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[Q] Can't get igo navigation to work

I was trying to install igo myway 8.4.3 on atrix 2. Downloaded the maps and pois to the contents folder. After I installed the apk, I launched it. However, it stuck on "starting". I did some google search, someone say it has to do with agps, I will need to disable that first. But I can't find agps, how do I turn it off?

In settings go to "locations & security" and turn GPS on or off there
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jshinn1 said:
In settings go to "locations & security" and turn GPS on or off there
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It doesn't work

So you were able to turn off the GPS but that didnt help or you couldnt turn it off?
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Im not sure where the A-GPS setting is seems like other people people have had the same problem with other phones and apps I saw someone suggest turning on actual GOPS before launching the program

jshinn1 said:
So you were able to turn off the GPS but that didnt help or you couldnt turn it off?
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Im not sure where the A-GPS setting is seems like other people people have had the same problem with other phones and apps I saw someone suggest turning on actual GOPS before launching the program
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what is GOPS and how do I turn that on?

GPS Issue

I've tried rebooting my phone and clearing the dalvik cache and still no luck. I'm running 33R and I place my phone's GPS in High Accuracy mode but when I pull up Google Maps directions my phone never locks onto my location.
Anyone else having this same issue and/or solved this issue?

jkentj said:
I've tried rebooting my phone and clearing the dalvik cache and still no luck. I'm running 33R and I place my phone's GPS in High Accuracy mode but when I pull up Google Maps directions my phone never locks onto my location.
Anyone else having this same issue and/or solved this issue?
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Try outside of building. For diagnostic puposes, use GPS Status & Toolbox or GPS Test from Google Play. If you can "see" the satellites, your hardware is fine.

jkentj said:
I've tried rebooting my phone and clearing the dalvik cache and still no luck. I'm running 33R and I place my phone's GPS in High Accuracy mode but when I pull up Google Maps directions my phone never locks onto my location.
Anyone else having this same issue and/or solved this issue?
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I just got a response from Oneplus tech support that said "Try a factory reset, if that doesn't work try a hard reset.".
They told me the same solution for the last issue I had. I'm beginning to think that tech support only sends out that "solution".

aboicu said:
Try outside of building. For diagnostic puposes, use GPS Status & Toolbox or GPS Test from Google Play. If you can "see" the satellites, your hardware is fine.
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Oh thank you, I'll try that.

The GPS module is intended to work ONLY in open space, it must "see" the sky. Sometimes, if you are away from big buildings or mountains, it should work inside near the windows. But the rule is the device should "see" the sky.

aboicu said:
The GPS module is intended to work ONLY in open space, it must "see" the sky. Sometimes, if you are away from big buildings or mountains, it should work inside near the windows. But the rule is the device should "see" the sky.
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I'm having GPS issues even when it 'sees the sky'

oscarandjo said:
I'm having GPS issues even when it 'sees the sky'
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I have read somewhere, here or in official forum from oneplus site, that someone has similar problems due to an app (a keyboard or something like this) which has apparently nothing to do with GPS. Try to install/reinstall your apps and meanwhile test your GPS with GPS Test or GPS Status & Toolbox. Anyway, I'll try to search the thread and if I'll find it, I'll tell it here.
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I've forgot to tell.. If you use GPS Status & Toolbox, in Settings>GPS & Sensors, activate Auto-download AGPS data on the smallest interval (1 hour). Now it should work quicker.
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Find it... Read here all thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/gps-problems-oneplus-one-t2816004/page3
Also read post number 30 about an app called "dragon dictation". Could be something similar. That's why is better to install/uninstall apps.

Samsung Galaxy S7 "security issue" I found

Hello guys! I wasn't really sure if I should ask you about that but I think I really need help on that. I am an Android geek (but I am only beginning to learn app development so my professional knowledge may not be good enough). I talked about this issue with several people: some say it's not an issue and I shouldn't have brought it up, others say it's a problem. Someone from Samsung contacted me a told me that this issue shouldn't exist and that it has been caused by some app I installed (and this app has some administrator permissions).
I have no idea.
Anyway, this "issue" is that when my S7 is locked I can still unfold the quick notifications menu (by swiping from the top to the bottom of the screen) and turn off/on the Internet. Should I be able to do that? What if someone steals my phone?
I described the whole thing in more detail here: https://mobileguru.lol/security-flaw-in-samsung-galaxy-s7/
I guess there are many (or only ) highly tech people who may finally give me a satisfactory answer.
Thanks in advance!
Olga

My S7 does the same.
It seems your concern is that mobile data can be turned on without unlocking. The examples you give on the linked site didn't convince me of a serious security issue though:
1) A thief can turn off mobile data in order not to be tracked. True, but he can achieve the same effect by turning the phone off anyway.
2) Google Now gives traffic info after turning on mobile data. This indicates you're showing notifications on the lock screen. You can turn this off. I did.
It's a surprising finding however, at least for me. I never tried to sweep down on the lock screen before. Thanks for sharing.

I think a patch is required.same happens to me.
it reminds me of some iphone issues like this before.
even flightmode can be enabled disabled

Remove your shortcut for internet mobile and...voila! No need for a patch!

SoRiNuS said:
Remove your shortcut for internet mobile and...voila! No need for a patch!
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Yes you have right but it creates some inconvenience if you want to unlock and then apply a shortcut very quick

I think we just look for thinks that are not important.

SoRiNuS said:
I think we just look for thinks that are not important.
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Samsung with the knox stuff about security blablabla .
It is maybe not important for us normal users but maybe someone finds it like a loophole(dont get me wrong i am a knox hater myself lol.)
if samsung cares about security should fix it.
i am sure that no app created this issue like samsung guy said. I reenabled all my package disabler pro disabled apps and it happens again.

Thanks for answers! Well,I thought about moving the shortcut into a different place but it doesn't help - I can still access all of the shortcuts. The funniest thing is that I cannot turn off/on location with the locked phone but I can turn on/off mobile data.
I know that a thief can simply turn the phone off (or its battery may day) and it will be impossible to localize it but the possibility of turning on/off mobile data decreases the chances of finding a stolen/lost phone. Of course if a professional thief steals a phone, we probably won't have it back but if an amateur does it, we may have a little more chance of finding it. That's my whole point here.
But if the phone is turned on in the emergency mode and it's locked this quick settings menu cannot be brought down!

Look into installing Cerberus
there are options to block the power button (so a thief cannot turn the phone off) and to block the notification pull down(so a thief cannot access the quick options from the lockscreen)
Also if a thief pops out your sim and installs a different sim - you can set to get text alerts with the new info from that sim(phone, sim card #)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus&hl=en

HERE IS A FIX!!!!!
Install "Good Lock" From the Galaxy store...
It fixes these security flaws.
Hopefully this gif from my s7 works as an example (sorry in advanced)
giphy.com/gifs/l0HlyPzpjvNIMZ3aM

this is 100% a flaw, I have said this before about the pull down and was told that, thats just how it is.
mostly everything when u click it will ask for a password but not the data lol that is just to funny

Studio1b said:
this is 100% a flaw, I have said this before about the pull down and was told that, thats just how it is.
mostly everything when u click it will ask for a password but not the data lol that is just to funny
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Even if there was an option to disable the pull down on the lock screen, I was sure there was an option in the past. Can't remember when/where I seen it, as I know it's always been an option in cyanogen mod.
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the flaw is not that you can pull down the flaw is you can enable and disable the data.
wifi it will ask for a password
anything else will ask for a password
so like said before if some one was to steal your phone they could swipe down on the lock screen and then disable the data
any toggle on the lock screen should always ask for password

Studio1b said:
the flaw is not that you can pull down the flaw is you can enable and disable the data.
wifi it will ask for a password
anything else will ask for a password
so like said before if some one was to steal your phone they could swipe down on the lock screen and then disable the data
any toggle on the lock screen should always ask for password
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Well the flaw is that you can actually turn the phone off when the screen is locked.

I agree with the OP. This was just not thought out real well. There is no way you should be able to do anything with a locked phone, not even turn it off. There are plenty of issues and it will only get worse with Nougat. I hope they never push it onto our S7....
And it gets better with the latest update where they give you Samsung Cloud whether you ask for it or not and back up all your apps (including your passwords!) whether you ask for it or not. Snowden's worst nightmare...

midnightrider said:
I agree with the OP. This was just not thought out real well. There is no way you should be able to do anything with a locked phone, not even turn it off. There are plenty of issues and it will only get worse with Nougat. I hope they never push it onto our S7....
And it gets better with the latest update where they give you Samsung Cloud whether you ask for it or not and back up all your apps (including your passwords!) whether you ask for it or not. Snowden's worst nightmare...
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Install goodlock from the galaxy store.

Artificial_ said:
HERE IS A FIX!!!!!
Install "Good Lock" From the Galaxy store...
It fixes these security flaws.
Hopefully this gif from my s7 works as an example (sorry in advanced)
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Dude, even good lock isn't fixing this problem. I tried and tried even that microsoft lockscreen but none of them are working the right way.
I made a reddit post bout this and some users can only change the Sound/Flash and rotate toggle and get asked for a unlock of the screenlock when changing any connection setting but on mine S7 with the september security patch doesn't do that. It asks for a unlock when i want to toggle wifi or bluetooth etc but not for airplane mode and mobile data so this is a security problem indeed.
But maybe you can tell me which firmware you are running? im on a 930F and tried the latest german and dutch firmware and now i have the G930FXXU1BPHJ software but still not fixing it.
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SoRiNuS said:
Remove your shortcut for internet mobile and...voila! No need for a patch!
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And how do you do that? Because then you press the arrow looking icon it will show all your toggles so even then you can disable mobile data.

Just been thinking, isn't it pointless even if you get this fixed so mobile data can not be disabled?
All they need to do is remove the SIM card and mobile data is disabled anyway

RiTCHiE007 said:
Dude, even good lock isn't fixing this problem.
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I can't enable anything besides volume and rotation lock with good lock installed, adjusting airplane mode, bluetooth and data/wifi takes me straight to a passcode lock.
I'm running on G930FXXU1BPHE, but even on previous builds with goodlock, and on my s6, I can do everything besides turn off any communication toggles..
- besides that turning the device off doesn't bother me, because all manufacturers put force reboot on their products.
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*Detection* said:
Just been thinking, isn't it pointless even if you get this fixed so mobile data can not be disabled?
All they need to do is remove the SIM card and mobile data is disabled anyway
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People are so cautious when it comes to this.
I never understood why, if you can turn off your phone at the lockscreen, you're screwed.
I personally use remote commands and message on simchange, i'ved used roms that stop the device being turned off and instead email a photo as well as a latt long location.
All in all it just gives you a slim chance of hope to get your device back.
I'm pretty careless with my phone, and it has been lost and stolen numberous amounts of times, just an example, is at the gym out of my bag.
Now, i maybe ranting on because of my 4th cup of coffee, but Having someones face provides some great hope - with that said, it only takes 2 seconds for someone with a little common sense of phones to completely wipe your device in minutes without a trace.
But.. the chances of coming past someone with that knowledge is sadly... surprisingly rare.

Artificial_ said:
I can't enable anything besides volume and rotation lock with good lock installed, adjusting airplane mode, bluetooth and data/wifi takes me straight to a passcode lock.
I'm running on G930FXXU1BPHE, but even on previous builds with goodlock, and on my s6, I can do everything besides turn off any communication toggles..
- besides that turning the device off doesn't bother me, because all manufacturers put force reboot on their products.
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People are so cautious when it comes to this.
I never understood why, if you can turn off your phone at the lockscreen, you're screwed.
I personally use remote commands and message on simchange, i'ved used roms that stop the device being turned off and instead email a photo as well as a latt long location.
All in all it just gives you a slim chance of hope to get your device back.
I'm pretty careless with my phone, and it has been lost and stolen numberous amounts of times, just an example, is at the gym out of my bag.
Now, i maybe ranting on because of my 4th cup of coffee, but Having someones face provides some great hope - with that said, it only takes 2 seconds for someone with a little common sense of phones to completely wipe your device in minutes without a trace.
But.. the chances of coming past someone with that knowledge is sadly... surprisingly rare.
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Thanks for the reply dude! May i ask if you on reddit also? Because i posted this problem also and got some response back from a few people.
And some have this problem while others dont so i where asking which firmware they had and someone, who said they didn't have this problem linked me to the same one that you are having.
So guess that the optus firmware doesn't have this problem while my dutch firmware still have this problem while beeing on a newer firmware so thats what i find weird.
So optus with PDA G930FXXU1BPHG CSC G930FOPS1BPHE seems to be secured the right way and my dutch with PDA G930FXXU1BPHJ CSC G930FPHN1BPH3 has it not.
You think this could be related to the CSC? or just the firmware?

Factory reset watch - can't copy Google account over

I was having some issues lately with Google Assistant not working on the watch along with any other app that needed a internet connection. out of the blue. So, I decided to factory reset the watch.
During the initial setup it asks me to copy over my google account to the watch, however, it fails. No matter how many times I factory reset the watch, forget the BT pairing, remove and reinstall Android Wear. I can't get past the setup part where it asks me to copy over my G Account. I get an error message on the phone stating that to check to make sure I have a valid internet connection (or something to that effect).
Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening? I think the Google Assistant failing and the inability to copy over the G Account might all be related at this point...

Crickets.... Lol

Try to go to the settings on ur phone and click google, sign in and security ,recently used devices and delete every device you are not using anymore including the watch.

gm007 said:
Try to go to the settings on ur phone and click google, sign in and security ,recently used devices and delete every device you are not using anymore including the watch.
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I think it's now an issue with my Pixel XL Bluetooth instead of the watch. Once the watch was on my home WiFi network, on a whim, I decided to try and copy the accounts over and it worked. So there seems to be some sort of issue with the Phone to Watch BT connection.

I have the same issue can't synch my google account, it just annoying
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usafle said:
I think it's now an issue with my Pixel XL Bluetooth instead of the watch. Once the watch was on my home WiFi network, on a whim, I decided to try and copy the accounts over and it worked. So there seems to be some sort of issue with the Phone to Watch BT connection.
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did you disable BT on the phone or watch? I tried that and synching does not work for me I have to have BT enable on both devices to move on in the set up screen

ilbambino said:
I have the same issue can't synch my google account, it just annoying
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did you disable BT on the phone or watch? I tried that and synching does not work for me I have to have BT enable on both devices to move on in the set up screen
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No I didn't disable the B.T. connection. Once I was home, on my own WiFi I just went into the settings of my watch and went to connections and "forced" the WiFi to turn on for the Watch. Then I started the Google Account setup and it worked.
But that's it. I still can't use Google Assistant on the watch, Nest, Maps, etc..etc... unless I have a WiFi connection to the watch.
It's definitely the Google Pixel XL B.T. issue

mmm Im at home and that didnt worked for me, I have a mate 9 AL00, dont think is related to your phone BT but more likely the Huawei watch BT or something

ilbambino said:
mmm Im at home and that didnt worked for me, I have a mate 9 AL00, dont think is related to your phone BT but more likely the Huawei watch BT or something
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The more I investigate, the more I think it's an issue with the BT on the Phone. My phone won't "auto connect" to any of my car stereos (my 6P did just fine), I have to manually initiate the connection on my phone by diving into the BT settings and selecting whichever car stereo I happen to be using at the time. Once it connects, Pandora won't work with the "pandora app" on the car stereo, it will only play with the "BT Audio" setting on the head unit and it disconnects from the watch.

latest Android watch update fixed my synching issue

Enable Tethering on J7 Sky Pro [SM-727VL]

After owning this phone for about a year now and using PDANet for tethering, I have discovered a way of enabling & using tethering / mobile hotspot.
1. Download and Install 'Activity Manager'
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrefrsousa.tools.activitymanager
2. Open the app, select the 'Activity List' tab on the bottom right, and scroll down to the Settings app.
3. Scroll down the list of activities until you see 'Mobile Hotspot' (there is more than one, be sure you select the first one in the list, the activity is com.android.settings.Settings$WifiApSettingsActivity)
4. Long Press on that and select "Create Shortcut"
5. Go to your launcher and open the newly created shortcut
6. :highfive: :highfive: :highfive:
I've seen a couple threads where people have been looking for a method of doing this and I was one of those people so hopefully this helps you guys out! Enjoy ! :good:

Enable Tethering turns on Tethering and Hotspot on your phone, and even carriers or manufacturers have hidden this feature.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.widget7.enable.tethering

Anyone have luck with the straight talk skypro? Not working for me

delessio100 said:
After owning this phone for about a year now and using PDANet for tethering, I have discovered a way of enabling & using tethering / mobile hotspot.
1. Download and Install 'Activity Manager'
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrefrsousa.tools.activitymanager
2. Open the app, select the 'Activity List' tab on the bottom right, and scroll down to the Settings app.
3. Scroll down the list of activities until you see 'Mobile Hotspot' (there is more than one, be sure you select the first one in the list, the activity is com.android.settings.Settings$WifiApSettingsActivity)
4. Long Press on that and select "Create Shortcut"
5. Go to your launcher and open the newly created shortcut
6. :highfive: :highfive: :highfive:
I've seen a couple threads where people have been looking for a method of doing this and I was one of those people so hopefully this helps you guys out! Enjoy ! :good:
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Is yours for straight talk?

I can connect my laptop to the network. Great! But not another android device. Any tips? I don't know that that app to enable Tethering did anything

juntjoo said:
Anyone have luck with the straight talk skypro? Not working for me
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Hey! I haven't been on XDA in a little bit sorry about not answering. I did have the straight talk variant and it worked for me. If it's not working to connect other phones (like another android device), PDANet worked like a charm for me on this phone. Let me know if that helps!

delessio100 said:
Hey! I haven't been on XDA in a little bit sorry about not answering. I did have the straight talk variant and it worked for me. If it's not working to connect other phones (like another android device), PDANet worked like a charm for me on this phone. Let me know if that helps!
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Thanks, but no, it's still not working for me. I'm just following the instructions either with the hotspot or the the foxfi options and they connect but the other phone always says "internet may not be.." stable or something like that, and there is no internet. Works 'like a charm' though on my laptop. Someone else somewhere else said something about a proxy but didn't elaborate so maybe that's the trick. Do you have any ideas? Thanks

juntjoo said:
Thanks, but no, it's still not working for me. I'm just following the instructions either with the hotspot or the the foxfi options and they connect but the other phone always says "internet may not be.." stable or something like that, and there is no internet. Works 'like a charm' though on my laptop. Someone else somewhere else said something about a proxy but didn't elaborate so maybe that's the trick. Do you have any ideas? Thanks
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What version of PDANet are you using? And what phone are you trying to connect? I'm not entirely sure what could be causing the issue, I have the same phone and same carrier and PDANet worked for me. I tethered my galaxy S6 to the Skypro with no issues, it's possible it may be the phone you are trying to tether since it's working on your laptop. You are seeing a message that says "internet may not be available..." correct?

delessio100 said:
What version of PDANet are you using? And what phone are you trying to connect? I'm not entirely sure what could be causing the issue, I have the same phone and same carrier and PDANet worked for me. I tethered my galaxy S6 to the Skypro with no issues, it's possible it may be the phone you are trying to tether since it's working on your laptop. You are seeing a message that says "internet may not be available..." correct?
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Correct. It's actually another j7 for boost, same year, just a little different internals. Standard Android, stock. PdaNet installed on it. Unfortunately I don't have another android device to test with
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Oh, version 5.22.1
Thanks

juntjoo said:
Correct. It's actually another j7 for boost, same year, just a little different internals. Standard Android, stock. PdaNet installed on it. Unfortunately I don't have another android device to test with
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Oh, version 5.22.1
Thanks
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What version of PDANet are you using?
Edit: just saw you post the version lol my bad, I'll get back to you in a second. I'll grab my skypro and see if we have different versions. I suspect it's either the target phone or perhaps an outdated version of PDANet

Alrighty, give these suggestions a try and let me know.
1. Uninstall PDANet and download + install version 5.21.4 on both devices
2. Make sure "hide tether usage" is off on both devices
3. Open the menu (the three ... in top right), and set wifi timeout to "never"
4. Enable the hotspot, then on the phone you want to connect, tap "connect to a pdanet hotspot" then click "select phone"
5. Manually input the password and attempt to connect
If you're able to connect and get wifi then you should be able to use the WPS option to automatically connect next time. I have version 5.21.4 installed on my skypro and just tested, this is working fine for me.