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phonegap geolocation, Code 3 - timeout expired keeps popping up on some Android Devices

I am using the PhoneGap API for geolocation. I have set the enableHighAccuracy Option to "true". Code 3, time out expired option keeps popping up, but only on some android devices and more than once while using the application.

Please help me... Why is this so that it fails only on some android devices. If I set the accuracy to false, how much difference will I get in retrieving the coordinates...

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user1989040 Avatar asked Apr 28 '13 12:04

user1989040


3 Answers

Managed to resolve my issue with the code below:

var options = {maximumAge: 0, timeout: 10000, enableHighAccuracy:true};
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(onSuccess, onError, options);

It seems that samsung galaxy phones do not like to cache the gps location.

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George Artemiou Avatar answered Nov 17 '22 03:11

George Artemiou


Ok, here how to fix the issue:

  1. Add a timeout and set enableHighAccuracy:

    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(onSuccess, onError, {timeout: 10000, enableHighAccuracy: true});
    

    In certain emulators you need to set enableHighAccuracy to false, so try that if still doesn't work.

  2. In Android, the emulator don’t read GPS values, so we need to send them via command line. We need to start a telnet session in the port that the emulator is running (you can check the port in the emulator window title, the number at the beginning, in my case 5554):

    telnet localhost 5554
    

And then run the command

    geo fix -122.4 37.78

If you close the app you need to re-send the geolocation, so if it doesn’t work, just run the geo fix command just after opening the app, before the timeout event fires.

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Jesús Carrera Avatar answered Nov 17 '22 03:11

Jesús Carrera


I've faced the same error on Samsung Galaxy Note II (Android 4.1.1). For some reason, when 'Use wireless networks' under the Location settings is on it works, but if it's off it gets the code 3 error. It didn't happen on Nexus 7 (4.2.2).

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Nobu Avatar answered Nov 17 '22 03:11

Nobu