Google maps voice issue

[Phillip Sislofsky]

Just got my iPhone 5 and having an issue w/ the Google Maps app. Whenever I input a route for directions and hit start, the voice activation kicks in and starts telling me where to go. This is the problem:

After I leave the google maps app, the sound on the rest of my phone is off. Text notifications, music, and even hitting the sleep button on top. All sound is gone. I have to restart my phone to get those sounds back, and then they disappear when I use the directions function again.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks all!

 

[Just_Me_D]

I have never heard of anything happening like that and I haven't experienced anything like that with Apple Maps, Google Maps, MapQuest or Waze on my iPhone. I used Apple Maps voice navigation yesterday on my iPhone 5 (iOS 6.1.3) and after I was done, there were no ill-effects to my sound settings or any other setting. I don't know what to tell you.

UPDATE: I will download the Google Maps app and see if I can re-create your experience and get back with you.

 

[kch50428]

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks all!

Think about giving the Apple Maps app a try. Don't buy into the hype about how bad it is... it's not as bad as hyped.

 

[Phillip Sislofsky]

Yea, it's kind of weird and not running into any others having this issue. May just exchange the phone before it's too late and not worry about trying to fix it.

 

[kch50428]

I doubt there's anything wrong with the phone... likely a software issue... and not iOS...

 

[Just_Me_D]

I tested out the Google Maps voice navigation feature on my i5 and shortly afterwards, I received a phone call & an iMessage and my notifications & alerts worked like they did prior to me using the Google Maps voice navigation feature. I know you said you just got your phone, but did you jailbreak it? Anyway, like Keith stated, I doubt problem lies with the phone itself and you may want to consider connecting it to your computer and restoring it as new via iTunes.