On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Alan Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 15/07/16 14:02, Dave Morley wrote: >> >> Alan your logic seems to be flawed, I get gps on google maps in the > > no no no. Google maps is fine, always. It subscribes to updates. This is > about things that do *not* subscribe to updates, things that just want to > know where you are. > For example > https://www.where-am-i.net/ > and a ton of sites that just want to know where you are for things like this > https://www.aldi.co.uk/store-finder > they are not doing navigation, they are not presenting you on a map as a > moving dot. They just want a single latlng and then they are done, but > location services hands out junk, and doesn't wake up the GPS so you can > refresh forever and nothing will update, and there is no indication that > your GPS is still fast asleep. You have to go to google maps, wait for it to > get a dot at your location, then go back to your location aware thing and > refresh to let it know where you actually are. >
Just file a bug against both location-service and oxide. The issue is easily fixable by oxide actually considering the time parameter correctly and filtering incoming updates correctly. Cheers, Thomas >> 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. > > nope. > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
