Google maps 5 problem on MT4G - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am now on my 3rd MT4G and I just had some problems in connection with Google Maps 5 and/or Latitude. I open the application and it freezes. The screen is unresponsive and I only can close the application via the home button. I cannot use the menu button, backward button neither the icons on the top for places, layers etc... this happens on wifi as well as on cell connections. I am not sure if it is a software problem or hardware problem because I never had this problem before on my other MT4Gs. I factory reset the phone and it still happens from time to time. Has anybody the same problems?

has been running without issue for me, though there are some apps the my phone has frozen on, but that just might be to the kernel im using

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Dialer lag

Does anyone got noticeable delay in start of the call when tap contact from the call history list?
I suspect it started after latest (1.31.405.4) ROM installation and happens periodically - you just tap the contact and nothing happens (sometimes at all but sometimes it reacts after minute or so and suddenly starts to call).
There could be at least two causes:
1. No reaction on actual "tap" (hard to explain why it finally calls sometimes but I noticed that Call button could give different reactions comparing to clicks on actual contact)
2. Process that executes call is doing something in the background (freeing up memory? restarting? doing some sync?)
After it "breaks through" it works for some time seamlessly - you just touch the contact and it calls immediately but after some time (even after phone reboot) the glitch is back
NB. I uninstalled almost all apps (including beautiful Timeriffic) I've got from Android Market and prey it's not related to the Exchange Sync and apps around it... Let's see if I still have problem tomorrow.
same problem i got. any solution pls tell.
kvasnevsky said:
Does anyone got noticeable delay in start of the call when tap contact from the call history list?
I suspect it started after latest (1.31.405.4) ROM installation and happens periodically - you just tap the contact and nothing happens (sometimes at all but sometimes it reacts after minute or so and suddenly starts to call).
There could be at least two causes:
1. No reaction on actual "tap" (hard to explain why it finally calls sometimes but I noticed that Call button could give different reactions comparing to clicks on actual contact)
2. Process that executes call is doing something in the background (freeing up memory? restarting? doing some sync?)
After it "breaks through" it works for some time seamlessly - you just touch the contact and it calls immediately but after some time (even after phone reboot) the glitch is back
NB. I uninstalled almost all apps (including beautiful Timeriffic) I've got from Android Market and prey it's not related to the Exchange Sync and apps around it... Let's see if I still have problem tomorrow.
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Same problem
it could be a memory leak or something who knows,
the phone hasnt been out for long and there may be more updates comming.
plus if its a performance problem then when android 2.2 comes out with the JIT compiler it should be faster
lifeis, do you have any applications (in addition to pre-installed) on your device?
Version 1
The more I observe situations when dialer "hangs" the more I suspect that it happens due to some synchronization. Already several times I noticed such behavior starts when "data" icon indicates some outgoing traffic but nothing comes back (no active incoming arrow). Could it be that it tries to sync contact (with Exchange? Twitter? Facebook? Gmail?) and at the OS level it sees that network is "available" (somebody here already complained about similar issues) so needs to time-out instead of skip that attempt and proceed with requested operation immediately?
mee too
Today i notice that when i press the contact and after i pres power button screen goes and comes and phone starts dialing. I think sync cause this. May be latest update they can solve this. I had a hero and hero did n't have problem like that.
Dialer lag present on my device aswell. its not often and oddly happens when no apps are running in background. I think it conflicts with whatever sync services may be syncing at the time one tries to make a call
Sent from my HTC Legend using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
Same with mine. There is also a lag when I press the "Sync All' immediately after a WiFi connection is established.
Hope they fix this as it is quite annoying. And also make Maps 4 "officially" available to Legend.
Same problem
I started after updating the legend software!
Anyone have a solution?
Is it possible to go back to earlier software?
HTC answer
Somewhat expected suggestion:
Thank you for contacting us. About the problem that you have mentioned t us, I can gladly help you wit that: Note: Please ensure to backup any important data first. Method 1: 1. From the home screen, press Menu 2. Select Settings 3. Select Privacy 4. Select Factory Data Reset 5. If prompted, enter the unlock pattern. 6. Tap Reset Phone 7. Tap Erase Everything 8. The phone will reboot to factory settings Method 2: 1. Power device off (Open battery cover on bottom of the handset the close it again) 2. Press and hold the Volume Down button 3. Briefly press the Power button. 4. Continue pressing the Volume Down button until you see a white screen with three skateboarding androids at the bottom. 5. Release the Volume button 6. Press Volume Down to highlight CLEAR STORAGE 7. Press Power button 8. Press Volume Up to confirm 9. Once the Factory Reset has completed the phone will reboot automatically I trust that this resolve's your query, please do not hesitate to contact us again if required. Thank you for contacting HTC.
Does anyone willing to try? Not sure that I'm ready to spend another half a day restoring all settings and configurations after factory reset (also suspect that chances to succeed are not too high)...
Ah c'mon! that's like "hey do you have a problem with one application in windows? Ok that's the solution: go to ms dos and then type "format c:\"....
Ridiculus. HTC should just understand what's going on and release an update!
The reset actually works. I have not re-installed all of the applications i had before and did not use the backup file to restore the phone in its previous state so the dissappearence of the lag might be due to some setting being restored to default, but whatever the reason, the legend is now much faster.
Factory reset
Have you also installed latest ROM after factory reset?
kvasnevsky said:
Have you also installed latest ROM after factory reset?
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Actually the update was still there after the reset - I didn't have to update again.
More observations
Interesting observations:
You try to call - dialer hangs
If you return to home screen you see that widget time is correct while status string on the top shows "outdated" time
If you try to browse some web page it connects and you see the content - I got feeling that this is some kind of "break thorough" since after that -->
Time at the status string gets updated
Almost immediately after that phone starts calling
Reset
Gave up and did factory reset - took couple of hours to restore it to the wanted state. Let's see if that solves the problem or I get issue back after returning configuration to the desired state.
Last observation I did before reset: problem disappears (or minimizes?) if I keep WiFi off - especially if Legend sees some network around but isn't connected. The same applies if it unsuccessfully tries to connect to some faulty router - most probably dialer lag starts after that...
Hi everybody,
Factory reset helped here. I didn't make lots of tests but after 3 days of using I didn't notice the lag.
Regards,
Michal
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Hi everyone,
I had the same problem and the factory reset helped me,too.
I believe that either the rom update or one of the applications I have installed was causing the problem.
Now I will begin re-installing all the applications I had before and see if the problem will reappear again.
kvasnevsky said:
Last observation I did before reset: problem disappears (or minimizes?) if I keep WiFi off - especially if Legend sees some network around but isn't connected. The same applies if it unsuccessfully tries to connect to some faulty router - most probably dialer lag starts after that...
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It appears that storing (remembering) wifi networks slows down connecting to any of them when present. When I only have one network remembered connecting to it is almost instant, while as soon as I remember other network setting, connecting to same network is much slower, even if is the only one present.

[Q] Navigation Crashing to Maps

Has anyone else experienced Google's Navigation crashing back to the Maps app? I see this a few times a week. Today I saw a weird artifact forming a wavy line going from the bottom left to the top right, then the app crashed. Normally it just crashed without artifacts, and sometimes the dot representing me vanishes. Tried clearing Maps' cached data but it still happens.
Generally it remembers the navigation request and after the crash I can click the blue arrow to bring Navigation back up. Odd quirk, never happens on my Gingerbread phone.
svzurich said:
Has anyone else experienced Google's Navigation crashing back to the Maps app? I see this a few times a week. Today I saw a weird artifact forming a wavy line going from the bottom left to the top right, then the app crashed. Normally it just crashed without artifacts, and sometimes the dot representing me vanishes. Tried clearing Maps' cached data but it still happens.
Generally it remembers the navigation request and after the crash I can click the blue arrow to bring Navigation back up. Odd quirk, never happens on my Gingerbread phone.
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Yes Im having crashes wit googled navigation as well. When I start the app, it waits fort GPS land when I touch the screen the program closes. And the drive home widget doesn't work at all.
I have thuis probleem on my 2 nexus7 machines running Android 4.2.1. On my HTC wildfire S running Android 2.3.5 it works fine though.
I cleared the app data and cache, and I've reset it once. After those, it works fine for me. Curious.
svzurich said:
I cleared the app data and cache, and I've reset it once. After those, it works fine for me. Curious.
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I tried on a Qware pro 3 tablet running Android 4.03 and it works fine. And this machine doesn't even has GPS. On the Nexus 7 running android
4.2.1 the google navigation app can't connect to the GPS and keeps waiting, while the drive home widget keeps
o try to sync ( with GPS I think).
I sometimes have the N7 forget to see GPS satellites. Sometimes opening GPSTest+ helps, other times nothing. Since factory resetting it after installing 4.2.1, it has worked fine for me.

multiple problems

I have lots of fc from many different apps. Chrome is laggy and sometimes hang while browsing xda. GPS stops working all the time. Gallery has corrupted thumbnails. This is after fully updating the tablet and doing a factory reset. Is my tablet defective?
No issues so far for me... This tablet is noticeably faster and smoother than the older Nexus 7....
I seem to have fixed most of my problems including the GPS by doing a factory reset and not using any Google account to register the device during initial setup. I think the problem is that other programs from my other Google device are being restored onto this tablet. Google search will fc if i use voice for searches though. Gallery still displays corrupted thumbnails.
The GPS issue is one thing that has been reported elsewhere and it looks like google is looking at that. I've had the GPS quit working on my tablet too. The other annoying problem I have with this tablet is that it refuses to turn on much of the time. I keep pressing the power button, holding for different intervals and eventually it does turn on. I think I heard this is another problem some people have reported.
Rob

[Q] Functionality problems after NK1 update

Hi. I foolishly updated to NK1 a month or so ago assuming there was a root. Since the update, I've been having some really annoying basic functionality problems with my Note 3 (outside of it feeling sluggish overall). I've gotten around keyboard freezes, input lag and general f-ups in the Messenger app by switching to Textra. The now nonexistent haptic feedback was "fixed" by increasing the vibration length for each key on the keyboard. For some apps, I've sideloaded an old version to get them to behave like they did before the update. However, there are a few other issues that I'm hoping someone may have some ideas how to fix.
1) YouTube will constantly error out when trying to load a video and my subscriptions list. The white circle will just spin and spin until it finally gives me a "video cannot load" error. If a video won't load, it won't load no matter how many times I click on it to refresh it. I'll have to either close the app and reopen it, or for the really difficult times, restart my phone. Also, if I shrink the app rather than close it when I'm done, no videos will play when I reopen the app unless I close it or restart my phone.
2) The stock camera clears its settings whenever it feels like it. Auto flash, face detection and image stabilization will randomly turn from "on" and "auto" to "off."
3) All of the web browsers (Opera, Chrome, default browser) and Google Maps just randomly hang for about 2 minutes as they try to load data from Wi-Fi and 4G signals. It's similar to what happens with YouTube but they eventually fix themselves after these long hiccups.
4) Often when the backlight turns off before the phone is going to sleep and I touch the screen to keep it awake, the backlight gets stuck in its turned off state, making it hard to see the screen. The only way to get around this is to put the phone to sleep and then wake it up. It does this at least a few times a day.
5) Pulling down the notification bar will sometimes randomly cause my phone screen to start flashing between the notification bar and the lock screen. I have to do a hard reset when this happens.
Thanks in advance for the help! I'm sorry this post is so long. I hate this update and am seriously considering going to HTC.
Have you tried a factory reset?
I have not. I was trying to avoid that if possible and use a last resort.
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I have not. I was trying to avoid that if possible and use a last resort.
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It's probably your best option. But first try clearing data in the offending apps. Or making sure the apps are updated, or even unibnstalling and reinstalling the apps.

multiple issues on rooted vs995

Hello everyone. long time lurker first time poster,
I've had my V20 since the beginning of July, I rooted it the first week. It had been running great (stock rom) until the last 2 weeks. The first thing that i noticed was that my Google Chrome and Play store were missing from my home screen. I checked the app drawer, nothing, then went to the application manager, still could not be found. Did some quick research and found nothing helpful. I eventually went through a "battery saving" app like greenify or wakelock (I can't remember) and found the application data. I was thankfully able to go to the play store through said app and open them, which placed them back into view in my app drawer. This was a strange occurrence but brushed it off as nothing.
Fast forward to this week and more issues are arising. More apps are randomly vanishing, I only noticed because one particular app I use to disable annoying services was gone and the stock settings came back. After getting that back to block the services my phone has become very laggy. still functioning just slow at times. I also get a random vibration with no notification or prompt showing on screen. This only happens when the phone is awake. It is not a full vibration just a quick buzz, similar to a single key press with haptic feedback turned on. This happens while nothing is visably taking place on screen and no input from me. I have checked all settings I can think of, but still am stumped. The last issue is with my mobile connectivity, at random times my 4G will have no connection. I thought it was just bad reception because wifi was working fine. I confirmed it is just 4g because while i was in a small area with blocked signal it dropped to 3g and worked fine, but as soon as it switched back to 4g boom no connection. I have tried rebooting several times when these issues occurred, toggled many settings and even uninstalled several apps I thought could cause problems. I am having no luck and cannot find any common problems through my research.
TL;DR
- rooted v20 running stock rom
-random apps being removed but still installed
-4G connection issues
-random <100ms vibration
-times of bad lag
short of flashing back to original any thoughts or ideas will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance
Factory reset to start.
Pull battery. Replace.
Hold vol down.
Press power.
HOLD powerbutton.
When LG logo shows, let go of powerbutton 1x.
ONLY 1X needed.
Re depress power, stat.
Select yes 2x.
Boots into TWRP. Factory reset.
If aboce doesnt work wipe all but external sd
Reinstall preferred ROM.
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