Weather Refreshing & GPS Location Data Issues? - HD2 General

To make a long story, short...
I upgraded to the T-Mobile USA official updated ROM for the HD2 when it leaked about a month ago. Everything went smoothly, things were in tip-top shape, and all seemed to be in perfect working order.
Well, for the past week or so...
I haven't been able to REFRESH my weather and location-based information on my handset. Therefore, in Google Maps, the GPS Location feature is also useless. Anyway, I don't have this issue via Wi-Fi, because everything is capable of being refreshed. But with my 3G coverage in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area (which is usually exceptional) I cannot refresh the weather or GPS data.
I've already performed a hard reset to try and remedy the issue, but even still on this completely stock, upgraded ROM... nothing.
If anyone has any bright ideas, please feel free to enlighten me in the comments below. Thanks.

Reignzone said:
To make a long story, short...
I upgraded to the T-Mobile USA official updated ROM for the HD2 when it leaked about a month ago. Everything went smoothly, things were in tip-top shape, and all seemed to be in perfect working order.
Well, for the past week or so...
I haven't been able to REFRESH my weather and location-based information on my handset. Therefore, in Google Maps, the GPS Location feature is also useless. Anyway, I don't have this issue via Wi-Fi, because everything is capable of being refreshed. But with my 3G coverage in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area (which is usually exceptional) I cannot refresh the weather or GPS data.
I've already performed a hard reset to try and remedy the issue, but even still on this completely stock, upgraded ROM... nothing.
If anyone has any bright ideas, please feel free to enlighten me in the comments below. Thanks.
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hey, i am in houston. i have that problem sometims, but usually fixes itself in a few hours. i am on an energy rom though.

Any idea if you are close to being at your limit as far as data usage?! I know there is a cap not entirely sure exactly what is the limit but this might be it. There is no reason for it to update over wifi and not on your 3G. This might not be what is happening to you but...you never know. i read certain features pretty much stop working until you cycle into your next month. I am on the upgraded stock t-mobile ROM since it leaked and have not had any issues. I set my weather and GPS to update when I tell it not automatically but when I get to work it says I am at work and when I get home it says im home.

amkothaw said:
hey, i am in houston. i have that problem sometims, but usually fixes itself in a few hours. i am on an energy rom though.
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I've only had it work once or twice since the issue began occurring at the beginning of last week... and it was by soft resetting my handset, then immediately calling upon the data by manually refreshing the weather tab.
Otherwise, the issue doesn't just "sort itself out," at least... not in my case.
toreone said:
Any idea if you are close to being at your limit as far as data usage?! I know there is a cap not entirely sure exactly what is the limit but this might be it. There is no reason for it to update over wifi and not on your 3G. This might not be what is happening to you but...you never know. i read certain features pretty much stop working until you cycle into your next month. I am on the upgraded stock t-mobile ROM since it leaked and have not had any issues. I set my weather and GPS to update when I tell it not automatically but when I get to work it says I am at work and when I get home it says im home.
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I doubt it's a "data cap" issue. I have what would be the equivalent of an "Unlimited Everything Plan." And for the record, I've had this phone since 5 days before its public release, and haven't encountered a single issue with it... until recently. But yeah, I'm also using the upgraded ROM from T-Mobile. There have NOT been any other issues since updating to the officially released version. Also, my billing cycle begins, and then ends on the 23rd of the following month. So, considering it's only been a few weeks since that time period... and given the fact that this issue began about one week ago... I highly doubt that's the problem.
Thanks for your input though... I could use any thoughts.

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Updated to tmobile cupcake and now location problems

Tried searching but no luck. I was using JF ADP 1.5 and my location in google maps without using GPS was pretty accurate and up to date. I put the JF tmobile cupcake on my G1 and now my location barely even updates let alone be even remotely accurate. should I wipe my phone and see if that helps? I think I have the new radio installed. How can I verify the new radio version?
Anyone? I rely on this feature quite a bit.
Look at upgrading to jf 1.51 3.3.2 by cyanogen or thedudes 1.2a there are no location issues that I am aware of
power down
press and hold power and camera button.
you should read the radio ending "26I"
that's the lastest radio.
mrcrs said:
power down
press and hold power and camera button.
you should read the radio ending "26I"
that's the lastest radio.
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Okay, I have the newest radio then.
Id like to just keep using this ROM. I'm just going to wipe it in a little while.
Crusher16 said:
Okay, I have the newest radio then.
Id like to just keep using this ROM. I'm just going to wipe it in a little while.
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Well, I wiped my phone and that didn't work. Then I went back to JF ADP 1.5 and still now luck. Anyone else have any ideas?
ubernicholi said:
Look at upgrading to jf 1.51 3.3.2 by cyanogen or thedudes 1.2a there are no location issues that I am aware of
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Done. Still the same thing.
Crusher16 said:
Anyone else have any ideas?
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Nope and it's not your phone. It's T-Mobile. I asked here, no response (huge surprise, I know). I've asked on TMobile's "official" forums, no answer. I've asked on multiple cell phone boards, no answer. I do not want to call Customer Service AGAIN because they will blame my phone despite the fact I have 3 of them right here, right now all doing the same thing and all with various builds. Just for reference, he's one of my previous posts:
Started happening a few weeks ago. Applications that rely on the My Location service within Android fail because Android isn't receiving a location. Examples of this are the Google homepage and the multitudes of weather apps when set to Current Location. I'm inclined to believe it's a tower problem for a few reasons.
* I have multiple G1's (2 G1's,and a Dev phone) having the same issue while in close proximity to each other even after fresh Factory Resets on all of them. (and with various builds including OTA builds)
* The problem disappears when switching to 2G (confirmed with a Market app called "Cellfinder"). Cellfinder will find the tower ID as shown below but no location reported from the tower. If I bump it down to 2G the LAC and CID stay the same but are now reporting the tower location.
* The DDMS log tool within the Android 1.5 SDK shows that Android is at least trying to get a location lock but failing with various LocationManager errors saying no location was found.
* The phone's are getting service and with BetterCut & Cellfinder I can see the associated tower's LAC and CID which leads me to believe that the 3G portion of the towers are simply not reporting location back to the phone.
Customer service wants to RMA the G1 I have on record. The phone(s) is(are) not broken so I declined. I'm at a loss on who to talk to next. BTW, despite my unresolved issue your guys' techs are fantastic. I love the up beat attitudes and great service.
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uberingram said:
Nope and it's not your phone. It's T-Mobile. I asked here, no response (huge surprise, I know). I've asked on TMobile's "official" forums, no answer. I've asked on multiple cell phone boards, no answer. I do not want to call Customer Service AGAIN because they will blame my phone despite the fact I have 3 of them right here, right now all doing the same thing and all with various builds. Just for reference, he's one of my previous posts:
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Ah thanks for the info. I was beginning to think it wasn't something about the phone. I guess I'll give them a call, just to show that this issue does exist. Its a shame I cant use it though.
Crusher16 said:
Ah thanks for the info. I was beginning to think it wasn't something about the phone. I guess I'll give them a call, just to show that this issue does exist. Its a shame I cant use it though.
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It is a shame. Every single background service that requests My Location is now hosed.
I am in the same boat with you guys. I can get a GPS lock, but no radio lock. And since I too rely heavily on this feature it's a major problem. What I'm concerned about is that, if I understand correctly, it is not working with a non-root phone as well now? I rooted two days ago, and before that it was fine. It's about to become a deal breaker for me. May have to un-root if it will work like that. =(
BTW JF1.51CBR43 ROM
Ok, may have spoke too soon. So here's what worked for me. If you use something like toggle settings or make a custom toggle this is not TOO inconvenient. I put my settings to 2G only, and wahla!!!!! I have My Location back and all my other location based software works.
Hope this helps! Now, if I can just get the damned Bluetooth to work, I won't have to unroot. Yep, may be another deal breaker for me.
Black G1 - Rooted
JF1.51 CRB43
Ahome - home app
mikfento said:
Ok, may have spoke too soon. So here's what worked for me. If you use something like toggle settings or make a custom toggle this is not TOO inconvenient. I put my settings to 2G only, and wahla!!!!! I have My Location back and all my other location based software works.
Hope this helps! Now, if I can just get the damned Bluetooth to work, I won't have to unroot. Yep, may be another deal breaker for me.
Black G1 - Rooted
JF1.51 CRB43
Ahome - home app
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1) I already posted that this problem does not exist with 2G in this very thread.
2) Just this morning I started to get location data with 3G however it's not nearly as accurate as 2G. While this works fine for city level information such as weather it's rather crude.

My weather update failure

Hi all,
I'm having a problem with the weather update service on my phone - it hasn't updated since yesterday evening. WHat I have on my screen is "My location", which is the first time I've seen it - normally it picks up where I am with no problem. My other locations that I've set also aren't updating. When I click on update now, the phone thinks for a bit, then the message comes up "There was a connection error while attempting to download weather data. Retry?" I've looked in the forums, and it seems there has been a bit of an issue with this. I was wondering if anyone had found a fix, or is it a problem with the connection with Cell towers. I'm wondering if it has to do with the new radio version I have (2.06.51.07) that I got in my 1.66 ROM update. Any ideas?
Thanks,
David
i've struggled with this issue a lot but now everything is going fine, except for my location. i think i've found a good rom-radio combination for my area. my advice for you is to check what others in your area (and network) are running and do the same. or you could, of course, do some experiments yourself which can be useful and fun if you play safe.
Well, if there are any other South Africans out there who are having the same problem, would love to hear from them. Bit wary about flashing my ROM and radio - just did the 1.66 upgrade and took me a while to get my phone back how I wanted it.
i also hesitated at first but for my situation any action was better than no action. i backup my data using ms my phone and i keep the pictures, videos and the app kits on my sd card. so, it's not a such a big deal to restore the phone to my likings. it takes some time but it's an effort i don't mind doing considering the results.
Well, it seems to be working now. Not sure what changed...

What the **** is wrong with this **** phone

I am on my fourth one (long story -- don't ask). I get this fourth one, everything works fine and dandy for a few hours. Then the same problems that happened to my last one are happening again. Random apps are trying to download and they show up as downloaded "unsuccessfully" and when I try to download apps they are stuck at "Starting download...". I thought this problem on my third Vibrant was caused by me messing around with flashing some custom ROMs, going back to stock, etc. (after the JI6 upgrade via Kies bricked by Vibrant). However, the replacement I just got - one that I have not done anything but rooted - is now having the same problems. Random apps are downloading by themselves only to be downloaded unsuccessfully and I can go longer download any apps from market - they are all stuck at "Starting download...".
So, then I thought maybe it wasn't the Vibrant that is the problem -- maybe it is my sim card. So yesterday I swap out sim cards, and the problems still occur. Maybe it is the JI6 update that is causing problems, or maybe I am just cursed when it comes to the Vibrant but this phone has been nothing but trouble for me since I got it in July...
That said, anyone have any helpful tips on how to get my issue resolved? Otherwise, I am going to call up T-Mobile and move to myTouch HD (when it comes out) or G2 (I really don't want G2 cause of physical keyboard and rootkit).
Sounds like reception problems. It happens every so often to me. Definitely not reason to return the phone unless it happens more often than not. Considering it's your fourth phone...
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It isn't reception issues. I have full bars, can surf the Internet, etc. and even tried it on WiFi. There is definitely something wrong. It isn't the sim card (I swapped it out). It isn't my Google account (I tried different ones). It isn't the specific Vibrant I have (I just got an exchange two days ago -- both phones had same problem).
So all I have left is either it is JI6 causing the issue or a rogue app. I just did a factory reset to see if maybe that solves the problem. If it doesn't, well, bye bye Samsung hello HTC.
The chances that both phones would have this obscure market problem is very unlikely. Given that all other data services work well, have you ever considered that maybe it's Google's market servers? Did you sign into your Google account then immediately start to download all of your paid applications while it was syncing all of your contacts and email? Are you over dramatizing the problem? Again, this is your fourth phone...
user error?
Not the phone, it's your location/service. I have issues downloading from market at certain places even with full service also. It's poor data connections I believe.
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I think it's user error.
I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.
Chalup said:
The chances that both phones would have this obscure market problem is very unlikely. Given that all other data services work well, have you ever considered that maybe it's Google's market servers? Did you sign into your Google account then immediately start to download all of your paid applications while it was syncing all of your contacts and email? Are you over dramatizing the problem? Again, this is your fourth phone...
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I can't be Market. The downloads are working perfect after a reset that took a mere two minutes. Market up and down in two minutes? I doubt it. The real test is to see if it will continue to work, because it is after a few hours that the problems occur.
Syncing works fine all the time, and market works perfect after the initial setup. It is after a while that it messes up... I don't know whats up.
That said, why would I be over dramatizing the problem? To get pitty on XDA?
Sdobron said:
Not the phone, it's your location/service. I have issues downloading from market at certain places even with full service also. It's poor data connections I believe.
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Could be JI6 caused some location-only issue? Because I was able to use my Vibrant just fine for 1-1.5 months without this issue. This issue really only showed up for I upgrade to JI6.
@Everyone else: Thanks for the input -- I will be sure to take it into consideration.
rogue app. man I was going nuts when I first got this phone, because randomly it would reboot and go into a boot-loop. after trial and error, I found out is was THE Hero of Sparta HD game from gameloft.
I would reformat and install the basic apps first, then the extras, one by one... to see if you have a bad app. Its the only way I got the the end of my problem.
Stock J16 or a J16 build?
Stock JI6 -- updated via Kies.
s15274n said:
I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.
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I'm On My Fourth Phone And Its Not My Fault.. (This One Works Fine Now)
First One Was Data Issues
Second One Was A Password Lock Error (Hardware Locked As Well)
Third One Was A Phone To PC Error (Unrooted Stock And Not My Fault Phone Turned Off And Turned Back On And It Was Like That)
Fourth One.. All Fine And Dandy
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It's your Google account at this point. Swap it out for another!
Hmmmmmmmm
The Google account may be the problem..... but not convinced I think the statement (user error) look in the mirror is more correct. BTW, I always use wifi in updating it is just easier and faster, I would assume that you re doing the same.
DarkAgent said:
Could be JI6 caused some location-only issue? Because I was able to use my Vibrant just fine for 1-1.5 months without this issue. This issue really only showed up for I upgrade to JI6.
@Everyone else: Thanks for the input -- I will be sure to take it into consideration.
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yeah. I have the same problem. it seems to be location specific. it sounds dumb but when I'm in the mall area near my house i have all but one bar full 3G connection (and that stays pretty consistent give or take a bar or so) and both market and browser have major issues. if you try a bunch of times it might go through occasionally but for the most part it says I have a great connection but I don't. but when i leave the mall area all is fine again. its a pretty large area about a mile square or so. I also drop calls alot there. its really weird. wifi works fine usually although some public wifi connections have the port you need to download from the market blocked so don't get frustrated if that doesn't work either. internet browsing works fine over wifi though
my wife has the exact same phone and has the exact same problems in that area so I'm pretty sure its not the phone
also oddly I never tried using my phone at the mall before the JI6 update (Which I got OTA not a manual install) so I suppose it could have to do with the update but I cant confirm that.
I can say that my Mytouch 3G worked in the same area just fine (although its been a month or so since I tryed it), so its kinda weird.
s15274n said:
I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.
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I second.
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A little confusing here since you were able to flash custom roms successfully which is much more harder and dangerous for you and most of us here, AND you can't still figure out how to get the market app working properly? hmm..Not to blame directly on you but your case MUST be very rare.

[Q] gps issues?

My note3 is awesome but the gps is a POS can anyone coming from the note3 to note4 for tell me if the gps function has been improved? Or is it just as unreliable(not locking on satellites) if its any better its worth the upgrade to me.....
I agree that it's worser than the one on my old note 1
If you can send me your gps.conf file I can fix it for you. Have to be rooted and it's in system/etc/gps.conf. Fix would work on any note 3.
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I stopped rooting my phones because its just to much to maintain and keep up with these days. Initially my main reason for rooting was tethering but since i switched to tmobile and they give me 3 gigs for free. i found no reason to have to do it anymore.. i was always cool with the touch wiz roms anyway.. thank u for the offer though... can anyone else chime in on the difference if any in gps reliability between note 3 and note 4?
GPS receiver is quite deaf, horrible reception.
I just started noticing this weekend that my phone would find a lock no problem at first but can't maintain that lock. The GPS icon would disappear and then restart again after a few seconds to try and find a lock. Would happen every few minutes or so.
Yeah, I'm having an issue too.
It doesn't follow me, but it can pinpoint my location. It also jumps around to different locations around me when I'm driving.
Get this software and set it to auto update A-gps data. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
I've been doing this since Note 2 and never had to wait more than 3-5 seconds to get full lock. It will entirely solve all your problems, and you don't have to root.
ozaghloul said:
Get this software and set it to auto update A-gps data. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
I've been doing this since Note 2 and never had to wait more than 3-5 seconds to get full lock. It will entirely solve all your problems, and you don't have to root.
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I'll give it a try, thanks ozaghloul.
I can confirm 100% issues with GPS on my AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4. I bought it Sunday (12/28/2014) and noticed instant GPS inaccuracies, teleporting, not updating correct route information, etc. I got home, OTA'd, tried again the next day, same issues. Took it into AT&T yesterday (12/30/2014), guy instantly swapped, I stood right there and showed him exactly what was happening on the brand new,fresh out the box phone. "Hmmm, I'd give it a couple of days to.....uhhh.....calibrate, then bring it back if it doesn't work." Screw that, wtf is going on? Why do a select few of us have the problem and why does it continue to happen to the same people?
In another forum, a guy took his back not 1, not 2 but 3 TIMES, same gps issues everytime......... Add me to the list of people who've had multiple phones and the same gps issues. SIM related????? Maybe? I can't have another phone, I absolutely love this thing.
**EDIT** Had a Note 2 for close to 3 years, not one GPS problem.
switch mode to gps only. in high accuracy mode it downloads google wifi data and tries to avoid using the gps chip so you bounce around depending on how accurate googles wifi mapping is based on APs googles streetview van saw.
GPS only mode with daily AGPS data will be the best.
I've done everything under the sun. Nothing helps.
I will try zurkx's info tonight and try to remember to turn it on for the foreseeable future and see what happens. The issue is sporadic for me and I don't have it on while I'm driving all the time.
Zer()C00L said:
Why do a select few of us have the problem and why does it continue to happen to the same people?
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I fear it's a bit different: Just a few people get aware of the problem, many others simply don't notice or don't want to notice it.
Just have a look at my thread - pretty detailled: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/gps-close-to-unusable-t2948602
Try rebooting in airplane, it seems to have alleviated the issues. Now I have a horrible download speed problem....

[Q] Started having major problems dropping calls about a week ago. Any ideas?

I have a few S4 phones on AT&T, running CyanogenMod (10.2.0). Around November 1st, two of the phones started having problems where calls get dropped within about 1 second (either making or receiving).
Internet and SMS is fine - only voice has problems.
AT&T says there's no network issue they can see. If this happened to only one phone, you might wonder if the phone just went bad, but two phones at roughly the same time suggests something else.
**If** the problem is not on AT&T's end (which I don't know for certain), then the only thing I can think of is that some app update caused this which I did on both phones (but I don't remember what I might have updated around then, and I'm not aware of a proper app update log that exists).
If I can't find another way of troubleshooting this, I'll wipe one of the phones, take the opportunity to update to the latest CM version and see if that fixes it - but I'm reluctant to do that due to the time and effort involved.
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Haphim said:
I have a few S4 phones on AT&T, running CyanogenMod (10.2.0). Around November 1st, two of the phones started having problems where calls get dropped within about 1 second (either making or receiving).
Internet and SMS is fine - only voice has problems.
AT&T says there's no network issue they can see. If this happened to only one phone, you might wonder if the phone just went bad, but two phones at roughly the same time suggests something else.
**If** the problem is not on AT&T's end (which I don't know for certain), then the only thing I can think of is that some app update caused this which I did on both phones (but I don't remember what I might have updated around then, and I'm not aware of a proper app update log that exists).
If I can't find another way of troubleshooting this, I'll wipe one of the phones, take the opportunity to update to the latest CM version and see if that fixes it - but I'm reluctant to do that due to the time and effort involved.
Does anyone have any other ideas?
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Same thing happend to me, for the past 2 weeks i've been having a horrible connection with dropped calls and low bars.... i recently rooted and installed a new rom, and I thought that's whats causing the problem. But after At&t's horrible customer service i decided to drop them and switch to Tmobile today... dropped calls have improved but signal is still not where it used to be. So maybe it was at&t??

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