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[Q] Market and GPS questions...

I picked a Verizon GNex at BB yesterday and have a couple questions...
First, I don't see where to turn GPS ON/OFF -- there has to be a way to turn it off and on -- right?
Second, after installing the apps I had with my Evo I attempted to purchase another app but the "Accept & Buy" button to complete the purchase would not work. I tried this with two different apps. Is Verizon trying to prevent use of the Google Market so they can have you go through there app market?
Thanks,
Brian

For the first question, settings-> location services
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jstegeman said:
For the first question, settings-> location services
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I saw that but it's not like any of those option clearly the GPS on/off. The three options:
Googles location service (lets apps use location data from wifi sources etc)
GPS satellites (lets apps pinpoint your location)
Location & Google search (lets Google use your location to improve search results)
OK, of the three the second one seems closest to what I'm looking for but there's nothing here that clearly says it turns the GPS on/off.
Brian

It does turn it off
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come on man, isn't it odvious that is this option? "GPS satellites"

Kikoshi said:
come on man, isn't it odvious that is this option? "GPS satellites"
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Actually no! As I said, it's the most likely option but no where does it say that the GPS radio is turned off it just says that is "lets apps pin point your location". Everyone wants to know where you are at all times so they make it more difficult for you to turn off location finding tools because they want you to leave it on.
So, Google may allow you to disable GPS access for third party apps but still permit them (Google) to know exactly where you are because that information is money. If disabling this option stopped third party apps from accessing the GPS but still left the GPS on so Google could keep tracking you the wording of the option gives them the legal latitude to do just that.
So, in addition to wanting to save battery life it's nice to also limit the amount of tracking Google, and pretty much everyone else, does to you.
My Evo 4G had a widget that controlled: 4G (WiMax), BlueTooth, GPS and Wifi -- I would like that on my Nexus.
Brian

It's pretty obvious to me that that option actually does turn off the GPS antenna. It I don't think that there's any device in the world with a GPS antenna that cannot be turned off, unless it's part of the core functionality (e.g. with GPS receivers).

Put the power control widget on one of your homescreens - the middle one is GPS and you can quickly toggle it.

TabsAZ said:
Put the power control widget on one of your homescreens - the middle one is GPS and you can quickly toggle it.
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Thanks man, that's what I was looking for!
Brian

Raptor1956 said:
Thanks man, that's what I was looking for!
Brian
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All the toggle in that widget does is turn "option 2" on and off. There is no 4G LTE toggle either. Also, no Verizon isn't blocking the market to force you to use theirs. They don't even have a separate app market.
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joshnichols189 said:
All the toggle in that widget does is turn "option 2" on and off. There is no 4G LTE toggle either. Also, no Verizon isn't blocking the market to force you to use theirs. They don't even have a separate app market.
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Yep, after toggling I checked back and option 2 was turned off. It was the most likely option but I wish the wording was more explicit...
I also found that the market problem was somehow related to the fact that I'd added a second gmail account. I had to select the second account and enter my CC info there and after that the market worked just fine.
Brian

Raptor1956 said:
Second, after installing the apps I had with my Evo I attempted to purchase another app but the "Accept & Buy" button to complete the purchase would not work. I tried this with two different apps. Is Verizon trying to prevent use of the Google Market so they can have you go through there app market?
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Yes Verizon only wants you to use their 20 or so apps. Enjoy!
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Set Home and Work Location for Google Now

Does anyone knows how to set the locations for this? Does it automatically "learn" them or do I manually enter them using maps data?
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Go to Google Maps desktop site and set them under My Places.

you can also set them from the maps app on your phone

I see it now. Kinda weird that I can't do it in app but the features are so awesome I won't complain too much. Thanks for the help!
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harveydent said:
you can also set them from the maps app on your phone
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Where are the options to set them on your phone? I don't see any?

To set Home/Work on Android (It's kind of hidden):
Start Maps
Tap on your icon (The blue dot on the map, this should have your contact photo on it not just the blue arrow. You can pull it up by turning on the Latitude option.)
Tap on your name that appears above it
Tap location History
Tap the menu dots down the bottom right
The you get the Change home/work location options
There are also some graphs of how long you spend where.

Thanks!
ON a side note.. anyone get the traffic thing for appointments and meetings?

What about someone like me who actually works from home?
Google set my Home and Work addresses to the same thing. So, now when I'm out with friend it sometimes tells me how long it takes to get back to work haha.
Does anyone else work from home and have this issue?

It actually does learn it automatically based on you traffic patterns. It took about 5 days for mine to pick up then it just started showing up. It did ask me to confirm that home and work listings were correct though.
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t3rabyte said:
What about someone like me who actually works from home?
Google set my Home and Work addresses to the same thing. So, now when I'm out with friend it sometimes tells me how long it takes to get back to work haha.
Does anyone else work from home and have this issue?
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Well, you can always turn it off. Also, I just noticed that you can press the 3 dots on the Traffic card in Google Now and select Edit to change the destination its showing Traffic time for.

Do you have to have Latitude enabled for this to work?
Quite like the idea, but don't really want Latitude on!

I think that its eventually just supposed to learn about where you are based on your location, and then it will guess your home. If it guesses wrong, from there, you can change it to make sure its the right address
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trickshot1126 said:
It actually does learn it automatically based on you traffic patterns. It took about 5 days for mine to pick up then it just started showing up. It did ask me to confirm that home and work listings were correct though.
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It learned my home and work locations after a few days as well indeed.

I moved from Canada to USA and its been 2 weeks. It still thinks I'm traveling. Shows me currency exchange and what not..donno how to fix this..

Anyone know how to add more than one work place to Google Maps? So than in Google Now it would say "Distance to Work 1" sort of thing?

Now, I think you can set your home and work address from within Google Now. It's under Google Now, traffic.

H3g3m0n said:
To set Home/Work on Android (It's kind of hidden):
Start Maps
Tap on your icon (The blue dot on the map, this should have your contact photo on it not just the blue arrow. You can pull it up by turning on the Latitude option.)
Tap on your name that appears above it
Tap location History
Tap the menu dots down the bottom right
The you get the Change home/work location options
There are also some graphs of how long you spend where.
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Doesn't work for me. When I tap on the menu button all I get is select date. (Android 4.2.1). Wish they wouldn't always keep moving things around!

Retechy said:
Now, I think you can set your home and work address from within Google Now. It's under Google Now, traffic.
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This.
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defaria said:
Doesn't work for me. When I tap on the menu button all I get is select date. (Android 4.2.1). Wish they wouldn't always keep moving things around!
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Actually I just deleted Work from my desktop.

Google Now Traffic Card

For the life of me I cannot get this card to work. I have location history enabled in Google Maps and have entered my home and work adresses under location history's settings - traveled to and from work a few days, and nothing. Is there some other step I'm missing or is the traffic card glitched or something?
Thanks for the help.

You may go into the setting for that card and change the priority. Make it "none" and save. Then go back in and give it priority. Mine worked out of the box so I'm afraid I can't be much more help than that.
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this may sound like a stupid suggestion but, is your GPS enabled?

infrared90 said:
this may sound like a stupid suggestion but, is your GPS enabled?
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Yes it is, along with WiFi.

well I'm useless here. My device started showing me the travel card by itself. I didn't enter any address information however. It guessed my work and home address of its own accord. I'd try wiping the history and setting the priority to high for the card.

I am only curious how it guessed which place is my home...and it guessed correctly...for the work address it asked me to confirm its guess, but for home address no questioning...awesome...

Listen to me, you don't want this card enabled if you're anywhere but at home with your boring life. I've been travelling, and the traffic/directions card comes up all the time for places I haven't cared about but once a few days ago.
Well.. it's not officially a released feature. I can't complain too much, considering... well I've looked at all sorts of settings which would seem logical, but I keep getting directions to Walmart or the random bakery I went to the other day.
Google Now is really smart.. but it really tries too hard when you're not home.

infrared90 said:
well I'm useless here. My device started showing me the travel card by itself. I didn't enter any address information however. It guessed my work and home address of its own accord. I'd try wiping the history and setting the priority to high for the card.
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Tried that too, so far still nothing. It showed up briefly due to a doctors appointment I had scheduled and it showed me the travel time, but then I refreshed Google Now and it disappeared once again.
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Have you tried getting traffic info in Google maps?
My traffic also doesn't work but for me its because my location does not support it yet (Uganda)
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Make sure you're signed in to latitude also.
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foxehkins said:
Make sure you're signed in to latitude also.
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I am. Still no dice.
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FWIW it still works for me without being signed into Latitude.
Have you tried disabling Google Now and then re-enabling it? Always fixes any issue I have.

moe6 said:
FWIW it still works for me without being signed into Latitude.
Have you tried disabling Google Now and then re-enabling it? Always fixes any issue I have.
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Yep, still nothing, I've just accepted that it doesn't work.
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Don't need to be signed into latitude as long as you have the addresses set. I have zero issues.

I looked under my location history information and settings which I entered about four days ago now...it says I've only been home for 4 hours and at work 0 hours which those two numbers are completely inaccurate.

Took me a day or two for it to learn my places.

engagedtosmile said:
Took me a day or two for it to learn my places.
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Yeah its been about four days now and still nothing
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I was having this issue myself, I got no traffic card even though I knew everything was set up. It was my favourite feature of Google now (especially for appointment reminders) and I was so disappointed! It seems in my googling plenty of people were having the issue and no answers anywhere.
I managed to get mine working, so I'm posting my solution in case someone else has the same problem and does the same googling. My problem was that somehow Google now was set to use public transport by default, however, there is no public transport info in my city. So no card at all. Unfortunately, Google now wouldn't let me change my settings as the traffic card has to be popped up in order to change the preferred transport method.
So I just uninstalled updates, then started Google now, went to settings, traffic, and switched my preferred transport method to driving. Traffic card appeared! I could then update back to the latest Google now and had my traffic cards back.
Good luck!
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How do I reset google now location settings?

I moved a couple months ago to another city, but Google thinks I'm only visiting so it keeps showing me hotel and tourist hotspots even though I've been here for quit some time.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
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confusedfella said:
I moved a couple months ago to another city, but Google thinks I'm only visiting so it keeps showing me hotel and tourist hotspots even though I've been here for quit some time.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
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Have you changed your home setting in Maps?

pfmiller said:
Have you changed your home setting in Maps?
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No. I thought google designated locations like home and work based on the time spent in these locations?

confusedfella said:
No. I thought google designated locations like home and work based on the time spent in these locations?
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I'm not sure, but there is also a place to set your home and work addresses from within Google Now under the Traffic card settings. I think that's the same as the Maps location, but either one is worth a try.

Google Maps 6.14.4 with "My Maps" zip

Google Maps 7 update removed the best feature of them all, the "my maps". they said they will eventually bring it back. If your running google maps 7 and cant downgrade with apk you can always flash the 6.14.4 old maps that have the my maps layer.
the zip attach is the same zip found in the link but with all apps removed except for maps and street
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2286538
remember to turn off auto update. and don't forget to hit the >>>>THANKS<<<< if you find this useful!

Thank you sir.
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SinCityAtNight said:
Thank you sir.
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Im glad someone found this useful. I take a lot of pics of houses everyday so before I leave my house I need at least 5-6 address to take pics. Google now was not an option since its a battery drainer. going back to old maps has really helped me out enormously. I can even imagine why this great feature was removed.
Cant wait till "my places" get back on the updated maps. Lets go GOOGLE get with it!

PENKO956 said:
Google Maps 7 update removed the best feature of them all, the "my maps". they said they will eventually bring it back. If your running google maps 7 and cant downgrade with apk you can always flash the 6.14.4 old maps that have the my maps layer.
the zip attach is the same zip found in the link but with all apps removed except for maps and street
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2286538
remember to turn off auto update. and don't forget to hit the >>>>THANKS<<<< if you find this useful!
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Nice! Do you flash it from recovery (like a ROM) or install it like a program?
Thanks.

Thanks. I don't why Google with each update take off functions from map.
One of the most stupid thing is that I am forced to turn on my WiFi to use map while i am outside with no wifi and my 4g data is working well. why on earth it can't just use the damn GPS
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treetop777 said:
Nice! Do you flash it from recovery (like a ROM) or install it like a program?
Thanks.
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flash in recovery like just like a rom.

Netuser said:
Thanks. I don't why Google with each update take off functions from map.
One of the most stupid thing is that I am forced to turn on my WiFi to use map while i am outside with no wifi and my 4g data is working well. why on earth it can't just use the damn GPS
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LOL - It DOES use you GPS chip. The problem is the map is downloaded dynamically depending on where you go so you have to have wifi or data active for it to download the maps.
Check youtube on how to cache the map data for destination and you will NOT need wifi or data if you don't deviate from that route.
Now, if you're one of those who enjoy looking at the pointer follow you around while you drive then yes, you always need wifi or data on. But it's always using the GPS to place you on the map.

treetop777 said:
LOL - It DOES use you GPS chip. The problem is the map is downloaded dynamically depending on where you go so you have to have wifi or data active for it to download the maps.
Check youtube on how to cache the map data for destination and you will NOT need wifi or data if you don't deviate from that route.
Now, if you're one of those who enjoy looking at the pointer follow you around while you drive then yes, you always need wifi or data on. But it's always using the GPS to place you on the map.
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You didn't understood what I meant. I know that it need internet to download Map, but the thing i was referring to is that you cant use the damn map even if you are outside with 3G/4G data activated. It absolutely force you to activate wifi even if you don't connect to wifi. The most stupid thing i ever seen. This thing waste my battery for nothing as my wifi keep searching for wifi points.

Workaround
You can use My Maps then navigate with Google Map with this kludgy workaround:
1) Open http://maps.google.com from stock browser, making sure you're logged-in to Google in on the browser
2) Click on the drop down arrow on the top right, then select "My Places"
3) Select one of your maps
4) Select a place
5) Tap on the place pin
6) Tap on the place information (either floating or on the bottom), then select Google Map for navigation.

Netuser said:
You didn't understood what I meant. I know that it need internet to download Map, but the thing i was referring to is that you cant use the damn map even if you are outside with 3G/4G data activated. It absolutely force you to activate wifi even if you don't connect to wifi. The most stupid thing i ever seen. This thing waste my battery for nothing as my wifi keep searching for wifi points.
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Sorry to harp on this but you might learn something. I just tested with my phone (Droid X2). I turned-off wifi from settings, 3G came on. Then i opened Google maps, it said that to better locate me i should turn-on wifi - i hit "SKIP" and after a few seconds it showed my exact location (using the GPS chip in the phone). Then i switched to navigation and entered a destination, it gave me directions (on the map) no problem. this is all happening with wifi OFF. Oh, this is with maps 6.14.4
So either I'm lucky or you are doing something wrong. Maybe clearing data will give you the option to "skip" turning-on wifi.

I'm getting a error, unfortunately Google maps has stopped, it acts like a force close.
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dream8441 said:
I'm getting a error, unfortunately Google maps has stopped, it acts like a force close.
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no error here. what rom are you using?

Will it increase binary counter of my i9500 or not?
Thanks.

Lol....I believe every time you flash something it does.
There's this Lil thing called triangle away that takes care of that though.
Edit: I just checked and my counter is at 1.....and in the past 2 days I've flash about 2 dozen things so I'm guessing no it dont

I was kind of scared of flashing is. zip using safestrap so I use Titanium Backup to first backup then uninstall Google Maps and then I installed the older version with an apk I download it and it works great