im not sure whats causing the problem with chrome
sometimes chrome seems to be acting weird.. i get blurry screens and the page doesnt load. i had to restart and it would be fine again...
have u tried to clear the data of google search?
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i think i may have solved the.problem... what i did was i.went to the settings in google now.and.untick the search option under google chrome which searched bookmarks and history. after that google now is working fine and no more Crashes... im not sure whats causing the problem with chrome
sometimes chrome seems to be acting weird.. i get blurry screens and the page doesnt load. i had to restart and it would be fine again...
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Interesting I hadn't tried that..
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lutyz said:
have u tried to clear the data of google search?
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Yep, I tried that - didn't work
However, the new version of Google Search downloaded today seems to work
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i think i may have solved the.problem... what i did was i.went to the settings in google now.and.untick the search option under google chrome which searched bookmarks and history. after that google now is working fine and no more Crashes... im not sure whats causing the problem with chrome
sometimes chrome seems to be acting weird.. i get blurry screens and the page doesnt load. i had to restart and it would be fine again...
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The application crashes even when I try to access the settings menu...
Any other way to solve? I already have cleared the cache/data.
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zamana said:
The application crashes even when I try to access the settings menu...
Any other way to solve? I already have cleared the cache/data.
Thanks.
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hey, try clearing the data/cache in chrome. and sign in again. then try loading google search again. I'm assuming it's the problem with chrome rather than google search itself.
philipwll said:
hey, try clearing the data/cache in chrome. and sign in again. then try loading google search again. I'm assuming it's the problem with chrome rather than google search itself.
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Hi!
Thanks for reply.
Anyway I "fixed" the problem with Google Now by changing my phone from yakju to takju
Thanks.
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[Q] Location on nexus 7 way wrong

I got my new Nexus on Sunday (luv the Staples coupon / thx) and location is insisting I am in a town around 50 miles from where I live; two apps - weatherbug and google now. Anyone know how to fix??
Same problem...
AMEHAC said:
I got my new Nexus on Sunday (luv the Staples coupon / thx) and location is insisting I am in a town around 50 miles from where I live; two apps - weatherbug and google now. Anyone know how to fix??
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I've had my Nexus for a few months now and all of a sudden I started experiencing the same problem the other day. If I check the weather card on Now it picks up my current location but when I 'drill' into the detail all of a sudden I'm in France! Similar thing when searching, I get asked if I want to change my default google page from UK to FR and I get prices in € instead of my usual £.
I've tried rebooting, turning the GPS off and on, disabled and then re-enabled my location tracking settings... all to no avail. I've also set my home and work locations on Google...
If anyone has the vaguest inclination about what might be going on, I'd be much obliged to hear about it.
Thanks
Normalness said:
I've had my Nexus for a few months now and all of a sudden I started experiencing the same problem the other day. If I check the weather card on Now it picks up my current location but when I 'drill' into the detail all of a sudden I'm in France! Similar thing when searching, I get asked if I want to change my default google page from UK to FR and I get prices in € instead of my usual £.
I've tried rebooting, turning the GPS off and on, disabled and then re-enabled my location tracking settings... all to no avail. I've also set my home and work locations on Google...
If anyone has the vaguest inclination about what might be going on, I'd be much obliged to hear about it.
Thanks
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Already several threads about this. Search.
skivvies said:
Already several threads about this. Search.
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Thanks, very helpful! How do you think I found this thread in the first place moron! If you want to be useful, how's about pointing me in the direction of said threads then?
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Post de-bantered. I lost all control...
WTH??
I always think it's better just to answer the question, with an appropriate response.
Instead, there's some useless banter posted.
How about you "so called" senior members, just answer the individuals question? Want to build your reputation in a positive way, then help out. It was a simple question.
If you want to post banter, then go to another site please.
Carry On now.
MD
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I always think it's better just to answer the question, with an appropriate response.
Instead, there's some useless banter posted.
How about you "so called" senior members, just answer the individuals question? Want to build your reputation in a positive way, then help out. It was a simple question.
If you want to post banter, then go to another site please.
Carry On now.
MD
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Thanks MD, I can't tell you how welcome it is to see a sensible post
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Normalness said:
Thanks MD, I can't tell how welcome it is to see a sensible post
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Eh, when you;re new, people expect you to use Google and find the answer. You'll get used to it. Don't worry, there's a lot of good folks here who are willing to help.
Ok, in answer to your issue, I guess a Mod has to come in and do it.
Go to Settings/Locations.
Turn off the Provider (auto, or use Provider Settings) option, and enter your city manually. (make sure you also select your time zone)
You may also have to do this with your weather widget and do a city search under it's options.
The reason being, if everything is set to auto, based on Provider location, they may not have a base exactly in your City. So we have to set one manually. Or they will use what ever is closest.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Eh, when you;re new, people expect you to use Google and find the answer. You'll get used to it. Don't worry, there's a lot of good folks here who are willing to help.
Ok, in answer to your issue, I guess a Mod has to come in and do it.
Go to Settings/Locations.
Turn off the Provider (auto, or use Provider Settings) option, and enter your city manually. (make sure you also select your time zone)
You may also have to do this with your weather widget and do a city search under it's options.
The reason being, if everything is set to auto, based on Provider location, they may not have a base exactly in your City. So we have to set one manually. Or they will use what ever is closest.
MD
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Excellent, glad to hear there are good folk
RE your fix, I'll give it a try. Just to say in the meantime though that I've got a Galaxy Nexus as well (getting on a bit now admittedly) and that's absolutely fine with locations etc. Also the Nexus 7 has been perfectly fine for the past few months... I only mention that because of your point about provider location etc.
I'll give it a try and let ya know though.
Oooh and as I've typing my response I've just been alerted to the fact that I've got 4.3 ready for installation (must've just come through OTA) - perhaps that'll jump-start things into working again.
Thanks again
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Location on nexus 7 way wrong
I got my problem resolved. I called Google help and they had me do a factory reset. Initially, that didn't work. I went into apps and drilled down to maps app and cleared all cache and data. I am now seeing the maps app pinpoint me in my exact location. Weather app is also precise. Thaanks for the help.
AMEHAC said:
I got my problem resolved. I called Google help and they had me do a factory reset. Initially, that didn't work. I went into apps and drilled down to maps app and cleared all cache and data. I am now seeing the maps app pinpoint me in my exact location. Weather app is also precise. Thaanks for the help.
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Oooh factory reset... I must confess that prospect doesn't fill with me with joy, but I guess if it's the only way to get things working again then needs must. Appreciate the info, as always, thanks.
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AMEHAC said:
I got my problem resolved. I called Google help and they had me do a factory reset. Initially, that didn't work. I went into apps and drilled down to maps app and cleared all cache and data. I am now seeing the maps app pinpoint me in my exact location. Weather app is also precise. Thaanks for the help.
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Ha Ha. The only thing more drastic than that, is to re-flash the whole ROM :silly:
Gotta love Google Support. Hard reset is their first advice. Unfortunately, be aware, when you do that, you lose all personal data, so you should always back up your information, docs, photos, etc. just in case.
Location on nexus 7 way wrong
As it turns out my problem did not go away. I turned off the Nexus; back on a few hours later. My eyes went buggy as I went into maps, see it load beautifully to my location and then, in a flash, move back to that same location about 50 miles from my location. I don't get it. Help.

[Q] Problems with Google Music on M8 and Wifi

For some reason I can't get Google Music to actually download anything to my phone. I'm trying to do an offline playlist for when I'm travelling and don't want to use 4g. This has worked on multiple devices I've had in the past, so I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. What's odd is, it won't stream music either unless I allow it to use 4G. I've reset my router and modem, restarted the phone, cleared the app data and cache and signed in again. Nothing I seem to do works and I'm getting irritated. These are songs I uploaded to and/or purchased from Google Music. Also, I do have data connectivity to everything else I can think of, work email, gmail, facebook and the internet as a whole are all working on the phone. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated!
Continuing my research, I found a review in the play store of someone with an HTC One (doesn't say if it's M7 or M8) that has the same problem. No reply to it though.
Ravok said:
Continuing my research, I found a review in the play store of someone with an HTC One (doesn't say if it's M7 or M8) that has the same problem. No reply to it though.
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I have this EXACT same issue. I can mark my playlists or radio stations for offline download, but if the checkbox for 'download on wifi only' is ticked, it never downloads.
The same thing happens with google photos and auto upload. If I have it set to upload on wifi only, it never happens. So the problem is very similar, but only with this device. My nexus 5, and Nexus 7 don't have this issue. So it's likely software, but I just can't figure out what it would be. I really don't want to do a factory reset and have to set everything up again. Maybe there's some HTC software messing it up?
Summary of issue:
ONLY happens in google music and google photos
only happens when set to 'download(or upload) on wifi only'
Only happens on the htc one m8
Issue does not occur on nexus 5, or nexus 7.
Thank goodness it's not just me, I just realized it's happening for me on google photos auto backup as well yesterday. I concur it's got to be something software based but I'm not sure what it could be, the photo backups did work for me without issue for a while, I ended up turning it off for a couple days for some reason I can't recall, and never noticed after turning it back on that it wasn't actually uploading.
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Thank goodness it's not just me, I just realized it's happening for me on google photos auto backup as well yesterday. I concur it's got to be something software based but I'm not sure what it could be, the photo backups did work for me without issue for a while, I ended up turning it off for a couple days for some reason I can't recall, and never noticed after turning it back on that it wasn't actually uploading.
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Mine worked well when I first set everything up, but that was because it defaulted to uploading over mobile networks. I usually set it to upload on wifi only when charging, and google music downloads over wifi only. Ever since I set them to wifi, they don't sync properly. If I switch them back to use the mobile network, everything works fine. I'm so annoyed with this. I tried running a logcat and it didn't seem to offer too much info that I could notice. I switched back to the dalvik runtime from art with no change. The next step is a factory reset, but I'm not sure that's going to help me.
I'm pretty sure I had mine on wifi only as well, but I could be wrong. I'm not going to have time to mess around with it anymore until later tonight (US Eastern Time Zone), have you tried calling support at all? I haven't yet, but may give it a go. If not, I'll let you know when I'm going to try a factory reset and whichever of us can first should post if it resolved the issue or not hehe.
Oh, one thing I just thought of, are you using Lookout Mobile Security?
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I'm pretty sure I had mine on wifi only as well, but I could be wrong. I'm not going to have time to mess around with it anymore until later tonight (US Eastern Time Zone), have you tried calling support at all? I haven't yet, but may give it a go. If not, I'll let you know when I'm going to try a factory reset and whichever of us can first should post if it resolved the issue or not hehe.
Oh, one thing I just thought of, are you using Lookout Mobile Security?
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I'm fairly certain support isn't going to be useful. They're going to suggest a handful of unrelated things to try, then they're going to have you do a factory reset. I'm NOT using lookout security. That was the first thing I disabled. I don't need that crap on my phone lol. I could technically do a factory reset now, I just don't want to spend my free time at work today reinstalling and setting up all my apps and settings.
Yeah, I don't really think support would be useful either. I thought about tweeting at @HTC or @HTCUSA about it, but they'd probably do the same thing as support. I do have Lookout turned on, figured it was worth a thought if you did as well. I would take the time to do the factory reset today while at work but am prepping for a major DR test so I'm just flat out not going to have the time, plus I don't want to mess up my exchange account etc lol
Do you have any corporate applications on? We use Airwatch for MDM at my office, and even though it's not *supposed* to have any impact on personal devices other than requiring a PIN lock, I'm wondering if something else is causing me connectivity issues of some sort.
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Do you have any corporate applications on? We use Airwatch for MDM at my office, and even though it's not *supposed* to have any impact on personal devices other than requiring a PIN lock, I'm wondering if something else is causing me connectivity issues of some sort.
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Just went through htc support. no luck there. Had me clear cache and reset data on a bunch of apps to no avail. I'm going to do a hard reset and see if that helps.
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Ravok said:
Do you have any corporate applications on? We use Airwatch for MDM at my office, and even though it's not *supposed* to have any impact on personal devices other than requiring a PIN lock, I'm wondering if something else is causing me connectivity issues of some sort.
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I don't have any corporate apps installed that would enforce policies. No.
Awesome, well, let me know if it works for you, this is seriously annoying. :-\
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Awesome, well, let me know if it works for you, this is seriously annoying. :-\
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I'll be sure to do that. Do you have 2-step authentication installed by any chance?
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Just went through htc support. no luck there. Had me clear cache and reset data on a bunch of apps to no avail. I'm going to do a hard reset and see if that helps.
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I don't have any corporate apps installed that would enforce policies. No.
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I'll be sure to do that. Do you have 2-step authentication installed by any chance?
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Nope, I haven't set up two factor. :-\
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Nope, I haven't set up two factor. :-\
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Factory reset didn't fix it. Ugh. This is a deal breaker for me! I've only had the phone for 3 days, but I don't want to return it...
I contacted HTC to see what they can offer as far as extra help...I'll keep you posted.
Thanks, I called the T-Mobile store I got mine from to see if they'd heard of anyone having this issue, they hadn't and want me to stop in so they can take a look. I've been using Android since the G1 and also have had my usual crew of fellow Android geeks here at the office take a look and everyone came back to factory reset. I don't really feel like going to the store to have them suggest that as well and find out, like you, that it doesn't work. I'll let you know if I find anything else out also. Thanks man!
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Thanks, I called the T-Mobile store I got mine from to see if they'd heard of anyone having this issue, they hadn't and want me to stop in so they can take a look. I've been using Android since the G1 and also have had my usual crew of fellow Android geeks here at the office take a look and everyone came back to factory reset. I don't really feel like going to the store to have them suggest that as well and find out, like you, that it doesn't work. I'll let you know if I find anything else out also. Thanks man!
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Well I'll clear that up by saying a factory reset isn't going to fix it. It's a software issue.
Exactly what I said, I'm tempted to root and try another ROM as I've had mine for over a month now. I'm wondering if you're up for it if you'd try another M8 to see if it happens there too? I've been trying to figure this out since June 1st and haven't really found anyone else dealing with the issue, kinda wonder if it's a glitch with the Wifi as I'd think if it was a pure software issue it would be more prevalent. :-\
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Exactly what I said, I'm tempted to root and try another ROM as I've had mine for over a month now. I'm wondering if you're up for it if you'd try another M8 to see if it happens there too? I've been trying to figure this out since June 1st and haven't really found anyone else dealing with the issue, kinda wonder if it's a glitch with the Wifi as I'd think if it was a pure software issue it would be more prevalent. :-\
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I highly doubt it's an issue with wifi because it works fine. I could surf the internet all day and it would just work. Yet, auto upload, and downloading songs in play music doesn't work. Super annoying. I'll probably give it a try tonight/tomorrow and see how it goes though.
I just figure since you just got yours they may give you less of a hard time about exchanging. I'll go fight with them either way, but I have to probably wait another week as i'm on call starting Friday for a week and can't go without my phone at all :-\
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I just figure since you just got yours they may give you less of a hard time about exchanging. I'll go fight with them either way, but I have to probably wait another week as i'm on call starting Friday for a week and can't go without my phone at all :-\
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I'll swing by there when I get a chance. If I can get a replacement, I'll take it. But I really don't think the device is the issue. Something is amiss here.

Location history is off since last update

Hi everyone, I noticed the location history in Google map is off since the last update.
I can't figure out how to get it on again. Any help?
Vincent
Leechoonhwee said:
Hi everyone, I noticed the location history in Google map is off since the last update.
I can't figure out how to get it on again. Any help?
Vincent
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You can't put it on again. I have the same issue the option is now greyed out.
china version?
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china version?
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Yes. China version but it was working until last week.
My china version never worked with location history ever since I got the phone no matter what I did. Was surprised yours worked initially.
Works perfectly for me. I use Earth and Maps Go as well. All are working.
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Works perfectly for me. I use Earth and Maps Go as well. All are working.
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Did you install any other Google services apps to make the location history work? There's no Google Location Service on mine when I check which apps used location which I think enables the location history.

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