brymbo76
Established Member
Hello.
I just bought a Nokia 1+ phone and I've been having problems trying to use the phone as a GPS Sat Nav for walking/hiking and driving purposes.
My last phone was a Huawei Y5 and I was able to use Google Maps in default mode fine with just a GPS signal.
My Nokia 1+ has Google Maps Go built in and you need to be connected to the internet via a mobile data connection or Wi-Fi signal which defeats the purpose of having a phone with GPS built in.
I downloaded the normal Google Maps app and was able to use it on one occasion while I was out walking but the next few times it stopped working and don't know what happened to it to make me unable to use it again.
I went to the Google Apps store and found one called Komoot.
This has worked a few times but also failed a couple of times too even when I had open sky above me so I don't know if it's not finding the satellites or if there's a fault on the app but it's not finding my location. Sometimes it will show I am somewhere where I definitely know I'm not and sometimes (like Google Maps) my location is a grey dot, not a blue dot and is unable to determine my location.
From what I have wrote, does anyone know if I could have a (GPS) fault on my new phone? (Bought from EE shop on PAYG), if so, what should I do?
Or could there be a fault on the App?
Or could there be some setting I need to change so that the app is only interested in the GPS signal and not mobile data or Wi-Fi signal?
Has anyone tried Komoot?
And would anyone recommend another app that is more reliable and more detailed specifically for walkers/hikers?
And what about as a car Sat Nav? Which app would you recommend for car use?
Hope to hear some suggestions soon.
Thanks.
I just bought a Nokia 1+ phone and I've been having problems trying to use the phone as a GPS Sat Nav for walking/hiking and driving purposes.
My last phone was a Huawei Y5 and I was able to use Google Maps in default mode fine with just a GPS signal.
My Nokia 1+ has Google Maps Go built in and you need to be connected to the internet via a mobile data connection or Wi-Fi signal which defeats the purpose of having a phone with GPS built in.
I downloaded the normal Google Maps app and was able to use it on one occasion while I was out walking but the next few times it stopped working and don't know what happened to it to make me unable to use it again.
I went to the Google Apps store and found one called Komoot.
This has worked a few times but also failed a couple of times too even when I had open sky above me so I don't know if it's not finding the satellites or if there's a fault on the app but it's not finding my location. Sometimes it will show I am somewhere where I definitely know I'm not and sometimes (like Google Maps) my location is a grey dot, not a blue dot and is unable to determine my location.
From what I have wrote, does anyone know if I could have a (GPS) fault on my new phone? (Bought from EE shop on PAYG), if so, what should I do?
Or could there be a fault on the App?
Or could there be some setting I need to change so that the app is only interested in the GPS signal and not mobile data or Wi-Fi signal?
Has anyone tried Komoot?
And would anyone recommend another app that is more reliable and more detailed specifically for walkers/hikers?
And what about as a car Sat Nav? Which app would you recommend for car use?
Hope to hear some suggestions soon.
Thanks.