Mar 20, 2020

Google Maps not working in Xiaomi mobile phones?

Hi guys! It seems that Google Map is not working anymore after some updates on my Xiaomi MI SE 8 (MIUI 11.0.2). There is not blue dot. I've tried all the usual tips (clearing cache etc.) but no success.

On the other hand, GPS is working properly in the Chinse app "Baidu Maps".

Any clues on how to solve it?

Thanks in advance.

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Location (blue dot, sharing, Timeline),Android

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cfanatic

Diamond Product Expert

Mar 21, 2020

hello andrés,

welcome to the google maps community forum!

have you checked location permission for the google maps app?

Choose which apps use your Android phone’s location

Alga

May 26, 2020

Got the same issue with Google maps since the last miui update. Can get it to work if I turn off GPS and then click the current location in maps so it asks for permission to turn it om again, though I have to repeat the process if I minimize the app. Can not get it to work at all with Ingress or Pokémon Go though. Same with sending current location through for example Facebook messenger. Permissions are all set right. Phone is running stock miui China rom, but has never been an issue before.

Last edited May 26, 2020

cfanatic

Diamond Product Expert

May 27, 2020

hi all, i would suggest double checking location permission for google play store and google play services - should be set to always.

QRtiger

May 27, 2020

Yes google play store, google services and google maps all have always permission to access location. still google maps the location dot goes grey. it only can find my current location once I open the app again.after it stops working.

cfanatic

Diamond Product Expert

May 27, 2020

hello qrtiger,

you are saying google maps shows your location for about a minute? so you are able to use google maps with the blue dot for about a minute, then it goes grey? once you close google maps, then re-open, it works for another minute, and goes grey again?

could you please let us know:

- device make and model?

- android operating system version?

- google maps version?

Fania Kal

May 27, 2020

cfanatic, thanks for trying to help. This is not a permission settings issue - for all of us, GPS worked just fine before the MIUI 11 update. The issue is the same, the GPS apps do not work with 3d party apps.

I have Xiaomi Mi 6X with Android 9. Maps version is the latest.

QRtiger

May 27, 2020

yes that is what exactly happens, even on wifi this happens. although waze works perfectly.

Xiaomi 8 SE, bought in China, latest version MIU 11.0.2

android 10

Google maps latest version 10.41.2, tried a few earlier versions, same problem

I have done most of it like A-GPS to google, but this doesn't seem to be the reason. gave permission to maps, services and google play to always for location.

It must be related to something else.

cfanatic

Diamond Product Expert

May 27, 2020

the original poster andrés, had the same symptoms. it was working fine before the update of miui, after the update, baidu maps was working fine, but not google maps. his problem was resolved by adjusting various operating system settings.

i do not believe this is a google maps-specific problem, from what i understand most/all of you to be reporting, for the moment. there must be something at the operating system level that is causing the problem - that is why the problem only started after the update of the operating system / miui.

some settings must have changed with the update.

it is difficult for me to figure out because i do not have enough information about what each of you are experiencing, and i do not have a miui phone.

explosivealan Li

May 27, 2020

i dont know why the thread i answered will get merged here, anyway...

go to setting -> application setting-> authorization management -> application right management-> find google play service and give it the right to use gps with no restriction.

The cause as far as i can tell is google map ask for gps once when the app start, then use google play service to track gps data, and everytime you update miui, it overwrite some settings include google play service's access right

edit....

oic... it is this exact thread, but the UI changed so much i can't recognize at all......

I fixed this problem many times across multiple xiaomi device. usually can be solved by giving unlimited right to certain related google service (NOT the app that you want to use/fix) . usually need to do it again everytime miui update....

Last edited May 27, 2020

cfanatic

Diamond Product Expert

May 27, 2020