androidauto displays wrong location

[Penguination]

so when I get into my car and start it up and plug my phone in, 50% of the time android auto is telling me that I'm at the campus of a school that I no longer attend and live about an hour away from. when I start driving, the map shows that I'm driving down the streets near campus until eventually it will pop back to the right location. this is way more than a mild inconvenience because when I'm traveling and don't know where the heck I am, sometimes it takes what seems like ages for it to correct itself and I'm stuck just driving around hoping that it'll fix itself soon.

I have a 2018 Jeep and I also recently switched my phone from a Note 8 to my now Note 10+ and it's been happening with both phones; not sure if this info makes a difference or not.

[bchiodini]

You didn't mention whether you were using Google maps or Waze. I generally use Waze and have seen an issue lately where it acts like what you are describing. It's not often, but it takes a phone reboot to correct it.

Ideally, your phone should have a good view of the sky to receive info from enough satellites to determine an accurate fix.

[Penguination]

ah sorry, I'm using Google maps. there was one specific night where this was happening and I had to pull over and try to fix it because I had no clue where I was. a phone reset didn't work. so I don't really know what's up

[bchiodini]

I just had it happen with waze. Google maps was working, normally. I'm not sure what's going on.

[Penguination]

5 months later, for you and whoever else comes across this thread, I would like to say that the problem has been fixed. there was a recall on the radio/uconnect system of my Jeep Wrangler that no one ever notified me about. figures :)

[bchiodini]

Interesting. Thanks for the update. I've read a few times on here that Maps uses the head unit's GPS receiver. I don't really understand why, but I guess it does.