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Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?
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Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

On hot days when using satnav (waze or gmaps) with the phone 'docked' to
a car Qi charger it's not unknown for it to overheat and shutdown ...
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On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?
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"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?

I don't have a charger in the car. It was about 60% when it went. The
phone is from 2023.
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On Fri, 22 May 2026 12:37:58 +0100, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?

I don't have a charger in the car. It was about 60% when it went. The
phone is from 2023.

Did it receive an update recently?
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croy
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croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> writes:

On Fri, 22 May 2026 12:37:58 +0100, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens
when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this?
I think it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to
prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?

I don't have a charger in the car. It was about 60% when it went. The
phone is from 2023.

Did it receive an update recently?

Yes but this was happening for a long time before that, usually with
Google Maps, but one time with Google Hangout.
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Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of cycles
in settings anywhere?

I've been using the AccuBattery app which is useful if you can't get at the cycles or usable capacity information from Android directly. It learns your battery health over time.

Typically this happens because the internal resistance of a failing battery
has risen too high. Something (eg the GPS) wants to take a big gulp of current, the battery can't supply it without the voltage dropping, and when
it drops too low the phone turns off (or reboots).

I've had it cause bootloops, because the power draw of booting is more than
the battery can handle, so it drops out and the phone restarts. This
repeats forever. Replacing the battery fixed it (this was in a Galaxy Note
4 with a removable battery).

Theo
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Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of cycles
in settings anywhere?

No, there is information about app usage but not the health.

I've been using the AccuBattery app which is useful if you can't get
at the cycles or usable capacity information from Android directly.
It learns your battery health over time.

Typically this happens because the internal resistance of a failing
battery has risen too high. Something (eg the GPS) wants to take a
big gulp of current, the battery can't supply it without the voltage dropping, and when it drops too low the phone turns off (or reboots).

I've had it cause bootloops, because the power draw of booting is more
than the battery can handle, so it drops out and the phone restarts.
This repeats forever. Replacing the battery fixed it (this was in a
Galaxy Note 4 with a removable battery).

Theo

I used to use Accubattery but it started showing full screen
videos. Perhaps there is an open source one? It is a Samsung Galaxy
A14. It would be a shame if updates outlasted the battery. I ran the
test in the members app - support and it said battey OK. Not very
informative.

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Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of cycles
in settings anywhere?

I used AIDA64 it says charge cycles 55. I should perhaps recalibrate the battery.
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Richmond wrote:

I used to use Accubattery but it started showing full screen
videos. Perhaps there is an open source one? It is a Samsung Galaxy
A14. It would be a shame if updates outlasted the battery. I ran the
test in the members app - support and it said battey OK. Not very informative.

We have entire threads on the best free battery bots, two of which are...
<com.darshancomputing.BatteryIndicatorPro> Battery Bot Pro (free)
<com.gsamlabs.bbm> GSam Battery Monitor (free)
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Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of cycles in settings anywhere?

I used AIDA64 it says charge cycles 55. I should perhaps recalibrate the battery.

For a 3 year old phone that sounds low. Has it been little used?

Theo
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Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens
when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across
this? I think it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a
way to prevent it?

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of
cycles in settings anywhere?

I used AIDA64 it says charge cycles 55. I should perhaps recalibrate
the battery.

For a 3 year old phone that sounds low. Has it been little used?

Afterwards I discovered that factory reset also resets the cycles. So 55
only reprents a couple of months since I did a factory reset.

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On 2026-05-22 13:37, Richmond wrote:

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?

I don't have a charger in the car. It was about 60% when it went. The
phone is from 2023.

Try at home, perhaps.
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Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

As others have mentioned, probably too little 'grunt' in the battery
(i.e. battery can not provide higher current for any substantial amount
of time) or the battery getting too hot (and phone shutting of for that reason).

So put the phone on a (powerful enough) charger and keep it cool, i.e.
out of the sun, etc..

My phones used to beep when getting too hot, but perhaps that sound
can be lowered / turned off with the volume sliders, so don't count on
it.
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