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S23 Ultra problems with Google Maps
Recently got my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra from T-Mobile and all is well EXCEPT for one odd item: Google Maps shows me as “not connected” but others that I approved can see me and other apps that use ...
RESUELTO - I redid the sequence but this time I rebooted once after removing the update then a second time after installing the update. Now Google Maps is working properly. It must have been some corruption during the port-over from the S21 to this S23 and I assume that after several tries, whatever was broken was fixed by the update. Could be that the double reboots helped :-)
Thanks “Syaoran” and “tidbits” for jumping in and helping
magenta2698891 wrote:syaoran wrote:A factory reset should not be necessary unless you think you have installed some sort of rogue app that is messing with it. With new devices, these small issues can arise and are usually fixed with the next app update.
One thing to note. Did you update the app fro. the ay Store or the Galaxy Store? I have noticed that app versions seem to differ between the two stores. If you try uninstall ing the updates and then updating it through the Galaxy Store, does that resolve the issue? If.not, using ADB to uninstall Google Maps and install it directly from the Galaxy Store might be worth trying before a factory reset.
Sayoran - I agree and as this issue is only a minor inconvenience, I'll wait for the next T-Mo/Samsung update and see if it took care of this. I have not read about anyone else having this issue, but then again, it's a very new phone.
The Updates were from both the Google Store and the Galaxy Store, as it was the case for my previous "S21 Ultra 5G". However, as I never saw any Google Maps update from the Galaxy store.
As for using ADB to uninstall Google Maps, that will be one of my options after the next T-Mobile/Samsung FW update. If the problem still exists, then I will look at the FR and ADB options.
One question though: You recommend updating from the Galaxy Store. Why? Shouldn't the updates come from the Google Play store? I always wondered if there was a risk of updating from both places as this seems to be SOP for the S21 Ultra 5G and for the S23 Ultra.
There have been a few issues reported on XDA where so.e have updated apps from the PlayStore and had issues but reinstalling the app through the Galaxy Store resolved that for them. Noteabily, the same apps had different app versions in the Galaxy Store compared to the Play Store. Google Messages was one that stood out specifically as I am using that over Samsung's Messages app currently.
