Google Apps on Android: (4.2.1 Cubot One) the saga continues.
Everything works fine using WiFi, but using cellco 3G data and everything BUT any google app (play, mail, maps) feels like it is firewalled 90% of the time. There are occasional bursts of function using 3G data, but only randomly. But at all times, WiFi works just fine and Google sync works immediately.
I gave up trying to get Vodafone to explain - they offered no help at all and I sensed a conspiracy of silence. Searching around for "android google maps error 403" produces a vast array of complaints about this issue that Google is simply not admitting to. But the sinister phrase "traffic shaping" occurs.
I assume there is an ever increasing biblical amount of data traffic going between google and any phone network these days. So are networks prioritising customers who are paying more?
In an effort to sort out the erratic google sync issue, there is much talk of deleting data and apps and reinstalling - but if it all works with WiFi - but does not when using 3G data, then I doubt if any amount of deleting and installing is going to address the fundamental issue which looks like "when is IP not IP?"
Are the Cellcos simply prioritising their big spenders and routing other cheapskate users to the nul device?
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Since I've been using the leaked 4.1 builds I have been burning through Data at an incredible rate, the first month I hit my 2GB monthly allowance after about 3 weeks, which at the time I thought it was just me using it a lot because it was new.
Today however I have been told by my network provider that my 2GB limit for this month was used up in about 4 days!!! After spending most of the day arguing with them they confirmed my phone was connecting every 30-60 seconds & using 200-400mb every time?
After the first month I set all sync options to manual & I don't use Facebook etc. but with Samsung swapping all the settings menu around it seems there are some extra sync options I missed, Maps & latitude, search, location & google all have additional sync settings, so it seems my phone is constantly connecting & logging my location. God knows what else is connecting..
Didn't have this problem with ICS & I don't have a lot of apps installed, probably less than I did then
Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue? if so it's a dream come true for network providers, but they're going to have a lot of pissed off customers!
Did you check your dropbox auto-sync feature? or any cloud storage that MIGHT be uploading your pics? I did notice the data pull but it was while on Wi-Fi, my data counter shows a lot of activity on wifi but not so much for 3G and that is on IDLE.
jusumgeezer said:
Since I've been using the leaked 4.1 builds I have been burning through Data at an incredible rate, the first month I hit my 2GB monthly allowance after about 3 weeks, which at the time I thought it was just me using it a lot because it was new.
Today however I have been told by my network provider that my 2GB limit for this month was used up in about 4 days!!! After spending most of the day arguing with them they confirmed my phone was connecting every 30-60 seconds & using 200-400mb every time?
After the first month I set all sync options to manual & I don't use Facebook etc. but with Samsung swapping all the settings menu around it seems there are some extra sync options I missed, Maps & latitude, search, location & google all have additional sync settings, so it seems my phone is constantly connecting & logging my location. God knows what else is connecting..
Didn't have this problem with ICS & I don't have a lot of apps installed, probably less than I did then
Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue? if so it's a dream come true for network providers, but they're going to have a lot of pissed off customers!
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if your phone was using that much data you would notice the battery on your phone going down pretty fast as well.
Check if you are syncing Google photos. That was at least our problem.
It could be some Apps or something that is constantly downloading or uploading files. Dropbox auto-sync? Or Google plus instant upload?
I have searched online for this issue and tried most of them
In general, from the first minute, the signal bars of both wifi and cell network have been grey. No matter if i use cell network only or work/home/public wifi APs. But data flow has not problems at all, all app download, web surfing, IM apps and SNS apps work fine.
It is said that grey signal bars indicates the google service is not connected. I registered my Gmail account the first time startup. And in the system, google account and google+ account are working fine. Hangout, Gmail, Google Now, Google+, Google calendar, Google Maps, Google Play, Youtube, all working fine.
I did some suggested tricks including:
1\ Clear data and force stop the "google service framework" in the app management. Then reboot.
2\ Reset the phone and erase all user data, serveral times.
3\ Uninstall google play service updates (in app management), then reinstall them through the notification from google hangout.
4\ Use the ATT ready2go service to set the phone for one of the phone reset trials.
5\ Turn on most of the common location identify/sharing settings
In general, NONE of them worked. I don't know which google service is causing the grey bar, nor will I see any further action to take.
Considering return and get another one to try. But sincerely, does not see why that would help.
Thanks for your advice!
I was just told by a friend that under sense interface, the signal bars will remain grey and will never turn into blue (the normal color of all other android devices I have used). Is that true? Can someone verify this?
Yes, Sense's signal indicator is always white/grey.
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Yes, Sense's signal indicator is always white/grey.
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Thanks a lot!
Stupid me working on things before getting a clear idea about it.
Yet I do think the color changing indicator is a good design. I often rely on it to confirm that I am really "online" instead of just "linked to the router".
Hi everyone - I actually don't know who else to ask but this issue has been driving me mental for the last couple of months. After days and nights of investigating and looking through various forums and articles, I think I can find (or try at least) the words to describe my problem more...technically))
So OK, first off the device is Huawei Ascend G510-0100 running KitKat under the Cyanogenmod platform but the issue was already present with the factory's 4.1 ROM. I thought rooting the phone, installing just brand-new everything and having a bloatware/clutter-free Android OS would rectify all the causes of this nightmare but no. I'm not the only one with this problem: Google-search the issue and you'll find numerous forum threads where users seek for a solution to this "software loophole" as well as one of my friends (Galaxy S2) and another one with the HTC One X+ so I rule out my phone's model, OS version or just my device being faulty from the list of potential causes.
So - every time I turn my WiFi off on purpose or when I go out of my house (where logically my phone looses home's wireless signal) - the location services and the app synchronization processes stumble, mess up, run into and furthermore cause internal system mess-ups from such "unexpected" losts of internet. After that I can't make a phone call, send SMS or run USSD codes (checking credit balance etc) but I can still receive calls and texts - basically I fail to reach my cellular services but the service can still reach me. Turning Airplane Mode on and then off or simply restarting the phone altogether temporary fixes the cellular problem until the next time the internet becomes unreachable to Play Services. I tried turning location and sync off, tried different location/sync options...I wish I could disable Play Services but then I wouldn't be able to use the Play Store - | tried messing around with probably every single option available and possible but the Play Services still failed me and.......I honestly don't know what am I missing and where to look next
Edit: (I never use the mobile data btw)
Any suggestions? Anybody? I'm hopeless at this point :crying:
Thank you all...
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Does anyone else have issues with their unit (I have the T-Mobile version) mistakenly showing their location as someplace they were HOURS earlier? My maps shows the location where I currently am, but then will occasionally report my location incorrectly as where I was earlier that day, which affects my weather and traffic reporting. Any thoughts?
Do you have high accuracy enabled?
I do have high accuracy enabled. Which the phone doesn't seem to understand the definition of.
If it is showing properly when you open maps but not in other apps, then it isn't the GPS that's the issue. Those apps aren't updating properly.
Mine is off by about 20 ft or so ... no biggie.
One thought though ... do you have background data blocked for the map app?
Background data enabled. I'll use the phone to navigate from work to school. The map shows me at school. Weather and traffic based around campus. Then, maybe an hour later, I look at my phone and it gives me the weather for my office, not school. I open google maps, it looks like I'm back at work, but I'm not.
I have had this happen several times. I open a gps Waze and Google maps, for a little while at work then minmize. A few hours later I will use the gps again at a different location and the gps will flip back an forth from the previous location, this will occur 30 min away or in another state.
I have tried to just shutdown the app and restart but still occurs. My only way to clear this has been to reboot the phone. This happen on both Waze and Google maps.
I found turning location off and back on works for me, but this shouldn't happen
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Does anyone else have issues with their unit (I have the T-Mobile version) mistakenly showing their location as someplace they were HOURS earlier? My maps shows the location where I currently am, but then will occasionally report my location incorrectly as where I was earlier that day, which affects my weather and traffic reporting. Any thoughts?
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I've had this issue several times. With my G6 and V30. It happens when I'm using a GPS heavy app and then go inside where a good GPS signal cannot be found or where I'm on WiFi. Oddly. I feel like it happens more if that iZat crap is active. Happens a lot with PoGo.
Also get heavy GPS drifting when in High Accuracy Mode. GPS on LG devices seems to work best in Device Only Mode.
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This is driving me mad. I had to switch phone due to this issue on Galaxy S7 and now it happens on V30.
Took a factory reset for mine to work again. Was fine for the entire time I've had the phone, then out of the blue, just stopped working.
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This is driving me mad. I had to switch phone due to this issue on Galaxy S7 and now it happens on V30.
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Chiming in with "other phones have wonky GPS too": My Moto X Pure has had a couple instances where position appeared to be randomly jumping around, up to several hundred feet away with varying azimuth. Made for " fun" navigation in heavy traffic in unfamiliar cities.
But don't worry, autonomous vehicles will work without a problem. (Yeahhhhh....right....)
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Autonomous vehicles are using a wide array of sensors to work, combine with deep learning, big data, etc. The GPS used in phones is not the same chip as the one used in a dedicated GPS device, even something as a sports watch as a much more precise GPS, optimised antenna, dedicated processor and optimised OS. I’ve been trying to use phones to track my runs for years and it always jumped around a bit. In a car, depending on the placement (direct view of the sky, for instance vs. blocked by the ceiling), on the weather, on the insulation of the car even, you can have issue with jumping signal. You can try to place the phone in a spot where the antenna has a view of the sky and it might be less of a problem.
I have noticed that the issue is with both Pokemon Go and Google maps. It is really frustrating, and sometimes nothing seems to help. On another site, they recommended installing GPs Status and Toolbox from Google play store. I will try that. If that does not help, the site said that the issue is with the GPS antenna.
Hi All,
Looking for some advice. I recently moved to a new city about 30mins away from where I was living. Since the move I've been having issues with all of my apps that use GPS. This includes Life360, Smartthings, and Webcore. I'll be sitting on the couch and suddenly I'm being marked as away. When I open any of these apps, they show I'm sitting at my old house. This is happening whether I'm connected to my WiFi, the neighbours WiFi or 3G/4G.
Steps I've tried:
-Factory reset on my router (read about routers storing location data and taking a month to reset)
-Changed routers to the one I use at my camp (an hour in the other directions
-Cleared Cache/Data, uninstalled and re-installed all apps using location
-Created brand new accounts with different e-mail addresses for these apps to rule out the possibility that it's in the app's cloud history
-Cleared data/cache for google maps
-Calibrated compass
I use these apps to detect presence and trigger my alarm on/off and turn off lights, lower heat, etc... It's been a pain having that happen while I'm sitting in the house. My wife moved with me and she's using the P20 pro and not experiencing any of these issues.
I've read many articles about resetting AGPS but I can't find anything mentioning that anywheres.
Any advice?