Recent content by DroidEric

Time for an update. I got things figured out. :) I got it to work. I just had forgotten what I had done 6-7 years ago. I had forgotten that I had turned on my cell tower reception! Normally my phone is in airplane mode. I rarely make calls. So the 'secret' to getting it to work again was to...

Well I spoke too soon. :( That was yesterday, today things changed. I started off by going for a short drive, just with GPS turned on and Wifi for good measure (even though I had no wifi signal). Waze wasn't working. Then I returned home, turned on my Wifi and started up Waze. Waze woke up. I...

Thanks for your replies. I found out the problem (was lucky). There is a Google setting for high GPS sensitivity that needs to be enabled. Go figure! But here's a crazy thing. If I just enabled GPS it wouldn't work. I needed Wifi enabled too. BUT... I had no Wifi connection! Go figure!

A few years ago I was able to get Waze to work on my cellphone. I could take it in my car and get a map to come up with the regular GPS directions/routes etc. This was without using a data plan. My phone was in airplane mode. And I had no Wifi connection. I just turned on Location/GPS and I...

Thanks for the welcome. I have a Lava Pixel 2 (no relation at all with Google Pixel phones). I actually bought a second one shortly after the first because I knew I had bought a winner.

I'd like to know if batteries can be interchanged between phones? I ask because my phone is 6-7 years old and I can't get a new battery for it now. I don't want to throw my phone out because it's a great phone. Any solutions for this dilemma...