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Title: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on March 03, 2015, 08:03:48 PM
Since the new update the location tracking on the maps no longer display the dots and connecting lines (trace) correctly.
Is this a known issue?
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on March 05, 2015, 06:24:20 AM
Here is a screenshot showing the problem:
http://grabilla.com/05305-93f87b4e-d9af-4499-a92c-c0dc8037ab8d.png
It was working just fine, all dots were in the right place and the trace line connecting them properly, just until the last update a few days ago.
Is this a known bug? Is it being fixed?
Thanks
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: mbankes on March 05, 2015, 08:09:34 PM
Just coming to the forum to see if there was a reported issue for this . . .

I can confirm this . . . the mapping is messed up and showing up like the image posted by doclucas.

Well at least they added the direction on the call list now.
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on March 10, 2015, 08:13:05 AM
Wow, problem still exist and nobody from AVAST even bothers to respond...
This company level of support kinda reminds me Arnold's Terminator 4 fun phrase:
"Talk to the hand"
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: Eddy on March 10, 2015, 10:52:49 AM
doclucas, you are not the only one who is mentioning something.
Just have patience.
avast sure will look into this and change things.
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: OndraM on March 11, 2015, 04:40:36 PM
We are investigating this issue - it seems to be present only under specific conditions and we are trying to replicate it so we can fix it for one of our upcoming updates.
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: REDACTED on March 20, 2015, 06:33:23 PM
I'm just adding another voice to a recent problem (I assume, since last update) - when tracking, the proper locations show up on the map, but the line is not continuous; i.e., between tracking points, the connecting line goes to some point off-screen, then back to the next tracking point. The tracking log appears correct. I suppose you could say the line is continuous, but goes to some unknown location between actual tracking points, rather than from one point to the next. Hope this helps in your problem solving.
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: REDACTED on March 23, 2015, 10:44:33 PM
Looking forward to receive a fix for this. Keep up the good work team.
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on April 25, 2015, 07:35:19 PM
doclucas, you are not the only one who is mentioning something.
Just have patience.
avast sure will look into this and change things.

@Eddy, I do have patience.
The issue I reported started 2 months ago. I see there are more members posting this, I even opened up a support ticket, yet still have the same issue.
@OndraM do you mean that not all my.avast web accounts have this problem? Is it only limited to a few accounts?
As I wrote, everything was working fine until that end of Feb or beginning of March update.
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: mbankes on April 29, 2015, 03:39:46 PM
Be nice to see a fix for this problem . . . the map is just about useless now.  Last time I knew I hadn't visited the South Pole.   :((http://www.lafarge.k12.wi.us/Graphics/Avast%20map.JPG)
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on April 30, 2015, 05:03:54 AM
I just noticed something odd.
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on May 19, 2015, 06:23:06 PM
It seems that the problem is limited to specific locations.
The phone I am tracking was having showing this issue on the map while being in Thailand.
Then when flying to Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Kenya it showed the dots connecting correctly, so only while being in Thailand the problem occured.
Based on the map above (of mbankes), I see there are other locations with the same issue.
Does anybody here have any way to contact the developers and report these findings?
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: REDACTED on May 29, 2015, 12:31:13 PM
I lost 2 phones and when I try to locate I get a unable to contact message, I try to send a SMS command with no results as well. Can anyone help me find my phone
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: Asyn on May 29, 2015, 12:33:17 PM
I lost 2 phones and when I try to locate I get a unable to contact message, I try to send a SMS command with no results as well. Can anyone help me find my phone
-> https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB116#artTitle (Lost/Stolen phone)
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: NON on June 02, 2015, 01:30:14 PM
One Japanese user reported the same issue.

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=171821.0
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: Petria on December 11, 2015, 08:42:06 PM
I'll add my concerns to the growing list. I have been having this same problem since an update within the last year, on ALL my devices (two PCs, two phones, and several tablets .... actually, ANY device I log in on, and no matter what browser). The photo that was posted reflects my results, too. Normally vertical lines going off screen, but, sometimes, horizontal lines.  Before that - this was not a problem.
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: REDACTED on January 19, 2016, 05:43:35 AM
Still No Fix until now, very irritating..

No more premium subscription for me.. time to move on!
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: Eddy on January 19, 2016, 08:16:24 AM
Sonny,

if you mean no more premium for AMS, you are correct.
There is no premium anymore, it has become freeware. ;)
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: miraDi on January 19, 2016, 01:39:19 PM
Hi guys,

 we finally find solution for this problem.
The fix should be released during this week.

miraDi
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: miraDi on January 25, 2016, 03:29:03 PM
Hello again,

 sorry for the delay, but the fix is finally ready for you.
There is no action needed on your side. You can just check if tracking points are now connected properly.

Sincerely,

miraDi
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on February 01, 2016, 09:29:06 AM
The point are now connected, but there are worse bugs now.
1) It's impossible to select "today" from the date-picker or a date range of my choice, the map always display several days tracking. Basically, the date picker is completely unusable now.
2) Many times when selecting "today" from the date picker, the points disappear (the connecting lines still show)
3) When the points still show, if selecting "today" and zooming out with the mouse, the tracking points on the map are staying in the same window position, but not in the correct position on the map

The last update made using the map almost useless :(
Please fix it.

P.S. to clarify point 3
Before zoom out: http://grabilla.com/06201-c49ab8fb-5702-4d7a-a94e-0eee58543455.png
After zoom out: http://grabilla.com/06201-13700c4f-3ef7-4a9e-8821-c1c8e097f66b.png
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: miraDi on February 09, 2016, 11:30:31 AM
Hello doclucas,

Thanks for your findings again.
I was able to reproduce all this problems easily.
We are working on a fix.

Regards,

miraDi
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on February 20, 2016, 03:34:46 PM
@miraDi
Thank you for your response.
Are there any new regarding this fix? Do you know when it will be applied?

Thanks again
Title: Re: Mobile location tracking on the map is not showing up properly
Post by: doclucas on March 24, 2016, 09:43:38 AM
This issue has been reported almost 2 months ago.
The previous issue took 1 year to get your developers attention and then when they tried to fix it, they made it worse with this version 5.7 and now it's in that worse condition for almost 2 months.
When are you planning to fix this?
Your mapping system worked perfectly fine until your update sometimes at the end of 2014. Since then it goes downhill. :(
Why don't you just roll back the changes you made in since 2014? I believe the last good working version was 5.3