Does anyone else have trouble with the Hammer Truck GPS app?

Posted by RackingUpTheMiles@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 7 comments

Quite a few people have recommended the Hammer Truck GPS app. It's not bad and it typically gets the job done, but I've had a lot of problems with it freezing, crashing or just not working. I have to fight with it to get it to work. Has anyone else had these issues? I've tried everything I can think of to get it to work correctly, but I still have the same problems.

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ComprehensiveDark814@reddit

Yes, I've had lots of problems with it. This specific problem, especially. Go to your phone settings outside of the app. Go to location settings. Find Hammer. Set it to "Allow all the time." For some reason you don't to chose allow all the time when you first run the app. "Allow while using the app," is gour only choice during the initial setup.

You may have to restart your phone after this before it starts working again. I only just recently, like two days ago, learned of this workaround so I'm not sure how long it will last before it starts acting up again.

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RackingUpTheMiles@reddit (OP)

Thanks. That seems to have helped a lot.

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astro_skull@reddit

I pay for trucker path. Sometimes it drops signal.

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muck2profit@reddit

Restart your phone, or reinstall your app. If not it's your phone.

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RackingUpTheMiles@reddit (OP)

I've done that multiple times and it's still a constant fight to make it work.

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Ninja-Storyteller@reddit

Hammer is fine, but it has a few quirks.

It can often fail to find you, if you're off the interstate with a shipper/con. This leaves you a bit stuck on how to safely get to the interstate.

It also sometimes just can't find the road your destination is on, and sends you off target. All GPS can do this, I'm just noting hammer is no exception.

So... it's good 95% of the time. But you WILL get irritated at it sometimes.

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