I have an issue that I cannot resolve. I have read hundreds of posts, but no one has discussed this specific issue.
I am running the newest AT&T Tilt2 ROM and radio (RUU_Rhodium_S2_Cingular_US_2.10.502.4_Radio_Rhodium_4.49.25.95_Signed_Ship.exe). Before adding any cities to the weather tab, My Location on the Home tab correctly displayed all of the cities I was in at the time the weather updated (I have the Update setting at "1 hour").
After replacing the default cities with those that I wanted, My Location on the Home tab started displaying "5" instead of the city name where I live (Hampton VA). All other city names in my area display correctly as I travel except for "Hampton".
Anyone have any thoughts on the cause of this problem?
The my Location app wont work with the 3G network, it only work with Wi-FI... You have to click on the hour that will show you the locations that you have added and then you can select your location (that location will be display it under the hour of your home screen).
Aauatico69, you are the second person to tell me that, and I don't know why the perception is that the "My Location" feature of Sense does not work with 3G.
The feature works perfectly on my phone except for one specific location displaying as "5" instead of the city name. I only use wi-fi on my phone when I'm in a hot-spot location like in a restaurant. I have AT&T as my service provider, which is, of course, a 3G network. And as I said, My Location works great. As I change from town to town My Location updates the weather information under the flip-clock, and my wi-fi is definitely not on.
So unless I don't understand what people mean by "My Location doesn't work with 3G", I believe they are incorrect.
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hello, I'm not new to the flashing scene but I'm usually on the CDMA side of things. My buddy lent me his ATT Tilt 2 to flash him a Leo ROM but for some reason out of any ROMs I tried (I'm on uDk currently) I'm not getting any GPS lock for the 'my location' weather, or anyrhing for that sake. I have it connected via activesync so there is internet access btw... Is this common or is there a GPS fix for the Tilt 2 like the keyboard one? I'm doing this without a SIM card since he is using it till I'm done with it.... Does it make a difference? Any suggestion would be appreciated.
The reason would probably be because there's no SIM card. AFAIK My Location does not use GPS, but rather triangulates your approximate location using the signal strength of the three closest towers. If you don't have a SIM, you're not on the cellular network, and thus can't use My Location. You have to use either 4.49.25.05 or 4.49.25.17 as your radio, if you're not already.
But IMO, you're not really missing out on much. My Location only seems to update whenever it feels like it, so the data is often old and irrelevant by the time I see it. I just added my city to the list of cities on the weather tab, and changed the home tab to display that instead of My Location weather.
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The reason would probably be because there's no SIM card. AFAIK My Location does not use GPS, but rather triangulates your approximate location using the signal strength of the three closest towers. If you don't have a SIM, you're not on the cellular network, and thus can't use My Location. You have to use either 4.49.25.05 or 4.49.25.17 as your radio, if you're not already.
But IMO, you're not really missing out on much. My Location only seems to update whenever it feels like it, so the data is often old and irrelevant by the time I see it. I just added my city to the list of cities on the weather tab, and changed the home tab to display that instead of My Location weather.
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htcs my location doesnt use gps, it uses googles location service. i try to tell people that but they never listen. you have to manually update weather with sense 2.1 but you can automatically update it every hour or so with 2.5.
DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
The reason would probably be because there's no SIM card. AFAIK My Location does not use GPS, but rather triangulates your approximate location using the signal strength of the three closest towers. If you don't have a SIM, you're not on the cellular network, and thus can't use My Location. You have to use either or as your radio, if you're not already.
But IMO, you're not really missing out on much. My Location only seems to update whenever it feels like it, so the data is often old and irrelevant by the time I see it. I just added my city to the list of cities on the weather tab, and changed the home tab to display that instead of My Location weather.
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thanx a lot for the reply. I'll try it out when he puts the sim back on. Oh and btw, I have been trying to make the home weather tab use a selected city rather than my location but can't find a way to switch it. Any suggestions?
thanx again
mike21pr said:
thanx a lot for the reply. I'll try it out when he puts the sim back on. Oh and btw, I have been trying to make the home weather tab use a selected city rather than my location but can't find a way to switch it. Any suggestions?
thanx again
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Just tap on the homescreen clock (the clock part, not the weather), and if you did it right you should appear at a screen with all your weather cities (but not on the weather tab). Simply tap the city you would like to use for time/weather so the radio bubble next to it is filled, and tap back. After that, you're all set. Keep in mind that you have to add your city to the weather tab before it shows up on that list.
yaaay!!! i updated my radio and i get an instant lock now, thanx for the tips guys
there should be a thanx button here....
Hi...
I installed WM6.5 to my TP2. Worked great and it showed my home city under the flip clock and in the weather tab.
Removed it again and went back to WM6.1 but now I've installed WM6.5 again and now it's showing another city as My Location. I can add other cities in the weather tab but I can't change the My Location city.
And I can't remove the city...
My home city is Frederiksberg and that's the city which was shown the first time I installed WM6.5. Now it's showing another city and I can't even add Frederiksberg in the weather tab.
I'm running a stock ROM on a European unlocked TP2. Not branded by any carrier, just stock version from HTC.
Can anyone help ?
try in a different room/location. mine shows a city in bangkok (gmt +7) in one of my rooms and im in a beirut (gmt +2). if i try updating in another room or go to the balcony, problem is solved. also trying disabling htc location and enabling it again.
how to Fix "My Location" with Google Maps. (workaround)
I just got a handle on the Google maps "My Location" problem with the USA version of touch pro 2.
the cell tower triangulation only works in GSM mode (meaning GPRS/EDGE network). it does not work with 3G.
It appears that Google does not have the active towers maped. it has the old towers, but not new ones... however since I do not have an android device I can not confirm whose fault this is.
all I know is the workaround: turn off your 3G connection either with a modified Comm Manager, or the tedious way:
go to settings/ Personal/ Phone; select the BAND tab, and change the network from auto to GSM.
This will disable your 3G network and start EDGE instead. then Google Maps will be able to triangulate your position.
Hope that this helps... not really.
Hopefully, T-Mobile will resolve this issue with Google soon.
also, I can confirm that we are expecting a 6.5 update soon, although they did not give me a an actual date. My guess is January as sheduled (by rumors)
Thanks for the info, now my location is within 600 meters, it was within 43,000 meters under 3G in NYC area.
S.V.I said:
I just got a handle on the Google maps "My Location" problem with the USA version of touch pro 2.
the cell tower triangulation only works in GSM mode (meaning GPRS/EDGE network). it does not work with 3G.
It appears that Google does not have the active towers maped. it has the old towers, but not new ones... however since I do not have an android device I can not confirm whose fault this is.
all I know is the workaround: turn off your 3G connection either with a modified Comm Manager, or the tedious way:
go to settings/ Personal/ Phone; select the BAND tab, and change the network from auto to GSM.
This will disable your 3G network and start EDGE instead. then Google Maps will be able to triangulate your position.
Hope that this helps... not really.
Hopefully, T-Mobile will resolve this issue with Google soon.
also, I can confirm that we are expecting a 6.5 update soon, although they did not give me a an actual date. My guess is January as sheduled (by rumors)
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My Desire has a huge problem with determining my location in my home. I only use wireless networks to determine the location (I wouldn't have a GPS signal inside anyway). Sometimes my location is being incorrectly determined as Hamburg, Germany - and this was only a minor annoyance until it started changing the time zone to that of Germany. So, I would go to bed in the evening after setting my alarm, and I would wake up in Hamburg's timezone (or even in both timezones - the alarm going off twice). I enabled obtaining the time from the network (this could mean GSM or NTP or both).
The problem must be my wi-fi because:
- I used Google Maps with cellular location on wi-fi-less phone before, without problems
- The Desire's IP address is in the 192.168.*.* family, I doubt they would use that for geo-location
- The external IP address of my wireless router has always been located correctly (e.g. Google.com redirects me to the local website)
- The only explanation is that the SSID of my WiFi is registered in Hamburg and Andoid ignores all the previous reliable clues for location and sets the location based only on a completely unreliable SSID database.
I've been reading forums, and people say there is no way to submit or correct entries in this database. Does anybody know of a workaround or a solution to this?
I don't think it uses the SSID,but some one else asked about it and was refered to this
http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml
I think it's more likly to be by ip,anyway here's a link for that too
http://www.maxmind.com/app/city_accuracy
Thank you for the reply. You are right, it's not the SSID, as changing it has no effect. Also, my IP has always been correctly located, including in maxmind's database.
I now think the cause could be the MAC of the router... I can't change that (unless I get a new router) and I can't find any reference about a public database that Google is using. I need to find a solution to this and fast, because it's a deal-breaker and I would have to return the phone.
This is not an issue with your phone. It is a problem with Google maps and Google's location service. Google use the MAC address of the surrounding access points. I had an issue where my location was determined to be 200 miles away when using wifi in a rural area with only one access point in range. I was being placed at my previous address as that is where Google had catalogued the access point (possibly when doing the Street View survey). The only way that I'm aware of to improve this is to submit a bug report to Google on:
https: //services.google.com/fb/forms/wifibugs/
I'm surprised that Google don't collect data directly from Google maps when your phone can see GPS and WiFi signals in order to automatically update their system.
Sorry about the space in the above URL. The rules here didn't allow me to post a URL so I had to post it that way.
Through Google location and online IP trackers, I get placed as 60-300 miles away from my home since a year now- seems pretty random. Doesn't bother me really.
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60-300 miles away wouldn't bother me either. For my location, it gets it wrong by over 1000 miles, while online trackers always get it right. And even that wouldn't be a problem if the phone wouldn't switch the timezone and mess my alarms and calendar.
I mean, what the hell? Cellphone towers and IP addresses are not precise, wifi can position you more accurately, but when these's a 1000 miles distance between the location returned with these methods, which one do you trust? I believe cellphone towers and IP addresses are always more reliable, because they are assigned in a controlled manner.
I was hoping someone can confirm with me if their G2 is working 'properly' with this option enabled: Location & security settings \ Use wireless networks (checked)
Test would be to see if your Google Map (or other apps that needs your location like some weather apps) can find or track you rather than being fixated at your last known position.
Mine seems to only work when using a Wi-Fi network or when I switch to EDGE cell network (2G). Never have seen it work properly with WCDMA (which is HSDPA default) and I have been using Anycut to view the Phone's info to see this portion of tidbits. BTW, I don't have 4G in my area just yet.
Is this just my phone or something in common with all G2s. My G1 does not have this issue at all.
Thanks to anyone that can verify with me.
i can confirm that my g2 has the same issue
hey try using the app gps settings to download agps data. It worked for me in finding my location via the network so it should work for you as well.
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I was hoping someone can confirm with me if their G2 is working 'properly' with this option enabled: Location & security settings \ Use wireless networks (checked)
Test would be to see if your Google Map (or other apps that needs your location like some weather apps) can find or track you rather than being fixated at your last known position.
Mine seems to only work when using a Wi-Fi network or when I switch to EDGE cell network (2G). Never have seen it work properly with WCDMA (which is HSDPA default) and I have been using Anycut to view the Phone's info to see this portion of tidbits.
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The way it works is this; the tower ID numbers are sent from your phone to google. Google then looks up the coordinates of that tower in their tower database, and sends the coordinates back to you. You then have your approximate location. If the particular tower you are connected to is NOT LISTED within google's database, then they will be unable to determine your location.
BTW, I don't have 4G in my area just yet.
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Congratulations, neither does anyone else since there is not a single service provider in north america that has begun rolling out 4G (despite lies to the contrary). You will be able to recognize 4G by the speed -- 100 Mb/s down, 50 Mb/s up. Your phone is NOT CAPABLE of anything even REMOTELY CLOSE to this.
Is this just my phone or something in common with all G2s. My G1 does not have this issue at all.
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Could be a glitch in the software, I suppose, but more likely you are connected to a different tower.
Hello, i am using the Sprint LG G3 and have an issue with my location services.
Setting are set to High Accuracy:Network,Wifi and gps.
However, in some areas my location is off by 10miles or more.
I used the Sprint Zone diagnostics tool and it shows my network location accurate to within 95000 ft and GPS accurate to within 65ft.
Changing network from LTE to CDMA did not help, but changing location settings to Device sensors only (GPS) fixes it (however i cannot use Google Now with only GPS enabled.)
It seems my phone is only using the network location even though GPS is more accurate, shouldnt the phone use the most accurate reading if it is set to use all 3 types of location settings?
This occurs in the stock weather app, Google+, Google Maps etc...
Any advice?
I can say I have similar issue instead of GPS not working the location service through 4G service seems not working since v10l firmware, for 3G seems working intermittently, even now I am using v20a it is still acting like on v10n