Hi Everyone,
I can't see to get any of the location services to work.
All three services are on but none of the apps that uses location seems to get a hold of the location.
For example, in google maps it says "Your current location is temporarily unavailable".
None of my android phones has had this problem.
Thanks.
Download an app called gps status and toolbox. Let that app run. You can use it to reset a-gps info, then download sat info (in the manage a-gps menu).
Let the app run until it gets a good lock. You may need to tap the screen to keep it from timing out while it is getting a lock.
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Mine was the same when I got it. Factory reset and all is well now.
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I tried using GPS tools with no success.
Also I would hate to factory reset.
Any other suggestions?
I am having the same problem
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So using the GPS status and tools app, I can get a lock when I am outside.
However, when I am indoor else where I am not locatable, which seems to indicate that GPS does work but Google location service and/or VZW one don't work.
I am going to give it a factory reset.
Mine didn't work at first either. I turned all 3 services off rebooted then turned all 3 back on and rebooted again. Its been working fine since then.
str8upx said:
Mine didn't work at first either. I turned all 3 services off rebooted then turned all 3 back on and rebooted again. Its been working fine since then.
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This worked wonderfully.
Thanks.
I've seen the same issue on and off, just to add further to str8upx's answer, a reboot is all it took to fix for me (wasn't necessary to turn services off first).
Just wanted to update, while a reboot does "fix" the issue, it's not a solution. The issue does come back.
Turn off Verizon services and leave on google services, reboot the phone and try it.
I've banged on this all morning. So far, this has worked for me.
Settings > Location > enable all 3.
then
Settings > Apps and Sync > Google > Location > make sure both are checked.
then
Settings > Apps and Sync > Google > Maps & Latitude > Location Reporting > Detect your location. (I am not a Latitude user and have all the other location sharing stuff turned off.)
Finally
Open Browser > Menu > Settings > Privacy & security > Enable location > check Enable Location
AND THEN REBOOT.
So far so good. Maps hasn't been unable to locate me again and the browser can get my location.
I had the same issue when I first got my Droid DNA. Location services would not work for me whatsoever (weather, maps, etc.) As soon as I got home and connected to WiFi, location services started working. My wife, who got her Droid DNA at the exact same time as I did, never had this problem.
Once I connected to WiFi and location services started working, I haven't had any problems.
Not sure what the logic behind it is, but try connecting to WiFi if you haven't already.
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HTC Weather App is Unable to Detect My Current Location. I have turned WiFi on, GPS on, and all areas where detecting or sharing my location is turned on. It was working fine then the widget became locked on a location and would not change with my current location no matter what I done. I could turn the phone off and back on this would fix the issue for a little bit. Then the widget would either lock onto a location and refuse to change or it would display Current Location instead of my real location but the weather would not be correct. I would then try to refresh the weather and a grey bubble would appear and have the text Unable to Detect My Current Location. Anyone have any ideas why this is happening? I am on the Wildshooter ROM but this issue has happened with every rom I have tried including the stock Rom. I also tried the Accuweather App and had the same issue. Is there a way to change the weather server for HTC's weather app?
I tried searching for a fix and everything I found nothing worked.
Here is a pic of what the weather application and widget is doing.
try setting "allow mock locations", maybe that would help? look in:
menu/settings/applications/development/
Man this problem bugged me for a good while. Here what I did and hopefully it will help you. Turn on wifi and try to update weather. Then turn off wifi. Then turn on mobile internet and also make sure to enable always on mobile in settings as well. Then try to update weather and it should find your location.
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Enabling Background Data
I noticed that when Background Data is not enabled, some apps don't sync. Making sure it's enabled may help. It's found under Settings > Accounts & sync > Background data.
Thanks for both of the suggestions but neither worked for me. Still stuck on current location.
Did you turn off wif completely and only enable mobile data???
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yes. I even went into manage apps and cleared the data to the HTC weather sync provider. Nothing seems to work. I really dont want to get rid of the weather and clock widget but the weather is worthless. My city is not located in the location either. I was hoping that the current location feature would work as it was intended. I wonder if there would be a way to change weather providers and use google or weather.com or something like that.
I know gps works because google maps shows my location.
Anymore suggestions?............
Try this
Get rid of the weather widget on your home screen if you have one there. Then
clear the data once again on the weather app & the weather widget app in settings. Then turn off mobile data,back ground data,gps,location by wireless network and disable/uncheck always-on mobile data as well. Then boot into recovery and wipe cache & davlik cache. After you've rebooted back into your rom turn on gps, "leave location by wireless network unchecked" then turn on mobile data,background data and enable/check always-on mobile data. Then open up your app drawer and tap on the weather app and press menu then select add/+. Then put in your location. After it brings up your location then select it. The app should go black then just press menu then refresh. Then back out of the app until you see your home screen. Then add the widget back to your home screen and see if it displays your weather location. I hope it does. If not then go back to accounts & sync and select weather and sync it. Then check to see if it helped the issue. Also have you checked to make sure your under sprint only and not automatic in the mobile network settings???
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laie1472 said:
Try this
Get rid of the weather widget on your home screen if you have one there. Then
clear the data once again on the weather app & the weather widget app in settings. Then turn off mobile data,back ground data,gps,location by wireless network and disable/uncheck always-on mobile data as well. Then boot into recovery and wipe cache & davlik cache. After you've rebooted back into your rom turn on gps, "leave location by wireless network unchecked" then turn on mobile data,background data and enable/check always-on mobile data. Then open up your app drawer and tap on the weather app and press menu then select add/+. Then put in your location. After it brings up your location then select it. The app should go black then just press menu then refresh. Then back out of the app until you see your home screen. Then add the widget back to your home screen and see if it displays your weather location. I hope it does. If not then go back to accounts & sync and select weather and sync it. Then check to see if it helped the issue. Also have you checked to make sure your under sprint only and not automatic in the mobile network settings???
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Ok I followed these instructions to the T and the end result is t still didn't correct my issue. After I rebot my phone it fixes the issue for a few mins and then it screws up and get stuck on current location. I am at a loss for words. I have read several other places on the internet with other people with HTC phones having this same issue but there were no fixes. It seems like there is an issue with the GPS communitating with the weather app. IDK and IDK how to fix it! Still open to suggestions................. Thanks to everyone who is trying to help me.
Ok I finally broke down and called HTC the rep advised me that this is a known issue that is a problem on all HTC devices. He said that a fix for this is most likely going to be rolled out in the next few weeks. He said there were some other issues that will be corrected in the next update. He said not to worry that also in the next few weeks ICS will start to slowly roll out to our phones and the issue is corrected on this as well.
Sorry to bring up an old thread.
I have a similar issue where my location on the weather app is shown as United Kingdom. It use to work fine until I messed with the radios, could be just coincidence though.
Anyone know a fix ?
thanks
edit.. should mention it's been the same on my last 2 different roms.
Did you try any of the tips here ???
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Found this after having similar problem with HTC weather. On HTC one S, running ICS and the weather occasionally cannot find my location so just returns "Null" location and "01. Partly cloudy" weather.
Noticed because am using live wallpaper. This runs for 10ish secs before freezing, which I believe is normal, but also rarely animates. It does not run if phone unlocked, or when weather is updated, or when returning to home screen. Beautiful, but useless it seems!
I wish there was a fix for this.
My location will never detect properly. I live in a city in the stix, so my city wont showup in the settings of weather thing, is there a way i could get my zip code in it even if it doesnt show up in the list of cities?
Hi all.
I just got mine working after going to Settings/Location/Google Location Reporting and turned it off. Now displaying my area.
Hope this helps.
Device x920d
On Desire s i had same problem and resolve it.
I just untick fast boot in power menu,turn off/on phone and location get back fine.
I was having some fun with this application called Fake GPS, and now because I'm inside and it can't get a lock right away its stuck on my last fake location. I have to start the program and manually set my location to where I actually am. When the application is not running, all my other applications seem to think I'm somewhere I'm not. Is there a fix for this ? I've tried uninstalling the program and it didn't help at all.
Try going to Settings -> Applications -> Development -> Untick 'Allow mock locations'
The following part might be overkill, not sure.
Turn off the GPS (Settings -> Location -> Untick 'Use GPS satellites') -> Reboot -> turn back on the GPS.
Well that seemed to work. I did all the that and then went outside to get a real GPS lock, then turned off the option to use wireless networks. It seems google maps is stuck on thinking I'm somewhere I'm not, and this was messing with my gps. I did a test post on facebook on the tablet, and it gave my last known real gps location. The tablets GPS is pretty weak, I went to the empty room upstairs on the 2nd floor and had my Nexus One and Tablet side by side. The Nexus one picked up a GPS fix in under 5 seconds. I even disabled the option to use wireless networks, but I guess it's still using the cell towers to help it get a fix.
Glad that helped! You might try clearing your Google Maps cache to see if that might fix more issues.
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Maps -> Clear Cache
Also, remember that GPS' tend not to work too well in-doors. So I wouldn't call the GPS issue too abnormal.
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Glad that helped! You might try clearing your Google Maps cache to see if that might fix more issues.
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> Maps -> Clear Cache
Also, remember that GPS' tend not to work too well in-doors. So I wouldn't call the GPS issue too abnormal.
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The tablet could see about 3-4 satellite and it was right up against the window, but it couldn't get a lock on them till came around to the front and had a larger open area. I cleared the cache and data on google maps, but it still thinks I'm somewhere I'm not. Not a big problem really, it will correct itself when I get a lock.
When my stock browser loads the home page for google it can never give me my current location. I have checked the browser setting and location is enabled, gps is enabled. Maps works and finds me fairly quickly, not sure if its the phone or me. Help greatly appreciated.
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I was having the same issue where google.com, maps.google.com, etc. were showing my location as unavailable. This worked for me to fix it:
1. Go into settings>location services and check all three boxes.
2. Go into browser settings>privacy and security and check enable location and clear location access.
3. Go into browser settings>advanced>website settings and clear all.
4. Go into settings>application manager>all, find network location, clear cache, clear data, force stop.
5. Restart phone.
6. Once back in your home screen it should prompt you to collect location and allow it.
7. Go to google.com, maps.google.com, etc. and allow each site to collect your location.
I'm guessing automatic restore fudged it up. If you have other funky issues you could always do a factory reset and disable automatic restore before signing in to Google.
Seems to have worked thank you.
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Hi folks. Havin an issue with my VZW S4. When i go into an app that uses gps (ie ingress) the gps won't initiate. if i toggle it on and off it turns on and locks immediately. Its done this 3 times now in the past few weeks, i've factory reset twice which fixes it and it just did it again. I've cleared data on ingress, maps and google search, trying to think of anything that uses location. i'm getting tired of setting up my phone again, any ideas? Thanks.
So figured out the issue. Its something with google play services. I went into the location menu and guess i just never noticed that google play services was down in the list of recent apps to use location. When the gps issue starts, if i go in and clear data on google play services, the gps kicks back in in a second or two. So not sure why, but thats the app thats causing it. At least i don't have to do a factory reset anymore when it happens. sigh.
Was this stock Rom, or custom Rom?
Hi everybody, i keep receiving this annoying pop up with wifi scanning every time i lock my phone even when the wifi is off or on. I turn the scanning off / on from developer mode (kept it in both ways for a while but still the message appears). Location off/ only gps/or high accuracy. Seems that all the commands don't really work.
Please help!
Thanks
I have the same problem! Would be great to get a solution to this. For me, the pop-up only seems to appear when I have Wi-Fi turned off. Whenever the pop-up appears, it minimises the app I'm in, too, which is really annoying because I use Google Maps in my car a lot, and I like to have the Wi-Fi off so the phone doesn't keep trying to connect to Wi-Fi networks that require authentication.
Now its happening the same with me...when wifi is off... It supposed to be an option in the wifi advance settings but...i dont see anything there...that helps...
Have you tried going into settings-security & Privacy-Location services-tap on 3 dots-scan settings and make sure wifi and Bluetooth scanning is off?
Yea, i did that too... Everywhere i could possible know it can be a setting to scan/ locate )... Only thing seems to work for not so many popups is letting wi-fi on all the time ). Good that it has good battery life...
Turning the WiFi + off solved the problem for me.
I have the same problem it's really annoying... And it pops out every once in a while it doesn't matter if you click agree or deny on this message
The only thing that seems to be working it's keep the wifi on... But of course I shouldn't be like that.... Any idea why we have this annoying pop up message?
Found this at Android Central, has to do with incompatibility with latest play store update. If you downgrade play store , then you get popups about Google play services being out of date. Oh well, just keep hitting cancel I guess. Im sure an update to solve will come soon. Lol
Here is what Huawei sent me:
Thank you for contacting Huawei Device USA!
We really appreciate your interest in our devices.
This is caused by incompatibilities between the device and Google Play services of version 12.8.74 or later.
Solution:
It is recommended that you try to solve it in the following three ways:
When pop up, touch CANCEL button.
Go to Settings > Security & privacy > Location services > The three vertical dots > Scan settings, turn off WLAN scanning.
For now, you are advised to go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Apps > More > Show system processes > Google Play services >The three vertical dots > Uninstall updates(This path will not appear until the version is updated).
Feel free to share this information.
Huawei is actively working with the Google development team to provide a final solution. Please stay tuned for updates about this issue.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you, we are working hard to make a connected world and this includes the satisfaction of our valuable customers.
Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:14pm
Mate 10 lite here, been receiving this pop-up like mad yesterday. So I was right in thinking that the pop-up was probably caused by Google being Google again.
Hopefully we get a final solution that doesn't involve downgrading Play Services, a component that insists on being up to date.
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Turning the WiFi + off solved the problem for me.
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Same here
Same here with mate 9