Re: [APP] - version 4.32.+ ( 12/2025 )

[slarti76]

Serious problem with recording:

I did some longer tours this weekend, and everytime after a longer break (>5min, I think), Lotus was not recording anymore. Recording mode itself was still on, I didn't pause the recording. I could recover by turning GPS off and on again, which is of course annoying with gloves in the snow.
I first thought I had some setting wrong, but all of these were off:

• Auto-pause
• Record only when moving
• Record when GPS is off
• Notify of (pausend/pending) recording

Dunno in which version that started, I noticed some problems already end of last year, but didn't go on tour for a while, only used Locus for navigation, and it doesn't happen when screen stays on.

However, I can say with conviction it's not a hardware problem: I recently recorded skiing holidays with two different special skiing apps, and both had no problems, screen off, in my pocket, even with 1hr+ lunch breaks.

Anyone have similar experience?

If you also have Android 16, then it's a Samsung problem.
https://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=9452.0

Thank you, but as I already mentioned in the original post: Multiple other apps with recording functionality have absolutely no problem picking up recording after breaks of even more than an hour. Without fail. While yes, I have S24+ with Android 16, it still must be on Locus side (of course, could be an interaction with specifics of A16, but it's definitely not a Samsung HW bug).

[jonny.blue]

I'd cautiously agree with that. At the very beginning, when I had the S24, all GPS systems like Google Maps, GPS Status, and Locus Map had these problems. However, I no longer have any issues with navigation on the S24 using Google Maps. There may have been a problem with GPS usage some time ago, but Google Maps seems to have resolved it now.

[Tapio]

Menion, I noticed a side-effect regarding the track-display of geotagged photos.

If I made manual extensions to tracks in the past, e. g. because a part was missing, geotagged photos do not show up.

Either it does not like the internal additional track segment or it gets confused because the track has 1970-01-01... timestamps in trackpoints. So what I did to resolve this was: gpx export, merge track segments, replace 1970 dates with surrounding ones, then gpx import.

[Tapio]

Track display of geotagged photos. great feature, did I say that already? 😁 👍

Maybe it's a good idea to include it as a display option for tracks and folders (like the track coloring, thickness etc.)

Reason: I also store tracks of other people. Locus ofc shows my photos also there.