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[Q] ??Tasker SMS GPS locate lost phone??

I've searched the far corners of the internet for how to get the retrieve location by sms functioning in Tasker. I've downloaded and applied both locate by sms profiles (locateme and locate by sms) from the Tasker wiki, neither work. I receive a return message with a link but the link takes me to a generic page in "Google-Places". I've also tried to use a separate profile to lock gps, as was suggested in some threads on other sites. I bring this directly to the Epic forum to see if any Epic owners have gotten a Locate by SMS Tasker profile to work. If you have gotten it to work would you post your context and tasks w/ variables. Thanks a ton to anyone who helps. This has been plaguing me since I bought the app.
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Jesse Buck said:
I've searched the far corners of the internet for how to get the retrieve location by sms functioning in Tasker. I've downloaded and applied both locate by sms profiles (locateme and locate by sms) from the Tasker wiki, neither work. I receive a return message with a link but the link takes me to a generic page in "Google-Places". I've also tried to use a separate profile to lock gps, as was suggested in some threads on other sites. I bring this directly to the Epic forum to see if any Epic owners have gotten a Locate by SMS Tasker profile to work. If you have gotten it to work would you post your context and tasks w/ variables. Thanks a ton to anyone who helps. This has been plaguing me since I bought the app.
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I'm a Tasker power-user, (I posted the Weather-adaptive alarm clock on the wiki), and I've been meaning to work on my "SOS" profile that alarms, vibrates (an SOS in Morse code, no less), flashes the LED, snaps and uploads pictures, redirects outgoing calls to my Google Voice number, and, of course, returns GPS coordinates. So far it does everything except upload photos and return GPS (kind of important!) If I've got some spare time this afternoon (gf is on my case to clean the house) then I'll see if I can get it to work.
EDIT - Okay, so what's been causing problems thus far is the sheer amount of time it's taking my Epic to acquire a GPS lock. It's just timing out constantly. How do you get a GPS location from a phone that refuses to achieve a lock?!

Thanks for the assistance. You probably already know about the timeout adjustments for gps etc. I will see if I can get a lock through gmaps or gizmo and then send the sms code. Let me know if you come up with anything.
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Jesse Buck said:
Thanks for the assistance. You probably already know about the timeout adjustments for gps etc. I will see if I can get a lock through gmaps or gizmo and then send the sms code. Let me know if you come up with anything.
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Yeah... maybe I'm just having bad luck or whatever but my GPS just isn't locking at all. I send the SMS, my GPS flicks on, and it tries to get a location, but no dice. I've maxed Tasker out at 240 seconds but it wouldn't make a difference if it was 1000 seconds at this point. I can't get a lock at all. I'm going to try a few things to see if I can get it to cooperate. I'm getting the return SMS but all I get is %LOC instead of the GPS coordinates, and looking at Google Maps it's easy to tell why; I've got a GPS ring with a radius of over a mile circling my position.

im trying to get it working too, it all works except for when i get the coordinates it says im buy nigeria in a ocean................any thoughts?

For whatever reason I just tested it after getting a lock and it sent back coordinates. I know the gps cache is messed up. Is that why I can always get a lock at/near school but never at home? I'm near school right now and used the profile located on the wiki. Battery % did not work however. Oh well, glad to finally see some progress. Should I have problems with getting a gps lock 10miles from my school?
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so can someone help me figure out why google says my phone is located here? i copied and pasted the link info for the server off the wiki, so i wouldnt make any typos...
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Jesse Buck said:
For whatever reason I just tested it after getting a lock and it sent back coordinates. I know the gps cache is messed up. Is that why I can always get a lock at/near school but never at home? I'm near school right now and used the profile located on the wiki. Battery % did not work however. Oh well, glad to finally see some progress. Should I have problems with getting a gps lock 10miles from my school?
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Good to see you're making progress. After nearly 3 days with absolutely no GPS lock on my phone, I've reflashed and got GPS functioning again. Going to retest my Tasker profile as soon as Titanium Backup is done restoring my apps.
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so can someone help me figure out why google says my phone is located here? i copied and pasted the link info for the server off the wiki, so i wouldnt make any typos...
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Obviously it thinks you're at latitude and longitude coordinates 0,0. I'll post up a new profile with a different way of pulling up the phone's location in Google Maps; I don't like the way they did it in that profile, not how I would have done.

I must apologize, I did not use a wiki profile. I used a profile that references a separate profile to establish a lock. I figured out why I cannot get a lock at home. I use a femtocell and its gps is terrible (off by a couple hundered miles) and when aGPS tries to aid in locate the nearest satellites they are way off.
For those that may still be having trouble.
Create profile w/ Name: GetGPS and Context: Location (doesn't matter where you are)
Task "Stop"
done
Create profile w/ Context "Received Text" (whatever you want)
Create Task with this
1)GPS On
2)Wifi On
3)Profile Status Name:GetGPS Set:On
4)Wait 3min.
5)Send SMS Number: %SMSRF
6)GPS Off
Did this and it worked, away from home that is.
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i just remember the gps on my epic sucks. its off by a few miles when i use google maps. is there a fix for this? ive read this is a kwn issue for the epic. thx

so what server address does that use to get gps ?

I'm not sure but I believe Tasker uses Gmaps for its positioning. When you set up the GetGps profile that it references, the map looks identical.
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So what's the adress? Don't I need to type it in the new profile ??

No the way the second profile references the first there is no web address needed. It gets a lock and automatically populates the location variable then the second profile references the first (location variable) and replies to the text accordingly. It is the first time I've gotten it to work. Hope it helps.
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Vote to get Wifi staying live on device sleep

Windows Phone 7 and also mango will drop wifi on device sleep/screen lock, making receiving emails and other notification impossible unless you have data.
There are people who dont like to use their data services at home, and would love to have an option to keep wifi alive at screen lock, so please vote for this feature:
Vote here for Microsoft to add this feature

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251336
it's like reading my thread again

you are not alone having this issue, its not smart thinking by MS. We need to voice our issues on their site.

I completely agree. It's borderline retarded if MS expects everyone to have a data plan.

Most people do have a data plan, especially here in the US. The issue is the battery, a lot of people will complain if it stays on consistently and kills the battery. But, I do agree there needs to be an option, which is off by default, to enable this. I also think they need to make it stay on while it's actively downloading something, whether it be an app or a website, not start on WiFi and then dip to 3G when the screen is off.

I don't think that's completely true ...
I have a feeling that the WiFi isn't off 100% of the time when the screen is locked, because there are sometimes that I unlock the screen (after a long time from locking it) and I find out that it's already connected to WiFi !
So I'm guessing that it enables WiFi during sleep at certain intervals to synchronize with the cloud (e-mail, notifications, ... etc), if that's the case, then it's not a stupid decision after all

FiyaFleye said:
Most people do have a data plan, especially here in the US. The issue is the battery, a lot of people will complain if it stays on consistently and kills the battery. But, I do agree there needs to be an option, which is off by default, to enable this. I also think they need to make it stay on while it's actively downloading something, whether it be an app or a website, not start on WiFi and then dip to 3G when the screen is off.
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I have to agree here. The reason for the auto-off is for battery saving. I don't notice much difference in battery life myself with WiFi on or off because my screen is almost always off unless I get some sort of a notification or need to look something up. I also agree, that it would be nice to add an option that is defaulted to the current set-up, but when turned on, makes WiFi stay on permanently. Although, I wouldn't expect much battery life with that turned on.

This is great idea, but I would like to ask every1 to vote on everything you think that should be on WP7 (always use 3 votes). It just takes 5mins and helps a lot.

Voted !!! 3 votes

hassanselim0 said:
I have a feeling that the WiFi isn't off 100% of the time when the screen is locked, because there are sometimes that I unlock the screen (after a long time from locking it) and I find out that it's already connected to WiFi !
So I'm guessing that it enables WiFi during sleep at certain intervals to synchronize with the cloud (e-mail, notifications, ... etc), if that's the case, then it's not a stupid decision after all
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Found this happen to me, but in my case, wifi keep connected when plugged in to the charger, checked that in my router and unlock the phone to see the wifi is keep connected. But wifi will not keep connected if not plugged in to the charger

FiyaFleye said:
Most people do have a data plan, especially here in the US. The issue is the battery, a lot of people will complain if it stays on consistently and kills the battery. But, I do agree there needs to be an option, which is off by default, to enable this. I also think they need to make it stay on while it's actively downloading something, whether it be an app or a website, not start on WiFi and then dip to 3G when the screen is off.
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I'm sure everyone has a data plan. I'm also sure none of those people are stupid enough to waste it when there's a perfectly good and faster WiFi connection at home. Would you rather use your WiFi @ home connection or a data plan when you're at home?

wifi will be kept alive if plugged in a wall socket, this is because if you have setup wireless sync then phone will syc with zune wirelessly when connected to wall socket.
However, the reason for this vote is to voice our opinion for choice...a choice in shape of a simple toggle under settings where we users like us who'd like to use wifi than data at home to keep wifi alive at all times under screen lock....
I've mentioned this before that 3G chip use far more battery power than wifi, so keeping wifi alive at home shouldnt be a BIG hit on battery.
MS can by default have the same setup as is....but users should have an option to toggle this on/off.

iPhone has shown that simple = better. Too many options and choices just confuses the user.

I think the best solution is not an option in the settings to keep it turned on, but to enable it when it's needed, eg,
- Keep it on constantly for push email/applications with push support
- Enable it every 30 minutes (or whenever) for tile updates, email downloading
- Wait until current downloads are finished before turning off WiFi!

regspy said:
wifi will be kept alive if plugged in a wall socket, this is because if you have setup wireless sync then phone will syc with zune wirelessly when connected to wall socket.
However, the reason for this vote is to voice our opinion for choice...a choice in shape of a simple toggle under settings where we users like us who'd like to use wifi than data at home to keep wifi alive at all times under screen lock....
I've mentioned this before that 3G chip use far more battery power than wifi, so keeping wifi alive at home shouldnt be a BIG hit on battery.
MS can by default have the same setup as is....but users should have an option to toggle this on/off.
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FYI, no wifi sync is setup...

Voted!

I understand the reasoning of what you guys say but now we have another toggle to switch lets not vote WP into being Android with toggles all over the damn place. If you want continuous WiFi its simple plug your phone in then it will stay on even if locked that is a much better solution so when you unplug or are ready to go out the door you know that you have a full battery when you leave.

chicagolive said:
I understand the reasoning of what you guys say but now we have another toggle to switch lets not vote WP into being Android with toggles all over the damn place. If you want continuous WiFi its simple plug your phone in then it will stay on even if locked that is a much better solution so when you unplug or are ready to go out the door you know that you have a full battery when you leave.
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Thats just ridiculous, its a mobile phone not stationary phone. Whats so bad about toggles, i mean MS is treating you like a imbecil or a retard.

ammarmalik said:
I'm sure everyone has a data plan. I'm also sure none of those people are stupid enough to waste it when there's a perfectly good and faster WiFi connection at home. Would you rather use your WiFi @ home connection or a data plan when you're at home?
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Why would I want to use WiFi when my phone is asleep? It's not like I'm downloading gigs of data for the tiles. The phone synchronizes only Mail, Push Services, Notifications and a few more things. All in all just a few kb. I don't want my phone to use the battery intensive WiFi connection for these tiny downloads.

ChrisKringel said:
Why would I want to use WiFi when my phone is asleep
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Why not? Some people just like it that way, or having a choice is a bad thing on WP 7? They can leave it off by default, and for people that can think with their brain, thay can put something like this, so people can CHOOSE what they want.
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Battery XL for Nexus (Extending your battery)

If you haven't gone out to get an extended battery, try this and give feedback. I have tried it and it does great wonders for the stock battery for now. You can locate this in the market.
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Seems counterproductive to have a program running that extends your battery.

JuiceDefender has been doing this for ages. I'll try it out to see how it compares, but I doubt it could improve on it at all. Doesn't look like there are any unique features.

IM trying this on my EVO 4G and I am not sure if it is really SYNCING my account at all with this program... I have left auto-sync turned on and all this program is doing is turning off data when screen is off and back on every 2 hours and also turns it on when I unlock the screen.
However, I dont know how this will sync my accounts.. if I data is off and a scheduled sync comes, will the data come back on?
so far I dont think it does.. I was testing GREEN POWER which had a setting to sync every so many minutes.. but it only went up to every 30 minutes which killed my battery syncing all accounts every 30 minutes..
I want to be able to use one of these battery saver programs but still be able to SYNC account to each accounts time schedule for EMAIL, facebook, weather, etc
some are every 2 hours.. some ever 6, every 8 etc
Thanks...

Hello everyone. My name is Michael and I'm the Product Manager for BatteryXL.
I'm very pleased and pleasantly surprised, to be honest, that someone made a thread about my app on such an awesome site, XDA.
First off, this app is in Beta. It's not perfect nor complete by any means and it will continue to be developed and polished for the foreseeable future.
About BatteryXL's Smart Schedules:
In the Smart Settings menu there is a field called "Smart Schedule"
Here you can select WiFi, Data, and(or) (Auto)Sync.
Then you select a Frequency to connect (15m, 30m, 45m, 1h, 2,h, 5h) and Duration of connection (30s, 1m, etc).
To answer the gentleman's question about Sync:
If Sync is selected, then WiFi or Data (or both) must also be selected. Therefore, whenever a Smart Schedule event occurs including Sync then an internet connection will be initiated (if available).
Hope this clears things up. AutoSync optimization is one of my goals for the future. I want this app to be able to save battery without any unreasonable lag time between emails, social network updates.
Again, please feel free to address any further concerns or questions.
Michael Malley | BatteryXL Product Manager
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BatteryXL said:
Hello everyone. My name is Michael and I'm the Product Manager for BatteryXL.
I'm very pleased and pleasantly surprised, to be honest, that someone made a thread about my app on such an awesome site, XDA.
First off, this app is in Beta. It's not perfect nor complete by any means and it will continue to be developed and polished for the foreseeable future.
About BatteryXL's Smart Schedules:
In the Smart Settings menu there is a field called "Smart Schedule"
Here you can select WiFi, Data, and(or) (Auto)Sync.
Then you select a Frequency to connect (15m, 30m, 45m, 1h, 2,h, 5h) and Duration of connection (30s, 1m, etc).
To answer the gentleman's question about Sync:
If Sync is selected, then WiFi or Data (or both) must also be selected. Therefore, whenever a Smart Schedule event occurs including Sync then an internet connection will be initiated (if available).
Hope this clears things up. AutoSync optimization is one of my goals for the future. I want this app to be able to save battery without any unreasonable lag time between emails, social network updates.
Again, please feel free to address any further concerns or questions.
Michael Malley | BatteryXL Product Manager
[email protected]
[email protected]
@BatteryXL
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Still confused. If your program has turned data off but then one of my accounts is trying to sync based on its sync schedule in accounts and sync (in Android system settings), will data be turned back on to sync and then off again? I have the setting in your program to turn on data for 5 minutes every 2
Hours along with sync which i also leave that setting on for screen on and off. Let me know.
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Sorry to say this, but this app looks like a Juice Defender rip off: it has exactly the same options (some are still missing) and it has a different interface.
Does it actually bring anything different from Juice Defender?

pedmond said:
Sorry to say this, but this app looks like a Juice Defender rip off: it has exactly the same options (some are still missing) and it has a different interface.
Does it actually bring anything different from Juice Defender?
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Yeah, it brings a GPS lock that doesn't turn off! Click off GPS in the app, exit and it comes right back up until I turned off GPS with the power widget. Having to bother with turning GPS on and off when I wasn't using any other app that needed it made it an instant uninstall. Honestly, the app seemed shady to me, and don't see a reason to use it over JuiceDefender if you are having battery issues.

cvmaas said:
Yeah, it brings a GPS lock that doesn't turn off! Click off GPS in the app, exit and it comes right back up until I turned off GPS with the power widget. Having to bother with turning GPS on and off when I wasn't using any other app that needed it made it an instant uninstall. Honestly, the app seemed shady to me, and don't see a reason to use it over JuiceDefender if you are having battery issues.
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Hi cvmass,
The only GPS controls BatteryXL features are a manual on/off (which shares the same functionality as the Power Control widget) and automatic enable/disable based on various events like 'screen unlock'.
If your GPS is turning on or off unexpectedly then that is obviously a bug related to your hardware and not part of the intended user experience. If you want to send me your batteryxl.txt (log) I could work on fixing the problem.
We're not trying to rip-off JD, it's a matter of us trying to create the best app we can to help everyone get more out of their Android devices. Saying we're shady is like saying Android copied iPhone because both has touchscreens, apps, sync, phone, etc... This is a matter of convergent design were in order to save battery power, both apps are regulating your connections based on a series conditions and triggers. I'll be frank, we've used JD here in the lab, frankly we felt like we can do better and that's why we made this app.

dahauss said:
Still confused. If your program has turned data off but then one of my accounts is trying to sync based on its sync schedule in accounts and sync (in Android system settings), will data be turned back on to sync and then off again? I have the setting in your program to turn on data for 5 minutes every 2
Hours along with sync which i also leave that setting on for screen on and off. Let me know.
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Currently, the smart (sync) schedule only operates while the screen is off. but, this will change as of v1.2.4.
According to your settings mentioned above, BatteryXL will enable autosync every 2 hours for an interval of 5 mins. During this 5 mins, all your apps that have synced information are polled for updates.
The problem with the smart schedule now is with push services that assume you are constantly connected to the web. so sometimes, syncs get missed. we are working on it.
Let me know if you have more questions.

I've used and uninstalled BatteryXL twice now. It currently offers a night mode which juicedefender doesn't (for free anyway). First time I got rid of it due to instability (most likely culprit) the second time is because of the data finesse.
I only want to use cellular data when wifi is not available, but when you enable mobile data BXL first of all uses cellular data then wifi is turned on using that. If you turn off mobile data it actually switches off all mobile data so wifi won't work either for WAN transfers. I need option to keep cellular data disabled but leave mobile data on.

Thank you so much for bringing that to our attention - we'll add that to the features list to be added soon. So BatteryXL will basically disable cellular when wifi connects successfully and enable it when wifi is off or can't find a network.

It might be even better to make the mobile data button actually mean cellular data and not mobile data as this is what I thought it meant so was confused when it was turning off ability for wifi to fetch data. You could make mobile data an optional component elsewhere as I think this is a rarer item.
Or add an additional icon for cell data to the common row you have in every state paragraph. This makes the control more granular and ensures no cell data will ever be used even without wifi (which is what I would want for many scenarios anyway). Re-reading my post I can see how I misstated that! Certainly both scenarios could be provided for. Personally it depends when I need data, I can change my calling plan accordingly from month to month.
EDIT: Mobile data only seems to affect cellular data (as you'd expect) but why when it is disabled in BXL does wifi go 'grey' and not get any data, odd. This is why I thought it throttled any data and the toddle for cell was separate.

Does this app still make the GPS constantly look for a signal? I liked the UI a bit better than JD, but it just didn't work when I tried it.

9kracing said:
Does this app still make the GPS constantly look for a signal? I liked the UI a bit better than JD, but it just didn't work when I tried it.
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That sounds like GPS partially enabled, like the GPS is on but A-GPS isn't. When that happens to me apps like navigation constantly moan about finding location before they can function.

Fatila said:
That sounds like GPS partially enabled, like the GPS is on but A-GPS isn't. When that happens to me apps like navigation constantly moan about finding location before they can function.
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I had to set the program to turn off GPS when screen off. The program does something to my GPS that eats battery if I leave it on while using this program.
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BXL Uninstall question
I installed it on my I9000 but it was to complicated for me and could not get it to work along with my Email client so I uninstalled it, rebooted my phone and got something I have never seen before when my phone was booted, a message from Superuser stating that System is asking for superuser permission.
Is that natural or is it something that BXL left that caused this?
I'm using Doc's Master ICS V5 ROM.
Thanks
Ophir

I'm not too sure about this app. Been trying it for a day and can see somewhat of a difference, but nothing drastic..

One thing I do like about BatteryXL over JD or almost all the other similar apps is that it's not only free and not crippleware, but there are no ads. I hope it stays that way!
I have had some issues with the app locking up, but acceptable considering it's in beta - hopefully still under active development and improving.

i just tried this app and uninstalled it after it started to make phone calls all by itself to *22899. i would end the call and then it would call it right back. seems like a good app, and could work but that turned me off of it. not sure about the whole mobile data off option though.

Gps failing because of google new way of keeping up with what we do...

Recently the last 2 days I was not able to navigate correctly or get driving directions correctly do to GPS not locking. Now everything is fine.Been with android since day one purchasing the G1 from T-Mobile before it made it in the stores. As time gone on I have purchased the MyTouch original and I have purchased The Nexus brand having the Nexus 1 and Nexus S since launch too and will continue to purchase Nexus only. Love MY stock GSM Android Galaxy Nexus running 4.1.1 purchased from the PLAYSTORE...Never have I had a problem with GPS lock on any ANDROID Phone since the last couple of days maybe I Have just gotten all good phones.Since Jellybean has launched and I notice that UNCHECKING Google location service in Locations GPS will not Work which I believe should not work like that.I have come to the conclusion that our GPS will continue to suffer and not lock correctly or work at all if Google contiues to do whatever they are doing to keep track of what we are doing which I have no problem with.THE point is in the long run the GPS will not fuction any time GOOGLE has problems on its side. The GPS will eventually began to fuction like a application failing sometimes.. Hopefully they switch back to the option of just checking the box for using Cell Towers for location or GPS Satelites like in previous ANDROID Phones..

I didn't experience any of this... where I am right now I have really poor connection so GPS lock on will be impossible, when I get home I'll tell you again but I don't seem to have this problem ..
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AS of now the problem has been fixed. But , Have you had to use your GPS a couple of times in the last two days to notice this problem that was occuring.. In the questions and answers section many people had this problem there is thread on it ..

best1923 said:
Recently the last 2 days I was not able to navigate correctly or get driving directions correctly do to GPS not locking. Now everything is fine.Been with android since day one purchasing the G1 from T-Mobile before it made it in the stores. As time gone on I have purchased the MyTouch original and I have purchased The Nexus brand having the Nexus 1 and Nexus S since launch too and will continue to purchase Nexus only. Love MY stock GSM Android Galaxy Nexus running 4.1.1 purchased from the PLAYSTORE...Never have I had a problem with GPS lock on any ANDROID Phone since the last couple of days maybe I Have just gotten all good phones.Since Jellybean has launched and I notice that UNCHECKING Google location service in Locations GPS will not Work which I believe should not work like that.I have come to the conclusion that our GPS will continue to suffer and not lock correctly or work at all if Google contiues to do whatever they are doing to keep track of what we are doing which I have no problem with.THE point is in the long run the GPS will not fuction any time GOOGLE has problems on its side. The GPS will eventually began to fuction like a application failing sometimes.. Hopefully they switch back to the option of just checking the box for using Cell Towers for location or GPS Satelites like in previous ANDROID Phones..
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Holy run-on sentence, Batman!
Anyway, a lot of Android devices have had GPS troubles the last couple of days. I believe it was attributed to something out of our control (solar flares or something).
Hence, removing AGPS didn't allow for standalone to lock on...

best1923 said:
Recently the last 2 days I was not able to navigate correctly or get driving directions correctly do to GPS not locking. Now everything is fine.Been with android since day one purchasing the G1 from T-Mobile before it made it in the stores. As time gone on I have purchased the MyTouch original and I have purchased The Nexus brand having the Nexus 1 and Nexus S since launch too and will continue to purchase Nexus only. Love MY stock GSM Android Galaxy Nexus running 4.1.1 purchased from the PLAYSTORE...Never have I had a problem with GPS lock on any ANDROID Phone since the last couple of days maybe I Have just gotten all good phones.Since Jellybean has launched and I notice that UNCHECKING Google location service in Locations GPS will not Work which I believe should not work like that.I have come to the conclusion that our GPS will continue to suffer and not lock correctly or work at all if Google contiues to do whatever they are doing to keep track of what we are doing which I have no problem with.THE point is in the long run the GPS will not fuction any time GOOGLE has problems on its side. The GPS will eventually began to fuction like a application failing sometimes.. Hopefully they switch back to the option of just checking the box for using Cell Towers for location or GPS Satelites like in previous ANDROID Phones..
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I am not sure that I understand your point that GPS isn't working properly because Google wants to track us as much as possible. Wouldn't that mean Google would make sure your GPS locks in accurately every single time for better tracking?

Um... My gps is fine when I tested it yesterday.
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Holy run-on sentence, Batman!
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ah sry forgot to actually contribute: no, best1923. you're wrong.

I wish I was important enough or interesting enough for Google to care where I was, or what I was doing. It is easy to get your mind set on some conspiracy theory, but quite frankly Google couldn't care less about us. The only thing that matters is that we keep buying there products and using there services.
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Never had a problem with my GPS on 4.1.1 Locks in 5 seconds... the Accuracy takes longer inside -> starts at 10m and goes to 5m in about 10 seconds, but immediately goes to 5m if I'm outside (cool animation of the radius circle too).
All in all very happy with the GPS as it stands now... it never bounces either like it used to in 4.0.2 and 4.0.4.
So whatever, if anything, google did to improve its accuracy, I'm all for it.

[Q] Why my GPS cannot lock (with many satellites seen)

Hi, recently I found the GPS on my Galaxy Nexus refuse to lock properly.
I used maps for years, and the locating seems good enough (it seems that these locations are from wifi or other source now).
Recently I installed an app to track my route, which really needs true GPS, and the problem began.
Every morning, when I go from my home to work, the GPS just not work at all (no lock). Sometimes it works when I leave home, but minutes later, it lost lock and never gets back during the whole route (even after I reboot the phone and clear the AGPS data with GPS Test). After I got to the workplace, and tried again, the GPS is still not working.
What's surprising me is the GPS works fine when I leave from my work pace and head to my home in the afternoon. It locks fast and works well all the way. (This is the same route in the morning)
The same problem happens for several days (bad in the morning, good in the afternoon).
With GPS Test (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest), I notice the phone really gets a lot of satellites(>9) with good signals, but somehow none of them are used to calculate my location (they are all grey in GPS Test's satellite view).
Does anyone have any idea what's the problem and how to fix it?
The phone is stock android 4.3 unrooted.
Thanks.

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PS. the gps works great at noon, have no idea why it refuse to work every morning.

I have a similar problem, when I leave work from a particular exit my gps doesn't find anything for quite a while, where as if I leave from another it gets it straight away.
The only thing I can think of is there are lots of buildings and roofs around that first exit, where as the second one is straight into a carpark. Maybe there is too much interference when you leave home, but not work?

slatsmckracker said:
I have a similar problem, when I leave work from a particular exit my gps doesn't find anything for quite a while, where as if I leave from another it gets it straight away.
The only thing I can think of is there are lots of buildings and roofs around that first exit, where as the second one is straight into a carpark. Maybe there is too much interference when you leave home, but not work?
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The thing is when I leave home at night, the GPS works well, but not in the morning. On the other hand, when I arrival at work, the GPS still not working, but it works at noon.
I try to figure if the timing is the problem. For example, if much more interference in the morning or the satellites decide not to communicate with me at that time?
As you can see in my attachment, it actually found a lot of satellites, but no data received from any of them. Don't know why, and never noticed before.

gancuimian said:
The thing is when I leave home at night, the GPS works well, but not in the morning. On the other hand, when I arrival at work, the GPS still not working, but it works at noon.
I try to figure if the timing is the problem. For example, if much more interference in the morning or the satellites decide not to communicate with me at that time?
As you can see in my attachment, it actually found a lot of satellites, but no data received from any of them. Don't know why, and never noticed before.
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Have you checked/changed the server you use for gps? I had to change mine from US to oceania (depends where you are) at one point and that seemed to help

slatsmckracker said:
Have you checked/changed the server you use for gps? I had to change mine from US to oceania (depends where you are) at one point and that seemed to help
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Great idea, I never would have thought of that on my own! I normally use FasterFix from the Play Store to set the GPS server to US. After the first day, locks were very slow and inacurate, and by the second day, I stopped getting locks altogether. I tried flashing back to stock, still didnt work. Then i came across your post, and after setting it to Oceania, I got a lock in under 10 seconds. Many thanks!

How to checked/changed the server you use for gps
A30N said:
Great idea, I never would have thought of that on my own! I normally use FasterFix from the Play Store to set the GPS server to US. After the first day, locks were very slow and inacurate, and by the second day, I stopped getting locks altogether. I tried flashing back to stock, still didnt work. Then i came across your post, and after setting it to Oceania, I got a lock in under 10 seconds. Many thanks!
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A30N said:
Great idea, I never would have thought of that on my own! I normally use FasterFix from the Play Store to set the GPS server to US. After the first day, locks were very slow and inacurate, and by the second day, I stopped getting locks altogether. I tried flashing back to stock, still didnt work. Then i came across your post, and after setting it to Oceania, I got a lock in under 10 seconds. Many thanks!
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Hello stranger,
I signed up to this forum just to reply to your post. I recently installed Paranoid Android 4.4 (final build) on my Gnex and GPS was not working at all (would show 0/0 satellites, sometimes 1 or 2, but NEVER lock). Where as previously on PA-3.99 it was fine. After scouring the internet for the last two days and trying anything that didn't involve me wiping, reflashing, etc. your post single handedly saved me from doing any of the extreme measures. I just went to download faster fix, but then stumbled upon fasterGPS. This app, using lovely root access (yay root!), allowed me to set my NTP to North America and then Canada. Now my GPS works perfectly! Thank you again so much!