Google.com "Acquiring location..."

[Deleted User]

When I go to google.com on the HTC browser, it used to report my location under the search box. Now, it just says "acquiring location...". I haven't change any of the location settings (still have the first two checked, gps off under location settings).

Is anyone else having problems like this?

Thanks.

 

[nck4857]

Mine just started doing this in the past few days...

 

[Deleted User]

Mine just started doing this in the past few days...

Same here. Glad it isn't just me. In the last few days Google added some features to it's desktop search, to search by location. I don't know if this is related or just a coincidence, but it seems when this feature was introduced I stopped getting the location on my phone.....

Official Google Blog: Refine your searches by location

 

[bluemark]

I'm getting the same thing: "Acquiring location".

 

[cornelious]

I'm getting the same thing: "Acquiring location".

same

 

[mslisaj]

Gentlemen, interesting to read others have this problem too. I have had my Hero for three weeks and up to the last two days it was very accurate. But now I lost the location from the Google front page. I'm stuck in the acquiring location mode. Have you figured out the fix? If so what was it? This small thing is driving me crazy and especially when it used to work so well.
Hope you can help me.
Lisa

 

[generide]

funny, Mine is working and showing the city once I click turn on

 

[Deleted User]

Gentlemen, interesting to read others have this problem too. Funny thing I book at the last post date and it was in Dec. I have had my Hero for three weeks and all up to two days who it was very accurate. But to now lost the location from the Google front page. I'm stuck in the acquiring location mode. Have you figured out the fix? If so what was it? This small thing is driving me crazy and especially when it used to work so well.
Hope you can help me.
Lisa

I haven't found a fix. I tried going to the settings link on the google.com page and turning location off, then on again. No luck. I will try and find a Google Help forum and see if someone there knows anything.....

 

[bluemark]

mslisaj: I think you are looking at the "Join Date" of the posters. The posts for "Acquiring location" are all very recent.
I too have tried turning on\off "allow use of device location" to no avail. It's driving me crazy too! Seems to be a Google problem (?) I think I'll just turn it off and check back on it in a few days

 

[mslisaj]

Thanks Bluemark, you got me!! I did that note at work today from my phone and as we know it's small and I missed that little point about the "join date" . thanks for the correction. I feel better now know there are folks "suffering" with this too. I wouldn't care if it never worked but I thought it was so cool as EVERYTHING works so well on the Hero. At any rate everyone is experience this at once so it must be a Google problem. I tried everything from turning everything off and on to rebooting the phone and it's the same. Finally I went in to Google settings and just turned off that last line of settings "use the device location equipment" or something like that. So now I don't have to keep staring at the "Acquiring Location....." message. I gather the advice is right to just check back in a few days and see if it works.......

I can live with that and thanks again for your time and response.........

Lisa

 

[bluemark]

mslisaj: I didn't mean it as a "gotcha" just wanted to point it out so you wouldn't think this has been an ongoing problem. I like that feature too. I'm hoping they straighten it out quickly.

 

[Jrocker23]

Happening on my Droid Eris as well..

 

[bluemark]

Thanks for chiming in Jrocker23. At least we know for sure now that it isn't a phone issue.

 

[madpirahna]

I would definitely like the answer to this one and am trying several things myself to fix it. I will post up if anything works.

This happened with my last phone as well with "local google" and it was a Samsung Omnia. At that time I blamed it on the phone.

 

[azmansell]

mine is also having the same problem.
i hard reset it yesterday to double check and the problem is still there.

 

[rgss06]

Mine is doing this as well. The first thing that I thought of when my phone did it, was that Google has updated this and you probably need 2.x to have it work. Probably not, I hope not anyway.

 

[bluemark]

I've tried everything I can think of. Mine is still doing it and so is my wife's (also a Hero). Very frustrating. Maybe the 2.1 update will take care of it ...........whenever it comes out.

 

[bluemark]

For those of you that turned this feature off you may want to try it again. Mine started to work today

 

[Deleted User]

For those of you that turned this feature off you may want to try it again. Mine started to work today

Thanks. I never turned mine off. I went into settings (on Google's homepage), turned it off, then went back to settings and turned it on. Working again!

 

[manny84]

This issue is driving me CRAZY. I've tried everything and nothing seems to work.

PLEASE HELP SOMEONE!!!! PLEASE!!