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?
Micrologos said:
and after I decline the blue location button simply refuses to work.
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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.
Micrologos said:
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.
pdolton2000 said:
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.
Micrologos said:
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.
Micrologos said:
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
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I am running the sense clock with weather and now the weather will not show up unless I have wifi running?? hmm
I would check settings for mobile data to be on.
I tried that still no go.. ugh sucks
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I believe your problem is with your phone not knowing where you are. Your phone hasn't received any data from the gps satellites. Wifi helps with location, so that is why it would work then. Check your location settings and make sure both options are checked, and load google maps. Once it knows your location it should work. If not, try removing and adding the widgets again, or rebooting
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I believe your problem is with your phone not knowing where you are. Your phone hasn't received any data from the gps satellites. Wifi helps with location, so that is why it would work then. Check your location settings and make sure both options are checked, and load google maps. Once it knows your location it should work. If not, try removing and adding the widgets again, or rebooting
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Seems to be working thanks
Ugh its still doing it..
My is kinda doing the same. If I manually refresh it finds me.
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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.
Hi everyone,
I'm a bit frustrated by a Google Maps issue that's plaguing me. When I'm on mobile data (3G/2G), the current location function of Google Maps works quite accurately. But when I'm on the WiFi network of my home, it goes haywire and says that I'm a few kilometers away from my home Does anyone have the same problem? Is there a way to solve this? Thanks.
Regards,
Tin
Is this constant or a one off problem? Ive had similar situation happen once in a blue moon ever since ive had phones with gps. If its just a freak occurrence i wouldnt sweat it.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats audio by dre.
It happens whenever I'm on my home WiFi network. I haven't tried it out on other WiFi networks though. But then, since Google Maps can quite accurately determine my location when on mobile data, I'm thinking it's something to do with my WiFi network.
Did you recently move? Perhaps they mapped your wifi at one location and then you physically moved the router several kilometers away.
Umm, no, I haven't moved.
from reading this:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2122170
it looks like google and various other companies have driven round and mapped wifi networks in to their database. If you haven't moved it maybe they are just using your IP address and your exchange is that distance from you.
Maybe?
tinmeigut said:
Umm, no, I haven't moved.
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jamesmcuk said:
it looks like google and various other companies have driven round and mapped wifi networks in to their database. If you haven't moved it maybe they are just using your IP address and your exchange is that distance from you.
Maybe?
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Then perhaps one of your neighbours moved. If your ssid was hidden when google did their mapping then google may be relying on another ssid to locate you. So someone who lived a few km away moves next door to you, they turn on their router, you pick the signal, and now google thinks you are at their old address.
This happens to me when I visit my parents. I set them up with my old router. Now when I visit them Google tells me I'm in my apartment rather than in my parents house.
Maybe.
As for a resolution, you could try turning off 'Googles location service' under location services in settings.
virtualcertainty said:
As for a resolution, you could try turning off 'Googles location service' under location services in settings.
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Oh my god, that worked for me, THANKYOU!
virtualcertainty said:
As for a resolution, you could try turning off 'Googles location service' under location services in settings.
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this didn't work for me and I'm also experiencing this problem on wifi.
All this did is turn off the ability of location to use wifi to determine location, which means unless you have satellite reception, your not going to get location reporting at all
I think it is possible to report this to google so they remove the wrong ssid location from their location service.
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Herman76 said:
I think it is possible to report this to google so they remove the wrong ssid location from their location service.
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus
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How do you report it? I have the same issue - GMaps are placing me in Lynwood, USA when I'm in Bulgaria...
This has been going on for some time now. I cannot actually pinpoint when it happened. But whenever I am at work, I can connect to the network and it's grayed out. I can still browse and use some app but I don't get notifications from my apps and cannot use Google Talk, for example. That entire app is grayed out.
It's an 802.1x EAP - PEAP - MSCHAPV2.
Anyone got any ideas or tricks to fix this? It used to work before and it doesn't. I do not believe anything changed on our end. And I also cannot just restart the router at work. Thanks in advance.
ddpacino said:
This has been going on for some time now. I cannot actually pinpoint when it happened. But whenever I am at work, I can connect to the network and it's grayed out. I can still browse and use some app but I don't get notifications from my apps and cannot use Google Talk, for example. That entire app is grayed out.
It's an 802.1x EAP - PEAP - MSCHAPV2.
Anyone got any ideas or tricks to fix this? It used to work before and it doesn't. I do not believe anything changed on our end. And I also cannot just restart the router at work. Thanks in advance.
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Go to settings>app>all locate google services framework clear data,cache end reboot your phone...it should work... at least work for me...
vichimp said:
Go to settings>app>all locate google services framework clear data,cache end reboot your phone...it should work... at least work for me...
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Didn't work
my work wifi is the exact same so i think they are just locking down ports.
I ve same problem..
But when I turn on the display the WiFi becomes blue...and when I turn off the display the icon becomes gray...
I don't know why.but I can't receive mail and gtalk..
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ddpacino said:
This has been going on for some time now. I cannot actually pinpoint when it happened. But whenever I am at work, I can connect to the network and it's grayed out. I can still browse and use some app but I don't get notifications from my apps and cannot use Google Talk, for example. That entire app is grayed out.
It's an 802.1x EAP - PEAP - MSCHAPV2.
Anyone got any ideas or tricks to fix this? It used to work before and it doesn't. I do not believe anything changed on our end. And I also cannot just restart the router at work. Thanks in advance.
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Can you access gmail directly? Sounds like google services may be blocked by your network admin? Just a guess...
Im trying to understand what exactly is happening with you.
Are you getting a wifi signal and no notifications?
or are you not getting any wifi signal at all?
If you are getting a connection but notifications and google apps dont work, it could be that your work router those ports blocked or has a firewall infront of it.
If you are not getting any wifi signal at all, I would try and backup everything, and do a factory rest - update. basically a stock, unrooted wipe and reflash.
Don't know why our how to fix it. But I know that if your wifi is gray you still have data connection. And if it's blue your connected to Google services as well
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Okay, thanks guys. The ports may be blocked. I get WiFi connection, but the indicator is grayed out. When that is so, I can still go into an app and use it with manual refreshes but I never get notifications automatically like I'm supposed to. They only start to pop in one I leave with and get back in the cellular network. And for an app like gtalk, I cannot use whatsoever as I'm signed out.
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ddpacino said:
Okay, thanks guys. The ports may be blocked. I get WiFi connection, but the indicator is grayed out. When that is so, I can still go into an app and use it with manual refreshes but I never get notifications automatically like I'm supposed to. They only start to pop in one I leave with and get back in the cellular network. And for an app like gtalk, I cannot use whatsoever as I'm signed out.
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This happened to me before and basically it was how my IT guy setup our WiFi network in our office. I couldn't use any Google push services on my phone (gmail, gtalk, calender, etc...). Every thing would work fine when I was on data connection, but would stop on WiFi. I just stopped using my work WiFi when I was in the office. It definitely had something to do with the firewall/privileges of the WiFi network.
ddpacino said:
This has been going on for some time now. I cannot actually pinpoint when it happened. But whenever I am at work, I can connect to the network and it's grayed out. I can still browse and use some app but I don't get notifications from my apps and cannot use Google Talk, for example. That entire app is grayed out.
It's an 802.1x EAP - PEAP - MSCHAPV2.
Anyone got any ideas or tricks to fix this? It used to work before and it doesn't. I do not believe anything changed on our end. And I also cannot just restart the router at work. Thanks in advance.
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port blocked..
google push notification and so gtalk need ports like 5222,5223,5228
usually in a work wifi only port 80 (http traffic) and 443 (httpS traffic) are open
VTENGR said:
This happened to me before and basically it was how my IT guy setup our WiFi network in our office. I couldn't use any Google push services on my phone (gmail, gtalk, calender, etc...). Every thing would work fine when I was on data connection, but would stop on WiFi. I just stopped using my work WiFi when I was in the office. It definitely had something to do with the firewall/privileges of the WiFi network.
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Yea... but I'm on one of these tiered data plans from Verizon where I hit at or near the cap every month. I'm trying to use free WiFi as much as possible lol
Thanks again to all.
coloxim said:
I ve same problem..
But when I turn on the display the WiFi becomes blue...and when I turn off the display the icon becomes gray...
I don't know why.but I can't receive mail and gtalk..
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Do you have wifi set to turn off when the display turns off?
I came across this thread because I'm having the same problem with my GS3, the only thing that solved it was installing a WiFi manager app from the market.
Factory reset plus downgrading from 4.2.2 to 4.2.0 was the only thing that worked for me.
FIX FOR GREY WIFI/MOBILE DATA, and google account sync
HI THERE, sorry im new to e forum, anyways im using a SGS 3LTE with custom rom CM 10.2 android 4.3, CWM touch recovery. So many people are not able to connect to the play store and services over wifi, but only over mobile data. Another issue is that the cellular data and wifi tend to remain grey, unlike that of android 4.0 and back which remains blue. So to solve this heres what i did.
DID EVERY F**KING CRAP OUT THERE. DIDNT WORK.
What i did: use a file manager with root access, look for 'hosts' file in systempath 'system/etc/' and deleted it. So far so good, its permanently blue for both wifi and cellular data, and also i am able to access google apps and store without a hitch.
DO SHARE WITH ME UR FINDINGS/RESULTS AND SPREAD THE LOVE PEOPLE
On a side note: i used to flash and modify small roms for my old htc hd2, but the above fix was heard from a website from god knows where LOL, im singaporean, i speak singlish, and im proud of it so im not gonna apologise for the broken english
In case this helps anyone, the way I solved it at home with my Galaxy Nexus is by changing the setting of the router to Wireless G or N only. I have two routers, so I set one on 802.11g and the other on 802.11n only. By default my DLinks came with mixed wireless protocols. The problem with this is that it seems to confuse devices. That's why they also used to take long to connect to Wifi in general. Since I've made them only one standard now, they connect very quickly. Also, because I had mixed B, G and N on my best router, I never got to really use N. Turns out I had my authentication on WEP, and the only way you're getting N is by using WEP2 with AES.
Fix is here
Hello There, I tried to reset phone,clearing chache,Data but it wont work but now
I have a quick solution on this issue and grey wifi becomes blue in some minutes.
All you need is "Rooted Phone"
1.Install : Root Explorer
2. Grant SuperSU permission to Root Explorer
3. Mount Root Explorer into Read/Write (R/W).
4. Go To System > etc > locate "HOSTS" file in etc folder.
5. Edit Hosts file using root explorer
6. Insert the symbol # before the second set of IP address numbers then save the changes and exit.
7. Reboot your phone...
8. wifi icon will be blue as you start your phone back and some apps like Google play store,keep,etc will be start as normal.
Thanks.
vichimp said:
Go to settings>app>all locate google services framework clear data,cache end reboot your phone...it should work... at least work for me...
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it works on me too.
Solution for all
Use Market Unlocker App for solution of this blue and grey wi fi problem
google it or search on black market
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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