My Tracks Stops Recording Track if Motorola Droid Screen Isn't On

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Begin Recording a Track
2. Either press the power button to turnoff the screen or allow the screen      
to power down on its own
3. Allow several minutes to elapse and then turn the screen back on 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

The expected output would be that My Tracks would still be recording the track.

Instead the Track will have stopped recording and My Tracks will not have 
recorded for the entire time period.

What version of MyTracks are you using? On what version of Android? On what
phone?

My Tracks 1.0.15

Device: sholes
Model: Droid
Release: 2.1-update1
SDK: 7
Build: 29593

Motorola Droid

Please provide any additional information here:

See Log Collector Report attached

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Alessand...@gmail.com on 11 Jun 2010 at 10:33

Attachments:

• Log_Collector_Report.txt

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And how do you generally manage for your device to never turn off during the 
time of the track? (I agree for the bug, but let's say that we need to stick 
with it: how do you manage to still record a track?) Thanks.

Original comment by merciadr...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2010 at 12:23

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As a test, I set my screen time out to 30 minutes and every few minutes I would 
drag around on the map to keep the application active. Obviously those wouldn't 
be normal operating conditions, but it was the only way I could keep the track 
recording. 

This problem began after I downloaded Eclair from Verizon. Is it possibly an 
issue with how Eclair is managing applications and services when memory gets 
low?

Original comment by Alessand...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2010 at 1:17

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It must be Eclair, because, to test it, I just did a 2 hours bike ride, and my 
whole journey (~50 km) was recorded. I set my screen time out to 30 mins. too, 
and I woke up the device (from sleep mode) once or twice (I had apparently 
waited > 30 mins as it was in sleep mode), but my bike counter gives +/- the 
same number of kilometers for the journey, so this must be your version or 
something like that. (Note that I have not tried riding and letting it in 
apparent sleep mode, i.e. with screen automatically turned off, for *a long 
time*.)

Original comment by merciadr...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2010 at 4:48

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Which version are you using? I'm using 1.0.15 (last version).

Original comment by merciadr...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2010 at 4:56

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Well, are you sure that you did not turn off the device?

Have a look at this: 
http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/116160-turn-screen-off-but-let-cpu-etc-w
orking-if-screen.html#post1083178.

I was told there that `Press the power button once and that turns the screen 
off and the wifi etc stays on'.

Original comment by merciadr...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2010 at 8:17

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I'm having the same issue as OP but on a Samsung Galaxy S.  If I start a 
recording and constantly keep looking at it every few minutes, mytracks keeps 
recording the journey.

If I start a recording and just leave my device alone, the recording stops 
after a few minutes (about 3)

Original comment by cwl...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2010 at 7:53

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Weird. I always save my bike rides using `My Tracks', and I simply turn the 
screen of by pressing the power button. I'm using an HTC Desire, and it works 
pretty well, as expected. Did you try pressing the power button to turn the 
screen off?

Original comment by merciadr...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2010 at 11:14

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Motorola milestone here on 2.1, exactly the same behavior for me; once the 
screen locks, the recording is gone. Using long timeouts seems to work, but 
ruins the usability of the app for some activities... no difference between 
button and timeout for me though.

Original comment by yholk...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2010 at 2:59

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I'm using Android 2.1 too. Do you use the last version which is on the Market? 
If so, that might be a hardware issue (it is possible that Motorola sleep mode 
is not recognized as the same as HTC Desire's one).

Original comment by merciadr...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2010 at 3:38

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This problem may have been addressed in the newest 1.0.17. I had this problem 
until this last version and have been quite happy.

Original comment by JimBenso...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2010 at 12:31

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There were many errors that might have caused this.  I hope this is fixed for 
everyone.  No-one seems to have complained for a few months.

Original comment by sandordo...@google.com on 20 Dec 2010 at 6:20

• Changed state: Fixed

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Not fixed. I am having this issue on Samsung Galaxy Spica, Android 1.5

Original comment by susanne....@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2011 at 2:07

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I am having the same problem on my Samsung Galaxy S running Gingerbread 2.3.4.

Original comment by alison.l...@gmail.com on 12 Sep 2011 at 3:30

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I also am having the same problem - Motorola Droid Bionic, Gingerbread 2.3.4, 
My Tracks 1.1.9

Original comment by cwise...@gmail.com on 13 Sep 2011 at 5:15

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For me it only happens when I am playing music at the same time with the stock 
music player for the Galaxy S.  I am running 2.3.4 Gingerbread.

Original comment by alison.l...@gmail.com on 13 Sep 2011 at 5:40