I've been scouring the forums for a while now, trying to figure out why all of a sudden My Location has stopped working. Unfortunately, nothing helped.
We've been told to have the current RADIO ROM that conincides with the COOKED ROM... we've even been told of the rudimentary workaround: set your location manually. Thing is, not all of us are from a big enough city to be featured in the database. Also, editing the database is a pain in the butt. We just want things to work right out the box.
So moving on...
I did a lot of ROM/RADIO ROM flashing today to find out what the problem was. I even tried a hunch and downgraded my Google Maps, but to no avail. However, my final effort worked... I went to the Comm Manager & turned off 3G (H), my phone went to EDGE (E) and now it's working flawlessly.
Hopefully this helps out future ROM chefs.
P.S. I'd like to add that I did go back to the stock TMOUS 6.1 and My Location worked exactly as if the phone had just come out of the box. Which leads me to believe that it may have something to do with non-US ROMs and the whole 3G/H frequency thing.
Also, when using certain ROMS, sometimes My Location updated utilizing WiFi/ActiveSync.
I'm currently using "Rhodium_AF manila 2.5_R1_TMOUS" ROM in EDGE mode to get My Location to work consistently.
I am using the htc europe 6.5 rom and i get location with 3g. Using the newest version of google maps. No issues with that rom.
djdanska said:
I am using the htc europe 6.5 rom and i get location with 3g. Using the newest version of google maps. No issues with that rom.
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Initially, I used the same ROM as well and one day My Location simply stopped working.
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Hi all, has anyone been able to run the google maps "my location" service on a HTC Universal using the GSM triangulation? If it works for you, please post the windows-mobile version, country and provider. It's not working for me (WM 6.1, O2 Germany, tried with UMTS and GSM.) WLAN-based locator is working. Thx for feedback!
GSM based locator shouldn't work on Uni because of the ril driver it has now.
If someone managed to patch it...
my location with google maps works for me (gsm, umts)
my location with the hero ui doesnt work (gsm, umts)
o2 germany
htc touch diamond 2
no difference between all roms i've tried with and without hero ui
emx_o said:
my location with google maps works for me (gsm, umts)
my location with the hero ui doesnt work (gsm, umts)
o2 germany
htc touch diamond 2
no difference between all roms i've tried with and without hero ui
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I think you are in the wrong forum, my friend. Are we talking about Universal (which is the name of the device, not the general forum for all devices) here??? With Universal it doesn't work. My location works for me on my Elf, but we are not talking about Elf, right?
It did work for me sometimes... But all i get now is your current location is temporarily unavailable....( using version 3.2.1).. If i get it working again i'll post some screenshots...
I don't think the radio gives back transmitter location (codes), so it is impossible to work on Uni. That is unless it's the ril.dll (maybe a particular ROM was able to extract the information from the radio?).
I've only ever got it working with my external GPS.
ok got it working currently i'm using tomals 8.9 rom and google map 3.2.1 and i can get my location...
see attached screenshots ...
google maps on orange
rajivshahi, how did you manage that? doesn't work for me
Perhaps it's the operator that does it.
I'm with Orange, and if I go to Orange Local it tells me where I am... (see piccy1)
Pity Google Maps doesn't do the same for me.
raji.. as you have it working, can I ask request:
can you run the fieldtest program (attached) and see what you get for NCell Info on GSM? (see piccy2)
Not working for me. The same Tomal 8.9 (128Mb) and Google Maps version.
Just tested now again and it still works..
When using wifi it shows my location but while using activesync it doesn't mostly i use wifi here.......
@ jonny
nothing in ncell info see folllowing pic..
Thanks Raji.., ok how does Google Maps operate then? I thought they used Cell ID. It can't be as complex as knowing your router location (have you tried over GPRS?). The only other thing is that they are in cahoots with the operator (oh, I just scared myself, that sounds too much like Matrix!)
ok,that's scary. it works
I'm using xplode's wm6.5 ROM, connected to my router by WiFi, using GoogleMaps (same v. as you)... and it's nearly pinpointed my location!
however, it doesn't work over GPRS, so back to square 1, I'm sorry.
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ok,that's scary. it works
I'm using xplode's wm6.5 ROM, connected to my router by WiFi, using GoogleMaps (same v. as you)... and it's nearly pinpointed my location!
however, it doesn't work over GPRS, so back to square 1, I'm sorry.
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Well i always thought it was issue with the rom, but today when i tried it without wifi it didn't work so i tried again on wifi and it did work.. i repeated the process several times to come to conclusion that google map uses the router to get the location... that's pretty strange... well hope for some words from the masters about this new finding.....
I have a problem. I must have tried 10 different ROM's in the last few days and I am getting extremely frustrated.
I have an HD2 (Telstra Version) that works on the 850MHz band for HSDPA.
Everytime I am on HSDPA, the location services stop working... Weather panel, Bing, Google Maps, nothing can find my location based on cell id... GPS works fine...
When i switch the 3G off... location services work perfectly fine.
I have tried different ROM, Radio combinations, but nothing seems to work...
I have tried NRG ROM, Dutty's HG (preferred) and ML series, but to no avail.
Can anyone help me troubleshoot this problem further, or has anyone else encountered this... I would really like some help on this.
Thanks a lot.. beers/coffee on me...
Taimoor
It works!!!
Bless this forum and bless the users on it!!!
Finally i think I have a fix...
Hi guys. This seems to be a nice friendly informative thread. I too WAS having the data disconnect on my phone.
I have the 1.66 sea wwe official rom. I tried every radio from the telstra radio to the new 2.08.50.08_2 radio. To tell you the truth I didnt notice anything different between any of the radios. So I really can't say if one is better than the other. But I started changing settings.
If you are in a 3G (H) 850 area I suggest this.
settings/Wireless controls/phone/band
for Network Type choose WCDMA
for Band Frequency choose the third setting. On Telstra rom it will be GSM(1900)+UMTS(850) and on any other rom it will be GSM(1900+850) and select done.
Now this should stop most of that switching you see in the taskbar of your phone. But this isnt actually what is causing the freezing. It has to do with your sms messaging I believe. I went 2 weeks resetting my phone twice a day. Then I went here.
settings/menu/all settings/connections/advanced network/sms service
Right now GSM is working for me. 4 days and no internet freezing. I believe your incoming email might be coming in by sms also. Notice you only get a few lines and have to download the rest using data to see the whole email.
Others on the forum have turned off email and their phones quit freezing. So if GSM doesnt work for you try GPRS and so on. This is only my opinion but I have been very happy for the last 4 days. Thanks for letting me share this info.
If anyone is interested I have made a cab file which is un-installable that will change the Band Frequency menu to the menu from the Telstra rom. It is mostly cosmetic but at least you will know what bands you are selecting. Use at your own risk of course. I have installed, tested, and uninstalled it myself. No issues.
For the last 4 days with these settings I only see 3G while phone is setting idle. As soon as I connect to the internet it switches to H. I am very happy with my phone now. Thanks matthewf01 for starting this thread. I should have came here sooner.
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Works with location services as well....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633404&highlight=9193&page=3
Hi i just brought and HD2 and can not get on 3G and I know I am in the 3G area. I thought by flashing to froyo's build it will work, but I am still having the same problem. I checked and made sure it is not in 2g mode either.
anybody have an ideal on whatis going on?
A OS ROM flash/Android build wouldn't really change your 2G/3G connectivity... unless it has a radio packaged with it. (HD2 compatible Android builds do not come with radios)
I would suggest going to the Radio thread and trying a different one, see if that works better for you.
just make sure it's a x.x.50.x radio!!!!!
(2.12.50.02_2 is the latest... been working really well for me here in the greater Seattle area)
yeah I updated to the latest radio also, same one as you and still nothing
I had similar after flashing to a new ROM, turns out it was defaulting my "Data Connections" to off, which killed out my 3G. soft resets, etc didnt help, took me 2 days to figure it out and finally the guy at the tmobile store who had the exact same problem prior helped me out. Worth checkin if you have something similar.
^^^how do I go about doing this? Where is it under?
My HD2 refuses to update "my location", but it updates when am on wifi!!. have search the whole internett without coming to a solution. can anyone help?
It all of a sudden stopped working.
Yes, I have the same, it works via wifi and data line but not when connected to the computer.
Bye,
Itamar
Anyone?
Why can i update my location on WIFI and not via my phone network?
everything else is working just fine.
Frustrating!!
It should work, what you do is disconnect your data connection, turn of 3g and then on again, that normally does the trick!
Dont work, have also tried to flash back to stock rom(from Artemis), both 1.66 and 3.14. currently on Artemis V25.0, but also tried V36.0
Anyone else?
Same problem here. I'm on Energy Oct 13 Cookie, radio 2.12.50.02_2. Location update works for ca 12hrs and then stops working. After that update only via Wifi.
Any ideas?
Anyone?
have to be a solution to this...
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Anyone?
have to be a solution to this...
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What works for me is turning airplane mode off and then on again, annoying but it does work!
Maybe
Go to Start Menu, Setting, Connections, Connections.
Then click on Advanced and Select Network.
Try to change both Network.
Then launch QuickGPS and go update your locaiton.
(I said maybe ^^)
Does Google maps pick up your location? I think the weather location uses the Google API's.
Weather Updating Issues
been having this problem for a few day, with a few different roms including the new 3.14 from T-Mobile USA. Tried the toggleing 3g and the data connection and it worked
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Does Google maps pick up your location? I think the weather location uses the Google API's.
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Yes. Google find my location.
it works in Oslo Norway, was there today, but not where i live. it worked before.
I've had this problem the last few days too. Presumed it was the custom ROM that I just flashed, as that's when I noticed (but I'd been running Android for a while so wouldn't have noticed before anyway).
As with others it works on wifi but not data connection.
Google Maps picks up my location.
Starting to think the problem is not our devices!
starting to think so too, as it works other places.
It works again!! havent done nothing, just started working again
well, really hope it stays like that!!!
Mine works now too!
task 29,28 and diffrent roms
i also had this problem for several weeks with a l26 leo v4.5 rom. my location would not update within sense. nobody else seemed to have the same problen. sr, hr, reflash of same rom would not solve the problem. then i found a new rom i wanted to flash and i used task 29 and 28 before flashing the new rom. after flashing my location would once again update and never had the same issue again.
hope this helps
it's a carrier tower problem and the way it accesses weather from accuweather. It happens to all htc devices from time to time. I suggest y'all check out here instead, much better weather app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=707229
i'm bumping this. my HD2 now only says what County i'm in, not the Town.
But i have now got a Desire HD, and the Desire is showing what town i'm in?
What is that all about? i'm not the only one, why the Desire HD but not the HD2?
T-Mo HD2 Weather/Location/Time not Updating via 3G
My wife and I are experiencing the same problems too with our HD2's.
It started last Saturday (02-19-11) when I left the town my mom lives in (over 1.5hrs from me) for two days my phone was stuck on her town.
As for my "location settings", we've already removed all the other locations and have updated to the latest offical roms. Still nothing.
I started researching the problem some and came across this as a manual fix:
At the homescreen select Phone -> Menu -> Options... -> (scroll down to bottom) Band -> (Select) GSM and then close out back to the homescreen.
From here you can go and update your weather again and it works but the down side is now you're in Edge mode. To put it back into 3G, go back through the same steps and at the end select "auto".
I have also tried updating to the latest version of Google Maps and rebooted and still nothing. Yes, Google Maps locates me via GPS and my CoPilot8 also finds my location.
Even more confusing when I switch over to Andriod via SD Card, my weather/location update just fine. ARGH!
So any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hello All,
My T-mobile HD2 refuse to update My-Location while all other cities added seem to update fine! This started 3 days ago! I am still running original ROM from March 2010 and did not install or uninstall any programs since two months. Do I have to update to get new Radio? Could this be an issue? What is so odd is that when go to Settings->Wireless Controls->Phone->Band and choose GSM and the My-Location updates along with all other cities on EDGE. When I go back to 3G it does not!
I tried soft reset but does not help. By the way HTC Location Service is checked. I've looked in other threads that discuss this topic but found no solution.
Can any one help me out please?
Thanks in advance.
I wish I could help. You see the same thing happened to me about 3 months ago. I've tried everything. Task 29, hard reset, rom flashing (stock and cooked), tweaks, exchanging sim cards, you name I've done it. And absolutely nothing has worked. I called TMO and they told me it's a known issue that will be addressed by HTC. The rep stated they would file a ....i fogot, and get back to me when a solution is found. Well, I'm sure HTC could care less, and TMO washed their hands by passing the buck to HTC. They would not exchange it. If you do a search you'll see that others have had the same problem with no means of getting it to work.
It will work if you input a location as your location. I went into setting and placed, Mcallen, Texas, as "my location" which happens to be just 3 miles down the road. The weather will update on Edge or 3G if you manually place the location, but keep in mind it will not change locations as you move from city to city.
I hope your device isn't plagued with the same issue as mine. Maybe all you gotta do is reinstall the rom. This may just be wishful thinking...
Thank you DD. I did not know that the issue is with HTC. Well I'll be adding mine to the pile!
There are 2 check boxes in the Location setting. The second one should be left unchecked. See screenshot.
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There are 2 check boxes in the Location setting. The second one should be left unchecked. See screenshot.
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Thanks for the tip but it is unchecked. Otherwise it would not update on EDGE either!
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I wish I could help. You see the same thing happened to me about 3 months ago. I've tried everything. Task 29, hard reset, rom flashing (stock and cooked), tweaks, exchanging sim cards, you name I've done it. And absolutely nothing has worked. I called TMO and they told me it's a known issue that will be addressed by HTC. The rep stated they would file a ....i fogot, and get back to me when a solution is found. Well, I'm sure HTC could care less, and TMO washed their hands by passing the buck to HTC. They would not exchange it. If you do a search you'll see that others have had the same problem with no means of getting it to work.
It will work if you input a location as your location. I went into setting and placed, Mcallen, Texas, as "my location" which happens to be just 3 miles down the road. The weather will update on Edge or 3G if you manually place the location, but keep in mind it will not change locations as you move from city to city.
I hope your device isn't plagued with the same issue as mine. Maybe all you gotta do is reinstall the rom. This may just be wishful thinking...
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You can even use your same exact city and it will update. Mine did this for almost a month, then one day it just started working again. It has something to do with them upgrading the 3G towers. If you turn off 3G and change to edge as described in another thread in this forum it will work perfectly.
Well, I called HTC and they told me that I need to upgrade to new ROM from T-Mobile. I may do that and see if it solves the problem.
i had the same issue until i upgraded to the new tmobile upgrade 3.14 rom. it help my issues, with a faster rom and even my weather started working again. i hope this helps.
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Well, I called HTC and they told me that I need to upgrade to new ROM from T-Mobile. I may do that and see if it solves the problem.
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They are full of it. It's something to do with Tmobile's data network. My weather didn't work for weeks after the upgrade to 3.14. It's working now. Your weather will come back. I do recommend 3.14 though.
if your weather is not updating try changing your world clock to "my location" instead of a set location. Also there are times were the weather information does not get passed along for some reason and it affects weather bug as well as it will also say that it is unable to retreive data
I've got a new permutation! My weather info updates, however the location says United States of America! Are we having fun yet?!?
Probably Local Service Problem
I had the same problem a couple of months ago. I switched to Edge and got the My Location weather back. A few days later, I switched to 3G for another reason, and my weather began updating again. As others have said here (and in other threads), the most likely problem is with local towers not accessible. This is usually a temporary problem. But I doubt it's your phone, especially if it has worked in the past.
When using Bing or Google Maps, I sometimes see my location a long ways from where I actually am. This is due to the fact that my phone can't find enough towers at the time to get a good location.
I finally upgraded to new official rom as told by HTC but the MyLocation still does not work! It seems like the towers in my area may not be sending enough/proper data to the phone. I pulled out my Pharos 137 (3G) and tested using Google maps with out engaging the GPS and it stats unable to determine the location! Same happens with Sony Xperia X10(with T-Mobile 3G bands)! I finally concluded that it is T-Mobile towers in my area and hope they will fix them soon!