Recently installed the latest update (Version 3.2.1) on our USA T-Mobile Touch Pro 2's.
One of the phones exhibited the following problem:
Satellite View in Google Maps for my current location shows clouds and bluish gray banding as zoom is increased beyond first level. Some areas even show winter like views even though the rest shows green foliage. This only occurs on one of the phones and only when looking at the satellite view of our area. Going to other areas of the USA has not exhibited this issue.
Have performed the "Clear Storage" program internal to System Settings and reloaded Google Maps. This has had no effect. Also have used SK Tools to clean out temp and cache files which has not solved the problem.
Does anyone have suggestions to resolve this issue.
emcd4 said:
Recently installed the latest update (Version 3.2.1) on our USA T-Mobile Touch Pro 2's.
One of the phones exhibited the following problem:
Satellite View in Google Maps for my current location shows clouds and bluish gray banding as zoom is increased beyond first level. Some areas even show winter like views even though the rest shows green foliage. This only occurs on one of the phones and only when looking at the satellite view of our area. Going to other areas of the USA has not exhibited this issue.
Have performed the "Clear Storage" program internal to System Settings and reloaded Google Maps. This has had no effect. Also have used SK Tools to clean out temp and cache files which has not solved the problem.
Does anyone have suggestions to resolve this issue.
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SERIOUSLY??? I guess you haven't used Google Maps much. Different locations have different imagery. Some higher/lower res, some different seasons, and yes, some places are obscured by clouds.
Has zero to do with the phone. If you were seeing different results when looking at the same area that'd be downright weird, but I don't get the impression that's what you're talking about.
khaytsus said:
SERIOUSLY??? I guess you haven't used Google Maps much. Different locations have different imagery. Some higher/lower res, some different seasons, and yes, some places are obscured by clouds.
Has zero to do with the phone. If you were seeing different results when looking at the same area that'd be downright weird, but I don't get the impression that's what you're talking about.
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I have used Google Maps extensively. If you had read my question more thoroughly, you would have noted that I said that my other Touch ProII phone did not show the cloudy image when looking at the same area .
lmao. Satellite view isn't a live feed. (though that'd be awesome)
emcd4 said:
I have used Google Maps extensively. If you had read my question more thoroughly, you would have noted that I said that my other Touch ProII phone did not show the cloudy image when looking at the same area .
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Screenshots please
xnifex said:
lmao. Satellite view isn't a live feed. (though that'd be awesome)
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You're absolutely correct. That is why both phones should show the same image from google maps when lookiong at the same area. So could the map on the one phone somehow gotten corrupted and if so, how can it be corrected since uninstalling and reinstalling Google Maps has not corrected the problem? Also the cache has been cleaned.
Here is a screen shot.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with your phone or your installation of Google Maps on your phone. The problem actually lies at Google. Sometimes, when they take areal photos from different sources or photos that were shot during different weather conditions or times of the day, they will look significantly different than the adjacent square. That is the case with your location.
If you open your location on Google Maps on your computer, you will see that it shows up exactly the same as on your phone. Here's a link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...4774,-93.44902&spn=0.084575,0.174923&t=h&z=13
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with your phone or your installation of Google Maps on your phone. The problem actually lies at Google. Sometimes, when they take areal photos from different sources or photos that were shot during different weather conditions or times of the day, they will look significantly different than the adjacent square. That is the case with your location.
If you open your location on Google Maps on your computer, you will see that it shows up exactly the same as on your phone. Here's a link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...4774,-93.44902&spn=0.084575,0.174923&t=h&z=13
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khaytsus said:
SERIOUSLY??? I guess you haven't used Google Maps much. Different locations have different imagery. Some higher/lower res, some different seasons, and yes, some places are obscured by clouds.
Has zero to do with the phone. If you were seeing different results when looking at the same area that'd be downright weird, but I don't get the impression that's what you're talking about.
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xanthene said:
There's absolutely nothing wrong with your phone or your installation of Google Maps on your phone. The problem actually lies at Google. Sometimes, when they take areal photos from different sources or photos that were shot during different weather conditions or times of the day, they will look significantly different than the adjacent square. That is the case with your location.
If you open your location on Google Maps on your computer, you will see that it shows up exactly the same as on your phone. Here's a link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...4774,-93.44902&spn=0.084575,0.174923&t=h&z=13
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Well, I'll be - you are correct. Both of our computers show the same image for our location. We don't often check since there is typically no need. We recently updated Google Maps on our computers also. They must have changed the maps in the 3.2.1 update. The reason that area is clear on our other Touch ProII phone must be because the map was cached from the original Google Maps that came with the phone.
Thanks all for the help and responses.
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I’m using Sygic Aura.
Have a few question. I guess they are pretty general:
Can I change voices in some way?
When I try and navigate to a contact, I have to update its position in the program. Is there a way to get it to understand the contact address right away?
When I’m using Sygic Aura and is logged in to their live service I see pictures of certain locations (they appear as icon sized pictures). Can I preview the in a larger format in some way?
Anyone here have a clue?
I'm having problems with mine. The software installs correctly, but cannot get a GPS fix, which keeps flicking on and off so that the map display constantly jumps between active coloured map and greyed out maps when the GPS signal disconnects. I'm using LeeDroid ROM. I have used the same trial on my Desire HD with no problems (also LeeDroid ROM).
Anyone have any ideas what might be the problem? No point buying the software if I can't get it to work...
Ethania said:
I’m using Sygic Aura.
Have a few question. I guess they are pretty general:
Can I change voices in some way?
When I try and navigate to a contact, I have to update its position in the program. Is there a way to get it to understand the contact address right away?
When I’m using Sygic Aura and is logged in to their live service I see pictures of certain locations (they appear as icon sized pictures). Can I preview the in a larger format in some way?
Anyone here have a clue?
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you can change voices in the settings, and navigate to a friends address by using there postcode/zipcode its easer...
nubbin said:
I'm having problems with mine. The software installs correctly, but cannot get a GPS fix, which keeps flicking on and off so that the map display constantly jumps between active coloured map and greyed out maps when the GPS signal disconnects. I'm using LeeDroid ROM. I have used the same trial on my Desire HD with no problems (also LeeDroid ROM).
Anyone have any ideas what might be the problem? No point buying the software if I can't get it to work...
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i had the same problem on my desire, works fine on my DHD though, maybe you should wait a bit longer for a gps fix
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i had the same problem on my desire, works fine on my DHD though, maybe you should wait a bit longer for a gps fix
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That's interesting - it suggests the software is a bit flaky. I left it running whilst I went for a drive, and it did the same for about 40 minutes, and never got a full fix. Worked perfectly on the Desire though. Very strange. I won't be buying the full version at the moment that's for sure!
i got aura fully working on my DHD with fast gps fix
i have read some tips and tricks
install aura apk
reboot
download map
start aura and setup to your needs and likes
reboot
before using it to navigate, let it atleast fix once (stationary) completly
than you should have a fix almost directly(i have, even in my appartment)
Marcus_de_zwarte said:
i got aura fully working on my DHD with fast gps fix
i have read some tips and tricks
install aura apk
reboot
download map
start aura and setup to your needs and likes
reboot
before using it to navigate, let it atleast fix once (stationary) completly
than you should have a fix almost directly(i have, even in my appartment)
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Thanks I'll give it a try
BTW in my original post I should have said the trial works on my Desire, and not on the DHD. However, I have tried the above suggestion, and got the whole thing working. It's interesting that you can download the entire world in maps if you want, for a 7 day trial period. need to drive fast then!
I'm not happy with Sygic Aura at all.
First I really liked it and bought it but there are now 'bugs' introduced which renders this door to door gps software as useless.
Since ver2.1x you do not get arrival time (owww small bug according to the support team)
Last couple of weeks I noticed that in some big streets there is no way to insert a house number, euhm excuse me on a road that is about 10km long in the middle of Brussels, not so funny if you have professional contacts and you have to drive in that jungle staring at house numbers.
I just tried another couple of my other addresses and no house number, just unbelievable.
Tried my colleagues Navigon and tried iGO on my WinMo pda and house numbers everywhere, so software bug.
The support says that they are working on it and that it would just take weeks to solve the 'small bugs'.
At this moment I am so angry that I am going to claim my money back via paypal.
I can't even get it to run.
It was all ok for a while and then I flashed a new rom and it started force closing on me after I reinstalled it.
Can't really be bothered with it since the routing was gimp anyway.
I think Sygic have some work to do...
Latest version of Aura is still way to buggy for everyday use.
It has, in my opinion, the best looking UI of most (maybe all) SatNav apps for Android, but it has some serious flaws when it come to giving directions.
I have previously written a post on my views here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874988
Dazultra and I have also done a SatNav comparison:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=902264
Please have a look
I tried Aura on my DHD for some time. Did every tric I could find to get a stable GPS based position, but my location keeps jumping around or is lagging behind for sometimes 30 second.
Driving in the city this is unacceptable. I'm missing turns because Aura thinks I'm still 50-100 meters back.
I installed GPS Status and used it to force a cold boot for my GPS. Put it outside on my gardentable for 1 hour (10 min would have been more than sufficient, but I forgot all about it )
No improvement with jumpy and lagging position in Aura.
So now I removed Aura again and thats too bad. Sygic Aura is at this moment the nicest looking and most complete (incl. rather cheap traffic info) nav. system.
On the other hand, I would realy like IGOmyWay or IGO PRIMO on my DHD with full resolution. I threw out my WM (Touch HD) phone some weeks ago on which I had PRIMO including working TMC. That was fantastic, and fully configurable (sys.txt).
Let's see what the next months brings us.....
Sygic Aura on Desire HD
Hi everyone
I've just started using Aura on my Desire HD - impressed with the UI etc, but have a couple of niggles which people may be able to help with...
I've got the paid version 2.1, build R-20021, running on stock Desire HD, android 2.2
Changing voice - I've browsed the files using Astro and I have a female voice (amongst others)... how do i change the settings to use this voice file?
On my version, I can only turn on/off voice navigation, though i can change the different alert/warning sounds.
Re: speed camera/speed limit database... does anyone know how often this is updated? I'm based in UK and a local mainroad is indicating the incorrect speed limit (it changed from 60 -> 50 about 4years ago)...
Thanks in advance
Does someone recongnize the lagging behaviour of Aura as I describes 2 posts ago?
manipel said:
Does someone recongnize the lagging behaviour of Aura as I describes 2 posts ago?
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Me too. I drive with constant speed and the cursor freezes or de-accelerate then accelerates... then de-accelerate again... etc.. With navigon and Igo everything is fine! I have DHD with leddroid but It was the same with stock 1.72
I have exactly the same GPS-lagging problem with this program. Really odd though, as you would expect that the program gets the GPS info from android, just like any other navigation program (i.e. google maps).
Mashadar said:
I have exactly the same GPS-lagging problem with this program. Really odd though, as you would expect that the program gets the GPS info from android, just like any other navigation program (i.e. google maps).
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I also noticed the gps lag and it's terrible! This renders the app useless wich is too bad as I also like the user interface alot... Im using the latest Aura v2.1.3
Hello fellow WP7 users. I was wondering whether people are getting local search results when you search on Bing (i.e., hit the search button). I live in Canada and my wife and I have the Optimus 7 and we never get local results no matter what I search. It always only has Web and News. I was under the impression from watching videos before getting the phone that WP7's integrated Bing search would give other options, like local (maybe pictures?). Anyone else having this "problem"?
I've just tried (on HTC Mozart) to search for "coffee". At first time I've got message that no local results found. After trying again, I've got some local results. The only problem, that the phone still thinks I'm in Germany (I was there couple of weeks ago, but phone still thinks I am there).
CR1M1N4L said:
I've just tried (on HTC Mozart) to search for "coffee". At first time I've got message that no local results found. After trying again, I've got some local results. The only problem, that the phone still thinks I'm in Germany (I was there couple of weeks ago, but phone still thinks I am there).
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Well, at least your getting some sort of local results! But that doesn't sound very good either. I've noticed that when I hit the search button and bing pops up after a little while the name of the city where I live pops up under the voice input option accross from bing. It still doesn't give me local results, but at least it knows where I am.
Where are you located? Lithuania? I'm wondering whether it is limited to certain countries (Germany and the States for example).
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Well, at least your getting some sort of local results! But that doesn't sound very good either. I've noticed that when I hit the search button and bing pops up after a little while the name of the city where I live pops up under the voice input option accross from bing. It still doesn't give me local results, but at least it knows where I am.
Where are you located? Lithuania? I'm wondering whether it is limited to certain countries (Germany and the States for example).
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Yea, I'm from Lithuania. Bing search displays "Berlin" below. Some other apps (WeatherBug for example) thinks that I'm in Berlin. It looks that the phone somehow cached my location when I was in Berlin and now it can't update it even through GSM/WiFi/GPS even I have location setting turned on.
CR1M1N4L said:
Yea, I'm from Lithuania. Bing search displays "Berlin" below. Some other apps (WeatherBug for example) thinks that I'm in Berlin. It looks that the phone somehow cached my location when I was in Berlin and now it can't update it even through GSM/WiFi/GPS even I have location setting turned on.
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Intresting. Under "Settings" and "find my phone" do you have "save my location periodically for better mapping" selected? I wonder if deselecting that might help. I'm not sure what "Get results faster" does.
Commander Data said:
Intresting. Under "Settings" and "find my phone" do you have "save my location periodically for better mapping" selected? I wonder if deselecting that might help. I'm not sure what "Get results faster" does.
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I've just disabled this setting at "Find my phone" section. No changes so far. Bing Maps/Search still thinks I'm in Berlin. It might be a problem of me being at home currently so phone can't find my location via GPS. But as far as I understand it should be able to find me via WiFi or GSM
CR1M1N4L said:
I've just disabled this setting at "Find my phone" section. No changes so far. Bing Maps/Search still thinks I'm in Berlin. It might be a problem of me being at home currently so phone can't find my location via GPS. But as far as I understand it should be able to find me via WiFi or GSM
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How is that your problem being at home? GPS should pin point your location, but I guess unless Bing does not know that there is a whole world besides USA and Western Europe, I would assume it is Bing problem because it might not have a map data for the region you are in.
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How is that your problem being at home? GPS should pin point your location, but I guess unless Bing does not know that there is a whole world besides USA and Western Europe, I would assume it is Bing problem because it might not have a map data for the region you are in.
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I was using Bing Maps on my HD2 and it was able to display my location.
I meant it might not have the POI (points of interest) information for your location, I am trying to see it via bing maps on my PC, and I am getting
The server is temporarily unavailable. Try again later.
EDIT: but now re-thinking it, it might be the bing implementation for WP7 (since it is a completely different platform from WinMo) is not as good as on WinMo.
I live in Amish country (lancaster, pa) and local search does an awesome job for me. If i just search for "Coffee" it shows the local coffee shop as well as the usual starbucks and what not. If i search for movies it shows the local dollar theater and then other movie theaters within driving - as well as showtimes and what not. Local news search also works great.
Hi,
Recently my Lumia 900 is not finding it's location when I use apps like Bing Search or Yelp. When using the built in Bing search it finds my search request but when I click on the directions icon it is unable to find my location and gives me a No Location Information error.
The only app that consistently gets my location is Nokia Drive. I'm getting frustrated that many of the apps that use location are not working. I've enabled location sharing for the phone and all the apps to no avail.
Anyone else seeing this? Any suggestions?
TIA!
ganks said:
Hi,
Recently my Lumia 900 is not finding it's location when I use apps like Bing Search or Yelp. When using the built in Bing search it finds my search request but when I click on the directions icon it is unable to find my location and gives me a No Location Information error.
The only app that consistently gets my location is Nokia Drive. I'm getting frustrated that many of the apps that use location are not working. I've enabled location sharing for the phone and all the apps to no avail.
Anyone else seeing this? Any suggestions?
TIA!
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Mine is doing the same thing. It used to work fine. Over the last several weeks it has been getting worse. I've uninstalled most of the apps that have access to location to see if they were causing some interference with something but nothing is working. Local Scout fails to load anything half the time now, too. Nothing has changed with my phone. Never dropped, never abused, and used to work like a charm.
awesomeindeed said:
Mine is doing the same thing. It used to work fine. Over the last several weeks it has been getting worse. I've uninstalled most of the apps that have access to location to see if they were causing some interference with something but nothing is working. Local Scout fails to load anything half the time now, too. Nothing has changed with my phone. Never dropped, never abused, and used to work like a charm.
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To be honest I can't tell if Local Scout works well or not. It never has what I want (like an option to search) so I just use better apps like Yapf or Yelp. I do know that it took a while for my location to be correctly determined when I was in NYC this past weekend. Today on a drive from southern Vermont to northern New Hampshire, my Nokia Drive lost GPS a few times. It took 5 or so minutes before it was back on track.
Do you guys also have issues with losing/having an incorrect GPS location while using Maps or Nokia Drive?
I currently am trying to use two weather apps on my Z1 that don't work properly, a Zooper Widget Pro widget and Weatherback . Both of these apps work as expected on my Nexus 7, but the locations seem to be off on my Z1. I do NOT have a data plan on my phone (but the Nexus obviously doesn't either). Does anyone have any suggestions for which settings I should check? My regular weather apps run perfectly on my Z1.
Thanks in advance.
rebecker said:
I currently am trying to use two weather apps on my Z1 that don't work properly, a Zooper Widget Pro widget and Weatherback . Both of these apps work as expected on my Nexus 7, but the locations seem to be off on my Z1. I do NOT have a data plan on my phone (but the Nexus obviously doesn't either). Does anyone have any suggestions for which settings I should check? My regular weather apps run perfectly on my Z1.
Thanks in advance.
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What do you mean by 'locations seem to be off'? Is the weather not loading, or do you get weather for a different location? Does it not work for auto and manual location, or just auto, (try a manual location if you haven't yet). I had a similar problem that turned out to be caused by not having Gapps installed, since there's some service that Gapps provides that you need yo have an alternative for.
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What do you mean by 'locations seem to be off'? Is the weather not loading, or do you get weather for a different location? Does it not work for auto and manual location, or just auto, (try a manual location if you haven't yet). I had a similar problem that turned out to be caused by not having Gapps installed, since there's some service that Gapps provides that you need yo have an alternative for.
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Thanks for replying.
I've entered my location manually in Weatherback. It seems to work better. "World Weather Online" seems the most accurate in Minneapolis. I will experiment with the other two.
I also made a formula change in Zooper Widget Pro that seems illogical if the phone location is the issue. If I simply enter "#LLOC#" for the location command I get odd locations, one 100 miles away and one nearly 1500 miles away (Only the same 2, Tomah, WI and Tonopah, NV). However, I entered a variation of the following formula in all the weather related items: "$#LLOC#!=#LLOC#?****:#W0MAXN# / #W1MINN#$", which returns "68 / 54", as an example. This has been returning the correct local weather for the last few hours. Could be a fluke, but I've never gone even an hour in my house without an incorrect reading. I definitely have no idea why this works.
***Hmmm. Just as I finished the last paragraph I noticed that my location in Zooper is again incorrect. The weather temps, both predicted and current, are correct, as is the condition (Cloudy). Totally flummoxed by this.
Re: GAPPS. In Weatherback I have occasionally gotten a crash message related to GAPPS when altering the settings. I'm assuming this indicates that GAPPS is installed.
Any additional thoughts will be appreciated.
-Bob-
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Thanks for replying.
I've entered my location manually in Weatherback. It seems to work better. "World Weather Online" seems the most accurate in Minneapolis. I will experiment with the other two.
I also made a formula change in Zooper Widget Pro that seems illogical if the phone location is the issue. If I simply enter "#LLOC#" for the location command I get odd locations, one 100 miles away and one nearly 1500 miles away (Only the same 2, Tomah, WI and Tonopah, NV). However, I entered a variation of the following formula in all the weather related items: "$#LLOC#!=#LLOC#?****:#W0MAXN# / #W1MINN#$", which returns "68 / 54", as an example. This has been returning the correct local weather for the last few hours. Could be a fluke, but I've never gone even an hour in my house without an incorrect reading. I definitely have no idea why this works.
***Hmmm. Just as I finished the last paragraph I noticed that my location in Zooper is again incorrect. The weather temps, both predicted and current, are correct, as is the condition (Cloudy). Totally flummoxed by this.
Re: GAPPS. In Weatherback I have occasionally gotten a crash message related to GAPPS when altering the settings. I'm assuming this indicates that GAPPS is installed.
Any additional thoughts will be appreciated.
-Bob-
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Don't know much technical stuff, but see the last few posts of crdroid thread, (http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/rom-crdroid-android-t3117940), for the answer I got from someone who seems to know about it. Maybe it applies to your situation.
My Pixel XL GPS doesn't report accurate location during navigation and it causes the navigation app to always show my car a few feet off the road and keep recalculating the route. It is more severe in Waze but it is noticeable in Google Map too. Someone created a video of the issue: See this videohttps://youtu.be/LyOZW3BSQcY
Talked to Google support per usual they say go to Safe mode or reset the device but it didn't help. Anybody else observed this issue? It is common enough that Sprint created a document on how to address it but it doesn't help. People have reported it on Reddit and Verizon forums too but wanted to see what has been the experience here.
no video link. Regardless I have only encountered what you describe once when there was a split in the highway for an exit. After I started pointing a different direction it snapped back into place. Outside of that my GPS has been great. I am on Verizon if that matters.
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My Pixel XL GPS doesn't report accurate location during navigation and it causes the navigation app to always show my car a few feet off the road and keep recalculating the route. It is more severe in Waze but it is noticeable in Google Map too. Someone created a video of the issue: See this video
Talked to Google support per usual they say go to Safe mode or reset the device but it didn't help. Anybody else observed this issue? It is common enough that Sprint created a document on how to address it but it doesn't help. People have reported it on Reddit and Verizon forums too but wanted to see what has been the experience here.
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I had an incident yesterday where I was continuing on a freeway at 70 MPH,. But Google Maps thought I had veered from its directions by exiting on a low speed very curvy road, so regenerated directions for that. This never happened wth any of my Nexus devices.
Im having this issue as well. Google Maps seems fine, but Waze seems a lot more jumpy and recalculates my route every few seconds. Pretty annoying.
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I had an incident yesterday where I was continuing on a freeway at 70 MPH,. But Google Maps thought I had veered from its directions by exiting on a low speed very curvy road, so regenerated directions for that. This never happened wth any of my Nexus devices.
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Yea I never seen this issue on any Nexus. Since it seem to be common,not sure if a replacement would solve it. Posted it on Google product forum too to raise it to Google:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/y6G3etvT3U0
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Me Too...
So are you guys still having problems with this?
It's gotten to the point where I don't want to use Waze anymore - and I LOVE Waze. It seems like it should just be some sort of software tweak to fix this problem...
I hope it at least gets fixed before Waze comes to Android Auto.
Lame was hoping this got better and was looking forward to a working gps on Pixel.
Ive had this issue eventually pop up on every device. Currently on LG v10.. Upsetting :/
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Lame was hoping this got better and was looking forward to a working gps on Pixel.
Ive had this issue eventually pop up on every device. Currently on LG v10.. Upsetting :/
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Try deleting the app data and cache. Then uninstall and reinstall the app. So far its worked for me. Need to test it a few more days before I can confirm its a permanent fix.
I saw this post so I turned on Google Maps & used it to navigate home from work, about 15 miles. Not a big test, but it worked fine, followed be closely, always had me exactly where I was on the road down to the lane I was in.
I have had zero issues with Maps. I do not use Waze. (on ATT)
I have had the GPS issue first on the Pixel (was not following my location accurately and would not give me turn by turn directions) spoke with Google support, all their solutions failed including the factory reset so returned the Pixel and upgrades to the XL model have had it for 3 days and started having same issue again today!!! This issue is on maps and I have only downloaded normal certified apps I was very excited about the 1st Google phone as I love their products but this is very discouraging as the exact same problem has now happened with BOTH phone models. I have Verizon service but based on all of these comments am starting to believe it is a hardware issue and not the service provider. Hoping they can get this bug fixed and quickly otherwise I will be returning for a different device.
My Pixel XL was fine for the first few days. Then I put it in a case and rooted it, and ever since then the GPS is acting wonky in Waze, losing its fix, not getting satellites, acting nuts.
Trying to determine the issue...
I find it awful on maps!! I've had it showing me going backwards and the rotation is off!
Tried with waze and it was OK though so I've no idea
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Waze and Google Maps both keep losing GPS signal.
Waze starts to go absolutely haywire.
Google Maps just says "seeking GPS signal" every 30 seconds
Ive done a full factory reset and it's still happening.
Maybe something wrong with the GPS chip, or on the underlying OS??
Just spent 2 hours troubleshooting with a Google tech. They will be calling me back son (they just told me to test it after a full factory reset). No luck!
I'm also having this issue with the pixel xl. Seems much worse in Waze but happens in Google maps a little as well.
Well my GPS died some time this weekend. I was loosing GPS lock on google maps. GPS test is no longer shows it lock onto any satellites when my nexus 6 sees 7-9. Replacement is on the way. I would recommend anyone having this problem check with a gps test/info app and make sure the hardware is working correctly.
I replicated the problem on NDE63V, the OS the device shipped on and was working on before, along with NMF26O and NMF26Q.
Waze is unusable now. I am seeing the same behavior. Google Maps is ok, but waze jumps all over the place.
It is pure speculation, but I wonder if it is tied to how the OS is using the accelerometers. I think google Maps uses both the GPS position and accelerometers.
-J
1/2/2017 - Google Confirming Software Issue with GPS
I'm having the same problem.
Last week my GPS on my Google Pixel stopped working. When I open google maps, it shows the blue dot correctly with the compass working properly. However, when I start navigation or driving mode, it does not work. I also tried Waze and that also does not work - just holds on Searching for GPS. I also tried the app 'GPS Test' and it shows 'No Fix' on the GPS Status.
I contacted google pixel support this morning and they confirmed Google is aware of the problem and have identified it as a software issue.
nixforme12 said:
I'm having the same problem.
Last week my GPS on my Google Pixel stopped working. When I open google maps, it shows the blue dot correctly with the compass working properly. However, when I start navigation or driving mode, it does not work. I also tried Waze and that also does not work - just holds on Searching for GPS. I also tried the app 'GPS Test' and it shows 'No Fix' on the GPS Status.
I contacted google pixel support this morning and they confirmed Google is aware of the problem and have identified it as a software issue.
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That's wonderful! Did they give you any information on how you others can refer to the issue, such as a bug number or anything?
I'm also having the same issue with my Pixel when using Waze, and since stopped using it, due to it being redirected consistently. Switching to Maps Navigation the issue doesn't seem to exists, however, if I just use Maps, I can see that the compass is not oriented in the correct direction, and have to do the figure 8 calibration consistently so that it can be oriented correctly. The blue indicator dot is also not correctly located on the map, and can be off by many feet/meter. This is the only way I have been able recreate the issue I'm seeing with Waze but on Maps this time, it seems that Maps Navigation is more forgiving on the GPS irregularities than Waze, which is why Maps Navigation is a much better experience than Waze on the Pixel or Pixel XL.
Haven't experienced anything drastic with the gps lock, but I do notice that the direction of where i'm facing is constantly off. Tried calibrating the compass to no avail. The direction feature would also throw off driving directions as it doesn't know which way you are headed when stopped.