Ever since updating to M developer preview 2 the location dot goes gray when trying to access my location. On high accuracy, the GPS works just as it should. When I am on battery saver it is almost as if my location can't lock onto different WiFi in the area as it goes by. Sometimes when I am in one place the blue dot will appear , but upon moving location it will quickly gray out. I have WiFi and Bluetooth set to always scan....If I leave WiFi on at all times then it follows my location as it should. I know it is a developer preview , but I don't see anyone else reporting it. I flashed back to preview 1 and all is well. Happens on both hells and elemental kernel. Really looking for some guidance.... Thank you in advance.
elreydenj said:
Ever since updating to M developer preview 2 the location dot goes gray when trying to access my location. On high accuracy, the GPS works just as it should. When I am on battery saver it is almost as if my location can't lock onto different WiFi in the area as it goes by. Sometimes when I am in one place the blue dot will appear , but upon moving location it will quickly gray out. I have WiFi and Bluetooth set to always scan....If I leave WiFi on at all times then it follows my location as it should. I know it is a developer preview , but I don't see anyone else reporting it. I flashed back to preview 1 and all is well. Happens on both hells and elemental kernel. Really looking for some guidance.... Thank you in advance.
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No telling. Most don't report these bugs on these threads as M is full of bugs. They deal with them to be on latest. Someone will pop up and tellyou whether it is true bug or your flash. Just part of being beta tester on buggy previews. Lol
After flashing back to 100% stock, I have realized that it does not happen with the stock kernel. It does however occur with Elemental and Despair and Hells.....
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First things first... Long time reader, (well, since november) but a first time poster ... Ive learned an unbelievable amount from this site, and am currently running Fresh ROM 1.1, and LOVING it
However, i have a few questions... I figured it would be easier to condense it into one thread, unless i need to make more...
1. Im loving the new blueish theme. However, even with older versions, and the stock rom, i cant ever tell how much battery life i actually have.. I was wondering if it were possible to have a text indication as opposed to an icon? I remember reading somewhere that the OS only supports 20% (i think) increments... but even so, it would be easier to figure out how much battery i have. Im guessing its some type of image(s) that just update according to the reported battery percentage, but i have no clue.. If thats so, could the images be replaced with images containing text? I figured if this was possible, it could be applied thru a ROM update.zip (as done from recovery).
2. I don't know if this is a Fresh ROM "bug" or not, but i was on the phone the other day, and when i pulled it away from my face to turn the screen on, then disconnect the call, i had to drag down on the screen like it was locked. Now, this was a three way call, and my first ever on this phone. So thats why I am unsure if its even a bug... Perhaps its meant to be? I just found it odd.
3. MMS over WiFi problem... This was brought up in another thread that never received a reply... I doubt this is a Fresh ROM problem, as i had the problem on stock rom as well: when WiFi is enabled, I am unable to send OR receive any MMS messages. The message will show up in the chat log, BUT, when i press "download," the EVDO icon pops up in the status bar for a split second, then disappears and the picture does not download. As soon as i turn off WiFi and press download, it downloads it with no problem. Anyone know what is causing this? and is there a workaround? Or do i just have to turn off wifi for MMS? I thought the system would be smart enough to turn on & use EVDO when needed.
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Ben
Look into the Tsowen(sp?) battery icon for that. It was the default in 1.0, but if you're interested in accurate battery percentages, the HTC Battery Widget from the market place gives info on voltages, heat, battery type, and level down to 1%.
thanks for that.. i didnt think to look in the market. not exactly what i was looking for but itll do lol.
also you may want to try Power Manager from the market, it has a very accurate percentage readout along with the ability to limit certain things from running at lower battery life, such as dimming the screen automatically and also turning off wifi and gps and whatnot. it has saved me on trips to Philly a ton of times!
1.1 fresh copy paste from gmail no longer works
I usually during work have to touch my email screen when i have the gmail application up and it normally grabs the address thats on the screen in the body of the email......with the new fresh 1.1 it doesnt anymore. Is there a fix for this???
thanks
yeah the apps work. i was just hoping there was some way to replace the icon in the notification bar with text.
Running latest CM7 stable mod and noticed recently my signal bars and network connection signal indicator stay white now. Used to always be green, occasionally turning white but usually only when signal strength was bad. But now they stay white.
Anyone know what this could mean, thanks in advance.
FanOfSkynyrd said:
Running latest CM7 stable mod and noticed recently my signal bars and network connection signal indicator stay white now. Used to always be green, occasionally turning white but usually only when signal strength was bad. But now they stay white.
Anyone know what this could mean, thanks in advance.
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I'm pretty sure that means your not signed in to a google account, try making sure your sync is on in settings for gmail
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il Duce said:
I'm pretty sure that means your not signed in to a google account, try making sure your sync is on in settings for gmail
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Or check to see if Background Data is turned off.
Yeah, I did a little more research on this after I posted. I believe it does mean that I'm not connected to the Google servers cause my GMail doesnt upate until I manually synch (even though I have auto-synch enabled).
I tried the other suggestion but I already had Background Data enabled, so I just unchecked then rechecked it again.
Everything is all green again. Must have been a glitch where it wasnt recognizing.
Thanks again!
Okay, my phone keeps reverting back to all white and does not switch back to green on its own. I have to manually force it via the method I described above.
Could this be an issue in CM7.0??? I would have posted in that thread but it wont let me since I dont have the required 10 posts.
I never had an issue with it resynching to green with CM7-RC2 and RC4.
Again, thanks in advance.
FanOfSkynyrd said:
Okay, my phone keeps reverting back to all white and does not switch back to green on its own. I have to manually force it via the method I described above.
Could this be an issue in CM7.0??? I would have posted in that thread but it wont let me since I dont have the required 10 posts.
I never had an issue with it resynching to green with CM7-RC2 and RC4.
Again, thanks in advance.
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I doubt it's a ROM issue but you could always flash it on top just to see. I think it's supposed to go white when the phone is "sleeping" fyi. Go into settings/sync and make sure bg data and auto sync are checked, then click your gmail acct in there, click all 3 boxes, that may also fix it.
Thx dude, I've double checked and all things you recommend I have checked and all are checked. So I'll just keep an eye on it and see if it keeps acting up and if I can narrow down the possible cause.
A reboot fixed this issue for me. Went all day and switched back and forth between green and white without me having to do anything.
Must have been some glitch hanging in the system that got cleared out on the reboot...weird how that happens some times.
Switching on Airplane Mode, then back off seems to refresh everything as well as a reboot does, for me anyway.
just something i noticed. when my phone storage space was "low" (below 15mb), my phone switched from green signal and data icons to white, and nothing would automatically sync for me. once i uninstalled an app to bump myself back up to above 15mb of free space, the icons turned green again and everything started syncing. I guess this is a built in feature?
Ive been having an issue with my WiFi randomly turning itself on. Ill turn it off to save battery, then check it 30-60 minutes later and its turned itself back on. Ive scanned through other threads and most people say that its from dock mode and to go into dock mode, then go to the settings and disable "auto connect to wifi". I dont have a dock and have never had it in dock mode, but I manually went into dock mode to check check the settings and I dont even have that option in the settings menu. I didnt seem to have the problem (or at least didnt notice it) until after I upgraded to ICS using the OTA update. Is there just a setting that Ive overlooked someplace where I can fix the problem, an app thats got permission to do it that I didnt know about, or is it just a bug thats baked into ICS? Btw, my phone is Locked, Stock, and Unrooted.
Noticed this yesterday on rumfloat4 as well
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I have the same frustrating issue, locked and stock here, upgraded to ICS with the RUU. Sometimes it will stay off for several hours, sometimes not even an hour. I haven't been able to pinpoint which app is causing this.
I believe that it maybe an ICS issue.
I have done a complete factory reset on the phone three times, and network and wifi turn on at exactly midnight.
SO far spoken to HTC customer support.....lol
They advised me yo take back to retailer and let them examine it...wtf???
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Paul
Check your Wi-Fi settings. Drop the drop bar and enable Wi-Fi connection then touch the bar next to the off-on switch. Touch the icon next to the home icon on the bottom of the phone and click on advanced. See the screen shots.
Hope this helps.
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Check your Wi-Fi settings. Drop the drop bar and enable Wi-Fi connection then touch the bar next to the off-on switch. Touch the icon next to the home icon on the bottom of the phone and click on advanced. See the screen shots.
Hope this helps.
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Doesn't do a thing.
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Too bad. I noticed mine came on the first night after I installed ICS. Took awhile to find the settings I posted. When I found the settings and clicked on the one in the picture I never noticed Wi-Fi come on on its own since.
I am curious how ICS determines "sleep". Is it phone sleep of human sleep? I also wonder if it is somewhat tied into automatic time settings. Say for instance you lose your signal during sleep, does ICS re-set the time and that triggers Wi-Fi turning on based on going setting the phone into a different time zone momentarily?
Just throwing a couple things out there in hopes it helps to solve the mystery.
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Too bad. I noticed mine came on the first night after I installed ICS. Took awhile to find the settings I posted. When I found the settings and clicked on the one in the picture I never noticed Wi-Fi come on on its own since.
I am curious how ICS determines "sleep". Is it phone sleep of human sleep? I also wonder if it is somewhat tied into automatic time settings. Say for instance you lose your signal during sleep, does ICS re-set the time and that triggers Wi-Fi turning on based on going setting the phone into a different time zone momentarily?
Just throwing a couple things out there in hopes it helps to solve the mystery.
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I believe in later versions of GB, there was a distinct sleep setting that was separate from simply turning off the screen after a certain amount of time. As far as I can see, ICS did away with this and just sets the phone to sleep after a certain amount of time, which inherently turns off the screen.
Is this happening on new phones as well as refurbished ones? Whatever the problem is, its becoming annoying enough for me to return this phone and keep my Inspire.
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Yep, GB did have sleep time settings. That's why I was curious as to how ICS determines sleep.
Look at the permissions on HTC Sync. They're pretty intrusive as far as Wi-Fi settings. It may be worthwhile to go into each app and trying to force stopping each one one at a time that changes the Wi-Fi state at will.
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Something else you can try is to go into the usage counter and clear the data from the wi-fi tab. Don't use Wi-Fi for a period of time then check if there was any usage and if there was it would be listed which apps used the data and how much they used. Some apps even allow you to access the settings from there as well.
Juice Defender or similar apps should be able to keep it off when you want it off.
The Airplane Mode also should keep WiFi turned off (as well as data) as long as you don't need to take phone calls while you sleep. Not to mention, it saves on the battery if you're not charging at night.
if anyone still interest on this , i found the solution !
on ics you go to:
settings
WLAN
Advanced
WLAN frequency band
and uncheck the auto set radio to use only 2.4 or 5gh
thats all
I have an un-rooted Galaxy Note (1) GT-N7000B running the latest 4.0.4 ICS Android.
Going back at least to June when I got the first version of Ice Cream Sandwich (and maybe earlier) I began to notice that sometimes I find the GPS-tag feature of the camera has reverted to "off". I don't know why this is happening? It is not immediate; it is usually after a few weeks. Inevitably, it is discovered after I have taken some photos that I thought were being tagged, then come to find they were not because the GPS-tag feature has reverted to "off".
Any ideas as to what triggers this to happen?
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I have an un-rooted Galaxy Note (1) GT-N7000B running the latest 4.0.4 ICS Android.
Going back at least to June when I got the first version of Ice Cream Sandwich (and maybe earlier) I began to notice that sometimes I find the GPS-tag feature of the camera has reverted to "off". I don't know why this is happening? It is not immediate; it is usually after a few weeks. Inevitably, it is discovered after I have taken some photos that I thought were being tagged, then come to find they were not because the GPS-tag feature has reverted to "off".
Any ideas as to what triggers this to happen?
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Turning GPS to off *may* turn off the geo-tag feature..just turn geo-tag on, then come back, turn off the gps & again go & check if the geo-tag is on or off..I may b wrong, but plz try it once..
Yes shyamub4u, you are correct. Toggling GPS off turns off the GPS-Tagging feature in the camera, while turning GPS back on does not return GPS-Tagging in the camera to it's previous ON state.
Thing is, I was never turning the GPS off in the first place. But I'm guessing on a few occasions when the battery got down pretty low it went into the Power Saving mode, which killed the GPS, which in turn killed the GPS-tagging feature in the camera.
I will play around with the settings a bit later when my battery is down lower than it is now, and confirm this is what's happening. If so, I can adjust custom power settings to avoid this from happening again in the future.
Thanks
Percy Dolarhyde said:
Yes shyamub4u, you are correct. Toggling GPS off turns off the GPS-Tagging feature in the camera, while turning GPS back on does not return GPS-Tagging in the camera to it's previous ON state.
Thing is, I was never turning the GPS off in the first place. But I'm guessing on a few occasions when the battery got down pretty low it went into the Power Saving mode, which killed the GPS, which in turn killed the GPS-tagging feature in the camera.
I will play around with the settings a bit later when my battery is down lower than it is now, and confirm this is what's happening. If so, I can adjust custom power settings to avoid this from happening again in the future.
Thanks
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I think u r right..powersaving mode will turn of the gps once its <15%, if I am not wrong..once if u find this is the exact reason, plz let us knw
So, I've been rooted since the leaked JB came out and have had Batakang V1.0 installed and running almost flawlessly, for a while now. The only issue I have is that WiFi toggles are inconsistent and unreliable on my phone. Using Power Toggles in the notification pulldown menu results in a yellow WiFi symbol which usually means WiFi is turning on. This never occurs. I go to Settings and the WiFi toggle there is greyed out (not able to be toggled). I go one step further and click on WiFi to get to the menu where you can select the WiFi network you want to connect to, and its blank, leading me to believe that the previous two toggles have done nothing.
When I use the toggle in the advanced WiFi menu it will switch to on for a second and I will get a message that says "turning on..." but it switches right back to off and the screen is stuck like that.
Now if I keep sliding the toggle over repeatedly I can generally get it to turn on after about 15 or 20 times. Sometimes 30. Sometimes I have to back out of settings and go back in and try another ten times. Sometimes I have to restart the phone.
It was just a minor annoyance at first but its really bugging me now and I would love for someone to help me out here. Have any of you had this issue or is it just me?
I've been debating on whether to try it out. Might give it a shot.
batakang has this problem.
I'll guess I'll give Golden ROM a try then.... thanks fellas.
Glad to see I have some strong supporters
Well I've installed Golden ROM and the issue persists. I did a clean install so it must be an issue with my personal device. Any ideas?
This has been an issue since the JB OTA. Not rom related.
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