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[Q] Google Earth not loading on Asus Transformer Andoid Honeycomb 3.0.1

Hi,
I have an Asus Tablet running Android Honeycomb v3.0.1. I have installed Google Earth v2.0.1 in it. But whenever I open the Google Earth Application, It waits on the main app screen for 15 seconds, then gives me this error message:
"Alert !
Google Earth can't connect to the network right now. Please quit and try again later."
Just FYI, I do have WIFI connected and running while opening this app. I have been getting this error since the time I bought my tablet (10 days ago). I have tried uninstalling and re-installing this app, but to no avail.
Waiting for a useful reply. Its a shame I am not able to access such a wonderful app on a nice 10inch screen.
Thanks.

2.0.1 works fine on mine. Strange.

Works fine for me too...

the_m_factor said:
Hi,
I have an Asus Tablet running Android Honeycomb v3.0.1. I have installed Google Earth v2.0.1 in it. But whenever I open the Google Earth Application, It waits on the main app screen for 15 seconds, then gives me this error message:
"Alert !
Google Earth can't connect to the network right now. Please quit and try again later."
Just FYI, I do have WIFI connected and running while opening this app. I have been getting this error since the time I bought my tablet (10 days ago). I have tried uninstalling and re-installing this app, but to no avail.
Waiting for a useful reply. Its a shame I am not able to access such a wonderful app on a nice 10inch screen.
Thanks.
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Im having the same issue :-(

Same issue with mine. Cannot connect to the network.
Have uninstalled and reinstalled as well.
Between this and the backlight bleed i'm none too happy. With all the good reviews this thing has been getting i'm a tad disapointed.

Just did the 3.1 update and it's still not working. Anyone have any ideas how to get google earth working? Every time it's cannot connect to network.

Have you tried master reset?

no i didn't try a master reset. Google earth was like the second or third thing i put on this after i opened the box and it didn't work straight off. I've seen a few other posts around the web as well with people with the transformer and this same problem and not one solution.

I would give factory reset a try...
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you can try to clear the cache of Google earth through the applications option in the configuration menu. That trick did help me a couple of times when apps did not work!

Ok did a factory reset. Went through the initial setup and the FIRST and only app i installed was google earth. Still the exact same problem. Cannot connect to the network.
The other computers on my network can access google earth fine but they are hard wired to the router. I just tried my phone over wifi and it can't connect either so it has to be something with my wifi settings on my router. But i'm stumped as to what it might be. Everything is set pretty much default. UPNP is on, just using wep for security.
Any ideas?
** Update
Stumbled onto another thread for a similar problem. I changed my DNS server in my router to googles DNS and suddenly it works. I don't even claim to understand why. Wired computers were fine, anything wireless didn't work until i switched the DNS server away from my ISP to google's. Any possible reason for this?

Your ISP is filtering/throttling.

Hmm, I'm also having this problem too. GE works on my wifi from my PC, and my phone, but not on my pad. I've tried changing the DNS in my router to google's (8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4), but still the same.
If I tether to my phone through 3G, works fine on the pad. Must be something with my router/network, but when it works on my PC & phone on wifi, I can't figure out why it won't work on the transformer!
Any solutions/ideas??

swampthing1117 said:
** Update
Stumbled onto another thread for a similar problem. I changed my DNS server in my router to googles DNS and suddenly it works. I don't even claim to understand why. Wired computers were fine, anything wireless didn't work until i switched the DNS server away from my ISP to google's. Any possible reason for this?
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It sounds like your ISP is unable to resolve the google earth server's address.

Thanks for the response, but if was an ISP problem, wouldn't that also mean my phone and pc would have the same problem?
I'm far from being any way knowledgeable when it comes to networking, but I thought that would be the case??
C.

Same problem here.
An of course Google Maps works on the TF101 (it should look at same servers...), and Google Earth works on other PCs & telephones connected to same home network, so ISP DNS is not the cause.
g.

jerrykur said:
It sounds like your ISP is unable to resolve the google earth server's address.
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No don't think that's the case. Every other computer on the same network was able to access it just fine through the same router and same ISP. It was only my phone and TF101 trying wirelessly. Even another wirless computer on the network was able to access it, it was ONLY the android devices that were having a problem.

Same hare, not working on the transformer, but i have no problems on any other device`s i own...
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I've managed to try my pad on another wi fi network & it works fine on that system, but not on my home network, which will support Google Earth on my phone & PC, so the problem must be router/network related, but I'm damned if I can figure it out.
C.

Colmb said:
I've managed to try my pad on another wi fi network & it works fine on that system, but not on my home network, which will support Google Earth on my phone & PC, so the problem must be router/network related, but I'm damned if I can figure it out.
C.
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Have you tried what i did to see if it works for you as well? Go into your router and find the section regarding DNS and switch it to 8.8.8.8 and secondary 8.8.4.4 and see if it works.

Facebook/ Instagram apps wont load photos on wifi??

Anyone having this issue. Not exactly sure what changed in my wifi setup but in the facebook and instagram apps photos in my feed wont load. When i switch over to mobile data or use the web page in the browser over wifi they load fine. For some reason my wifi does not play nice with instagram and facebook apps. This is on my galaxy s4 but have tried several different devices and they all have the same issue.
Has anyone run into this problem? Tried searched and found some people who had the opposite issue with it not loading over mobile data but havent found a thread on this. Thanks for any tips.

I am having the exact same issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thatg said:
Anyone having this issue. Not exactly sure what changed in my wifi setup but in the facebook and instagram apps photos in my feed wont load. When i switch over to mobile data or use the web page in the browser over wifi they load fine. For some reason my wifi does not play nice with instagram and facebook apps. This is on my galaxy s4 but have tried several different devices and they all have the same issue.
Has anyone run into this problem? Tried searched and found some people who had the opposite issue with it not loading over mobile data but havent found a thread on this. Thanks for any tips.
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I'm a facebook beta tester, Facebook fixed the issue in the latest version. That means you guys will have it between now and next week.
sent from my SGS3 LTE using Tapatalk

thatg said:
Anyone having this issue. Not exactly sure what changed in my wifi setup but in the facebook and instagram apps photos in my feed wont load. When i switch over to mobile data or use the web page in the browser over wifi they load fine. For some reason my wifi does not play nice with instagram and facebook apps. This is on my galaxy s4 but have tried several different devices and they all have the same issue.
Has anyone run into this problem? Tried searched and found some people who had the opposite issue with it not loading over mobile data but havent found a thread on this. Thanks for any tips.
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I am having the exact same issue, its seem to be a router problem, my newsfeed load fine one 4g and other wifi (i have a galaxy s2), but on my home wifi the newsfeed for facebook or instagram won't load, my sister is also experiencing the same problem with here galaxy S......any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
FYI: i've tried restarting the router, upgrading the firmware which didn't work. also before i realized it was just the router i've tried force closing, clearing the cache and restarting the phone, i've also uninstall and reinstall the app several times.

I had a similar problem but I sorted it out today on my Nexus 4. My problem was, the default gateway on my phone was different from what it has to be for that specific wifi network.
In windows one can check the default gateway by running command prompt (cmd) and typing ipconfig.
On your phone you also have to check the advanced settings for that wifi network that you have problems with.
I set the Ip settings to static from DHCP and entered the default gateway values from my pc to my phone. You can also get another ip for your phone in that advanced settings tab if you think there may be an ip conflict but as I told, my problem was the differing default gateway values. I haven't changed the DNS which was google dns by default.
Key thing was the default gateway values for me and I'm hoping this will help many of you.

Problem Fix
if ur Instagram installed on ur sdCard then just move it to ur mobile memory it's 101% working

[Completed] Strange WiFi DNS issue on HTC M8

I have encountered a strange problem on a specific android device. It's an HTC M8 and it's the only device in my house with this issue. I'm hoping someone here could be kind enough to assist.
When connected to the WiFi, links in Twitter or Facebook (for example), no longer resolve to domain names. Clicking on the links almost always results in an ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED error. Some links work (say one in every ten), and the issue seems to be especially prevalent with shortened links, but not limited to them. When switching to mobile data, the issue disappears.
Other WiFi devices on the network open the exact same links just fine. There are no issues with any other android devices or PCs in the house. The router makes use of Google's DNS and this has never been a problem before. The problematic device is not rooted, nor has a custom ROM been installed.

janvdl said:
I have encountered a strange problem on a specific android device. It's an HTC M8 and it's the only device in my house with this issue. I'm hoping someone here could be kind enough to assist.
When connected to the WiFi, links in Twitter or Facebook (for example), no longer resolve to domain names. Clicking on the links almost always results in an ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED error. Some links work (say one in every ten), and the issue seems to be especially prevalent with shortened links, but not limited to them. When switching to mobile data, the issue disappears.
Other WiFi devices on the network open the exact same links just fine. There are no issues with any other android devices or PCs in the house. The router makes use of Google's DNS and this has never been a problem before. The problematic device is not rooted, nor has a custom ROM been installed.
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Between my brother and myself we seem to have solved the issue. It appears that Lollipop on the HTC M8 has some trouble with resolving DNS. It might get fixed in Marshmallow, but for now we used an app called DNSSet to create a local VPN on the phone. This solves the issue.

Major lag in web search and browsing on Shield K1

I have a 2 week old Shield K1 that is driving me crazy. Chrome (or other browsers, I have tried several) hang for ages prior to displaying search results or taking me to the page I am trying to get to. It looks like the page is loading but nothing is happening. Eventually the page will load but it can take forever. I haven't noticed any pattern, this seems to be totally random but it is also frequent. I have also noticed this problem in certain apps, where the thing just sits there.
I was on 5.1.1 and upgraded to 6 to see if the problem would be fixed. No dice, same problem. Though I am sure that I have now taken on all the bugs in Marshmallow
I have played with the performance modes (max performance doesn't change anything) and have also tried optimizing the chrome app to see if it helps. Nothing helps.
Can anyone offer some suggestions? If I can't solve this in the next couple of days I am sending it back to Amazon. Appreciate your assistance.

Once it pulls up a slow website/search, how does your browsing session continue? Are the next pages you browse to/search slow as well or do they pull up quickly?
If, when you continue to browse, it remains quick, would lead me to think you may have an issue with your Wi-Fi setup - either the Shield itself or your configuration.
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Some pages pull up quickly and then it will hang again.
What type of wi-fi setup issues should I be checking?

Are you configured for DHCP? If so, have you tried setting up a manual IP configuration instead?
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I am configured for DHCP, have not tried manual IP.
I did however stumble upon something. This only happens on my main router, an Asus RT-N56u. If I connect to my second router, an Asus RT-AC56u, the problem disappears. If I reboot the main ASUS router the problem goes away - temporarily. Problem pops back up several hours later. I'm unable to determine what setting on my router would be causing this to happen and none of my other devices are affected.
Any ideas?

jakemtl said:
I am configured for DHCP, have not tried manual IP.
I did however stumble upon something. This only happens on my main router, an Asus RT-N56u. If I connect to my second router, an Asus RT-AC56u, the problem disappears. If I reboot the main ASUS router the problem goes away - temporarily. Problem pops back up several hours later. I'm unable to determine what setting on my router would be causing this to happen and none of my other devices are affected.
Any ideas?
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Check for a firmware update for the router? I also wonder if either router has a page caching option that might be affecting the performance? Last question, is the slow router 2.4 GHz, and the other 5ghz? If the last is the case that's just the way 2.4 GHz wifi performs.... Good luck
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I pretty much experience the same issues. I am on the original Shield Tablet 16GB with Marshmallow. The device in general can be laggy, but as mentioned this is most common when using Chrome.
Following the advices in terms of connections, maybe I can add something here. I actually have two devices, one with the bad battery and one which was sent as a new one. I have two routers (one is personal, one is from my ISP) and played around with both type of connections. In all cases I find that the tablet is laggy, but that it is less laggy when closing all open apps in the cache. If I use my smartphone (Xiaomi Mi4C running on Marshmallow as well), I have no issues at all.
My theory was that it has to do with the 16GB on the device. When have to much apps installed, there simply is to less storage for the cache. I know the difference between RAM and storage cache, but I found this before with the first Nexus 7 tablet.
Anyone else experiences this and have some ideas how to monitor the issue?

jakemtl said:
I have a 2 week old Shield K1 that is driving me crazy. Chrome (or other browsers, I have tried several) hang for ages prior to displaying search results or taking me to the page I am trying to get to. It looks like the page is loading but nothing is happening. Eventually the page will load but it can take forever. I haven't noticed any pattern, this seems to be totally random but it is also frequent. I have also noticed this problem in certain apps, where the thing just sits there.
I was on 5.1.1 and upgraded to 6 to see if the problem would be fixed. No dice, same problem. Though I am sure that I have now taken on all the bugs in Marshmallow
I have played with the performance modes (max performance doesn't change anything) and have also tried optimizing the chrome app to see if it helps. Nothing helps.
Can anyone offer some suggestions? If I can't solve this in the next couple of days I am sending it back to Amazon. Appreciate your assistance.
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Have you tried other browsers? On my K1, It's pretty obvious Chrome isn't very optimized on it. Even with the supposedly powerful K1 processor, I experience lag amongst other annoyances. Maximum performance mode doesn't even help matters.

albert0pia said:
Have you tried other browsers? On my K1, It's pretty obvious Chrome isn't very optimized on it. Even with the supposedly powerful K1 processor, I experience lag amongst other annoyances. Maximum performance mode doesn't even help matters.
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I have upgraded my router firmware and it seems a bit better but not much. Still laggy.
I have tried other browsers - same issue.
Any other thoughts or ideas?

You may have already tried this but a factory reset would be in order, right after installing the Marshmallow update.
I tried something yesterday. Under app optimization in settings, I played around with the settings there. You are able to choose a desired resolution and performance profile for installed apps. It didn't solve my problem entirely but it sure improved it. Weird how I always ignored that before.
Perhaps this would help your case. I'll let you know of any developments.

I had the same problem on Kitkat so I don't think a factory reset would change anything.
I tried optimizing the Chrome app - no change. Are there particular settings you are using?
I may try changing my router firmware from Asus stock to Merlin....
Other thoughts?

Wifi periodically not loading/spinning on facebook, browser and in games

I have the latest firmware on my asus router with all udates and fixes.I use the router plain and simple with no features like icloud or other things. I am alone so it is just I that use wifi on my mobile. Often when i use fakebook or browser it will not load and is just spinning...and wifi is connected(i also check this when it is happening). So to solve it i have to turn off wifi and turn on 4g.and use that a few seconds and then back to wifi..then it is ok until next time it happen. And it happen more often on browser than fakebook. I also tried to check out other browsers but same result. Tried to search internett and xda but no sucsess....Does anybody know anything about this problem?
And maybe it is just the way things are. I also quite often have to restart my computer when youtube videos(often) or Netflix(only sometimes) wont play..just black screen in youtube websitescreen.
I have had this problem for a while now but nobody answer mer or acknologedge this problem. I have posted this in general in Note 3 thread and in a Merl router forum.