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[Dave Morley <davmor2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:43:32 +0100
Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 15/07/16 13:00, Tomas Öqvist wrote:
> >>  
> > How much of the location problem is actually software related? I
> > used a Bq Aquaris E4.5 for over a year and I agree that the
> > location service was useless 99% of the time. I am now using a Pro
> > 5, and the location service on this phone is working much better,
> > i.e. it is usually able to get a correct location within seconds.
> > It may require a couple of updates in the Today scope before
> > finding the correct city, but with uNav and Here Maps it works more
> > or less as expected.  
> map applications work OK for me on the BQ, I still object to having
> to wait for my phone (and I have to know where I am to the extent
> that I know the phone is wrong and I should wait a bit more) rather
> than it having sorted it's stuff out in the background and knowing
> it's rough location before I want to know where I am, but this isn't
> about maps applications. Those subscribe to updates and are expecting
> you to move, but other things that just want to know where you are
> right now, and location services just flings random old locations at
> them and then fails to wake up the GPS to have a slightly better
> answer to give next time it is asked.
> 
> Alan.
> 

Alan your logic seems to be flawed, I get gps on google maps in the
browser, as do I in here maps web app and unav, so the issue is why you
don't.  There is an old bug for location on mtk chips which basically
means the system doesn't know the status of the gps hardware a reboot
fixes that, but that only tend to happen on first boots after upgrades
or fresh flashes.

This might be the cause of some of your issues maybe.

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