Google maps can't find my location it keeps saying temp. Unavailable therefore my weather app ( beautiful widgets) isn't working correctly either I have the official tmobile update running completely stock, I can't figure it out... my gps works fine but I'm inside a apt building surrounded by allot of trees so leaving the gps on is not a option( besides the fact that it's a battery eater) but I do have full 3G bars... any ideas cause I'm fresh out?
Did you try unchecking "Use GPS Satellites" under "settings"/"location and security"?
Yeah its already unchecked..I tried almost everything before I decided to post
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Is "use wireless networks" checked?
Basically, there are only two methods for the phone to know where it is: The "Use wireless networks" method, which enables a coarse tower-based estimate, or the more precise fix by enabling the GPS. If both are disabled, there is no way for Google Maps or any other app to know where you are. Dunno which of these two values Beautiful Widgets is looking for.
Set yr beautiful Widget to a fixed place,
Or use wireless location
Wireless network is checked. This is not a beautiful widget problem but rather a google maps or location problem its showing that I'm at a place I was two days ago and when I try to go into maps and hit the find my location button it says location temporarily unavailable
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Update: I turned on wifi it worked perfectly found me instantly so is it a 3g issue, a vibrant issue ,or a google issue, anybody else have this problem
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Spokenblurb said:
Update: I turned on wifi it worked perfectly found me instantly so is it a 3g issue, a vibrant issue ,or a google issue, anybody else have this problem
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Yes sometime the Google map remember yr old location, just uncheck both wireless and GPS and go into Google map again can erase that record
For the temp unavailable issue, it is yr GPS problem, did u update to the ji6? It fixed the GPS issue already
And one thing, the wireless location is a estimated location, so if u r using the 3g, it estimated the big area of yr 3g signal ( don't exactly know how to say)
but if u r using Wi-Fi, the estimated is based on yr Mac address so it is more accurate coz it knows where yr router is
Well my gps is fine I don't use it indoors because I live in a apt (no signal outdoors its fine) so its off and I have wireless checked so it uses tmobile 3g network to find my location.... and I have the update I guess I'm a anomaly
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Try clearing google maps cache in settings/application
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You know what that did the trick thanks ....wonder why that fixed it either way thank you everybody who took the time out to help me
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Anybody else have issues with gps signal? I've been in nyc for a week and haven't picked up signal once. Doesn't matter if I'm in a hotel, on the street or in central park. Then I have my buddy picking up gps perfectly on his ipad and I can do the same on my droid x.
Should gps work regardless on cellular data? I tried with various settings including airport mode with no luck. Very frustrating experience and I'm wondering if I got a defective unit.
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Should gps work regardless on cellular data? I tried with various settings including airport mode with no luck. Very frustrating experience and I'm wondering if I got a defective unit.
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Yes and no. If you are just trying to follow yourself then yes. If you are trying to search for stuff or get directions then no.
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Sounds like a GPS a-gps thing.
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Try downloading GPS Status & Toolbox by ECLIPSIM. You can watch along the bottom as it picks up satellite signals, one by one.
That should help you isolate the problem.
As bwcorvus says, the GPS only spits out your geographic location.
You need Internet access before any program can take those coordinates, place them on a map, and guide you to a new location.
What app are you trying to use the GPS with?
Google Maps and Navigation need internet access.
Apps like CoPilot do not.
I hardly ever use Maps but today I tried and it would never get a GPS lock. Mapquest worked great so I know the GPS on the phone is working. I do not have Network Locations turned on but it should still work. I have not frozen any Google Apps but plenty of others. I have xposed and wanam, xprivacy installed but have not restricted Maps. Any ideas?
Thanks
Update: I guess there is no choice but allow Maps to use WIFI and Network Locations. It will not use GPS locations without using the other as well. I had always turned it off before to save battery and it worked fine as I recall so it's either a version change or I am mistaken. So accept battery drain or don't use Maps.
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Hi does anybody have a gps problem
My phone can't find any satellite
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Switch all location services off in settings. ie untick both gps satellites and wifi location. Then power off, reboot and switch them all on again. Use gps test (chartcross) to see if you can get a lock. You can also reset agps data if it remains slow to lock.
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I was worried too when I bought mine 3 weeks ago. Fortunately my gps works fine. I believe those that say there are batches with bad gps. Try replacement.
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u can download paster gps 4 fix
I have a Galaxy Note 2 on Verizon and lately my GPS has not been working properly. My navigation apps are not able to successfully determine my location using GPS. If I go into Location Services and turn on "Google Wi-Fi and mobile network location" though, I am able to track my location inside cities. In rural areas it does not work though.
So, I think there is something wrong with my GPS chip. Is there some sort of diagnostic I can run to check?
Try angry gps
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Try GPS Test
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&hl=en