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Cop Radar/Detector

Is there a cop radar/detector app for PPC? To slow down when a cop is around, this would be a very useful app if anyone can come up with one.

i'm sure you can make one, but your device doesn't have a radar detector, does it. If they sell bluetooth radars, by all means, try it.

How would your PPC detect a cop? A PPC does not have any type of radar detecting hardware, thus there would be no way to build software for it.

Radar Detector!?!?!?! LMAO!

Well, that any radar detectors are almost useless. By the time it goes off most of the time are already busted.
However...I believe there is an add-on for TomTom Navigator that people report where speed traps are and were, so they are marked on your map as you drive. There are examples of it on Youtube somewhere.

I think it would be sweeter if they incorporated a swiss army toolkit in a PPC.

Come on guys ,
the boy ain't too
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Heres an idea...Don't Speed!
I think it's hilarious when I pull someone over for speeding and they have a radar unit on their dash.....

Sounds like someone had to go back to driving school once or twice

Ummm being a Police Officer I will have to tell you...there is no good radar detectors out there. As earlier stated...by the time your radar detector goes off we already have you. The only time it would be benificial would be when the police officer is running a stationary radar on a main road and has it turned on, just pointing in one direction!
I can see it now...using your Tilt as a radar detector, trying to text message someone while you have a mp3 playing...BAM you smack into a tree!!!

bfdzio said:
Well, that any radar detectors are almost useless. By the time it goes off most of the time are already busted.
However...I believe there is an add-on for TomTom Navigator that people report where speed traps are and were, so they are marked on your map as you drive. There are examples of it on Youtube somewhere.
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I was thinking something along this line, there is a program like this on Modaco. It's not that great though, looking for something way better than this.

There are many good radar detectors like Escort and many Laser jammer for Cop radars
Only that price is a little high.
Starting from 500 euro

jbh00jh said:
Come on guys ,
the boy ain't too
bright .
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Gotta love the basement troll who still live in his parent basement, to have such low esteem to try to insult someone who he don't even know.

There's Trapster.

JukEboXAuDiO said:
Sounds like someone had to go back to driving school once or twice
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heh, yea you got me there, just like with the other loser...go get a life

Corpsegrinder said:
Radar Detector!?!?!?! LMAO!
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That name fit you perfectly, three whole posts huh newbie...such quality posts too. You sure do a lot of great things around here. You are just like the other two winners....just a bunch of nice gentlemen. (MOD EDIT Language.)
MOD EDIT: Play Nice Or There will be Bans.

Shining Light said:
That name fit you perfectly, ....
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You should learn from it and change yours to "Dim Bulb" that would be more fitting. MOD Edit
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first question, how how do you want to detect a cop ? Do they send gamma rays
if you mean a radar detector: you should know how they work, here the traffic cops have Laser detecors. And now the Masterquestion noob: what phone do you use that has the hardware to detect laser beams ??? I want it

Maybe you can get help here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=413839&page=5

bfdzio said:
Well, that any radar detectors are almost useless. By the time it goes off most of the time are already busted.
However...I believe there is an add-on for TomTom Navigator that people report where speed traps are and were, so they are marked on your map as you drive. There are examples of it on Youtube somewhere.
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Well i have a TomTom One. and it doesn`t have a radar detector. The only way it anounces radars is if they are posted in the TomTom like POI points of interest like a restaurant a store... but mobile radars sometimes change place. Only fixed ones are more reliable.

just got a vibrant....oh my where to start! :)

Got a Vibrant yesterday to "try out" the android world for the first time. Must say I'm impressed by the phones performance out of the box even with all the bloatware and crap on it. I've been a windows mobile guy for quite some time now, so the people that know both platforms well, know they are two completely different monsters. My two options were the hd2 (since i know the WM world pretty well) or learn a whole new platform with the vibrant.
I like it so far, but also miss some of the things from WM (or rather miss knowing my phone well). I guess i just have to start from zero and get acquainted with it first.
Any suggestions on getting the bare down scoop of the platform and such as far as learning it from the ground up? The sticky explains how to do these things, but I need something more basic...I just wanna become proficient in the android world as I am in the WM world starting from zero.

Its hard to say where to start, the best thing about android is the customization. Playing with phone is the only way you are gonna learn, I have been an android owner since day one and am still learning new things everyday. If there is something I don't know I simply come here since this is the best android community on the web. Hope you enjoy IMO the best android phone on the market.
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Yeah, really not that much to help with...everything seems pretty intuitive to me. When in doubt, long press or press menu.

My first questions were always like:
Sweet I have Avatar on here, what else Can I put on?
Oh damn, there's only a 2GB Card, and if I remove it, I lose Avatar.
WTF is amazon kindle for? I don't need this? How can I remove Bloats?
That's where I started off, you're most likely going to want to root it. Search the forums around. There's some great stickies to follow by and just go with that.
Can't wait for CM? Learn to make your own APP to have fun with ;p

phragg said:
My first questions were always like:
Sweet I have Avatar on here, what else Can I put on?
Oh damn, there's only a 2GB Card, and if I remove it, I lose Avatar.
WTF is amazon kindle for? I don't need this? How can I remove Bloats?
That's where I started off, you're most likely going to want to root it. Search the forums around. There's some great stickies to follow by and just go with that.
Can't wait for CM? Learn to make your own APP to have fun with ;p
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Well, kindle isn't that bad considering you can get a ton of free books for it.
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phragg said:
My first questions were always like:
Sweet I have Avatar on here, what else Can I put on?
Oh damn, there's only a 2GB Card, and if I remove it, I lose Avatar.
WTF is amazon kindle for? I don't need this? How can I remove Bloats?
That's where I started off, you're most likely going to want to root it. Search the forums around. There's some great stickies to follow by and just go with that.
Can't wait for CM? Learn to make your own APP to have fun with ;p
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Well, you could always copy Avatar onto a larger card and then go wild! That's what I did, it will play lots of 720p mkv's that you might have laying around no problem!

Long press and menu are your friends. Other than that look here on xda and use the search function. The stickies typically have the most current info.
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phragg said:
My first questions were always like:
Sweet I have Avatar on here, what else Can I put on?
Oh damn, there's only a 2GB Card, and if I remove it, I lose Avatar.
WTF is amazon kindle for? I don't need this? How can I remove Bloats?
That's where I started off, you're most likely going to want to root it. Search the forums around. There's some great stickies to follow by and just go with that.
Can't wait for CM? Learn to make your own APP to have fun with ;p
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what is CM?
I am a programmer by profession. Maybe I could look into the world of android programming too while im at it

phragg said:
My first questions were always like:
Sweet I have Avatar on here, what else Can I put on?
Oh damn, there's only a 2GB Card, and if I remove it, I lose Avatar.
WTF is amazon kindle for? I don't need this? How can I remove Bloats?
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I didn't have those questions. I mean the first thing i did was move avatar to my 16gb msdhc into it and go wild with my music, photo, and videos...which I'm amazed how good of sound/video quality i get on this.
I thought more of like where do how do I view flash websites, how do i stream live .pls live music streams, or smaller things like hiding apps from the notification area at the top left when they are running, or resizing certain widgets, removing some of the applications that came with the phone from t mobile, mapping buttons to do different things based on holding them down or tapping a certain amount of times, things like that that aren't explained in the user manual. Or even like right now, I'm trying to make a call and it says: "Call not sent"...well? whyyyyyyyyy? so many questions!
I don't know, I guess all this is just part of the familiarization process and will sooner or later find them out whether by experience or hunting down resources why certain behaviors and actions happen.

speoples20 said:
Long press and menu are your friends. Other than that look here on xda and use the search function. The stickies typically have the most current info.
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what is long press?

^ you should read the sticky. A lot of the things you mentioned, are addressed in the sticky.
Also, flash is only on Android 2.2, which we do not have yet.

achild said:
Got a Vibrant yesterday to "try out" the android world for the first time. Must say I'm impressed by the phones performance out of the box even with all the bloatware and crap on it. I've been a windows mobile guy for quite some time now, so the people that know both platforms well, know they are two completely different monsters. My two options were the hd2 (since i know the WM world pretty well) or learn a whole new platform with the vibrant.
I like it so far, but also miss some of the things from WM (or rather miss knowing my phone well). I guess i just have to start from zero and get acquainted with it first.
Any suggestions on getting the bare down scoop of the platform and such as far as learning it from the ground up? The sticky explains how to do these things, but I need something more basic...I just wanna become proficient in the android world as I am in the WM world starting from zero.
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Congrats on your new phone. Let us know how your GPS works, since that seems to be a hot issue. you can test using google maps, google navigation and GPS Test downloadable from the Android Market.

SamsungGalaxySVibrant said:
Congrats on your new phone. Let us know how your GPS works, since that seems to be a hot issue. you can test using google maps, google navigation and GPS Test downloadable from the Android Market.
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haha that seems to be a problem with any gps enabled phone nowadays. Happened with the fuze and after months and months of tweaking and tweaking we got a hang of it. I tried the GPS yesterday on my way home from work yesterday and did not get a lock, i went ahead and downloaded gps test today to see if that will unlock it before using the gps software. We shall see! Thanks for the heads up tho!
edit: I guess gps test on android works differently than on WM. On WM it scans through your COM ports and gets a fix for you to then use your gps navigation software.

achild said:
what is CM?
I am a programmer by profession. Maybe I could look into the world of android programming too while im at it
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please do!
we could always use more programmers.

achild said:
what is long press?
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Instead of tapping on something you hold your finger down for a few seconds. A menu will pop up giving you options like copy and paste.
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If your phone won't play a video format, try RockPlayer
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I would recommend the market as the first place to go. Just start searching and downloading apps and play with your phone. You'll get accustomed to it very quickly!

Droidicus said:
I would recommend the market as the first place to go. Just start searching and downloading apps and pay with your phone. You'll get accustomed to it very quickly!
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Yeah thats what ive been doing. Thats another thing that amazes me about android, soooo many apps, and they are all centralized into one easy, convenient location. In wm you would find a few in the marketplace, and the rest u had to hunt down either on the forum or the web. This is slowly growing on me
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Coming from WM myself, (and just recently and very reticently turned over my beloved Wizard to my mom) the fun and unfun I have with Android:
Apps are so dratted cheap. Have at it.
Cloud connectivity. I use Picasa all the time now. It took me a while to get used to Google contacts, especially first name alphabetization, but I like it now.
You might want to look at subscribing to CompanionLink. It reliably syncs everything Outlook with your Google account (thus your phone).
Almost nothing was built into Android 1.0. Not much was added through 1.5. Some stuff has been added since, like Facebook sync, but custom ROMs don't add stuff. There's an app for everything. There has to be.
The app drawer is a hassle. I use FolderOrganizer (and ADW Launcher) to quell my addiction to organization beyond alphabetical.
It's fun to watch a few things catch up with WinMo and hear all the Android users brag about how great it is. Like app-specific auto-rotation. There's an app for it out now, but it actually costs something you'll think about, and it eats a hunk of RAM. They're just getting into animated GIFs. Lists and their apps aren't anywhere near ListPro, but they almost all have some way to sync to the cloud.
Office documents created on a PC don't always work with the Office apps that are out there. Don't bother with DocumentsToGo, but Sheadspreet is good (you have to convert first) and I'm trying OfficeSuite, and it seems the best. 30-day trial, $15. It's still not WinMo, though.
For those things you don't sync with the cloud, you can't just throw stuff in your My Documents Folder and rely on that backup. DropBox is a good app/service, and GoogleDocs is your friend. Most apps back up thier specific data to your SD, but on this phone, it's on the internal SD. You have to manually handle your backups, or do Nandroid backups (another worthwhile Google).
You have to install an app to install apps not from Market. Instead of exes their apks.
There's no Total Commander. I like Root Explorer. Astro is feature-filled. There are a million file explorers, and every one of them will have its advocates.
Flashing ROMs is tons easier, but you have to root first.
The Android world moves a lot faster. If you're off the forums for a week you'll feel like you've been in a coma for months. On the flip side, if you're waiting for something to get developed, waiting a few days feel like eternity.
Android devs work harder for a lot less, or no money; it's truly inspiring.
Before you go buying the first app that does what you want, check Market for more that do the same thing. I've found that there's a free alternative to almost everything. The paid versions/apps are more luxurious in one way or another, usually, but a little research can save you a bunch of regret.
Widgets suck RAM. Before you know it you've got 25 and you're wondering why your Home screen is lagging. Phones are finite. Even these.
CM is CyanogenMod. Google it, it's worth it. They started on XDA and it got out of control, so they have their own site now, although the threads still hanging on XDA re CM are a much more interesting read. It seems to be the most popular set of ROMS for a variety of devices. I follow and flash them (the ROMs, that is. I dont want the devs to hate me).
Double entendres are rampant. It's Google.
Once you get your apps organized, you'll be surprised at how smoothly your phone useage goes. Frankly, it's just more fun, and much cheaper, to play with.

SamsungGalaxySVibrant said:
Congrats on your new phone. Let us know how your GPS works, since that seems to be a hot issue. you can test using google maps, google navigation and GPS Test downloadable from the Android Market.
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Tested it. Google maps got no lock. However, gps test gave me 3 satellites, when I held it in front, under the windshiels it jumped to five satellites, but it wasn't enough for google maps to lock or get my location.
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Google Maps is obsolete! Waze 3.0 released 1/31/2012!

Has anyone tried Waze yet??
It has police traps, road hazards, groups, traffic reports, turn by turn navigation and everything! It's like Facebook for driving! Check it out!
https://market.android.com/details?...rch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS53YXplIl0.

I tried that and always got an error saying i didn't have enough memory, but i do like that its more of users submitting data to help everyone out with the speed traps and traffic jams

YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
I tried that and always got an error saying i didn't have enough memory, but i do like that its more of users submitting data to help everyone out with the speed traps and traffic jams
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Never got that issue. What ROM you running?

VICODAN said:
Never got that issue. What ROM you running?
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At the time it was Miui, but it was quite a while ago. I'ma try it out again cause i did like it when it would work for me

YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
At the time it was Miui, but it was quite a while ago. I'ma try it out again cause i did like it when it would work for me
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Yeah mooey blows. It's worked on Sense and AOSP just fine for me.

Hellua like my Google Maps. But this looks interresting, going to check it out.

Waze is great for driving, but Google Maps does a lot more than just driving - Favorites, 3D maps, places nearby, find and rate places, Lattitude for friends, etc.

HowDoiUseAndroid said:
Waze is great for driving, but Google Maps does a lot more than just driving - Favorites, 3D maps, places nearby, find and rate places, Lattitude for friends, etc.
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Waze can do all of that minus 3d maps (big woop). I use Waze mainly for the police traps and traffic hazards and reports.

I'll give this a try but I'll still google maps too

sparksco said:
I'll give this a try but I'll still google maps too
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Once you get the hang of Waze the first thing you will do is put it in the same place google maps is on your home screen.

Damn, tried the app but it does not work in Honolulu, HI. I guess ill have to stick with MAPS, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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letmeputdatipin said:
Damn, tried the app but it does not work in Honolulu, HI. I guess ill have to stick with MAPS, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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Did you try adding any groups? How does it just "not work" in Hawaii? WTF?

Unfortunately waze won't be replacing google maps for me anytime soon.
For one thing, the routing is horrible. I tested it by driving from home to work, and it's telling me to go on the side streets and through residential areas that probably added 5 miles and 10 min to my commute
I know it's suppose to reroute you to the least traffic route, but the way I take normally to work (major road) barely have any cars in the morning and I am usually at work in 15 min.
Another thing is that it seems to use up more memory than google maps. When I have music playing and waze running, the music would skip once every 30 sec or so. I think it's because waze is updating too often with all the messages people are leaving around the area etc.

ryocho said:
Unfortunately waze won't be replacing google maps for me anytime soon.
For one thing, the routing is horrible. I tested it by driving from home to work, and it's telling me to go on the side streets and through residential areas that probably added 5 miles and 10 min to my commute
I know it's suppose to reroute you to the least traffic route, but the way I take normally to work (major road) barely have any cars in the morning and I am usually at work in 15 min.
Another thing is that it seems to use up more memory than google maps. When I have music playing and waze running, the music would skip once every 30 sec or so. I think it's because waze is updating too often with all the messages people are leaving around the area etc.
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That's strange because I have the exact OPPOSITE problem. It'll put me on the highway instead of taking the sidestreets. Have you checked your navigation settings?
Again the main thing I love about waze is the user reports like police traps and road hazards.

VICODAN said:
That's strange because I have the exact OPPOSITE problem. It'll put me on the highway instead of taking the sidestreets. Have you checked your navigation settings?
Again the main thing I love about waze is the user reports like police traps and road hazards.
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I like this app a lot and will be using it mainly for navigation. The main thing is as long as everyone reports new police traps, traffic ect everything will stay updated There isn't really much close by to me since I don't live in a major city but I'll see how it turns out.

sparksco said:
I like this app a lot and will be using it mainly for navigation. The main thing is as long as everyone reports new police traps, traffic ect everything will stay updated There isn't really much close by to me since I don't live in a major city but I'll see how it turns out.
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Yeah just join as many groups as possible I would say.
You can thank Silicon Valley for this app. I heard about this at my old job from my old boss. It's super mega popular here (like most tech things) and I'm sure the rest of the country will catch on. I'm surprised no one's heard of it yet. Then again I didn't hear of it until a few months ago.

I have used this for a while. Its nice except it drains the battery. Its really useful for the commute from los angeles to vegas. The cop warnings are right on.
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I tried everything here in honolulu and it does not even pick up my location! Maybe because I'm in the middle of the PACIFIC!!! Lmao
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This could come in handy. Gonna give it a try.
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Pretty neat app. This one will go far.

letmeputdatipin said:
I tried everything here in honolulu and it does not even pick up my location! Maybe because I'm in the middle of the PACIFIC!!! Lmao
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Sounds like a problem with your GPS not the APP. What does the GPS status APP tell you?
Also you can actually get lots points by creating maps for Hawaii. I saw these threads:
http://tilesworld4.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=11195
http://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14663&start=130
http://twitter.com/waze_Hawaii

Best App or way to track a loved one

My parents are getting older but like to travel a lot. What is the best way to track or keep up with their location in case of an emergency?

budven said:
My parents are getting older but like to travel a lot. What is the best way to track or keep up with their location in case of an emergency?
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Lookout. It's a Anti-Virus app that has a device locator in it. Download to their device, create a joint log in and remember the user name and password. Then go go to lookout's website log in and look away.

you can also down load prey. you can even remotely control the tab via the website

Nothing wrong with google latitude. It's built into your tablet and works well.

budven said:
My parents are getting older but like to travel a lot. What is the best way to track or keep up with their location in case of an emergency?
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Is their TF using just WiFi?

Google Latitude works great. That's how I stalk my friends. And if they don't have GPS' in their devices, or you don't link it through bluetooth to their GPS, you won't get a very accurate location. Your best bet is to tell the HLS that you saw one buying a large amount of fertilizer.

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Is their TF using just WiFi?
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He would probably use an android phone. I would would my TF. I hate to say this on this forum but he traded his TF for an ipad.

"GPS signal lost" using google maps

Does anyone get this a lot?
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Neo3D said:
Does anyone get this a lot?
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My problem with Gmaps is the need for it to use data.
Is definitely GPS and not data lost?
Maybe try navfree,only uses GPS after it downloads required maps?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navfree.android.OSM.ALL&hl=en_GB

MystaMagoo said:
My problem with Gmaps is the need for it to use data.
Is definitely GPS and not data lost?
Maybe try navfree,only uses GPS after it downloads required maps?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navfree.android.OSM.ALL&hl=en_GB
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It's not a data issue, I can surf and check email just fine. Speedtest.net results are fast.
This happened again when I was in LA.
And the pointer thing never points in the direction the car is actually moving.
Gmaps thinks that I'm drifting my car when I'm driving normal!

Only ever when I enter a lengthy tunnel.
Never just randomly for no apparent reason.
The arrow going backwards or sideways, on the other hand....
Every device I own (which is a lot, about 13) does that. In every navigational app. It's a hilarious bug. (the Police disagreed on the hilarity of it when they pulled us over because I was sitting with my back towards the road (as a passenger.). "Blame Google, they said we were going backwards!")
My location services also tends to pick out random locations to display in other apps as my current location.
Awkward conversations in Facebook as a consequence: "What the hell are you doing in the arse end of Serbia?" "I'm in Vienna." "Not according to Facebook." "It's lying." "Or you are. What're you up to?" "That's moderately disturbing."
I don't use Google maps much. Roaming is a nightmare on a continent where there's a border every 400-600km. Mostly use MapsWithMe. I don't require a route planner, I can read a map. As a bonus, it doesnt require the locations permission for Gapps.
I used to use NavFree, but it couldn't distinguish between a country road, theme park ride and bicycle lane. (That was interesting.) And then they made the maps free for only a year, so I moved on to a better app.
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ShadowLea said:
Only ever when I enter a lengthy tunnel.
Never just randomly for no apparent reason.
The arrow going backwards or sideways, on the other hand....
Every device I own (which is a lot, about 13) does that. In every navigational app. It's a hilarious bug. (the Police disagreed on the hilarity of it when they pulled us over because I was sitting with my back towards the road (as a passenger.). "Blame Google, they said we were going backwards!")
My location services also tends to pick out random locations to display in other apps as my current location.
Awkward conversations in Facebook as a consequence: "What the hell are you doing in the arse end of Serbia?" "I'm in Vienna." "Not according to Facebook." "It's lying." "Or you are. What're you up to?" "That's moderately disturbing."
I don't use Google maps much. Roaming is a nightmare on a continent where there's a border every 400-600km. Mostly use MapsWithMe. I don't require a route planner, I can read a map. As a bonus, it doesnt require the locations permission for Gapps.
I used to use NavFree, but it couldn't distinguish between a country road, theme park ride and bicycle lane. (That was interesting.) And then they made the maps free for only a year, so I moved on to a better app.
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Not sure how long ago you used navfree but it's been good for me so far and I didn't see anything about free for only 1yr?
I'll check outl mapswithme but the free version looks a bit too lite.

I have the same issue since the latest update. I am straggling to get a gps lock. Also have the issue with the pointer always facing north. i think Samsung tried to fix the AT&T gps issue and scr*** everyone else

What are you all on,JB or KK?

Not having the issue,
Kitkat DBT XXUENB7/XXUENB1/DBTENB2
Maps version 7.7.0 (I have auto update fully disabled. Don't fix what isn't broken is my motto.)
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