Long story short, I installed Midnight's 3.3 Rom on my phone because I was tired of waiting on sprint.
While opening up apps and things to make sure everything was working, I opened my camera up and noticed immediately it was trying to get a GPS signal. Odd since I have GPS turned off within the phone settings, the camera automatically turns it on. Bothersome.
So I think, ok, I'll just turn off the "store location". Easy enough and there are many guides with a simply google.
But here's the kicker. The option to turn off "Store location" is no longer available.
So now we have a camera that automatically turns on GPS and imprints the location onto each picture, and no way to disable it. WTH. People take their privacy seriously and this is something that should not be missing.
How do I fix this?
Unfortunately, the only answer I have seen to this is to turn off gps when using the camera.
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Unfortunately, the only answer I have seen to this is to turn off gps when using the camera.
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Unfortunately, that doesn't work.
As I said, the GPS was turned off in the phone, but the camera is either turning it on, or attempts to use the "mobile network" to get a position and will still tag any pictures with a location.
Mine doesn't.do that. When I have Gps off and open camera it wont turn it back on or do anything.
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Try going to menu, settings, location & security, turn off use wireless networks and use gps satellites. That would probably do the trick.
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Looks like that's the only way to stop it. have to shut down all location services, ie mobile networks and gps.
What a nuisance to have to have to toggle the services on and off depending on what I want to do when it would have been so much easier to just turn the feature off in the camera app.
I hope this get's fixed at some point.
Anyone got an update on disabling this? I'm surprised there weren't more threads about it when I did a search. It doesn't seem that most people care too much.
I read one guy that flashed the 2.1 camera back on, I don't know what features that removes but I would do it if I had a 2.1 camera apk still.
Currently I'm uploading to picasa and stripping the location values from there before I give them to anyone. It's rather annoying as I am using it to post pictures on a personal blog now.
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Folks,
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with automatic WiFi switching apps? Basically after something that works on the desire with froyo. What I want it to do is poll the available WiFi networks every so often (say hourly) to see if my home network is avaiable, and connect if it is.
What do the demon hordes of xda suggest to try, or avoid?
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Tasker is a app that can do that, and much more.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net
On there site you can download it, try it for a week and if you like it buy it. It's a rater expensive app but it has a lot of possibilities. There is also a market version but that has no trial.
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Tasker is a app that can do that, and much more.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net
On there site you can download it, try it for a week and if you like it buy it. It's a rater expensive app but it has a lot of possibilities. There is also a market version but that has no trial.
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Thanks for the tip, I'll look into it. Do you use this? If so, what for? Looks like there's tonnes of ability that I don't think I'd use.
Any other auto WiFi experience out there?
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Yeah it's true that for only wifi on at home it's a expensive app but i don't know any other ones.
And yes I use it, for now i have:
Wifi at home
Flight mode on, auto sync off and low brightens at night
5 minutes before my alarm goes off i turn flight mode off, brightness to auto again, wifi on and autosync back on
GPS turns on when opening maps or navigation
When there is a appointment in my school calendar my phone goes on vibrate during that time
When i open my terminal emulator it prompts the keyboard input method
This is after two weeks of using the app and there are a lot more possibility, they also have a wiki with example apps and some tutorials you can look at.
Y5 battery will do it for your home network, on market.
My EVO
I thought the Desire automatically does this with no 3rd party apps? All the OP is saying that they want to connect to a WiFi connection when it's available (as opposed to performing some action).
Or did I miss something??
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I thought the Desire automatically does this with no 3rd party apps? All the OP is saying that they want to connect to a WiFi connection when it's available (as opposed to performing some action).
Or did I miss something??
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I suspect that the OP wants an app that switches off WiFi, and only switches it on again when in range of a "known" WiFi network.
This is essentially what Y5 does - it only works if you have a cellular signal at that location, and basically when the WiFi network connection is lost it looks at the cell id and if it has changed turns WiFi off. When you get back into range of that cell again, it will switch WiFi back on again.
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Dave
As most, I also keep my GPS off to conserve battery life.
I am looking for an app that can turn on my GPS remotely, in the event that I ever lose my phone.
So far a quick search found two:
mobile defense (which I cannot find in the market)
and Tasker
Are there any more out there? Anyone else have something else to recommend?
If u have an Android phone, check out lookout mobile security
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If u have an Android phone, check out lookout mobile security
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I posted my question in the Evo 4G Thems and Apps section. Of course I have an Android! lmfao
I already have Lookout. How is Lookout going to determine my GPS location if I have the GPS radio turned OFF all the time?
The question was, how can you turn ON the GPS feature remotely???
Here's an idea -- use an app that can schedule your GPS to be on at a certain time every day. Or is that your idea with Tasker?
Tasker and mobile defense (i believe) have the capability of you sending a text to your phone and activating features. Which is exactly what I need.
I am looking to see what else is there available and obviously, reports from EVO users themselves...
I believe wavesecure can turn on gps for rooted phones. I leave my gps on all the time and doesn't eat up much battery with how well kernels run now. Is there still a big difference in battery life with it on than off? If you're rooted and don't mind paying $20/yr for subscription, then wavesecure is an option. Don't know many other apps that can remotely turn on gps itself. Most apps can be remotely activated with sms for tracking, but don't think they can turn on the gps module. Hopefully, someone could be more helpful.
Lookout will turn on your GPS if off. Have used it a few times to find my wife's EVO. Works well.
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Leaving gps "on" does not use battery. The gps is only on when a program that uses it is running. Leave it on...
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Leaving gps "on" does not use battery. The gps is only on when a program that uses it is running. Leave it on...
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While that is true, consider this scenario:
Your phone isn't lost, but stolen. If the thief is smart but not too smart, he'll turn off GPS with a widget. Having the ability to turn it on remotely would be a valuable feature in this case.
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While that is true, consider this scenario:
Your phone isn't lost, but stolen. If the thief is smart but not too smart, he'll turn off GPS with a widget. Having the ability to turn it on remotely would be a valuable feature in this case.
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LOOKout will turn on the gps when you do search it. i can confirm this
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LOOKout will turn on the gps when you do search it. i can confirm this
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Thanx for the advice. I will definitely look into this as I already have Lookout.
And yes, leaving GPS on all the time is definitely not an option as I need to cover all bases - I always prepare for worst case scenarios.
Which leads me to the following:
If Lookout does indeed work in this manner, it will be a "good" fix but not an "excellent" fix. Remember worst case scenarios?
That's right - The first thing any educated thief would do is reset the phone, which would remove Lookout!
I read somewhere that Mobile Defense will not be affected by a phone reset.
I have to research this on Tasker though.
BTW - yes my Evo is also rooted and overclocked with custom kernel. So you can suggest pretty much any app to me...
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I posted my question in the Evo 4G Thems and Apps section. Of course I have an Android! lmfao
I already have Lookout. How is Lookout going to determine my GPS location if I have the GPS radio turned OFF all the time?
The question was, how can you turn ON the GPS feature remotely???
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Lookout can also find your phone using the mobile network. It will give you an approximated location, but it is very handy when your phone is out of GPS signal reach. I can confirm this as I have tried it myself.
First I usually just leave my GPS on all the time, I'm to distracted to remember to turn it off when Not using it. (Saying this in hopes its not the only answer to my issue)
I keep getting the (TOAST?) message Pop ups at the bottom of the screen saying "Failed to Update Location - No Signal"
Is there a way to prevent this message from appearing? Its usually when its oblivious I would not have signal due to being indoors.
I am an avid geocacher and use the GPS feature very frequently. On that Note I am very impressed with the accuracy of the GPS in these phones when outdoors.
When I am indoors I know there will be little if any signal to matter, and I do not need my phone to tell me so! I also do not need the pop ups if I am outside either as the apps i use will tell me signal strength of the Satellites.
Thanks!
also getting the messages with the GPS turned Off!!
These are getting annoying!!
Can anyone help me figure this out!
These messages are really driving me up the wall!!
Seems to me it's an app that's trying to access the gps. What apps do you have installed that might be accessing the gps? Are there settings in those individual apps that would cause this?
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Seems to me it's an app that's trying to access the gps. What apps do you have installed that might be accessing the gps? Are there settings in those individual apps that would cause this?
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I have quite a few apps that would use the GPS for various features. Seems like more and more want to know where you are in the guise of trying to taylor the results to you better.
I am trying to isolate which ones. but with the apps not even in use and the GPS radio off I am still getting them...
I guess i'll try uninstalling each app one by one.
I hope this is not pre-mature....
But I do Believe I got it fixed. YEA!!!!
Not sure which app it was that was the problem, but I dumped several apps I really wasn't using.
I think it might have been the Weather Channel App. But I'm not certain.
Just glad the popup notices seem to be gone and the apps i dumped I wont miss.
Thanks....
Seems often times the mere fact of posting my problem once or twice seems to solve the issue even if the i get few or no replies.
Got a Note 3 right after they came out.
Had an issue with the first one, not the least of which was the pervasive WiFi disconnect issue many of us have been seeing; in my case also had extreme battery drop all of a sudden - like 45% in an hour - not abnormal use.. So, swapped it about 20 days ago for another one.
Seeing the same WiFi connectivity issue I saw with the first one and then all of a sudden got a pop up :
"Prevention Information"
An application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device. It may be safe to delete an application obtained from an unauthorized route. Check Now? (with a Do not show for 30 days check box; Cancel or Ok buttons)
If you click cancel pop up comes back after about 10 mins more or less; if you click Ok you get brought to a list of what you have downloaded to weed through whatever you've installed.
Full disclosure: This device is out of the box, not rooted; stock Rom. Only none play store apps installed were Adobe Flash and Amazon App store. I use WiFi extensively for WiFi calling at my office, since there isn't a carrier on the planet can get me a decent signal. I live and die behind WiFi calling it's why I went T-Mobile to start with.
* So I proceed to scan hell out of this, using Lookout, Sophos and MalwareBytes can't find anything..
* Ok so I uninstall everything I've been experimenting with thinking maybe the mix is a problem. Doesn't solve it
* So then I do a software Backup and restore - and go to put back the one app I need the most for my Hosted Exchange connectivity to work the best for my needs adding them back one at a time to see what's causing this . Of course I turn WiFi back on to connect to my network and signing into my Google Account Google Play takes off to restore all my stuff and do all updates for anything stock on the phone. (Phone Vendors WAKE UP; Stop making the default Google Play behavior Up Date Automatically when on WiFi, let the user decide before taking off to do what you think is best) And - The pop up is back just as I get the 1 app I need on the phone. (email support for the app saying it's them - MANY APOLOGIES to Nitro Desk, it's not them.
* Very long story and many soft and hard resets, to try control the behavior, later; including running 2 miles up the road to control Google Play auto update on WiFi, but, only be on the T-Mobile network for the initial startup....
With nothing but a minimal start-up and No Apps installed other than what Google Play demanded to be able to work at all out of the box when signing in; once I got the phone back to the office and started WiFi for my network - Blammo ! the pop up is back.
This "error" or warning message is from the base Android/Samsung/T-Mobile deployment configuration for a Note 3 when starting WiFi at all.
So, I happen to be near the T-Mobile store I bought this at and go in to tell them about this and the guys there running a Note 3 say they all get the same issue.
My conclusion is that this is a miss-configuration of software and/or permissions at the core OS level when starting WiFi; likely contributing or the primary cause of WiFi connectivity issues on this device; as reported in this and other forums.
I have screenies of this condition and would love to pass this to T-Mobile and Samsung engineering, but, unlikely I can get at them to do so; hopefully they are already aware of this and working on a fix.
The other interesting thing I noticed is that when doing a hard reset: during the start of recovery mode I get an "error" then no command message under the little droid as it settles down to the menu.
Also at the end of the recovery mode process for wipe data/factory reset I get an "error" message in red as well.
Again, seems to me there's a serious flaw in their Core programming setting up proper permissions for the base WiFi stack to start without triggering a security violation.
It doesn't matter if you connect to an AP or not. Just starting WiFi the pop up will come up in 60 - 90 seconds.
This is consistently reproducible.
T-Mobile is sending me another phone; but, I believe it will behave the same way - hope not, we'll see.
cef1000
You really need to SEARCH before posting. There are many threads about Prevention Information and it has nothing to do with WiFi.
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You really need to SEARCH before posting. There are many threads about Prevention Information and it has nothing to do with WiFi.
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That may be, but, in this case it is 100% reproducible under these conditions and happens if WiFi is turned on at all before any updates and before any additional apps are installed, other than the ones the Play store insists on bringing in to work properly once initially signing in, happens to me in this very limited and controlled startup of the device and only when starting WiFi and no other time in that controlled condition; before any updates or Play Store apps are installed.
It also happens after they are; so it seemed,to me at least, to have value because of the controlled diagnostic startup; since the condition is 100% reproducible using these steps and under these limited initial startup conditions, at least on the device I have in my hands at the moment.
A replacement should be here sometime today and will attempt to reproduce it on the replacement; T-Mobile tech support seems to think it will behave the same way as well; FWIW to anyone.
Thanks so much for the input and advice; duly noted.
Best regards,
cef1000
Knock yourself out....
You might try doing a simple Google Search for samsung "Prevention Information" and see just how many threads there are about this issue. It is not just the Note 3 but a number of other Samsung devices as well.
Actually it has everything to do with wifi. Knox is thinking wifi is trying to collect information from your device as if it is a type of virus. Samsung is fully aware of the issue & there is an update coming based around that specific issue.
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sIpInWiT mYdRoId said:
Actually it has everything to do with wifi. Knox is thinking wifi is trying to collect information from your device as if it is a type of virus. Samsung is fully aware of the issue & there is an update coming based around that specific issue.
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+1 Thank you slpn...
I'm glad to hear there's some fix in the works. Do you have a link handy for that? It's clear that the shipped Knox/SEAndroid configuration shipped on this device (and perhaps other Samsung models) really wasn't tuned very well before release.
OP, if you want to know more about this read some of the other threads here about Knox - the Everything Knox thread in this forum is pretty good IIRC, and the Samsung Knox whitepaper is an interesting read too (here). Basically, Samsung rolled their own solution for bring-your-own-device enterprise users, which is based in part on the SELinux extensions to Android (SEAndroid) along with some lower-level supervisory logic that's probably somewhere in the boot loader / modem / etc. [speculation] and some degree of hardware support such as the "knox warranty void" flag.
Unfortunately they developed this alongside/outside the reference implementation of SEAndroid, wrote their own APIs for interaction, etc. and don't seem to have done it terribly well. I'm tempted to ask that Samsung provide some way to actually control it, or provide a signed development FW that won't trip the hardware flag, as it really is an intrusion for non-enterprise customers. >.<
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Actually it has everything to do with wifi. Knox is thinking wifi is trying to collect information from your device as if it is a type of virus. Samsung is fully aware of the issue & there is an update coming based around that specific issue.
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Actually I've gotten the notification without wifi although it usually happens when I do turn it on.
Totally agree though that a simple search would have saved a HELLS of a lot of trouble. Smh
Yes it's a bug but it's not really that big of an issue. I can almost guarantee it will be fixed soon with some kind of minor update.
Well I have two other issues besides the "prevention information" for some reason my note 3 keeps giving me a unstable wifi connection when the connection to the wifi is good for example on my note 2 is perfect mo issues no lags on the note 3 however I get that unstable wifi connection, and for my second issue I get a damn google+ app crash every time im on the phone or any app . This note 3 has become a nightmare with bugs . I was wondering if anyone else has the same issues besides the prevention information ???
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Well I have two other issues besides the "prevention information" for some reason my note 3 keeps giving me a unstable wifi connection when the connection to the wifi is good for example on my note 2 is perfect mo issues no lags on the note 3 however I get that unstable wifi connection, and for my second issue I get a damn google+ app crash every time im on the phone or any app . This note 3 has become a nightmare with bugs . I was wondering if anyone else has the same issues besides the prevention information ???
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I think I had the unstable connection problem a long time ago. I may have made my phone "forget" my wifi network and obviously have connected to it since and have not have that problem. So it's possible simply "forgetting" the network, scanning, and then connecting to it again could fix it?
How often do you use Google+? Is it possible that if you hardly use it you could just sign out of the app and then it won't search for your location so much? I see the new G+ update says something about refreshing friends location more often or something, could be tied in to that?
I dont use google+ at all. It updated on its own and it started crashing since. I just turnt off all my auto updates and I uninstalled the last google+ update lets see if that does the trick .
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I dont use google+ at all. It updated on its own and it started crashing since. I just turnt off all my auto updates and I uninstalled the last google+ update lets see if that does the trick .
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You can take it how you'd like cause i know how some are when they hear about an update, not saying your one of these people who flame on the other person who try to provide helpful info about an update, but that is also being included in the update i spoke of a few posts above.
What is going on is your phone is scanning your signal & even if you have a full WiFi signal, instead of just leaving you on WiFi like you'd like, it boots you off of WiFi saying internet is unstable if it considers the data connection as being a stronger signal. its a real ignorant move and overlook they made when adding this function. if on WiFi they should let you choose if you want to change connections,or better yet not even bother you to choose between the 2 cause it will interfere with what your doing at that time while you have to choose which connection you want to use. But this is involved with the update we are getting. Verizon already got an update that had to do with WiFi issues with this being one of the issues it fixed.
If you haven't been told yet though, go in to WiFi advanced settings in your WiFi connections menu, and turn off auto connect & always scanning, then dial *#0011#, click your bottom left button on the white part of the phone you'd usually use to bring up the settings menu option, choose WiFi, turn off WiFi power save mode, WiFi power save mode being tuned off cause your battery to drain about 25% faster but this is proven to work. But after a day or 2 always leave WiFi auto connect off & always scanning off, but you can then dial *#0011# & turn WiFi power save mode back on & it's almost as if those functions done together trains your phone to not boot you off WiFi anymore. This seriously works and definitely helps many i have offered the information to. Me and about 3 others figured out how to do this in a thread about 2wks after the phone was released because the wifi booting us off was killing us. People had told us to just turn off auto connect but that would just stop the pop up, but you'd still be getting booted off from WiFi but just wouldn't be told by the pop up yet you'd know because the page you'd be loading on the browser would just stop loading, or say something your using like Facebook would lose signal & tell you an error occurred. Hope this large posts helps you if you read it or anyone else who stumbles upon it.
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I dont use google+ at all. It updated on its own and it started crashing since. I just turnt off all my auto updates and I uninstalled the last google+ update lets see if that does the trick .
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You have to actually go into the Google+ app to see if you are signed in, unfortunately it will automatically sign you in if you are not already. So even if you accidentally open G+ or some other program or app causes it to open, you still need to actually sign out of it. Hopefully uninstalling the updates does the trick.
Auto connect in wifi advance settings is the network switch box right ???
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Auto connect in wifi advance settings is the network switch box right ???
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Yes thats it.
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i had a wifi problem with my Note 2 before and now it is better with my Note 3.
I'm using a Tab S 8.4 LTE, having an issue using Google Maps. When Location is in power saving mode, trying to find my location in Google Maps just gives me a dialog box asking me to turn on GPS to improve location accuracy, and after I decline the blue location button simply refuses to work. Google Maps is the only app that has this problem, every single other app that needs to find location has no problem using Power Saving Mode location service to find my location, whether it's a weather app like Accuweather or a map app like Citymapper, or even the browser version of Google Maps. When I choose to turn on GPS it actually does find my location immediately, while the device is still searching for a GPS signal. I already tried clearing cache and data and reinstalling Maps. My Tab S is my only device that is having this problem. Does anyone else get this?
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The thing is pal by declining the only thing it has to work off then is your WiFi and mobile data which takes longer.
For anybody who disagrees with the wifi not being usable as a location aid well it surprised me to find that when google sent those vans around taking those lovely detailed photos of your street thats not all they were after. They also logged every wireless network they went past with their location at the time so that if needed you only had to have wifi switched on and an internet connection to give a pretty accurate reading of your location...
And theyve gone even further...they dont need to send vans out to keep this list updated.., they actually use your phones ...so you become a network information gathering tool which sends back to google any wifi networks you find combined with the strengh and location you were in
Sneaky blighters
So in answer to your question either turn on gps or turn on your wifi and mobile data...or just wifi if its connected to the net.
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The thing is pal by declining the only thing it has to work off then is your WiFi and mobile data which takes longer. .
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It doesn't just take longer, it just doesn't work at all in any way, even with both WiFi and mobile data turned on. Instantly works when I activate GPS, even if I'm indoors and the device still hasn't find a GPS signal to refine the location.
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It doesn't just take longer, it just doesn't work at all in any way, even with both WiFi and mobile data turned on. Instantly works when I activate GPS, even if I'm indoors and the device still hasn't find a GPS signal to refine the location.
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out of curiosity does this web based version work for you
http://ctrlq.org/maps/where/
it just picked up my laptops location nicely, i know its not google maps app but it will work in the same scenarios you could need it in.
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out of curiosity does this web based version work for you
http://ctrlq.org/maps/where/
it just picked up my laptops location nicely, i know its not google maps app but it will work in the same scenarios you could need it in.
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Like I said everything that isn't google maps app, including the browser Google Maps, has no problems. In desperation I tried a factory reset too but that didn't work. I just wondered if its only me who is having this issue.
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Like I said everything that isn't google maps app, including the browser Google Maps, has no problems. In desperation I tried a factory reset too but that didn't work. I just wondered if its only me who is having this issue.
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Okay ive just understood what you meant, so i changed the location to power saving mode and went back to google maps, i indeed got the esame message about turning on gps, i selected no thanks and do not ask me again...but it wasnt working, i then went back to l9cation settings and clicked
"Google location Reporting" and it had set "location reporting " for the device to off, i turned it to on and viola location working off mobile data and wifi.
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Okay ive just understood what you meant, so i changed the location to power saving mode and went back to google maps, i indeed got the esame message about turning on gps, i selected no thanks and do not ask me again...but it wasnt working, i then went back to l9cation settings and clicked
"Google location Reporting" and it had set "location reporting " for the device to off, i turned it to on and viola location working off mobile data and wifi.
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Thanks for the help. Sadly turning location history on didn't solve it for me for whatever reason but its good to know it's not just my device being faulty somehow.
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Thanks for the help. Sadly turning location history on didn't solve it for me for whatever reason but its good to know it's not just my device being faulty somehow.
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I didnt turn location history to on just location reporting...sorry to hear its now workin m8
Same exact problem here on an TabS 8,4 LTE...
Hope a future update will fix this bug