Android :: Cannot Get My Location To Work - Service Not Available
Sep 5, 2010
My app which was working on 2.1 and earlier version fails to run properly in 2.2. It relies on the location but I do not get any error message. However under DDMS /logCat, I see a message saying: Error message while getting the location address: Reason: this service is not available. This is coming more as an information message rather than an exception or error. The process that is printing it out is System.out. Note that I did everything possible ( I can think of) to upgrade the app to run in android 2.2. The API version was changed to 8.
The manifest file contains all the following:-
<uses-library android:name=*"com.google.android.maps"*/>
</application> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=*"8"* />
<uses-permission android:name=*"android.permission.INTERNET"*/>
<uses-permission android:name=*"android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"* />
<uses-permission android:name=*"android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"* />
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Dec 9, 2009
I am on the cusp of leaving my BB Curve and buying either an HTC Hero or the Samsung Moment. Both have their pluses and negatives.However, something I hear in both forums is to save battery turn off GPS. If you do that how does "Emergency Location" and/or "E911" service work? Aren't those dependent on GPS?
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Aug 12, 2010
I've found bits and pieces of this answer scattered through other posts, but I wanted to record it here for others.How can I simply request the user's GPS and/or Network location and, if they haven't enabled the service, prompt them to do so?
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Jul 6, 2010
I am a new developer and have a simple question that I have searched all over for, but have not found a clear answer yet. Simply put, I am developing an application that needs to be able to use GPS. The trick is however that I would like to use GPS to get a phone's location even if they have no carrier service. With that said I have 2 questions. Is is possible to get the GPS location of a phone with no carrier service with a wifi connection?
Is is possible to get the GPS location of a phone with no carrier service AND no wifi service?
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Jul 2, 2009
I have a location manager: mLocationManager01 = (LocationManager)getSystemService (Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); because i want to stop the gps service, but when i use mLocationManager01.removeUpdates(mLocationListener01); that's not working to stop gps. how can i stop it?
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Mar 14, 2010
I was wondering about the following scenario: I have an application that periodically needs to do some stuff, and at first I found that starting it as an alarm service was a neat way conserving resources AND being sure that the service would execute. However, my service also needs to know the location of the device, and I found that using getLastKnownLocation does not suffice as the location tends to be drastically outdated. I then tried adding a location listener, and requested location updates as frequently as possible, but then it could still take minutes before any location event was fired. So, now I have it running as a standard background service but I really don't like that approach. Is it possible to force a location fix within limited given that the circumstances enable acquiring a fix at all?
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Mar 23, 2010
I want to create a service that runs on Android which can collect all of my location information. Either write the information to a file or send to a server using 3G/wiki network. I was thinking about using a service that runs forever as a daemon. After reading "Diamonds are forever, services are not" by Mark Murphy, I realized that it is not a good idea. However, I need to somehow acquire the moving trajectory information on the Android phone. Without a daemon service running forever, how do I do that ?
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Sep 16, 2013
Log file that show you the name of the app and time when they accessed a location service ? Or maybe there is already an app who are up to date on this thing.
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Mar 1, 2012
I wanna background service which is looking every minute for the location.
So I created a service and created a broadcast receiver connected to the alarm service.
That works generally fine.
Now I wanna check the Location in that Service, I have a Service which is looking first for "gps" and if not available then for "network" location. That works fine!
Now my confusing case: If I am at home and connected to the WLAN the Location is found every minute and give me an notification in android bar all is fine!
But if I am on street and go around it doesnt work. The Service is just running when I touch the screen and make it active, then the service starts and gives me the location.
Why the service just works at street when I have the screen active? And at home in my WLAN it works always even the screen is not active.
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Mar 24, 2010
Location based rules dont work. I have GPS checked, and starred but it wont find me. I open up google maps and cell tower triangulation completely sucks. 10 miles off. Now the real question is; Is the dev working on this problem? Should I buy it and hope it gets fixed? The app has alot of potential, but it needs its location fixed bad.
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Oct 19, 2010
I am trying to register to several proximity alerts. Here's an excerpt:................
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Mar 24, 2010
A few of us at work are wondering if we can use the google map or anyother type of locating device on our phones without phone service. Does the google maps show our location using the cell towers?
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Jun 30, 2010
I have an Android Service that is started by my application and does some things in a threadPool using Executors.newCachedThreadPool()
Once it has finished doing it's work I would like the service to stopSelf(), how can I get the service to determine when it is no longer needed (ie, there are no more Threads executing) so that it can shut itself down automatically?
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Dec 21, 2009
This is the scenario:
1 user has a main activity used for ii.
2 program needs to communicate with peers and keep connection and wait for messages
3 when a message comes it is shown in the main activity. so the question is should I use a service for the communication and what type of service? and also should I use Aspects in the service in order to keep my ii responsive and why?
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Jul 28, 2010
I have a local Service running together with my application. I also have a class derrived from Application class.
When the local service is created it gets and uses the Application instance using getApplication.
Can the app itself be terminated while my service is still running and what happens if so? Would getApplication return null?
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Nov 22, 2013
I find answers to change work location in Google Now,but i can't find how to remove it. I am Now self employed so i don't have a fix work place anymore. How to remove it ?
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Jul 22, 2013
I have a problem since few days with sw HTC Locations ( I think is that).
Let me explain, often when I'm using the phone asks me to turn on the GPS because otherwise the navigator of Location does not work, when I do cancels and then get out, I came back after just 15 seconds and then continues with the same demands indefinitely.
I reset phone and I formatted the memory card , but now after reconfiguring the mobile phone presents itself to me again, what would it be?
I also checked with Kaspersky, but nothing found. That practically stops me using a mobile phone?
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Jan 24, 2014
Will be going on a trip soon and roaming is expensive so data will be off most of the time. I'm thinking of using location history to keep a record of the trip route.
Does location history works without internet access? Will it store the location and sync when theres internet access or flat out don't work at all?
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Jun 19, 2010
I've never quite understood the connection. If you have a Google Voice phone number set to forward those calls to your cell phone, do you need to have the app running on your cell phone for this to work or can it be manually turned off?
I would imagine that the call forwarding would work regardless, but what about the app keeping track of those calls in a call list, or keeping track of the voicemails, etc.? Can you just open the app manually and all of this information will be there, or does it need to be running at all times in order to record the phone calls/voicemail as they come in?
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Dec 21, 2009
I was interested in developing a clock widget for the homescreen and upon reading Home Screen Widgets tutorial, I wondered if there is a pre-existing Service I could reference for updating the current time rather than re-inventing the wheel?I download the Retro Clock application on my android phone and noticed that when I click it, it pops up the Alarm Clock settings, but with the default Google Analog Clock widget, upon click does nothing.Is that because the Retro Clock widget implements the Alarm Clock service? If so, how can I go about referencing that service? Or do I have this all wrong and misunderstood?
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Jul 9, 2010
I have an application that creates a notification with sound when a specific text comes in. To do this, I detect the current ringerMode, change the ringerMode to normal, play the sound, and then quickly return the ringer back to its original setting.
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Jul 28, 2010
I was demo'ing a DroidX the other day and was blown away by the google map and voice ability. This will lead me to buying one of the android devices. Among other features. Query: Can GPS enabled apps, work on the phone, without cell serivce. IE can you pre-load say all the US map and POI info into the phone so it can be used as a standalone GPS in the middle of no where.
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Apr 24, 2012
I bought a Galaxy Note GT-N7000 in Indonesia. (PDA: N7000DXLC2, PHONE: N7000DXLC1, CSC: N7000OLBLC2). The installed languages are asian languages (+English), so I would like to change the firmware to a European version, since I would like to have Hungarian language on the phone (especially but not only because I would like to be able to type messages with Swype). My plan is to change to this one: N7000XXLA6, N7000OXXLA1
The question: The new firmware belongs to a different location than the old one.
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Jun 14, 2010
I bought an evo last friday (june 4th) and received it Monday June 7th, and now a week later i would like to return it because of the light leakage problem im having at the bottom of my screen. my question is, i came from t-mobile, and ported my number and with that had to pay 100$ ETF, what would happen? as in, if i cancel my service, would i go back to tmobile with the same number and the ETF would be revoked? or what would happen exactly?
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Jan 13, 2013
I have rooted unlocked device with slightly modified latest ROM(from official one 4.0.4). Device has Google API (apps which require it works) Device has network location provider (I see that from my test app) But it does not return any location (no luck for Maps app as well)
It has Goggle's location checkbox in the Location Services and it's checked on.
I have also installed full google apps package
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Apr 27, 2010
I am trying to get the GPS location of my HTC magic using the following code...
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Aug 8, 2010
So when I bought this phone I was told GPS will work without service. I'm in Asia right now for 9 months and it doesn't. From my research, I think the problem is that agps does a call to verify that local service is available before it will kick the regular gps in. Forgive my crude tech speak, but I imagine there must be some sort of workaround. Is there any way to fake the phone into thinking it has a sprint service signal or is there a way to turn off agps? There must be some sort of hack I can do. I hope someone can give me something, this phone is an expensive brick here. And no, turning on airplane mode enabling wifi and gps location services don't help. I've tried every possible combination, I can't use the GPS without the phone verifying the sprint network."you need a network connection to get the api call to work. Once its running you don't need the network for it to keep running. A guy in the Droid forum told me that.
He says that if you turn your phone on in another country the api would not get some sort of response (license) from the network and the gps would not work"
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May 8, 2010
My understanding is that you can use GV's voicemail service in lieu of the carrier's voicemail, even with a non-GV phone number. I have selected the option in GV to use GV as the main voicemail for both my VZW and GV phone numbers. However, when someone calls my VZW number, they receive a "your call cannot be completed" recording and the call ends. Does anyone know how I can correct this? Is visual voicemail behind the issue?
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Mar 6, 2010
I have this bit of code;
CODE:...............
Which works fine on both the emulator and my hero running android 1.5, but it Force Closes on the emulator of 1.6 and also on my tattoo.
What changed from 1.5 to 1.6?
OK, using this instead;
CODE:............
I get null toast, and null toast if i fire a location at the emulator before running the app.
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Aug 16, 2010
I've read several threads and still am not 100% clear. At home and at work, I have FULL 3G service (still no 4G in my area). If I turn on my WiFi at both places, will it use less battery? Particularly at work when get 50-100 emails during the day?
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