GPS being lost during use of MyTracks

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Turn on MyTracks and begin a walk.
2. Walk
3. When finished walk, notice that on the map there are gaps in my route where 
GPS signal was lost.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I never had issues with gaps in my route before but starting June 23rd this has 
been an issue everyday.

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

MyTracks - v2.0.7
Android - v4.4.4
Phone - Nexus 4

If possible please provide a log by uploading here.
Detailed instructions can be found here:
http://code.google.com/p/mytracks/wiki/HowToReportErrors

Please provide any additional information here:

Original issue reported on code.google.com by methve...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2014 at 2:02

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Can you tell us a few things?

1. What is the Google Play services version number?
Phone Settings->Apps->Google Play services-> version

2. What is the Location mode?
Phone Settings->Location->Mode

3. What are the My Tracks recording settings?
My Tracks Settings->Recording

Thanks

Original comment by jshih@google.com on 26 Jun 2014 at 6:30

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I am having this issue as well. I hadn't used My Tracks for a couple months 
(April 2014 --> June 2014), and in that interim period my LG G2 (Verizon 
Wireless) was updated to 4.4.2. I believe there was also an update to My 
Tracks? (my version is 2.0.7)

To answer your questions:
1) Google Play Services 4.4.52
2) Location mode set to "High Accuracy"
3) Recording settings:
-Recoring time interval: smallest (recommended)
-Recording distance interval: 32 ft (recommended)
-Max distance: 656 ft (recommended)
-GPS accuracy: 164 ft (recommended) and also tried 328 ft

During the entire Recording period, my phone screen was kept on. GPS Status 
Toolbox was running in the background, and showed a GPS signal lock with GPS 
coordinates, despite My Tracks displaying "GPS Signal Lost" on the map screen. 
The map shows various gaps as the OP described.

Original comment by tcole...@gmail.com on 2 Jul 2014 at 9:24

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Same issue here. Suggest there be an option to fill the gaps using straight 
line if not on a road, but otherwise use road data?  When recording every 10s 
with no loss of signal the path is unbroken, so give us an option to treat loss 
of signal as a extra long sampling time.

Original comment by jim.zart...@gmail.com on 15 Aug 2014 at 7:51

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Please update your Google Play services. The cause if the "High accuracy" mode 
will return both gps and wifi locations. In My Tracks, we filtered out the wifi 
locations since they introduce lots of noise, thus causing these gaps. The 
newer Google Play services should always favor gps over wifi under "High 
accuracy" mode.

Original comment by jshih@google.com on 14 Oct 2014 at 5:34

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