Strava for Android issues

[mstone]

If the little gps icon didn’t come up on your phone, that’s a phone problem rather than an app problem. Sometimes you can turn gps off and on, or just reboot the phone.

[jrenaut]

GPS icon comes up. And Google Maps finds me right away, so I think it’s a Strava issue. I’ll try rebooting the phone though.

[ShawnoftheDread]

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[jrenaut]

That didn’t help.

[DCAKen]

This might be more of a phone problem, but I’ve noticed my tracks have been looking pretty jagged. I’ve also noticed the distance isn’t corresponding as well with my odometer.

[jrenaut]

My phone is kind of old, so that may be the issue, but it’s only been happening in the last week or two.

[consularrider]

@jrenaut 66924 wrote:

My phone is kind of old, so that may be the issue, but it’s only been happening in the last week or two.

Just it’s way of telling you to upgrade.

[jrenaut]

I wish I could upgrade. This phone is a replacement for the (awesome) Galaxy S3 that I dropped and cracked the LCD. It’s a refurb phone I got from eBay because Verizon won’t give me a discounted phone until next May.

[ronwalf]

@jrenaut 66932 wrote:

This phone is a replacement for the (awesome) Galaxy S3 that I dropped and cracked the LCD.

Have you checked out repairing it yourself? I replaced the screen (not the digitizer glass) on my ancient DROID II. It took $12 in parts, $7 in tools, and an hour of fiddly and somewhat nerve wracking work. I figure it’s a 50-50 shot you screw something up, but that still makes repairing a broken phone cheaper than a $40 replacement. You’re welcome to the tools (torx drivers and pry tools) if we can arrange a transfer.

[jrenaut]

@ronwalf 66948 wrote:

Have you checked out repairing it yourself? I replaced the screen (not the digitizer glass) on my ancient DROID II. It took $12 in parts, $7 in tools, and an hour of fiddly and somewhat nerve wracking work. I figure it’s a 50-50 shot you screw something up, but that still makes repairing a broken phone cheaper than a $40 replacement. You’re welcome to the tools (torx drivers and pry tools) if we can arrange a transfer.

Hmm. That sounds tempting. Let me Google for some instructions and see how bad that would be, and how much I can get the parts for. Then maybe I’ll take you up on the loan of the tools. Thanks.

[hozn]

Yeah. My phone (HTC One X) now has a terrible time locking on to GPS in Strava (also seems to affect Maps to a lesser degree). I am not sure what update caused this, but very frustrating.

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