Google Maps sucking after last couple of updates

I don't want to be thrashed for not having a truck GPS, I basically use Google Maps/GPS as a guide but double check with road atlas. Anyway for those who do use Google Maps, have you noticed a lot of problems especially over the last few months?

Specific problems I'm having are it loads slow, finds location slow, brings up GPS slow, random shutdowns, poor routing and rerouting. I never had these problems before the last two updates. And I have tried two different Android phones and a tablet, so it's not the device. There are a lot of complaints online but haven't heard anything about a fix or new update.

It is so bad that I am for the first time seriously considering getting a truck GPS. I would get the CoPilot app but I don't want to rely on my phone's GPS locator. And I don't know. But plenty info on that in the other threads. This is just about Google Maps problems.

 

I guess the problems also started around the time I changed carriers. First off, I use a mobile hotspot for my data, from Millenicom but Verizon network. While in the truck my devices are always connected to it. The device I have been using for Google Maps/GPS is a Samsung Note 2 not rooted and not unlocked. But I'm just using it as a computer it is not connected to any network other than my hotspot. But since having problems I also having been using a Nexus 5 which is unlocked but not rooted. It is always connected to the hotspot in the truck but is also a phone through a provider called Ting which uses the Sprint network. The tablet is a Nexus10 but I really haven't tested it while driving.

So it looks like my problem could be that I am relying mostly on WiFi triangulation through the Verizon network hotspot except for the Nexus 5 which relies on that and the Sprint network which is not great. And since Ting is a reseller of Sprint, the location services may not all be there or operational.

 

The problem is there are no wireless networks on the Note 2. All the boxes are checked. It is a Verizon phone but it's not connected to Verizon. I just use it like a WiFi tablet off of the Verizon hotspot device. The Nexus 5 does seem to work better and it is connected to Sprint through Ting and running Android 4.4.4.

I understand it shouldn't make much difference as the Nexus 10 isn't connected to a cell network and it seems to do okay though I haven't really used it much driving. I need to get a mount for it. Then I want to use the Co Pilot Truck app with it. I guess I can trust its GpS locator as much as any.