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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 32 Joined: 5th December 2007 Member No.: 329,616 Device(s): BJII  |
For my BJ-II, the MyLocation feature in Google Maps only works for me if I am in a GPRS/EDGE network. I can never get mylocation to work for me if I am on a UMTS/HSDPA tower. Does anyone else see this?
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Dec 19 2007, 05:36
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Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 200 Joined: 4th August 2005 Member No.: 142,759 Device(s): i-mate SP5 |
QUOTE(opticalc @ Dec 17 2007, 10:20)  For my BJ-II, the MyLocation feature in Google Maps only works for me if I am in a GPRS/EDGE network. I can never get mylocation to work for me if I am on a UMTS/HSDPA tower. Does anyone else see this? I have it working in 3G areas too. It takes forever to initially find the satellites though. I sometimes have to get the error message and retry it before it works. --------------------        |
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Dec 19 2007, 09:02
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,097 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
There is some confusion here I think between the My Location feature that uses tower positioning and the GPS positioning...
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Dec 19 2007, 19:46
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 32 Joined: 5th December 2007 Member No.: 329,616 Device(s): BJII |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Dec 19 2007, 09:02) There is some confusion here I think between the My Location feature that uses tower positioning and the GPS positioning... P thanks paul...im referring to just cell tower assisted GPS, not satellite GPS. Does anyone else see the same thing for cell tower assisted GPS? |
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Dec 19 2007, 22:58
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,097 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Interesting T-Mobile in the UK has issues with 'My Location' on 3G. Maybe Google just haven't mapped the 3G towers yet, or the coverage isn't dense enough perhaps?
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Dec 19 2007, 23:23
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 'That' Avatar Guy Group: Posters Posts: 1,438 Joined: 23rd November 2003 From: Gateshead, UK Member No.: 21,885 Device(s): Nokia N82, Nokia E51, Vario 2 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Dec 19 2007, 22:58) Interesting T-Mobile in the UK has issues with 'My Location' on 3G. Maybe Google just haven't mapped the 3G towers yet, or the coverage isn't dense enough perhaps? P Generally works fine for me, on T-Mobile, though certain days it has issues. Finds me to within 1700 metres using cell location, with "REAL GPS" turned off in the menu, and my local tower is a 3G mast - albeit, it's only yards away from me. But the actual 'dot' of where it thinks I am, based on Cell Tower location, not real GPS, is almost perfect most times - usually guessing the very street I live in. SOME days however, it just won't work at all. So maybe this is what the OP is seeing? -------------------- Phonography: GA628 >(Nokias)3110 >5110 >3210 >6210 >7110 >8210(x2) >8310(x2) >6310i >7210(x3) >7650 >5100(x2) >7250(x2) >6100 >7250i >Blackberry 6230 >Orange E200 SPV >Nokia N-Gage(x2) >Blackberry 7230 >O2 XDA2 (on Orange) >Nokia 6230(x3) >C500 SPV (on O2) >6230i >S.E. K750i (briefly) >Samsung D500 >Nokia 6680 >Nokia 6100 >Nokia 3510i >i-mate SP5 x2 (yes two) >Additional Nokia 6230i >Samsung D600 >T-Mobile MDA Vario >T-Mobile MDA Pro >Nokia 6280 (x2) Vodafone >Nokia 6280 T-Mobile >Nokia 6280 (O2) >Nokia 6233 (O2) > S.E. K800i (T-Mobile) >Nokia N73 (O2) (x2) >Nokia 6233 (O2) (second) >Nokia 6233 (Orange) >T-Mobile MDA Vario 2 >Nokia N80 >Nokia 6300 >S.E. K810i >Nokia 6120c >Nokia N95 (x2) >Nokia E51 (x2) >Nokia N82 (x2) >Nokia E90 Communicator |
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Dec 19 2007, 23:57
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 32 Joined: 5th December 2007 Member No.: 329,616 Device(s): BJII |
QUOTE(shadamehr @ Dec 19 2007, 23:23) Generally works fine for me, on T-Mobile, though certain days it has issues. Finds me to within 1700 metres using cell location, with "REAL GPS" turned off in the menu, and my local tower is a 3G mast - albeit, it's only yards away from me. But the actual 'dot' of where it thinks I am, based on Cell Tower location, not real GPS, is almost perfect most times - usually guessing the very street I live in. SOME days however, it just won't work at all. So maybe this is what the OP is seeing? almost, but not quite. From my experience, "My Location" NEVER works for cell-assisted location when using 3G. Only in standard GPRS/EDGE. No biggie, I was just wondering if anyone else had the same experience. |
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Dec 28 2007, 13:37
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 7 Joined: 28th December 2007 Member No.: 338,058 Device(s): Samsung BlackJack II |
QUOTE(opticalc @ Dec 19 2007, 17:57) almost, but not quite. From my experience, "My Location" NEVER works for cell-assisted location when using 3G. Only in standard GPRS/EDGE. No biggie, I was just wondering if anyone else had the same experience. I have the same experience here in Houston. Does not work when my phone shows 3G. Only when it switches to EDGE in some regions, does it show me My Location (using cell towers, with GPS turned off). I wish Google will fix this. In 3G, when it says location is temporarily unavailable, I can still go to Menu->Help->About and scroll to the bottom. There, it gives the Cell tower info (next to a label called myL) so its got to be a minor fix to read this info in to the map - cmon Google, you can do it! 
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Dec 29 2007, 14:21
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 2 Joined: 23rd December 2007 Member No.: 336,181 Device(s): Samsung BlackJack II |
My experience is the same as the original poster's.
Google Maps' "My Location" feature does not work when the phone is using 3G... only when it's on E or G. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before they implement a fix/workaround. |
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