Waze on startup.

dogsfoot

I have Waze setup to start on startup on Mekede Dudu7 head unit and sometimes it starts with no roads showing on the screen and no internet connection.
Sometimes it will start normally but with no internet connection so no alerts or traffic.
If I touch the report hazard button I get "no internet connection"notice and then roads disappear
I need to reboot head unit for waze to start properly. I have 4g sim for internet connection.
Any ideas anyone?

Neckbone

dogsfoot try setting your phone up to auto connect hotspot and see if that makes a difference. Might be a bug in SIM card

dogsfoot

Neckbone It was the same using hotspot, that`s why I went to a sim card.

Neckbone

dogsfoot what sim cad are you using? I’ve been trying to find 1 that works. I’m on Verizon and they say it won’t work

hrtloop

I also have this issue intermittently. Happens on SIM or hotspot and seems to be an issue with the widget.

I fix it by opening the Waze app, holding the home button and force closing Waze, and finally opening Waze again. Pretty annoying.

surfer63

I think that Android is much faster to life than connected devices, be it a SIMcard of WiFi via hotspot.
It is the same for USB. Android is long up and awake, and only then the USB devices are mounted or reactivated again, meaning that media players running from external memory like SD-card or SSD, don't have access at the moment Android and the media player are already up and the mediaplayer tries to continue where it was.

I think it is the same for a SIM-card of WiFi hotspot. This is already the case since early models. When you have an online navigation app at startup, it has no wifi at the beginning when Android and Google Maps (or another) are already running. I have that with Google Maps and Magic Earth in my setup with hotspot as well, and I am used to it since 2015 (5th unit now). I don't know why Waze hangs, as Magic Earth and Google Maps do not hang but react with some delay.