Google maps street names scrambled - Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've done some google searching and forum searching and can't seem to find anything on this issue although I know I've seen it before.
My google maps will load the city up fine but when I zoom in a bit all of the street names become pixelated and garbled and start to flash. Has anyone got a solution for this or a direction I can be pointed in?
Thanks

I have the same problem when using elelinux gingerbread rom, if I use the speedmachine which is android 2.2 the problem is solved, however I would like to know if I can fix it with android 2.3

musacci said:
I have the same problem when using elelinux gingerbread rom, if I use the speedmachine which is android 2.2 the problem is solved, however I would like to know if I can fix it with android 2.3
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i am experiencing the same issue, I am using the CM7.2 Elelinux Rom.

The only workaround I have been able to use is increasing the font size in maps and to not zoom in... but that is a pretty weak way to use GM.

Hi.
The same problem occurred to me after switching to Elelinux 7.2 (from original HTC firmware upgraded to android 2.1).
None workaround found yet.
It seems to me there's something wrong with the special icons (statue, park, road number) at the certain level of zoom.
Until they aren't on the map, everything goes fine. When I scroll or zoom the map and these icons appear, the street name font will collapse.
I've thought it's a problem with my antivirus (avast) but as I can see, you are not using any and the problem resists...
Q: Is there any symbolic font GM is using, which is missing in CM 7.2?

i got that error too. now i switched over to samm000's android 4.03. on there it's working fine again.

I always had the white squares bug in GB rom (Elelinux builds).
Google Maps on GB sucks.
It's time to switch to ICS guys ! Works faster and maps is no more bugged !

Bump - the only workaround is to go back to an older version of Google Maps. I use Google Maps 5.5 and I no longer get these white squares.

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[Q] accelerometer - wrong directions

Hi everyone,
The Labyrinth game is not right at all - the ball moves upwards when the phone is tilted. Very annoying - makes the game very difficult, if at all playable! Or do we have an anti-gravity device?
Any verifications? Any solutions?
Thanks in advance
I am on O2 and have upgraded to the official Android 2.1
EDIT: This only occurs with the paid-for version of the game, not the lite version.
have you tried the calibrator app ?
what happens with that one?
you may need to *#*#307#*#* in phone to enable the emlist to be able to see the calibrator
Thanks Fards for your reply.
I have enabled emlist on the phone and through calibrator saw that the phone was fine - I think there is an issue with the applications involved somehow...
As google street view works very well on compass mode - with right way up etc.
Also tried Asphalt 5 free and that is working (left and right tilt).
Another app - Bubble, also works fine...
Like I said most likely it is somehow with the coding of the games mentioned in the original post...
Thanks and good night
I installed labyrinth light on my streak and there is no problem with the accelerometer, everything work fine.
My streak is the US version with MCR2 installed (android 2.1).
dalamario said:
I installed labyrinth light on my streak and there is no problem with the accelerometer, everything work fine.
My streak is the US version with MCR2 installed (android 2.1).
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Hi Dalamario and thanks for your input.
Glad to hear yours is working fine
I hope it's not a stupid question but what is MCR2?
Searching for it gave me links for ROM update - didn't know we were able to update ROMs for our devices yet though...
I will try some other games and get back soon.
I still am glad I chose Streak over Iphone 4 though
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Hi Dalamario and thanks for your input.
Glad to hear yours is working fine
I hope it's not a stupid question but what is MCR2?
Searching for it gave me links for ROM update - didn't know we were able to update ROMs for our devices yet though...
I will try some other games and get back soon.
I still am glad I chose Streak over Iphone 4 though
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MCR is Modaco Custom Rom, it's the O2 2.1 rom customized. It's a work in progress so it's still not available to everyone http://android.modaco.com/content/d...r-the-dell-streak-android-2-1-online-kitchen/
When I flashed my device I had trouble with the compass that was not reacting to my movement giving me a static "google sky", but the accelorometer was working fine. Then I recalibrated the compass (making a 8 shape when it's active) and it come back to work normally.
Perhaps your problem is not with the accelerometer but with the compass. Try an app that require the compass, like "gps status" and if it doesn't work, make an 8 shape with the hand (like the infinite symbol) see this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3d00Hr14o
Thanks again Dalamario for your help.
I followed what you said and realised that the lite version of the game is fine, but the paid-for one has the "bug" somehow.
Thanks again and best wishes
Since my official O2 2.1 update, there are some apps that no longer work correctly - the accelerometer seems reversed. Chalky, Grand Prix Live, Hour Face and I'm sure a couple more that I can't think of right now.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
I have the same problem with Exzeus. It seems like games in landscape are fine like sky siege, skies of glory, hawx. But games in portrait have the left / right swapped. I tried the calibration through EMLIST and it did not help.
HyperJump is the same on my o2 Streak Left is Right and Right is Left =S
Also, game called Drop has the same problem
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[Q] Google Reader Update

Running Froyo 2.2 on my NC.
Google Reader was working for me perfectly before.
It patched over the weekend (I believe the new release was the 18th).
Everything seems fine now except when you get to the point where you are looking at the actual post, it is a smaller screen much like when you pull down the notification drawer.
Anyone else experiencing this?
I poked around in the config files but nothing stuck out at me. Have un-installed and re-installed... googled around for guidance or similar google reader problems... any thoughts?
Thanks,
Nathan
I'm having the exact same problem and it sucks rocks. I wish Google would fix it.
Is there a way to download and install the version previous to this one?
I'm also finding the same thing and used to really enjoy the layout...
If you change your LCD density to 160 it will work fine, however, you'll break your Market My Apps screen (blank list).
Just get the unofficial google reader. I think g reader? It has full screen all the time and is better imo. Links open within the program, so I don't constantly jump between google reader and opera just to view a funny image
Only issue with greader is it wont keep feed groups like Google reader does.
I was using the latest version of google reader with my rooted NC (stock 2.1 ROM), and it was working fine. I just updated to CyanogenMod 7 Stable, and I'm seeing this problem now.
I like the official google version better than greader.

[Q] Genie Widget Issues

I've been having a lot of issues with Genie Widget (running on Miui). 90% of the time when I open the News & Weather app, it will say "Sorry, weather currently unavailable." and refreshing it will give me the same message. This is a problem because the weather will rarely show up on my Miui lockscreen. I've noticed if I re-enter my set location again (not using GPS), it will sometimes work and bring back weather but it will return to the same "Sorry, weather currently unavailable." message shortly after.
Anyone else having this persistent issue and know of any fix?
All I can say is using several other Roms (Superclean3 and Geewiz etc...) I have been having the same issue for weeks now and can not seem to figure out what may be causing the problem.
I was having the same Issues until I switch my radio I was on dl9 switch to e09 and worked for me you could try that. Or switch to any radio
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hmm I'm already on e09 but maybe I'll try reflashing it
I have tried several radio files and does not make a diff since I switched to a GB Mod. For what ever reason for me Genie does not want o play well anymore.
I'm bumbing this because out of the blue both my ray and sgs2 are currently not able to show the weather and it's been working fine since I got the phones.
Ray is running a aosp version ontop of a semc build and the sgs2 is running paranoid (cm9).
I think it's odd that both phones got the same issue and it's been like this a couple of days now

[Q] Google Maps crashing ?

An update to Google Maps was released in the last couple of days. After updating, when I open the app it crashes after a few seconds and reboots my tablet. Is anyone else seeing this behavior?
I'm on the cm9-p4wifi-20120511.zip ROM. Prior to this issue, the ROM had been completely stable for me. I wasn't planning on changing ROMs until an IC or JB ROM had a working camera, but now I'm thinking I might experiment just to get Maps working again.
Before I do that however, does anyone have any suggestions on getting Maps stable so I don't have to flash just yet?
Thank you.
Same here, Maps 6.10.0 crash few seconds after been loaded w/CM9 aug 15
You should do a wipe cache, erase data from settings >> app >> maps or probably you should change you kernel flashing a new one
I have also the same problem. Wiping cache changes nothing. I use cm9-p4-20120814.zip ROM.
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Same issue here on Ganbarou CM9.
isthisagoose said:
I'm on the cm9-p4wifi-20120511.zip ROM. Prior to this issue, the ROM had been completely stable for me. I wasn't planning on changing ROMs until an IC or JB ROM had a working camera, but now I'm thinking I might experiment just to get Maps working again.
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I updated to the latest CM9 nightly last night, cm-9-20120819-NIGHTLY-p4wifi, and Maps is still crashing.
6.10 is buggy. I only updated it on my Sensation and it causes reboots when I use it, and causes reboots for Rezound users as well. Guess we all have to roll back or wait for an update.
Can anyone post the previous .apk? I haven't been good about keeping Titanium Backups, I admit.
Here's version 6.9.2 - http://goo.gl/4p2O9
thank you, 6.9.2 is OK, no crash.
new google maps 6.11 = same crashes.
back to 6.9.2.
p4wifi, update Maps to 6.11.1. Same problem. The crash occurs each time I enter an area that is cached for offline use, or when I try to modify the offline settings.... or after just a few seconds. Not only the app crashes (that would report the issue to Google, which could be useful), but it directly crashes the tablet (possibly a kernel panic, I have no console so no clue).
I'm having this issue with maps crashing my Samsung tab 10.1 AOKP milestone 6 and my Sensation running cyanogen 9 and when I flashed revolutionary rom with sense. I noticed on the sensation in location settings the GPS source was not checked off (cyanogen). After I chose internal source the problem stopped. There is not this option on the tablet AOKP so it still crashes. Not sure if anyone else is seeing this issue.
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I'm having this issue with maps crashing my Samsung tab 10.1 AOKP milestone 6 and my Sensation running cyanogen 9 and when I flashed revolutionary rom with sense. I noticed on the sensation in location settings the GPS source was not checked off (cyanogen). After I chose internal source the problem stopped. There is not this option on the tablet AOKP so it still crashes. Not sure if anyone else is seeing this issue.
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Same problem here, with Galaxy Tab 10.1 P7500 on latest Ganbarou ROM. Current GMaps reboots the tablet after few seconds. I looked for GPS Source setting and it's present on Ganbarou ROM. However, it is correctly checked and problem still persists. Looks more like a kernel/driver bug invoked by GMaps, putting tablet into kernel panic.
galaxy tab cm9 maps crashes
I have this issue as well. Its a version conflict. You need to install v6? Or something like that. Anyone have the link? Its somewhere on droid basement i just havent found it
isthisagoose said:
An update to Google Maps was released in the last couple of days. After updating, when I open the app it crashes after a few seconds and reboots my tablet. Is anyone else seeing this behavior?
I'm on the cm9-p4wifi-20120511.zip ROM. Prior to this issue, the ROM had been completely stable for me. I wasn't planning on changing ROMs until an IC or JB ROM had a working camera, but now I'm thinking I might experiment just to get Maps working again.
Before I do that however, does anyone have any suggestions on getting Maps stable so I don't have to flash just yet?
Thank you.
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epinter CM10 questions/bug list

Curious about some of these since most of them don't seem to be documented on the main thread, so I'm not sure if it's something on my end or something not working with the ROM. Any workaround suggestions would be appreciated.
--Built-in video camera app doesn't work (documented).
--Video playback doesn't work correctly. Audio is fine, video lags. Eventually audio stops to resync with laggy video. Happens with video files recorded before installing the ROM, which used to play fine on stock GB, as well as tested with video files dumped from my PC. Tried Gallery's player, MX player, and Rock player.
--Chrome crashes frequently (most notably when hitting the tabs button).
--Twitch.tv app plays audio with a black screen (youtube and other things work fine).
--Hardware buttons don't light up.
--Voice Search doesn't work.
--Google Books crashes immediately (documented). (seems to be fixed as of 8-23B)
--Live wallpapers don't work (black background). (seems this magically fixed itself without any updates or workarounds)
--Battery % seems to act weird above 90%, lately it's been stopping charging at 95% (or so it says), and the battery info on the lock screen says "Charged" rather than "Charging" at 95%. Reboot, battery pull, wipe batt stats, re-flash ROM, etc. didn't fix. This didn't happen for the first few days after initial install. (seems to be an Atrix problem with 4.0+ rather than a ROM specific problem)
Edit: 8-23-12B
Live Wallpapers working just fine here on latest 0815
The only issue I have really found is that I cannot get my chrome to phone to work... but I can use phone to chrome.
Anyone else have this issue and come up with a solution?
morepower71 said:
The only issue I have really found is that I cannot get my chrome to phone to work... but I can use phone to chrome.
Anyone else have this issue and come up with a solution?
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Chrome doesn't works for me too, I've read it needs the hardware acceleration from the driver that Motorola hasn't released yet...
tuxayo said:
Chrome doesn't works for me too, I've read it needs the hardware acceleration from the driver that Motorola hasn't released yet...
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I am not talking about chrome itself I was talking about the chrome to phone app that works with the desktop chrome add on. I should have specified a little more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chrometophone&hl=en
I use this all the time with going between my phone, my work, and my home computers.
So is there a work around to install flash on CM10. Also mkv files do not work even with mx player correct? Anything else that doesn't work? A complete list would be appreciated!
Sent from my CM7 Motorola Atrix 4G
I've noticed that gallery freezes and twitches, Trebuchet autorotation is always on
Hello everyone. The only problem I have in this wonderful Rom and google street view. When you try to drag the PengMan, the forced close. This bug would be for all Jelly Bean?
* Sorry for my bad English!
Can not connect to any mobile network
Hi ,
Not sure anyone found the same problem as mine , I'd flash epinter's CM10 20120823b over turl1 CM9 without wipe after flash was done my Atrix can not connect to any mobile network but Wifi it's OK ( i use 37p radio ) , any help would be appreciate
Thank you
Artifice_ said:
Curious about some of these since most of them don't seem to be documented on the main thread, so I'm not sure if it's something on my end or something not working with the ROM. Any workaround suggestions would be appreciated.
Edit: 8-23-12B
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Uh... Try searching.
Video camera does work on some apps, hardware buttons light up when you select "auto-brightness," Voice search works when you install the appropriate offline voice file, and battery % can be fixed with ravilov's battery app.
morepower71 said:
The only issue I have really found is that I cannot get my chrome to phone to work... but I can use phone to chrome.
Anyone else have this issue and come up with a solution?
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It works. Like anything else, you need to sign off/sign in to the service for it to recognize it again. Need to do that every time you flash a rom.
alexmadrocker said:
Hello everyone. The only problem I have in this wonderful Rom and google street view. When you try to drag the PengMan, the forced close. This bug would be for all Jelly Bean?
* Sorry for my bad English!
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Noted problem due to lack of hardware acceleration.
tortatee said:
Hi ,
Not sure anyone found the same problem as mine , I'd flash epinter's CM10 20120823b over turl1 CM9 without wipe after flash was done my Atrix can not connect to any mobile network but Wifi it's OK ( i use 37p radio ) , any help would be appreciate
Thank you
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Flash a different radio.
I'd try flash R100 radio also doesn't work and in setting > about phone > baseband version shown Unknown
when select setting > mobile network show FC too
Thank you.
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
Have you tried reflashing but clearing caches first?
tortatee said:
I'd try flash R100 radio also doesn't work and in setting > about phone > baseband version shown Unknown
when select setting > mobile network show FC too
Thank you.
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
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I' found strange thing on this , actually my imie also lost with can't display baseband version too after flash epinter cm10 25aug version
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nh777 said:
It works. Like anything else, you need to sign off/sign in to the service for it to recognize it again. Need to do that every time you flash a rom.
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That doesn't work. I have logged in and out on phone and computer, I have installed fresh, I have tried clearing data, and reistalling with data from titanium. Any other ideas? I tried everything I can think of. And I can use the phone to chrome fine just not the chrome to phone...
Most things are running very well. I've tried about a half a dozen roms over the past week or so. One of the only problems I've found is issues with google now. It wont speak back to me, it's just shows the google results. Even on basic questions that it usually would speak an answer back to you, like scores of a baseball game or something like that. But that's not a big problem for me. Also, there's some issues with Chrome and some other browsers. Some browsers work better than others. To my surprise, I'm having the best luck with Firefox Beta and Boat Browser.
morepower71 said:
That doesn't work. I have logged in and out on phone and computer, I have installed fresh, I have tried clearing data, and reistalling with data from titanium. Any other ideas? I tried everything I can think of. And I can use the phone to chrome fine just not the chrome to phone...
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Nevermind loaded 8/25 and working now.
Audio broken after car dock charge
I am currently using version 8-25 and my audio doesn't work after I charge using the card dock. Only a reboot will fix the audio. Is anyone else having the same problem?
Voice Search Works
Voice Search works if you download the offline language pack (e.g. English) in settings.
Google Voice Crashes
Great ROM. Thanks, epinter.
I'm getting regular messages for Google Voice stopping. I'm running the gapps v3 and the 2012-080-25 ROM but I was also getting the Google Voice crashes in 2012-08-23B.
I upgraded from CM9 without a user wipe (I did wipe cache) and went straight to gapps v3. Other than the Google Voice FCs, everything is running great. I haven't read about anyone else having this problem. Is it just me?
Much appreciated.
Google Voice Crashes
hornsluvr said:
Great ROM. Thanks, epinter.
I'm getting regular messages for Google Voice stopping. I'm running the gapps v3 and the 2012-080-25 ROM but I was also getting the Google Voice crashes in 2012-08-23B.
I upgraded from CM9 without a user wipe (I did wipe cache) and went straight to gapps v3. Other than the Google Voice FCs, everything is running great. I haven't read about anyone else having this problem. Is it just me?
Much appreciated.
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Update: I incorrectly assumed that Google Voice was part of the gapps package. A quick uninstall and reinstall of Google Voice through Play did the trick.
Now this ROM is running like butter!

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