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[Q] Google maps orientation

Is there a setting for google maps so that it turns to the same direction I'm facing rather than always north? In other words, the map would line up with the real world. I'd like this to work even when I don't have a data connection. I thought google nav would do this, but I can't get it to work properly offline.

You need to have a GPS lock before the maps turn according to the direction you are facing.
Then press the small square icon with a compass image(i think) at the top right of the map.

Mach3.2 said:
You need to have a GPS lock before the maps turn according to the direction you are facing.
Then press the small square icon with a compass image(i think) at the top right of the map.
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When I have a GPS lock and am in google maps, the small square icon with the compass image in the upper right just moves the map so that the blue my location arrow is in the center of the screen.

First tap should change it to a compass, second tap will do what you want...

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[Q] IS Rotate Driving you nuts

I always seems to be rotating and un-rotating my screen to get it to turn the way I want it to.
I had trouble with the Note1 with this and thought/hoped this new "smart rotation" camera checking you face position thing would help and I don't really think it helps at all.
It makes me especially nuts when I have my note 2 in Landscape mode in a holder in the car and my GPS software is shown the wrong way ...
I have also noticed that when using multiview that it gets more confusing.
Is this just more or are others not thrilled?
I would love to have a way to have a single button to make it rotate on demand and one then.
(NOT the don't rotate option that exists )
am I missing something basic?
THanks
Allen

I think its just the size of the phone, you try hold it and do stuff in one hand as you're used to, but because you have to hold it weird to get anything done, it rotates when you dont want it to. Only thing you can really do is disable autorotate. It would be good if you could adjust the threshold when to rotate, but of course on the other side of it, people will then say its too slow etc

Can't say this has been an issue for me. Seems to usually be in the correct orientation for what I want.

el_roy1985 said:
Can't say this has been an issue for me. Seems to usually be in the correct orientation for what I want.
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IT will be interesting ot hear if I am the only one who sees thins as a problem or if lots of people have issues

akrasna said:
IT will be interesting ot hear if I am the only one who sees thins as a problem or if lots of people have issues
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I know exactly what you mean. That's why I use display orientator. It places an rotate icon anywhere on your screen. So when you hold the phone in landscape. press the icon. and it stays locked in landscape.
When you're done in landscape, and hold your phone in portrait. press the rotate icon again, and it now returns to portrait.
perfect for me. No more flip floping rotating screen unless I want it to rotate.

el_roy1985 said:
Can't say this has been an issue for me. Seems to usually be in the correct orientation for what I want.
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+1 never had an issue. As suggested there will be an app for that.

snoopycr said:
That's why I use display orientator. . No more flip floping rotating screen unless I want it to rotate.
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Thanks - Display Orientator seems to be somewhat helpful.
He anyone seen thgouh any value added in this "smart rotate" in terms of using the camera to see where your face is? I have not found it helpful

I only ever had problems when changing between apps. I turned off the face checking orientation but it didn't conserve any more battery. On stock rom.

Nuts? Like hell, like Woods, like Savimbi. Seriously. I wondered no one had this issue unit I saw this topic. And that Smart Stay is a gimmick I think, I've no idea what it does basically!
I'll try that orientator app. Thanks.
Swyped from my GT-N7100

I don't use Smart Rotate but I do find the phone way too sensitive at turning to landscape. Sometimes the phone is only barely tipped towards that way when placing it down and it rotates.
Any way to adjust at what angle it turns?

[Q] Gyro sensor not working

I've just discovered that my gyro sensor doesn't work. I am running rooted stock 4.1.1. The phone can not detect tilt movements. And under Settings->Motion->Sensitivity settings->Gyroscope calibration, the blue dot does not move from the center, no matter which orientation the phone is held. All of the options under Motion don't seem to work. I just want to see if anybody else has the same problem before calling TMobile.

Firstly, this should have been posted in the q&a section.
And the blue circle isn't supposed to move. You lay the phone on a flat surface and it calibrates itself.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

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Sorry for posting in the wrong section. You are right about the blue dot not moving. I downloaded a few apps that detect sensors and all built-in sensor seem to be working as they are supposed too. I have problem for example of taking screenshot with a palm wipe or zooming picture by tilting the device, muting phone by turning it over, etc. None of these features work on my phone. Will try to explore more to see what the real problem is.

tphone said:
Sorry for posting in the wrong section. You are right about the blue dot not moving. I downloaded a few apps that detect sensors and all built-in sensor seem to be working as they are supposed too. I have problem for example of taking screenshot with a palm wipe or zooming picture by tilting the device, muting phone by turning it over, etc. None of these features work on my phone. Will try to explore more to see what the real problem is.
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Do you have the switch turned on next to motion in the settings?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

tphone said:
I've just discovered that my gyro sensor doesn't work. I am running rooted stock 4.1.1. The phone can not detect tilt movements. And under Settings->Motion->Sensitivity settings->Gyroscope calibration, the blue dot does not move from the center, no matter which orientation the phone is held. All of the options under Motion don't seem to work. I just want to see if anybody else has the same problem before calling TMobile.
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Before you go off the deep end, run the test on the sensor.
in the stock dialer:
Quick Test Menu
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select the accelerometer tester and ilt the phone whatever way you want. If the arrows don't change, then the sensor isn't working. If the Arrows do change, then all good, no panic necessary...
Good Luck
Aloha

Thank you for your help. I ran the sensor test and the sensors work. I also turned on the Motion switch but the Motion features still don't work for me. Maybe this is a software issue. I will continue to explore and will report back if I've found something.

tphone said:
Thank you for your help. I ran the sensor test and the sensors work. I also turned on the Motion switch but the Motion features still don't work for me. Maybe this is a software issue. I will continue to explore and will report back if I've found something.
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Hi,
Please do the following:
Pull the top notification bar down by using a downward swipe.
Tap on the Toothed Wheel in upper right corner
scroll down till you see the System divider (below the Add account line)
is Motion ON on the right side of it? if not, turn it on.
Tap on the word Motion
Are any of the options you want to use set with a check in the box?
if not, put the check in whatever you want to use by tapping on the box on the right of the function.
Example:
If you want to use Palm swipe for screen captures, tap on the box on the right of the option.
the boxes toggle these options so if you want the option off, then tap on the checkmark and it'll go off.
When you're done, click on the back button on the right side of the menu bar below the screen till you get back to the homescreen.
You are done, and the selected options should now function.
simple huh?

Thank you, bobolinko. I've been doing exactly what you described and no motion feature works for me. I begin to think that my software has a problem, because it does crash occasionally and software upgrade check hangs forever in the "checking for software updates..." screen and never comes back, no matter if I am on wifi or on 4G. Let me reinstall stock firmware and report back.

Try it like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4dPoY1Z6hc
Also, has it EVER worked?
Thanks!

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Also, has it EVER worked?
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Thanks for the video. I did exactly as shown and nothing happens. I never tried Motion before until I needed to capture my screen and discovered that it doesn't work for me. In the mean time, using PWR and HOME button at the same time does allow me to capture the screen, so I don't really need Motion feature working for me. I am just thinking that my software has a problem and I will need to reinstall stock. Thanks a lot for your help in any case.

bobolinko said:
Before you go off the deep end, run the test on the sensor.
in the stock dialer:
Quick Test Menu
*#7353#
select the accelerometer tester and ilt the phone whatever way you want. If the arrows don't change, then the sensor isn't working. If the Arrows do change, then all good, no panic necessary...
Good Luck
Aloha
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im having the same issue. tried the accelerometer test and tilt the phone every which way but the arror didnt move at all. does that mean the accelerometer is done with. any fix for it?
also tried tsp dot mode, tsp grid mode, proximity and light sensors and nothing seems to happen during the test

Can I disable Navigation notifications on Moto 360

Let's face it, navigation notifications on the Moto 360 just eat the battery. I don't need them as I'm getting voice turn-by-turn navigation through my car stereo via bluetooth. So, is it possible to turn them off? I know I could put the phone in airplane mode but I don't want to turn off all notifications, just navigation.

TabGuy said:
Let's face it, navigation notifications on the Moto 360 just eat the battery. I don't need them as I'm getting voice turn-by-turn navigation through my car stereo via bluetooth. So, is it possible to turn them off? I know I could put the phone in airplane mode but I don't want to turn off all notifications, just navigation.
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I haven't tried it but you probably could go into the android wear application on your phone and mute google maps.

ChrisNee1988 said:
I haven't tried it but you probably could go into the android wear application on your phone and mute google maps.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I do see Google Maps under the Navigate option on the phone but I don't see any way to toggle it off.

TabGuy said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I do see Google Maps under the Navigate option on the phone but I don't see any way to toggle it off.
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Tap on the gears icon to the top right. Then go to Mute App Notifications and add google maps to that list.

ChrisNee1988 said:
Tap on the gears icon to the top right. Then go to Mute App Notifications and add google maps to that list.
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Thanks. that's what makes XDA so great!

TabGuy said:
Thanks. that's what makes XDA so great!
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So I tried the same thing. Though it's not called mute in my version. But I checked off 'maps' under 'block app notifications' but I still get random navigation cards "15 miles to work" and "20 minutes to new location" yet they are random locations at random times while I'm just sitting stationary... I work in line 10 spots in 2 towns with an ever changing schedule, this function isn't useful to me... But even with blocking maps I still get these. Anyone have an idea?

Sdwf289 said:
So I tried the same thing. Though it's not called mute in my version. But I checked off 'maps' under 'block app notifications' but I still get random navigation cards "15 miles to work" and "20 minutes to new location" yet they are random locations at random times while I'm just sitting stationary... I work in line 10 spots in 2 towns with an ever changing schedule, this function isn't useful to me... But even with blocking maps I still get these. Anyone have an idea?
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That is Google Now. Go into Google Now on the phone, and customise the settings to remove that function. I had the same issue including the weather updates constantly spamming me.

xdatastic said:
That is Google Now. Go into Google Now on the phone, and customise the settings to remove that function. I had the same issue including the weather updates constantly spamming me.
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I don't mind the weather, and I actually did that after my post, in the settings... Then it happened again, opened Google note on my phone, selected the pop up and choose to no longer get notifications on navigation... And it happened again. This is the one issue I've had... :/

Thanks for great advice here. I am also solve this problem easily here.

How to calibrate the compass on Huawei Watch?

In my Huawei Watch, when I go to google map, it shows wrong direction. it's strange that when I turn right, map turn left. I tried to calibrate the compass by rotating the watch in all axis, but get no luck.
Is there any way to fix this?

From everything I've read, it doesn't have a compass.

JimSmith94 said:
From everything I've read, it doesn't have a compass.
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So how it works? it shows direction but in a wrong way that I think it mean it has compass but need calibration. I read somewhere someone said it use phone compass but It work even if phone is disconnected.

JimSmith94 is right, the Huawei Watch does not have a compass. It uses the accelerometer/gyro information to detect relative movement which will cause the rotation. But there is no way it can detect where north is and a calibration is not possible.
It is also not possible to use the phone compass information as both devices can be moved and rotated completely independedn from each other, so the phone orientation is not helpful for the watch.
As far as I've read this issue is addressed in the latest firmware update (1.5) that is currently rolling out for our watch. Unfortunately I have not received it yet, so I can't report what they actually improved here, maybe they disabled it completely.
The item I'm refering to is from a Japanese changelist:
"Googleマップの回転方向に関する問題を解消。"
The online translation for this is:
"Solve problems related to the direction of rotation of the Google map."
Let's see

foo said:
As far as I've read this issue is addressed in the latest firmware update (1.5) that is currently rolling out for our watch. Unfortunately I have not received it yet, so I can't report what they actually improved here, maybe they disabled it completely.
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The update is linked here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67486303&postcount=23

I can verify that at the very least, they fixed Google Map rotation, which is nice. However this does not completely fix the issue that Huawei chose to implement the cheaper 6-axis sensor (like the Asus Zenwatch 2), leaving us without a magnetometer therefore map/compass apps/watch faces that cannot fully function.
To answer your question, Behzadsh, the watch does not have a compass (magnetometer) therefore apps and watch faces that depend on a compass will not work as intended.

Thank you guys for your information

Is there anyone herecommend that was able to decrease the vibration motor?

Behzadsh said:
In my Huawei Watch, when I go to google map, it shows wrong direction. it's strange that when I turn right, map turn left. I tried to calibrate the compass by rotating the watch in all axis, but get no luck.
Is there any way to fix this?
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When You turn right the map will rotate left. It is normal!

bigsee said:
When You turn right the map will rotate left. It is normal!
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I mean when I turn clockwise, the direction on map turns anticlockwise. for example if I turn from north to east the map direction turns from north to west
I haven't this issue anymore since android wear 1.5

Behzadsh said:
I mean when I turn clockwise, the direction on map turns anticlockwise. for example if I turn from north to east the map direction turns from north to west
I haven't this issue anymore since android wear 1.5
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When you are facing "North" and you rotate your body (or watch) towards the West (rotating counterclockwise - left) the map should rotate clockwise (opposite - right) to position what was "West" on the map to be in front of you.. Basically the map is supposed to rotate to keep what is supposed to be in front of you at the top of the display when using the watch for navigation during a walk,run, or bike trip. If you look at Google Maps on your phone, it should behave the same way when you enter compass mode.

BadContext said:
When you are facing "North" and you rotate your body (or watch) towards the West (rotating counterclockwise - left) the map should rotate clockwise (opposite - right) to position what was "West" on the map to be in front of you.. Basically the map is supposed to rotate to keep what is supposed to be in front of you at the top of the display when using the watch for navigation during a walk,run, or bike trip. If you look at Google Maps on your phone, it should behave the same way when you enter compass mode.
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You're right, seems like I described the situation wrong, it did opposite of what you said.
never mind, it has been fixed in android wear 1.5 for me