"Error while retrieving location"

Captain_Eric

Preface: this worked perfectly every time until I changed locations settings in Windows Setting for another app. I thought I changed it back, but alas.

When I choose "Add location," it sets the pin wrong (right country, but wrong precise location).
I click the "bullseye" location icon thingy, Diarium says. "Error while retrieving location," even if I first delete the map location
In windows settings, "location history" I can see windows gave Diarium access

How do I fix this?

More: in Windows settings, I have:

turned on "locations."
given Diarium permission to use locations
cleared location history
(just guessing a fix) turn off "allow locations override"

Diarium version: 2.9.55.0
Windows 11 - stable

timo

That's not a bug or problem of Diarium. Diarium queries Windows for the last know (approximate) location. Errors returned from windows are shown in the app. As long as you don't have a GPS module in your PC (and almost all PCs do not have that), the device cannot know you device location. It is approximated by wifi names or IP addresses

Captain_Eric

Thanks Timo. You're right.

From my side, I think I figured it out. My device (Surface Go 3) doesn't have a GPS chip. So if it worked before, the system would pick my location from connections to wifi or to cell towers. But recently, I moved to a wonderful but remote-ish beach in Madagascar. I'm guessing, with little traffic, maybe wifi and towers aren't plotted on the system yet.

Plus, I'm not 100% certain I ever tried "location" on Diarium on my laptop. Though I have on my android, and I might have mixed that up.

My little work around: on Diarium, if I make an entry on my laptop, I can go back later and add the location to the entry from Diarium android app.

Sorry to waste your time with my confusion.

Keep up the good work. I like your products.