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I have recently been having a problem with the Google home page
showing my location. It now will just say "Acquiring Location"
I am running Fresh 1.1 on a Sprint CDMA Hero. Sprint Nav and Google Maps
work fine, Latitude works as well. GPS works fine. But you shouldnt need GPS to use the My Location feature in Google, before it was finding the phone fine based off the network. Any ideas what is up and why i am having
this issue?

Same with me too.

This is happening to me also. Started Friday, well I noticed it then. Oddly enough it still works on the Buzz mobile site. After a quick google, it seems this is affecting Droid owners also. This made me feel a little better :/ Two people in the thread happen to be from Massachusetts like myself. I reflashed, I wiped and same thing 'acquiring location' I think it might be Google's end because it still works for some.

A little update. http://powerdeck.sprint.com Weather section still finds my location.

GPS problem

Hey I have a gps problem with my phone.when I turned on gps and connected to wifi and ran the maps and checked my location and it went to Tianjin China(It's the place that I bought the phone)and then I turned on my mobile data and tried running maps and it came to the place where I'm now.and even it's not properly accurate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202831&page=5
I installed this rom and I thought that even it had a problem cause after I loaded the weather widget it said current location not the name of the location but with the stock rom somehow it gives the name of my current location. and I tried searching calibrate the GPS too. Please do tell me if anyone knows about this! thanks

Not sure, but this could be your problem...
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/08/05/solar.flare.gps/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Look in System\etc\gps.conf and see what navigation map is loaded.

Yea maybe that's the problem cause whenever I'm at my house I don't get any signals, It says Current location something. and I tried it outside and it actually worked properly and showed me the right directions. thank you two..

[Q] Location services not working properly after JB update

My stock AT&T HTC One X has developed a very annoying issue after the OTA update to JB.
Location services in the HTC weather widget constantly displays either "Current location" or else displays a city name that is within 10-20 miles of my actual location. Refreshing the widget either does nothing, or occasionally says "Unable to connect to location service..." Google Maps and Navigation nail my location exactly without any issues whatsoever, so I highly doubt I suddenly developed a hardware issue. Before the JB update, everything was working normally. And again, I'm running 100% stock unrooted One X.
I've done extensive searching, and have tried every bit of advice I could find: uncheck automatic time zone, uncheck fast boot, delete and reinstall the weather widget, clear Google framework cache, etc, etc, etc. In an act of desperation, I downloaded the official RUU last night and reflashed. After setting up my phone, I have the exact same problem.
To add insult to injury, my friend was here with his identical stock AT&T One X with the OTA JB update. Sitting right next to me, his phone displays the correct city and weather data.
Any other ideas?

I am desensed but it doesn't look to me like you went to apps, all apps, weather widget, clear data.
If you tried that already or that doesn't do it, I'd have no other ideas.
I forgot to add.. Can you not specify your location etc. within the widget settings? You must be able to, I hate depending on Geolocation for weather settings. It wastes battery by checking GPS every so often to see if you're still in the same location. I guess if you travel a lot this is useful...

In the weather app, go to Settings, and see if the option "My current location, Update my location in real time" is checked or not. Try it either way (mine seems to work right, whether its checked or not).
Also, try simply restarting the phone. I've had the Weather location be incorrect after flashing a new ROM, and restarting the phone fixed it.
The Weather widget reads the location info from the cell tower, not GPS. So the reading of the location is not related to Google Maps or Navigation.

redpoint73 said:
In the weather app, go to Settings, and see if the option "My current location, Update my location in real time" is checked or not. Try it either way (mine seems to work right, whether its checked or not).
Also, try simply restarting the phone. I've had the Weather location be incorrect after flashing a new ROM, and restarting the phone fixed it.
The Weather widget reads the location info from the cell tower, not GPS. So the reading of the location is not related to Google Maps or Navigation.
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Yes, I have checked and unchecked everything, and have restarted dozens of times before and after reflashing, and after trying different ideas. As to exad's suggestion: yes, I can specify a location, but I travel more or less constantly within the state as well as frequent trips.

Problem solved!
Turns out it wasn't a software issue after all.
In a final act of desperation, I did a warranty exchange at the local AT&T warranty center. By the time I got almost home with my new (refurb) phone, I realized the location services still weren't working properly as I drove through 4 different cities in the metro area, and my location stayed the same.
So... I had a flash of inspiration, detoured to my neighborhood AT&T store, asked them to change out my SIM card, and that fixed the problem!

jlmwrite said:
Turns out it wasn't a software issue after all.
In a final act of desperation, I did a warranty exchange at the local AT&T warranty center. By the time I got almost home with my new (refurb) phone, I realized the location services still weren't working properly as I drove through 4 different cities in the metro area, and my location stayed the same.
So... I had a flash of inspiration, detoured to my neighborhood AT&T store, asked them to change out my SIM card, and that fixed the problem!
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Thank you so much for posting your solution! This will be helpful to a few people I'm sure.

[Q] Shield GPS failing to find location?

I just tried my shield with Waze and it doesn't seem to ever find my location. Is anyone else having the same issue or know how to fix the issue?

HobsonA said:
I just tried my shield with Waze and it doesn't seem to ever find my location. Is anyone else having the same issue or know how to fix the issue?
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I just checked my GPS, and it works fine...I don't know what Waze is though. pretty good GPS, i'm sitting inside a lab room, and it was still able to get my location pretty good, looks like dead on.

GTX420 said:
I just checked my GPS, and it works fine...I don't know what Waze is though. pretty good GPS, i'm sitting inside a lab room, and it was still able to get my location pretty good, looks like dead on.
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Weird it like wouldn't connect for me at all and i finally tried the built in Maps App it found the gps rather quickly then waze worked fine after that at least everything is working lol

HobsonA said:
Weird it like wouldn't connect for me at all and i finally tried the built in Maps App it found the gps rather quickly then waze worked fine after that at least everything is working lol
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coo, right on! maybe the satellite just flew overhead and connected LoL

GTX420 said:
coo, right on! maybe the satellite just flew overhead and connected LoL
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Google Maps has a tendency to work magic for getting GPS to work. I think it helps calibrate it, which speeds it up. Just a guess...

agrabren said:
Google Maps has a tendency to work magic for getting GPS to work. I think it helps calibrate it, which speeds it up. Just a guess...
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I think its A-GPS. records your last position and can use that, combined with the system time, some hope that you haven't moved, a bit of trigonometry, a list of existing satellites in orbit and some black magic to guess which satellites are above you at that moment in time and speed up obtaining a lock (as it no longer has to ping for existing satellites, it just presumes that they are there and if your system time is correct and the device hasn't moved then its quite reliable. A hot start if you will.
Google maps also supports location detection via WiFi (it actually looks up your external IP and makes a guess on your location from that, did place me in detroit once, I am actually in cambridgeshire england). Lets say it was to locate you via wifi, I believe it can use that location data as starter info for A-GPS. Which may then give Waze a kick up the derriere.
Or it could just be black magic entirely.

I use Waze all the time but never tried it on shield. Maybe it isn't supported. Ill give it a try today and let you know how it goes

Strange GPS issue

My Nexus 5 running 4.4.4 has starting acting strangely this morning with anything to do with location services.
Only started this morning when I went to show a colleague the Waze app. Said my current location is Haworth, Yorkshire!?! I am actually at Watford Junction station Hertfordshire! Lol!
Even tried Google Now navigation and said 212 miles to home!!! So it remembers where I live?
I have never been to Haworth, let alone being there now.
Have tried rebooting phone, indoors and outdoors, turning off all location services and it is still showing wrong location?
Anyone have any ideas?
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Hi
jason56d said:
My Nexus 5 running 4.4.4 has starting acting strangely this morning with anything to do with location services.
Only started this morning when I went to show a colleague the Waze app. Said my current location is Haworth, Yorkshire!?! I am actually at Watford Junction station Hertfordshire! Lol!
Even tried Google Now navigation and said 212 miles to home!!! So it remembers where I live?
I have never been to Haworth, let alone being there now.
Have tried rebooting phone, indoors and outdoors, turning off all location services and it is still showing wrong location?
Anyone have any ideas?
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Have you tried in a completely different location, or go into Location settings and set it to Device only to force GPS and wait for a fix. It might just be your phone is defaulting to Wi-Fi location, and a new access point has appeared near to you that used to be in North Yorkshire!
Regards
Phil

PhilipL said:
Hi
Have you tried in a completely different location, or go into Location settings and set it to Device only to force GPS and wait for a fix. It might just be your phone is defaulting to Wi-Fi location, and a new access point has appeared near to you that used to be in North Yorkshire!
Regards
Phil
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Tried device GPS only, and not GPS/data/wifi, and picking me up fine. GPS on its own, mobile network on its own, both work fine, but not the 2 together?
It is very strange as it only started happening this week and only when I go into the mess/break room at Watford Junction station. And always Haworth! But now, as soon as I step out of the door, it sorts itself out within a minute or 2. But it does happens every time I go into there now! There is a wifi signal at work, but cannot pick it up in the mess room, so can't be that interfering?
It is not a biggy as not as if I need a satnav to drive my train! lol! And to see the weather, I look out of the door (no windows!)