Recent content by Mark Butler

Logged in here just to thank all of you for explaining that you are indeed seeing the same thing! So thank you! "Ok Google" disappears on its own...

Update; it appears for now that I've found a solution. I tried a few media players without any luck. Then I tried Winamp and it seems to work fine. So for now, Winamp solves the GPS issue.

I'm brand new to the Android world. Are you saying that the issue lies with 2.3.5? That perhaps another build would solve the issue? You seem to be well versed in this, what would you do? Using GPS tracking is important to me for working out and obviously listening to music or a podcast...

Not custom. Android 2.3.5 for Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 all stock. I have found several other's complaining about the same exact problem but with different hardware and different versions of Android...

I have found a few threads that touch on this problem but no one offers anything in way of a solution. I am using Android 2.3.5 on a Samsung Galaxy WiFi 5.0 , it doesn't have a cell radio at all, just WiFi. When I am listening to music stored on the player the GPS signal drops completely out...

This particular one is different from my issue. My GPS drops are with headphones.

This sounds exactly like my problem. Radio works fine with GPS, any music playing from the player and GPS dies. Android 2.3.5, Samsung Galaxy WiFi 5.0

I have the same problem with GPS but with Android 2.3.5 on a Samsung Galaxy WiFi 5.0, it has no cellular radio at all but when I use the music player the GPS drops out. When I listen to the FM radio though the GPS is fine. This is with headphones. I'm going to read through this thread and...