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Drove home tonight and had to avoid an accident, turned on Tom Tom 7 and the phone locked up after a few minutes requiring a reset. Tried again, same thing happened.
Tried google maps, again same thing happened after a few minutes. This happened to anyone else? I have TouchFlow 3d installed (but same happened without it loaded). I was able to use TomTom for half an hour a few weeks ago with no issues.
Anyone else having an issue or know of a problem?
No, I am driving with bluetooth on and connected to my Parrot CK 3100 and Navigation with Navigon MN7. I can make and receive phone calls without problems while navigating. After the phone call the navigation is shown after a few seconds again and at the right place (not where the call started!).
Just as it should be...
This happened to me on Sunday when I was using Copilot 7. I then tried Google maps and it froze again. To solve this I reinstalled Copilot and this seems to have solved the problem.
Only reason I could think of is that I had just transfered the files across to a bigger sd card and thats why it kept freezing. Not sure how it was related to google maps as it was only the copilot files I had on the memory card.
All this could have effected GPS in some way but I'm not sure.
Hope this helps...
mingoid said:
Drove home tonight and had to avoid an accident, turned on Tom Tom 7 and the phone locked up after a few minutes requiring a reset. Tried again, same thing happened.
Tried google maps, again same thing happened after a few minutes. This happened to anyone else? I have TouchFlow 3d installed (but same happened without it loaded). I was able to use TomTom for half an hour a few weeks ago with no issues.
Anyone else having an issue or know of a problem?
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I noticed that if you don't connect to GPS via com4, but rather GPS Intermediate driver, this will hang.
What's the GPS setting of your Tom Tom?
TomTom just shows it as "Built-in GPS receiver". I think the COM4 is only for external GPS?
COM4 can be used for apps which don't realise that there is a built-in GPS. If TomTom is playing up it's worth trying it.
Tried COM4 setting but TomTom still locked up the phone after a few minutes(I'm in the office with poor GPS visibiliy also). Soft rebooted and tried Google maps which wouldn't recognise COM4 so went back to normal setting. Google maps then continued to work with no issues this time. I hadn't yet loaded TouchFlo 3D panel. Could this be a resources issue, is just having Touchflo installed a likely culprit? I haven't made any "tweaks" to performance/memory, was also thinking of installing the custom rom (itje?) with TouchFlo included as I hear it runs better than installing the cab?
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I have had gps working perfectly with copilot 7 in fact been amazed how fast the lock is etc but now it has stopped worling altogether for no apparent reason. No hang ups or freezes just not getting a lock at all on either copilot or google maps. I have even tried a hard reset and reinstalled everything and despite wandering about outdoors for ages, still nothing. Anyone got any ideas before I have to send my phone back? Thanks.
same problem here, tomtom 7.4 and 7.9 hangs the phone. If i don't activate intermediate driver ("manage gps automatically", I suppose) tomtom can't find gps receiver
also, it isn't a tomtom problem because demo mode withot receiver goes very well (tested 1 night while sellping, no hangs)
Are you using XperiaTweak and changing the graphics and system cache values I had the same problem with tt7 after changing system cache too high, if you are try lowering system cache value.
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it isn't a tomtom problem because demo mode without receiver goes very well (tested 1 night while sellping, no hangs)
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also, no tweak, so it isn' graphic related. It's a gps driver issue. ****
guap said:
same problem here, tomtom 7.4 and 7.9 hangs the phone. If i don't activate intermediate driver ("manage gps automatically", I suppose) tomtom can't find gps receiver
also, it isn't a tomtom problem because demo mode withot receiver goes very well (tested 1 night while sellping, no hangs)
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although i don't use tomtom, this is consistent with my observation that using intermediate driver will hang the phone (I use Garmin MXT)
did you try using com4 instead? it should work.
hard reset seems to fix the issue... have to test more before declare it definely solved but now seems to work (30 min without freeze...) I pray
guap said:
hard reset seems to fix the issue... have to test more before declare it definely solved but now seems to work (30 min without freeze...) I pray
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have you ever used Advance Config to enable Quick GPS? I noticed that might have created compatibility issue. Couldn't prove it though.
hell I don't think I've seen the GPS get a lock once... on google maps it always had "searching for satellites (0)" and it never increased. I usually found what I was looking for and closed the app by then. I installed Advanced Config 3.3 and saw that it said A-GPS was disabled, so I enabled it and made sure QuickGPS was updated with info and tried google maps again. Still... it can't find any satellites. My HTC touch diamond would get a lock in seconds on the stock ROM, even indoors. I think SE really dropped the ball with the X1 =\
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hell I don't think I've seen the GPS get a lock once... on google maps it always had "searching for satellites (0)" and it never increased. I usually found what I was looking for and closed the app by then. I installed Advanced Config 3.3 and saw that it said A-GPS was disabled, so I enabled it and made sure QuickGPS was updated with info and tried google maps again. Still... it can't find any satellites. My HTC touch diamond would get a lock in seconds on the stock ROM, even indoors. I think SE really dropped the ball with the X1 =\
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as I mentioned earlier, I observed that my GPS reception/fix is more stable if I do not enable A-GPS via the Advanced Config method, but just download the data from the program.
now I can even get fix indoor or my underground carpark (not totally covered so signal reception is still possible)!
I had this problem for the first time today.
Both iGO and Tomtom would freeze after a few minutes requiring the battery to be removed to gain control of the device again. I did a hard reset only a couple of days ago so it should be relatively clean.
Eventually I found that downloading the latest QuickGPS file appears to have solved the problem (even though the previous one still had 5 days to run). I wonder if the QuickGPS file was corrupt?
Does the system use QuickGPS only once when starting up the GPS, or does it continue to consult with it during navigation? My experience suggests the latter, or it may just be coincidence...
First, make sure you test w/ nothing being install to make sure no other conflict.
I've been using Igudiance4(w/ GPS gate), Igo8, Garmin Mobile XT 5.020 (TomTom 7 not tested because it's suck compare to others) more than an hour (Los Angeles to San Diego) without issue (and I am using CorePlayer to play music in the background too).
I have nailed down the issue to the GPS setting applied by the Advanced Config Tool (ACT). Will probably have to go deeper to understand the registry value it sets so that I can simulate the same w/o the ACT to prove/conclude the point.
But before I undo the setting by ACT, I frequently have drop GPS signal (Garmin will always complain lost satellite, takes a few minute to acquire before losing the satellite signal again). If I switched to GPS Intermediate driver, instead of COM4, I would get the hung situation.
After I have undone the ACT's GPS setting, my Xperia now has NO drop signal, nor will it hang when I access the GPS through the GPS intermediate driver port, instead of physical com 4.
I am having the same problem again now after I updated the QuickGPS yesterday. And I can confirm this is not related to bluetooth or xperiatweak or TouchFlo 3D or intermediate driver or the navigation softwares.
This is the problem:
Start Igo8 -> GPS gets coordinates -> working fine for 2-3 minutes -> THE PHONE FREEZES
Start Tomtom 7 -> GPS gets coordinates -> working fine for 2-3 minutes -> THE PHONE FREEZES
Basically, after using the GPS for like 2 - 3 minutes, the phone crashed and needed to be soft-reset. I think running the QuickGPS caused the problem. I had the same problem last time I updated the quickGPS. But after like a week the freeze problem had gone. Since then I had not updated the QuickGPS for a long time until yesterday and my igo8 and tomtom had been working fine last week without any freezes.
I cant seem to get my GPS working all the time. I've got some Freecaddie software but the GPS seems to work when it wants. What do I need to do to get it to work everytime I use the software?????
It should work out of the box, and works very well.
For the first fix though, stand under open sky for a while.
Are you using the GPS indoor? Getting a fix indoor is quite difficult and not possible in most cases until you are not standing next to a window.
i have a similar problem, i´m using igo on my hd and it worked very good in the beginning, but since a while when i start it, it gets a normal gps fix but then the gps connection only lasts a few seconds (5-6) and then looses connection for about 30 secs and when it finally finds it again it lasts again only 5-6secs...
can anyone help me? it´s very annoiying when i´m in a foreign town where i don´t have a good orientation and my navi system won´t help me at all
Hmmmmm - this should work "out of the box" whenever you use a GPS application.
Try this free app: Chartcross GPS Test 1.04 http://www.chartcross.co.uk
It will scan for a GPS device if you have one (as HD does).
that´s not my problem, igo finds my gps receiver...
GPS signal dissapears for 30 seconds then re-appears.
This is resolved by a soft reset, although in one case (When I actually was lost) it took 6 consecutive soft resets to finally start working whereas normally it only takes one or two...
I would be very interested to hear if anyone has a resolution to this issue?? or any idea's what may cause it not to work properly before one or two soft resets??
mine kept stopping for 30 seconds while I was driving, soft reset is a bit of a pain.. does QuickGPS help ?
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mine kept stopping for 30 seconds while I was driving, soft reset is a bit of a pain.. does QuickGPS help ?
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Definitely, having QuickGPS updated won't hurt. Some people says it doesn't help much, but it should. It downloads updated data from satellites so that the internal GPS does not need to wait for that info. Anyway, GPS worked for me out of the box, without QuickGPS; it does the work very well and is quick fixing the position. Try GPS Test, as said above.
I have Duffy's 1.7 ROM (and admittidly this issue has only started since I loaded this ROM, Quick GPS is on, but shouldn't affect anything ONCE the satalites are locked... what happens is the satalites pick up for 30 seconds then off for 30 seconds then on then off ad infinitum. I use Tom Tom 7 and CheckPOInt, other than that fairly standard apps... core player etc. At the mo I'm just in the habit of soft reseting before starting GPS, from a soft reset button in touchflo programs its not so bad. Anyone else experiencing this exact thing of 30 on and 30 off??
The problem of losing GPS regularly happens if you have assisted GPS active. Uncheck this and all will work fine.
Does it still lock on fairly quick without Agps? I must admit I have not tried yet.
I have a problem where I've tried TomTom7 and in the GPS status screen it shows up to 7 or 8 satellites really quickly (maybe 10 seconds) then they all disappear a few seconds later, and it says something like "Are you sure you aren't inside a building?" (yes, I just didn't notice obviously!), then a few seconds later they all appear again & then off & on etc.
It's annoying but when they are showing they give a relevant position and speed.
Is this the same problem? No-one knows what is causing it I assume?
Crett, ( and a bunch of you above) sounds like you have AGPS enabled. AGPS (assisted GPS) must be disabled or it will do exactly what you are describing.
Cheers, and yes, I have got Agps activated. But it doesn't explain why it happens though.
Does the gps still work well without the download assistance?
It works flawlessly without AGPS and from what I remember (not 100% on this) , the AGPS is a bug through all HDs (drivers prolly) might even be throughout other htc phones
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It works flawlessly without AGPS and from what I remember (not 100% on this) , the AGPS is a bug through all HDs (drivers prolly) might even be throughout other htc phones
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as i understood it, if your cellphone provider does not submit a proper agps signal, the htc always resets the gps with the faulty data. so switch of agps.
how do I disable agps??
cheers
Start, Settings, System, AGPS Settings, Disable.
And yes, it's working fine with it disabled.
Thanks
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as i understood it, if your cellphone provider does not submit a proper agps signal, the htc always resets the gps with the faulty data. so switch of agps.
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hmm haven't heard that but good to know. Now is the problem that htc coded it wrong (waiting for a wrong signal that doesn't come?)? That would be my take on it, since i haven't heard of anyone having the agps working (otherwise I'd think it would be the cell companies fault).
not sure if this helps, but i was just pratting around with settings in tomtom as mine was loosing signal every 30secondstoo. changed to max baud rate on com 4 and its now working sweet as
Howdy,
I'm only able to get Latitude working when GPS is on, it doesn't seem to want to auto update using tower triangulation.
I think I saw something on Google about there being some issues with the 6800, has anyone gotten this to work?
My gps works perfectly. Did you try using gpsviwer or htc gps tool? Please list your exact setup for any help on troubleshooting
Sorry, i might have been a bit unclear: latitude works fine when I am using GPS... but the thing is I can't keep GPS on 24/7. I was wondering if people had success with getting latitude to auto-update with an approximate location based on tower triangulation like all the other phones seem to do
Why can't you use gps 24/7? I don't think the Titans have the triangulation ability. My gps is on 24/7.
my battery is dead in 2 hours if GPS is on, plus it doesnt work indoors
My location is set to on all the time. My phone dies after days not hours. I think you have other problems.
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My location is set to on all the time. My phone dies after days not hours. I think you have other problems.
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my location is always set to on, and i have the googlemaps process running in the background but if i get out of the googlemaps even though it asks me if i want to keep my location on it will not update my location unless im inside of googlemaps.
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my location is always set to on, and i have the googlemaps process running in the background but if i get out of the googlemaps even though it asks me if i want to keep my location on it will not update my location unless im inside of googlemaps.
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Is this a question or a statement? Please explain if you are asking a question.
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Is this a question or a statement? Please explain if you are asking a question.
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if i go into googlemaps it will update my location, when i exit it will ask to keep my location on which i choose yes. Googlemaps closes but the process is still running in the background yet it will not update my location until i open googlemaps back up. Shouldnt it be always updating my location then?
I don't know about that one. But my guess is no. But why would you want it to update your location when you aren't using the program.
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I don't know about that one. But my guess is no. But why would you want it to update your location when you aren't using the program.
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googlemaps has latitude in it, latitude is used to show your friends where you are, thats why i want it to always update it, it even asks me to keep displaying my location so then it should be always updating it but it doesnt.
Its not a problem for me i just thought it was a pretty cool program but if i always have to be in it to update my location then whats the point besides to see where your friends are but if it doesnt update it for them then who really knows where anyone is.
Ok well I bet the program is updating you location automatically. Are you putting you phone in sleep mode, because this breaks gps locks. You can't let your phone go to sleep if you want your gps to update.
If I read it right when you exit it asks if you want to keep the location stored on googles server, which means it's not updating, but if someone checks where you are at it will show the last place you were at.
I believe this means if you answer no that it removes your location from the map so it doesn't show you anywhere, tho this is just a guess as I only got the software lastnight.
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I have the same problem on my Desire, and I found this from google;
"This is the intended behavior, however, there is a known issue where background location updates stop periodically on the Android devices, especially if you are using many other apps simultaneously. We're in the process of working on releasing a fix for this issue so thank you for your patience. In the meantime, you may need to occasionally tap My Location from the Maps menu to restart background updates."
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google%20Mobile/thread?tid=00fd6e74b895ef95&hl=en
Hello to all!!!
I have a SM-G530H Galaxy Grand Prime, rooted and with Telcel Rom in Mexico. Lately I've had lots of problems with the GPS signal. I use my phone to track my runs with Adidas miCoach and Nike Running apps, but recently it started losing gps constantly.
Anybody has similar problems? Any Solutions?
Thanks for your help!!!
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Hello to all!!!
I have a SM-G530H Galaxy Grand Prime, rooted and with Telcel Rom in Mexico. Lately I've had lots of problems with the GPS signal. I use my phone to track my runs with Adidas miCoach and Nike Running apps, but recently it started losing gps constantly.
Anybody has similar problems? Any Solutions?
Thanks for your help!!!
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I have the same problem with my Gran Prime not rooted. That problem apperead 2 weeks ago.
the same Here
have you check location setting for the specified apps?
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ds5462 said:
I have the same problem with my Gran Prime not rooted. That problem apperead 2 weeks ago.
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I have the same problem. I have a rooted SM-G530H which worked fine locking onto GPS until this month (August). Lately, it takes a long time to lock on to GPS with Waze. I've tried factory reset but still the GPS lock takes so long, even on a clear and sunny day. I have GPS lock installed but don't know if it really speeds up GPS lock. I also noticed that when using Ulysse Speedometer pro, the GPS is ok (sort of) and can tell my car speed via GPS. If I have waze running in the background, I can hear it also locking to the GPS and giving me turn by turn directions. But if I return to waze as the main program, the GPS lock will be broken and will stay broken. Then if I return to Ulysse again, GPS lock will be restored after several seconds, and waze (in the background) will also lock and resume giving me turn-by-turn instructions again. So I don't know if Waze is the problem. But GPS lock really takes a long time compared to the previous month.
anybody found a soloution?
i bought my Glaxay Grand Prime on september and it doesn't lock on location for navigation (not in Waze nor in Google Maps), has anyone found the soulotion?
also, each time i try to update the software the phone crashes, will the software update help with the navugation?
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sickofgalaxy said:
i bought my Glaxay Grand Prime on september and it doesn't lock on location for navigation (not in Waze nor in Google Maps), has anyone found the soulotion?
also, each time i try to update the software the phone crashes, will the software update help with the navugation?
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Reading about this and searching around, I found that somebody suggested going into Airplane mode and that doing it solved his gps problems. I tried it and all the times that I've used it in airplane mode it hasn't lost gps fix once. I used primarily for running and jogging applications, so I don't need internet or data when doing it.
Hope this helps!!!
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Reading about this and searching around, I found that somebody suggested going into Airplane mode and that doing it solved his gps problems. I tried it and all the times that I've used it in airplane mode it hasn't lost gps fix once. I used primarily for running and jogging applications, so I don't need internet or data when doing it.
Hope this helps!!!
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first off all, thanks for the advice!
i tried using it in airplane mode, i didn't work but when i turn it on again it located me once on Google maps, and after i tried again i didn't. still, it's somthing. it worked for you directly when it was on airplane mode? becouse it keep searching for network first of all and it won't even try to navigate before that
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first off all, thanks for the advice!
i tried using it in airplane mode, i didn't work but when i turn it on again it located me once on Google maps, and after i tried again i didn't. still, it's somthing. it worked for you directly when it was on airplane mode? becouse it keep searching for network first of all and it won't even try to navigate before that
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Hi sickofgalaxy! I use gps for my running apps, Nike+ and Adidas Run and Train, most of the time. When I am home I'am connected to my home wifi and before leaving home on a run I go into airplane mode. Once in airplane mode I run GPS Status App and it locks into the satellites very quickly, I then start walking to the track where I jog; once there I start Adidas Run and Train App and use it without a problem.
Hope this helps!
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I've the same problem...
Anyone else having an issue where when using Android Auto, the Waze app won't get a correct location until I switch to the Google maps app first and then go back and everything is fine. I've tried reinstalling all apps involved and still same outcome. Not deal break but still annoying
Yes, I do the exact same thing to "fix" the problem. I originally had the problem, it went away for a period of time, now it's back again. It seems Waze wants to use GPS but is in the background/goes to sleep - due to Android auto where the phone screen is off.
As a side note, my Waze also looks like it's got green hues everywhere now both in day and night modes. It makes the map background seem less crisp around roads and road names.
Same here for waze
This only happens to me when I connect the device when its asleep.
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This only happens to me when I connect the device when its asleep.
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Hmm I've only ever connected it while its asleep. I'll try and see if connecting with it awake fixes it.
I've also tried having Waze and android auto being ignored by the battery optimization and still no luck.
I have also this problem... Still... It's very annoying as Google maps is working so I guess it has something to do with waze itself and not Android auto. I hope they fix this problem. I use waze for speedtraps etc...