Just tried to use google maps to get to a place and found out that when the navigation mode is on,the direction is completely off and usually stuck in one place.
When I'm out of navigation mode,the compass seems to work fine and points to the direction I am pointing at.
Purchased the phone less than a month ago.
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Hi guys, I have DROID X that I picked up on launch date and the only thing I hate about this phone is GPS lock is taking forever! I would be standing outside and it will still take at least 10 mins to get a lock.
I still have my HTC HD2 and it will get lock on satellite no problem after I run included app called QuickGPS. Right now after running GPS Test app on DROID X for like 10 mins. and it is showing 5 satellites in view and 3 in use. I have HD2 right next to my DROIDX and it is showing between 5 and 7 active. Once I ran QuickGPS on HD2, I can open Google Maps app on HD2 later in the day and I can get my location instantly. Can't do the same with DROID X. I will have to start this 10 mins. process all over again. This is really annoying.
Before I returned EVO for DROID X, I don't remember getting GPS lock taking a long time on EVO. I thought may be my DROID X's GPS chip is defected but my wife's DROID X she got 10 days after launch is doing the same thing. Long wait time to get sat lock.
So is there any DROID X owners having the same issue? Is there a QuickGPS app for Android phone to update GPS satellite data to the phone to cut down the long wait time to get a satellite lock?
I used the GPS, Google Nav on my Droid X for the first time this Saturday with no delay or issues.
Here is how I pulled it up and used it.
I enabled GPS via the power buttons on my desktop, held the lower search button town and said "Navigate to Tri County Mall." It pulled up and within seconds had me plotted and I was on my way.
Only issue is that the Nav program did lockup half way through the trip. I just had to hit home and "Navigate to" and it was fine from then on.
Ok this is what I have found with gps fix. You must establish fix prior to using google nav. So turn on gps under settings etc then open google maps hit menu key and select my location should get fix right away. Now start nav and it will work flawlessly. I tried to use nav without a gps fix and would drive for 30 miles without fix, then tried canceling navigation route to get back to gmaps, as soon as I opened maps it always has a fix.
Also of you haven't read there is a battery bug with the gps make sure you cycle off your gps when your done using it or battery life will be crap.
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Enndr said:
I used the GPS, Google Nav on my Droid X for the first time this Saturday with no delay or issues.
Here is how I pulled it up and used it.
I enabled GPS via the power buttons on my desktop, held the lower search button town and said "Navigate to Tri County Mall." It pulled up and within seconds had me plotted and I was on my way.
Only issue is that the Nav program did lockup half way through the trip. I just had to hit home and "Navigate to" and it was fine from then on.
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That is weird. If I go to Google Maps app and go to Menu and select "My Location" it takes forever to pin point my location because it is searching for GPS lock. But when I followed what you said by holding down Search button and say "Navigate to xxxx", I was able to get a GPS lock within 10 seconds and get directions. Thanks for the tip!
Anyone else experiencing this issue on their S4? The newest version of google maps (with the new layout) is painfully slow in locking my location, often taking 30 seconds to 1 min or more. Other apps that use location data (uber, gasbuddy, yelp, etc) lock very fast with a-gps (i usually have gps turned off), typically in 1-3 seconds. Google maps though, the most crucial one, takes forever. Often I will open the app, and it always default opens to the last location I was zoomed in on. I will then manually move the map to look at something else, and 45 seconds later it finally locks on to my position and zips away from what I was looking at and to my physical location. Really annoying, and since the other programs seem to work just fine, I am assuming this is an issue with the maps app itself and not the gps or a-gps capability in the phone.
Anyone experiencing the same issue?
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Anyone else experiencing this issue on their S4? The newest version of google maps (with the new layout) is painfully slow in locking my location, often taking 30 seconds to 1 min or more. Other apps that use location data (uber, gasbuddy, yelp, etc) lock very fast with a-gps (i usually have gps turned off), typically in 1-3 seconds. Google maps though, the most crucial one, takes forever. Often I will open the app, and it always default opens to the last location I was zoomed in on. I will then manually move the map to look at something else, and 45 seconds later it finally locks on to my position and zips away from what I was looking at and to my physical location. Really annoying, and since the other programs seem to work just fine, I am assuming this is an issue with the maps app itself and not the gps or a-gps capability in the phone.
Anyone experiencing the same issue?
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Not really. When I have GPS issues on Maps, I clear its data/cache, and reset my GPS data in "GPS Status" app. Usually that fixes things. But each case is different. Start from there, see how things progress.
My main issue since day one has been the orientation of the marker on Maps. On my old S2 with the old Maps, the map oriented towards the direction that I'm driving. Not in the S4/New Maps combo. I click on the "compass" icon, doesn't orient it properly. I've calibrated my compass. Still the same. Annoying. Not an issue in Navigation, only in standard Maps.
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Not really. When I have GPS issues on Maps, I clear its data/cache, and reset my GPS data in "GPS Status" app. Usually that fixes things. But each case is different. Start from there, see how things progress.
My main issue since day one has been the orientation of the marker on Maps. On my old S2 with the old Maps, the map oriented towards the direction that I'm driving. Not in the S4/New Maps combo. I click on the "compass" icon, doesn't orient it properly. I've calibrated my compass. Still the same. Annoying. Not an issue in Navigation, only in standard Maps.
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This appears to be a different issue as clearing data/cache has no affect, and it mostly refers to the a-gps locking location. It is equally slow with gps, but I never turn gps on and in the previous versions of maps and on previous phones, a gps worked very fast to lock a rough location. It still does with other location based programs, but the new maps is the issue I am 99% sure
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So I recently flashed CM11 on my LG G2 (Verizon). After some initial troubles, I managed to get everything working just fine, except for the GPS. Even when I turn on high accuracy location services, the GPS will place me within a few hundred feet of my location at best when I'm not connected to WiFi. If I try using maps to navigate somewhere, all I'll just get a GPS lost notification soon after I start it, and then my location will randomly hop around as I drive within a few thousand feet of my actual location. I'll never actually get a GPS lock or have it be accurate enough to give me directions. This all worked perfectly fine on stock, so it can't be a hardware issue of any kind. Has anyone experienced a similar issue or have any idea how I may go about solving this?
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I'm having a similar, if not the same issue. New D802 Intl LG G2, GPS was fine in stock.
I installed CM11 Snapshot M11 and GAPPS, and Google Maps is unable to use the GPS. Interestingly a 3rd-party apps such as the popular "GPS Status" and Co-Pilot apps work fine.
When I load Google Maps and it sits there looking for a location, the location icon doesn't appear in the notification bar. However when I use "GPS Status" the notification icon appears instantly and gets a lock quite quickly.
I notice a few mentions of GPS issues on the CM11 bug tracker but they say resolved -- https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/NIGHTLIES-199
I just tried the latest nightly 20141022 (dirty update), but still the same issue.
I only just spent the necessary couple of hours to get the phone setup so I'm a little unwilling to do it again until the weekend.
I've got a bit of a strange problem, where google maps seems to refuse to actually use the phones gps (device). If I use high accuracy it immediately zooms in on a location thats more than 5kms away.
I installed osmand, and it is able to see and lock onto 5/19 gps satellites just fine, gmaps on the other hand just sits there, it does produce the 'location' icon, but never gets a lock. I installed gps status from the play store, and downloaded the latest gps-a data, but thats made no difference.
One thing I did notice though, was that when i start osmand, the notification from gps status appears, but when trying to find location on gmaps no such thing happens, which leads me to think that gmaps isnt even trying.
location is set to device only, google location reporting etc is on.
So far ive done a cache / data wipe of maps in settings, uninstalled back to factory version, re-updated to the latest but all to no avail.
Does anyone have any ideas? thanks
I am sure that I would not even know this except I have the Edge Panel "My Places" which I really like because I can set up a profile for work and have my phone go to vibrate when I pull in the parking lot and can get to the apps easily that I use most.
Well every now and then I have noticed that the profile has switched off of work and to home while I am at work, sitting at my desk and not moving. This has become more frequent in the last week. So when I hear the profile change I have looked at Google Maps and sure enough my GPS lock is showing that I am home. After about 30 seconds this all of the sudden updates back to my work location and the My Places profile updates right away.
I am sure if I did not have the My Places profiles set-up I would never know, but has anyone else ran in to this issue, and if so is there a way to fix this? Thanks
Similar issue here, except mine shows I'm home or wherever my last location was when I had my gps on when I'm trying to check for a route to somewhere, only fix that seems to work is closing and reopening google maps, thought it was a google maps issue, guess not.