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GPS (No data connection, no directions)

Well I took a trip today and decided to try out the gps. Google navigation uses the internet connection to find everything. What does this mean? You have to an internet connection when you start. After you get your directions you are good to go. I even tried putting in the address, no connection no directions.
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bwcorvus said:
Well I took a trip today and decided to try out the gps. Google navigation uses the internet connection to find everything. What does this mean? You have to an internet connection when you start. After you get your directions you are good to go. I even tried putting in the address, no connection no directions.
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I tried today and my gps wouldn't connect...let it sit for 10 minutes even...disappointed.
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Were you outside with a clear view of the sky?

For those who do not have a data plan on their xoom, have you tried GPS navigation while tethered to their smartphone? Just curious how well this might work.

joeski27 said:
For those who do not have a data plan on their xoom, have you tried GPS navigation while tethered to their smartphone? Just curious how well this might work.
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Any data connection appears to work. Once you have the directions you should be good, but hope you don't need to change anything. I understand if you are trying to search for something using data, but i even put in the address and it still wouldn't work.

Have any of you tried the route caching? Say if you plan a route while still connected to your wifi, with gps lock and then take it to you car, does the route stay?
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Have any of you tried the route caching? Say if you plan a route while still connected to your wifi, with gps lock and then take it to you car, does the route stay?
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The route stays. You just can't change it or start a new one till you get into a wifi zone again (or tether from your phone).

guys, xoom uses A-GPS....Assisted GPS, assisted by the cellular towers to find your location. you need data.
GPS works fine with my device. Picks up my location immediately after opening Maps.

GPS seems to have stopped working

Hey all,
I'm on vacation and Google navigation tracked me all the way to my destination like a boss.
Now that I'm here, my GPS thinks I'm in my home city, and won't move... I opened up GPS test and I'm only connected to 2 satellites.
My phone seems to get a decent location fix.
I'm wifi tethering to my TF.
Any idea what's going on?

Same issue. GPS icon appears but doesn't blink and just stalls.

Gps test - clear agps - update agps. Fixed the issue for me.

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I'm wifi tethering to my TF.
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GPS location comes from several sources.( see your settings). One source is GPS, however if the fix is not great as when you just turn on TF and in a mew location, it will use the WiFi router location which is actually a lookup online that is set once and fixed. If the WiFi location for your phone was established and recorded at the online site while at home ( most likely the case) then the TF will read that and think it is home. Go to settings and turn off use wifi location.

Rumbleweed said:
GPS location comes from several sources.( see your settings). One source is GPS, however if the fix is not great as when you just turn on TF and in a mew location, it will use the WiFi router location which is actually a lookup online that is set once and fixed. If the WiFi location for your phone was established and recorded at the online site while at home ( most likely the case) then the TF will read that and think it is home. Go to settings and turn off use wifi location.
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+1 granted the wifi location is faster but if that router is registered to somewhere else (if you just moved or bought a used router online) then it'll say your there and tale a lot longer to get a lock.
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If your wifi router location is wrong due to the situations mentioned above, you can have it reset by contacting "skyhookwireless".

No-go. Clearing the AGPS made the icon for GPS totally disappear, and refuse to appear again until a hard reboot. Even then it still just stalls. Trying a rom different from Prime to see if that might be the cause.
Has ANYONE else had issues like this? The GPS worked for a while but now totally fails.

Map location issues

I'm having some issues with the location google maps gives me. Even though I connect to my wifi it still shows I'm somewhere located in sacramento I'm using the custom made app with the destination features added on Anyone else having the same problems?
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me too have this problem, says im somewhere in taiwan or whereever...but i use locations and only GPS without wifi...

I had the same problem months ago...
How to fix:
1 - http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=146524
2 - When you are arriving home, before the android connect to your wifi network, open google maps and let if find the location using GPS, then with the maps opened, go to the wifi range area. After 1 or 2 weeks it should fix your wifi location.
Try these 2 options, not only 1 or 2
Google has a database with the Router mac addresses and the location coordinates. This database is constantly updated.

Why does every android phone want WiFi on when using maps or navigation?

I would think the GPS and a network connection would be good enough to triangulate where you are. I'm tired of the nag screen. I tried to Google for an answer but didn't find anything that exactly answered my question. Maybe when Google mapped out street view, they were also sniffing for Wi-Fi access points, and their names with locations? Just a theory.

Mine will work with Wireless off. Just tried it. Location settings to just GPS, Wifi turned off, map worked perfectly. Didn't try to navigate, but it should be the same.

Mine works fine without WiFi. It asked me once and I skipped it and it hasn't showed again.
Maybe because each WiFi router has the ability to send its location. If you were in a building without GPS signal you could still have location.
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Yeah I know you can skip it, but if the program senses you're on a mobile network, and the GPS is on, I don't know why it still wants to have Wi-Fi on.

Just did a test with a couple mapping apps. If I am in an airport or mall without WiFi on it can't tell which store or gate I am at. With the WiFi on it can tell exactly what store or gate I am near. Maybe they use WiFi to pinpoint. Oh and I did have GPS on at all times but without the added WiFi location it was either not good enough signal or no GPS signal... Who knows maybe they are just watching us.
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I think it's just that WiFi will always be more exact than data. You're accessing the Interwebz through one point rather than through your carrier.

Yeah but you're not connected to anything on Wi-Fi, it just has to be on.

There's a database of found access points out there. Your phone can triangulate its position far more accurately if it uses the available wifi access points to do so, especially indoors. Like oscar said, it doesn't need to be connected to wifi. It only needs wifi activated in order to "see" what access points are nearby.
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To get the exact location
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[Q] TF300t wifi location not working

My TF300T cannot get a location indoors when wifi is the only source of location information. Google Maps (and any other location-aware app) says "location unavailable" forever. The wifi data connection works fine. High accuracy location is enabled in system settings.
If I take it outside, GPS locks in under a minute.
I have installed several ROMS, stock and CM-based, done several complete data/cache/dalvik/system reformats, and the problem persists.
Any ideas or suggestions?

Same problem for me with maps, earth, weather widget etc...... I use the official cyanogen on my tf300tg.

I'm not sure what the problem was, but I did a fastboot restore to ASUS stock firmware, and now wifi based location services works fine again.
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