Hi everyone,
Since I updated to the new Google Maps 7.0.2 I have noticed that my device's rendering of the maps is nowhere as sleek as advertised or indeed as good as it looks on other devices. I have yet to see the new Maps on a SGS3 so I don't know if this is a device specific issue or it is just my phone and some faulty configurations.
My problem (as you can see in the images attached) is that roads don't seem to render correctly. The map view shows them with rather thick borders and everything seems very chunky.
Has anyone else had the same issue? Could you please check this in your own Maps and see if there is a problem? The screen shots are from the latest update and one is at the initial zoom level and the other at maximum.
Thanks!
badelie said:
Hi everyone,
Has anyone else had the same issue? Could you please check this in your own Maps and see if there is a problem? The screen shots are from the latest update and one is at the initial zoom level and the other at maximum.
Thanks!
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Done a couple for you to compare, personally I don't see a problem with the quality, but that's just me.
ag4751 said:
Done a couple for you to compare, personally I don't see a problem with the quality, but that's just me.
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Thanks!
I've done a screenshot of the same place, have a look.
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To me it sounds like the app is broken. Try uninstalling the update and downloading it again. If not remove the .apk using a root manager and reinstall from the Play store.
I would personally just reinstall the ROM, usually the easiest way if you are experienced.
Try the Google Maps feedback/ forum .
Not a problem i have .
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stevepork said:
To me it sounds like the app is broken. Try uninstalling the update and downloading it again. If not remove the .apk using a root manager and reinstall from the Play store.
I would personally just reinstall the ROM, usually the easiest way if you are experienced.
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I have restored Maps 6.14.4 a few times with TB and updated again, resorted to use the older version for a while.
Installed the latest Stock Firmware the other day and updated Maps, which didn't make any difference either.
Shall I delete the APK and download Maps from Play store?
Reported to Google, nothing from their forums. Led me to believe there might be something in my device and not others.
I have done a photoshop clip of a small area, yours is the left hand side, if you right click on the image and Save Target as you can zoom in on your PC and see the blurring on yours where mine is clear in comparison.
Best option would be to remove it completely and install direct from Play store.
I tried different screen modes to see if it made any difference to the quality but it didn't.
I'm having this problem, is really annoying sometimes when I try to play videos on YouTube it says "There was a problem while playing. Touch to retry" I have to reboot my phone every single time that this happens, I don't know why, it's getting really annoying, what can I do?
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I have the same problem.
suddenly, the camera stops working, and I get a message saying something like "the camera is in use by another application" message. and not in use by any application, or use a camera app third.
at the same time when the camera fails, if I put youtube I have the same error message, as if it had network, and you can not load the videos.
to me obliged to restart the terminal.
my phone is a compact Z5, yellow, it appears in the box 2.1 review.
bootloader currently open, had the installation stock, and to try to solve the problem I did a clean install of the latest version .200, with their wipes.
but the problem has resurfaced ...
any ideas?
Thank you, and happy holidays
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I have the same problem.
suddenly, the camera stops working, and I get a message saying something like "the camera is in use by another application" message. and not in use by any application, or use a camera app third.
at the same time when the camera fails, if I put youtube I have the same error message, as if it had network, and you can not load the videos.
to me obliged to restart the terminal.
my phone is a compact Z5, yellow, it appears in the box 2.1 review.
bootloader currently open, had the installation stock, and to try to solve the problem I did a clean install of the latest version .200, with their wipes.
but the problem has resurfaced ...
any ideas?
Thank you, and happy holidays
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I have the same camera problem. Also can't play videos on Twitter, either. It happens after a while, but the only solution I have found is to restart the device. Anyway it appears again after some time. It's really frustrating. I hope to find a solution to fix this. I'm in the latest firmware version. 200 and have an unlocked bootloader. Hope Sony fixes this in a future update. I'm waiting for a custom Rom also just to see if this problem disappears, but is a new device so I guess I'll have to wait. Glad to see I'm not the only one with this problem.
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I can also confirm both of those problems, both YouTube and camera. I also have unlocked bootloader and I'm running .152 currently. Really.. REALLY annoying. I can also confirm that the streaming problem doesn't only affect YouTube, but some other apps too, for example video streaming on Relay for Reddit or Facebook videos.
I'm running stock (locked bootloader) and I have the problem with the Youtube app. In my case, it happens with specific videos. I thought the problem was just the site being weird, but looks like that's not it.
Kallu609 said:
I can also confirm both of those problems, both YouTube and camera. I also have unlocked bootloader and I'm running .152 currently. Really.. REALLY annoying. I can also confirm that the streaming problem doesn't only affect YouTube, but some other apps too, for example video streaming on Relay for Reddit or Facebook videos.
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Yeah, it also happens on other apps, like twitter, everytime I try to play a video it says "content not available" as I said the only solution I've found is restart the device, but after some time, the problem comes back again. It's really annoying because I have to restart the device every time. But for now I'm using Chrome to play Youtube videos. Another problem I have is that I can't add chrome bookmarks on desktop, it shows empty even though i have many bookmarks (including Youtube) , so I have to open Chrome app and then access Youtube. Hope the marshmallow update fix all this. Because it's really frustrating
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I was getting the YouTube issue on every video, but clearing the phone's cache (fastboot erase cache) seems to have solved it.
cassidyjames said:
I was getting the YouTube issue on every video, but clearing the phone's cache (fastboot erase cache) seems to have solved it.
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Thanks for this reply. I'll try wiping the cache tomorrow and will report back if it fixes the problem for me.
My cousin has the same issue on Z3 Compact, after updating to Lollipop. On Kitkat it was fine. So it's certainly not device specific.
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cassidyjames said:
I was getting the YouTube issue on every video, but clearing the phone's cache (fastboot erase cache) seems to have solved it.
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Can you do this with an locked bootloader? A bit funny though, since we did a factory reset, which would erase the cache partition.
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I was getting the YouTube issue on every video, but clearing the phone's cache (fastboot erase cache) seems to have solved it.
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I cleared phone's cache via recovery but the problem appears again after a while. Is there a difference if I use fastboot command?
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I cleared phone's cache via recovery but the problem appears again after a while. Is there a difference if I use fastboot command?
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I see, no there's no difference. I presume it has to do something with the system, then just being easily fixable with clearing cache.
Kallu609 said:
Thanks for this reply. I'll try wiping the cache tomorrow and will report back if it fixes the problem for me.
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Sadly, it didn't work for me. The problem is still there. I really hope this gets fixed in the Marschmallow update, I hate that I have to keep rebooting my phone.
problem still persists. sigh.
This is good news for me, I rooted mine the day I got it and thought it was ad blocker hanging up or something. I have to restart a few times a day to get by it.
The accessing sim notification is the worst though. That I wish I could fix.
Has anyone been experiencing this with the MM?
I can't recall this happening for about two weeks now.
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rolo143 said:
I'm having this problem, is really annoying sometimes when I try to play videos on YouTube it says "There was a problem while playing. Touch to retry" I have to reboot my phone every single time that this happens, I don't know why, it's getting really annoying, what can I do?
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Before to start, I need to make clear some points. 1) I dont speak english very well 2) I am not a programmer
The youtube problem I fixed deleting the app and installed an old version.
The problem with the camera what I did was, I installed MM, and I used the official Kernel to root but I didnt install the Xposed.
I hope it helps you guys.
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Has anyone been experiencing this with the MM?
I can't recall this happening for about two weeks now.
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I'm experiencing this with MM update (currently .182). Can't open youtube videos, take movies with camera, or use creative effects / sweep panorama etc. Reboot helps just for a while.
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I discovered that problem with creative effects / sweep panorama is unrelated to video problems. After restart I can watch youtube videos and make movies with camera, but creative effects or any app related with taking photos doesn't work. Its interesting because 4k and Timeshift Video works. Any clues? Maybe i disabled too much preloaded apps, who knows.
I see that this thread hasn't been that active lately. Are you still experiencing this because I am, and it's pissing me off.
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I see that this thread hasn't been that active lately. Are you still experiencing this because I am, and it's pissing me off.
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yup, I recently moved up to marshmallow and its still there. Ive tried every youtube version known to man and it still happens. I have to reboot so many times a day its ridiculous.
edit: I have noticed its linked to all video playback on the device, snapchat videos do not work without a reboot either.
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yup, I recently moved up to marshmallow and its still there. Ive tried every youtube version known to man and it still happens. I have to reboot so many times a day its ridiculous.
edit: I have noticed its linked to all video playback on the device, snapchat videos do not work without a reboot either.
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I didn't have this problem for a while but it has resurfaced again. When this happens I'm not able to play Facebook or Twitter videos & gifs, Youtube always says "There was a problem while playing. Touch to retry" it's frustrating I have to reboot phone to solve this and then it happens again every few hours or so.
I am using latest EMUI version 4.0 in Honor 7 (PLK-UL00C675B351). It's recently used apps button when touched, is not showing anything, rather it turns my wallpaper black for a second and then restores. I have recorded my screen to show the exact problem being faced by me (thanks to new screen recording feature given in EMUI 4.0). I am not able to provide the link to the screen recording due to being a new member in xda.
Due to this I am unable to switch between apps and also not able to stop the unwanted apps that keep on running. Please tell me how to fix this problem. Thanks in advance.
absaaroo said:
I am using latest EMUI version 4.0 in Honor 7 (PLK-UL00C675B351). It's recently used apps button when touched, is not showing anything, rather it turns my wallpaper black for a second and then restores. I have recorded my screen to show the exact problem being faced by me (thanks to new screen recording feature given in EMUI 4.0). I am not able to provide the link to the screen recording due to being a new member in xda.
Due to this I am unable to switch between apps and also not able to stop the unwanted apps that keep on running. Please tell me how to fix this problem. Thanks in advance.
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Did you try a factory reset after backing up your apps and data using hisuite app?
You can restore the backup later and check if the problem still persists?
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absaaroo said:
I am using latest EMUI version 4.0 in Honor 7 (PLK-UL00C675B351). It's recently used apps button when touched, is not showing anything, rather it turns my wallpaper black for a second and then restores. I have recorded my screen to show the exact problem being faced by me (thanks to new screen recording feature given in EMUI 4.0). I am not able to provide the link to the screen recording due to being a new member in xda.
Due to this I am unable to switch between apps and also not able to stop the unwanted apps that keep on running. Please tell me how to fix this problem. Thanks in advance.
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Have a factory reset and check as said in previous post.
To share the video took by you, click "Go Advanced" on replying. Paste the URL, unselect the checkbox "Automatically parse links in text". Hope so this helps to share the video.
I have a faced this problem too. I solved it by uninstalling the latest installed apps one by one. In my case seven adclear was probably causing this issue. You can try it too. Uninstalling is less pain than an entire reset.
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Did you try a factory reset after backing up your apps and data using hisuite app?
You can restore the backup later and check if the problem still persists?
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Hi, I had tried each and everything for it. From factory reset to manual updating to existing EMUI version. Nothing solved that problem.
Few days back I was lying on my bed, exploring some unknown features. I came through the 'Floating Dock'. This thing actually solved my issue. This floating icon on home screen has a button which clears all apps consuming power and takes the phone to optimal level. After using it, my recent app widget issue is not creating that problem. I am happy now. Thanks for your help too.
Floating Dock helped me
shiva.kakkar11 said:
I have a faced this problem too. I solved it by uninstalling the latest installed apps one by one. In my case seven adclear was probably causing this issue. You can try it too. Uninstalling is less pain than an entire reset.
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I used the app clear feature from the floating dock on home screen, After this, that problem has stopped. Thanks for your help too, may be used in future if the thing reports back.
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vsriram92 said:
Have a factory reset and check as said in previous post.
To share the video took by you, click "Go Advanced" on replying. Paste the URL, unselect the checkbox "Automatically parse links in text". Hope so this helps to share the video.
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Here is the link to screen recording the problem I was facing:
drive.google.com/open?id=0B4QyHtniBfqnb0tOaDRxY2VSOGs
BTW, the problem is temporarily solved by using floating dock. Lets see what happens after some days.
If so, noticed any differences or problems?
Installed it this morning, so far running normally.
meyerweb said:
If so, noticed any differences or problems?
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On the stock messaging app, I keep getting
"Turn on Read Confirmation"
Allow Contacts to see when you've read their messages.
Cancel Turn On
Pretty annoying with every single thread of message. I dont want to turn it on because sometimes I'd like to ignore some people that text me. I've done everything from clearing cache and data.
Got it on the 7th, everything is running fine.
Thanks. I use a 3rd party text app, so if that's the only issue I guess I can live with it.
Can you mention in which countries you get it?
No update in Romania so far.
meyerweb said:
Thanks. I use a 3rd party text app, so if that's the only issue I guess I can live with it.
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I have it and am not getting that issue with either stock messaging app
Hi all,
I followed the instructions on here to enable the Google feed and remove the Oppo one. It works occasionally but unfortunately it seems to have had an impact on my main/home screen. Often, when I unlock the phone the screen will be blank (aside from the wallpaper). If I unfold it, the left side of the screen will be similarly blank but the right hand side will show my home screen. I have no idea what I have done or how I can get it back to normal - I have to restart to get it to work properly.
Any thoughts are welcome.
Thanks
Ditch the buggy 3rd party app... app instability shouldn't be tolerated.
I keep live feds and social media apps off my devices, security risks.
blackhawk said:
Ditch the buggy 3rd party app... app instability shouldn't be tolerated.
I keep live feds and social media apps off my devices, security risks.
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So you are saying to delete Google?
borge14 said:
So you are saying to delete Google?
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Just the feed... or trouble shoot it.
blackhawk said:
Just the feed... or trouble shoot it.
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Would you know how I delete it please? Or how I trouble shoot it? As I understand it, it is just part of the Google app.
borge14 said:
Would you know how I delete it please? Or how I trouble shoot it? As I understand it, it is just part of the Google app.
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Turn it off or not use it. I use a package disabler which is how I kill a lot things I don't want running.
You can try rolling the version back to the factory load or updating it, or clearing its cache or data. Another 3rd party app could be conflicting with it.
Or it's a bug the manufacturer hasn't fixed yet.
It's possible the firmware got corrupted or the user partition (in which case a factory reset would resolve it).
I didn't enable Google feed on mine but lately when I unlock the front screen its blank. I sometimes have to lock/unlock 10 times in a room or go into settings and back out many times until my icons come back. :-(
you should reinitialize the phone. In my case it was caused by hard debloating
Had the same issue. Fixed it by uninstalling Google assistant.