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About a week ago, the weather application stopped updating.
As it has always been, when going back to the home screen
my signal would go from 3G to H and update.
Now, the only way I can get an update is thru wi-fi.
No settings that I am aware of have been changed or altered
to cause this to happen.
Has this happened to anyone else?....btw my phone is Tmobile US.
Would appreciate any feedback and, moderators if that has been
covered before I do apoligize. Did search but, nothing relevant to
this particular problem.
How ironic?
You live in Lewisville, TX? I used to live there, went to high school there actually... but anyway, I posted about this EXACT same topic in the T-Mobile USA section for the HD2. Literally, our situations are identical. I am experiencing the same issue.
I cannot believe that I am not the only one.
Then again, I did find quite a few similar posts to ours on the official T-Mobile forums.
As far as a solution goes... your guess is just as good as mine is. I have no idea how to go about resolving this lame-ass problem.
Yeah, kind of really getting me down. Not getting the weather
update isn't the end of the world but, it's one of the phone's
main draws to me.
happens to me once in a while...
dunno what causes it, but if i go to:
Settings > All settings > Connections > Connection Setup
and go through that process, it all seems to work fine again...
I'm actually fed up with the weather location i use weather city editor now to add my town manually as the feature doesn't even work in my town, on Saturday i left my town and tried out the weather location and it told me i was in united kingdom, yeah no sh^t sherlock lol
After applying the GPS fix I am having an odd issue. When I fist launch google maps it shows me in some small rural village in China. Once the GPS gets a fix it goes to where I am really am. This would not be a big deal except when I take pictures it Geotags the picture as being in this Chinese village which is kind of a pain. Also it screws up my weather widgets sometimes. Any ideas? I was thinking maybe it has to do with the server it is using to pull down the GPS data, but not sure.
I am having a similar issue, but not quite as drastic. Mine just simply shows me being the last place i was before GPS was turned on. Like right now, without GPS connected but using the towers to figure out my location, it shows me at the place i at lunch, about 3 miles away, rather than at work. Its VERY frustrating.
I'm having the same problem. My GPS shows me in a neighboring city that is 50 miles away, every time.
The best way to test this is to load the 'Maps' live wallpaper. It happens every time. Also, booting up the 'Maps' application will throw me into the other city for at least five minutes, before it realizes that the data is not correct.
It's a new "google fortune" feature. It's telling you you need to travel the world.
Same problem here, however, I was thinking it had more to do with the "Use Wireless Networks" not updating my location.
-If I have gps turned off and wireless network location on. My location doesn't update at all until I reboot the phone (although Latitude shows it as being updated within the last few minutes, even though it shows me somewhere I haven't been in hours and is 50miles away.)
-If I turn gps on, it will then get a fix and properly update my location.
I did apply the GPS fix.
lol mine switches between seattle and SPAIN! wtf.
I think it has to do something with the way samsung implements the gps receiver..a friend had a sammie moment..she would be right next to me..nyc...but her gps would say shes in havana, cuba..on good days..some place in estonia..lol...and now i see the issues being replicated here...i blame samsung...my old trusty g1 locks a signal and is very accurate within a min or 2..
Thanks for the info, sync3. That's starting to become my thought as well.
What a shame. I hope an official statement is released, either way.
chastbi said:
Same problem here, however, I was thinking it had more to do with the "Use Wireless Networks" not updating my location.
-If I have gps turned off and wireless network location on. My location doesn't update at all until I reboot the phone (although Latitude shows it as being updated within the last few minutes, even though it shows me somewhere I haven't been in hours and is 50miles away.)
-If I turn gps on, it will then get a fix and properly update my location.
I did apply the GPS fix.
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This is the EXACT problem I am having. I dont know how to get it to update my location.
I have the same issue. I also had applied the GPS fix... I've tried reverting to stock settings, tried enabling skyhook and tried a few other things.
The only way I've been able to properly get my location is to turn off the network assist and tell the GPS to operate in standalone mode. It takes a heck of a lot longer for a fix, but it's accurate if it does get a lock. Doesn't work so well indoors though.
Who the heck were the field testers for this device? its full of more bugs than an entymologist's labratory.
Clear your GPS data
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Clear your GPS data
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That was one of the first things I tried. It didn't help.
My main concern is that this is unrelated to the GPS software issue and that this is actually a hardware issue. Does anyone agree or disagree with this?
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My main concern is that this is unrelated to the GPS software issue and that this is actually a hardware issue. Does anyone agree or disagree with this?
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I agree this is hardware related because others have reported exchanging their phones rids them of the GPS issues.. :-/
I work in Houston and sometimes while at work GPS says I'm in Pawcatuck, CT.
The question is when not using gps what function of the phone updates your location? Could it be a network issue? How do you force it to retrieve tower data that marks your location?
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Well, i exchanged my phone last night because of this issue and the new one is doing the same thing. So either this is a problem inherent to this model (hopefully the software not telling the phone to refresh tower data) that can be fixed with an update or i am extremely unlucky.
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Well, i exchanged my phone last night because of this issue and the new one is doing the same thing. So either this is a problem inherent to this model (hopefully the software not telling the phone to refresh tower data) that can be fixed with an update or i am extremely unlucky.
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Just had my 3rd call with TMobile- she now assured me that this is a software issue (which i made her mark in my account incase it winds up being hardware later) and that all phones with software # T959UVJFD have it. She said tmobile is working with samsung to fix. I told her all Galaxy S series, domestic and international, have GPS issue and samsung has yet to fix any. She said well that is something you need to consider.
blink55184 said:
Just had my 3rd call with TMobile- she now assured me that this is a software issue (which i made her mark in my account incase it winds up being hardware later) and that all phones with software # T959UVJFD have it. She said tmobile is working with samsung to fix. I told her all Galaxy S series, domestic and international, have GPS issue and samsung has yet to fix any. She said well that is something you need to consider.
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Wow, very helpful information. How they get this fix released ASAP.
I like many followed the instructions on the Leaked 2.2 to install Froyo.
I performing the rooted instructions requiring me to upgrade to Baseband version and verify that it's 2.05.00.06.11. This went fine and I successfully installed 2.2.
I noticed that I was having real connectivity issues. My bars would drop and connection would seem to cease. I often went from 3g to 1x connectivity and my apps could not connect without a reboot.
I reverted back to 2.1 but it kept the same baseband version 2.05.00.06.11.
I am still having the same connectivity issues.
So far I have seen people suggest dialing *288 to update the towers but that didnt work.
Other say toggling airplane mode fixed it for them. This is not a consistent fix for me.
Please add information here so we can try and find a fix.
I updated mine to the leaked 2.2 yesterday and I did lose my 3G for a few hours. I started to troubleshoot afterwards and toggling airplane mode would restore my 3g connectivity. I haven't noticed anything else that is troublesome so far, however, I am also missing some apps in the market.
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I updated mine to the leaked 2.2 yesterday and I did lose my 3G for a few hours. I started to troubleshoot afterwards and toggling airplane mode would restore my 3g connectivity. I haven't noticed anything else that is troublesome so far, however, I am also missing some apps in the market.
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There is a fix for the market problem -
I am trying to keep this thread about the connectivity issues. I suspect the firmware update did something bad. I am not running any roms or updates.
I'll have to try toggling airplane mode, I haven't tried that.
Yeah, I'm having issues too, also video recording has stopped working.
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Not real sure if this is the same problem or not, but i'll post it here and we'll see. My phone seemed to have ZERO issues yesterday after the move to 2.2. Everything was working great (related to connections)
This morning, my alarm (on the phone) went off at 6:15am and I swiped it and got up, went and took a shower. While I was coming out I heard "Droid..." and was like, well that sux, a random reboot. A couple minutes later I came over to it and it was on the lock screen and the screen was dim like it was about to turn back off. I touched it to swipe and it was locked up and rebooted a second or so later.
Each time it came up, I had an X next to my signal meter and no WIFI or Data indicators. The process "system" kept dying and eventually causing the phone to reboot. I tried going into airplane mode / coming back out, but nothing.
As a last resort (so I could go to work) was to shut it down gracefully (reboots wouldn't let me get to hboot). And go and do a nandroid of the current setup and restore to yesterday right after I switched to 2.2.
After the nandroid finished I went ahead and rebooted it w/o a restore. This time the phone booted normally, no FC's and it's been running since then w/o any connection/reboot issues.
Obviously I'll be paying attention to this. It is actually nice having the "Droid..." so I know when it reboots
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Not real sure if this is the same problem or not, but i'll post it here and we'll see. My phone seemed to have ZERO issues yesterday after the move to 2.2. Everything was working great (related to connections)
This morning, my alarm (on the phone) went off at 6:15am and I swiped it and got up, went and took a shower. While I was coming out I heard "Droid..." and was like, well that sux, a random reboot. A couple minutes later I came over to it and it was on the lock screen and the screen was dim like it was about to turn back off. I touched it to swipe and it was locked up and rebooted a second or so later.
Each time it came up, I had an X next to my signal meter and no WIFI or Data indicators. The process "system" kept dying and eventually causing the phone to reboot. I tried going into airplane mode / coming back out, but nothing.
As a last resort (so I could go to work) was to shut it down gracefully (reboots wouldn't let me get to hboot). And go and do a nandroid of the current setup and restore to yesterday right after I switched to 2.2.
After the nandroid finished I went ahead and rebooted it w/o a restore. This time the phone booted normally, no FC's and it's been running since then w/o any connection/reboot issues.
Obviously I'll be paying attention to this. It is actually nice having the "Droid..." so I know when it reboots
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I havent had issue with the system process dying and rebooting. Just the incredibly annoying fluctuations in the bars and connectivity.
I would go to use my gTalk or gMail and it would say no internet connection. Or if you open the browser. Same thing.
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No data
I updated the radio as well as the leaked 2.2 ROM. I now can't get any data. It will say there is a 3G connection but the market, Gmail, browser won't work. I was previously able to get data I haven't changed anything since.
I thought my data issue was using the Hybrid Altell/VZW prl, but after a *228 option 2 I am still having an issue. It seems to be when I shutdown the phone, turn it back on, the mobile data connection will not turn on. Toggling airplane mode will fix it, or sometimes a reboot fixes it.
Also having 3g/1x/no data issues post update to 2.2
Upgraded 8PM last night, all good until about 10am this morning, realized none of my apps were sync'd, then tried to use Opera/Market/Etc. all saying connectivity issues. The airplane mode on/off seems to fix it, wondering if its a select few and we should reflash or people are experiencing this across the board...
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Upgraded 8PM last night, all good until about 10am this morning, realized none of my apps were sync'd, then tried to use Opera/Market/Etc. all saying connectivity issues. The airplane mode on/off seems to fix it, wondering if its a select few and we should reflash or people are experiencing this across the board...
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I had nearly the exact same thing happen to me. Flashed last night and then noticed the problem early today. A reboot of my phone fixed things; I'll continue to watch things closely.
Just got this for the first time as well.
I was just doing some configuration and needed to reboot - after doing so I did not have 3G and mobile network was ON in the settings.
Toggled to airplane mode and restarded - switched back after startup and 3G is back... but still this is troubling (I don't want there to be ANY problems haha)
All my Issues fixed with link @ bottom, thanks adrynalyne!
I take no credit, this is From: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737662
Originally Posted by adrynalyne:
Here is a new version that includes the streaming audio fixes.
http://www.4shared.com/file/RjEL6jSz/market_streaming_fix_froyo.html
I am trying SkyRaiders rom to see if theres any improvements. I am on WiFi and its been working good so far. I will know more tomorrow.
Are you just getting the slow downs/disconnects on cell or also on WiFi? I had some weird WiFi issues last night so I thought it was both. Are you all getting it on all data connections or just the mobile network?
Make sure System Select in Mobile Network settings is on Home Only. I did this and I've had zero data connectivity issues with the leak. Had them when it was on Automatic.
Try it out.
I will join in and say I am also loosing 3G...it would be fine for a little then disappear for a while...toggling wifi and airplane mode helps, but I want it fixed and not have to rely on those.
Seems that Sky Raiders Rom has fixed the issues for me.
brbdc said:
Seems that Sky Raiders Rom has fixed the issues for me.
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Which version? I am using 2.00 and I am having 3G connectivity issues. When I set my mobile networks from automatic to home, I only connect at 1X instead of 3G.
Is this fixed in Sky Raider 2.01?
UPDATE: I should have stated my original problem which was my 3G data connection was shutting down at random and the only way to get it back was to go in and out of airplane mode. I also JUST NOW updated to Sky Raider 2.01 and see that I don't have and data connection at present. A reboot did not work either. I'll keep trying things...
UPDATE2: Got it working...for some reason it was turned off in settings. Appears to be working fine now. I haven't seen any disconnects yet. Fingers crossed...
UPDATE3: It started doing it again under Sky Raider version 2.01. Don't know whether it's the new v2 radio or something with Froyo...
Alleged v2 Radio Problem
brbdc said:
I reverted back to 2.1 but it kept the same baseband version 2.05.00.06.11.
I am still having the same connectivity issues.
So far I have seen people suggest dialing *288 to update the towers but that didnt work.
Other say toggling airplane mode fixed it for them. This is not a consistent fix for me.
Please add information here so we can try and find a fix.
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It is beginning to look like maybe this is a radio (2.05.00.06.11) problem an not a OS issue. But what I don't understand is why more people have not complained. I do live in a fringe signal area for 3G, perhaps that has something to do with triggering this problem. But I too have found that toggling airplane mode isn't a consistent fix.
If this is indeed a radio issue, then we may have to just live with it until a new radio version is released. Perhaps it would help if more people came forward and shared their experiences about this alleged problem. If it is only a few of us, then what might we have in common???
Lexus One said:
It is beginning to look like maybe this is a radio (2.05.00.06.11) problem an not a OS issue. But what I don't understand is why more people have not complained. I do live in a fringe signal area for 3G, perhaps that has something to do with triggering this problem. But I too have found that toggling airplane mode isn't a consistent fix.
If this is indeed a radio issue, then we may have to just live with it until a new radio version is released. Perhaps it would help if more people came forward and shared their experiences about this alleged problem. If it is only a few of us, then what might we have in common???
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See here, 99% sure has to do with WiFi. I've been turning off WiFi before I leave the WiFi area I'm connected to and I've yet to loose data connectivity.
If this is all there is, I have a fully working 2.2 on my DInc now...don't really see a reason to upgrade to the official!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741947
The GPS on my Vibrant was working fine until yesterday. Starting last night, the phone has shown difficulties for searching GPS, or positioning me thousands of miles away.
What should I do now, folks?
I'm on the latest JK6.
GPS is going haywire...
Im having the same issue with my gps. I havent made any changes that I can remembe so I'm not sure what is causing it. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx
+1 on this. Gps was working flawlessly for a while now but since yesterday, not even the gps restore from samsung in the market can get it back in line...
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wrong thread but, same thing happened to me, shows that im in mexico most times when im in minnesota.
wow, so I'm not alone on this...
what's happening? aliens coming?
651stp said:
wrong thread but, same thing happened to me, shows that im in mexico most times when im in minnesota.
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Same thing here, only it tells me I'm either in Santa Monica or NYC (technically in the ocean) when I'm actually in Minnesota.
I hadn't tested GPS since switching to JK6, though.... JK6 related or something else?
wxaxgxs said:
Same thing here, only it tells me I'm either in Santa Monica or NYC (technically in the ocean) when I'm actually in Minnesota.
I hadn't tested GPS since switching to JK6, though.... JK6 related or something else?
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In fact, I flashed back to JK2 tonight. The GPS seems to be still lousy (strangely, the baseband remained at JK6 without changing back)
Same here. It was working fine until late last night. The locations I got range from Bay Area to NYC but I was in LA.
check if you have " mock location" ticked or not.
its in the same place as the debugging option.
cheers.
adrianmole said:
Same here. It was working fine until late last night. The locations I got range from Bay Area to NYC but I was in LA.
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I'm in Phoenix. But I've got Chicago, Cleveland, Miami, and LA.
naack said:
check if you have " mock location" ticked or not.
its in the same place as the debugging option.
cheers.
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My mock location is unchecked
I am also having the gps go crazy as of the past 2 days and I have had great gps before(for this phone). I was on V5 jk2 and after flashing jk6 modem the gps started acting up, I'm assuming this new modem could be the issue
Update * today everything is working and I did not change a thing, I have no idea what the issue was
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I just had that problem tonight. I'm wondering if something weird happened system-wide that messed up a lot of phones. Before I saw this thread, I posted in the "Vibrant General" forum on this matter. After re-booting to try to get it to behave -- with no luck -- I went into my dialer-accessed GPS settings and found that two of them had been mysteriously changed. I got the GPS back with some changes. Here's what I know:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862594
ZX3ZX4 said:
I just had that problem tonight. I'm wondering if something weird happened system-wide that messed up a lot of phones. Before I saw this thread, I posted in the "Vibrant General" forum on this matter. After re-booting to try to get it to behave -- with no luck -- I went into my dialer-accessed GPS settings and found that two of them had been mysteriously changed. I got the GPS back with some changes. Here's what I know:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862594
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Same thing happened to me tonight, my gps had been working great. Till tonight when i tried using it, it kept saying i was in New York, than Cali, etc. When in fact i live in Oregon. So when i got home i asked my Gf who has the vibrant as well if her gps was acting up, she tested it and it was not acting up, so i started messing with some setting and got it to work perfectly.
I messed with the settings in "My Location Sources"
There are 2 settings in there for gps related stuff.
"Use Wireless Networks"
"Use GPS satellites"
What i noticed was if i uncheck gps satellites i could use the google app, "places" (that comes with there Google map app) that it would find lets say gas stations near my location. So i tried to navigate there, and it asked me to hit the check button for the GPS satellites, i went into settings and checked it than went to navigate to it, within 5secs it planned a route with no troubles at all.
Now it works great, so for me to able to get my gps to work, i just have to go into the settings and check both boxes (i uncheck to save battery life, when im done).
Hopefully this makes sense, sometimes i tend to go on and on lol.
Any questions feel free to ask.
I am new to this site, so be kind!! =)
mine doesn't work either...
Zach-
It sounds like there was nothing much wrong with the phone. If I'm understanding your post you had your GPS on, but it seemed like you couldn't connect, right? So you turned it off momentarily and, when you accessed an app that needed it, it told you to turn it on. When you had "Use GPS Satellites" unchecked and "Use Wireless Networks" checked, it means that the GPS is not on or being used at all, and your phone was taking location readings off cell towers (which is not nearly as accurate as location by GPS). The test of your GPS is to have the "Use Wireless Networks" setting unchecked and the "Use GPS satellites" checked. If you turn the GPS on from the task bar at the top, you'll see that the box "Use GPS Satellites" is switched on, and is switched back off when you turn off the GPS from the task bar...so there is no reason to bother to go into the Location and Security Settings to toggle your GPS on/off. If I am not understanding your post, please clarify.
If you actually want to see how well your GPS works and how many satellites it locks on, download the free app "GPS Test."
Two other things: 1) many of us find that the GPS actually works better with the "Use Wireless Networks" box left unchecked, and 2) turn your GPS off when you aren't in need of it because it can be a significant drain on the battery.
ame thing happened to me.Last night I could not get my Gps to lock in jk6. I had been in V5 and had the same thing happen the night before. I tried gpsrestore and rebooting and pulling the battery etc. I flashed back to v5 and still the same result. Either no lock or it showed that I was in Long Island and actually I am in central fl. I tried changing some settings (auto config and ms based) to no avail. I than flashed back to V5 and at first it was the same and then after rebooting twice and pulling the battery it just mysteriously began to function again. I wont use the word work as it has never really worked well. It actually saw 11 and locked on 7 which is a new record for me. Like I said earlier in the post it had happened to me the same way the night before and thats when I flashed to jk6.After flashing it seemed to be operating as usual until las night. Strange that it would happen in both v5 and jk6 and at night both times, and that flashing to the other rom and pulling the battery would right the issue Does anyone have any idea what the issue is here?.
Edit: Just went out and used Cardio Trainer and it worked quite well as the gps seemed to function as well as it ever has.
Same problem everyone else is describing. My GPS has been working very well, then yesterday locks were taking a very long time and sometimes the location accuracy was 1000's of meters off. Tried again just now and it's back to quick locks with good accuracy.
Based on posts here and the TMO forum it seems to have been widespread.
Same problem everyone else is having however I have another problem as well.
Around the exact same time I had an issue with the GPS my ability to connect to a few different wireless networks was affected as well! I can't get on my home network at all, just gets hung up on 'obtaining IP address'. My old G1 running 2.2 can hop on the network without incident.
What the hell is Samsung up to?
Im having the exact same problems, i was on axura 2.05 when i first found my gps wasnt working i thought it was just temporary, got home tried again didnt work, flashed axura final, still didnt work, went back to stock jfd still didnt work, ji6 still didnt work, i thought my phones gps was bad or broke somehow i was in the 14 day window went to the tmobile store for an exchange (those guys are really clueless he told me that it was apps problem (google maps) and that my phone didnt have an actual gps -.- seriously where do they hire these guys) after shutting him up by simply showing the drop down GPS button he gave me a new phone. Fresh out the box stock ji6 and still no luck with gps, flashed axura 2.1 (jk6)now and obviously still not working so from what i went through its not the baseband difference since i went through jfd,ji6,jk2,fresh ji6,and jk6 and amazingly still no luck. Grr im mad
Edit : When using wifi my location locks instantly but with the GPS i cant get a lock and it would say im in Puerto Rico or Houston accurate to like 12200 meters lol and im in NY :T closest i got the NY i was somewhere in the water
Hello,
I got a weird issue. I'm running an unlocked Omnia 7 with 7392 installed.
I recently installed the new Foursquare application. It first attempted a fix and found a location in Taipei airport where I was a month ago even though I'm now in central Bangkok.
Bing Maps still displays the current location in Taipei as well even though I'm now in central Bangkok!
I tried to access the BlackSwan debug mode to try a manual fix but the former coordinates are still stuck (25.077275,121.234050, which correspond to Taipei Taoyuan airport).
Weird thing is, I could use GPS and successfully checkin with 4th & Mayor these past few days before the official Foursquare app screw things up.
I tried to delete Bing Maps history, it didn't solve anything. I'm not keen to attempt a hard reset as I still want to keep my phone unlocked.
Do you know how to erase the current fix and force the GPS to actually try to get a new fix?
Thanks!