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    • David Rudgley
      David Rudgley last edited by David Rudgley

      Hi, I start a route track on my Android App and let it run in the background while using TomTom Go App. On Route I check that the route tracking is working and all seems fine. After a brief stop at my destination I return home. The round trip was around 125 miles. When I get home I check on the Tracker and it shows an A to B straight line route from home to the destination. This has happened twice. I have tested on shorter routes and it works fine. At what point does it abandon the route detail and revert to A-B straight line
      What I did
      GoogleMapsTimeline.PNG

      What the Tracker recorded
      Trackloga-b.PNG

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      • Nick Carthew
        Nick Carthew RouteXperts @David Rudgley last edited by

        @David-Rudgley I suspect that your phone can't handle two apps running gps at the same time.

        Always willing to help if I can.

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        • Drabslab
          Drabslab @David Rudgley last edited by

          @David-Rudgley I expect that the TomTom Go Appis monopolising the GPS in your android device but this seems like a question for a TomTom forum.

          It is not difficult, it is easy, it's a hobby

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          • Hans van de Ven MRA-Master
            Hans van de Ven MRA-Master Instructor RouteXperts last edited by

            @David-Rudgley Did you start the tracking in the MRA Mobile App? Did you see that "tracking" was on?
            Because if you create a new tracklog, without starting it, and then finish the tracklog, you get a straight line. The same happens if you push "pauze" and forget to start again.

            Een dag niet gelachen is een dag niet geleefd / A day without laughter is a day wasted
            Een route is net zo goed als deze uitgezet is. / A route is only as good as it has been plotted.

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            • David Rudgley
              David Rudgley @Hans van de Ven MRA-Master last edited by

              @Hans-van-de-Ven-MRA-Master I checked the tracker once on the out leg and it appeared to be recording the route fine. It wasn't until I completed the trip and I finished the track when it showed the straight line A to B track

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              • Hans van de Ven MRA-Master
                Hans van de Ven MRA-Master Instructor RouteXperts @David Rudgley last edited by

                @David-Rudgley

                Try both app seperate to check if it works then

                Een dag niet gelachen is een dag niet geleefd / A day without laughter is a day wasted
                Een route is net zo goed als deze uitgezet is. / A route is only as good as it has been plotted.

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                • Simon Cheneler
                  Simon Cheneler last edited by

                  This has just started to happen on mine using android phone and it was working ok. I search and follow route on navigation and record route but at the end it's now just a straight line or it can just stop recording at anytime and the route is all over the place not even the roads i was on and there is nothing wrong with my phone and google maps, waze tomtom are all ok. uninstalled, re installed still the same.

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