Hi.
I played around with some applications using GPS and noticed that my Xperia was pretty warm a few hours after I closed down the last GPS application and the battery was drained a little bit faster than usual.
I then tried to start Google Maps and instantly(!) got a GPS fix.
So my theory is that the GPS remained ON since last time it was used.
Is there any way to see if the GPS is active or not and how to prevent the GPS to remaining being ON after the application isnt using it anylonger.
I doubt it was GPS. GPS alone would hardly warm the device (IMHO). It must have been some program running, or something preventing standby. Wasn't whole google maps running ?
if you havnt changed ur location after the deactivation of GM, thats quite normal behaviour.
it (other GPS SOftware aswell) seem to check if the last known location is the same and if it's the same, u get an instant fix.
my n95 behaved the same
I didnt use Google Map.. I used AmazeGPS.
And My Xperia gets a little hot when running GPS. =)
No applications was running at all after i closed AmazeGPS.
a small note.. after opening google maps, enabling GPS and then shutting down GPS and closing google maps again my xperia is getting colder.
So my guess is that AmazeGPS enabled the GPS.. and then the GPS was constantly on until google maps reinitiated and closed the GPS again.
So.. Is there any application(for the today screen maybe) that can show if the GPS infact is enabled or disabled?
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Hi everyone,
still having problems with GPS.
on eclair i could not get it to work at all.
flashed to froyo 2.2, went out side, started iGO and BAM...
was working great, satelites found in under 20 sec. navigation was fast.. all good.
turned off gps for the night to save battery.
went outside this morning, turned on gps, and no satelites found...
waited for 15-20 min, turned off the phone with gps on, started it, result the same.
no satelites .
any ideas on why is that?
I have been using galaxy 3 gps foe some time around...
even i had the same problem on eclair...
googled like hell and found out this...
dial this code...
*#*#1472365#*#*
its for galaxy s but
works for our phone also...
i try to make some changes in the setting and den run gps test
you can download the gps test app from the market
once the satellites are found on gpstest, i run brut maps..
ie hacked version of google maps..
then navigation works well.... worth the trouble
pls suggest any improvements in above method of finding satellites.. i am also having problem regarding gps..
On FroYo, the correct code is:
*#*#3214789650#*#*
Did you tried GPSopt ???
Search on Market for "octy" or GPSoptimization...
Yeah,
after running gps test for about 2-3 min, jump to navigation app, it works great.
but it kinda sucks to do that every time you want to use gps, or just to leave it running and suck the battery dry in a few hours.
also,
i tried octy's GPSopt some time ago from the market, but it didn't do anything significant for me to notice, and it's not free, but have 3 free uses... so i guess it's not a long-term solution.
Hey guys I am new to the community and just recently picked up a vibrant for being a loyal T-Mobile customer haha.
Anyways I just wanted to point out something that I noticed while trying yo fix my GPS issue or non-issue. I have detailed my steps exactly so please read below:
1. Got vibrant out of the box and after 5 tries connected it to mini kies and updated to 2.2.
2. Applied GPS restore from market. It did not work at first, but after stepping outside it worked.
3. Tested the GPS and it works, I am amazed and thought the issue is fixed.
4. Went to my other residence 50 miles away, tried GPS, big fail.
5. A week later I remember the GPS issue and try it again at my place, fail again.
6. I became curious and tried Google sky, with GPS on. Google sky reported longitude and latitude. I am in shock because I thought the GPS was broken. I turn on Google maps and bam, location is found again.
7. I become more curious and try the same approach 50 miles away at my other residence, bam location is found again.
My conclusion is something is up, can any of u guys explain and/or try my method?
Thanks!
I've found that google maps doesn't like a cold GPS start, that is, the first time used after changing locations or waiting a few hours. But if I use another gps program, like gps test, wait for it to lock (which is usually pretty fast), then close out and open google maps I'll get a near instant gps lock since it's a warm start. Something about google maps doesn't seem to want to convince our phones that it should get a gps lock.
Google Maps is terrible with cold starts. The solution is to use GPS Test to lock into more than 4 satellites and then open Google Maps. You were basically doing the same thing with Google Skymap, but Mike Lockwood's GPS Test is better because it keeps polling the GPS while you check Maps.
Mannymal said:
Google Maps is terrible with cold starts. The solution is to use GPS Test to lock into more than 4 satellites and then open Google Maps. You were basically doing the same thing with Google Skymap, but Mike Lockwood's GPS Test is better because it keeps polling the GPS while you check Maps.
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+1 I found this to work the best as well. I use Ulysses Gizmo though
Either way, with the New KB1 modem (you can flash that by itself) this REALLY improved the GPS
thanks guys your input helped me clarify alot because i always thought my GPS was broken because of google maps didnt show my position.
The iPhone I had and my mytouch 4g and g2 both do not have this problem, this is vibrant isolated, correct? I mean the cold start to the GPS from Google Maps.
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Either way, with the New KB1 modem (you can flash that by itself) this REALLY improved the GPS
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Plus 1 - KB1 has great GPS.. I did however have the hardware problem. So the combination of fixing the hardware problem and KB1 has my GPS running better then ever.
Hi Folks
I did search for this before posting..
I have a SGS andriod v.2.3.3. My phone is set up:
Using Stock samsung SMS, MMS and dialer interfaces.
GPS and WiFi Off (except when i need Wifi)
Background data and auto-sync OFF
Latitude Signed Out.
Yet for some reason Google Maps is always running, even if I force kill it, it still reboots after about 2 mins and its using 45% of my battery resources. My battery only lasts about 36 hours of casual light use and is on standby when im in bed.
I have been thinking of turning off "Use WIreless Networks", but do i need to?.
I dont use Google Maps, as i dont drive and dont really travel many places beyond work or friends. I very rarely if every use Pyont or latitude.
I do love this phone and I know Google like to know where and who you are, but is there any way of dumping or swtiching off google Maps and maybe switching to better Mapping, because even though i dont use GPS today, Im not saying I never will.
Many Thanks
Night
very strange. its not normal for google maps to do that. maybe you should try a new rom like jvq.
you can get rid of google maps entirely if you have root, just delete it from the system/apps folder. but i don't really reommend this. Im sure there must be another way to fix ur problem.
Ya i had the same problem since i last updated maps. Uninstalling the update did the trick
Download the Autostarts app. It can kill and app from staring up in various states, like just afer start up, switching connectivity (like wifi to 3G) and many others. You'd be surprised at what's running on your phone and when it starts up.
Many thanks for both replies...
Ill remove the update and report back., but give me a few days though .
There are many threads all over the web about this Google Maps problem, but ill have a look at the ROMs Thanks.
I did buy this phone pre-owned and just replaced the battery (official Samsung 1500mah one), but its still drinking it.
My HTC Wildfire got 5 days out of its battery with the settings above, to be fair, now that SamsungApps are buying up android apps such as Angry birds, accuweather & clock, Sms widgets & news.. I wonder if I need android at all.
A few questions..
Do I need "Use Wireless Networks" switched on for the phone itself. I have read of folk using GPS ON instead.
I do realise that google android powers the phone so dumping their maps may affect the phone & sms itself, but Is there an alternative to Google Maps, which whern active might deactivate theirs.
Thanks
Night
Thanks Devenblue4u.... sorry, you were typing as I was replying.. hehe. Will definetly try this because ReChild App Killer isnt that good.
Night
Ok, Ran a few battery tests and using the settings in my OP, I also turned off "Use Wireless Networks" and got the Battery to 3days, 17hours, which is good.
I did try the Autostarts app as well, but it kept locking uyp and resetting my phone.
I uninstalled Googles update, but that didnt help.
TO test I.. Force stop all the 3 instances of google Maps > Clear maps Cache > Turn off Wireless Networks, and this seems to stop Maps from searching my position.
Although this solves my battery issue, which is great.. It does just become a Samsung Wave, which means, I have to turn it all back on again to do any of the Galaxys good stuff, which makes me wonder if im not crippling my phone.
Any thoughts from anyone would be great
Cheers
Night
As suggested m8, flash another rom, look for something that has good reports in the thread comments, jvq as mentioned.
NightOrchid, there's nothing wrong with your phone. It's a bug in Google Maps since 5.4.0. If you check the user reviews on Android Market, you'll see that many people have the same problem. Mine also uses a chunk of the battery when I don't even use it. The phone reports that it keeps using the GPS with Latitude turned off. I have to force-stop it twice after restarting the phone.
Uncheck the network location and kill the Map's Network Location Service from running apps.
This worked for me on JVQ, Maps 5.7 (modded version for world navigation)
Try Autorun Manager if Autostarts failed. In Advanced mode, you can search for Maps and disable event triggers like startup, application removed, replaced and installed. And if it's running as service, don't kill it by task killer, use the built-in one, just force stop and you'll be okay.
Recently my GPS lock is epicly slow on google maps.
In fact, using GPS Test is the same as well
Previously I could get a lock using GPS Test within seconds
Nowadays it takes about 5 minutes
The same with me mate, I
use gps status to reset the agps data & it works sometimes
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Same here!
In fact I just wanted to start a new thread.
It takes like forever to lock, but when it does, the accuracy is awesome and never loses the lock. Tracked almost 100km with it and all the track was on the road and no ghost walking or whatsoever!
Will give GPS Status a test and report back
For me it's quite the contrary :
I have a fairly quick fix, but the accuracy is never perfect (circle around my position in gmaps, ang gps status measures 15m of error most of the time).
Dispite this lack of accuracy detected by my S2, my position seems always correct when using gmaps.
I would agree about the accurate fix part
Once it locks, it stays locked and accurate, no jumpy jumpy stuff
Just wondering if there is something wrong with the Google maps software or the eyes in the sky... cuz this unable-to-gps-lock thingie just surfaced last week. That's why I got GPS Test. Initially GPS Test was able to lock fairly quickly, but this week, it slowed down alot!
Strange, that!
Which modem are you guys using?
I checked mine and it locked on my location in seconds with reported accuracy of 10m
I'm on KE7 modem right now. Seems to work for me better than others.
Used KG1 and sucked for me. Never got an accurate lock (specially when I'm on the move).
I'm trying to switch to ZS*** modems because Hong Kong modems were way better on my SGS. Wonder if it's the case with SGS II..
I have had an unusual effect when navigating. It loads up the route and says 'searching for GPS' However it does find the GPS signal because you can see it tracking but it doesn't switch to the 'in car' view and still says it id searching for GPS. It is as if the GPS chip is unable to tell the phone it has locked.
Just got my att s4. First things first. No lag here... but more to my question. Are any of you getting high gmaps usage in batter screen? Also I force stop it and it re-opens. 5 minutes later.... any suggestions?
Google maps is always running.... do you have GPS on? or that family map thing?
Not sure about family map... idk what that is but yes all location services are on. Found this usage odd as I came from a gnex and it didnt have. It
That is pretty high utlization..... and abnormal actually... try rebooting and charge to full and then monitor again
ive always noticed gmapps tends to run alot on its own, even with gps off. i typically just disable it in application manager, then simply enable it if its ever needed.
I always frezze goggle maps and use waze for gps
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Its google now. Disable it (and turn off automatic location updates in maps) and you will be good.
Same thing here, turned GPS off and usage goes away.
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