GPS/Navigation Does Not WORK!!!

[Miles of Lief]

I am so pissed off about the GPS situation with this phone - and Android for that matter. What happened to Android Navigation? The blue triangle navigation icon has never been the same since about a year ago - correct? Now when you press the navigation icon it just opens as google maps.

Regardless, is anyone else having GPS Nav issues with this phone? My just tries to load and load and doesn't work. I think I have got it to work a few times, but for the most part it's virtually useless.

 

[Funnyusername]

Google maps is nice. It took the "blue triangle" app and basically put it into the maps app. Now you can search for what you want, and then "navigate" to that destination from the maps app. I have found it pretty nice.

As far as your issues...Wifi I think needs to be on. Make sure you location settings are both turned on. Probably hard to make it work indoors. Don't know if thats what you are doing.

If you don't like maps, try Waze or something. If you feel your phones GPS is having issues, after all that, just take it in. Maybe its something in your phone.

 

[211ssw]

Yep, used to be blue arrow that followed the route as the trip progresses but now is sometimes a blue dot & other times as normal arrow, it is not even ON the route but jumps around nearby! I find it annoying, disorienting & pointless. I didn't realize I depended on it as much I did but now- well, pointless to activate it.

 

[Miles of Lief]

NO I'm talking about the App Icon on your phone - the blue triangle app. Not the icon that represents you when you're driving. That was how you use to be able to use GPS/navigate with Android. Now you have to use maps. I think the interface is worse and not as friendly as the old navigation that was not google maps.

 

[doogald]

FWIW, the blue navigation icon was ALWAYS Google Maps - it just started Maps in navigation mode. Google changed maps recently so it doesn't work the same way.

Anyway, when I press the Navigation icon, it brings up the navigate interface. See the attached screenshot - that's what I see when I press the Navigation icon. Is that not what you are seeing?

You can always use touchless controls: "Ok Google Now, Navigate to...", or press the microphone icon in the search bar and say, "Navigate to..." and it should start navigation.

 

[Miles of Lief]

It's Fixed! I called Motorola and they troubleshoot it with me. We had to go into the secret start up Android menu and do a recovery. And now it works. Hopefully this wont' be an ongoing issue. And the Motorola rep also said the blue triangle Nav app will be going away soon.

 

[alostpacket]

I actually have the blue triangle on my launcher, somehow it got migrated from my Gnex. But I think it has been a single app for a long time.


I made an app for you to use as a shortcut, but if you want the blue arrow graphic I will have to see if I can find a clean version of it.


Here's the extent of the code:

[HIGH]
@Override
protected void onResume()
{
super.onResume();

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setClassName( "com.google.android.apps.maps",
"com.google.android.maps.driveabout.app.DestinationActivity" );
startActivity(i);

finish();
}[/HIGH]