Issue 1171 in mytracks: Very often does not record track

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New issue 1171 by oku...@gmail.com: Very often does not record track
http://code.google.com/p/mytracks/issues/detail?id=1171

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start MyTracks
2. Press record button
3. run

What is the expected output?
I expect it to record a track.

What do you see instead?
Instead nothing is recorded. Stats show (for example) total time: 00:02,
min elevation same as max elevation, all other values are 0.

I did turn on GPS before recording.

This happens pretty often, about 50% of times. This did not happen with
previous versions. MyTracks is generally unstable on my phone though, and
crashes frequently.

What version of MyTracks are you using?
2.0.2
On what version of Android?
2.2.1
On what phone?
LG Optimus V


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Comment #1 on issue 1171 by js...@google.com: Very often does not record
track
http://code.google.com/p/mytracks/issues/detail?id=1171

Some questions:

In the map view, do you see the orange warning message? Does it say waiting
for GPS or waiting for a better signal?

In your system notification bar, the bar above the application title, is
there a gps icon when you press the record button in My Tracks? Does the
icon say gps is available or searching for gps?

[mytr...@googlecode.com]

Comment #2 on issue 1171 by oku...@gmail.com: Very often does not record
track
http://code.google.com/p/mytracks/issues/detail?id=1171

I am not sure if the orange warning message is always there when this
happens. I am currently in a building and have bad GPS reception, so I
tested this again:
- start GPS (in MyTracks)
- wait until the GPS symbol in the status bar is not blinking any more
- press record button

I see the orange message after a while. So it's entirely possible that the
message was popping up when I already stuffed the phone back in my pocket.
I don't look at it all the time, otherwise I might face plant when running.
However, when I use it for tracking, I am outside, and usually with good
GPS reception.

In the system notification bar, under 'Ongoing'/'My Tracks', I
see 'Recording your track'.

I can test this again when I am outside.

[mytr...@googlecode.com]

Comment #3 on issue 1171 by oku...@gmail.com: Very often does not record
track
http://code.google.com/p/mytracks/issues/detail?id=1171

So I tested this outside.

It's very hard to test, because it crashes frequently, and I don't know
whether that is related. Also, the issue does not always look the same.

So once, when I started recording, I did not see the orange message. I
looked at the 'Stats' page while walking, and although it displayed my
speed, the distance remained the same. I recorded for 1:42 minutes while
walking, the distance stayed at 0. Min elevation is the same as max
elevation (164.04), and although the trail was about level, I would expect
some noise.

Another time I pressed the record button, and the application seemed to
have crashed (the dialog to send a report popped up), but it was recording
a track anyway, including voice announcements (which surprised me, because
actually I had given up). But that doesn't always work that way, and it
records nothing at all, not even the time. The date then is often set to
12/31/1969 3pm.