Galaxy S6 :: Very Slow Finding Numbers And Poor GPS Using Maps?
Sep 30, 2015
I have had my s6 for about a month now and so far so good however i do have a few issues. when i want to dial a number and i press the numbers ( i order to find name of person im ringing) it takes a while for the names to appear whereas my s3 was much more responsive. if i pressed 6 instantly all the names begining with m n o would pop up.
also on two occasions i tried using google maps. on my s3 it would give me 3 alternative routes but s6 only giving me one. it also keeps losing gps signal and the map is very out of sync it would show me on the wrong road.
I bought an Xperia Ray last Saturday because my HTC Salsa was struggling to connect and stay connected to my home wifi and also had internal memory problems (not enough internal memory)..Now I'm having different wifi problems with the Ray.It connects but the connection is very slow although nothing else is accessing the wifi and when my husband connects with his Samsung Galaxy it is fine and very fast. Every time the screen light goes out (set to every 10 mins at the moment) it seems to drop the wifi connection and when I "wake " it again it has just the mobile connection but starts to connect again straight away, unfortunately this is not fast.
If i try and find a direction to say a friends house, Via the address in my contacts the search result either shows nothing at all OR another address with a totally different post code in a different location!
The only way i can get directions is if i type in the name of town on it's own.And it doesn't always find that! In the search facility.It gives an example:10 downing st london uk. And it finds and gives directions fine! But if i for example type in 'buckingham palace london uk' nothing!!
Am i expecting too much? or should i get directions to an address as long as i supply house no,street name, town and postcode! Surely this is how gps is supposed to work.
this was one of the main reasons i bought my BB phone (apart from UMA which i am also struggling with.) Phone is a curve 8900 btw. And i am on Orange.
I enter a contact's address diligently into each entry field but when I browse that contact later, the whole address is cramped into one field: Address 1 leaving the rest of the entry fields blank. When I do a Find Location (for getting directions) on BB MAPS and enter that contact name, I get errors like 'location not found' or something about the my "search request contains an unsupported character".
When I re-arrange that contact's address back into each entry field, save it then use BB maps to find that location, it works perfectly and gives me proper directions. So I suspect it has something to do with the address being grouped into Address 1. Then later, when I edit that same contact (to add a Note), I noticed that the whole address is cramped into Address 1 again!!
I'm base in Sydney Australia and have just received a msg from Nokia that I can update my firmware for my N900.(firmware version 10.2010.19.)The problem is that I receive a message that I could not update because of: poor-quality ,slow or intermittent internet connection. This could also be because of problems with our servers. Is it that NSU does not support N900 and if so why would Nokia sell a phone and not provide software to update the phone with.
Are you experiencing a slow GPS fix on your E72 using ovi maps? Frustrated that the problem persist without any solutions? Your phone plan doesn't allow the use of 3G or any equivalent service? Worry no more people. I have a solution!
1) Go to Menu > Control panel > Settings > General > Positioning > Positioning method 2) Once you'r in Positioning Methods, disable ALL positioning methods including integrated GPS. 3) Count to 10, and enable the relevant positioning methods. I usually enable Integrated GPS, Wi-Fi/Network and Network Based. There is no need to use A-GPS for this. 4) Go to Ovi Maps and drive/walk/fly. It should get a fix within 1 minute or so.......
When I go to http://maps.ovi.com/ on my PC there is always a long wait (typically 5 minutes) while it downloads data before I can use the site or even login.What is it downloading and why? I live in Huddersfield so why does it finally change from the unwanted world map to an unwanted map of Birmingham? Am I doing something wrong (I do, of course, regularly clear out my temp files)
Well I have purchased n82 a month ago now my mobile is acting very slow, if I use nokia maps and exit from it, my phone hang after it I have to turn off then turn on the phone to access the options. Second problem is GPS satellite finding no connection to the satellites even for a second. I installed Garmin Mobile Xt 5.00.80 when I'm going to run the Garmin the logo shows then it turn back to menu nothing is happened.
This phone has been incredibly slow when using OVI maps or just at random times there will be no response from any buttons. I just had a "lock up" event and the flash bulb turned on by itself and stayed on until I removed the battery. Very slow to get to camera mode as well, sometimes up to ONE MINUTE before it starts up.
I'm on my Samsung galaxy s5 and I'm trying the find the previous pin I used. I need it to get into my old s3. I changed my pin about four months back for my s5 and now I cant remember the one I used to always use. I have the pin I'm currently using on my s5 so I'm not locked out of my new phone. Is there anyway to see the last pin I used?
I have a C6-01 and I noticed that when Nokia Maps 3.09 is online, route calculating is irritating slow. Why is that? I cannot think of any reason for that, since Nokia Maps is set to ignore traffic infoI also have Garmin Mobile XT on my phone, and as Nokia Maps 3.09, it only has the map data for the South Brazil region. Both maps have similar size. If Nokia Maps is set to go online, it is way slower on route calculation than Garmin Mobile XT is. don't understand why Nokia Maps 3.09, being a state of art nav system, developed specifically for Nokia Belle, is so beaten by the humble Garmin Mobile XT, which is an outdated system, developed for Linux in the first place !lso, I learned from my experience with Nokia Maps 3.09 that route calculating time is dependent on the amount of maps loaded on the phone. The less maps loaded, the faster is route calculating.
I've had my Galaxy S5 since it came out and haven't had any issues with it yet. All of a sudden this evening I noticed that when I got to the lockscreen that the GPS icon appeared in my notification bar. When I dragged down the bar it said "finding location" which was unclearable from the notification list. After unlocking the screen, sometimes the GPS icon will go away, and other times it just stays there.
Why it'd randomly start doing this now and never happened before? Any way I can get it to avoid doing that without turning my GPS off? I'm just concerned about it draining my battery life, but don't want to lose the benefits of GPS staying on.
I was reading a Google now card. I got distracted, and left the smartphone temporarily. When I went back to continue reading the file, the article was gone. Is there a way to recover that lost article.?
As you can see in the screenshot only the 7 digit numbers are the one who gets an hyperlink, is there anyway to fix this in the settings? I flashed G920FXXU1AOD5_G920FOLB1AOD5_XTC 5.0.2 coming from an 5.0.2 of the country Mauritius (based on samsung phone info app) still doesn't get fixed I think flashing different roms will not fix it ...
I am running a stock rom on my GS6 and since yesterday, when I had to call someone I noticed that I have duplicate phone numbers for each contact, but only when I type a contact's name using the T9 function of dialer. If I go to contacts, everything is fine.
I noticed that the issue is solved after uninstalling whatsapp. When I reinstalled whatsapp from the play store, it installed version 2.12.176, but I instantly got the update for 2.12.242 which was the version I had before. The issue came back after 30 minutes of use..
My bank will send me information in response to a code word texted to a 6 digit number (Common Short Code, I think it's called?). How do I put that 6 digit number in the contact manager? Do I need a different contact manager?
My Galaxy S5 is no longer showing numbers on the lock screen. It just shows little rectangles and I'm not able to unlock the phone. I've rebooted the phone, but the lock screen still doesn't show numbers.
I am running a stock rom on my GS6 and since yesterday, when I had to call someone I noticed that I have duplicate phone numbers for each contact, but only when I type a contact's name using the T9 function of dialer. If I go to contacts, everything is fine.
I noticed that the issue is solved after uninstalling whatsapp. When I reinstalled whatsapp from the play store, it installed version 2.12.176, but I instantly got the update for 2.12.242 which was the version I had before. The issue came back after 30 minutes of use...
I recently found out that I could "port foward" my xbox and did just that. I have know changed my Galaxy s5's ip address. I was wondering if there are any port numbers to forward on my phone?
I have a Galaxy S5 and when I want to put my passcode in the numbers do not show up they are just shown as blocks, also the pull down text where you look at your recent emails, voice mails shows as blocks not text, phone is fine on all the other pages, text shows perfect.
My contact list seems to have automatically imported all of my email contacts from all 4 of my email accounts into my contact list.This makes it really cluttered, andc I'm not sure I really want any emails in there at all, let alone all my ones from 12 years ago.
I'm probably old fashioned, but there are stuff I just prefer doing from my PC, rather than from my mobile.I read that Samsung Kies no longer works with the S6 (Replaced by Smart Switch), but i'm wondering if there's a 3rd party software that lets me control my S6 from a Desktop PC ? The feature i'm basically looking for is Sending SMS to multiple contacts/numbers.
So ive been with the Galaxy since the S3, and each one ends up becoming the same. They are great when i first get them, then within the first 2 months, they pretty much turn into crap. The UI isnt smooth, things take a while to open, apps dont transition to another smoothly, opening texts,, going back and forth between texts and apps arent the best and i constantly get problems to the point i need to do a warranty exchange with tmobile.
Even with a rooted phone i experience the same. Whenever i test out my friends iphone, everything seems to be super quick and fluid, just not customizable and limited to what you can do..What can i do to improve my phone or this is just how these galaxies are?
I am facing a bit of an irritating problem on my samsung galaxy s6. When I go to phone -> 1-9 keyboard and use it for the letters (2=a,b,c; 3=d,e,f, etc.), I can easily find the number I need. The problem is that for most of my contacts, when I click them, a second window pops up, asking me exactly which number for this contact I'd like to dial. Now.... I don't have a second number for any of my contacts.
When I go and check them in the contacts menu, they only show one mobile number per contact. When the window thingy pops up, it always shows multiple options of the same exact number, or maybe the same number with some spacings added / removed between the digits. In the following link you can find a screenshot that I took, where I have a choice between three same numbers: [URL] ....
I am 99% sure that the problem is because of google contacts, viber, whatsapp, etc., but do not know how to fix it without removing the contact from the app.
I have a non-rooted, Galaxy S5 on AT&T which forwards any phone number not in my contacts to voicemail after one short ring sound. I have Android lollipop version 5.0 but this problems has been happening for months even under Kit Kat version 4.4.4 and 4.4.2.
I checked call rejection, interruptions, blocking, and cannot find the root cause or remediation. I am also using tasker but I cannot find anything enabled there either. AT&T insists they are not doing anything on their end.
