Samsung S9 (after upgrade to e.os 2.0): MicroG and Google Maps crash, no location/gps
- /e/ version: 2.1-s-20240603406609-stable-starlte
- Device model(s): SM-G960F
- Device rooted: no
- Developer mode enabled: no
- Trackers blocker enabled: yes
Summary
Starting with update to 2.0 (and persisting with 2.1):
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MicroG crashes frequently ("MicroG has stopped working"), several times per hour
- with 2.0: the info note had to be actively clicked away
- with 2.1: the info note only flashes briefly
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Google Maps crashes, no location, sometimes account not connected:
- sometimes the app is not finishing startup (only the large rainbow coloured location image is shown before crashing), has to be repeated 2-4 time before it runs without crashing
- the app (and no other app!) can get the location
- sometimes the Google account is not connected
- when trying to share the location (with family members), the info "location sharing is not enabled on the device", upon clicking "fix", after some time it stops with " not possible".
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Google Family link sometimes crashes, sometimes no account connected.
Before 2.0, everything worked without any problem.
The problem
Steps to reproduce
See above
What is the current behavior?
See above
What is the expected correct behavior?
Before 2.0, location was always working, no crashes of MicroG or any other app.
Technical informations
Relevant logs (adb logcat)
Relevant screenshots
Solutions
Workaround
Update: The "Trackers blocker enabled: yes" question in the upper summary section got me thinking... I disabled the tracker protection in the advanced privacy dashboard and then I got for a first time a correct location on my device after upgrading to e.os 2.x. After rebooting the device and turning tracker protection on again, I am still able to get a correct location in the Google Maps app. Solved? Could that short on/off tracker protection have done the trick?
Possible fixes
Thanks for looking into this! I was so happy with my degoogled S9 but with these issues it is hardly usable. Bye, Marcus