Has anyone else the problem that google maps constantly turns itself on in the background and starts collecting memory?
Everytime I used my phone some time and I look up active apps, there is maps with about 60mb ram. And this when ram is scarce anyway and apps constantly have to be loaded new? The process in question is com.google.android.apps.maps, but the process that nees so much ram very often is com.google.android.apps.maps:GoogleLocationService .
I disabled every location based feature I could find, therefore I see no reason at all for maps to run. I am thinking about uninstalling maps, but I use it sometimes..
Any hints?
Edit : This keeps constantly popping up in my logcat:
E/KeyguardStatusView( 2992): ERROR: Could not get Location code
W/System.err( 2992): java.lang.NullPointerException
W/System.err( 2992): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.KeyguardStatusViewManager$1$1.run(KeyguardStatusViewManager.java:334)
Disabling the weather widget solved this, maps however still turns itself on. I can not be the only one affected by this?
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bump. nobody else has this problem? I can not believe this!
I had this problem.....as a workaround , I use titanium backup to freeze the app and defrost it when needed.
Or use other apps like sygic maps where you can use offline maps....and of course uninstall google maps.
kapil_dheer said:
I had this problem.....as a workaround , I use titanium backup to freeze the app and defrost it when needed.
Or use other apps like sygic maps where you can use offline maps....and of course uninstall google maps.
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I uninstalled it because I need the memory for other applications, drives you mad when every new app you go to has to load and then the old one again when you go bad. I am wondering why there is no bigger response, I found no way to stop maps without uninstalling.
Surely somebody else encountered this problem?
ArRaY92 said:
I uninstalled it because I need the memory for other applications, drives you mad when every new app you go to has to load and then the old one again when you go bad. I am wondering why there is no bigger response, I found no way to stop maps without uninstalling.
Surely somebody else encountered this problem?
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I had the same problem and uninstalled it with titanium backup but I keep the backup just in case, I also already had Sygic installed and use that much better for NAV anyways.
N!TRO said:
I had the same problem and uninstalled it with titanium backup but I keep the backup just in case, I also already had Sygic installed and use that much better for NAV anyways.
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I acknowledge this is a valid solution, albeit not one I would like to use.
I love maps and want to keep using it, but this memory consumption kills it for me.
maybe try the app autostarts...
same thing happened with me it consumes more memory from Ram. I recently updated to Google maps latest one and the problem has arrived . Before on old Google maps when i stopped the process it won't run until next when i open the app . But when i updated to latest Google maps it runs at background although i stopped and it again starts automatically. So i decided to uninstalled it to save more ram for my other applications.
shenoyjoseph said:
when i updated to latest Google maps it runs at background although i stopped and it again starts automatically.
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Gemini App Manager is a good tool for disabling autostarts for apps that won't stay dead. You need to be careful with it, though, as you can break stuff eg stop Google Play from auto-running and you won't get automatic app updates.
I recently saw an app in play store that would auto-defrost an app when you click on it, run it, nd when closing, freeze it again, all on the fly. Stop that map sucker dead n its tracks until you really need it.
Unfortunately I can't remember the name. You will have to search.
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Hi there.
I have a Xperia Play with .042 firmware (stock ROM), and only rooted (locked bootloader).
My phone works well, but sometimes feels a bit laggy. I've noticed in the Running Apps list that a lot of times Google Maps turns on even if I didnt open it, and it causes me a lot of that lag, so I have to close it and then the Xplay works well again.
So, my question is, can I uninstall Google Maps and then reinstall it from the Play Store as a non-system app? This should stop thet the app opens itself on its own...
What problems can cause uninstalling Google Maps?
I don't think making it a non system app will stop it from running in the back. I just uninstalled it altogether
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It's just Google spying on you. No need to worry.
If you are not sure just freeze it with titanium backup or system tuner pro or something. Nothing will happen if you uninstall it tho.
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Use an app called Autostarts to control which apps start automatically and when. No need to uninstall or freeze anything. Its like msconfig/startup manager for android. Its a root app so it gets the job done properly, meaning it stops apps from starting in the first place, not one of those useless apps which kills them after they start.
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If you are not sure just freeze it with titanium backup
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Good idea. I've frozen it and for now my Xplay goes perfect.
LordBattleBeard said:
Use an app called Autostarts to control which apps start automatically and when. No need to uninstall or freeze anything. Its like msconfig/startup manager for android. Its a root app so it gets the job done properly, meaning it stops apps from starting in the first place, not one of those useless apps which kills them after they start.
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I'll give it a try. Thanks.
Hello,
I have a question about google maps on I9505. Maps app is using too much battery although I have not turned them on. I have disabled google now and turned of Location reporting in google maps... As you can see in pictures, maps have used 13% of my battery, and stay awake time is 1 h 23 minutes :/ It is really too much because I do not use them. I have sent a question to Samsung Croatia about this but I didn`t get an answer
Does anyone else experience this problem?
EDIT: I have tried to disable the app using Application Manager and then Android OS asked me if I want to uninstall the updates... You can not disable the app but when I uninstalled the updates (Latest update was 14.05.2013.) maps stopped using the battery or at least it does not show on battery usage statistics Will try that for a few days and report back if that is working
EDIT 28.05.2013.
Now I know that the problem is in the new version of google maps. After uninstalling upades everything works perfectly and battery lasts much longer!
ikocijan0 said:
Hello,
I have a question about google maps on I9505. Maps app is using too much battery although I have not turned them on. I have disabled google now and turned of Location reporting in google maps... As you can see in pictures, maps have used 13% of my battery, and stay awake time is 1 h 23 minutes :/ It is really too much because I do not use them. I have sent a question to Samsung Croatia about this but I didn`t get an answer
Does anyone else experience this problem?
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Did you try to force it to stop running and clearing cache and data?
You can do it from within Settings --> Program Manager --> Google Maps
ikocijan0 said:
Hello,
I have a question about google maps on I9505. Maps app is using too much battery although I have not turned them on. I have disabled google now and turned of Location reporting in google maps... As you can see in pictures, maps have used 13% of my battery, and stay awake time is 1 h 23 minutes :/ It is really too much because I do not use them. I have sent a question to Samsung Croatia about this but I didn`t get an answer
Does anyone else experience this problem?
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i think most of us do... we will have to wait for an maps update. i have deleted maps until it is fixed... when i need maps i will just download it again... not worth wasting battery on
DenmarkRootN00b said:
i think most of us do... we will have to wait for an maps update. i have deleted maps until it is fixed... when i need maps i will just download it again... not worth wasting battery on
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Haven't had this problem yet
Mittaa said:
Did you try to force it to stop running and clearing cache and data?
You can do it from within Settings --> Program Manager --> Google Maps
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I do not want to force close it. That is not the way you should handle android apps. Force closing doesn`t do anything good...
DenmarkRootN00b said:
i think most of us do... we will have to wait for an maps update. i have deleted maps until it is fixed... when i need maps i will just download it again... not worth wasting battery on
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Now I am relieved I thought it was only my phone I do not want to delete it because I use them often, and it is a real pain when you want to download them again because mobile connectivity sucks in most parts of Croatia
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I do not want to force close it. That is not the way you should handle android apps. Force closing doesn`t do anything good...
Now I am relieved I thought it was only my phone I do not want to delete it because I use them often, and it is a real pain when you want to download them again because mobile connectivity sucks in most parts of Croatia
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you could freeze it and unfreeze on need ?
DenmarkRootN00b said:
you could freeze it and unfreeze on need ?
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I was thinking about that but I do not know how will that affect on the performance of the app
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I do not want to force close it. That is not the way you should handle android apps. Force closing doesn`t do anything good...
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Just stop it before you clear cache and data.
Then run Google maps again and see if it makes a difference
BTW When I uninstall apps I always do in this way in order to avoid any leftover data/cache ...
Mittaa said:
Just stop it before you clear cache and data.
Then run Google maps again and see if it makes a difference
BTW When I uninstall apps I always do in this way in order to avoid any leftover data/cache ...
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I am strongly againts force closing apps but I will try it forced closed it, cleared cache and data and checked stay awake time for now it is 13 minutes i 20 secondes Will check in 10 minutes and see if that helps
Thrust me, when you delete an app nothing remains The only thing that can remain is the data that app has stored on your external partition but that does not affect OS performance.
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I was thinking about that but I do not know how will that affect on the performance of the app
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i dont know about that either.... but i guess if you freeze it.. it wont start.. when you unfreeze it... you can use it again i guess that is how it works.. dont think it will affect performance
I have stopped using maps to save battery
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i dont know about that either.... but i guess if you freeze it.. it wont start.. when you unfreeze it... you can use it again i guess that is how it works.. dont think it will affect performance
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I do not know I have just seen that I can disable an app from aplication manager not FC, but disable Does anyone know what that does?
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I do not know I have just seen that I can disable an app from aplication manager not FC, but disable Does anyone know what that does?
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it is the same as freeze i guess just without the root
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i dont know about that either.... but i guess if you freeze it.. it wont start.. when you unfreeze it... you can use it again i guess that is how it works.. dont think it will affect performance
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True, but it wan't solve problem maps misbehave when running
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Just stop it before you clear cache and data.
Then run Google maps again and see if it makes a difference
BTW When I uninstall apps I always do in this way in order to avoid any leftover data/cache ...
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The problem remains :/ After 10 minutes (I did not touch the phones), maps app was working 1 minute and 24 seconds in background I really do not know what that app is doing in background!! I will try to disable it now, and see what hapens
EDIT: YOU CAN NOT DISABLE MAPS APP!! ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS UNISTALL UPADES Now I will try with an old version of maps and try to see what will happen
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it is the same as freeze i guess just without the root
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I have tried to disable the app but then it asked me "Do you want to uninstall updates?". That is the only thing that I could have done After uninstalling updates maps app vanished from Battery usage statistic... that is very strange but I will see what will happen in a day or two and report back
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I have tried to disable the app but then it asked me "Do you want to uninstall updates?". That is the only thing that I could have done After uninstalling updates maps app vanished from Battery usage statistic... that is very strange but I will see what will happen in a day or two and report back
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Yeah maybe it can help others with the same problem.. Good thinking
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I am using ROM Omega v3.1 and my case is more serious than yours. Anyone has the same problem? Thanks.
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Try to disable location update for that device in maps settings (it will not affect any other app-tried id) and disable google now
Edit: Definetly disable location settings!!! Tried to set themvon and maps again started to drain my battery :/
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ikocijan0 said:
Try to disable location update for that device in maps settings (it will not affect any other app-tried id) and disable google now
Edit: Definetly disable location settings!!! Tried to set themvon and maps again started to drain my battery :/
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Do you mean the first item in the settings? Then my current location will not be available an navigation will not work, right? Thanks.
Already turned off Google Now at the beginning......
hi guys, I always see Media > DownloadService in running apps.. why it is running all the time? and, being running all the time, is it supposed to drain my battery faster?
I have always lived with that, but if it drains my battery faster I would like to get rid of it..
EDIT: it seems to me it is related to GMAIL.. in fact, after a reinstall, download service process was not there until I started gmail for the first time.. now it is always there again..
can you guys using gmail confirm you have media download service always running?
and people who has not gmail installed can confirm they don't see that process always running? thanks!
moly82 said:
hi guys, just a question.. is that normal that I always see maps in running apps? I use maps once per month or even less, so why it should be running all the time? (maps > PrefetcherService)
and, being running all the time, is it supposed to drain my battery faster?
I have always lived with that, but if it drains my battery faster I would like to get rid of it..
the same happens also for "media" (media > DownlodService..... what is that? can I remove it?) and google play music (MusicPlaybackService)
it is really annoying for me to see them always running even when I am not using them....
any suggestion? thanks in advance!!
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It happens with me too. I used Greenify and it stopped appearing until the 4.1.6 play store update. Now maps opens automatically almost every 2 minutes. You might not get a significant change in battery life. You can remove google play music though. I don't know about the media download service, might be related to browser or google play music (I recommend not removing it).
thanks for the answer. I tried greenify too and it seems to correctly remove maps here.. (I too have play store 4.1.6, will update to 4.1.10 in a short time btw )
about play music.. I use it, so I can't remove it! btw I greenified it too, so it shouldn't bother anymore
so the only pending problems are media service and also play store (pendingnotification service) that is appearing sometimes in running apps.. unfortunately they are system apps so I can not greenify them
The pendingnotification service might have appeared because of the option to notify you of an update. And yes, the pro version has that feature of hibernating system apps (but its experimental) and god knows what might happen if you do.
of course I disabled the notification and auto update via WiFi options and rebooted but the service kept appearing in running apps sometimes..
as x the media running service, it seems I fixed it removing mediauploader.apk it has not appeared again so far after removing that package!
so all seems good now thanks all!
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EDIT: media downloadservice is back again so it was not related to mediauploader... what the hell can be that??
it seems to me it appeared after running gmail for the first time.. but I will have to confirm that after some more investigations..
after some more attempts, i found out the process: media > DownlodService is related to both gapps and Downloadprovider.apk
if I remove Downloadprovider.apk, that process doesn't appear anymore, but I get gapps FC's (and very probably will not be possible to download anymore things from the browser and/or play store)
so in conclusion it seems to me we have to live with that process running, and that is not possible to really get rid of it safely..
Yup, made that mistake of deleting Downloadservice.apk... Drove me nuts with FCs
so nobody could get rid of that process? you too have it always running?
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so nobody could get rid of that process? you too have it always running?
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:silly: Strangely, no, its not always running for me.
It seems to run when I download something in a browser and then disappears after 15 minutes or so
after a reinstall it seems to me it is related to gmail.. in fact download service process was not there until I started gmail for the first time.. now it is always there again..
can you guys using gmail confirm you have media download service always running?
and people who has not gmail installed can confirm they don't see that process always running? :fingers-crossed:
thanks
it seems to me after I installed latest maps 7.x the media > download process is not appearing anymore in running processes.. maybe it was related to sh*tty maps??? :fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed:
I've removed the GooglePlayservices.apk from my phone and not one of the Google apps has lost functionality. What is it used for?
A message comes up in YouTube when I first open it after wiping cache saying I need GooglePlayservices.apk or it won't work but I dismiss it and it works fine.
Also Google search bar says it needs it to work...... It doesn't.
Anyone know what it says ACTUALLY used for?
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Obagleyfreer said:
I've removed the GooglePlayservices.apk from my phone and not one of the Google apps has lost functionality. What is it used for?
A message comes up in YouTube when I first open it after wiping cache saying I need GooglePlayservices.apk or it won't work but I dismiss it and it works fine.
Also Google search bar says it needs it to work...... It doesn't.
Anyone know what it says ACTUALLY used for?
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Hi There,
Google Play services is used to update Google apps and apps from Google Play. This app gives you access to Google Settings and helps apps speed up offline searches. So this is basically the gateway between you're apps and google play store. Most off the apps we install uses this app to connect to the play store to check for their updates. If not found the apps (especially google apps) may result in an error or FC.
It doesn't take up that much space or resources. So you may as well keep it.
Hope that helped
He can't keep it. He's deleted it. Ha.
I've disables this app because even if it does not take a lot of space, it is running in background and consuming RAM, CPU and internet data.
Everything works fine without it.
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Hi There,
Google Play services is used to update Google apps and apps from Google Play. This app gives you access to Google Settings and helps apps speed up offline searches. So this is basically the gateway between you're apps and google play store. Most off the apps we install uses this app to connect to the play store to check for their updates. If not found the apps (especially google apps) may result in an error or FC.
It doesn't take up that much space or resources. So you may as well keep it.
Hope that helped
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I can still see updates available for apps in Google Play without googleplayservices though...........So I don't think you're correct about apps using it to check for updates, they all still work the same.
I've never had one force close since removing it and I can update all my Google apps perfectly fine.
That's why I'm asking, it seems like a pointless app.
It just runs in the background using up RAM and battery.
The processor overhead of looking for it and generating errors and going to the play store may use more battery. Not 100 percent sure though. I'll check. Seems similar to deleting cache /killing a thread takes more to rebuild than leave alone.
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Can someone please install HERE WeGo app?
Mine is always force closing after trying to log in. Also navigation does not work, app force closes...
I've cleared data and cache and also reinstalled it many times without success.
Yea I had to uninstall the app yesterday after sending a crash report. I'll install it some other time whenever it's fixed!
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Not sure about the app in question but my Maps app with navigation works perfectly.
Maps
is there a voice navigation map in ths phone
AlainJude said:
is there a voice navigation map in ths phone
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Google Maps support voice navigation. I'm not sure if it is better or worse than other apps, but it is there.
Same here, fortunately I have bought Sygic in 2014
Oh wonder....
Here was answering on the App-Feedback after the app force closed:
"Thank you for reaching out, we are sorry to hear that you had problems with HERE Maps. We are aware of the issue you are describing and our developers are already looking into it. We will get back to you in case we have some further questions on your case."
Then we have to wait......
schickel said:
Can someone please install HERE WeGo app?
Mine is always force closing after trying to log in. Also navigation does not work, app force closes...
I've cleared data and cache and also reinstalled it many times without success.
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Hi Schickel,
I have (had) the same issue, and it finally works now, I installed a bunch of different navigation apps to try them , downloaded their maps to finally think about just fully restart my phone and HERE worked!!
I don't know what is the exact reason that made Here WeGo to fully (navigation, sign in and map downloads) work again but here is my guess to maybe help you.
Force HERE WeGo to stop
Delete cache
Delete files
Uninstall HERE WeGo
Restart the Xperia XZ Premium
Install HERE WeGo and don't start the app
Go to
Settings >Storage & memory>Advanced>Keep Cache
Select HERE WeGo
Close everything
Restart phone
Start Here WeGo
It worked for me and I'm happy to use my favorite Navigation App again, hope it will work for you also.
Cheers.
SillyCrez said:
Hi Schickel,
I have (had) the same issue, and it finally works now, I installed a bunch of different navigation apps to try them , downloaded their maps to finally think about just fully restart my phone and HERE worked!!
I don't know what is the exact reason that made Here WeGo to fully (navigation, sign in and map downloads) work again but here is my guess to maybe help you.
Force HERE WeGo to stop
Delete cache
Delete files
Uninstall HERE WeGo
Restart the Xperia XZ Premium
Install HERE WeGo and don't start the app
Go to
Settings >Storage & memory>Advanced>Keep Cache
Select HERE WeGo
Close everything
Restart phone
Start Here WeGo
It worked for me and I'm happy to use my favorite Navigation App again, hope it will work for you also.
Cheers.
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Thank you for the hint.
I'm happy that you can now use HERE.
But for me your hints are not working. After fill in my credentials for my HERE account the app force closes again.
So my hope is that HERE will fix this problem in the near future.
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schickel said:
Thank you for the hint.
I'm happy that you can now use HERE.
But for me your hints are not working. After fill in my credentials for my HERE account the app force closes again.
So my hope is that HERE will fix this problem in the near future.
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Sorry to read that
here are more "hints" about how i was using my phone before it worked
it was only the 4th or 5th full phone restart since i bought it ( i rarely reboot)
HERE worked again "after" installing different navigation apps, don't know if that did something (it will be weird), but i will uninstall them one by one and get back to you if HERE crashes again or not.
When HERE worked, i start the app by hazard just to test it again, it was a fresh install, wasn't signed in and no map downloaded, i went straight to navigation and it was my surprise to see that screen scrolling without crash, i tried a route and it worked, i was outside and not connected to any wifi antenna.
i then signed in without problem, and downloaded a map.
I remember also that after fresh HERE installation and before first launch, i went to app settings to manually authorize HERE to access Position and Storage.
SillyCrez said:
Sorry to read that
here are more "hints" about how i was using my phone before it worked
it was only the 4th or 5th full phone restart since i bought it ( i rarely reboot)
HERE worked again "after" installing different navigation apps, don't know if that did something (it will be weird), but i will uninstall them one by one and get back to you if HERE crashes again or not.
When HERE worked, i start the app by hazard just to test it again, it was a fresh install, wasn't signed in and no map downloaded, i went straight to navigation and it was my surprise to see that screen scrolling without crash, i tried a route and it worked, i was outside and not connected to any wifi antenna.
i then signed in without problem, and downloaded a map.
I remember also that after fresh HERE installation and before first launch, i went to app settings to manually authorize HERE to access Position and Storage.
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I've tested around many options with different navi apps. And nothing helps.
Now I'm back back to Navigon. It also uses maps from HERE and it have one good feature what HERE not have: planning a route with layovers.
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Now I've got the firmware upgrade to 45.0.A.5.1. But this also doesn't fix my problem.
I give it up for now
schickel said:
I've tested around many options with different navi apps. And nothing helps.
Now I'm back back to Navigon. It also uses maps from HERE and it have one good feature what HERE not have: planning a route with layovers.
EDIT:
Now I've got the firmware upgrade to 45.0.A.5.1. But this also doesn't fix my problem.
I give it up for now
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Hi,
Just in case, HERE released an update on the Google play store, hope it will fix your problem, at least it didn't bring any new bug on my phone.
SillyCrez said:
Hi,
Just in case, HERE released an update on the Google play store, hope it will fix your problem, at least it didn't bring any new bug on my phone.
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No, it's the same. But now it doesn't start.
I've installed an older version from February 2017 2.0.11260. With this version HereWeGo works normally....
have you tried contacting the devs about the issue?
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have you tried contacting the devs about the issue?
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Of course... 3 weeks ago they told me, that his issue is a known bug and there are working on it. After this statement there was 2 updates, but without a working fix.
So I try out older versions and they are working normally.
Use older version help
I need to use older version 2.0.11036 newer than that it keep crashing
Did someone test new version from 2.8.2017 2.0.11608?
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Did someone test new version from 2.8.2017 2.0.11608?
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Still crashes on build 45.0.A.7.120.
The new update of 31 august (2.0.11608) seems to have solved the problem, it work for me !