I bought Tasker a long time ago, but at some point just kind of gave up on it. Cm7 had a quiet time thing I liked and without it I thought I'd try it again. Unfortunately it's very complicated to get working the way I want it, I'm looking for suggestions.
Here's what I'd like:
Turn wifi on and Bluetooth off at home,
Turn off wifi and turn Bluetooth on when I leave.
Make phone silent at night.
Turn 4G off at work.
My main requirements are that it needs to be more accurate than cell towers so my Bluetooth doesn't turn off when I drive around town. (wifi detect works ok on llama) My main goal is to save battery. I know Tasker can do all these, but it is complicated and I'd like something simpler.
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Maybe Locale? Don't know if it will silence your phone based on time of day, but it should accomplish the rest on your list.
Use NFC Tasker (much simpler than Tasker) and some NFC tags...
Timeriffic will do all of that based on times. Other than Locale I don't know of many apps that work the same way.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hbGZyYXkudGltZXJpZmZpYyJd
This program is quite good actually:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kebab.Llama
You can even make it work with cellular location instead of GPS Location. Was quite good when i tried it a while back, but i hate running services (all of those location-based apps are running as services in the background) so i ended up doing everything manually.
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Timeriffic will do all of that based on times. Other than Locale I don't know of many apps that work the same way.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hbGZyYXkudGltZXJpZmZpYyJd
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+1 for this, I have used it for a long time and works great. based on time of day.
I have 1 setting for driving to work, then 1 for when I get to work. Antoerh when I leave work and drive home, next for when I get home. Then anther for sleeping.
Different ones for weekdays (work) and weekends.
Thanks for the response guys, but for some reason llama seems flaky to me. I'd rather not use a time schedule.
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There is one called "automateit", free and pro version. I bought it but don't remember much about it. Something made me go back to tasker.
Have you tried Setting Profiles?
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There is one called "automateit", free and pro version. I bought it but don't remember much about it. Something made me go back to tasker.
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I used it, worked great
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Thanks for the response guys, but for some reason llama seems flaky to me. I'd rather not use a time schedule.
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Have you tried using the Maps profile addons with Llama? It works pretty good. When you use it with combanation with the cell towers that it has learned.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kebab.LlamaMap
I have a simliar setup as you. It works great.
When I am in the neighborhood turn on wifi (as I visit friends with wifi as well)
When I leave the neighborhood turn off wifi
at a certain time on the weekdays and weekends it turns the ringer down and eventually off
weekdays and certain time it goes to airplane mode.
Then of course it all goes back to normal before I am awake.
A few other rules as well depending if I am at a family members house or a friends store/work.
So I end up saving a little bit of battery and not being woken up by mail/txt notifications :-D
You have to fiddle wit Llama a bit more then the others that's the only down side for some people who might not get it.
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Thanks for the response guys, but for some reason llama seems flaky to me. I'd rather not use a time schedule.
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Llama is not flaky at all. I was using on SGS and now on the GN and it works great.
Use cel tower locations and times together, or you can just use times.
Eg. at work 8am-5pm silent
at home 7am-10pm loud, wifi on
at home 10pm-7am quiet mode
Works great. Only issue at times is when/if new cel towers arrive. You have to occasionally train or manual tag the cel towers.
Very easy to use app IMO but if you just want time based profiles you can use something easier. We have RAM to spare, the service is not intensive and never shows up on my battery use list. It can toggle/change many settings if you want.
+1 for automateit.
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I'm going to give llama another shot. My big thing is that cell towers are not accurate enough and wifi polling wasn't working right. I set polling on, but changed the interval to never and it seems to be working.
If not I'll give automatit a shot.
Thanks guys.
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On a related note, I'm after an app which will allow me to set reminders based on my location, using cell towers rather than GPS. Just something which will remind me to pick up milk when I'm in town, nothing more.
You can take a look at AutomateIt user guide at the following links:
User guide
Location Trigger user guide
Cell Id Trigger user guide
I have gave up using Tasker since they increased there price without any sense.
Also they got few bugs but couldn't fix
So I moved on to app Called Smart Volume Control
It's Actually pretty impressive application with lot of features on it.
I recommend You smart Volume Control to try out
They gor Free Version too.
Free Version :- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.directservices.SmartVolumeControl
Paid Version :- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.directservices.SmartVolumeControlPlus
I have been using for some time Llama. I think is a great program for automatic control.
In connection with cell / timing everything is possible.
Greetings
Josch
JoSch68 said:
I have been using for some time Llama. I think is a great program for automatic control.
In connection with cell / timing everything is possible.
Greetings
Josch
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With secure settings for nfc and gps toggle
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Folks,
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with automatic WiFi switching apps? Basically after something that works on the desire with froyo. What I want it to do is poll the available WiFi networks every so often (say hourly) to see if my home network is avaiable, and connect if it is.
What do the demon hordes of xda suggest to try, or avoid?
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Tasker is a app that can do that, and much more.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net
On there site you can download it, try it for a week and if you like it buy it. It's a rater expensive app but it has a lot of possibilities. There is also a market version but that has no trial.
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Tasker is a app that can do that, and much more.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net
On there site you can download it, try it for a week and if you like it buy it. It's a rater expensive app but it has a lot of possibilities. There is also a market version but that has no trial.
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Thanks for the tip, I'll look into it. Do you use this? If so, what for? Looks like there's tonnes of ability that I don't think I'd use.
Any other auto WiFi experience out there?
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Yeah it's true that for only wifi on at home it's a expensive app but i don't know any other ones.
And yes I use it, for now i have:
Wifi at home
Flight mode on, auto sync off and low brightens at night
5 minutes before my alarm goes off i turn flight mode off, brightness to auto again, wifi on and autosync back on
GPS turns on when opening maps or navigation
When there is a appointment in my school calendar my phone goes on vibrate during that time
When i open my terminal emulator it prompts the keyboard input method
This is after two weeks of using the app and there are a lot more possibility, they also have a wiki with example apps and some tutorials you can look at.
Y5 battery will do it for your home network, on market.
My EVO
I thought the Desire automatically does this with no 3rd party apps? All the OP is saying that they want to connect to a WiFi connection when it's available (as opposed to performing some action).
Or did I miss something??
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I thought the Desire automatically does this with no 3rd party apps? All the OP is saying that they want to connect to a WiFi connection when it's available (as opposed to performing some action).
Or did I miss something??
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I suspect that the OP wants an app that switches off WiFi, and only switches it on again when in range of a "known" WiFi network.
This is essentially what Y5 does - it only works if you have a cellular signal at that location, and basically when the WiFi network connection is lost it looks at the cell id and if it has changed turns WiFi off. When you get back into range of that cell again, it will switch WiFi back on again.
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Dave
I use "Wifi Auto Toggle" now to turn wifi on/off when I forget about it, but I have a problem where my wireless will randomly get stuck "authenticating" with my school's WPA network so it will appear to be connected without any problems, but you won't be able to access the internet with it. This means that Wifi Auto Toggle won't think to disconnect it, so it will sit there until I pick up my phone and realize that I need to reconnect. Any suggestions are welcome!
You can use tasker to turn the wifi on and off depending on time, location, whether the phone is plugged in, etc. It's confusing at first but it works wonders!!
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You can use tasker to turn the wifi on and off depending on time, location, whether the phone is plugged in, etc. It's confusing at first but it works wonders!!
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I'd prefer an app that isn't $6... Also, it just needs to toggle the wifi on a set schedule (say, every 15 minutes). That way I could easily turn it on or off depending on where I am.
Saw an app call Modus Operandi in the main app forum that might do what you want (kind of a free Tasker alternative). I use Tasker though so I don't know how well this app works...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869262
Or you can use Llama : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888181
I user Timeriffic. It's free and works great.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-alfray-timeriffic-jqq.aspx
It's easy to use too.
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I use "Wifi Auto Toggle" now to turn wifi on/off when I forget about it, but I have a problem where my wireless will randomly get stuck "authenticating" with my school's WPA network so it will appear to be connected without any problems, but you won't be able to access the internet with it. This means that Wifi Auto Toggle won't think to disconnect it, so it will sit there until I pick up my phone and realize that I need to reconnect. Any suggestions are welcome!
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I was using CT scheduler on my Hero and that worked really well but it since loosks to have dropped from the market....
Modus Operandi works perfectly. Exactly what I needed.
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Modus Operandi works perfectly. Exactly what I needed.
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I know your sorted now but was trawling web for top rooted apps and came accross this link......
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/07/13/8-great-apps-every-rooted-android-user-should-know-about/
Juice defender....ive used the free one before but ultimate looks to have more features...if your after just a scheduler MO is fine but this might also help actively conserve that vital bit of power at the same time....just a thought?
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I know your sorted now but was trawling web for top rooted apps and came accross this link......
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/07/13/8-great-apps-every-rooted-android-user-should-know-about/
Juice defender....ive used the free one before but ultimate looks to have more features...if your after just a scheduler MO is fine but this might also help actively conserve that vital bit of power at the same time....just a thought?
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JuiceDefender/UltimateJuice is such a horrible piece of trash app that I can't believe I actually paid for it.
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JuiceDefender/UltimateJuice is such a horrible piece of trash app that I can't believe I actually paid for it.
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Lol......you should hear what the app thinks of you!
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Anyone have a work around to make the Verizon WiFi Auto-On app work? I have a VZW Galaxy Nexus, but I get an error when opening the app that states the app is only for VZW customers.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vzw.wificonnect
I dont think it supports ICS. I use Llama to do my home/work/away settings. Very good app been using it since I got an android phone.
I have been trying the Verizon Wifi app as well.
I gave up.
I kept looking and found Auto Wifi Enabler that seems to work on pretty much the same premise at Verizon's app - it turns your wifi on and off based on location and saved networks.
I'm not sure what happened but it isn't showing up in the Market or my App List but it is on my phone right now. Very strange.
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I dont think it supports ICS. I use Llama to do my home/work/away settings. Very good app been using it since I got an android phone.
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Started using Llama with an auto wifi off app, and it is really helping my battery lots. This also adds peace of mind for ringers and other issues...
Agreed on Llama. Downloaded it to use for Wifi on/off at home and have since found a wide variety of uses for it including disabling screen timeout and adjusting brightness while charging vs. running on battery, automatic ringtone/volume adjustment based on locations and time of day, etc.
It uses cell towers to determine your location (not GPS) and doesn't appear to add much to battery drain. If anything, the automatic Wifi and screen brightness/timeout rules do more to conserve battery than the program would add in overhead.
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I have been trying the Verizon Wifi app as well.
I gave up.
I kept looking and found Auto Wifi Enabler that seems to work on pretty much the same premise at Verizon's app - it turns your wifi on and off based on location and saved networks.
I'm not sure what happened but it isn't showing up in the Market or my App List but it is on my phone right now. Very strange.
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Cannot find this app, that's the exact name?
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Cannot find this app, that's the exact name?
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The VZW app is linked in the OP. Auto Wifi Enabler does not seem to be in the market any longer.
For the life of me I cannot get this card to work. I have location history enabled in Google Maps and have entered my home and work adresses under location history's settings - traveled to and from work a few days, and nothing. Is there some other step I'm missing or is the traffic card glitched or something?
Thanks for the help.
You may go into the setting for that card and change the priority. Make it "none" and save. Then go back in and give it priority. Mine worked out of the box so I'm afraid I can't be much more help than that.
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this may sound like a stupid suggestion but, is your GPS enabled?
infrared90 said:
this may sound like a stupid suggestion but, is your GPS enabled?
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Yes it is, along with WiFi.
well I'm useless here. My device started showing me the travel card by itself. I didn't enter any address information however. It guessed my work and home address of its own accord. I'd try wiping the history and setting the priority to high for the card.
I am only curious how it guessed which place is my home...and it guessed correctly...for the work address it asked me to confirm its guess, but for home address no questioning...awesome...
Listen to me, you don't want this card enabled if you're anywhere but at home with your boring life. I've been travelling, and the traffic/directions card comes up all the time for places I haven't cared about but once a few days ago.
Well.. it's not officially a released feature. I can't complain too much, considering... well I've looked at all sorts of settings which would seem logical, but I keep getting directions to Walmart or the random bakery I went to the other day.
Google Now is really smart.. but it really tries too hard when you're not home.
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well I'm useless here. My device started showing me the travel card by itself. I didn't enter any address information however. It guessed my work and home address of its own accord. I'd try wiping the history and setting the priority to high for the card.
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Tried that too, so far still nothing. It showed up briefly due to a doctors appointment I had scheduled and it showed me the travel time, but then I refreshed Google Now and it disappeared once again.
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Have you tried getting traffic info in Google maps?
My traffic also doesn't work but for me its because my location does not support it yet (Uganda)
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Make sure you're signed in to latitude also.
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foxehkins said:
Make sure you're signed in to latitude also.
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I am. Still no dice.
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FWIW it still works for me without being signed into Latitude.
Have you tried disabling Google Now and then re-enabling it? Always fixes any issue I have.
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FWIW it still works for me without being signed into Latitude.
Have you tried disabling Google Now and then re-enabling it? Always fixes any issue I have.
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Yep, still nothing, I've just accepted that it doesn't work.
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Don't need to be signed into latitude as long as you have the addresses set. I have zero issues.
I looked under my location history information and settings which I entered about four days ago now...it says I've only been home for 4 hours and at work 0 hours which those two numbers are completely inaccurate.
Took me a day or two for it to learn my places.
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Took me a day or two for it to learn my places.
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Yeah its been about four days now and still nothing
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I was having this issue myself, I got no traffic card even though I knew everything was set up. It was my favourite feature of Google now (especially for appointment reminders) and I was so disappointed! It seems in my googling plenty of people were having the issue and no answers anywhere.
I managed to get mine working, so I'm posting my solution in case someone else has the same problem and does the same googling. My problem was that somehow Google now was set to use public transport by default, however, there is no public transport info in my city. So no card at all. Unfortunately, Google now wouldn't let me change my settings as the traffic card has to be popped up in order to change the preferred transport method.
So I just uninstalled updates, then started Google now, went to settings, traffic, and switched my preferred transport method to driving. Traffic card appeared! I could then update back to the latest Google now and had my traffic cards back.
Good luck!
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Hi I have a data plan with Rogers so the a-gps should be picking location with maps or waze. I was driving this morning but the gps was searching the whole time. I was on 4g during this time. All 3 of the boxes under location services are checked.
Thanks for any ideas
Depends heavily on the position inside your car.
The closer to a window or the windscreen the better. Try holding it up to the drivers window for a few seconds and see if it locks on.
Even the best GPS isn't going to work if it's completely shielded from the satellites by the metal roof.
Restart GPS Navigation app or Restart phone helps.
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Restart GPS Navigation app or Restart phone helps.
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Should not have to restart your phone every time you want to use navigation.
I am having the same issue.
The GPS icon won't even display in the info bar without a restart.
Do you think this is a hardware or software issue ??
I notice about once a day on average that the gps icon will show up in the status bar. Sometimes it's only for a second or two and sometimes it's there for a couple of minutes. One time I saw it and it just seemed to last forever (I didn't time it but I'd guess 15-30 minutes).
I've gotten messages a few times about apps not being able to access location services. I don't use maps very much but I had it open the other day and it just froze up on me. No message about gps but I didn't keep the app open very long after it was obvious it wasn't going to work.
I'm on rogers in Ottawa.
Edit: Just played around in maps/navigation and gps flat out doesn't work. It was using cell tower triangulation and searching for gps the whole time. I had to turn on wifi to get an accurate location.
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Anyone have a home made solution or is this a warranty issue?
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So, after I posted last night I went out side and checked my GPS. Sitting on the steps infront of my building I conected to GPS in google maps and navigation right away - it worked like a charm.
Then I noticed it said "4G" instead of LTE in the status bar. I live downtown surrounded by buildings and I drop to "4G' on my front steps like 90% of the time. So, I get up and walk down the block and my LTE kicks in. Low and behold, I lost GPS. It only happened briefly but I lost the signal during the switch. Then I read that the note 2 only has a-GPS and lacks regular GPS. I don't know a ton about this stuff but I did read that connecting to GPS can sometimes be an issue if you only have a-GPS and your connection sucks.
Hopefully this is something that can be fixed with a software update. Who knows, maybe this is why those of us with the I317/I317M are the last ones to get the OTA update. I'm gonna call rogers today and let them know about the issue and see what they say. I don't wanna go through the hassle of exchanging my phone if every handset has this issue right now.
Are you using the Perseus kernel? If so GPS does not seem to work correctly regardless of which location provider is used. I reverted to stock and my GPS works.
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I don't wanna go through the hassle of exchanging my phone if every handset has this issue right now.
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I am not sure if everyone is having this defect with their phone. I hear some phones lock instantly on gps signal even indoors. Can you let me know what Rogers tells you after you call. Would be appreciated. Thank you.
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You could try flashing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442038
I'm assuming OP has already tried this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5lY2xpcHNpbS5ncHNzdGF0dXMyIl0.
My Rogers Note 2 has no problems with GPS at all. If you're all stock and have spotty connections, than it's your area. Tall buildings would probably hinder GPS fixes initially.
Rogers here unlocked . Telus network. Rooted and themed and modded. GPS works wonderfully.
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You could try flashing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442038
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Are you using the Perseus kernel? If so GPS does not seem to work correctly regardless of which location provider is used. I reverted to stock and my GPS works.
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ThaiM said:
My Rogers Note 2 has no problems with GPS at all. If you're all stock and have spotty connections, than it's your area. Tall buildings would probably hinder GPS fixes initially.
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Right now I'm stock/unrooted and I intend to stay that way for the time being. I'll be heading to the mall later so I'll pay a visit to the Rogers store and Wireless Wave (awesome third party wireless store in Canada - they really know their ****) and see what they say.
I have the bell version. Just tested on lte. In my house locked on in 4 secs with no wifi.. Gps works great on my phone.
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Sorry I took so long to respond but I got sucked in to the mall lol.
So, long story short. Nobody has any clue and the unusually clueless staff at the rogers store (casual Christmas employees) basically said I need to talk to Samsung cuz my 15 days are up. The guys at wireless wave hadn't heard anything about anybody having any issues with gps. Finally, I went to Telus and found someone who actually had a clue and she said it was the first she'd heard of it and actually recommended I check xda.
On my way home now and then I'll call rogers. I'm not hopeful about the outcome lol.
Stay tuned...
I'll post back again when I
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Are you using the Perseus kernel? If so GPS does not seem to work correctly regardless of which location provider is used. I reverted to stock and my GPS works.
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Im using the perseus kernel and get an almost instant lock but im on telus
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On my way home now and then I'll call rogers. I'm not hopeful about the outcome lol.
Stay tuned...
I'll post back again when I
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sorry about your luck at the mall.
Curious to know what rogers says to you ! :good:
Hello folks,
Just an update .. I have been playing around with waze (free at the appstore) for the last day and a half and my gps has been flawless.
Our GPS issues could more then likely be with the actual Navigation app that comes pre installed.
By the way Waze seems to be very impressive I must admit :good:
I used something similar to that app posted.the ones I have is called gpstest.showing 0 satellites for me.like another poster said, should not have to restart the phone or flash firmware on it for GPS to work.it should work otb
Thanks for the feedback
deadpres said:
Should not have to restart your phone every time you want to use navigation.
I am having the same issue.
The GPS icon won't even display in the info bar without a restart.
Do you think this is a hardware or software issue ??
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Interesting... I've had this issue happen only once. Nothing I did would start a GPS search. I waited about 2 hours outdoors in a car. Once I restarted the phone, it had a lock on lots of sattelites within 10 sec.
It hasn't happened since.