Hey I like to turn Google location services off to conserve battery but this shouldn't affect the ability to use Google maps shouldn't it? With it unchecked, it won't find my location! Pictures attached. This happens on all jb roms I've tried
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I would not expect to see that message unless you uncheck both:
Google Location Service
and
GPS Satellites
Anyone else?
Go under gps source and choose internal gps
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Did that already. I have gps on and internal gps. The thing is, shouldn't it locate me either way by like triangulation or whatev just through my data connection? Anyways even with gps on I get this message
Scratch that: with gps on I get location unavailable. When I turn on location services, gps instalocks
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kchen96 said:
Scratch that: with gps on I get location unavailable. When I turn on location services, gps instalocks
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When you turn on location services that's when it uses data or wifi to connect. Your GPS should still get your location without it. Sounds to me like you have some GPS issues. I'd get GPS aids from market and see if your GPS is actually working or not. There are other good GPS test apps that one is just my personal choice.
Gps instalocks when I turn on the services. I already use that gps test and I get like 1 or 2 locks without services and 10+ with
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Gps instalocks when I turn on the services. I already use that gps test and I get like 1 or 2 locks without services and 10+ with
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Like I said something is wrong with your GPS setup. I just locked 12 of 22 sats in 4 seconds to an accuracy of 3ft WITHOUT location services. If you can't get a lock with just GPS something is wrong.
Hmm it seems as though I'm seeing the same thing. GPS turned on, location services turned off. GPS aids tells me I have 22 sats in view but nothing is being locked on to. After a while I went back and turned services on, reopened aids and locked on to about 4 sats in a few seconds (the "seconds" remained at 0 the whole time? I'm new to GPS aids; just dl'ed right now).
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Hi all. Was wondering if anyone out there is having GPS issues on 4.0.3?
I did the update just before I left home to go to Indonesia and now I'm here the GPS won't get a lock particularly when using google maps. Says it has sattelites in range but even with 4 or 6 won't get a lock. However did manage to get a lock a couple of nights ago using SkEye astronomy program.
Any feedback appreciated.
I experienced the sameproblem with Nexus S locking on GPS days ago. Usually when I'm in Italy, I'm always connected to internet and GPS lock very fast, helped by the network.
But days Iago I went to London, with pre-cached map of the city and in 3 days the phone NEVER locked on the GPS system unless a wireless connection. All it said was "Trying to get current position..." and after a few seconds "Impossible to get the current position. Retry later".
While trying to get the position on googlemap in the status bar I noticed the empty GPS-circle never started to blink...
Exactly the same thing happened to my brother device (also a 4.0.3 Nexus S).
What worked for me.
So Im using the Galaxy s2.
Leaked ics.
Gps bug.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/gps-doctor/com.epekware.gpsdoctor
It said it worked and now maps finds me as does 'places'.
Facebook now gives me places nearby but still says not found.
I zoomed in on maps and its pretty much got me to within a few feet. So it has to be gps. Towers gets you w/in a few states. (jk)
I have the same issue. With ICS my phone can't get a GPS lock.
I'm back on GB though.
Ive been meaning to come and debunk my own thread.
False alert everyone. It doesnt work. When I was on wifi it took my info from there and 'injected' it. For whatever reason maps etc took that as well enough.
On 3g it would seem to only triangulate my position and get it right to within hundreds of yards.
However I hope that the thread helps developers develop a bug fix. I saw qbking post a new ics vid today so maybe the latest leak is gps corrected. Well see.
flash a stock GB rom, Pete's for instance. Lock on to GPS in Maps. I use GPS test from Market also and Clear and update GPS with app. Reboot, then Flash ICS rom and benefit
GPS Test worked for me
Thanks for that. I had the same issue after updating to ICS - Glympse couldn't find where I was, Maps wouldn't use GPS, etc.
I installed GPS Test by Chartcross Limited (I haven't posted enough to post links, so I've replaced the forward slashes with back slashes "https:\\play.google.com\store\apps\details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jaGFydGNyb3NzLmdwc3Rlc3QiXQ..").
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All I had to do was to use the menu to get to Settings, and use the buttons at the top of the settings to Clear AGPS and Update AGPS (I don't know whether both of these were necessary), and everything started working. I didn't need to reboot.
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So I got a text message from Sprint less than 10 min ago saying I could save battery life by turning ON WiFi is this true?Anyone else received this?
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ive seen this somewhere else though im not sure how valid it is because not only is it searching for wifi, apps are still using your 3g/4g. though i could be wrong on that.
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Yes, Sprint's been pushing wi-fi for some time now. It's all over the online account section of the website. No reason to be concerned.
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Yes, Sprint's been pushing wi-fi for some time now. It's all over the online account section of the website. No reason to be concerned.
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Just seemed interesting because for the longest time I thought WiFi drained your battery faster
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ebs512 said:
Just seemed interesting because for the longest time I thought WiFi drained your battery faster
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Wifi uses the least power as long as you're actually connected to an access point. If you're not, the wifi radio only wakes up for about 15 seconds every few minutes to scan for networks it's previously been connected to. This is assuming you have wifi set to always stay on (default behavior) instead of turning off while the display is off.
I've hit 3 days on a single charge if I kept the phone on wifi and worked from home. Personally, I leave wifi on, but have Tasker set to disable it when it connects to my car stereo over bluetooth (and re-enable as soon as the stereo disconnects). No point having it on when I'm driving, but I have that setup so that it disconnects from my home router when I get in the car, forcing it to connect to 3G so I can start streaming music.
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Yes, Sprint's been pushing wi-fi for some time now. It's all over the online account section of the website. No reason to be concerned.
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Of course they're pushing it, it saves them money if you use wifi for data. While it does save you battery if you use wifi and have a steady wifi connection I wouldn't put much merit in anything any company pushes.
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Just seemed interesting because for the longest time I thought WiFi drained your battery faster
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I really don't think Sprint cares about our batteries ... just trying to minimize our data usage on their network.
I am not able to find a correct location with GMaps, it shows a approximate location as you can see in the screenshot, with a very large error radius, maybe a few km. I tested my GPS with GPS test and I'm able to lock up to 8 satellites. Why can't Maps find my location with GPS and uses instead the network antennas?
Is this normal behaviour?
P.S I was outside while testing and my GPS was on of course, I could see the GPS sign trying to find signal. If I turn off Google location service Maps doesn't finf my location, while GPS test says it's workink ok.
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You might want to try GPS fix. It's an application that helps lock on to you're exact location. When I used it it actually pin pointed my exact address from there use the GPS after fix. It worked for me, hopefully it also will work for you. You can find GPS fix in the market. It takes awhile to lock in but it does work. At least it does for me. You should give it a try. Best of luck
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You might want to try GPS fix. It's an application that helps lock on to you're exact location. When I used it it actually pin pointed my exact address from there use the GPS after fix. It worked for me, hopefully it also will work for you. You can find GPS fix in the market. It takes awhile to lock in but it does work. At least it does for me. You should give it a try. Best of luck
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Thanks man that works. Very strange though. Am I supposed to do this every time I use GPS, cause it takes at least 5 min? If I change location do I have to do it again?
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So ive been using PA 4.3 for a couple of days now and ive noticed that google services is using up my battery. I do have location services on, only have GPS satellites ticked and WiFi & Mobile network location unticked. Is there any other way of google services to stop draining my battery? I did turn off Location services for 1 day and to be honest battery life didnt change..
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EDIT 1: Managed to fix google services, all i did was update the gapps then google services never came back up. Still have GPS on.
EDIT 2: Encounter another problem after installed new gapps Android system use to use 70% of my battery but now its only under 10%. Battery life amazing so far! GPS still on. I didnt freeze anything. I didnt use any app to fix these issues.
Darell3 said:
So ive been using PA 4.3 for a couple of days now and ive noticed that google services is using up my battery. I do have location services on, only have GPS satellites ticked and WiFi & Mobile network location unticked. Is there any other way of google services to stop draining my battery? I did turn off Location services for 1 day and to be honest battery life didnt change..
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I've read about this same issue on different ROMs and phones recently. We all have to remember that the 4.3 ROMs are still in the very early stages and bugs like this are to be expected but will be clearing up soon. :thumbup: In the meantime, depending on how much you rely on Google services, this might be useful to you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357417
If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.
Its a known issue.. Freezing Google service might solve it.. And share me that dollah!!
Darell3 said:
So ive been using PA 4.3 for a couple of days now and ive noticed that google services is using up my battery. I do have location services on, only have GPS satellites ticked and WiFi & Mobile network location unticked. Is there any other way of google services to stop draining my battery? I did turn off Location services for 1 day and to be honest battery life didnt change..
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Just try turning off your GPS it drains a lot of battery check my battery life on the same ROM
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Just try turning off your GPS it drains a lot of battery check my battery life on the same ROM
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Screen time on that one?
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Screen time on that one?
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2 hours odd bare usage only phone calls ...............
No way in the app to turn it off that I can see.
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No way in the app to turn it off that I can see.
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I would use App Ops that are baked into some ROMs (if using custom ROM with this addition) or Play Store the App Ops to see if, by using root, you can access this feature to restrict the Location for the wallet app.
Turning off NFC might help as well.
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Turning off NFC might help as well.
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NFC is not on to start with...
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NFC is not on to start with...
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Just looked it up and it's not Google Wallet itself that is causing the issue, rather over all location services. You'll probably want to read a bit on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48051661
es0tericcha0s said:
Just looked it up and it's not Google Wallet itself that is causing the issue, rather over all location services. You'll probably want to read a bit on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48051661
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I have the same problem and it turns out because Google Wallet have "Offers", which always use Location Services (GPS, Wifi, etc.) to find the "relevant" offers (discounts, etc.) in your area.
I use Google Wallet for payment, but I do NOT need the "Offers" feature. In prior version of Google Wallet, I believe the "Offers" feature is disabled. However, now it is FORCED upon you. I don't see any settings in the Google Wallet app to disable "Offers". Anyone know?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schurich.android.tools.appopsstarter
And just turn off location to everything you don't want having the access. It's a great battery saver too!
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Ben36 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schurich.android.tools.appopsstarter
And just turn off location to everything you don't want having the access. It's a great battery saver too!
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I have used AppsOps to turn off Location Reporting for Google Wallet, but it seems something is still running that cause Google Wallet to keep causing this issue.
On a sidenote, I froze Google+. It still show up in App Ops for some reason and I see under "Location", it said it was last accessed 4 days ago. Thing is, Google+ is frozen and I got th ephone 2 weeks ago. So something is still running even if the app is in this state. I ended up uninstallign Google+
So I don't know if Google Wallet have the same thing...
It stopped happening after I finished setting up my account with a credit card and whatnot.
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I have the same problem and it turns out because Google Wallet have "Offers", which always use Location Services (GPS, Wifi, etc.) to find the "relevant" offers (discounts, etc.) in your area.
I use Google Wallet for payment, but I do NOT need the "Offers" feature. In prior version of Google Wallet, I believe the "Offers" feature is disabled. However, now it is FORCED upon you. I don't see any settings in the Google Wallet app to disable "Offers". Anyone know?
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I know what you mean, was annoying to get pop-up offers when driving around. Looking into it, with Wallet open and on the main screen touch the 3 bar icon in the upper left. Hit " settings" then "notifications". On this screen just make sure "nearby items" is switched off (2nd option to the bottom). I hope this helps!