Damn thing is showing a town that's 200 miles away when I'm at my house its set to change based on location. I go to my friends house and it gets the right town. Vzw and google services are both turned on. GPS and wifi off. Any ideas what's causing this I'm located close to several towns so it randomly chooses between those but never 200miles even refreshed the widget a few times. At my friends house now and its picking up the town on in.
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Does it need GPS to be on for a more accurate fix
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Does it need GPS to be on for a more accurate fix
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mine never updates my location with GPS on or not. The weather will update fine just not the location.
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Are you using a signal booster? When I had Sprint I was using their airrave which used my high speed internet to somehow boost the cell signal, and my weather locations were from across the state...now with Verizon my locations have always been accurate. I have gps and Google location both turned on too.
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Is anyone having a problem with google nav? Telenav gps works fine but when i try to use google navigation it will never acquire satellites. I left it on for a couple of minutes with the same acquiring satellites message on the bottom.
Just tried it, picked up satellites right away and worked fine.
I have no problem..i got lock in right away..
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Finally got it to work by turning off location service by wifi or cell tower but it took around 6 minutes to get gps. i wonder if living by the ocean has an effect on it. Plus its very cloudy here.
Does anybody else have GPS locking issues? I'm having intermittent problems with my GPS. Sometimes it will lock almost instantly and be flawless
Other times though it will take up to a minute to lock. After it locks it will drop my location after a couple of minutes too.
Can't find the root cause of the issue. Restarts and toggle airplane mode won't fix it. It seemed to be working all the time when I first got the phone. I don't want to factory reset to see if it will fix it either.
Does GPS have anything whatsoever to do with a data connection? Is it in any way related to Verizon network issues of late? FYI I'm always on 4g. I'm noticing patterns of certain areas causing me problems more frequently.
If you are using assisted location then yes, if you lose data you will lose GPS.
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If you are using assisted location then yes, if you lose data you will lose GPS.
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Not true. I have used GPS status (on an inc), where I had ZERO service and it pinpointed my exact location perfectly (checked on a 1:24000 map using utm).
remmy5r said:
Not true. I have used GPS status (on an inc), where I had ZERO service and it pinpointed my exact location perfectly (checked on a 1:24000 map using utm).
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This phone and the Inc are 2 completely different devices and have different antenna's as well as how they connect to various networks including satellites. If he is using ASSISTED GPS, like I said, he is using the network, not satellite signal. If the network is down, guess what?
GPS has been great so far. GPS was great on my EVO but horrible on the EVO 3d. ....
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No problem with my GPS , locks in less than 10 seconds every time I use it.
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This phone and the Inc are 2 completely different devices and have different antenna's as well as how they connect to various networks including satellites. If he is using ASSISTED GPS, like I said, he is using the network, not satellite signal. If the network is down, guess what?
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Well I've checked it again, with a 1:24000 map and Google earth on a comp, against known coordinates, with WiFi off, and no service. It's accurate to a couple meters. This rezound is great GPS, if you are trying to use the network as GPS, you are pissing up a rope. use the built in satellite function for it.
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So far NO gps issues.
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When I have both my Verizon and Google location turned on my location in Google maps jumps from tower to tower. When you have these both turned on Location gets it's accuracy by triangulation from local towers. Since the 20th of April my small blue curser in Google Maps has been jumping from tower to tower very fast. (every 10 to 20 seconds) It sometimes settles down on a tower in next town over 4 miles away when it just bounces off the local LTE towers just a few blocks away. Never did this before April 20th. I know they did work on the local towers in my area on or around that date.
Anyone else having this issue with your location in Google maps?
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Vinny
sorry off topic but i thought the title said "lotion all over the place"
Its the Verizon location agent, use app to kill it or turn off Verizon GPS.
Just use internal GPS and Google.
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Thanks for the help, will give it a try.
Vinny
Back on my skyrocket, my phone would think I was in Nashua NH, I thought it had something to do with the custom beta version of ICS I was using.
But I am seeing the same thing happening on my S3. A bit of info: I am on at&t in Dallas, TX. I get LTE at home in mesquite, and still pick it up while at work in Irving.
While at home it correctly puts me in mesquite, but at work it tries to tell me I'm all the way in New Hampshire. It's not just one app, any app that uses cell tower location info says the same thing. It's a minor annoyance, if I really need location based services I can just turn on gps, but I used to love my weather widget changing between home and work, without the need for gps.
I should also mention that if I drop down to regular 4G, location information works correctly again. And it's only in Irving I have this happen, the minute I'm back in Dallas, it's working once more.
Considering this phone is still stock, I'm thinking it has something more to do with the tower put here. Any advice would be awesome.
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Is there no one else around Irving Texas that can test this?
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Is there no one else around Irving Texas that can test this?
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Sounds like you're getting assigned an IP address from a DHCP pool that is defined in NH. I would assume that since LTE is still very much in the "beta" phase of rolling out, that things like this will be common until more of the LTE network is stood up and stable.
The funny thing is that there is no LTE coverage in Nashua, NH
So i got lost last night in the middle of no where down in south jersey, of all places. Wound up in an area without tmobile access and I was trying to find my way back home. Go to my trusty GOOGLE MAPS which has always worked above and beyond compared to my garmin or magellan GPS. Type in the address to get back home to plot the route, and wala! "No network connection available, try again later". What an absolutely amazing load of crap this is. I come to find out that google maps no longer supports offline use.... now im told that you can cache small areas of the map in your phone but what the hell good is that if i somehow find myself in an area i havent cached? Really google?
Has anyone come up with a viable alternative to google maps?
copilot offers offline maps.
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copilot offers offline maps.
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It looks good but its only a 14 day free trial, then you have to buy it to get turn by turn navigation.
Spawne32 said:
So i got lost last night in the middle of no where down in south jersey, of all places. Wound up in an area without tmobile access and I was trying to find my way back home. Go to my trusty GOOGLE MAPS which has always worked above and beyond compared to my garmin or magellan GPS. Type in the address to get back home to plot the route, and wala! "No network connection available, try again later". What an absolutely amazing load of crap this is. I come to find out that google maps no longer supports offline use.... now im told that you can cache small areas of the map in your phone but what the hell good is that if i somehow find myself in an area i havent cached? Really google?
Has anyone come up with a viable alternative to google maps?
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You must've been in SOME boonie area. I know South Jersey at least has EDGE. Knowing from experience, I got lost in around the same area at night. My MyTouch 4G had a strong EDGE signal. Hopefully you don't go through that again. It sucks being lost, especially in a part that barely anyone travels to. Have you tried Mapquest?
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You must've been in SOME boonie area. I know South Jersey at least has EDGE. Knowing from experience, I got lost in around the same area at night. My MyTouch 4G had a strong EDGE signal. Hopefully you don't go through that again. It sucks being lost, especially in a part that barely anyone travels to. Have you tried Mapquest?
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lol i was lost in harrison twp, had to go 6 miles in the wrong direction before i found a signal, even with data roaming enabled i didnt get anything. I just downloaded mapfactor navigator, and im in the process of downloading 2 gigs worth of offline maps lol
I've been many areas in kansas and missouri and my phones useless. Actually at my house which tmobile said is a high coverage area its useless without wifi 100percent of the time
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Spawne32 said:
So i got lost last night in the middle of no where down in south jersey, of all places. Wound up in an area without tmobile access and I was trying to find my way back home. Go to my trusty GOOGLE MAPS which has always worked above and beyond compared to my garmin or magellan GPS. Type in the address to get back home to plot the route, and wala! "No network connection available, try again later". What an absolutely amazing load of crap this is. I come to find out that google maps no longer supports offline use.... now im told that you can cache small areas of the map in your phone but what the hell good is that if i somehow find myself in an area i havent cached? Really google?
Has anyone come up with a viable alternative to google maps?
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If you don't have a data signal, GPS is useless. Google Maps doesn't have pre-stored maps. The only functional offline mode it has is with predetermined grids that you set up when you have a connection. Do you have a pre paid plan? Post paid plan could have been helpful here since it allows roaming and there could have been another network in the area. Either way a regular GPS or a plain old map still should probably be in your as a backup
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If you don't have a data signal, GPS is useless. Google Maps doesn't have pre-stored maps. The only functional offline mode it has is with predetermined grids that you set up when you have a connection. Do you have a pre paid plan? Post paid plan could have been helpful here since it allows roaming and there could have been another network in the area. Either way a regular GPS or a plain old map still should probably be in your as a backup
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Nah just a regular month to month plan.
i use gaia gps sometimes
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