I have searched through the this forum trying to find a similar thread but I haven't, so please accept my apologies if this has been answered.
I have an AT&T One X. My second one. The first one I had had all sorts of problems. Wifi issue, SMS alerts not working all the time, this weather widget issue, and it just wasn't right. I had rooted that device and removed bloatware so I thought maybe I removed something I shouldn't have.
Enter device 2. This is one received after the hold on customs. It came preloaded with 1.85 and all of the issues went bye bye, except one. This stupid weather widget issue. Basically, the widget shows the right location, right time and date, but if often says that it is 73 and in the midst of a thunderstorm when it is actually sunny and a different temperature. And it is not like it may be raining on the other side of town or something, there is not a cloud for miles and miles. I refresh the weather and it updates properly but I will check back in an hour or when ever and there it is again. 73 and thunderstorms.
What is really odd is we are in the midst of a heatwave and yesterday the temp was 97 and instead of it showing 73 and thunderstorms it was 80 and thunderstorms. Even though, again, no clouds, hasn't rained in weeks, and it was actually 97 out. This happens multiple times a day regardless of the hour or weather.
I know this is rather minuscule issue but I do wonder if there is anyone else that has this issue and if they have been able to resolve it. This is the second phone that I have had this problem with and it has happened on rooted and not rooted phones.
This happens to me as well. I have a first-batch phone updated to 1.85, completely stock. I noticed that when I have wi-fi at home, it doesn't update at all. When I turn off wi-fi, it updates, but not all of the time. I have to manually update it. It is kind of annoying because I love the weather/clock.
I simply ditched the htc widget and use beautiful widgets instead.
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I simply ditched the htc widget and use beautiful widgets instead.
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I have beautiful widgets I just don't think they look as crisp as the sense 4.0 weather widget. Maybe with the update that may or may not be coming out soon this issue will be fixed. I didn't have this issue with my Inspire.
At least I know now that I am not crazy.
yeah, I have this issue too, and Ive never paid attention to the temperature but mine is constantly thinking its thunderstorms as well. Thing is since I got my phone we have been having thunderstorms more frequently so I assumed it wasn't updating correctly.
Ill admit with the weather live wallpaper the thunderstorm every time I open my phone is kind of nice though
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Thing is since I got my phone we have been having thunderstorms more frequently so I assumed it wasn't updating correctly.
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The odd thing here is, we are in the middle of a drought. It has rained about once in the last 2 months.
Mine did the same thing so I stopped using it. I always felt it was a big battery drainer anyway but I could be wrong. I just use a simple ics clock widget now. I don't need to see the weather every time I use my phone and having the time in such big letters is pointless when it's always in the top right corner anyway.
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Be Weather is another good option as is HD Widgets. The current sense clock looks better than any sense clock ever did, but I've always found it buggy and less than current.
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Something is weird for my P3650 from today. It never happened before:
When i turn off the display and turn on again, the clock will be adjusted from the time my turning off the display to the recent cerrect time immediately.
I just reinstalled the official ROM and the bepe's 0.58 with SIM and without SIM, nothing changed
My clock works like this too with official French Rom.
I don't think that it's an issue.
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Same problem here, so don't think hard resseting will make any difference
As far as I know, this is normal behaviour on all devices
It was on my official & cooked Kaiser ROMS and on my TC.
yeah everybody has it.
but ive got something stranger! the clock in the uppertask bar (on the upperright corner) is 1 minute behind the HTC clock... who the hell is this possible?
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Something is weird for my P3650 from today. It never happened before:
When i turn off the display and turn on again, the clock will be adjusted from the time my turning off the display to the recent cerrect time immediately.
I just reinstalled the official ROM and the bepe's 0.58 with SIM and without SIM, nothing changed
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Yeah my touch dual does that- sloppy design.
I have an even weirder clock problem.
Usually the clock has the correct time but from time to time it runs behind. Sometimes even 20 min!
This morning I had the problem again and the alarm was 10 min late. Nothing serious happened but I cannot rely on it if I have a plane to catch!
Any similar cases?
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I have an even weirder clock problem.
Usually the clock has the correct time but from time to time it runs behind. Sometimes even 20 min!
This morning I had the problem again and the alarm was 10 min late. Nothing serious happened but I cannot rely on it if I have a plane to catch!
Any similar cases?
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Yes, I remember similar cases in the Kaiser forum
Take a look over there.
I'll try to find it too and edit this post later on.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=348595
Maybe it's because I upgraded from an ancient AT&T Tilt (not Tilt II!) and this phone is just so much better that I don't notice the flaws.
But every post on here where people mention some bug or another and Mine does not have said bug.
My GPS works, even in the house (which I thought was not possible, because the GPS signal isn't supposed to go through walls)
My Battery lasts from 9:30 am until midnight with downloads, music, calls, video, browsing, and facebook. I have all of the default battery saving options.
My accelerometer/gyro work perfectly.
Please tell me I'm not the only one, because I am so happy with this phone, and it would be a shame if so many people where having problems that it became a flop.
Just my take on it. It is a new phone so there is still a lot of "unknown" about the phone. Also, if you go to any kind of forum like this you usually see a lot of issue/help threads rather than praise threads. Its just the way it is.
I got mine yesterday.. and love the hell out of it.. No problems at all so far, and have not been able to put it down. hahaha
Mine is great
I love my phone and have had no problems at all. and I love swpe, I almost forgot how to type
Jon
@TWiG420 I'm with you on that one.
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I upgraded from a touch diamond and this phone is beastly or I just waited too long to upgrade
I did have a GPS problem though, it wouldnt lock on in like 15 minutes, but I changed the settings and I get a lock pretty fast now.
Lag? None. Touchwiz? Decent, and less choppy than launcherpro!
Phone is real good.
They sold almost a million Galaxy S devices before even launching in the states, and the only 'common' problem I have seen that is not obviously software is the GPS issues. But it seems like most can change around a few settings and be fine.
Most if not all of my issues are because I do not know android. Once one or two software updates come out (or cooks make some nice custom roms with bug fixes) most if not all problems I think will vanish.
Nope
No problems, except for the GPS issue. But I live in NYC, and the buildings have always been an issue when trying to connect to the satellites with any device. Anyway, with that said, no issues with the phone/settings/performance etc. at all.
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Maybe it's because I upgraded from an ancient AT&T Tilt (not Tilt II!) and this phone is just so much better that I don't notice the flaws.
But every post on here where people mention some bug or another and Mine does not have said bug.
My GPS works, even in the house (which I thought was not possible, because the GPS signal isn't supposed to go through walls)
My Battery lasts from 9:30 am until midnight with downloads, music, calls, video, browsing, and facebook. I have all of the default battery saving options.
My accelerometer/gyro work perfectly.
Please tell me I'm not the only one, because I am so happy with this phone, and it would be a shame if so many people where having problems that it became a flop.
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I'll one-up you, I unplug my phone at 6:30 AM when I am about to leave for work and didn't plug it in until it started complaining at me 28 hours later. Thats pretty darn good given the screen size and the fact that I was using wifi and 3G throughout the day.
Coming from a Iphone 3g.
Got my Captivate on Tuesday. Rooted it, took off the junk. Mine is running great even with no new launcher and live backround. GPS works great too.
No bugs here and phone is way faster then any other phone I have ever used.
Mine is running great too. Maybe it's because I'm not a perfectionist, but I love my phone after removing touchwiz it's even faster too.
So far, so good. Any "issues" can be traced back to my ignorance of an Android-based phone, but being a persistent sort I've either figured out the answers myself or by trolling forums. I would venture a guess that most listed problems relate to:
1. Unrealistic expectations that this new phone should behave the same way, or very similar to an older phone, e.g., number of bars should equal previous phone's number of bars and stuff like that.
2. The results of newbies futzing within the depths of the phone without recognizing the potential consequences of their actions should they screw up.
3. Glitches or wishes that will be addressed in updates.
4. Real problems that can be rectified by a swap within the 30 days.
5. Imagined problems that can be rectified by a reality check.
...and so on.
In any event, I have high expectations and this phone has certainly come close to meeting them.
Now if I can just not drop it before I get a case. If it's not in my pocket I find myself holding it like it's an egg.
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Now if I can just not drop it before I get a case. If it's not in my pocket I find myself holding it like it's an egg.
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Hahah, I find myself doing the same exact thing! Curse my cheapness in choosing super shipper savings! I still have at least a week before I see my case.
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If it's not in my pocket I find myself holding it like it's an egg.
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I cant keep it in my pocket. I'm too busy playing with it.
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I cant keep it in my pocket. I'm too busy playing with it.
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not to be that guy, but that's what she said lol
My phone turned off by itself today while it was in my pocket, here are some information. The phone is also not rooted, no launchers have been used, and is currently using TouchWiz.
Purchased from AT&T Premier website on August 27th 2010
Delivered to me September 1st 2010
Manufacturing Date - August 2nd 2010
Battery Manufacturing Date - Not checked
Apps installed before shutoff experience:
Dictionary.com
Fandango Movies
The Moron Test Lite
WordUp
Google Voice
Speedtest.net
Barcode Scanner
Ninja Kaka - Fruit Dojo
Drop Block DEMO
Hella Umbrella Beta
PapiJump
Jewels
Unblock Me FREE
Smooth Calendar
GPS Test
1 Day/Night before I experienced the shutoff, the following were installed:
- Used my own wallpaper jpeg instead of one from the Captivate's stock wallpaper folder
- Beautiful Widgets
- AppBrain App Market
- Fast Web Installer
- Angry Birds Lite Beta (APK FILE, USED ANDROID CENTRAL'S SIDELOADER MACHINE)
- Paper Toss
I've had my phone for exactly 1 week, and after reading all the horror stories of people experiencing the random shut offs, I thought I was lucky up until now. I love this phone a lot despite the obvious GPS issues. Does anyone have any idea on what may be causing this? Hardware or Software issue?
I would hate to exchange it for another with AT&T since I've become so attached to it.
My phone randomly shut down within the first couple of days I had it too. However, it doesn't happen anymore.
I'm still not exactly sure what caused it. Here is what I can remember having differently before and now:
- Used the Grass live wallpaper; now, I'm using a static wallpaper
- Had a corporate exchange account synced; now, only syncing a Google account
And of course, I've been charing the phone more ever since I got it, so maybe the battery needs to "learn" something so that it doesn't automatically shut down?
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My phone randomly shut down within the first couple of days I had it too. However, it doesn't happen anymore.
I'm still not exactly sure what caused it. Here is what I can remember having differently before and now:
- Used the Grass live wallpaper; now, I'm using a static wallpaper
- Had a corporate exchange account synced; now, only syncing a Google account
And of course, I've been charing the phone more ever since I got it, so maybe the battery needs to "learn" something so that it doesn't automatically shut down?
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thanks kevrocks, how long have you had your captivate btw?
There are a few threads here, including mine with the "Let's compare apps" theory http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763956. No on has been able to figure it out. However, in my observation, I had my Use GPS Satellites turned off while I was away on vacation in Europe. In the 7 days I was away, my phone never turned off on me. That was last week. This week, it still hasn't turned off (knock on wood). Could that be the culprit?
Do your own test. Uncheck the "Use GPS Satellites" in the Location and Security menu. Check it when using Maps or Navigation but don't forget to Uncheck it when not in use. Observe for a week and see if you get the same results as I did.
Good luck.
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thanks kevrocks, how long have you had your captivate btw?
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It's been 1.5 weeks so far.
Mine did this also, when i called Samsung they explained to me that they don't know what the problem is that is causing this issue and that some users are experiecning it. They told me that I would need to send the phone in with Phone, Bat, and Bat Charger for a complete diagnostic overview. Unwilling to do this I just returned the phone for a different one. I'm thinking that if it happens it hardware and you are best off getting a replacement rather then messing with it.
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There are a few threads here, including mine with the "Let's compare apps" theory http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763956. No on has been able to figure it out. However, in my observation, I had my Use GPS Satellites turned off while I was away on vacation in Europe. In the 7 days I was away, my phone never turned off on me. That was last week. This week, it still hasn't turned off (knock on wood). Could that be the culprit?
Do your own test. Uncheck the "Use GPS Satellites" in the Location and Security menu. Check it when using Maps or Navigation but don't forget to Uncheck it when not in use. Observe for a week and see if you get the same results as I did.
Good luck.
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Funny you mention location. I flashed jh2, latest sre, and tats lag fix yesterday. I was actually turning on my locations and my phone shutdown. I figured it was the oc kernel.
Had other random reboots/shutdowns after. Could have been the flash. Just fyi'ing.
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mine shut off for the first time yesterday, this is my second, first returned for a loose battery cover and speaker issue. I'm hoping the phone doesnt continue to shut off. Ive spoken to ATT, and i'm kinda screwed right now if it ends up being a hardware issue with the phone. i'm past my 30 days.
Oh, I also performed a factory data reset, and I haven't gotten any random shutdowns ever since.
I also spoke with Samsung technical support, and the rep suggested to do a soft reset. This is where you remove the battery, clean the gold contacts on the phone and battery, and then reinsert the battery.
I've had mine since the first Thursday it was out. For the first week or two, it shut down about once a day. After that, I've never had a random shut down. Don't know why, I've played around with settings and apps since day one back and forth, so I don't believe its any certain setting or app. Maybe a part of the phone or build getting adjusted?
I remember read somewhere that this is actually a hardware flaw: the battery barely touches the PINs. So if there is any free play in the battery compartment, your phone will randomly loss contact with battery and hence shutdown. Exchange the phone seems to be the only solution. Or you can insert some paper on the other end of the battery to make sure it tightly presses against the PINs.
Mine never encounters this problem regardless how I mess with my phones (flashed firmware couple times and rooted, updated many many times).
It definitely reacts as if the power was removed from the phone. There is no power down screen or indication of rebooting. I have looked at the contacts on the battery, but my last phone made a perfect connection as far as I could tell.
If it is a hardware issue, then I'm perfectly okay with that. I could wire the battery directly to the phone and problem solved. I've also heard of people having a lot of luck buying the cheap chinese batteries for the phone off of ebay to correct their shut down issues. Maybe their connectors are pushed more toward the surface than the Samsung battery.
Had the phone on day 1, hour 1 the 20th and have had not 1 odd issue. Everyone here seems to hate their device, I'm coming from a vibrant which was cool too but this is way better....
How come y'all having so many issues and I haven't had 1... Anyone else have no issues like me?
I love this phone and its perfect for me.....
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Had the phone on day 1, hour 1 the 20th and have had not 1 odd issue. Everyone here seems to hate their device, I'm coming from a vibrant which was cool too but this is way better....
How come y'all having so many issues and I haven't had 1... Anyone else have no issues like me?
I love this phone and its perfect for me.....
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I got the phone yesterday too and so far I don't have an issue. Came from Vibrant as well. I do see a little bleeding on top of the screen, but this is not an issue for me.
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I got the phone yesterday too and so far I don't have an issue. Came from Vibrant as well. I do see a little bleeding on top of the screen, but this is not an issue for me.
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My first phone had a lot of bleeding, switched it out for another and it barely has any. That's the only problem I've really run into.
My first unit had the restart problem but I replaced it at the tmo store and this new one is working fine and is almost up to the two day uptime since its initial boot.
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I got my phone last night and only issue I have is the screen bleed but it don't bug me either. So far really nice phone.
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I also got my phone on the 20th and everything have been running perfect. This phone is just amazing. The only thing I miss about my droid Incredible was the MIUI ROM.
I've had one reboot, but 2-1/2 days since then without any problems. I was a bit concerned about battery life for the first couple of days, but I've been off-charger for about 7 hours now with light usage and the battery is still at 83%, which is fine. Otherwise, no problems other than minor software issues (kinetic scrolling parameters, Qik has a version incompatibility with iPhone, I can't add applications to Car Home).
This tends to happen a lot. The people who are happy are content and don't usually post about it. Conversely, those who have issues, or think they have issues, end up posting about them, so you basically just end up with a bunch of negative discussions.
This is my 4th Android phone (G1, Nexus One, Epic 4G, and now the G2X), and by far the best one I've ever owned, ever.
I've had mine since the 20th and so far have had no problems at all. I activated it in the store and had a slight concern when it seemed to freeze up for a few minutes after it asked about synching my apps. However, I waited a few minutes and apparently it was indexing everything, because once it came back to normal I checked my apps and everything was there. Both the T-Mo rep and I were surprised to see all the apps back as well as my contacts, emails, and texts. Gotta love that Google cloud!
My only complaint (if you can even call it that) is that I can't tell which end is up when I pick it up. I came from a Nexus One and that trackball was a huge clue for where the top of the phone was. This phone is so dark with its new black gel case that I usually pick it up upside down and struggle to find the power button. I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually. Glad to see all my apps working with no hiccups, and I was fortunate not to get one with any screen bleed or unexpected restarts. Hope this keeps up.
i thought i had the wifi/4g problem but it was a mistake on my part. had the phone little over 24 hours and not a problem thus far
Most Happy people wont go to xda to create a thread and tell people how perfect and great their phone is.
Xda is clearly not the place for that. Im one of them. I have no issues with my phone, it has been great, fast and reliable.
Im just lurking around the G2X forums waiting for development updates.
No problems on my phone.
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No problems on mine either.
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No problems with my phone.
Only a small amount of screen bleed here, and for some reason I can't get it to connect to hspa only umts. Other than that great. Sucks though my vibe got hspa.
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No "send it back" issues here
my data connection sometimes locks up and seems slower than my vibrants connections. but i'm sure newer basebands/radios will come out and hopefully fix all that. a tiny bit of bleeding on top corner but nothing noticeable...i'm loving it....wish it had 768 ram but it has enough, haven't ran into many problem in that area, i have almost 300 apps and a multitask alot so i'm hopping this one doesn't kill my adw ex in the backround..i have it on persistent but it can still kill it if it wants....fingers crossed that's never an issue. so far love the phone....now waiting on the cable for the HDMI to come in the mail, and screen protectors.
One day 1, I had a couple random reboots. Days 2 and 3 have so far been completely error free. I have very little LCD bleed, only a tiny bit in the top corners that I can barely notice. Standby battery life has improved immensely as well. Down to 3-4% battery per hour which is very good on a stock ROM/kernel.
I'm totally satisfied.
I really like the phone and am keeping it but there's no question it has issues. Everyone uses their phone differently which is why we are having different experiences. I rely on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth heavily and LG's implementation of both is quirky causing erratic behavior. T-Mobile really screwed up the data management settings with their My Account app allowing the phone to use native data when set to Wi-Fi only. You're experiencing that whether you realize it or not.
I was in a T-Mobile store and they allowed me to play around with the configuration of their demo unit. I could replicate almost all the strangeness I experienced on my phone. Someone who uses the phone differently may never see the issues I'm having. Either software updates from LG or a replacement ROM will cure most of the problems that have been posted so in the end the phone will still be a good choice.
No issues here...
Flawless...
Mine is fantastic, I dont seem to have any screen bleed or reboots but ive noticed it seems like it lags sometime coming from the lock-screen but doesn't affect anything. All we need now are some custom roms.....
I have yet to see a parking location card pop up to remind me where I park. I have Google Now version 3.4. Location reporting is on. I've set transportation mode to Driving. Is this service not available in Canada?
Mods: Sorry if this is not appropriate here but I've done a search and really don't know where to ask this question. Move it if you need to. Thanks.
I thought you had to tell google after your parked to remind you where you parked not sure though
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I think it's a 'phased' roll-out. My wife's had this feature for a couple of weeks, mine just magically turned on yesterday without me doing anything or changing any settings. My wife always gets the cool features before I do, for some reason, and she couldn't really care less
It's just appeared for me since yesterday. I never did anything to activate it, the card just appears with a mini-map
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It's just appeared for me since yesterday. I never did anything to activate it, the card just appears with a mini-map
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I was hoping that I would see it today, since two of you said it showed up yesterday. Nothng still. I guess it's not a big deal. I wouldn't really use it very often but was just wondering why I don't see it.
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I was hoping that I would see it today, since two of you said it showed up yesterday. Nothng still. I guess it's not a big deal. I wouldn't really use it very often but was just wondering why I don't see it.
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Ive had it for about a week. Its automatic. Its kinda annoying actually because now Google Search uses a lot more battery
I've seen it three times but it certainly doesn't work every day for me. I can see it out of the window so I should manage to find it today :laugh:
I don't see it anymore
I used to see it about 20 days back but after that....gone ...i have the latest google search, google play services and location is on battery saving mode...with location reporting and history on.....i want to get it back...tried many things like wiping data for google search, reinstalling google search...no use..please suggest
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I think it's a 'phased' roll-out. My wife's had this feature for a couple of weeks, mine just magically turned on yesterday without me doing anything or changing any settings. My wife always gets the cool features before I do, for some reason, and she couldn't really care less
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I feel ya bro...
On the other hand.. when I was on holidays in London I had a lot more cool suggestions and cards showing up comparing to home (Portugal)... but when I travel sometimes I get pictures of the places nearby, often with my own pictures LOL
Located in Canada, I get it every time I park my car, except at home (seems pretty obvious now that I think about it). I don't think I did anything special other than to say 'yes, tell me where I parked', and even then, I don't specifically remember even doing that.
I'm in Australia and it just randomly showed up 2 weeks ago for me.. I didn't even know that Google Now had a "where you parked" card until it showed up in G. Now... my inner conspiracist feels slightly uncomfortable with this constant tracking