Location Feature not available (Google Maps)

kiran_tp · #1 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 10:33 AM

I use googls maps' location feature to search what around me. I am from Ny metro area. this week i am travelling to cleveland Ohio and when I tried the google maps and try to locate me with the google maps it displayed a message stating "Your current location temporariliy available". Does anybody know what is the reason.

I didn't tried the gps to locate me.

braindoc · #2 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 10:48 AM

Make sure your phone is set to location on. Go to Settings -- Personal -- Phone -- CDMA Services (tab) -- Location Setting and make sure that LOCATION ON is selected not 911 ONLY.

fwaits · #3 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 01:48 PM

Did you have 3G service in that area? If it's showing 1X you will likely have issues with the location functions.

kiran_tp · #4 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 02:51 PM

I do have 3g in cleveland and the location is on

briannowicki · #5 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kiran_tp

I do have 3g in cleveland and the location is on

to right soft key menu make sure use GPS is checked.. and make sure you look at the upper right corner and wait till it says Satellites(#) meaning it found the gps satellites.

kiran_tp · #6 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 03:34 PM

I didn't tried with GPS.

It used to work even without gps with less accuracy (Even inside buildings) using cell towers for location thing.

Another problem I noticed that the location weather doesn't work either. I did called Verizon and asked me take the battery out for 15 seconds and after the phone startsup do a *228 then 1 (Activate phone thing). It didn't helped either.

It was perfectly fine in the NY metro area and New jersery.

Shemmy · #7 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 05:37 PM

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling?

ahearn · #8 (**permalink**) 11-18-2009, 10:58 PM

If the program can't locate you using cell tower triangulation (not unusual), you'll get the error. In this case, and if you want more precision, click on Menu and select the Use GPS option.

briannowicki · #9 (**permalink**) 11-19-2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ahearn

If the program can't locate you using cell tower triangulation (not unusual), you'll get the error. In this case, and if you want more precision, click on Menu and select the Use GPS option.

Read up like 4 post i said that

blksun813 · #10 (**permalink**) 11-19-2009, 09:46 AM

I can confirm that the Location based weather and Google Maps location does not work in the Cleveland area. Obviously with GPS enabled Google Maps works fine, but the weather still does not. I have a colleague that said his Imagio's location based weather works fine in the Akron area, but does not work when he is in Cleveland.

I was looking at FieldTrial and after opening Google Maps, location data does show up with GPS disabled.

Do you suppose this a problem with Verizon in the Cleveland area, or is this a problem with Google not having the information needed about the cell-towers in the Cleveland area to triangulate the position?

Edit: I was mistaken. It shows some info about the Space Vehicles (SV's) that it could see before I turned off GPS, but no Cell tower info. Can someone confirm that their Imagio shows Cell tower info in the GPS section of FieldTrial (pilot phase and pilot strength)