I finally was able to download the latest radio and get GPS to work (it wouldnt do anything prior to the download) but now I have a new issue. When GPS is on and tracking my location the blue triangle that shows your location and direction of travel keeps going sideways. It will be straight for a minute and going my direction, then turn 90 degrees counterclockwise and stay that way (moving sideways). Any fixes?/
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I've had this issue with five different ROMs including the stock HTC ROM. It doesn't do it when the ROM is flashed freshly but starts within an hour or so, regardless of whether I load any other software on.
Here's exactly what happens. It doesn't matter if the unit is in standby or if the proximity sensor is activated. (On a phone call with phone by head - backlight is disabled.)
When the backlight is off and is activated by either pressing the power button or moving the phone away from the head, the backlight comes on dim, then goes off, then turns back on at regular brightness. The delay between activating the backlight and reaching regular brightness is around one second.
What is going on? This is really annoying. If I'm on a call and want to mute the mic, I take the phone away and "flash, flash, mute". Then I want to unmute and the same thing.
I don't have any software on the phone right now that most of the rest of you don't have. I've got:
AT&T keyboard fix
Dusk lockscreen
PHM Regedit
Safe Inbox Extender
Clock flip disable
1% battery driver
Theme pack for 1% battery icons
I've reflashed and installed none of this software and the issue doesn't occur. Without installing any software, the issue recurs within a day. (Usually within an hour)
Any help or insight would be appreciated.
Is there any way of fine tuning the Google maps
When I ask it to find my location it is almost 1/4 mile out
Is there any way to fine tune.
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Find more satellites?
Could it be that you have your GPS turned off?
When your GPS is turned off, Google Maps will attempt to derive you position from the GSM network which isn't going to be at all accurate.
If you turn your GPS on, it will use the satellites to work out your position. Should get it down to a few metres.
Thanks meson1
you got it
now ok thanks
My apologies if this is discussed elsewhere, but I have not been able to find the answer.
While using Google Maps Navigation with the phone's screen off it seems to shut off the gps receiver as it tells me GPS signal has been lost about 30 seconds after the screen turns off. As soon as I turn the screen back on it reacquires satellites and resumes navigation. I like to keep the screen off so the nice robot lady can tell me which way to go and I am not tempted to constantly look at my phone screen. If anyone knows if this is normal or a way to keep gps on while navigating I would appreciate the info.
Resolution?
Did anyone ever respond? I have the same issue myself.
Hello.
It seems my phone need compass calibration (rotating phone in 3 axles) pretty much every time I open any application that uses compass.
In google maps for example the arrow never points to the correct direction, no matter how much I rotate the phone. In fact the compass doesn't work for a while in any app, it takes quiet a few seconds or even minutes before it shows some life, usually it starts working after gps lock, but even then it can be off by 180 degree...
In GPS Status app it's very noticeable. I can place the phone on a table and start rotating it, the compass stays still or jumps all over the screen, depends on the phones angle. Then when left alone the compass arrow constantly moves.
Anyone else have this issue?
Yes, I have the same problem. Very unreliable in TW ROMs, and isn't working at all in CM11.
Mine works fine, it does need calibration once in a while, but once I do that it stays good. Can't say how it works with maps since I always use North up, I get too confused if the map rotates according to my movement. Do you use s-view or any type of magnetic mount etc? That could affect compass and require frequent calibration, I think.
Does every have issues with this in apps such as Google Sky Maps? Tracking of stars/planets are WAY off. I'll turn the phone around, point it up and down, and the screen either barely moves, or jumps so far out of position that it isn't useful either way.
Anyone else have this issue?