Strava issues?

[a1pathfinder67]

Anyone have trouble with Strava. I always lose GPS and tried ALL of the troubleshooting advice online. Would love to record and post. Thoughts on trouble shooting and is there a better app?

 

[Supermoto]

It is probably a phone issue? Does it have problems with any other gps tracking apps? Where do you keep your phone when riding?

 

[moray42]

More likely a cellular issue I would expect. Using a gps unit and uploading the gpx would be the more expensive fix. Not sure there are alternatives to having poor cellular signal.

 

[moray42]

Addition, I am guessing this is the Forked River/Pine Barrens area.

 

[Supermoto]

Your phone will track gps without any cell services

 

[a1pathfinder67]

Interesting. Yeah I thought it would too. and yes FR Pines

 

[gtluke]

Is it a Samsung with battery saver turned on? Or any kind of battery savings app?

 

[a1pathfinder67]

no. iphone 6. no battery saver apps. not buying a new phone any time soon so may entertain the idea of a gps device. The weird thing is I used to run my 4 and my 5 for hours in the woods with different apps and they were spot on. Now this wont work with any of those apps either.

 

[Patrick]

Delete and reload.
Also make sure it is allowed to use location services when running.

 

[a1pathfinder67]

Weird shit going on. I used to run and hike a lot. So I went to my old map my hike site. Just hopped on my bike to check the gps and it worked perfectly. Map my run and map my ride wouldn't work. Strava wouldn't work and a bunch of the newer stuff wouldn't work. The weirdest part is all of my old workouts and hikes showed up on here. They wouldn't on the others

 

[a1pathfinder67]

I deleted and reloaded twice and made sure it was allowed.

 

[Steve Vai]

Your phone is possessed, I'd suggest selling it and possibly moving to another town.

 

[rick81721]

Get a stand alone device. Wahoo products work great and are ridiculously cheap

 

[Patrick]

update OS... again?
my phone went a bit off the deep end with the last major release, seems better now with the latest minor update.

the wahoo stuff is pretty slick

 

[Norm]

Buy a new bike.

 

[Magic]

Buy my Garmin Edge 25 for $125.

 

[JimN]

I've used the app on my iPhone a few times recently for tracking, and it is garbage. Or my phone's GPS is garbage. It craps out before the end of the ride 50% of the time. Buy a Garmin.

 

[Magic]

I've used the app on my iPhone a few times recently for tracking, and it is garbage. Or my phone's GPS is garbage. It craps out before the end of the ride 50% of the time. Buy a Garmin.

 

[a1pathfinder67]

Thanks for all of the replies. I will shop around. Definitely seems like I will be buying some sort of bike computer. App I went back to crapped out on me tonight on a 6 mile night road ride about four miles in. Garbage

 

[soundz]

Anyone have trouble with Strava. I always lose GPS and tried ALL of the troubleshooting advice online. Would love to record and post. Thoughts on trouble shooting and is there a better app?

I've been burned by Strava recording too many times. I use Wahoo Fitness now to record my rides. It gives you the option to upload to Strava after you are done with the ride. I use the Strava app afterwards to rename the ride, upload pix, etc.. Success rate over 2-3yrs has been 100%.