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[HTC One X] VDread:
Svucinic811,

Disable the 'Maps' apps for the time being. That has been draining my phone's battery. That should help alleviate the heavy usage -- as the phone tend to overheat even in sleep mode. Weird error. Reports from Android Central says that a certain folder/data was somehow misplaced by Google when HTC phones are updated. Could be a Sense v Google settings issue.
[HTC One X] svucinic811:
Thanks, will do and see if it helps. It's not like I care about the stupid Maps anyway...I've had my share of nonsense like this, my next phone will be iPhone or a dumbphone.

Yeah, I've read that thread @ Android Central Forums and that "Network Location" app is in the Downloaded Apps section for me as well.
[HTC One X] Warell:
Same problem here. Can´t get a location and the battery consumption is in the highs!

I had to freeze maps with Titanium Backup for now. Are there other devices being affected by this "bug"? Anyone know if this is google side or HTC side?
[HTC One X] VDread:
Apparently also affecting the One, One S and even the EVO.

Some LG phones are also affected. Could be an issue between Google vs ROM settings.

My phone returned to normal after I disabled the 'Maps' apps. The downside is, I can't use Google Now, Google Maps and any apps thats related to those. Even Waze. Total bummer.

According to Android Central (http://forums.androidcentral.com/an...w-keeps-saying-my-location-service-off-2.html), the issue is the recent Google update caused some data folders i.e Network Locations to appear in user's 'Downloaded Apps' folder instead of the Android system.

Factory resetting wont help either -- most have the issue resurface after several hours of use.

Owh well, the issue turned my smartphone to a semi-smartphone.
[HTC One X] Briztama:
I seem to not having this issue..

or that's just me that didn't realize it? -_-

although yea i must turn on GPS to be able to pinpoint my location

even if i want to update current location i need that stupud GPS to be on :mad:
[HTC One X] DJouneyt:
Same here guys. Firstly, I realized that Foursquare could not detect my location without GPS enabled, then Maps and related apps also did that. There were some automatic updates on Google Play. Battery drain also increased abnormally. Started to install old versions of Foursquare, Maps etc. but without success. I will try older versions of Google too.
[HTC One X] Kreisi:
Any news

Has anyone found a solution to this or do we have to just sit and wait for Google to correct this?
[HTC One X] VDread:
Some users have reset their phones and achieved good results. Some however returned saying that the issue was temporarily solved and the problem came back afterwards.

No word from Google / HTC on a fix for this. This sucks
[HTC One X] DroidIt!:
Iv'e had this a couple times when installing a ROM. You know what I mean? At a certain point when installing a ROM you get to a point where two popups show up asking to approve Google to use your location. Sometimes I only have one popup show up and then I get the same thing. So I reinstalled whatever ROM again from scratch with full wipe and I've had that solve the issue a couple times. Have any of you tried that?
[HTC One X] VDread:
Hi Bro Droidit!,

Unfortunately this is happening on devices running on stock room, unrooted even.

Happens right after the latest Google Play Services update, whereby the 'Network Locations' app/system which used to be found under 'All' apps has now been magically moved by Google to 'User Downloaded'.

This has been discussed here --> http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/LEPcl9e3dYE[151-175-false]

Has anyone heard when Google will actually release a fix for this.
[HTC One X] fabler:
I am having the same problem. Waiting for the fix.
[HTC One X] Cocuba:
follow this

follow these instructions -->> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41919052&postcount=43163

i had same problem ando work for me
[HTC One X] VDread:
Unfortunately it's not working for me. Google Maps still has my 'default' location pointed to somewhere in America, when I'm actually closer to Malaysia. Also pinging is the 'Please enable a My Location source...' message everytime Google Maps is used.

Thanks for the tip tho'.
[HTC One X] Kreisi:
I got tired of waiting and did a factory reset. Now everything works again and the 'Network Location' app is in correct place. It's been now three good days and I hope it stays that way.
[HTC One X] VDread:
Hi everyone!

Great news! The latest update for the Play Store (ver 4.1.10) has resolved this issue.

As expected, it was a Google problem, and a fix has been released. Phones should be receiving the update soon.

If you havent received yours, you can try to sideload the Play Store apk via here --> http://www.mediafire.com/download/34j6dmapx4kb2aa/com.android.vending-4.1.10.apk

Thank you Eth@n (Google rep) and Remi (from the Google Group) for the info. :) http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/LEPcl9e3dYE[226-250-false]

I've installed the 4.1.10 Play Store, rebooted my phone and voila -- locations functioning again.

Hope this helps :)
[HTC One X] akpe:
Unfortunately this didn't work for me. Location works for up to a couple of hours after a reboot but eventually it gets "stuck" :(
[HTC One X] DJouneyt:
@VDread

Google Play Store v4.1.10 solved my locations problem, thanks a lot. Will see if battery drain issue has gone too.
[HTC One X] VDread:
Hi akpe,

Sorry for the late reply, was away attending to matters. I hope you already updated the Play Store to the correct version (v 4.1.10) and had disabled the 'fastboot' option during startup, and restart the phone. That should prompt your phone to ask a question regarding the locations services when you click / unclick the settings under 'Locations'

DJouneyt,

Glad I can help point to the right direction. :)
[HTC One X] akpe:
No need to apologise VDread! :)

I'm not sure I had disabled fastboot last time I tried, I'm going to try again and see how it goes.

Should I also clear data on Network Location, just in case?

edit: all well, side-loaded latest play store, disabled fastboot, rebooted, ticked/unticked Google Location Service in Options/Location, accepted the prompt, waiting to see if that did it :)

edit: well, after a while the same, the only app capable of pinpointing my network location is google maps, everything else just fails and needs gps. A reboot fixes it for a while (up to an hour) but after that, every third-party app (sense weather, facebook, foursquare, whatsapp etc) fails to lock to a location. Only maps and google earth does.

Another edit: same thing happened with the official Play Store update which was pushed to my device today.
[HTC One X] akpe:
Quick question, just in case anyone knows:

Is it possible that my issue (which is not fixed with the latest play store) could be related to having my google account on my girlfriends phone?

I'd give it a go and remove it but I set up her phone using my account only and having to set up all of her 60 apps again will be a PITA :D
[HTC One X] VDread:
akpe:-

I'm not very sure about your issue my friend. Have been using my phone fine since the PlayStore update. Initially the apps won't find my location, but it functions well once I move about :)
[HTC One X] trevor432990:
Google Play Update?

Have been reading this thread as I have the same issue with locations not being found by apps anymore. If you say that the latest version of Google Play will fix the issue why aren't HTC, Google, O2 or whoever controls app updates releasing it yet ??? Sent a message to HTC Support about the issue and had no reply as yet. I'm not keen on side-loading apps as I prefer to stick with original providers always.
[HTC One X] VDread:
Hi trevor,

Google has acknowledged this issue if you would kindly read through my previous post and the link to Google's product support.

It was not an error on HTC / Samsung / LG, its Google who messed up by releasing an update without prior tests on manufacturer's devices.

The PlayStore update has been pushed, but as any updates, it is in stages and should reach phones soon

I understand your anger, and would suggest you to vent it by complaining the issue to Google and remind them not to release updates prior to manufacturer's testing.
[HTC One X] trevor432990:
Thanks VDread ... I realise who was to blame and if I knew which of the myriad of Google contacts to aim a complaint at I'd do that

for sure but is it Google or HTC who controls when the update will eventually arrive at my phone? Once I know I can remind them we are

are still waiting for them to sort the issue out ?
[HTC One X] akpe:
Are you saying that even with Play Store 4.1.10 at first the issue with third party apps persisted but after a while it sorted out? That's interesting, I'll keep an eye on it before I ultimately try a hard reset. Thanks :)

[Sent from my ViperX+ powered HTC One X+]

Edit: after a couple of frustrating hours I -may- have found a fix/workaround

I checked under running processes (Settings -> Applications -> Running) right after rebooting my phone and found out that both GoogleLocationService and NetworkLocationService were running... the first under Google Services (process com.google.process.location), the second one under a different Google Services entry (but the process is called com.google.process.gapps). Judging by their respective processes and icons, the first is the "new" one, installed with latest versions of Play Services, and the second is the "old" (and AFAIK now unused) one.

So I just took the chance and force stopped the second one using the given option. Network location still works, (at least an hour after rebooting), but now I'm getting a fix much faster than before. I'm getting a fix in whatsapp almost instantly (used to take up to ten to twelve seconds, even on wifi), same thing happens on facebook. This could be a sign of the issue being fixed (at least I hope).

Could somehow the old location service interfere with the new one after some time? Wasn't the old one supposed to be completely removed with the latest Play Store/Play Servicesupdate?

Anyway, I'll keep an eye on it, If network location still works when I wake up I'll just remove the networklocationservice.apk from system/app (or just rename it to .bak just in case) reboot, give it a go and report back.

Again, after a couple of hours, location breaks. Looking into running apps again, GoogleLocationService and process com.google.process.location is nowhere to be found. hmmm
[HTC One X] VDread:
Hi akpe,

Yeap, that is what I experienced. Currently there are times the lock-on takes a very long period, but on networks with higher speeds, the lock on is good. Hope your issue gets sorted out.
[HTC One X] akpe:
Well I ended up doing a hard reset, which fixed my issue one and for all :)
[HTC One X] trevor432990:
Well the new version of Google Play has now installed but the problem seems to be there still on my HTC One X. The HTC Weather/Clock Widget 4x1 still shows 'Current Location' rather than naming the place where I am located despite all the relevant Google setting being made. Have rebooted phone, deleted/reinstalled widget, tried Google Maps which finds location first time. Any other suggestions please ??
[HTC One X] trevor432990:
Bump .... any updates from anyone please or am I the only one still affected by this problem? :(

EDIT:- Thanks to nimac1 at Androidcentral for this solution which finally worked for me to resolve the problem.

"I have sorted out my problem with the location unavailable by opening up Play Store Version 4.1.10, leave it open for 5 minutes then Re-boot the One X from that page. "
[HTC One X] akpe:
I had the same issue (not only in htc weather, in other apps as well) and the only solution was a full wipe :/

If you have this issue only in htc weather try to clear it's data.
[HTC One X] storyteller1912:
My Occasion

i had the same problem for a long time,finally solved with this...

1)Closed developers options(just in case...)Closed install from unknown sources

2)Remove everything from my locations list of clock and weather app(i set everything only to my current location which could not be found)

3)opened my wifi

4)reinstalled gps from settings

5)restart phone with wifi opened and locations enabled

4)when phone restarted,on its own found a "google search" update

that couldn't find before...even if i do search for it manually

then everything was fine!
[HTC One X] jman71:
Issues

My Nexus 10 does not know my location when using Google Now or any app on wifi at my home, but works when I turn on the GPS. However my Galaxy S4 works just fine. When I try to use a radar app & try to get it to find my location it force closes the app. When I bring my tablet to work it works just fine... I have no clue, but it seems to be some type of location issue?
[HTC One X] RealALCoL:
Thank you so much dude u rocks!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aaronchili:
Already posted this mistakenly in the Galaxy S2 International forum...

These instructions are specific to Heimdall and T-Mobile Galaxy SII Hercules CM 10.1

Since this is my first post, I can't post in the CM10.1 nightlies for Hercules, where it'd probably be much more useful...

In any case, after many hours of torture, I was able to flash the mikeyman77 md5 file and successfully upgrade the firmware USING HEIMDALL on my T-Mobile Galaxy SII on Ubuntu 13.04 (usually only Odin the Great Bungholio can accomplish this).

Instructions:

1. Download mikeyman77 md5 file (search the CM10.1 nightly forum)

2. Delete md5 extension, leaving UVMC6.aio.tar

3. Extract files (best to do all of this in the home folder unless you want to cd to your chosen directory)

4. USB connect phone - download mode

5. Open terminal: heimdall detect

6. sudo heimdall flash --81 sbl2.mbn --71 rpm.mbn --69 sbl3.mbn --76 aboot.mbn --70 tz.mbn --12 amss.mbn --143 mdm.bin

*IMPORTANT: These numbers were taken from my phone's partition identifiers and corresponding files.

You may want to double check that those numbers are the same in your partitions, otherwise the upgrade will not complete successfully.

This can be checked by:

sudo heimdall print-pit

Phone should reboot - then in android terminal, check to see if your system firmware has upgraded by typing:

cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_rpm/fw_version

Number listed should be 2.0.67419 (usually from 2.0.1115)

Since upgrading firmware, have been RR and SOD free in 36 hours - only 1 instance of upside down screen on wake from sleep...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Anton.Valleyman:
Hi

Those who recognise my name will know I recently got a fantastic Brodit holder and charger for my XDA2, but now I'm looking for GPS stuff too.

Does anyone have any suggestions on which is the best (and more importantly value for money) GPS receiver, and also what is the best software? Not that I would encourage such things, but are the "evaluation" versions you can "acquire" off the net any good, do they show you how it works before you then go and buy the real software?

I'm interested in the smaller gps units as I do not like the look of bulky ones.

Cheers

Anthony
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] the_pilgrim:
Hi

I use the Fortuna Clipon Bluetooth. it is portable and has an 8 hour battery life. The software i use is TomTom 3.

There are plenty of reviews at www.pocketgps.co.uk .

Regards

The Pilgrim
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] edsub:
I would definitely recommend any Bluetooth GPS receiver.

Plusses:

- Own power supply (rechargeable battery)

- Less wires inside car (no "Y-cable", but if you want it permanently powered you still need it wired to +12V)

- Can be used outside of car (bevause of battery)

- When constantly powered keeps its fix (this is the best plus for me)

Minus:

- Price

On eBay you might get lucky in buying a cheap one. I bought my DCONNEX DC230, rebadged Holux GR-230, for about 100euro incl shipping there.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] superperry:
I used Belkin BT GPS...

I agree with "edsub", bluetooth GPS gives you more freedom to move it around. Here in the United States I bought Belkin BT GPS (its a Fortuna Clip-on rebadge) the navigation software is included ((iNav/iGuidance) Version 1.0 US and Canada) very cheap too $170 including shipping. Usually cost $399.99 but when you using coupon 82242, you will get only $140+S/H=$170.00 here in the US. Buy directly from Belkin website (brand new).

For US resident this is a good opportunity to buy BT GPS. I am not sure if Belkin deliver overseas.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] cruisin-thru:
If the gps is for car use only I would suggest a cheap wired version such as Haicom hi-203e. Even if you have charged your bluetooth gps in the house you have to remember to take it to the car, if you get it to the car you have to be confident that the battery will last for the duration of the journey, your xda will need to be on charge all the time in the car so I dont see the problem with having a y cable that works off one cigarette socket. The only drawback I can see is when the car has a windscreen that will not allow gps signal through, the length of lead on wired gps wont allow you to place gps in rear window. I have used and tested dozens of different gps/pda combos and that is my 2 pennies worth of advice.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] griffog:
TomTom 3 and a BT Receiver. Couple that with our Safety Camera database and Digitools superb UKPostCode Plug-In and you have a system way better than any other.

And as you have an XDAII you can subscribe to the Traffic Service and have live updates overlayed on your map via GPRS :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] manimal666:
I hafta agree with Griffog. i have everything he says and i would (excuse the pun) be lost without all that :wink:

I have the Leadtek 9537 BT Receiver and regularly travel round with between 7 - 9 sats.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] thomo:
Bluetooth

I use a TOMTOM BT GPS purchased from ebay £70 and it is fantastic. Absolutely no probs whotsoever. No spaghetti junction on the dashboard and alot can be said for that.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Tanguy:
I have a wired GPS antenna and have never tried a BT one, for I have and XDA1 only, but agree with the principle that since you will probably want your XDA powered, a wired solution is fully acceptable.

The model Haicom 203 has been replaced with Haicom 204.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] edsub:
BIG plus for the BT option is to always have a fix, independent whether the MDAII is connected or not. I heard of cases where it can take up to one minute before a GPS mouse has found a new fix.

I solved the battery issue by hooking the BT GPS to a permanent power lead that is put behind the roof-fabric of the car (GPS is located in a bllack box next to the mirror because that is the nly place where there is no heat-resistant layer on the windscreen).
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Tanguy:
This is correct.

It will matter in the case of a car which will cut power to the cigar plug when the key is off.

It's not the case any more in most of recent cars. It was the case for my previous car where locallisation would take from 20 seconds (normally) to 3-4 minutes in the worth cases (unsure what the reason why but it did some days)!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] thomo:
I have wired the power cable that came with the TOMTOM gps to a USB connector. I then plug this in to my cigarette lighter which has a female connector on it. I also use this to plug my XDA charging cable into should I need it

I got the information I needed to solder all the connections etc from the web! a great little experiment that I helped to teach my son the art of soldering, a couple of sore little blisters later all works perfect.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] sumitk:
Bluetooth's certainly good. But if you're a complete cheapskate, I guess the cheapest option is the RadioShack Digitraveler. It's out of production now, but on eBay you can get it for $40 thereabouts if you watch. Comes with its own software, but Mapopolis is so much better that I would advocate getting it. Cheapest software I think is MS ActiveStreets or MapPoint or something. But it too doesn't match up to Mapopolis. My GPS setup is a total of $50.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] kevin.beecher:
gps

hi guys

i have been looking for a gps system for ages and i have currently got a global sat sd501. i am running this in partnership with mapopolis and i find its great not too sure on the navigation side yet. but it is really accutate and i think its great with the xda2 you can find a review at the site below

regards kevin beecher

http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/globalsat-sdio-gps-sd501.php
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] griffog:
Whilst the GlobaSat SD GPS is superb and very sensitive the big issue with all SD GPS is where do you store the maps?

If you only have the SD slot then you have no other option and if you have a PDa with both CF and SD, why pay the premium for an SD GPS when you can use a CF?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Albondigas:
I'm very satisfied with the BT Rikaline 6030 (it is technically the same as the Leadtek 9537, I believe) together with Alturion Pro 5.3 navigation software. The main reason for choosing Bluetooth is that I want to be able to walk around with it, using GPS-supported map-software. With a (replacable) battery with a battery life that lasts for 10-12 hours, the Rikaline suits me fine.

One thing, though. If you regularly are confronted with traffic jams or other traffic nuisances, it might be worth considering to use a GPS device in combination with TMC/RDS and of course the appropriate navigation software (Alturion Pro supports this, I don't know about TomTom). Right now I use the TMC information (via GPRS) that is supplied by Alturion's TMC-server. But that is only limited to the Netherlands & Belgium.

With the combination GPS and TMC/RDS it is possible to avoid traffic jams in all areas where radio stations broadcast traffic info. Up to a few months ago there were only wired and no BT receivers that offered the combination GPS+TMC/RDS, but recently I saw an offer for navigation software (don't recall the name but is was not TomTom or Alturion) including a Bluetooth GPS as well as TMC/RDS receiver.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] griffog:
TomTom also offer a TMC service via GPRS. The BT GPS with TMC you saw was part of the Navigon bundle which we are testing currently.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] edsub:
Dont know if its the same Bt GPS, but Engin (www.engin.nl, Navigation solution by ANWB, the dutch AA) also offers a BT GPS/TMC receiver now. They even claim its modular (so you can buy with or without the TMC module).
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] griffog:
Yes that's the same one and the screen shots are identical to Navigon, perhaps this is a rebadged version?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xzafa:
Hi, so I upgraded from 2.3.3 and now my PsXperia using the Sony Playstation Engine doesn't work. Is there a way to fix this or do I have to simply reconvert all my games again using the PSXperia 2.0 converter?

The game goes to first loading screen then back to main screen
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuri.ccp:
You will need to copy the new "Crash Bandicoot" apk and zpak from your 2.3.4.

After it, you can rebuild and re-install all PSX games again.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xzafa:
Ok thanks, seems like the emulator makes games look blurry than before or maybe because I've been playing on FPSE which is sharp without soft screen filtering.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] worobeca:
I don't even know where to start.

I initially was researching how to install Eclipse on my rooted droid razr. I discovered that I had to flash back to the leaked version of JB 4.1.2, I was running the OTA stock version from Feb. So, I read that using Matt's Utility I could install the leaked version and flash back and forth. Well, I installed the leaked version and it's failing the initial security test after a reboot. I don't know how to fix this. I've tried using Safestrap to reinstall the original ROM, I've used the Bootloader to run Matt's Utility...nothing is working. Can someone give me a step by step on how to fix this?