Very strange issue. D850 with stock 21R and Google Maps will not show any map.
Just gray background and my location identifier. I can go to maps.google.com in browser on phone and it works perfectly but no joy with the app. (Waze shows its maps fine, BTW). I have cleared cache and data, rolled back update and reinstalled, forced stop and disabled and all imaginable combinations of those. I think I just have a bad APK or something. Other Google service work fine and GPS is working (according to Car Home speedo and Waze, etc.) but this damn app is not working. I have googled the question and read through dozens of pages of things that do not apply.
Any ideas?
Unbelievable! After another hour or so of waiting, it actually started showing again.
WTF, Google?
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Hi there,
I installed stock ICS (rooted) on my TF101. Now whenever I open Maps, it will close after a few moments. No FC, no message, just disappears as if I had clicked on the "Home" button - but when I restart Maps, the previous state is gone.
Anyone have any ideas why this happens and more importantly how to fix it?
TIA
SoWhy
Try clearing data for Map app
Sorry, I forgot to specify that I tried that already - I usually do when I have problems
I am using the brut version.. and in there is a flashable zip that has a script in it that goes through and clears out junk..
Same thing for me on ICS upgrade.had maps FC.. used this..right as rain now..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23028122
Start on last post and workback for a link..
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I changed the ROM to Revolver 4.0 Beta and it seems to work now. Still, very strange...
I was experiencing this problem too. A similar thing was happening with Gmail. Completely stock, unrooted ICS TF101.
I found a bandaid for both but I am not sure which of the steps I took are actually helpful. Anyway:
1. Cleared data and cache in both apps.
2a. For Gmail, I turned off pre-fetch attachments while on WiFi AND the labs setting that enables message indexing.
2b. For Maps, I turned on the labs setting to pre-cache areas and then cached the entirety of Los Angeles (which is where I live).
3. Reboot.
The apps still crash a few seconds after opening occasionally but a reboot gets things back to normal for a day or so. Hopefully the coming ICS patch fixes these issues because it was making both Gmail and Maps basically unusable.
On my TF, I fixed the maps closing thing by enabling "Force hardware acceleration" in the developer settings (System settings, not map settings).
But knowing how ICS behaves, it may only work for me. I am starting to suspect that every person here at the forums may have a different ICS version that fails at different points, just to have us entertained until asus finishes the real ICS update. It may even be a sociological experiment, aiming to understand how new superstitions are made.
I too had this problem with the maps FC'ing. For me, it looked like it had more to do with GPS status. It seemed like if maps couldn't get an immediate lock on the location, it would FC. I fixed this problem by installing a GPS keep-alive app. Note that if you keep the keep-alive app on all the time, it will really do a number on your battery. Use it only when you need it.
Running Galaxymod 14.1. I don't think I had this problem before this ROM but my GPS won't find me. Uninstalled maps, earth and street view. Cycled all 3 location permissions on and off, toggled GPS on and off multiple times, restarted the phone at least 5 times. Reinstalled maps, still can't "find my location". Cleared cache for Google services... Probably other things too I just can't remember.
Any suggestions? Is it me, GalaxyMod, or Google Services?
It isn't the ROM, I am running it and it is working great. If you will search the forums, there is an app that people were downloading and fixing the same problem that you are having. It is GPS something, I can't remember.
Very strange issue. D850 with stock 21R and Google Maps will not show any map.
Just gray background and my location identifier. I can go to maps.google.com in browser on phone and it works perfectly but no joy with the app. (Waze shows its maps fine, BTW). I have cleared cache and data, rolled back update and reinstalled, forced stop and disabled and all imaginable combinations of those. I think I just have a bad APK or something. Other Google service work fine and GPS is working (according to Car Home speedo and Waze, etc.) but this damn app is not working. I have googled the question and read through dozens of pages of things that do not apply.
Any ideas?
Sorry, wrong area. Posting in Q&A now.
Hi,
I'm currently in Thailand for holidays and had to realize that without an internet connection, Google maps don't work properly.
When I start the app I got the position immediately but it doesn't update. So the blue dot stays at the same spot until it finally turns grey.
I also had the same problem with other map apps.
Weirdly, navigation DOES work!
So, whenever I go into navigation mode I'm navigated without a hitch...
Anyone else faced the problem and knows how to resolve it?
I tried all the obvious... Checked permissions, uninstalled maps and Google play services after deleting date, logged out of my Google account, cleared cache in recovery...
Oh and by the way... Location history doesn't work. But I guess that's because it's a China rom?!
Thanks!
Jan
jaytee86 said:
Hi,
I'm currently in Thailand for holidays and had to realize that without an internet connection, Google maps don't work properly.
When I start the app I got the position immediately but it doesn't update. So the blue dot stays at the same spot until it finally turns grey.
I also had the same problem with other map apps.
Weirdly, navigation DOES work!
So, whenever I go into navigation mode I'm navigated without a hitch...
Anyone else faced the problem and knows how to resolve it?
I tried all the obvious... Checked permissions, uninstalled maps and Google play services after deleting date, logged out of my Google account, cleared cache in recovery...
Oh and by the way... Location history doesn't work. But I guess that's because it's a China rom?!
Thanks!
Jan
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I dont really know what you mean with "Google Maps doesnt work properly", I only know, that you can download offline maps when you have wlan, so maybe that's a possibility?
Emare212 said:
I dont really know what you mean with "Google Maps doesnt work properly", I only know, that you can download offline maps when you have wlan, so maybe that's a possibility?
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No of course I got maps downloaded.
As described ( ) there's a problem with the GPS.
I only get a GPS fix immediately when I open Google maps (after force close). Then GPS connection is lost immediately (blue dot doesn't move and becomes grey).
Zero idea why... As navigation with Google maps works flawlessly - also in offline mode.
jaytee86 said:
No of course I got maps downloaded.
As described ( ) there's a problem with the GPS.
I only get a GPS fix immediately when I open Google maps (after force close). Then GPS connection is lost immediately (blue dot doesn't move and becomes grey).
Zero idea why... As navigation with Google maps works flawlessly - also in offline mode.
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Oh ok, now I know what you mean
Never faced this issue. For me Maps (also in non navigation mode) works fine. Maybe something with the aggressive power saving mode from emui?
Emare212 said:
Oh ok, now I know what you mean
Never faced this issue. For me Maps (also in non navigation mode) works fine. Maybe something with the aggressive power saving mode from emui?
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That's what I was thinking...
Have you ever tried using maps in flight mode (GPS on of course)?
Because back home (with 3g/mobile internet) maps worked fine I think.
EDIT: one more interesting thing... I realized GPS works for a short time (like 10 minutes) after I was connected to a WiFi. Then it stops working.
It appears, I can't say conclusively, that around the time of the May security update on my Pixel 2, GPS and location services intermittently stop updating. For example, apps that use the phone's location (Google maps-- both on the handset and android auto, mapmyride, ingress) will not change my location as I move around. Sometimes, google maps on android auto will update, but only around every 10-20 seconds, and will place my blue dot someplace random in the vicinity, nowhere near me. Google Maps on Android Auto will say "Searching for GPS", Waze's location will just float around the map.
A restart will fix the problem, every time. But usually about once a day it comes back, requiring another restart. Very annoying.
I've done the following:
Cleared storage and cache for apps that use locations.
Cleared storage and cache for Google Maps.
Turned location services on and off, and set to "high accuracy"
Updated A-GPS data with GPS Status app.
Complete factory reset.
Any idea what could be going on? Thanks!
My wife's pixel 2 is having the same issues. She is about to toss her phone out of the moving car window on the interstate.
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My wife's pixel 2 is having the same issues. She is about to toss her phone out of the moving car window on the interstate.
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Any update on this? I have been seeing this on a Pixel 2, and I think I'm starting to see the same on a new Pixel 3 XL.
Strange, I only have this problem with Waze on Android Auto. It appears when I'm in a call, waze lost the gps signal. But when I switch to Google Maps and then immediately back to Waze the problem goes away until the next time I plug in my phone. I have this the april update I guess and definitely a waze update caused it.