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Does your guys vivid find your location on google.com mine says location unavailable I tired everything to fix it and it still doesn't work any advice ?
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The GPS thing is odd for me too. It shows me where I am perfectly, however shows my girlfriend sitting over on a nearby airport runway when she is right next to me. She has the Thunderbolt on Verizon.
And to make it even more strange... She sees me over there too but her phone shows her location perfectly.
And it's always off like that... no matter where we are. we see ourselves fine but each other as off by about 1000 feet or so.
Wow that is weird does your location show on google.com ?
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So no one else has this problem?
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Mines dead on and Fast.
Do you receive any pop ups when you first launch Maps about improving your Location?
You may want to turn on Wifi (you don't have to connect to any Networks).
Wifi on speeds the process up quite a bit.
A few years ago Google was in the hot seat for gathering Wifi info while gathering data for Street View.
all third part apps work fine on finding my location maps finds its quick and fast my problem is on google.com the browser in general does not find my location it keeps saying location unavailable
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I have the same problem and found a couple more. The Places tab on google .com does not work either. If you hit the Facebook website and try to use the check in feature, it won’t let you. So it’s definitely a gps/browser issue.
same here anyone have any advice to fix this
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It looks like at&t thing to me, all non at&t versions seem to be ok
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I've tried contacting HTC about this. Has anyone heard of a possible fix?
AT&T referred me to HTC because they did not have a solution. HTC had me check all settings and do a soft reset but that did not work. I was not willing to do a factory reset. HTC said that since the phone is new they are waiting on customer feedback to see what issues the phone has before they issue a patch. So I guess this will stay an unresolved issue until then.
Any word on a fix for this? I'm encountering 'Location unavailable' in the browser (any browser, actually, tried Dolphin and Firefox) and I can't seem to fix it. I actually DID do a factory reset, no dice (restoring nandroid now).
Maps apps (Maps, My Tracks, Latitude) work fine and locate me whether I'm on wifi, LTE, GPS on/off. Same with widgets. Everything but the browser. It's really frustrating. I've tried every combination of settings, both in the browser and the general phone settings.
For what it's worth, I've been in touch with HTC, and they're looking into it. I won't hold my breath.
My Location
This is so frustrating!!!
When I'm at work My Location (image and info) is correct, but at home my image is correct but my info shows the street behind my house!
bonespanda said:
This is so frustrating!!!
When I'm at work My Location (image and info) is correct, but at home my image is correct but my info shows the street behind my house!
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If you are talking about the position marker on the map, GPS positions and/or the apps using them can be off. At work and at home, the marker can be as much as 50 feet from where I am actually located. This may be due to the number and position of the satellites being tracked. I have found some apps to be more accurate than others. Personally, I think the Vivid GPS works well, but you are rarely going to have the marker less than 15-20 feet of your actual position -- unless you are a military weapon or a military target.
So I was just thinking it seems really strange that our device would have gps without a network connection. I don't have a problem with being wifi only but if I'm using wifi I'm usually at home or at work or somewhere that i won't really be going anywhere. As in, I feel like the most useful part of the gps is always for navigation but the only use of gps I can think of with only wifi is for location based search results. I so I was just wondering everyone's thoughts, cuz to me it seems sort of unnecessary
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offline maps. GPS works without a connection.
and, way better location based services.
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I have not loaded it yet on the Nexus 7 but I have used Navagon from the play store. It turns the tab into a 7 inch GPS unit.
GPS features (Offline Google Maps, fully downloaded GPS software), being able to "Check In" at different locations, whatever they opt for. As a "Dev" unit of sorts, I find GPS to be critical.
GPS to test GPS based applications, since this is a Nexus device
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The only trouble I have with offline maps is that it still obviously doesn't work with navigation. But one question though with offline maps, can you save a map with a navigation route on it?
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I tether my Nexus 7 to my Sprint phone (rooted CM9). It is nice to not have to tether GPS through Bluetooth. In my car the Nexus 7 gets mounted and serves up the torque app, connects my BT obd2 sensor, and uses its own GPS.
What's the point of a GPS? Easy, it's a sensor so the device knows where you are at. I use my Nexus all over the place and it's always online tethered to my phone. It's way smarter since it knows where it's at.
Better question would be, what's that Barometer doing in my Galaxy Nexus....
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Better question would be, what's that Barometer doing in my Galaxy Nexus....
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The Galaxy Note has one too.
The Kindle Fire didn't have one... and it was very limiting for what I wanted to use it for. My hotspot didn't provide GPS data.
In a mobile setting when you have a 3G/4G hotspot, having a device with a GPS allows a lot of detail data collection which requires location info (like weather data). The hotspot allows transmission of the data to a server for processing and receipt of critical data (like Doppler radar data) to know where you are and where its at.
One of the reasons why I was waiting for the Nexus 7 as soon as I heard it has both GPS and the other location tools.
No aGPS... but once you are tracking that doesn't matter.
Sygic works great offline everywhere I go.
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The only trouble I have with offline maps is that it still obviously doesn't work with navigation. But one question though with offline maps, can you save a map with a navigation route on it?
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Navigation apps like Copilot store all of the maps and poi's on the device. No network connection necessary and it will automatically route you to any destination that your map set covers.
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It's also nice to have the GPS so when you show it to your friends with Iphones and Ipads, you can demonstrate the Navigation function that they still don't have.
"Google, Navigate to Staples in Woodland Hills California so my friend can pick up a Nexus 7"
The point is that the kindle fire doesn't have it. That really is the point i think.
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Better question would be, what's that Barometer doing in my Galaxy Nexus....
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Xoom had one too, it's something that a bit ahead of it's time. Think 'crowd sourced' weather apps.
This thread is akin to the whole "why does the Galaxy Nexus have a barometer in it" threads that popped up after it came out.
Though, as many have said before, it primarily is for use in offline maps. If you start navigation and leave, it should keep those directions (though it won't recalculate any new ones) in memory and running even without an internet connection.
GPS is COMPLETELY SEPARATE from Navigation. Navigation requires a GPS. Using a GPS does not require Navigation.
So stop saying "GPS" when you mean "Navigation", for the love of god.
So what's a GPS in a wifi-only device useful for?
Using in any one of dozens of apps that can cache map data
Recording paths or traces for recreation, hiking, biking, whatever
Geocaching or any other game/activity needing precise location data
Using one of several OFFLINE Navigation apps (CoPilot Live, Sygic, Navigon, etc)
There are more, I'm bored with this...
All that being said, it's awesome that it has it, but yeah most people can turn off that radio most of the time to save battery.
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All that being said, it's awesome that it has it, but yeah most people can turn off that radio most of the time to save battery.
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GPS is not running and uses no battery unless actively in use.
What about those that tether? It might not be big in the US because of carrier blocking bit plenty of people tether to mobiles - why pay for an additional contract when your phone has unlimited data?
Once coupled together the 7 becomes its own device, looks great with Google navigation and obviously Google Notes works as it should!
Yes, I know there's another thread on Parallel Kingdom/Google Currents etc, but I wanted to highlight GPS Games as the thread topic. There's a handful of GPS games (Life is Magic, PK, Ingress) for Android and it would be nice to see them working for KF/KFHD. Apparently it's possible (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE6voRHVawY) but no one has publicly explained how to do so. Hopefully someone out of the 4 million strong XDA community can publish a guide on how to accomplish this.
There are several threads dealing of Kindle and GPS, and, as the tablet lacks satellite tracking, there are two methods that seem to work, bluetooth dongle and tethering from a phone. Both systems require some app running in the background. I've tested the bluetooth dongle method, and only a few programs don't work well. Things have changed some with the last update, but is acceptable. I will test those programs for you...
I'm working now, but I've downloaded those three games on my phone. When I get home I'll side load them and test with my bluetooth dongle....
Thx. Just downloaded ingress and surprisingly it installed properly. Waiting for activation code so hopefully it works.
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Just read on Parallel Kingdom forum that someone got it working by installing Alien Droid (whatever that is)
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Hey gflorez,
As you know, I'm a total noob but I'm wondering what your opinion is on this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163135? Could it be possible to get things running without bluetooth/tethering?
First of all, as you said, Ingress loads but waits for a code, and PK doesn't installs. That leaves us Life Is Magic as the only candidate to test(from now on LIS).
The problem with those type of games is that to play them in our Kindle it needs two things that it lacks, GPS and Internet. It has a pseudo localisation by wifi, but isn't as accurate as real GPS. On the other hand it can connect to Internet easily but needs an external provider of data by wifi.
My approach has been to give it coordinates by bluetooth from my GPS dongle and to give it Internet by tethering web data by wifi from my phone. Cumbersome but it has seemed to work ..... until I've run out of phone battery.
My question is, need LIS all the accuracy of a real GPS? or, if it exceeds its entertainment purpose, is the approximate wifi localisation of Kindle enough?
If so, just having a phone capable of "wifi zone" and a data rate would be sufficient as Kindle extracts coordinates from them. It is the next test I would do when my phone is fully loaded.... But if you have a phone like that, you can do the same test just now. If you need an explanation of that tell me.
Meanwhile I will test if installing Alien Droid¿? PK can be installed.
Kinology is based on a stock rom, and has the same benefits and disadvantages as can be achieved with the plain Kindle.
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EditK is a Jelly Bean app(the new version of Android system), so it does not install on the Kindle Fire Hd, that has ICS(a slight older but actual version of android). "Alien Droid" is a custom Jelly Bean rom made for the old Kindle Fire, incompatible with the completely different Kindle Fire Hd. Highway cut....
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Editing the edit: PK is compatible with Android 2.1 upwards, but seems that Amazon restricts its use "due to geographical restrictions" as I, European from Spain, can see on the USA web:
http://www.amazon.com/PerBlue-Inc-Parallel-Kingdom-AOT/dp/B004UO1QNC
It is the reason that an old Kindle Fire with a custom rom(Android Jelly Bean 4.2) or my phone with android 2.3.6 can play that game as there are not that restrictions.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111226194127AAN3bgq
On that web, a member of PerBlue, creators of PK says: "Unfortunately Kindle Fire doesn't currently support the Google Maps API necessary to play Parallel Kingdom."
But.... I have google maps installed(courtesy by Prokennexusa) and it doesn't installs...
I'm currently testing if an installation extracted with Titanium backup can be forced inside the Kindle, but no....
Definitively Life of Magic doesn't needs very much location accuracy to be playable.... I've tested it by real GPS or by WIFI points. It only needs to be near the interaction point.
I wasn't aware that KF & HD were that much different.
Yes, I saw that post on Yahoo. However, I also read on PK forums where a PK employee has eluded that it's possible to play on KF (not sure about HD) as discussed here:
http://forum.parallelkingdom.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20067&p=178336&hilit=kindle+fire#p178336
http://forum.parallelkingdom.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21470&p=184356&hilit=kindle+fire#p184356
You don't need a real GPS location to play PK (I know bcuz I've played years ago and spoofed the location). If that makes any sense. Without a location spoof, you can still travel the entire world and back without ever hitting the relocate button just by getting invites.
So Life of Magic works with bluetooth dongle? What about playing it/getting it installed without additional hardware?
I'm curious as to why Ingress installs though. I imagine Ingress would be more GPS-oriented than both LIM & PK.
In the back of my mind, I think all 3 games are playable on KFHD without additional hardware...of course, I'm not even 5% as tech savvy as you are...but just a hunch, and based on the fact that I know PK is entirely playable without ever having GPS on (you just need Wifi).
Have you guys considered using 1MobileMarket?
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LIM accepts the Kindle as is, autolocating by wifi, but you need wifi then. You only can play in your house or a place that can provide internet data to your kindle, you are fixed to a place. But if you provide internet with your phone you are free and kindle can aproximatively locate you.
Im not an expert, only a little bit more expert than you, but only time.
Owning a dongle has make me me to neglect some the wifi location used by kindle, but now I can say that it needs to compare the sources of wifi near to "triangle" its position. It doesnt need to connect nor know keys of access, only interact. The problem is when your phone is the only wifi near, far from other residential wifi.
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Pardon LIM.......but LIS sounds better.....
Ive sideloaded hundreds of apps on my kindle, only few have hanged, and only three not installing. One of them is PK.
Kindle has an Android highly modificated, with an incompatibility of code that refuses apps perfectly compatible with other phones or tablets. Im not a programmer , I dont know why it refuses to install.
Ya LIM does work. Odd, it didn't install before. I wonder if a ingress will work.
So u think it's impossible to play PK on kfhd?
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Having nothing but issues with google maps navigation with my note 3 and my nexus 5. Both won't hold a lock on my location or work at all. Sometimes my only option is to preview my route. Anyone else??
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enzosly said:
Having nothing but issues with google maps navigation with my note 3 and my nexus 5. Both won't hold a lock on my location or work at all. Sometimes my only option is to preview my route. Anyone else??
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I can't speak for the Nexus, but I know the first batch of Note 3's that came out seemed to have some big GPS issues. I swapped mine out and it has worked flawlessly every since.
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Having nothing but issues with google maps navigation with my note 3 and my nexus 5. Both won't hold a lock on my location or work at all. Sometimes my only option is to preview my route. Anyone else??
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Google Maps navigation works great on my N3. Very infrequently, it loses its GPS signal. When that happens, it stays lost until I toggle GPS off and back on, at which point it immediately recovers.
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How to resolve if there are times that Google Play notifies "server error" when hit install on an application which may not be related to Google or phone.
Guys,
For some reason the Nexus 6 is showing the wrong weather location card in Google Now. It is showing a city about 40 miles SE of where I live. Has anyone else noticed this?
Thanks,
Y2J
May want to try resetting your device and/or toggling GPS. Also, what level of GPS accuracy are you using right now
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May want to try resetting your device and/or toggling GPS. Also, what level of GPS accuracy are you using right now
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High accuracy...I always use high accuracy...
Does it show you in the correct place in maps? If it doesn't use the send feedback button and send Google a report.
Most likely the WiFi access point you are pinging has the wrong location in Googles database.
I've had good results with Google fixing this on two occasions.
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I didn't know that it would show a picture of the city you are in. I've been using it since day 1 and never seen anything that resembles where I live. I thought it was just a generic picture....?
Mine has always showed a place a couple miles away.... Thought it was just my device..
I got the same problem, only with google now, other location apps work like yahoo weather, maps, earth, news
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I got the same problem, only with google now, other location apps work like yahoo weather, maps, earth, news
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same here. been happening for a few weeks now. only when i'm home and connected to my home wifi. Maps goes to the right location, all other apps know where i am, but google now shows me weather for the wrong city.
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same here. been happening for a few weeks now. only when i'm home and connected to my home wifi. Maps goes to the right location, all other apps know where i am, but google now shows me weather for the wrong city.
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Well this happens to me all the time with or without WiFi
Any of you guys fixed this??
Yeah turn off location services.
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