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Help HTC GPS Widget restarting Sense?

i just added the widget and tapped it and sense restarted.

i dont see of any way to get around it.

may i ask.. why not pull down the drop down tray go to quick settings and un-check GPS there?
That's what I've been doing now and it's easy to do. I just liked having the button on my "settings" home screen I setup because I'm a nerd hehehe :p
 
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more info...

when you tick it to turn on GPS, does it give you an error? does it just freeze? does it do anything?

did you remove the widget and re add it?

how about a soft reset from the shutdown screen?

2 minute battery pull?

are you rooted?

I have the same problem, ive tried all the above and I am not rooted. it freezes then force closes sense every time.
 
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I have the same problem, ive tried all the above and I am not rooted. it freezes then force closes sense every time.

Hey guys and gals its been a while! I've turned into kind of a lurker but I'm here none the less :p Just been busy with life :( but I still love this forum!

Any who, I have this same problem. Sense restarts every time. When I go into Settings>Location and turn GPS on it works fine....Any ideas?
 
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more info...

when you tick it to turn on GPS, does it give you an error? does it just freeze? does it do anything?

did you remove the widget and re add it?

how about a soft reset from the shutdown screen?

2 minute battery pull?

are you rooted?

It freezes

I have removed it and added it back to no avail

Soft reset Doesn't fix it

I have not done a battery pull and will try it now :D


EDIT: A battery pull did not fix it :-(
 
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thanks all for the followup.

merged here as this has been reported.

@evomax, figured it was doing what @ArmageddonX was experiencing also.

seems to be an issue with one of the updates. perhaps a ticket to HTC is in order.

i keep GPS on all the time so i dont see this. there is also another way to disable/enable GPS using the drawer dropdown.
 
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thanks all for the followup.

merged here as this has been reported.

@evomax, figured it was doing what @ArmageddonX was experiencing also.

seems to be an issue with one of the updates. perhaps a ticket to HTC is in order.

i keep GPS on all the time so i dont see this. there is also another way to disable/enable GPS using the drawer dropdown.

drawer dropdown...brilliant! Much faster than going into settings. I forgot about that ability. Thanks! I did send the error to HTC as well...


EDIT: drawer dropdown works
 
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my mobile network toggle didnt work and gps would cause it to reboot. i uninstalled sprint corp 4g as suggested in another forum and everything is back to normal. that seemed to fix all the problems

Yes!
Uninstalled the Sprint Corp 4G from applications and GPS widget no longer crashes Sense!

If you reboot it will come back, read it on another forum.

After the uninstall, Sense reloaded and the widget was functional.
Did a battery pull and GPS widget is still working, SC4G is still gone from applications, but the widget is still available.
 
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