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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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My 32 hr drive across US with Bing Turn by Turn navigation & Google Maps

The journey took a little* longer than 32 hours, with sleep and all calculated in, but I'm sure you will only fancy hearing about the parts where Bing Maps turn by turn navigation was involved.
Saturday morning I departed Eastern Idaho, my destination: Raleigh, North Carolina. I went equipped with a few ways of navigating. In addition to Bing Navigation on my phone, I also had Google maps open in Internet Explorer, and the Google provided directions saved in a Word document. I didn't want any lapse in a data connection leaving me without a map to look at.
Now, one issue with this is that while online, both Bing and Google present you with the same directions, on the phone, Bing gave me slightly different directions (roughly marked in red on the map). Trusting in Google more, I immediately ignored Bing turn by turn for the first portion of the journey, as going down through Utah would have been more miles, and been less scenic. To Bings credit, the roads Google had me going offered a lower speed limit, and lots of construction delays. So even though the Google way was less miles, it may have not saved much, if any time.
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The other place where Bing wanted to take me was through Iowa, instead of Missouri. Now, I have a theory as to why Bing on the phone wanted to do this. The route through Missouri was very convoluted, and I actually had to make my own directions at one point, because the roads Google wanted me to take were closed (admittedly Google told me this upfront, but offered no alternative). So in this case, if I was less competent with directions, and I just wanted to get through the drive as smoothly as possible, following the route Bing turn by turn suggested most likely would have been fastest/easiest for this portion of the journey. That said, I wanted to see the iconic cities that the Google route took me. (Got to see the Gateway Arch!)
For the last portion of my journey, I solely relied on Bing Turn by Turn, actually allowing it to spit out directions to me. It worked well, but is fundamentally neutered (and probably will be until Nokia's map service is integrated). For those not aware, what I am referring to is having to tap on the screen to advance the directions. While it isn't hard to do, it is annoying after it tells me (with a chime) that I've correctly followed a direction, that I must then tap the screen to receive instruction on what next to do. This tap is nice when on a several mile long portion to hear how much closer I am to my next turn, but very problematic when there are a few turns back to back. I actually missed a turn in the last few miles of my journey, because I couldn't get it to give me directions fast enough. So I look forward to this being addressed sooner rather than later.
Another gripe is that the compass isn't being used. The maps correctly orientate when you are driving, by using the GPS to track your general direction, but if you are stopped, it has no idea what direction you are facing. Our phones have a compass, why can't Bing maps access it?
And my final complaint is one that I have found through being new to an area. Now, the area where I live is full of newer developments (like 5 years old), but nearby locations like Wal-Mart are not showing on Bing maps, but are showing on Google maps. This is frustrating when you're new to a town, and want to find the nearest locations. I hope this is something that will improve rapidly, as that breaks a lot of the awesome experiences possible with Bing Scout, and other services.
So, to sum up. Bing Turn by Turn navigation works, for the most part, but still has a ways to go before it is on par with some other services.
In closing, you may wonder what 32 hours of driving east (with the heat wave) does to a person, so I include this picture.

Welcome to Raleigh!
Sent from Bear Rock Cafe on Lake Boone Trail in Raleigh.

nice first hand review of both services, big +1 for not allowing any bias at all - kudos !
I wonder why the compas is not used. odd.

Navigation logic is dumb in most cases. So google goes one way, Bing goes another, Tomtom goes another and a factory car navi goes even a different way. It's even a lot worse the longer trip it is.
If bing could be unlocked to give a true turn by turn (with out touching the screen) it would be nice but, till then, it can't fully replace a true navigation system.
I used Pre-mango (nodo) bing for a make shift navi on a 4 hour trip, for the most part it worked and didn't get me lost but, it did keep me looking at the screen a lot.
Mango Bing does work pretty well, if you can get used to touching the screen a lot to get the next turn (long with a lot of highway trips not too bad but, city trips can be an issue).
very nice write up

I enjoyed this thanks
I tried the bing nav in the car with my friends and everyone was annoyed with the tapping screen thing. they almost chuck my phone out the window lol!

Bing can be set to orient north in settings, for the complaints u do realize that this is a BETA don't u? with that said it did give better overall directions than google which is even more evidence that google is slipping.

So the Logging Truck rolled into Raleigh, eh TribalWarrior?
Nice review. I've had decent success using Bing maps in the Hampton Roads/NoVA area, but I'd probably stick with Google maps if traveling in a place that I'm not generally familiar with.

IMHO, both maps data needs to be updated. My new apartment isn't on either map.

Nice review though, i am gonna make one with my Mango when i have my trip back from the Airport.I don't live in FL, and i am gonna live there soon so Bing should keep me safe.

As you just posted this yesterday, you probably didn't use the 7712 build. If you have updated: Is the stupid tap-on-screen thing fixed? I have not the slightest idea why they did that...

There is nothing here to "fix" - it wasn't a mistake, but had something to do with legal (patents). But many believe that this limitation will be addressed when Nokia's map services are integrated.
But to directly answer your question - no.

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There is nothing here to "fix" - it wasn't a mistake, but had something to do with legal (patents). But many believe that this limitation will be addressed when Nokia's map services are integrated.
But to directly answer your question - no.
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It isn't a patent issue, as I understand it, but part of Microsoft's Bing Maps contract with Navteq, which specifically prohibits them from using the Navteq-provided maps in a full turn-by-turn, voice-guided navigation system. There is some speculation is that the other big players in the GPS device market (including Garmin) pressured Navteq into adding that clause to the contract.
Microsoft's way of skirting around the contract wording was to make the navigation not fully automatic, requiring the taps to get the next direction.
However, since Navteq is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nokia, it does seem likely that the Nokia/Microsoft partnership might lead to a reworking of that clause.
BTW tiny17, it looks like you live in the Rigby/Rexburg area, is that right? I have family there.

Replying to this thread, i miss my TomTom on Windows Mobile 6.5 .
By the way, i find Bing quite useful sometime, it actually burn out the 3G data usage to update info about traffic (Traffic Jam/Underconstruction...) to have a better navigation.
But i hate to do multi-tasking while driving, a single moment of touching and looking at the phone the sametime without looking the road while driving could result in Crash and Burn.
If i was you on the trip and did the samething, i probably would double-check my car ABS everytime i rejoin the road.

RoboDad said:
It isn't a patent issue, as I understand it, but part of Microsoft's Bing Maps contract with Navteq, which specifically prohibits them from using the Navteq-provided maps in a full turn-by-turn, voice-guided navigation system. There is some speculation is that the other big players in the GPS device market (including Garmin) pressured Navteq into adding that clause to the contract.
Microsoft's way of skirting around the contract wording was to make the navigation not fully automatic, requiring the taps to get the next direction.
However, since Navteq is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nokia, it does seem likely that the Nokia/Microsoft partnership might lead to a reworking of that clause.
BTW tiny17, it looks like you live in the Rigby/Rexburg area, is that right? I have family there.
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Thanks for further clarifying that.
And yes, you're right! I just finished up with school in Rexburg.

RoboDad: goog to know that.
tiny17: I never expected it to be a "mistake", I just thought of it to be some stupid design desicion which I wanted them to "fix".
Well, my next one will be a Nokia, so that shouldn't be a problem for me then.

tiny17 said:
So, to sum up. Bing Turn by Turn navigation works, for the most part, but still has a ways to go before it is on par with some other services.
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Simple question: what the reason to use Bing navigation if we already have a premium offline navigation solution from Navteq (but changed and improved by xda members)? Navigon 3.xx works absolutely fine, like standalone TomTom or Garmin GPS'es (may be have some lack of unimportant features but it also will be fixed, I hope so).

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]
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@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.

[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.

The attached file is the screenshot of GPS Test this morning.
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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!

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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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Thank you!!!
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!

Idle drain on my phone

Ok first; I've re-flashed things, I've set my phone up EXACTLY the way I've had it previously and it's had NO issues. My idle drain is much higher, and I've changed nothing. I've gone from idling at 0.22-0.4% per hour to 0.8-1.5% per hour. I got these overnight to see if anyone can help me. Hopefully you can. Honestly I've ensured nothing is different (I have OCD, believe me ) - so clearly it looks like google play services, but it comes out of nowhere after it being fine for months :S
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I had the similar issue, usually my overnight battery drain was 2-3%. Then without any obvious reason last week it jumped to 10%, no new apps installed, except of auto updates of pretty essential apps which I do keep on my phone.
Meanwhile I got the OTA 3.2.7., updated & cleared cache in recovery but it stayed the same.
From Friday evening till Saturday evening Google Services & Google Playstore used more than 350 mAh of battery, almost the same amount as the 4h of SOT I squeezed out.
Last night I let the phone get discharged near empty, cleared cache and data & uninstalled updates for Google Playstore, went on Google Playstore to receive the update again and called it a night. Woke up this morning with only 3% drain. (Doze-OFF, Wifi-ON, Location-ON).
The issue might not be the same as yours but it sure has some common points...

SkipperZG said:
I had the similar issue, usually my overnight battery drain was 2-3%. Then without any obvious reason last week it jumped to 10%, no new apps installed, except of auto updates of pretty essential apps which I do keep on my phone.
Meanwhile I got the OTA 3.2.7., updated & cleared cache in recovery but it stayed the same.
From Friday evening till Saturday evening Google Services & Google Playstore used more than 350 mAh of battery, almost the same amount as the 4h of SOT I squeezed out.
Last night I let the phone get discharged near empty, cleared cache and data & uninstalled updates for Google Playstore, went on Google Playstore to receive the update again and called it a night. Woke up this morning with only 3% drain. (Doze-OFF, Wifi-ON, Location-ON).
The issue might not be the same as yours but it sure has some common points...
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Cleared Cachce and data in apps > google play store and services? or just play store. and uninstalled updates for both?
How do you get the update again? Just load up the store?
Basically; I've re-flashed my phone several times so I doubt it's that but worth a try, and sounds similar.. I used to get 1-2% max over 12 hours, literally it was fantastic, but now I get much more, its annoying.

ritchiedrama said:
Cleared Cachce and data in apps > google play store and services? or just play store. and uninstalled updates for both?
How do you get the update again? Just load up the store?
Basically; I've re-flashed my phone several times so I doubt it's that but worth a try, and sounds similar.. I used to get 1-2% max over 12 hours, literally it was fantastic, but now I get much more, its annoying.
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Yup, cleared cache & data of the Playstore app, then on the three dot menu uninstalled Playstore update (it reverts to factory version) and then just rerun the Playstore app and it updates itself on recent (6.9.21 - 3270725) version.
Today is running fine, no issues so far.
It is strange that it occurs after re-flashing, are you maybe restoring Playstore with the backup after flashing?

SkipperZG said:
Yup, cleared cache & data of the Playstore app, then on the three dot menu uninstalled Playstore update (it reverts to factory version) and then just rerun the Playstore app and it updates itself on recent (6.9.21 - 3270725) version.
Today is running fine, no issues so far.
It is strange that it occurs after re-flashing, are you maybe restoring Playstore with the backup after flashing?
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I don't use any backups at all mate, I literally wipe everything and start fresh, don't even backup data, lol.
So you did this for JUST playstore? Not google play services.
I will try it

ritchiedrama said:
I don't use any backups at all mate, I literally wipe everything and start fresh, don't even backup data, lol.
So you did this for JUST playstore? Not google play services.
I will try it
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OK...I think that makes your problem a bit more complicated than the one I was having.
Yup, I just did it for the Playstore app...but you can try to clean both, nothing to lose...

How long has this occurred over, it's not unusual for Google play services to be doing things in the background after flashing a rom, especially if you have Google restore / backup enabled. This should settle down after a couple of days.

ghostofcain said:
How long has this occurred over, it's not unusual for Google play services to be doing things in the background after flashing a rom, especially if you have Google restore / backup enabled. This should settle down after a couple of days.
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Erm, 2 days, and it's never happened before when I've flashed anything, so I'm not sure why it would now, and backup is off for everything mate.