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App to toggle GPS on/off

I would love to have an app that would allow me to switch GPS On/Off. It appears that applications sometimes do not turn GPS off upon exit.

Are you referring to GPS or GPRS? As they are 2 completely different things.

fraudulent said:
I would love to have an app that would allow me to switch GPS On/Off. It appears that applications sometimes do not turn GPS off upon exit.
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How can you confirm this to be true other than guessing by thinking that your battery is wearing too quickly?
Maybe it is the app that did not exit correctly. TomTom 7 definitely does not have this problem. Which GPS app are you using?

salada2k said:
How can you confirm this to be true other than guessing by thinking that your battery is wearing too quickly?
Maybe it is the app that did not exit correctly. TomTom 7 definitely does not have this problem. Which GPS app are you using?
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Neither does Garmin Mobile XT
I assume he is talking about GPRS (since he used the word applicationS. I mean.. don't see any reason for anyone to have multiple GPS Applications installed on their phone. Unless you are testing them out)

L o r d R a j said:
Neither does Garmin Mobile XT
I assume he is talking about GPRS (since he used the word applicationS. I mean.. don't see any reason for anyone to have multiple GPS Applications installed on their phone. Unless you are testing them out)
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I've got multiple installed. TT7, Google Maps, real time GPS Tracking, GPS Tag for photos. That's 4 already

akito said:
I've got multiple installed. TT7, Google Maps, real time GPS Tracking, GPS Tag for photos. That's 4 already
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Hmmmm...
interesting.

two app for me
I am using garmin XT and GPS utilities
The second one is great for just watching speed/elevation, coordinates, or covered distance.
It's much smaller than Garmin
Includes stop/start GPS...

Abs. said:
Are you referring to GPS or GPRS? As they are 2 completely different things.
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I am talking about the Global Positioning System, GPS.
I am a Geocacher so I use three different apps to utilize the GPS system. First I have mostly used BeelineGPS, and Google Maps. I have recently begun evaluating Geoscout which shows real promise as a geocaching app.
The problem is that I have drained my battery a couple of times and have recently begun resetting my device to avoid my battery running flat. I strongly suspect that GPS is the problem.
I would love to have an app to toggle GPS on/off.
I will do a search for GPS Utilities, thanks for the tip bertrand13

Use BAF GPS Toggle
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hendrixus,
GPS toggle is cool, but doesnt work properly on the diamond... cos of diamond's VGA screen...
Any other thoughts?

uccoffee said:
hendrixus,
GPS toggle is cool, but doesnt work properly on the diamond... cos of diamond's VGA screen...
Any other thoughts?
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Nope. Or yes Ask the programmer to make it VGA aware.
I basically posted in the wrong forum. Though it was the few threads about gps on/off. I have a MC IV never use it, thought. I neither works on WM5. It gives me an error on WM6. Programmer is looking at it.

I am also interested in toggling G-P-S on and off. I currently have an HTC HD2. I would like to turn GSM and GPRS off in favor of keeping GPS on. Anyone tips?

Nexus keep changing my city on the weather app!

Hi, i have a little trouble with the weather in my nexus one... It keeps changing my city with a town nearby... sometimes when i refresh my weather app, my city is shown, but sometimes the little town nearby is shown, im not sure if this is a trouble of the maps, my gps, or the weather channel but, its a little bit annoying... im using cyanogen, but my nexus had this exact behavior when he wasnt rooted and had the stock firmware on it...
Just for you to understand... heres a little map: (the distance between one and the other are about 15 miles)...
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Thanx in advance my dear droid fellows!

I believe the weather app uses GPS, AGPS or WiFi to determine the current location. GPS would be accurate... AGPS depends on you cellular providers location broadcast based on triangulation of neighbouring towers... WiFi depends on you ISP's IP location broadcast... AGPS & WiFi aren't very accurate and provide a larger location ratio so you mite get incorrect location information...

Great!
Thnx Craig!
How can i know which method my N is using??

I have issues with the weather app also, small town problem I'm sure. But I disabled location based weather and manually update my zip code for reliability's sake. I recommend the same, as long as I'm in the same region its close enough.
You can check your settings with the Menu>Settings>Weather Settings options.

donchele said:
Great!
Thnx Craig!
How can i know which method my N is using??
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Well, that all depends... from my understanding... if you have your GPS on and have data/wifi, it should use the GPS position... if you have wifi on & connected, the phone uses wifi instead of data, so wifi location comes into picture... otherwise, with only data (no wifi/GPS), AGPS is used...

I have issues with the weather app also, small town problem I'm sure. But I disabled location based weather and manually update my zip code for reliability's sake. I recommend the same, as long as I'm in the same region its close enough.
You can check your settings with the Menu>Settings>Weather Settings options.
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I can try that, in fact i have done it, but im a travel person, so, i want to have my weather refreshed without doing anything!
Well, that all depends... from my understanding... if you have your GPS on and have data/wifi, it should use the GPS position... if you have wifi on & connected, the phone uses wifi instead of data, so wifi location comes into picture... otherwise, with only data (no wifi/GPS), AGPS is used...
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I have a data plan, my wifi is always off and my gps on... so its a problem of my gps? are the cities to close or what?

I had a similar problem with a Droid Eris I used briefly, except it would change my location all over the world. I'm in Southern California but I suddenly got the weather for the middle of China or Egypt, sometimes getting as close as Arizona. Restarting the phone took care of it...

Tangent_ said:
I had a similar problem with a Droid Eris I used briefly, except it would change my location all over the world. I'm in Southern California but I suddenly got the weather for the middle of China or Egypt, sometimes getting as close as Arizona. Restarting the phone took care of it...
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WHOOOOOOA!! i dont know really whuts happening with mine, couse, i had this trouble since the first day i got it... (brand new)

donchele said:
I can try that, in fact i have done it, but im a travel person, so, i want to have my weather refreshed without doing anything!
I have a data plan, my wifi is always off and my gps on... so its a problem of my gps? are the cities to close or what?
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I've always believed that GPS should take precedence, but strangely, your scenario doesn't fall under that...
Well, I can only recommend you try one thing... go to the Maps app and check out your current location... try it with and without GPS...

craigacgomez said:
I've always believed that GPS should take precedence, but strangely, your scenario doesn't fall under that...
Well, I can only recommend you try one thing... go to the Maps app and check out your current location... try it with and without GPS...
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I turned it off and :O
It changed to my city!!!
So which is the problem over here?
Im really confused, because when in the weather says "the other town" in google maps says "my city" (this when the GPS is on)
With the GPS off in the weather says "my city" and in google maps says "my city"

I just reboot it with the gps turned off and it fliped again to the town! I dont really dont know whut to do!

Well, I guess I was wrong about one thing... apparently, the weather app does not use GPS to find your location... it uses only WiFi and AGPS (@see http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=704ea3966b365ce1&hl=en)
And you could try one more thing... Go to Setting > Application > Manage Applications... look for all the Weather related applications and Clear Data & Cache... reboot and the check!!!

[App] GMapPro -[R] 7th Apr 2011 -[v] 2.3

Name: GMapPro Veriosn 2.3
In this version, some of the bugs and performance issues are fixed and also it has some new features which are going to be extended in the next version of GMapPro...
Features:
1. Use Google Maps which is the most complete mapping solution available in the world
2. Download the maps of desired area, and use them while you are offline
3. Provide a list of downloads so you can delete them in future (if you don't wish to keep them anymore)
4. Use the phones internal GPS, to find you on the map
5. Markers:
5.1 Tap and hold a location to put a new marker.
5.2 View the list of markers and easily jump to the marked location.
5.3 Shows your location with a different marker.
6. Addresses: (Requires Internet Connection)
6.1 Shows the address of your location.
6.2 Jump to a desired address.
7. Preferred zoom level for "My Location" feature. Now, if you tap on My Location button, it will show the map whit the pre-configured settings.
8. Track me! by selecting this option from menu, GMapPro will show your location and track your movement on the map! It also shows your movement speed! (currently a very simple speedometer!)
9. Calculate the direct distance between to points in km or miles.
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Installing GMapPro
1. You need to have a developer unlocked WP7 device for side-loading, or you can install it to the emulator.
2. Installing WP7 app is easy using Tom's XAP Installer.
3. Download the App from the attachment, unzip and then install
Please feel free to let me know about how it works, and what features you need...

nice，let me have the first try

Geoloaction doesn't work.
Sprint Arrive, NoDo
AT&T Focus, NoDo

Hi alatesta, thanks for your intrest and your reply.
Geaolocation uses the internal GPS device in your phone.
please make sure you have enabled the location service (Settings->Location), and your device also should have access to GPS satelites (this means, sometimes gps doesn't work becouse of a cloudy sky or inside of the buildings!)

Hey can you take a look at the guidelines sticky and change your OP accordingly?
~~Tito~~

vrassouli said:
Hi alatesta, thanks for your intrest and your reply.
Geaolocation uses the internal GPS device in your phone.
please make sure you have enabled the location service (Settings->Location), and your device also should have access to GPS satelites (this means, sometimes gps doesn't work becouse of a cloudy sky or inside of the buildings!)
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I'm aware of how GPS works...I have five Windows Phones, 3 which are developer unlocked ;-)
Version 2.0 now pulls down my address but the map itself does not change, meaning my map stays a global map instead of zooming into my location.
No offense, but your app is kind of useless at this point.
Update: so you have to manually zoom in, by pinching? Why doesn't it just auto-zoom into your location instead of showing the world map?

Yes, you are right. current version just saves the last zoom level which you have browsed manually and whenever you tap to get in your location, it just uses the current zoom level.
I'll add an option in next version, so you can define the zoom level by which you wish to view your location on map.
Thanks for your reply

Feels like a good start. It still has serious performance issues and, from a usability perspective, it's not obvious how to search for an address.
The green arrow (location marker) points to another location when you double tap to zoom in.
Keep up!

Hi ertz, thanks for your reply
The green arrow, just shows your location which is retrived from internal GPS, not the location which you double tap.
And about the performance issues, would you provide some detailed information about these issues so I can handle them properly?
By the way, to search for an address, simply select the "jump to address" from the menu.

Hi ertz, thanks for your reply
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You're welcome, thank you for the application!
The green arrow, just shows your location which is retrived from internal GPS, not the location which you double tap.
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Yes, I understood what the green arrow meant as it pointed to my house. I just found that when I double tap the map to zoon in, the arrow moved to another location. Must be a random bug because I couldn't reproduce it every time.
And about the performance issues, would you provide some detailed information about these issues so I can handle them properly?
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Well, it feels like a performance issue, but it might actually be how the zoom function is handled. When I pinch to zoom in/out it takes a little while for the app to actually zoom in. And when I change the zoom, the previous zoom level disappears and shows a "Loading" text. It just feels a little unresponsive.
You could probably change the approach to how the zoom works. Take the built-in Bing maps as an example: when you zoom in/out, the previous zoom level is still visible and you can actually see the map getting bigger/smaller while you do the pinch gesture.
By the way, to search for an address, simply select the "jump to address" from the menu.
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Yep, I did find the "Jump to Address" function. I'm a graphics designer and I have some experience with UX/UI Design as well. What I meant in my previous reply is that "Jump to Address" isn't as obvious as saying "Search for address". Also, it would be much better if you add an icon to the app bar; the search function is used very often by people, so making it visible at all times is a good idea.
I hope I made myself clear. English isn't my primary language
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I forgot to mention that when I move around, the parts of the map that are no longer visible are "discarded"... When I move back to the place I was a second ago, the map has to be reloaded. Depending on how you coded this, it might have a negative impact on the user's wallet. It costs money to download the maps.

This is the best Google Map apps I've ever seen,
but I've a little lag issue when use zoom in-out.. anyway keep up the good work ! Thank you !

This looks great! Good job.
One quick question though. I use Google maps on WM to track the bus and train schedules. Google Maps would show the bus stops and when clicked they would give you the transit schedule within the app. Is this possible on any map program for WP7 yet?

Hi ertz, I put the search button as you suggested
Some sort of improvements are also applied and I've planned to improve the performance even more in next versions.
I forgot to mention that when I move around, the parts of the map that are no longer visible are "discarded"... When I move back to the place I was a second ago, the map has to be reloaded. Depending on how you coded this, it might have a negative impact on the user's wallet. It costs money to download the maps.
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That's the main reason to have offline maps!
You should download the maps for most browsed regions (for example your home town) using internet connection of your PC (connect using USB cable or WIFI) and then you can move around with no cost

This app will be awesome when:
1) zooming in/out is smooth
2) directions are added
But still, this is by far the best free app out there. TA maps is pretty good, but I can't buy it cuz I don't live in marketplace supported country :/

vrassouli said:
Hi ertz, I put the search button as you suggested
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Thanks! now it makes much more sense
Now, another thing I caught is that while moving around, parts of the map won't load. It only shows a white section. The funny thing is that I cannot move the map if I tap inside the white section.

Hey!
I´ve tried 2.1 a few days ago and tried 2.2 a few seconds ago...everytime the same error: "could not retrive address. Try again later".
At this moment I can´t use any function of this app...is there any solution?

what sort of zoom levels do people tend to cache?
I think I chose too many (after 12 hours was only 2%)

redman99 said:
what sort of zoom levels do people tend to cache?
I think I chose too many (after 12 hours was only 2%)
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To download a map, you should first zoom enough to the region you wish to save its maps. for example, I used zoom level 13 to cover my own home town, the whole city fits the screen at this level, then I use to download from level 0 to level 16!
Please be careful that it downloads the whole region that fits the screen at the currently viewing level! for example at level 0, which you see the whole globe, if you attempt to download the map, it will start to download the whole of the world!!!

brooon said:
Hey!
I´ve tried 2.1 a few days ago and tried 2.2 a few seconds ago...everytime the same error: "could not retrive address. Try again later".
At this moment I can´t use any function of this app...is there any solution?
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would you please provide me latitude, longitude of the place you wish to retrieve the address?

Michael Gaines said:
This looks great! Good job.
One quick question though. I use Google maps on WM to track the bus and train schedules. Google Maps would show the bus stops and when clicked they would give you the transit schedule within the app. Is this possible on any map program for WP7 yet?
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more features like this, are planned for future releases...

How to disable "NetworkLocationService"

It should be simple as disabling network location and Google locations service on settings, but I was almost crazy trying to figure out how to disable this NetworkLocationService. It was appearing every time I started gmaps, and it makes wifi wakelock incredibly frequent, draining the battery as hell with phone sleeping and wifi sets as "only when charging" on wifi sleep policy. The only solution was remember to kill that process every time of opening gmaps.
That's the process:
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So I realise that on my gmaps settings, there were options to report my location and save my location history. And this was working even with locations disabled! Then I just disabled all that and voilà! The process went away!
That's the options on gmaps. Sorry for the Portuguese on the screenshots, but I suppose that it's understandable.
Now my wakelocks by wifi went away, so you can imagine the battery life after that.
Just sharing this because I didn't found a solution; there is only topics here on xda (on other device's forum) telling that you should downgrade gmaps to solve this.
If I'd helped you, just press "thanks". It's free!

Nice guide although,disabling all of that would lead that i can't have fast gps lock and you need to turn all of that if you want to use igo but you can leave with that

aigaming said:
Nice guide although,disabling all of that would lead that i can't have fast gps lock and you need to turn all of that if you want to use igo but you can leave with that
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I don't think so; the agps feature is independent from this network location. I tested mine right now, and it locks in less than 10s close to my room's window and it's raining. Not bad at all.
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louiscypherbr said:
I don't think so; the agps feature is independent from this network location. I tested mine right now, and it locks in less than 10s close to my room's window and it's raining. Not bad at all.
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Nope,its mendatory for fast fix
Try restarting phone and then try gps fix
Without it, took some time 2 get a lock,with it turned on i lock in 10sec's:good:

Thanks for sharing louiscypherbr.
It looks to work for me.

aigaming said:
Nope,its mendatory for fast fix
Try restarting phone and then try gps fix
Without it, took some time 2 get a lock,with it turned on i lock in 10sec's:good:
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You can try for yourself.
I freshly installed dmx 1.5, disabled NetworkLocationService and started gmaps: exactly 22s to get a lock. Not bad considering it's the first fix on device.
Then I rebooted, waited all startup programs to load, certified that NetworkLocationService was not working in background and opened gmaps: 6s to fix! If agps was disabled it would be impossible to fix fast as that. I could make a movie, but I think there's no reason to do not believe.
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It's independent from A-GPS, it's just some google service which tracks all routers and network antenna's and reports your location based on that. A-GPS uses data to track satelites quicker, correct me if I am wrong, but A-GPS just tells your phone something like: the satelites are over there. Google tells you: you are now on blabla street no 31, because they scan the whole world.

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It's independent from A-GPS, it's just some google service which tracks all routers and network antenna's and reports your location based on that. A-GPS uses data to track satelites quicker, correct me if I am wrong, but A-GPS just tells your phone something like: the satelites are over there. Google tells you: you are now on blabla street no 31, because they scan the whole world.
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A-GPS doesn't mean "Assisted GPS"? A Standardized service wich help GPS software (Navigon, NDrive,....) to assist finding the best way depending on the trafic?

True,but you know when you cant find fix you first clear network location service...
Why then didnt you just freeze that service?It's easy couse we are rooted
Agps means assisted gps and it uses sotware(google servers defined in gps.conf) to pinpoint your location faster

aigaming said:
True,but you know when you cant find fix you first clear network location service...
Why then didnt you just freeze that service?It's easy couse we are rooted
Agps means assisted gps and it uses sotware(google servers defined in gps.conf) to pinpoint your location faster
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Because I want an easy way to enable it when I need it, just holding the "gps" icon on notification and ticking "Google location service". But this resource uses a huge amount of battery, so i don't want it enabled at background while I'm not using it. Simple as that. :thumbup:
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So I realise that on my gmaps settings, there were options to report my location and save my location history. And this was working even with locations disabled! Then I just disabled all that and voilà! The process went away!
That's the options on gmaps. Sorry for the Portuguese on the screenshots, but I suppose that it's understandable.
Hello,
I found your post very interesting and wanted to check my settings but somehow I can not find in GMaps settings options from your last screenshot?
Please, can you point me to this menu precicely if this in not problem for you?
GMaps -> Settings -> Location settings ?
Thank you in advance!
Cheers

Question Delayed Typing After Update

Just accepted the latest update on my S21 Ultra and noticed straight away that there is a delay on typing. Usually if I open messaging app I can tap the text box and start typing instantly. Now there's a few seconds delay so it misses off the first word or so. It's very annoying.
Happens in any app eg Messages, WhatsApp etc.
Tried Gboard which is my usual but also tested and it's the same on Asking keyboard. It's driving me mad!
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Clear system cache

Clearing cache hasn't worked. Genuinely think it's a bug with the latest update I got. Started after that and it's the only thing that's changed.

ephumuris said:
Just accepted the latest update on my S21 Ultra and noticed straight away that there is a delay on typing. Usually if I open messaging app I can tap the text box and start typing instantly. Now there's a few seconds delay so it misses off the first word or so. It's very annoying.
Happens in any app eg Messages, WhatsApp etc.
Tried Gboard which is my usual but also tested and it's the same on Asking keyboard. It's driving me mad!
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Don't see such a problem on my device...but I can't really relate to your problem literally. Do you have a video showing the lag?

It's not really obvious that I'm tapping but I press the buttons as soon as the keyboard appears.

That's horrific and it would drive me mad very quickly.
Feels like the keyboard is connecting to a service. Have you gone down the list of disabling all advanced features, like GIF/emoji integration, then enabling each one one at a time?

ephumuris said:
Clearing cache hasn't worked. Genuinely think it's a bug with the latest update I got. Started after that and it's the only thing that's changed.
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Try in safe mode.

Your phone is probably recalibrating. Suffer for another day or 2 and it will likely go away.

Really don't see it in my device. Have you tried another keyboard. I'm on SwiftKey and don't have this issue.

amirage said:
Really don't see it in my device. Have you tried another keyboard. I'm on SwiftKey and don't have this issue.
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The Samsung keyboard is one of the best, so much so many prefer it. I've been using the same Samsung keyboard layout for almost 8 years. One of the few things Samsung hasn't screwed up, but they are on a roll
This delay glitch is unacceptable... drop the ball Sammy.

Am I missing an update or so? I don't see this delay...hmm

amirage said:
Am I missing an update or so? I don't see this delay...hmm
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It may only adversely effect certain production batches. Update roulette...

It could well be due to messaging app iso the keyboard.
It seems the messaging app may be waiting for voice input.
See SS of OP's screen video, and the circled icon...

OnnoJ said:
It could well be due to messaging app iso the keyboard.
It seems the messaging app may be waiting for voice input.
See SS of OP's screen video, and the circled icon...View attachment 5576263
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Good point. Intelligent phones aren't that intelligent and many of those features rely on internet connection to process the raw voice inputs. Not sure if this is one but it likely is.
I disable voice to text, always... and little Bixby too

I've factory reset. Gone through the pain of installing all my apps and it's still the same.
Very good points regarding services I think I'll try and disable anything voice related as I don't use that!

Ok disabled the voice stuff I could find and it's still doing it. Driving me friggin mad!!

ephumuris said:
Ok disabled the voice stuff I could find and it's still doing it. Driving me friggin mad!!
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Clear system cache. Hard reboot.
Device Care>Battery, make sure ALL power management is disabled, except display setting which should be optimized or higher.
If still doing it Device Care>memory, clear the cache, now use the keyboard and immediately go back to memory and see what was added. Those are potential seauspects.

I'll add to blackhawk's instructions - kill your data & wifi then reboot and try again (with the data & wifi still off). So often when a computer has these little lags, it's data connection related - like something is phoning home or phoning out. I'm getting that gut feeling with this one too.

burnxtc said:
I'll add to blackhawk's instructions - kill your data & wifi then reboot and try again. So often when a computer has these little lags, it's data connection related - like something is phoning home or phoning out. I'm getting that gut feeling with this one too.
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Add a network reset to the list and a carrier network reset.
I never liked voice commands; when you're out of the streets, driving, walking, jogging, whatever... the phone needs to disappear.
It's a liability, not asset. You need to be paying attention to your surroundings not matter how boring or inconvenient it seems.
Bad things happen fast, you need to be ready... not jerking off with the phone.
Even when talking, you are being distracted. The man with no name knew that...

Check your Access point settings too.
On my AT&T NXTGENPHONE profile I found that instead of "hipri" (high priority) it had "fota" (Firmware Over-The-Air) which I don't want.
So I created a new profile and tested it. Instant download speed increase it seems... still testing.
APN type default,mms,supl,hipri
My original profile was set as IPv4/IPv6, which I used on my new profile instead of the AT&T suggested IPv4 only.
APN protocol IPv4
If you do this create a new profile with a different name so you can retain your original one too.
Don't forget to fill in any relevant spaces on the new and leave the blank ones blank unless you know better.
AT&T APN Info
For other carriers you'll need to up their APN specs.