Anyone have any luck getting this site to work? It worked fine when I first set it up on the June 22nd but hasnt worked again since. When I try device location I get this error...We could not connect to your device to get its location at this time. We will update the location next time your device connects to the Sense services. When I try to make the phone ring I get...Unable to connect to your phone to make it ring. So yeah, anyone have any luck, or is the site just not functioning correctly at the moment?
I think the site is still not working how it should. Ive been having the same issues since I got my evo 3d.
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It only was able to ring my phone and find it's location on the real release date, before and after that it gives me the same error you're getting.
didnt work fully the day i signed up
4 days later, all the options seem to work (although i didnt try to forward my texts)
but location, lock, and ring phone worked
Yeah I am having the same issues..It works at first, then stops. Must be issues on HTCs end still.
Same here, nothing has worked for me since I signed up.
Nothing works for me either.
Ok, guess its the site than. Poo.
works fine for me
It's been working fine for me as well.
It's working for me today. It's still in beta so I'm sure there are still plenty of glitches to work out.
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Hi,
I've had my TP for about four moths now. I had it happen several times when the phone would just freeze and wouldn't react to anything until I pulled the battery out.
Today though something VERY weird happened. The phone worked fine during the day. I checked new emails, played some games and everything seemed correct. Aat evening my battery drained and after I plugged it to the charger and powered on. Once powered on it showed that I had missed 5 calls throughout the day and had 2 new voicemails. If it had froze up I would know and restart it, but everything seemed to work correctly.
I have great signal coverage too.
Anyone had that? Did you service it?
I don't want to make test phone calls to make sure it's working. I want to be able to rely on it.
TP
Alltel Stock ROM, Radio and everyhing. NO TF3D just plain Windows mobile desktop.
i hate stock roms. sorry i'm not much help. but why stick with a stock rom when there are so many "advanced" ones to try? if you made it to this forum i assume you can work a pc/ppc so why not put it to use? sorry, just my $0.02
If you gps isnt accurate, or takes forever to lock on, or is just not working
goto
settings--->Location & security---> uncheck vzw location services
try to use Standalone GPS services by itself, if not use Standalone and Google. just make sure the vzw one is off.
I tested with some people and it worked for them too.
WoW.... it really works... Just confirmed it myself. I am rooted, I did NOT do lagfix and updated to DI01
confirmed worked. it took 2 sec and was almost 100% accurate. with all 3 checked it was hit and miss and when it did find me it wasnt accurate and it took anywhere from 3-5 min to find me and it was usually about 1-2 football fields away,, still on old software, no update for me yet and no root
nice find
wasupwithuman said:
If you gps isnt accurate, or takes forever to lock on, or is just not working
goto
settings--->Location & security---> uncheck vzw location services
I tested with some people and it worked for them too.
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I have had that unchecked since the phone came out and still had problems. If there was any fix it was from the update.
unchecked... no difference, lock time is still measured around 1-2 mins.
didn't work for me...
Worked great for me. I was getting fed up waiting on the damn thing to lock onto me while I was driving and needed to find a place quick and directions. Thanks for the heads up.
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unchecked... no difference, lock time is still measured around 1-2 mins.
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boristheblade said:
didn't work for me...
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Kristoferallen said:
I have had that unchecked since the phone came out and still had problems. If there was any fix it was from the update.
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wasnt the update, because i had the update and my gps was sucking...
try to use Standalone GPS services by itself, if not use Standalone and Google. just make sure the vzw one is off.
I checked all 3 after reading about it somewhere then my gps started working with no problem with google maps and I live in nyc.
I think the result varies.
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downloading and running gps status also fixes it. it worked for me
My "VZW" was never checked.
Checked, unchecked, rebooted,ect....GPS Still hosed
Thanks though!
glemery007 said:
My "VZW" was never checked.
Checked, unchecked, rebooted,ect....GPS Still hosed
Thanks though!
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Take it in to verizon and show them... They will give you a new phone.
So are you guys getting GPS locks in a matter of seconds all the time, even after reboot? Mine takes a few minutes all the time to get a lock, or else is very inaccurate. If I wait for the lock I get accurate to within feet, and it'll stay that way.
Well, I thought that worked for me until I rebooted my phone to see if it really worked. No dice.
From what I understand (and I could be wrong) essentially what you are doing is turning off the cell phone triangulation that google/verizon provide and sticking with just the straight GPS unit. I don't necessary see why turning off the "rough location" would effect the warm up time of the GPS unit, but maybe it actually does.
Just didn't work on mine after my GPS unit was cold.
Does anyone know if this is a hardware issue or software?
Browsing multiple forums brings up slews of the same complaints, but no one has put forth any kind of solution, nor has Samsung.
I have all location services enabled, and I get locks virtually instantly almost all the time, and it's always accurate to within probably a few feet. Maybe I'm just lucky?
I'd hate to say it, but I fear it is hardware, seeing as I have yet to have a lock take more than 10 seconds, usually 4 or less.
This is really the first time I've been on the good side of a widespread issue.
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Yeah all of these "fixes" are merely temporary. All they are doing in storing the satelite info so they ock faster. If you reboot and turn off GPS for more than a few minutes it will start all over again. I will be paying VZW a visit tomorrow to see what they will do about since it seems not all phones are affected by this.
And I use my GPS a lot. The other day I was trying to find backway home and my GPS was so far off by the time it locked I was already stuck in traffic, had it locked normally, I would have been home free, my Droid1 would have never done this to me!!
I've only had issues with getting a lock after the GPS hasn't been used for a while. Lately, I've been wondering if some people who don't have issues have some type of app installed that periodically queries GPS? For example, I just installed the Asurion app that is supposed to check my location every hour. I haven't fully tested it yet, but now I'm wondering if this will keep GPS on frequently enough to the point where it won't have to re-start with the delay.
BTW... in early testing (when I first got the phone), I would wait to get a lock (maybe a minute), then after I got a lock I rebooted the phone and I still got an instant lock. So, once a lock is obtained, it seems like it keeps it for a while - even after a reboot. The main times I've had issues have been in the morning after the phone has been charging all night while asleep.
DeezNotes said:
I've only had issues with getting a lock after the GPS hasn't been used for a while. Lately, I've been wondering if some people who don't have issues have some type of app installed that periodically queries GPS? For example, I just installed the Asurion app that is supposed to check my location every hour. I haven't fully tested it yet, but now I'm wondering if this will keep GPS on frequently enough to the point where it won't have to re-start with the delay.
BTW... in early testing (when I first got the phone), I would wait to get a lock (maybe a minute), then after I got a lock I rebooted the phone and I still got an instant lock. So, once a lock is obtained, it seems like it keeps it for a while - even after a reboot. The main times I've had issues have been in the morning after the phone has been charging all night while asleep.
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Yeah, I have a fascinate and so does my girlfriend. Locks both take minutes at the very least.
If this is hardware or if anyone has some legit theories, I'd like to know before my 30 days is up so I can de-root mine and exchange them both for phones that actually get a lock in a decent amount of time.
I havent actually installed or tweaked anything on my Tmobile UK Hd2 in months. Been working a treat. yesterday the vibration just went off on its own whilst it was connected to my laptop via usb (charging). the buzzer wouldnt stop. so i had to reboot. then several hours later it beeped, and for some reason the time had changed to somewhere in 2009?. Then later it completely locked up after a phone call.
Having rebooted it many times now, the HTC Sense takes forever to start and function. Phone seems to work fine with Sense turned off.
Was there some automatic update to sense, or something tmobile have updated thats made Sense go wonky?
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I havent actually installed or tweaked anything on my Tmobile UK Hd2 in months. Been working a treat. yesterday the vibration just went off on its own whilst it was connected to my laptop via usb (charging). the buzzer wouldnt stop. so i had to reboot. then several hours later it beeped, and for some reason the time had changed to somewhere in 2009?. Then later it completely locked up after a phone call.
Having rebooted it many times now, the HTC Sense takes forever to start and function. Phone seems to work fine with Sense turned off.
Was there some automatic update to sense, or something tmobile have updated thats made Sense go wonky?
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Ive managed to fix this, ive posted a response in another thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9060000#post9060000
it hasnt worked for me since before root when it was stock
anyone else having this issue?
yes my gps is enabled lol
I was having problems like yours and a factory reset cured them all. Can be found in the storage card submenu of the settings.
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ive tried everything and it hasnt worked reguardless.
I even tried diff. roms same result.
any other sugguestions?
I would suggest you just go ahead and have VZW replace it, sounds like it could be a hardware problem. Can we unroot the TB yet? Don't know myself. Things like this are one of the reasons I have not rooted yet.
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Z51 said:
it hasnt worked for me since before root when it was stock
anyone else having this issue?
yes my gps is enabled lol
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If it wasn't working before u rooted . U shoulda had big red look at it lol... I believe u can unroot not sure tho
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I noticed when i got mine it wouldnt aquire satelites fast or at all when i was trying with google maps. Then i downloaded gps status off the market and it seems to be working as intended now. Not sure what it was but now it works without a hitch.
Been using a custom ROM and I wasn't able to get my GPS working with 4G service turned off. As soon as I turned 3G back on, my GPS started to work again.
Could be pure coincidence, but who knows.
It has been suggested that GPS will lock on quick if you have all three location settings checked. I had unchecked VZW and Google and left stand alone GPS checked. In Google Maps, I could not get my location. Other GPS apps (like C:Geo) would lock on. I went back in and clicked VZW and Google locator services and the GPS locks on quick in all apps.
I have all 3 GPS systems on and it stays on searching for GPS.
im gonna revert it to stock and return to VZW for a new one.
edit: it just found me and is now working... still returning it to vzw for a new one though
I had the same issue, no rhyme or reason. Flashed stock and it's working again. It might have something to do with CWR thats causing it, although I'm no dev and it's just an educated guess.
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gps status
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installing this app and running it before i use my gps fixed all my gps problems.
issue was i only use GPS once a mouth so the "agps" gets out of date and google maps sucks at updating it or something.
havent had the TB long enough to say if this helps there but on the OG droids it worked great
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So, sadly, I've noticed the same issue with GPS not locking on. I grabbed the GPS Status app and it shows compass data, but keeps spinning when it comes to GPS data....10-15 minutes and NOTHING there. Settings > Location > VZW, Standalone and Google location services are all checked.
The best happened this morning - Google Maps had me in a 2 mile diameter space about five miles from where I was. Reboot got me back to a 200 meter radius including my actual location, but then POOF - magically started creeping back to its original place five miles away.
All this was going on during a call to Verizon tech support. I wasn't using my TB for the call - calling through Gmail (loving that, btw). Level 1 rep had no clue (script reader to a T) and so got bumped up to talk to Sergio in Level 2. Guy told me this and I think it's nonsense. Wondering if you guys have thoughts.
He said that he lives in Albuquerque and has tried GPS on Verizon devices including the Droid X, Droid2 and the TB in LA, Denver, Tucson and other cities and says that in cities it has never locked on to his location while standing. While mobile, he says it does. I said, "I don't buy it as being the reason for my issue, Sergio" and the guy has the bravado to fire back "well, I don't need you to buy it, it's a fact.".
Guy was kind of a **** from that point on, but said he would say try a master reset. Should I head that direction? Does this smell like HW more than SW? If it smells like SW, I might as well root wait for the disgustingly talented XDA crew to come up with some GB ROMS, no?
Thanks for your thoughts!
Dom
I have until thursday to return my tbolt. Ill prob go tomorrow. I noticed it was working lastnight. It took over a minute to find the gps satellites though
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Im rooted and using stock and all works well... I suggest as others have, download gps status, run it, then hit menu-tools-manage A-gps state-reset.
It should be ok after that...
GPS thinks im all over the place...
My GPS is also not working. I'm rooted but was having the same issue before rooting as well. I'm based in Houston, TX: Google maps is just off by a few miles, my time widget says i'm in Lynnville, IL, and Foursquare says i'm in some coastal town in Lithuania (and yeah it shows nearby locations in Lithuania to check into...i wonder if there's a badge for that).
Anyway, gonna attempt to return it today....will see if I can slip it past them.
I'm having GPS issues as well. It seems to take 5 to 10 min to get a location then it looses it and finds it again. Not happy with this at all. I've done a full reset and still no fix. I'm going to give CS a call and see if a new Tbolt will fix the issue.
Dan
My thunderbolt is fine. Just did a maps test and it found me in about 10s. I have two thunderbolts and the other one took about 1 minute to lock. Both tests were done from inside my house. Both are untouched stock form.
I also was having this issue and downloaded the gps status app and magically everything seemed to be working correctly. For some reason my phone kept saying that I was in "Balti" when I know I was in Portland. I think your best bet is to download GPS Status and reset a-gps status and see if that gets you back in line. Now my gps locks on quick and I am no longer in Balti.
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I'm no stranger to GPS issues on Android devices. When I owned a Samsung vibrant, it took forever to lock onto enough birds to get an accurate location, and I was constantly reseting GPS data and then running the GPS Test app testing it's functionality.
Do you really want to know how good your GPS is? Run GPS Test app with stand alone GPS only (no assist from data networks) and see how fast it locks and how accurate the position.
With the Thunderbolt, I bought the phone on launch date and didn't have any issues until I flashed my first custom rom. It worked perfectly after flashing it then out of the blue I noticed it wasn't working.
I flashed back to stock and it started working again. Just this morning, after a few days, when I needed the GPS for navigating a trip, I noticed it wasn't working again. I rebooted the phone and it was working again. Is it possible that something is interfering, such as turning wifi on/off? I'm not sure, but I think the reason for this not working at times is deeper than reseting the GPS data and it should work properly in stand alone mode.
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Haven't used it in a while and discovered it doesn't work !! It used to when I was on beta 2, but now all I get is a black screen and then it kicks back to the home screen. Does this on Bat2f and weekly 3. Does not matter whether GPS is on before I launch it or not. Might try to unistall and re-install it, but was hoping there was something easier.
I am running Bat2f and it works fine for me.
Can't figure out what happened to it. I thought it was working on bat2f before. Now that I think of it, I think it was working. The only thing I did was flashing a new radio to try and solve a slow wifi connect issue. Think I may have solved one problem and created another. I bet if I was really ambitious I could do a factory reset and solve the problem. Damned it ...
I've never had it work for CM7, but that was back when I had mytouch 4g. I'm surprised it was ever working on their roms.
Try turning off the gps before you start sygic. Mine will hang up trying to initiate the gps if it is already on.
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Did that. Was used to doing that on previous versions off sygic. No luck. If i ever figure it out, I'll post what i found.