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Like the title says my mytouch 4g thinks im in denver, co when is use apps and when in browser websites also think im there. I live in washington. Has anyone experienced anything similar? What have you done to correct the issue?
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I was having a problem earlier today when noticed my time was like 2 hours ahead. I seem like my locations was some where in Buenos Aires
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I'm in Seattle, WA, but mine says I'm in Denver, CO as well. Like every time I go to craigslist, it takes me to the Denver site, same with the speedtest app. Routing problems on tmobile's end maybe?
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Im pretty sure it just trying to tell you that denver is the best place to be and it would rather be there
Uchennadi said:
I'm in Seattle, WA, but mine says I'm in Denver, CO as well. Like every time I go to craigslist, it takes me to the Denver site, same with the speedtest app. Routing problems on tmobile's end maybe?
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That the exact problem im having. I called tmobile and the lady had no idea and claimed I eas the first to call on that subject. I know its a small problem but it annoys mr that I pay money and still deal with stupid stuff
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jjjackson56 said:
Im pretty sure it just trying to tell you that denver is the best place to be and it would rather be there
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amen! 12345
colin253 said:
Like the title says my mytouch 4g thinks im in denver, co when is use apps and when in browser websites also think im there. I live in washington. Has anyone experienced anything similar? What have you done to correct the issue?
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It will do this until it locks in your actual location.
Do you have location set for network or GPS? It should find your relative location quicker with the network, but it is of course much more accurate with the GPS. If you have neither on....
If it is set at GPS, and you have not been using it much (or first time), it takes a while for the GPS to lock in your signals and location.
There is a good app called GPS Status which has built in AGPS updater - that one locks in pretty quick.
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It will do this until it locks in your actual location.
Do you have location set for network or GPS? It should find your relative location quicker with the network, but it is of course much more accurate with the GPS. If you have neither on....
If it is set at GPS, and you have not been using it much (or first time), it takes a while for the GPS to lock in your signals and location.
There is a good app called GPS Status which has built in AGPS updater - that one locks in pretty quick.
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have done this and nothing has made it change to the accurate location
gaww said:
It will do this until it locks in your actual location.
Do you have location set for network or GPS? It should find your relative location quicker with the network, but it is of course much more accurate with the GPS. If you have neither on....
If it is set at GPS, and you have not been using it much (or first time), it takes a while for the GPS to lock in your signals and location.
There is a good app called GPS Status which has built in AGPS updater - that one locks in pretty quick.
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Thanks for the app. Works for me, but I have to keep it installed for SpeedTest to know I'm in Dallas so that's a little boo.
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Same here. I'm in Seattle and my speedtest.net app reports me in Denver. Turns out, speedtest does not use GPS to locate your position. They use your IP address, which for me is a Denver, CO Tmo IP.
So how do you fix this? Don't have a clue. I called Tmo and their "Android Specialist" to me to reset the phone... seriously
They told me to do a reset which is bs whats that gonna fix? Then she told me that she found a forum on google stating there having server issues in the pac northwest. I cant find this forum
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Randomly the problem stopped ocurring speedtest is locating correctly and browser is as well
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Removed for now... seems to break location based apps. Will see if we can figure this one out
Lower latency in what regards? Connecting to the same server, google dns is always lower? How do you test this accurately?
Used spedtest.net app latency is always lower than stock vzw dns.also u will notice an increase in page rendering times
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Anyone else given this a run on fission?
mfinlay04 said:
Used spedtest.net app latency is always lower than stock vzw dns.also u will notice an increase in page rendering times
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Lowered latency with increased rendering times? How does that work..? Throughput should be the same, regardless of the DNS used.
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Lowered latency with increased rendering times? How does that work..? Throughput should be the same, regardless of the DNS used.
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Rendering probably wasn't the right word... if u notice on 3g once u hit go it sits for a few seconds and then begins to load the page. After the flash the page starts to load almost immediately
loaded this up on RubiX 1.9.5. Before, Speed Test app would use the server in CA and give me ~120-150ms latency. Now it thinks I'm in KS for some reason (I'm in CA), so I get 300+. Not sure if it's the app freaking out or the DNS change affected it.
And when I try going in and changing the server manually, it doesn't even give me CA option because it's too far away from KS lol.
Which app are you using for your speed tests? Is that Ca as in california or Ca as in Canada? Havemt had an issue with selecting server... im in san diego ca
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Which app are you using for your speed tests? Is that Ca as in california or Ca as in Canada? Havemt had an issue with selecting server... im in san diego ca
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it's california, I should've clarified, sorry. Hmm weird then why it only gives me choices of KS and the states near it...
Oh and I use "Speed Test" app.
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Ok, I tried it again and it finally gave me Modesto, CA server. My latency is now 55 ms down from 100+. So this change definitely helps, thank you!
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Have u had issues with location based apps? Such as gasbuddy hotpads Idk anything else that heavily relies on location??
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you might've missed my last post cause it was last on the previous page, but the issue fixed itself. I guess GPS wasn't updating correctly or something...
but no, to answer your question, I haven't really had any problems with location based apps. Hopefully that was just a one-time glitch with speed test
And I was using Google maps this whole weekend with no problems while having your patch applied.
Since it appears from the thread that using Google DNS doesn't break location-based apps, will you be reposting the how-to any time soon?
Thx!
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Since it appears from the thread that using Google DNS doesn't break location-based apps, will you be reposting the how-to any time soon?
Thx!
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I still have the patch saved. If you PM me your email, I can send it to you.
I hope the author doesn't mind, since the only reason it was taken down was because of my bug report, which doesn't seem to be related to this change.
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does anyone have a backup of the original files and know how to restore them? I kinda forgot to make a backup when applying this...
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Since it appears from the thread that using Google DNS doesn't break location-based apps, will you be reposting the how-to any time soon?
Thx!
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...please!
Please someone share with us how you do this!
So GoogleDNS didnt break the location based apps?
can someone post the link to this again so I can grab it? Appears the OP is never coming back so im not expecting him to repost it.
I don't see it mentioned on any of the preorder sites, but it's listed in the detail specs on Motorola's website.
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Yes there is
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I'd go with the Moto specs.
Yes, but its agps...if you want directions you have to get those while connected to the internet.
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Yes, but its agps...if you want directions you have to get those while connected to the internet.
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Not if you have a sat nav app with preloaded maps...
This GPS talk is one of the reasons I went with the 3G/4G version. It is nice to be able to get mapping, restaurant locations, gas stations, hospitals, and all the other on the fly data. Not to say you can't download a map its just nice not having too. Its just at your finger tips. None of this has anything to do with the OP question so sorry OP..
any good ones to recommend? i cant find any maybe im using wrong keywords or im just bad at searching.......
You can pre-cache maps in Google Maps. Just make your route while you are connected to wifi and it will save it. It stays in the cache for a long time as far as i can tell.
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any good ones to recommend? i cant find any maybe im using wrong keywords or im just bad at searching.......
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I use google nav on xoom....which I find to be much better than using tomtom on my iphone...although tomtom was more customisable and worked seamlessly with any music app which is the only thing I miss.....but here is a site i found helpful....breaks down all your options with pros and cons....I'm guessing tomtom/I go/garmin don't want to fuss with making an overpriced turn by turn navigation app for us android users when we get a pretty damb good one for free....
http://androidandme.com/2010/04/applications/ultimate-gps-showdown-for-android/
My plan is to use the mobile hotspot feature on the wife's android phone for the data connection.
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wildfan2k said:
My plan is to use the mobile hotspot feature on the wife's android phone for the data connection.
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That works great until the wife wants to make a phone call..
I get your point though. To each their own. It makes sense..
reefur said:
I use google nav on xoom....which I find to be much better than using tomtom on my iphone...although tomtom was more customisable and worked seamlessly with any music app which is the only thing I miss.....but here is a site i found helpful....breaks down all your options with pros and cons....I'm guessing tomtom/I go/garmin don't want to fuss with making an overpriced turn by turn navigation app for us android users when we get a pretty damb good one for free....
http://androidandme.com/2010/04/applications/ultimate-gps-showdown-for-android/
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on top of that you can change your route according to the FREE live traffic, which is a nice bonus!! which save me from the bronx bus accident on the i-95...
zone23 said:
That works great until the wife wants to make a phone call..
I get your point though. To each their own. It makes sense..
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I've made phone calls with the hotspot active..
GorfinG said:
I've made phone calls with the hotspot active..
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Well of course I'm talking from my own experience. The EVO I believe can only do data or voice not both at the same time unless I'm connected to 4G.
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Well of course I'm talking from my own experience. The EVO I believe can only do data or voice not both at the same time unless I'm connected to 4G.
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thats because of CDMA limitations. GSM networks do data+voice simultaneously.
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Make sure your wife's phone supports infrastructure mode or is a Droid. Xoom does not like to tether with most Rooted Wifi options. Droid on the other hand can offer bluetooth tethering that Xoom does recognize.
Google navigation works awesome!
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thats because of CDMA limitations. GSM networks do data+voice simultaneously.
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Thanks man but come on give me a little credit.
Just wanted to make sure....the new motorola wifi xoom will have gps? And if I tether from my nexus one, will the voice guided navigation work?
Try Copilot from ALK
What did you do to make your GPS work better?
Could you be more specific? Like is yours not working on a particular Rom or what?
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That could be maps, the dreaded "searching for GPS", refresh rates and dropped connections. Any roms better than others?
Maps app you could get mapdroyd it lets you save all maps locally. Spotty connection? I've never had that issue.. and rom I'm using cm7
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I don't see how mapdroid would help me.
From what you said I assumed when you said maps that they weren't working or something
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How well does the offline Google Maps Navigation work? I just find it as an interesting feature and was wondering how well does it work for some of you?
I don't believe there is offline navigation, just offline maps only.
The map only is offline... but navigation still need an internet connection or gps... so what do u mean with offline navigation?
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Search, someone did it using offline maps in a city. The GPS still works without wifi
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I've noticed maps doesn't work without WiFi, but if you start navigation before you leave your connection it will still guide you and update routes in realtime.
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I've noticed maps doesn't work without WiFi, but if you start navigation before you leave your connection it will still guide you and update routes in realtime.
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For Maps to work offline, you have to mark an area to be available for offline usage (it caches it). Simply click make available offline in the overflow menu (well it's there on my Galaxy Nexus it might be somewhere on the Nexus 7).
navFree has good navigation. Download the maps for offline use and all that is needed is GPS.
Google Maps can be used offline if you select and save an area.\
Google Maps Navigation can't be used offline even if you do the above.
Other third party navigation apps can be used offline.
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Google Maps can be used offline if you select and save an area.\
Google Maps Navigation can't be used offline even if you do the above.
Other third party navigation apps can be used offline.
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Like I said Google navigation will work offline if you start it while your still connected to WiFi @home or current location.
Once its loaded it will do turn by turn and update as you go using GPS. I've played with it over the weekend and it kept updating and telling me to do a uturn when I changed course, then finally figured out where I was going and updated accordingly.
It may help that I have the SF bay area saved in maps
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flash_beezy said:
Like I said Google navigation will work offline if you start it while your still connected to WiFi @home or current location.
Once its loaded it will do turn by turn and update as you go using GPS. I've played with it over the weekend and it kept updating and telling me to do a uturn when I changed course, then finally figured out where I was going and updated accordingly.
It may help that I have the SF bay area saved in maps
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guess that could be true on newer versions. One time i was driving to orlando and lost service and navigation paused and said it would resume when i got a data connection back. this was well over a year ago though on my nexus one.
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guess that could be true on newer versions. One time i was driving to orlando and lost service and navigation paused and said it would resume when i got a data connection back. this was well over a year ago though on my nexus one.
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Yep, testing this on my nexus 7 I didn't imply that it would pertain to any other android device.
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Yep, testing this on my nexus 7 I didn't imply that it would pertain to any other android device.
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very good to know that it's smart enough to do that now. going to come in handy since i always lose data with t-mobile driving up to orlando.
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very good to know that it's smart enough to do that now. going to come in handy since i always lose data with t-mobile driving up to orlando.
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I tested it a bit too. It took it a bit to figure out I made a wrong turn. Eventually it started telling me where to turn again, but it wouldn't say the street names. It would just say things like "turn right in 800 feet."
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Like I said Google navigation will work offline if you start it while your still connected to WiFi @home or current location.
Once its loaded it will do turn by turn and update as you go using GPS. I've played with it over the weekend and it kept updating and telling me to do a uturn when I changed course, then finally figured out where I was going and updated accordingly.
It may help that I have the SF bay area saved in maps
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neok44 said:
guess that could be true on newer versions. One time i was driving to orlando and lost service and navigation paused and said it would resume when i got a data connection back. this was well over a year ago though on my nexus one.
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I have been doing this with my old OG DROID for a while, start navigation with it connected to my home wifi and have it work all the way ro my destination with no signal at all
Only reason why i wish I had a data plan...directions! Guess i gotta try out a better offline app
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