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So currently I'm using google maps for my navigation, however I hate its long time searching. It takes almost 10 min for it to find me but once I'm found it stays on while it runs. However I would like to know if there is something better than this?
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I think google is one of the best, they are on top of there game, imo. Hopefully you find something else that suites your phone.
Google...Sprint Nav...
Google maps is great... I have to say (my opinion though) that the new version of Sprint GPS is pretty good too. (but u have to have sprint).
I say both are very average compare to other software: Iguidance, Garmin XT, Tomtom, IGO.....paid but much better, 10 minutes isn't normal Eclipse, you may wanna eclipse Google and try something new...plenty or resources out there
If you just want to know where you are and want to find businesses close to where you are at then google is nice.
If you want to use your GPS for driving directions get a true turn-by-turn app like igo, tomtom, Garmin, CoPilot, etc.. Not to mention you don't need a data play for these apps. Maps are loaded on the phone.
I've got garmin XT and I love it.
I agree with above.. sure the google one is cool for what it does.. so is the new one in Bing for that matter... but really, nothing beats TomTom... it will work even if you have no internet connection...... (assuming you have a map of your entire country on an SD card).... But the voices are cool, the diffrent options for a car icon is cool.... the layout is cool... and the "show off" effect is cool...
"Oh, your phone has AT&T Navigator that only works where you have coverage?, Well, my phone has real TomTom, just like the ones you buy at Best Buy for $200, and it works everywhere"..
lol... sorry, but it is fun... And if you you do have an unlimited data plan, and are willing to pay hte monthly fee, you can access TomTom Plus which offers live traffic (and it can auto-reroute you if it is faster another way), along with gas prices, weather, etc....
That is my 2 cents...
The reason why I hate google maps is because it takes a long long time for it to locate me... takes a good 5-10 mins till it finds me. I want to know what app or what I need to do so that I can use a gps that will pick me fast. What do I do ?
does tomtom locate fast? and is it free?
I have started using Waze with my TP. I love it. Its user based so if there is someone stuck in traffic, they report it and you get updated. Im a huge fan.
tom tom locates very fast but is not free. my google maps takes a few seconds to locate me. i would try changing your radio. also use quick gps it makes google locate faster.
Garmin XT
Run it on my Fuze and it works great! It's not free but I was part of www.lg-incite.com forum before getting my Fuze and they have a thread over there dedicated to Garmin GPS. If you have a data plan, you get live traffic and can search a business in your area using the built in Google Search.
Quick GPS
Hey Eclipse I would reccommend trying quick GPS, it updates satellite info from the internet so beware but attains a much faster lock on once it has run the update, it DOES use the internet so unlimited data is reccommended.
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Hey Eclipse I would reccommend trying quick GPS, it updates satellite info from the internet so beware but attains a much faster lock on once it has run the update, it DOES use the internet so unlimited data is reccommended.
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Yea I usually do update the quick gps. However it still takes awhile.
where can I get the latest sprint nav?
Off topic but here, read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=362745
EclipseTouchPro said:
The reason why I hate google maps is because it takes a long long time for it to locate me... takes a good 5-10 mins till it finds me. I want to know what app or what I need to do so that I can use a gps that will pick me fast. What do I do ?
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This is not an application issue. This is a phone GPS issue. You will have this same issue with every GPS application until you resolve the GPS acquisition issue.
I have an issue with the GPS device every few months. Some bad data corrupts the memory location and won't find satellites. To fix it I change some settings and it seems to force overwrite the nonvolatile memory files.
1. Open Quick GPS
2. Tap Menu at the bottom
3. Tap Options
4. Uncheck "Auto download when connected to PC via ActiveSync"
5. Tap OK
6. Close out of Quick GPS and quit the application
Now it may take 30 seconds to acquire satellites for the first time. Each time after you should acquire satellites very quickly.
I have several questions about the built in GPS on the Motorola Atrix.
1. Do I need to have a data plan for the GPS to work?
2. Why is that the navigation doesn't work outside the US?
3. Is there any way to use the phone like a regular GPS?
Thanks!
1. Yes. You need a data plan for the phone anyways to work on your phone's network.
2. Google Navigation
3. Yes. Google Maps (or any other third party gps app)
Is there any workaround on the data plan? Like preloading the maps or anything like it?
you can get an app that has maps already on the phone, like sygic or sygic aura 2, i saw that tom tom is going to release an app for android really soon too
i think mapquest has a 3rd party apk as well with gps
There are quite a few apps already out with downloadable maps which you can use to avoid data usage, (Navigon is a decent one, but my map download in Massachusetts was 1.6GB, so you'll need WiFi for that). If you download the maps you need, you should be fine just turning off data and using GPS. If you do not download maps, you will use data to download positions on the fly, and also if there is no clear "line of sight" to a satellite, your GPS system can use data to triangulate your position off cell towers.
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There are quite a few apps already out with downloadable maps which you can use to avoid data usage, (Navigon is a decent one, but my map download in Massachusetts was 1.6GB, so you'll need WiFi for that). If you download the maps you need, you should be fine just turning off data and using GPS. If you do not download maps, you will use data to download positions on the fly, and also if there is no clear "line of sight" to a satellite, your GPS system can use data to triangulate your position off cell towers.
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I agree and can confirm Navigon has pre-loaded maps and works great but you have to shell out some preety pennies for the app unless you know your way around that ;p and is a very big file and takes awhile to download...but works like a champ!!!
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1. Yes. You need a data plan for the phone anyways to work on your phone's network.
2. Google Navigation
3. Yes. Google Maps (or any other third party gps app)
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DATA is required if your using google navigation but if you use something like copilot that has the maps preloaded on sdcard ...copilot uses data when downloading the directions for you
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Hello everyone.
The Google plus is great. I installed the native app on my NC running n118+300611 OC kernel.
It partially works. Whenever i click the icons at the upper right (make a post/upload photos), the app force close.
Already tried fixing permission but it didn't help/
I wonder if you guys experience the same problem?
is there a workaround to fix this?
I am experiencing the same issue. Nightly 116, OCd 1.3ghz.
Same issue here on 7.1RC1 w/ stock kernel. Report to Google.
Same here, CM7.1 RC1 with latest Dalingrin OC kernel
logcat to the rescue... It's trying to grab location, which crashes a lot of apps the same way.
Workaround.. Tether GPS Lite or some other things. Sucks though.
Google Maps never crashes, but some other random apps do.
This is the same issue that WeatherBug has when it tries to find your location. We probably need some sort of a connection between the WiFi location and the GPS to spoof the GPS with the WiFi location and then stop crashing apps
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This is the same issue that WeatherBug has when it tries to find your location. We probably need some sort of a connection between the WiFi location and the GPS to spoof the GPS with the WiFi location and then stop crashing apps
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Soo, like, Tether GPS Lite, or some other apps like Fake GPS, even Bluetooth GPS Provider without a BT GPS nearby works I believe. Anything that pretends to be a GPS.
IMO these apps are buggy. You can't crash Google Maps the same way, nor a few other apps, but lots of (buggy) apps will. I suspect there's some sort of API call to see if there's hardware GPS data before trying to initialize it in the case of Google Maps or other apps which don't crash.
FIX-io! Fake GPS Lite, done. Working. Nice - thanks all!
Yeah I'm thinking Google needs to put out an update for g+. I don't want to have to open another program all the time just to do a quick post. If Maps doesn't crash then g+ shouldn't either.
I'm running CM7 7.0.3 and to get Google + to not FC all I did was enable my GPS and enabled TetherGPS.
late,
Coz
Just tried your method. Worked for me too.
What about doing something like setting up Tasker, Locale, etc to start GPS Tether any time Wi-Fi is on? I figure this would work pretty well, no? Yes, it's a workaround, but a necessary one due to platform limitations.
I also was having FC issues with the app and CM7. I have since gone back to stock 1.2 MN for the moment and the google+ app is working appropriately without any work arounds. It is interesting that a work around is required in CM7 but not with rooted stock 1.2. Why would an AOSP build bork the app?
Does anyone know why Google maps is always open. Does something force it open all the time? I have running the latest build that was rleleased yesterday.
Uninstall the damned thing it's annoying and consumes a lot of battery even when not launched with or without WiFi and 3G just makes it worse, It was fine in the Froyo series but the GB and HC series made it worse just uninstall it via system/app , Use Root Explorer or something that has root access enabled.
Download the latest Maps app from somewhere like apktop so you can save and keep the apk file so you can install it back on the go. Or titanium backup to back up the Maps application in general, if you don't use it, then remove it, but if you do (Worth it only on 3G models) then you can install it back anytime you want Win-win if you ask me, I have the 3G model and decided to remove it as it serves no purpose when on a motorbike, because by logical sense where am I supposed to keep a 10" tablet on my bike Unless by some magical tape glory, but if you hike alot, then keep it.
Force closing the app when WiFi is off keeps it permanently off, but when WiFi is on, it relaunches itself. FML Google.
I also notice there are quite a bit if wifi issues with it. I see some related topics but not sure if its related. Any suggestions. Basically I see that wifi hiccups after the tablet is a sleep for awhile.
Maps is open because of the google location service running...turn that off in settings>location
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Maps is open because of the google location service running...turn that off in settings>location
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Thanks I will give it a try.
Sometime in the last week or two, my location services have completely gone away. On Maps, I get "waiting for location" and then "Your current location is temporarily unavailable." When I go into GPS Status, there are no satellites seen. Both satellites and Google location services are activated.
When I do a complete wipe, functionality comes back. Immediately after reinstalling my apps (without restoring data), functionality is still there, but after a short time the problem resurfaces. I haven't determined if it is an app or if the problem occurs after a service starts.
The only things that occurred prior to the problem resurfacing were the passage of time, opening several apps that require root - including SetCPU, SD Maid, AdFree, BatteryCalibration, and Titanium, and the receipt of 2 phone calls.
Is there any way, short of freezing/uninstalling apps and services one at a time, that I can figure out what's doing this?
It happens with both CM7 and CM9 nightlies.
Thanks.
hmmm, looks like a bug found its way...
anyway have u tried using fasterfix from the play store
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447599