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Behold II Network Location Issue

So, with the stock Touchwiz software you can not access the normal Android Settings menu for Location and by default the "Network Location" function is dissabled. I installed Open Home (which is a must for this phone imho) and now I can access the classic settings menu. I enabled Network Location then launched Google Maps. After a second or two it centered on a road in Bellevue, WA that is not too far from T-Mo headquarters, problem is I am on the East Coast of the US. I pulled the battery and reboot the phone. Upon reboot I opened Google Maps again and it quickly found my approx location correctly but then within a second or two it switched back to this phantom location in Washington state. Has anyone else experiences this? If so is this a glitch with my phone or a known issue witht he TouchWiz/Android OS? I really need this functionality in order for the phone to be useful for me. Anyone know of a fix for this?
Thanks a ton!

posted this over @ tmobile forums in your thread
same with me ,,same location ,, spent some time on the phone with a tmobile rep no go ,, so it looks like its something with the phone . I got ddms going in the SDK and found that the location mamager keeps using a cached location .If you use anycut app and make a shortcut for the phone info ,you can see the radio state and under location , it keeps switching from LAC=8e92 cid=d0a6a5( my real location) to LAC=unkown CID=unkown

Great information, thanks!
So I guess the only hope is for Samsung to release a fireware update that would include a fix for that. I hope they update to 1.6 or 2.0 at sometime in the near future. That is a real hassle.

I know but hopefuly it will be 2.0

Ah Ha! I think I have it figured out. I went to "Manage Applications" and found a program called "Network Location". I selected delete data and then went back to google maps. It found my true location and has not yet defaulted back to that phantom Washington location. I have not traveled anywhere yet though to see if it will update when I move. Give this a try and let me know if it works for you too.

I tried that ,didnt work ,found my location for a minute then went back to Washington,,

Yup, mine just reverted back too. It was good for a numbers of hours and kept updating even as I moved from place to place but then eventually it defaulted back to Bellevue. I guess I will just have to periodically dump the data until a fix is determined.

Google talk keeps on opening.....

After doing the update today I noticed that Google talk keeps on opening on its own. Even after signing out and closing in the "running services" app. How the hell do I stop this? I'm not sure if its killing battery but it bothers me to see it running if I don't use it
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You can go to more and stop it from auto signing in. not sure if that stops it from completely opening.

google talk is part of the market..

Kshawn said:
You can go to more and stop it from auto signing in. not sure if that stops it from completely opening.
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I forgot to say that I have that done already
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Freelancerx said:
google talk is part of the market..
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So...there's nothing I can do about it?
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EVOmaniac07 said:
So...there's nothing I can do about it?
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*sigh* unless you want to break the market then no theres nothing you can do about it... just go into google talk and make sure you uncheck sign in automatically then sign out, you wont ever sign in again....the process may run but it hardly uses any recourses, you have to realize that your not actually logged in to google talk, its just runs because the market uses something within that program....so just leave it alone lol

I was complaining about this over at PPCGEEKS. However, since watching my batter life over the day I'm not noticing any problems. When my phone sleeps, battery doesn't drain. When I talk on the phone, the drain is normal. The services gets activated whenever you use a program that utilizes you google log in information.
Others have told me that when the services is running only (i.e., signed out etc), the battery doesn't drain. I've found this to be true today.
Also my push gmail and google voice notifications work consistently now.

Thanks a lot for the answers guys. I guess I'm going to have to deal with it. Also it always signs me in automatically even though I have "sign in automatically" unchecked.
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My comment on this is that this behavior is completely different than before the update. It continuing to pop up in running services after signing out of it and killing the app like mentioned before does nothing in the end. Before the update doing the previous would not allow the service to come back up but now after the update it does so something has changed to cause this to happen regardless.
Also I find it odd that when I uncheck auto sign in and manually sign out, then kill the service via running services; and THEN click on GTalk app to open it up it comes up showing me signed in yet auto sign in is unchecked and all. I've tried checking it and unchecking it again, restarting the phone, and trying again and get the same results every time.

sgt. slaughter said:
My comment on this is that this behavior is completely different than before the update. It continuing to pop up in running services after signing out of it and killing the app like mentioned before does nothing in the end. Before the update doing the previous would not allow the service to come back up but now after the update it does so something has changed to cause this to happen regardless.
Also I find it odd that when I uncheck auto sign in and manually sign out, then kill the service via running services; and THEN click on GTalk app to open it up it comes up showing me signed in yet auto sign in is unchecked and all. I've tried checking it and unchecking it again, restarting the phone, and trying again and get the same results every time.
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... when you open the program (i.e. click on it), you are signed in. It assumes that you opening it means you want to use it.
"Auto sign in" only refers to when you turn your phone on, not when you choose to open the program. Due to Talk's connection to the Market, it will always show in Running Services, but does not use any resources and does not drain any battery life, as long as you are not actively running it.

ortizdupri said:
... when you open the program (i.e. click on it), you are signed in. It assumes that you opening it means you want to use it.
"Auto sign in" only refers to when you turn your phone on, not when you choose to open the program. Due to Talk's connection to the Market, it will always show in Running Services, but does not use any resources and does not drain any battery life, as long as you are not actively running it.
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I've read complaints that GTalk uses a lot of power, has this changed?

ortizdupri said:
... when you open the program (i.e. click on it), you are signed in. It assumes that you opening it means you want to use it.
"Auto sign in" only refers to when you turn your phone on, not when you choose to open the program. Due to Talk's connection to the Market, it will always show in Running Services, but does not use any resources and does not drain any battery life, as long as you are not actively running it.
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OK, well is this "connection to the market" NEW with the firmware update then? I ask because it would stay closed before the update and now it keeps coming up in the running services field.
Regardless of if it uses resources or not even if there, before the update it would stay out of the menu and now it keeps poping back up and the ONLY CHANGE is the update so that has something to do with it and I'd like to know what exactly and why.
btw what is the connection it has with the market anyway?

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OK, well is this "connection to the market" NEW with the firmware update then? I ask because it would stay closed before the update and now it keeps coming up in the running services field.
Regardless of if it uses resources or not even if there, before the update it would stay out of the menu and now it keeps poping back up and the ONLY CHANGE is the update so that has something to do with it and I'd like to know what exactly and why.
btw what is the connection it has with the market anyway?
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Mine has always appeared in Running Services, still running the original version, so don't know what to tell you.
It's something about linking your account with the market.

Plancy said:
I've read complaints that GTalk uses a lot of power, has this changed?
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If you leave it open and signed in, it certainly draws power as it is using your internet connection to communicate. I couldn't say if it's more or less than anything else, really, I don't leave mine logged in all the time, only hop on occasionally.

[Q] "Getting driving directions

Firmware 2.1-update1
Kernel 2.3.29
Phone is rooted
I haven't tried to use Google Maps since I rooted, until now. After I rooted and got rid of a bunch of bloatware, I did screw up and disabled a few apps I shouldn't have messed with. A few of them were things such as Google Talk and some other things......that I 'thought' were useless, but found out quickly I couldn't even DL apps from the Market without some of them.
I got that straight, and now I have found the only thing that doesn't work is nav. I can enter the address, and the driving directions come up in text. I can also see an overall map, with the directions outlined. When I click to change teh screen to navigation mode.....it gets stuck on "getting driving directions".
I've done a little research and tried a few things. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Google Maps, I have tried GPS Booster (tried the lite version for free), and GPS Booster failed, I have made sure all of my settings were correct for GPS......
When I first open Maps, where it gives your GPS location.....the pinpointed area it shows me in is about 0.75-1.0 miles away from where I actually am. So I am wondering if it isn't going off my phone position itself, instead of GPS.....
Anyone have any tips or things to try? I am out of things I have found to do.....

you could always just odin back to stock, then re-root, and see if that does the trick.

Download Gps Test from the market, enable VZW and Google location services, turn on GPS and run Gps test. If you able to get a lock with that Nav should get a lock as well.
If it still hangs on "getting driving directions" youve prob got app problems.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the app - pretty sure it just says "getting driving directions" until it gets a GPS lock, so make sure you're locked in the GPS Status app before trying the navigation.

ziggy484 said:
you could always just odin back to stock, then re-root, and see if that does the trick.
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I'm hoping for a much simpler solution.
AlgorithmX said:
Download Gps Test from the market, enable VZW and Google location services, turn on GPS and run Gps test. If you able to get a lock with that Nav should get a lock as well.
If it still hangs on "getting driving directions" youve prob got app problems.
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Downloaded two different free GPS testers.....neither will lock a location.
burlingtonbob said:
I don't think there's anything wrong with the app - pretty sure it just says "getting driving directions" until it gets a GPS lock, so make sure you're locked in the GPS Status app before trying the navigation.
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Ya....

I'd also like to also reiterate that after I rooted and deleted a bunch of bloatware, I did accidentally deactivate several things. I didn't actually delete ANYTHING, I simply renamed the extensions of everything from ".apk" to ".bak". Are there any critical apps I could have killed that aren't blatantly obvious by their names? I think I have all the Google stuff, and any of the voice things returned to normal. In fact I had to do that just to get the market to work....

Here are apps I have disabled:
BluetoothOPP
CarHome
CityID_1.0.27_vzn.sch.i500_12118_release
DeskHome
Dlna
Final_Schi500_3.9.3.3_07262010
I500_MyVerizon_05202010
InfoAlarm
MobileAP
MobileClientUpdate
TtsService
vnav_4.7.0.258_i500_rel_PROD-signed

Update:
I changed the last app I listed above back to .apk, and noticed that there were some changes for the better.
vnav_4.7.0.258_i500_rel_PROD-signed
When I opened Maps, I pulled up the directions like normal.....then switched it to navigate on the map. What I noticed was that the map showed up in the background.....and it was actually plotted my exact location. The map was still grayed out, and it still shows "getting driving directions".
I also ran GPS tester.....and it now shows lots of info on the display, but I am still trying to figure out how the fark to work it.

Ok, GPS tester plots within 20 feet of me.......but I can't get Maps to get into Nav mode still.

ttt
Anyone?

Anyone?

Tts is text to speach.. you need that for spoken directions.
Just a thought, but why not change all of the not so obvious ones back to apk's, and just see what happens.
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Reinstall back to stock than test. One step at a time. Stock than test root test etc ...
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cseeley said:
Tts is text to speach.. you need that for spoken directions.
Just a thought, but why not change all of the not so obvious ones back to apk's, and just see what happens.
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Did a scan of it, I'll probably go do it again here shortly...since I still haven't solved this.
onemotodroid said:
Reinstall back to stock than test. One step at a time. Stock than test root test etc ...
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I was hoping to avoid reloading to stock, especially since this app worked fine since rooting.

Location services for nook hd+

Hi Everyone,
I was trying to test out a WiFi tethering application (Open Garden). Open garden on Nook HD+ said that it needs the location services. I had turned off WiFi because I was trying to use Bluetooth tethering. Since HD+ does not have GPS, I could not do it. But even if I were to turn the WiFi on, how do I enable location services?
Also has anybody tried WiFi tethering of Nook HD+ to a cell phone for internet connection?
Thank you for any help.
Best Regards,
RaliR

RALIR said:
Hi Everyone,
I was trying to test out a WiFi tethering application (Open Garden). Open garden on Nook HD+ said that it needs the location services. I had turned off WiFi because I was trying to use Bluetooth tethering. Since HD+ does not have GPS, I could not do it. But even if I were to turn the WiFi on, how do I enable location services?
Also has anybody tried WiFi tethering of Nook HD+ to a cell phone for internet connection?
Thank you for any help.
Best Regards,
RaliR
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You have to be rooted and open the settings database with SQLite Editor. And change the blank value in location allowed to network.

leapinlar said:
You have to be rooted and open the settings database with SQLite Editor. And change the blank value in location allowed to network.
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Hi Leapinlar,
Thank you for your quick note. I did go into the settings database and made a couple of changes though nothing stood out very clearly. Can I impose on you to give me very specific instructions if you could. Obviously what I tried did not solve my problem.
Thank you again for being patient and helpful to newbies.
Best Regards,
RaliR

RALIR said:
Hi Leapinlar,
Thank you for your quick note. I did go into the settings database and made a couple of changes though nothing stood out very clearly. Can I impose on you to give me very specific instructions if you could. Obviously what I tried did not solve my problem.
Thank you again for being patient and helpful to newbies.
Best Regards,
RaliR
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Open the settings database in settings storage. Click on the secure table. Look for location providers allowed. In the value, it was originally blank. Type in network. Then install Google maps. You can get it on someone0's gapps thread. Then go to settings, device info, developers options and toggle the mock locations checkbox until the allow Google location dialog box pops up. Say ok. You are done.
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Ok, this seems to work for me. After following these directions above, I downloaded two apps, GPS Bluetooth to my nook and Bluetooth GPS output to my phone (galaxy nexus). Pair the devices, follow directions for each including set mock location provider in the tablet app, and voila, I have a GPS enabled Google maps on my tablet!
I also tether with Wi-Fi to get data. Now if I could just get the compass to connect...
Ps, need to wake lock my phone on GPS, uses a lot of power, with GPS, BT, 4g, and Wi-Fi all running.
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leapinlar said:
Open the settings database in settings storage. Click on the secure table. Look for location providers allowed. In the value, it was originally blank. Type in network. Then install Google maps. You can get it on someone0's gapps thread. Then go to settings, device info, developers options and toggle the mock locations checkbox until the allow Google location dialog box pops up. Say ok. You are done.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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I never get any pop up dialog box when I enable mock locations. I've updated my settings to network and tried uninstalling/reinstalling Maps before updating the mock locations but nothing happens when I turn it on and Maps isn't finding me. Any ideas?

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I never get any pop up dialog box when I enable mock locations. I've updated my settings to network and tried uninstalling/reinstalling Maps before updating the mock locations but nothing happens when I turn it on and Maps isn't finding me. Any ideas?
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And you have gapps installed?
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rlefranc said:
I never get any pop up dialog box when I enable mock locations. I've updated my settings to network and tried uninstalling/reinstalling Maps before updating the mock locations but nothing happens when I turn it on and Maps isn't finding me. Any ideas?
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Me either, but it works for me anyway...enabled inside MAPS.

leapinlar said:
And you have gapps installed?
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I do. I'm rooted, running Google Play, Gmail, YouTube and Movies & TV. Maps installs fine and will function to look up a location or map directions but when I tap the icon to find my current location I get a small white box on the screen but I can't read it because it must be in white font.

[Solved] Mock locations - fake gps not working

Hey all,
Just got a 6p and have run into an issue. I need the ability to set a fake location but I can't seem to get it to stick on the 6p.
I have tried a few different apps and even ran the expert mode via root with the " Fake GPS" app by MegApps. The location settings are set to device only with both WiFi and Bluetooth scanning options turned off. Yet no matter what I seem to do, the phone still picks up its native gps signal canceling out my mock location.
Anyone know a fix or have any suggestion? Any insight would be appreciated
Running stock with root and tried android N
Edit: After trying numerous apps I finally found one that worked properly. Not sure what's different about it but "Location Cheater" in the play store works

Hey I saw three apps with "Location Cheater" as a name in the play store. Which one worked?

marl1234 said:
Hey I saw three apps with "Location Cheater" as a name in the play store. Which one worked?
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Here you go
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rosteam.fakegps

Sorry double post

I try to follow the link you provided earlier
And google play shows "no item found" or smth like that
Is it removed or something?
Could you please upload it somewhere
Thx in advance
Ps pardon my english