Wether you're on Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread or ICS.
Have you guys noticed how Google Maps on Android tends to "jump" to your current location when you're driving around, whilist iPhone users have a smooth moving gps point indicator? I've noticed out location indicator is smooth when you use "navigation" and it seems to be tied down to signal aside from obviously a gps lock.
I wish there was a modded Google Maps that has our location indicator "fluidly moving" on maps while we're moving like the iphone. Thoughts, comments, post away.
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I use Telenav...super smooth. My daughter's iphone uses Telenav as well.
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Yes I Noticed that right away when I got my epic.
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I have noticed it before, but I haven't noticed it anytime the last dozen or so times I've used it. Maybe I've missed it, or maybe it's actually getting better?
I think noticed on my last Android but I hardly ever use good maps because I have a older Garmin nuvi that works pretty good.
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I have even had the same trouble when using navigation. Mostly just recently, and when traveling in new areas. I just figured it was happening because the maps data wasn't cached and there was some delay in retrieving it.
Further, when I switch on 4g while using navigation my whole phone freezes and requires a battery pull to get back on track. Terrible.
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Mj, go into ur google maps app, and see if u can clear the data or uninstall the update , power off ur phone, then turn it back on and reinstall the update.
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Shinydude100 said:
Wether you're on Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread or ICS.
Have you guys noticed how Google Maps on Android tends to "jump" to your current location when you're driving around, whilist iPhone users have a smooth moving gps point indicator? I've noticed out location indicator is smooth when you use "navigation" and it seems to be tied down to signal aside from obviously a gps lock.
I wish there was a modded Google Maps that has our location indicator "fluidly moving" on maps while we're moving like the iphone. Thoughts, comments, post away.
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Have u tried updating ur prl and rebooting ur phone?
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Keep in mind, google maps mostly works off of "network position". So if u don't update ur prl every now and then, ur position locking proximity will and could be off.
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I always keep my prl up to date. I switch to 01115 though so I don't think that's the issue. No matter how well your reception is, it seems (so far) that google maps indicator will always be jumpy.
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We'll, google is always working on improving they're products
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It is because Maps caches the map and has to download the next section and that causes the stop and go of the flow. Telenav seems to have a better cache system and does not display this.
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Just an update
I've noticed, that since Beta 1, while having the latest version of Google Apps flashed, it is MUCH smoother on MAPS! that's totally a first for me, I've always seen it jumpy, and smooth only when using Google Navigation! It's these little unimportant things i pay attention to, which I wouldn't even noticed if iPhone's version of Google Maps wasn't so smooth.. Just wanted to keep you guys who cared to post up to date. ;D
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I've used the Google navigation for a long time, and never got a problem. CM7 stable was installed, and works well for a month. I'm in NY state.
However, yesterday, I found GPS deviated northward for about 100 feet,and not always, sometimes could get right.
When I drove west to east, the screen showed me I was driving across buildings...
I can barely drive without navigation, Could somebody help me?
I'm not a native English Speaker, so sorry for my poor language.
Thank you
anybody met that?
Is this a constant issue with it showing your location incorrectly? You could try a different radio as that is what's communicating with the GPS.
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Is this a constant issue with it showing your location incorrectly? You could try a different radio as that is what's communicating with the GPS.
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Thank you
Could you recommend one?
I'm personally using the leaked evo radio (4.08). I would recommend www.dougpiston.com, go to the radios section and try some out. I usually test radios by looking at the signal strength in settings>about phone (lower dBm means stronger signal), the speed test app and GPS test is a good one too.
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I've had that happen to me before, I restarted the phone and it never happened again.
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I had that happen to me with one of the CM7 nightly builds. I noticed it was fixed after I flashed 10.05.06 radio and a newer nightly.
God, I've tried the newest radio,but still have the problem
anyone having a weak gps issue? i am. goog maps or navigate or telenav can't track me accurately. ot can find a location but it sucks finding me and navigating. ive been in every major city from san diego to ny to new orleans atlanta dallas etc... military and on vacation and no matter where i go the gps sucks. it does however have a crack on the top left corner over the front camera if it matters. i have the latest prl update and all
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I think there is an issue if you leave your phone on for a certain number of days, the GPS stops working accurately. Try rebooting your phone
ive tried that. it still sucks.
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i don't get whats wrong with the gps mine locks on with 60 meters acruaccy as soon as i open maps and the gps was actually spot on
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where r u? everywhere i ho it says weak gps. maybe my phone is defective.
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where r u? everywhere i ho it says weak gps. maybe my phone is defective.
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Florida near clearmont/orlando
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ive been in Jacksonville with 4G and it still sucks. in pensacola right now. it finds any address i type in but struggles to navigate me there. i really need it when i get back to diego bcus i have a sweet bluetooth setup in my helmet when i ride my bike and use it for the voice navigation
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yea, I'll try that
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yea, I'll try that
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You might want to exchange it. I use mine in L.A. and Orange County and it is pinpoint accurate. I was actually surprised how well it was working. It was exactly right on when I had to take an offramp to another freeway or during surface street driving. I am using Telenav
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I agree exchange it. Our gps on telenav here in Houston works perfectly, very quick and accurate, beating google maps every time.
download gps status and toolbox it will fix your issues. If not then return the phone is your best bet..
ok, let me try that. i drove through Houston last week and my navigation thought i was onbthe road but i was on the katy toll
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Like playya said,
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
Download this, reset your GPS, if it still wont work I'd take the phone in for a replacement. My GPS wouldn't lock on last night, I had to use this to get it to work.
I had the issue above but once i reset the phone it seems to be very quick in pinpointing my location
working ok now. lets see when i get into san diego tonight service sucks here in pensacola
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I tried the app but navigation just says searching for gps?
Any ideas?
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that's what mine said constantly. i used the app then restarted the gps and eventually out started working.
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Unless I'm missing something, there's a thread hiding in the Dev section that's supposed to fix GPS troubles. I don't know if it's a different issue from what you're having, but thought I'd put that out there.
I tried searching for it. Can't find it in dev.
My gps sucks! It's useless
I tried the apps and resetting gps cache. Still nothing
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All of a sudden I've been getting less battery life. When looking at the programs that are using the battery most, Maps has been near the top of the list. The thing is, it does this even when not using the maps app at all. I've tried force closing, but still pulls CPU and drains the battery.
Running Blazer 4.1
Thanks
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I used to have that same problem, try uninstalling the updates on Maps and turning your GPS off until you need it. Hope this helps.
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I ended up reflashing 4.1 and, so far, it seems to have taken care of the issue. Hopefully it sticks!
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jmocherman said:
I ended up reflashing 4.1 and, so far, it seems to have taken care of the issue. Hopefully it sticks!
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I learned latitude was giving me the battery drain. Go into it and open up the settings and make sure you're opted out of the location updates and signed out. It helped a lot.
Is anyone else seeing this? It tops my list of wakelocks and I don't use latitude .
GPS=battery killer
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This is after a fresh boot WITHOUT me starting Maps. I hardly ever use it!
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This is after a fresh boot WITHOUT me starting Maps. I hardly ever use it!
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Shut off GPS when your not using it, which is most of the time for me. Most apps ,like weather, can use the network for location based services. Unless your navigation, there's almost no need for GPS.
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Xalky said:
Shut off GPS when your not using it, which is most of the time for me. Most apps ,like weather, can use the network for location based services. Unless your navigation, there's almost no need for GPS.
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Will turning off GPS prevent the "NetworkLocationLocator" wakelock?
I would always find that maps had started it self and used battery.
Now I have used Rom Toolbox to stop it from auto starting and it is behaving it self.
Not to hijack the thread, but whenever someone attaches a thumbnail to a thread, all I see is "Attached Thumbnails" and there is image. Anyone know why?
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I use PhoneWeaver (totally underrated app!) and for poops and giggles, I added the GPS toggle in all of the profiles except car mode. Before I have always just left the GPS on and figured if nothing needed it, it wouldn't be used.
Now that the GPS is disabled, the maps process never pops in and battery life is once again back to normal.
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I use PhoneWeaver (totally underrated app!) and for poops and giggles, I added the GPS toggle in all of the profiles except car mode. Before I have always just left the GPS on and figured if nothing needed it, it wouldn't be used.
Now that the GPS is disabled, the maps process never pops in and battery life is once again back to normal.
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+1 for phoneweaver
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my GS3 was working flawlessly for more than a month, and i use it as GPS everyday, to and from work. I use waze.
anyway i dont know what went wrong, today when i was driving, it started disconnecting every couple of minutes, in waze, in google maps...
i have GPS monitor app installed which shows in notification bar how satellites its connected to, so i could see it going to zero and back to 13-15 which is usually the case...
i have not installed any new app which should affect GPS, the only thing i installed and then uninstalled was "Apartment guide" app.
is anybody else having this issue? what can i do apart from reflash OS? by the way i am on wanamlite ROM.
thank you.
Never had this problem before. I would use faster gps app to resolve your problem. It sounds like the app is crashing because of incompatibility
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kitkit201, thanks for your reply, but i am having this issue even with google maps, i dont think its incompatibility...and the app itself is not crashing, but only GPS disconnects...and then reconnects...
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kitkit201, thanks for your reply, but i am having this issue even with google maps, i dont think its incompatibility...and the app itself is not crashing, but only GPS disconnects...and then reconnects...
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Its a known s3 issue
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But then for more than a month my GPS was rock solid...i don't know what happened suddenly...
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ok i have found out an app that was causing these GPS issues..it was an app named GPS Monitor (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wMiwiZXUuaWxseXJpdW0udG9vbHMuZ3BzbW9uaXRvciJd)
i uninstalled it and everything worked fine...please note this if anyone else is using this app, it can cause issues...
ive been noticing this as well. i use a speedometer apps and it tells me how much sats im locked onto...ill randomly watch it turn red and slowly lose sat by sat till im not even connected. i dont have that app you mentioned installed.......???