Slow map display

[Steve Fox]

I notice that with 5.6.1 on a Nexus 7 (2012) tablet, the map displays very slowly, or sometimes not at all. So I pinch fingers to shrink the map, and sometimes a few tiles show up, then much later others show up. I was having a lot of trouble when walking, because the acceleration sensor wanted to make it vertical or horizontal, depending on how it got moved.

So finally I disabled the auto-rotation function on the Nexus 7, which helped a lot. At least the maps would stay displayed most of the time.

What is causing it to display so slowly or not at all?

Thanks,

Steve

[Anna Hentzel]

Hi Steve,

I think it might be network issues. Have you tried downloading the map before you go out? Or testing it at home while on wifi?

-Anna

[Steve Fox]

Hi Anna,

My tablet doesn't have cell phone access, so the maps were all downloaded. I had Strava going at the same time, so I wonder if that's part of it. Maybe I can't run two things at once. I'll try it again without anything else next time.

Also I could reboot it (turn off, then back on) to make sure nothing was slowing things down.

At home, it seems to work well, but I'm not moving much -- small house!

Steve

[Steve Fox]

Well, I tried it again on a walk around town, and it worked great this time! So it must not be a software problem. It's probably something wrong with my tablet.

Steve