Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS (still) not working since OTA-11

2016-07-29 Thread Alberto Mardegan
On 29/07/2016 14:34, Vincas Dargis wrote: > Hi, > > With OTA-11 I completely lost GPS fixes (Sesnors app, uNav, HERE...). > OTA-12 has same problem. I have bug [1] reported, some logs attached, > though I do not know what could I do more to troubleshoot it. I had some > issues with OTA-10, maybe e

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS (still) not working since OTA-11

2016-07-29 Thread Vincas Dargis
Hi, With OTA-11 I completely lost GPS fixes (Sesnors app, uNav, HERE...). OTA-12 has same problem. I have bug [1] reported, some logs attached, though I do not know what could I do more to troubleshoot it. I had some issues with OTA-10, maybe enabling rw mode for debugging made it worse? Also

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS MX 4

2016-07-12 Thread Seth Ciango
When you access Settings->Security & Privacy->Location, do you see the option for "Using GPS, anonymized WiFI, and Celluar Network info?" Make sure that option is selected and that the App you want to use has permissions below. If you don't see that option, you might need to flash your phone to th

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS MX 4

2016-07-11 Thread Diogo Figueira
Hey Guys i just wonder why doesn't my GPS work on the MX4 i try it on the Here maps and Unav and it doesn't work, went to settings and all and still nothing, is this bug being worked on to be fixed ?? Greetz Diogo Figueira -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubunt

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS issue: Updates only the speed field in rc-proposed

2016-04-15 Thread Costales
Hi, I had 1 OTA in the last week (~7 - 13 May) that it had a serious issue with the GPS. I flashed the phone yesterday for checking it, and the wrong behavior persists. The issue is: Only the speed data is updated in each new GPS position. Any other data, will be updated each 11 seconds. Testing

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-03-14 Thread Thomas Voß
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Krzysztof Tataradziński wrote: > @Thomas, > > > 2016-02-29 16:38 GMT+01:00 Thomas Voß : >> >> We will introduce an API for applications that allows >> navigation/tracker apps to enable monitoring of positions. ETA is OTA >> 11, OTA 10 is too close right now. >> Exp

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-08 Thread Thomas Voß
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Alan Bell wrote: > > > On 07/03/16 19:51, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote: >> >> Hi >> The GPS toggle will be removed from the battery settings. The GPS chipset >> already goes into powersave mode automatically when not in use and 2 >> settings for the GPS is just co

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-08 Thread Vic G
https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1554061 El 08/03/16 a las 11:01, Jean-Baptiste Lallement escribió: Le 08/03/2016 10:50, Alan Bell a écrit : Maybe it would be better if the indicator icon changed colours, maybe red for "I am off, I will hand out the location of wh

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-08 Thread Alan Bell
nope, for me GPS works fine, but *only* turns on when you are using a moving dot maps program. Things that just ask for the location get a cached location and it doesn't appear to attempt to do better, if something subscribes to updates, like google maps or OSM Touch then the GPS turns on and g

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-08 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
Le 08/03/2016 10:50, Alan Bell a écrit : Maybe it would be better if the indicator icon changed colours, maybe red for "I am off, I will hand out the location of where you were last Tuesday to anyone who asks", blue for "I have a rough idea of where I am based on a reasonably recent GPS fix or H

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-08 Thread Alan Bell
On 07/03/16 19:51, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote: Hi The GPS toggle will be removed from the battery settings. The GPS chipset already goes into powersave mode automatically when not in use and 2 settings for the GPS is just confusing. This is tracked in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-08 Thread Krzysztof Tataradziński
I also can confirm that cannot get GPS fix on MX4 (I was trying 15 minutes wth uNav), is there a bug reported for that? 2016-03-07 20:51 GMT+01:00 Jean-Baptiste Lallement < jean-baptiste.lallem...@canonical.com>: > Hi > > Le 07/03/2016 20:49, Marco Graziotti a écrit : > >> Hi, >> >> I can confirm

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Jean-Baptiste Lallement
Hi Le 07/03/2016 20:49, Marco Graziotti a écrit : Hi, I can confirm what Peter says. I just seen that in MX4 (ota 9.1) if you enable GPS from settings, it doesn't automatically enable gps in "battery settings" menu. Otherwise if you try to enable bluetooth from settings, it automatically enable

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Marco Graziotti
Hi, I can confirm what Peter says. I just seen that in MX4 (ota 9.1) if you enable GPS from settings, it doesn't automatically enable gps in "battery settings" menu. Otherwise if you try to enable bluetooth from settings, it automatically enable bluetooth in battery setting menu. So, I think

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Boehm
hi wayne, i am trying to use GPS only. all the best peter Am 2016-03-07 um 18:04 schrieb Wayne Ward: I used my BQ from heysham to morecambe today turn by turn voice and worked perfectly with uNav i have the GPS switched to GPS and wifi and mobile in the location settings and the battery settin

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Peter Boehm
hello all, today i spent an hour to investigate the situation: - gps seems to work if i activate gps in settings AND gps in battery settings, which i have not done before (why is this switch in battery settings?) - is there a possibiliity to read rough gps sensor data in the terminal? thanks

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread royden yates
On Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:56:59 + Wayne Ward wrote: > I used google maps through a web browser in liverpool the > other day as none of the apps navigation apps worked. Osm > scout had massive text on a search and didnt seem to work, > here maps couldnt get location. So i just watched myself > wa

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Thomas Voß
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Peter Boehm wrote: > hello phone-team, > > i am on meizu mx4 ubuntu 15.04. after installing OTA-9.1 on 24.02.2016 > my gps is not working anmore. sensorstatus reports that there are no > supported backends. how can i check whats wrong? any information would be > ap

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Wayne Ward
I used google maps through a web browser in liverpool the other day as none of the apps navigation apps worked. Osm scout had massive text on a search and didnt seem to work, here maps couldnt get location. So i just watched myself walking on a map with phone open on a browser! Its not ideal but

[Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Cesar Herrera
I have a BQ E4.5 and most of the times it doesn't connect. But when it does there is a poor precission. Cheers, Cesar -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Marco Graziotti
In my own case I'm using a Meizu MX4, so I think it's a problem with Arale OTA 9.1 image. Marco Il 07/03/2016 09:54, Gareth France ha scritto: I'm on ote 9.1 on the e4.5 and it's working fine. However my accelerometer isn't showing any readings at all which was presumed a fault caused when th

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Julia Palandri
Hi Peter, On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Peter Boehm wrote: > hello phone-team, > > i am on meizu mx4 ubuntu 15.04. after installing OTA-9.1 on 24.02.2016 > my gps is not working anmore. sensorstatus reports that there are no > supported backends. how can i check whats wrong? any information w

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Gareth France
I'm on ote 9.1 on the e4.5 and it's working fine. However my accelerometer isn't showing any readings at all which was presumed a fault caused when the screen was replaced. I wonder... On 07/03/16 08:17, Marco Graziotti wrote: Hi, I have the same problem, uNav don't work after installing OTA

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-07 Thread Marco Graziotti
Hi, I have the same problem, uNav don't work after installing OTA 9.1, it can't recognize gps satellites. If you need more information I can provide it to you. Thank you, Marco Il 06/03/2016 23:07, Peter Boehm ha scritto: hello phone-team, i am on meizu mx4 ubuntu 15.04. after installing OT

[Ubuntu-phone] gps not working since OTA-9.1

2016-03-06 Thread Peter Boehm
hello phone-team, i am on meizu mx4 ubuntu 15.04. after installing OTA-9.1 on 24.02.2016 my gps is not working anmore. sensorstatus reports that there are no supported backends. how can i check whats wrong? any information would be appreciated. all the best peter -- Mailing list: https://lau

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-03-06 Thread Krzysztof Tataradziński
@Thomas, 2016-02-29 16:38 GMT+01:00 Thomas Voß : > We will introduce an API for applications that allows > navigation/tracker apps to enable monitoring of positions. ETA is OTA > 11, OTA 10 is too close right now. > Exposure to Qt/QML will happen similar to the BlackBerry backends, > with a prop

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Wayne Ward
I only noticed this last week while doing a demo of prey in westgate about 3 miles from morecambe i showed if the app and it finding my location 3 miles away in morecambe , because it got my location from the wifi access point which must have been connected to a exchange in norecambe :( Bad dem

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bell
On 29/02/16 21:56, Thomas Voß wrote: On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Alan Bell wrote: On 29/02/16 21:29, Thomas Voß wrote: With all due respect, this is not a bug in the platform. Are you, 2 other people, and others experiencing an issue? Certainly. Is the only way to fixing it to periodi

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Alan Bell wrote: > > > On 29/02/16 21:29, Thomas Voß wrote: >> >> With all due respect, this is not a bug in the platform. Are you, 2 >> other people, and others experiencing an issue? Certainly. Is the only >> way to fixing it to periodically wake up the phone? I

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Costales wrote: > Hi :) > > @Thomas: > > "If applications fail to handle the respective data correctly, it is not the > service at fault here." > > With all due respect, I consider this statement insulting for every > developer of a GPS application in Ubuntu Touch

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:32 PM, Alan Bell wrote: > I don't think that is quite the problem, GPS has got every chance to work, > the problem is the starting time, I don't want it to start thinking about a > location when I do something that needs one. I want it to already have > sorted it out bef

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Royden Yates wrote: > On Monday, 29 February 2016 21:46:02 CET, Alan Pope > wrote: >> >> Hi Thomas, >> >> On 29 February 2016 at 15:35, Thomas Voß >> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Alan Bell wrote: it isn't really about that, it is a

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bell
On 29/02/16 21:29, Thomas Voß wrote: With all due respect, this is not a bug in the platform. Are you, 2 other people, and others experiencing an issue? Certainly. Is the only way to fixing it to periodically wake up the phone? I don't think so as other mobile platforms get the job done without

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Felipe De La Puente wrote: > I think that the weak link here is the GNSS assistance mechanism used in > ubuntu. > > Having a good assistance method the time to first fix should be within > seconds or worst case a couple of minutes. Am I right? > Yup, that's true.

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bell
I don't think that is quite the problem, GPS has got every chance to work, the problem is the starting time, I don't want it to start thinking about a location when I do something that needs one. I want it to already have sorted it out before I ask for it. The principal should be "don't make th

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:46 PM, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > On 29 February 2016 at 15:35, Thomas Voß wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Alan Bell wrote: >>> it isn't really about that, it is about providing less broken location data >>> to applications that ask for it. The curren

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Royden Yates
On Monday, 29 February 2016 21:46:02 CET, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Thomas, On 29 February 2016 at 15:35, Thomas Voß wrote: On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Alan Bell wrote: it isn't really about that, it is about providing less broken location data to applications that ask for it. The current

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Felipe De La Puente
I think that the weak link here is the GNSS assistance mechanism used in ubuntu. Having a good assistance method the time to first fix should be within seconds or worst case a couple of minutes. Am I right? If the system is able to achieve <1min time to first fix, then you don't need to give the

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Costales
Hi :) @Thomas: "If applications fail to handle the respective data correctly, it is not the service at fault here." With all due respect, I consider this statement insulting for every developer of a GPS application in Ubuntu Touch, me included ;) "The service hands out the last known good loca

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Thomas, On 29 February 2016 at 15:35, Thomas Voß wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Alan Bell wrote: >> it isn't really about that, it is about providing less broken location data >> to applications that ask for it. The current situation is that if an >> application requests location

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bell
so, if I ensure my phone has current location by running a maps application that continuously updates, then close that, and drive a few miles, get out and chill for a while, giving the phone plenty of time to get it's act together, then take some photos, then visit http://www.where-am-i.net/ al

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Felipe De La Puente
Hi Thomas, These are very good news! By the way, about the accuracy of getting an old position update, I missed the fact that the timestamp could be used to validate the usability of the position update. That's enough for the client app. Best Regards, Felipe. On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Th

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bell
On 29/02/16 15:35, Thomas Voß wrote: On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Alan Bell wrote: >it isn't really about that, it is about providing less broken location data >to applications that ask for it. The current situation is that if an >application requests location data it gets given random coo

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Thomas Voß
We will introduce an API for applications that allows navigation/tracker apps to enable monitoring of positions. ETA is OTA 11, OTA 10 is too close right now. Exposure to Qt/QML will happen similar to the BlackBerry backends, with a property "monitor" on the position source. @Satellite visibility

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Alan Bell wrote: > it isn't really about that, it is about providing less broken location data > to applications that ask for it. The current situation is that if an > application requests location data it gets given random coordinates of > somewhere you may have

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Felipe De La Puente
Hi, I think I didn't get Alan's message clearly, but makes me think that this dummy position given by the location service as the first update should carry a flag saying "take it with a grain of salt, this is the last I checked" which in the Qt context could be achieved setting the QGeoPositionInf

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Wayne Ward
It was working quite well last week but not so good this week It would be just good to have the feature of tracking or wiping our phones if lost. I know its a bit stupid if you leave your phone at some random location but accidents do happen so being able to track it back to were you was last c

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-29 Thread Alan Bell
it isn't really about that, it is about providing less broken location data to applications that ask for it. The current situation is that if an application requests location data it gets given random coordinates of somewhere you may have been to in the last week or so. Then it thinks about ref

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-28 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Monday, February 29, 2016 a las 01:04:43AM +0100, Royden Yates escribió: > On Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:44:05 CET, Matthias Apitz > wrote: > > I do not think that it is a good idea that some kind of "service" or > > "secret service" tracks the location of your mobile device and you. >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-28 Thread Royden Yates
On Sunday, 28 February 2016 21:44:05 CET, Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Sunday, February 28, 2016 a las 08:36:13PM +, Wayne Ward escribió: Try installing prey from my read me its early days but tracks Wayne I do not think that it is a good idea that some kind of "service" or "secret se

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-28 Thread Wayne Ward
Ok just trying to help in these early days of ubuntu on mobile , good luck while it blooms Wayne n Sunday, 28 February 2016 20:44:05 UTC, Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Sunday, February 28, 2016 a las 08:36:13PM +, Wayne Ward escribió: Try installing prey from my read me its early days b

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-28 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Sunday, February 28, 2016 a las 08:36:13PM +, Wayne Ward escribió: > Try installing prey from my read me its early days but tracks > > Wayne I do not think that it is a good idea that some kind of "service" or "secret service" tracks the location of your mobile device and you.

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-28 Thread Wayne Ward
Try installing prey from my read me its early days but tracks Wayne n Sunday, 28 February 2016 19:31:17 UTC, Krzysztof Tataradziński wrote: Hello, could anyone from Canonical give us the official statement about getting location updates in background/while screen is off? I know, for now ther

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS/location and other background processing

2016-02-28 Thread Krzysztof Tataradziński
Hello, could anyone from Canonical give us the official statement about getting location updates in background/while screen is off? I know, for now there is no possibility to do that; and we all know that is blocking a lot of apps to be more useful or to save battery life (sport trackers or navi a

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-08 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Thomas Voß wrote: > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Eric Holmi wrote: >> I realize that GPS has improved, but it still takes over 10 minutes to get a >> A-GPS location for a single app >> > > Hmmm, that's a little long. If you feel like running a test, would you >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-08 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Felipe De La Puente wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a place where I can find documentation about the current API > available to consume the location-service from a C++ app? > If you are using Qt: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtpositioning-module.html If not, you would have to a

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-08 Thread Thomas Voß
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Eric Holmi wrote: > I realize that GPS has improved, but it still takes over 10 minutes to get a > A-GPS location for a single app > Hmmm, that's a little long. If you feel like running a test, would you mind running: sudo GTEST_logtostderr=1 GTEST_v=1000 ubuntu

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-08 Thread Eric Holmi
I realize that GPS has improved, but it still takes over 10 minutes to get a A-GPS location for a single app On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Felipe De La Puente wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a place where I can find documentation about the current API > available to consume the location-service from

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-08 Thread Felipe De La Puente
Hi, Is there a place where I can find documentation about the current API available to consume the location-service from a C++ app? Thanks! Felipe. On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Thomas Voß wrote: > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Marek Greško wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I would prefer to hav

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-08 Thread Thomas Voß
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Marek Greško wrote: > Hello, > > I would prefer to have control over gps, whether it is ever user or not. I > understand your reasoning, but what if I want to start mapping application > without gps starting? I just want to search the map, not to navigate and > drai

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-06 Thread Marek Greško
OK. Thanks for clarification. Marek 2016-02-06 18:28 GMT+01:00 Costales : > @Marek: There is a bug, if you use 2 GPS applications the GPS will not > work for both of them. You can use one, close or leave a while in > background and then run the another. > > If you use a GPS application, the GP

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-06 Thread Costales
@Marek: There is a bug, if you use 2 GPS applications the GPS will not work for both of them. You can use one, close or leave a while in background and then run the another. If you use a GPS application, the GPS will cache the position for another. Then, if you run OSMScout, close it and you go t

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-06 Thread Marek Greško
Turning off location detection disables access for last know position for a map. I would like to stop only gps, not diasble access for last known position to applications. And one more nearly offtopic question. Today I tried to use gps with osmscout and sensor status. I was not able to get fix for

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-06 Thread Pat McGowan
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 2:16 AM, Marek Greško wrote: > Hello, > > I would prefer to have control over gps, whether it is ever user or not. I > understand your reasoning, but what if I want to start mapping application > without gps starting? I just want to search the map, not to navigate and > dra

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-02-05 Thread Marek Greško
Hello, I would prefer to have control over gps, whether it is ever user or not. I understand your reasoning, but what if I want to start mapping application without gps starting? I just want to search the map, not to navigate and drain battery. Also I added comment to the bug you mentioned, that

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS SOS application

2016-01-31 Thread Marcos Alonso
HI Costales. Thanks fir the info! At least, it covers the manual request! Regards Marcos El domingo, 31 de enero de 2016, Costales escribió: > Hi Marcos, > > With uNav application you can share your position by Telegram, SMS, G+... > It's has centimeters of precision and it has this format: >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS SOS application

2016-01-31 Thread Costales
Hi Marcos, With uNav application you can share your position by Telegram, SMS, G+... It's has centimeters of precision and it has this format: http://unav-go.github.io/?p=37.1966,-3.62453 This is not what you are asking, but maybe it could help you. A hug. -- Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu devi

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS SOS application

2016-01-30 Thread Marcos Alonso
Hi to all. I normally go with my bike through the mountains. As my time slots to do so normally does not match my friend' s ones, I usually have to go alone. As is relatively easy to have an accident, in my previous Android I had an application (Mountain Bike SOS) which sent an SMS to a defined

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Pat McGowan
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:50 AM, royden yates wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:19:56 +0100 > Michael Zanetti wrote: > > > > > > > On 28.01.2016 14:21, Alberto Mardegan wrote: > > > On 28/01/2016 15:36, Michael Zanetti wrote: > > >> Funny enough, the HERE webapp is the only thing that > > >> actua

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Alberto Mardegan
On 28/01/2016 16:30, Felipe De La Puente wrote: > One question: Why is it needed to have wifi On to have assisted GPS? Because currently the Nokia HERE service which provides us the AGPS feature receives the list of available access points and only the cellular tower that you are connected to (wh

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread royden yates
On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:19:56 +0100 Michael Zanetti wrote: > > > On 28.01.2016 14:21, Alberto Mardegan wrote: > > On 28/01/2016 15:36, Michael Zanetti wrote: > >> Funny enough, the HERE webapp is the only thing that > >> actually manages to get a GPS fix for me. I haven't ever > >> seen a GPS fi

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Michael Zanetti
On 28.01.2016 14:21, Alberto Mardegan wrote: > On 28/01/2016 15:36, Michael Zanetti wrote: >> Funny enough, the HERE webapp is the only thing that actually >> manages to get a GPS fix for me. I haven't ever seen a GPS fix in >> OSMScout or any other app. > > It shouldn't make any difference, whi

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Ricardo Mena
Hi all, I had the same problem with my Aquaris E 4.5, I fix it cleaning Google Maps cache, stopping it and then reboot the phone, with that, my GPS come alive again 2016-01-28 7:21 GMT-06:00 Alberto Mardegan : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 28/01/2016 15:36, Michael Zane

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Felipe De La Puente
Hi, In my case I have had a good experience with web based services like open street maps and I believe google maps too. The rest are just app bugs I would say... for example uNav and osmscout tend to get stuck at some location of the past loosing track of my current position. After OTA-8 I start

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Alberto Mardegan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/01/2016 15:36, Michael Zanetti wrote: > Funny enough, the HERE webapp is the only thing that actually > manages to get a GPS fix for me. I haven't ever seen a GPS fix in > OSMScout or any other app. It shouldn't make any difference, which app yo

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Michael Zanetti
On 28.01.2016 12:51, Andrea Bernabei wrote: > I have the same issues and I already reported a bug > https://bugs.launchpad.net/location-service/+bug/1514777 > Please mark it as "it affects me" (at the top of the page). > Funny enough, the HERE webapp is the only thing that actually manages to g

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Louis Holbrook
Done. Thanks for the heads up! On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 11:51 +, Andrea Bernabei wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Louis Holbrook > wrote: > Hello. > > Is GPS / Location services supposed to work properly after > this update? > > I

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Andrea Bernabei
On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Louis Holbrook wrote: > Hello. > > Is GPS / Location services supposed to work properly after this update? > > It hasn't worked at all on my phone for quite some time, although I > can't be precise as to how long, and it still doesn't. > > I'm asking because I'm

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS

2016-01-28 Thread Louis Holbrook
Hello. Is GPS / Location services supposed to work properly after this update? It hasn't worked at all on my phone for quite some time, although I can't be precise as to how long, and it still doesn't. I'm asking because I'm wondering if there' ssomething wrong with my unit (BQ Aquarius 4.5e) T

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Gps tracker

2015-12-15 Thread sturmflut
Hey Marcin Xc, https://uappexplorer.com/app/activitytracker.cwayne18 has been in the store for quite a while. cheers, Simon Am 16.12.2015 um 06:15 schrieb Marcin Xc: > Is there already an app that would allow us to record our > movements/activities through gps and then to save it as aa for exam

[Ubuntu-phone] Gps tracker

2015-12-15 Thread Marcin Xc
Is there already an app that would allow us to record our movements/activities through gps and then to save it as aa for example .gpx file? I think it wouldn't be so difficult to give ubuntu phone users something comparable to endomondo sports tracker available also as an Android app. -- Maili

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS - does it work, how is it supposed to work?

2015-11-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Thomas Voß wrote: > On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 6:04 AM, wrote: >> On 2015-11-27 23:05 , Thomas Voß wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:50 PM, wrote: FWIW I took care to install OTA8 and re-try before filing my bugs, and I haven't seen a big improvement.

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS - does it work, how is it supposed to work?

2015-11-29 Thread Thomas Voß
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 6:04 AM, wrote: > On 2015-11-27 23:05 , Thomas Voß wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:50 PM, wrote: >>> FWIW I took care to install OTA8 and re-try before filing my bugs, and I >>> haven't seen a big improvement. >>> >> ack, I will keep updating this thread to keep you

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS not working on Nexus 7

2015-11-29 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ashwin Sewambar wrote on 29/11/15 00:15: > ... > > I'm quite new to this, so I just want to ask a question before I > file this bug. I logged in to launchpad.net using my Ubuntu one > account and just used the search version to see if there weren't

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS - does it work, how is it supposed to work?

2015-11-28 Thread ubuntu . mexon
On 2015-11-27 23:05 , Thomas Voß wrote: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:50 PM, wrote: >> FWIW I took care to install OTA8 and re-try before filing my bugs, and I >> haven't seen a big improvement. >> > ack, I will keep updating this thread to keep you posted. > > I take it back. I just tested by swi

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS not working on Nexus 7

2015-11-28 Thread Ashwin Sewambar
Hi everyone, I decided to start filing the bugs on my device. I'm using a Nexus 7 on OTA-8 and can say that my GPS is not working now and actually has never worked on previous versions. It's possible to 'turn it on/off' in the settings, but it has never been usable to the weather app or uNav

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS - does it work, how is it supposed to work?

2015-11-28 Thread Sam Bull
On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 15:28 +0100, Thomas Voß wrote: > Whenever the phone goes to deep sleep (that is, it is suspended in your > pocket), > the GPS also switches off. It is one of the main parts of the system > draining power. > The behavior is intended at this point in time, though. We are workin

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS - does it work, how is it supposed to work?

2015-11-27 Thread Thomas Voß
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:50 PM, wrote: > On 2015-11-27 22:28 , Thomas Voß wrote: >> Sorry to hear that you have had a frustrating experience with the >> phone. I hope your vacation >> still went well, though :) That being said, we fixed quite a few bugs >> for our positioning infrastructure and

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS - does it work, how is it supposed to work?

2015-11-27 Thread ubuntu . mexon
On 2015-11-27 22:28 , Thomas Voß wrote: > Sorry to hear that you have had a frustrating experience with the > phone. I hope your vacation > still went well, though :) That being said, we fixed quite a few bugs > for our positioning infrastructure and > you might want to check: > > https://bugs.la

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS - does it work, how is it supposed to work?

2015-11-27 Thread Thomas Voß
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:05 PM, wrote: > I just came back from a three-week backpacking holiday. My plan was to > test Ubuntu Touch by carrying my MX4 as my primary phone, falling back > to an iPhone 4 when necessary. That plan lasted about a day and a > half. After that I used the iPhone and

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS - does it work, how is it supposed to work?

2015-11-27 Thread ubuntu . mexon
I just came back from a three-week backpacking holiday. My plan was to test Ubuntu Touch by carrying my MX4 as my primary phone, falling back to an iPhone 4 when necessary. That plan lasted about a day and a half. After that I used the iPhone and rarely bothered with the MX4. I have a long list

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS fix running all the time

2015-11-17 Thread Thomas Voß
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Krzysztof Tataradziński wrote: > Hello, > > I want to test battery usage in long time period while GPS sensor is > waked up and working all the time (even screen is off). Is there any > simple way to do that? Great, thanks for looking into it :) You probably want

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS fix running all the time

2015-11-17 Thread Krzysztof Tataradziński
Hello, I want to test battery usage in long time period while GPS sensor is waked up and working all the time (even screen is off). Is there any simple way to do that? Expected result should be that: (1) Phone is trying to get GPS fix -> when it get that, it should ask for position every x second

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS Location

2015-08-15 Thread Gareth France
Is it just me that is seeing worse GPS function recently? I have noticed the scopes reporting me as being in Millbank or Cheapside in London. This is over 30 miles away from me. OSMScout can accurately pinpoint my position though. My settings are for the most accurate location settings (wifi, 3

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS work in foreground

2015-08-11 Thread Krzysztof Tataradziński
I will repeat that, please someone comment below text. Should I report it as bug/wishlist? 2015-08-10 10:40 GMT+02:00 Krzysztof Tataradziński : > Okey, > I understand, but I think that is only a work around to solve a problem. > Better will be to allow get data when screen is off (to save battery

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS work in foreground

2015-08-10 Thread Krzysztof Tataradziński
Okey, I understand, but I think that is only a work around to solve a problem. Better will be to allow get data when screen is off (to save battery). 2015-08-10 10:21 GMT+02:00 Oliver Grawert : > hi, > Am Montag, den 10.08.2015, 09:19 +0200 schrieb Krzysztof Tataradziński: > > Hello, > > Will be

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS work in foreground

2015-08-10 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Montag, den 10.08.2015, 09:19 +0200 schrieb Krzysztof Tataradziński: > Hello, > Will be possible to get working data gps in foreground? > In example in case when we drive highway, when drive drive straight we > turn off screen, but when there will be need to turn somewhere, screen > should t

[Ubuntu-phone] GPS work in foreground

2015-08-10 Thread Krzysztof Tataradziński
Hello, Will be possible to get working data gps in foreground? In example in case when we drive highway, when drive drive straight we turn off screen, but when there will be need to turn somewhere, screen should turn on, show and voice that ;) But for that there is a need to work getting GPS data f

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS randomly fails

2015-08-06 Thread royden yates
On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:42:46 +0200 cédric bellegarde wrote: > Hello, I'm unable to use GPS in a daily base. Example, today no > positionning available, nothing in sensorsstatus. > > What can I do to get informations before sending a bug report. I'm quite > sure rebooting will fix the issue...

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS randomly fails

2015-08-06 Thread Ed Kapitein
On 08/06/15 15:42, cédric bellegarde wrote: Hello, I'm unable to use GPS in a daily base. Example, today no positionning available, nothing in sensorsstatus. What can I do to get informations before sending a bug report. I'm quite sure rebooting will fix the issue... Regards, Cedric, Mx4 H

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