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Is my Nexus broken?

Hi there,
i just got my new Nexus and i'm a little upset about how it behaves.
before i had the galaxy note, testing it for about 1 week. i was very happy with the notes connectivity (GSM / HSPA+ / WiFi) and its really great screen.
however, it was just to big to operate it with one hand and didn't do it for me so i switched to the nexus. Now to the problems i'm faceing:
- GSM / HSPA+ seems to keep switching all the time for no reason? Didn't have that problem with the note tought.
- With the Galaxy Note i had a H+ inducator telling me i'm on HSPA+ and i had like HSPA+ nearly all the time. now i only (at best) get a H indicator. I checked if i'm owning the GSM & HSPA+ version and since the device name is "yakju" i'm quite sure i got it. Is the indicator missing because there simply is no indicator for HSPA+ on the nexus or is it missing because i'm not getting a HSPA+ connection? What could cause this?
- The connection quality of the nexsus seems very poor compared to the galaxy note. can anybody verify that or is it only me haveing troubles? Example: i allways had bad connection within my kitchen (Desire HD previously). I even replaced my SIM with no luck. With the Note ALL MY CONNECTION PROBLEMS were just gone! Cristal-clear calls, no interruptions (even thought the signal indicator was showing only 1-2 bars out of 4)
- The AMOLED Display of the nexsus is not nearly as sharp as the notes one. Also, when pulling the brightness level down to about 20% i get "smudge" on the screen
- when i use the ICS Live wallpaper my desktop starts lagging when i rotate between the views. is that normal? i had the official ICS live wallpaper on the desire HD, which had only one core, and it didn't lag at all (even with particles turned up to lot higher values then the default)
- Yesterday my Nexus just turned off (I'm not talking about the reboot bug, which i also haved faced like 5 times allready) and for like 1 hour i was unable to turn it on. I tried to remove the battery for like 5 minutes, putting it back in, plugging the charger in and trying to boot the device: no reaction, just nothing! After like 30 tries it suddenly just booted again, DOH!
- even thought as far as i know ICS 4.0.4 has been rolled out allready, i still got no update pushed to my phone (still on 4.0.1 ITL41D). is that normal?
Could anybody please help me to find out if that's normal? I still could replace my Nexus if its broken.
P.s.: I'm on the T-mobile net, germany.

Upgrade to 4.0.4, this will solve your issues. If you don't want to wait for it to be pushed to your phone search on the forum for a 'how to'.

Its just you.... I don't have these problems.. my nexus just shut it self down twice...everything else is perfect... the connextiom issue is odd... because I seem to get full signal everywhere except in the bathroom
Sent from my Samsung GNexus <3

first off, thanks for the answers so far.
manual update to 4.0.4 would need rooting, which voilates waranty.
so i have to wait till it comes over the air. (thought, i'm on 4.0.2 since about 2 hours now. no noticeable improovements.)
what i found out so far is that i'm currently on HSPA at best (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7893188&postcount=10 HSPA:11 indicator) which is shown by a H indicator at the notification bar.
however, i didn't see H+ indicator.
so: looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Nexus the Nexus does have HSPA+. Looking at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Nexus is sais it dosn't have!
Whats right? Is there a version without HSPA+?
What about the other problems i'm faceing:
- low GSM / HSDPA connectivity, continious switching between modes
- low performance when using the official ICS wallpaper (even thought benchmarks say everything's fine with the device itself, the wallpaper has a visible lag compared to "static" wallpapers)
would be great you guys could provide me bit more feedback if its just me so i can decide if i want to replace my nexus with a new one.

Hey,
Before carrying on I am fully rooted which may be why I don't have your Issues.
Signal wise I have noticed that the galaxy nexus' signal is slightly weaker compared to some of the other phones I have owned more noticeably poor and voice call quality is good. Perhaps a signal check in your area or call your service provider to see if they can run a signal diagnostic on your handset to see if anything faulty.
As for h+ I did a little Google of this and found another xda forum post. From what I can see there is no + symbol on the nexus and everyone gets just the H symbol.
As for your lag I agree certain ones will create slower scrolling however that's only crazy cpu intensive wallpapers. The ones he phone came with and nexus revamped etc create no Lagg for me.
Maybe your having a little more issues with your handset than I am, I know there has been a lot of issues but as people have said they are solved with the updates. Maybe look at rooting? Generally speaking it gets rid of all issues and you can always flash back to stock if needs be?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

Ow I'm using gsm nexus on vodafone in the UK
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jordanprudent said:
Signal wise I have noticed that the galaxy nexus' signal is slightly weaker compared to some of the other phones I have owned[...]
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jordanprudent said:
Perhaps a signal check in your area or call your service provider to see if they can run a signal diagnostic on your handset to see if anything faulty.
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did that already. about 20KM around me i got 100% GSM, UMTS, HSDPA and even LTE coverage. Also like i said before: the galaxy note was like 100% better in terms of signal strenght and voice quallity.
any infos about the signal switching issue i got or does anyone know how the nexus switching algorithm works? i read that it only turns on HSPA+ when loading much data and switchs back down to UMTS / HSDPA later on, to save energy.
does it behave like this for GSM / HSDPA / UMTS transitions as well?
in generell i got like -100dB signal with my nexus here at my place. with the note i had like -70 up to like -80dB (so yeah, its really like 100-150% worse in terms of signal strength)
jordanprudent said:
As for h+ I did a little Google of this and found another xda forum post. From what I can see there is no + symbol on the nexus and everyone gets just the H symbol.
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but does it show HSPA:11 or HSPA:13 within the settings --> info --> signal info? HSPA:11 (what i get) is not HSPA+ as far as i can tell.
jordanprudent said:
The ones he phone came with and nexus revamped etc create no Lagg for me.
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well "lag" might be miss leading. the scrolling is a lot "SLOWER". when i scroll with a static wall in the back i get nearly instand feedback. using the ICS wallpaper there is a feedback gap of about 2,5 - 5 ms AND the transitions are not that smooth (looks like way less FPS, but to realize that it would meen that the FPS drop down to below 24FPS or atleast down to 30FPS)
jordanprudent said:
Generally speaking it gets rid of all issues and you can always flash back to stock if needs be?
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hmm is it possible to flash back to stock? the only way i found to flash roms manually is always using the CWM bootloader, but how to get rid of the CWM if i want to go back to stock later on?
maybe i just didn't find it and there is a way to load the 4.0.4 rom using the official bootloader (which i would perfer)

Honestly the only way for you to attempt to solve any of these issues is to root. If you are not willing then there is not a whole lot of advice anyone can give.
You can easily flash back to 100% stock if you needed to. People do all the time for warranty replacement. Some unethically, but that's a different conversation. The point is you can.
You have to decide whether or not to unlock the bootloader and root. If not, your only option is to replace it. If your willing then its already been said what you should try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24190820
Hope you can get it worked out.
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Galaxy Nexus.

Dakota0206 said:
Honestly the only way for you to attempt to solve any of these issues is to root.
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yeh thats not the problem. i would root for sure if i know the problems i got are solved.
i'm just trying to figure out if its a hardware bug / manufacturing error and if it makes sense to replace it.
repleaceing means like waiting 1 week till the new one arrives + it dosn't mean that the new one will not have other bugs which i've seen here in the forums (AMOLED display bugs for example)

updated to 4.0.4.
poor connectivity remains. doh.

masiminder said:
updated to 4.0.4.
poor connectivity remains. doh.
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Do you use a cellphone case?
Because with the case I use, I don't get any signal here at all ... without the case I get better signal than I ever had before in my flat.
Also you could try flashing another radio.

Maybe its a tower issue.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

just one small insight for the op: rooting violates warranty? LOL. You don't know what you're talking about. Nope, even with locked bootloaders it's possible to root some ics versions (up to 4.0.3). Hell, you can unlock and relock the bootloader (which allows for custom roms) by using fastboot, which doesn't phone home in any way. You don't loose your warranty on a nexus phone, unless you manage to **** up the only way available to fully recover it (usb, volume rocker, power button) which is through fastboot.
change radios. your NOTE was not running ICS, and it's a SAMSUNG phone, which surely has tweaked UI/interface/radio etc. It could even be showing full strenght when it's not at full strenght, for all we know.. -70dBm NOTE, -100dBm Nexus - and you say it's 100%/150% difference? are you sure?
return the phone if you feel it's not working for you and your area of residence.
Sent from my TF201

bk201doesntexist said:
just one small insight for the op: rooting violates warranty? LOL. You don't know what you're talking about. Nope, even with locked bootloaders it's possible to root some ics versions (up to 4.0.3). Hell, you can unlock and relock the bootloader (which allows for custom roms) by using fastboot, which doesn't phone home in any way. You don't loose your warranty on a nexus phone, unless you manage to **** up the only way available to fully recover it (usb, volume rocker, power button) which is through fastboot.
change radios.
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yeah i found out about the fastboot method and used it. i was not aware of that option.
bk201doesntexist said:
your NOTE was not running ICS, and it's a SAMSUNG phone, which surely has tweaked UI/interface/radio etc. It could even be showing full strenght when it's not at full strenght, for all we know.. -70dBm NOTE, -100dBm Nexus - and you say it's 100%/150% difference? are you sure?
return the phone if you feel it's not working for you and your area of residence.
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thats right, but the nexus is also manufactured by samsung so they provide the drivers, don't they?
about the dB: i forgot, we're talking about dBm here so 3dB should be like 100% drop / gain.
so no, i'm not sure anymore. but as far as i remember when i check the note it had about 80dB while the nexus is around 95-105dB.
anyway, are there any better radios for the nexus t-mobile germany ATM?
i would love to try them out.
SynFox said:
Do you use a cellphone case?
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i dont have any cellphone case except a display protection. i never dropped a phone in the past 5 years so i see no point in cases.

well, searching the web for the last 4 hours i decided to send my nexus back and buy another phone.
it seems there are alot of people out there haveing poor signal. updateing to other roms or radios didnt fix their problems.
one guy even sais he had 3 galaxy nexus and very poor signal (-107dBm) compared to his razzor maxx (-80dBm) with all of the nexus'.
seems to be a hardware problem. since my desire HD sucked in terms of radio too and i really dont need a phone that's unable to call i'll send it back.
after all i know its not me (galaxy note worked like a charm - so no provider and location issue) and its not the rom / radio. after searching the web i'm very sure its not "only my device".
maybe the guys saying they got no problems got a (rare?) working manufacturing batch or are on LTE (which i'm not).
the nexus signal just seems to be poor. and i think no update's gonna change that.
so i send it back and will grap the galaxy SIII when it's released within the next weeks. till then i'll use my nokia e65, which is like 100 years old but atleast has signal.

masiminder said:
well, searching the web for the last 4 hours i decided to send my nexus back and buy another phone.
it seems there are alot of people out there haveing poor signal. updateing to other roms or radios didnt fix their problems.
one guy even sais he had 3 galaxy nexus and very poor signal (-107dBm) compared to his razzor maxx (-80dBm) with all of the nexus'.
seems to be a hardware problem. since my desire HD sucked in terms of radio too and i really dont need a phone that's unable to call i'll send it back.
after all i know its not me (galaxy note worked like a charm - so no provider and location issue) and its not the rom / radio. after searching the web i'm very sure its not "only my device".
maybe the guys saying they got no problems got a (rare?) working manufacturing batch or are on LTE (which i'm not).
the nexus signal just seems to be poor. and i think no update's gonna change that.
so i send it back and will grap the galaxy SIII when it's released within the next weeks. till then i'll use my nokia e65, which is like 100 years old but atleast has signal.
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I am on T-Mobile Germany and as said, better signal than any other phone I ever had. (iPhone, Nokia, Motorola)
UGLA4 gave me the best result so far

[Q] VZW Extremely poor CDMA/LTE performance (Vicious JB 4.1 v5)

I'm at a loss here, but I know something is wrong for sure. I'm familiar with the low signal strength 'problem' on LTE networks as described at rootzwiki's thread entitled "This is why your Verizon Nexus signal "sucks" " I do not understand it inside and out, but I know enough to be at least 80% sure that this is not my issue. That thread describes a low signal strength, as in the dBm, but my problem is actual performance. I'm not comparing numbers (at least not on LTE networks), but results.
The problem is pretty bad, and pretty consistent. Without fail, my signal strength will be butchered, and with it data and even voice/text service will be unreliable or non existent inside any building. Not just some buildings, but any building. If I'm in a 4G area, I almost always lose the 4G, and it's switched to 3G with very poor performance (even for 3G standards). If I don't loose the 4G, the speed test results are horrid. I've had several cases where inside a building I still have 4G but the speeds might be 500-700 Kbps down/up or even worse, but when I step outside into the parking lot, 10-15 Mbps down 5-15 Mbps up. I realize structures absorb wireless signals and sometimes it can be pretty bad, but this is too much and too frequent to just be normal wireless signal degradation. It also doesn't seem to be the area because I've traveled through these areas before with my droid charge and I've never experienced issues anywhere close to this bad with my charge.
Some examples; the first time I noticed it was in the Greensboro, NC 4G area. Specifically at the Travel Centers of America about 10 miles east of the greensboro's border. When I first pulled into the truck stop (I drive a strait truck with a sleeper) I was pissed because my phone was on 3G, and I looked this area up before I came here on verizon's detailed 4G coverage map. This very truck stop was sitting in a dark maroon 4G area, NOT an extended 4G area. So I was angry, but I figured that there was an issue with the network, or the storm coming through was causing problems. Later the storm passed and I noticed (while walking back to my truck) that I was getting a strong 4G signal and good speeds, 5-10 Mbps down and 5 ish up. But as I sat back in even just the driver seat the signal strength dropped, and so did the speeds. I did a lot of tests later outside. I was performing speed tests at different locations all over the parking lot and I noticed the closer I got to the trucks, the poorer the performance. When I was inside my truck, and back in the sleeper, 4G was gone completely, taken over by a very poor 3G signal with slow speeds. I found that if I had my phone mounted on the windshield I was able to get reasonable 4G speeds, but still only a fraction of what I was able to get outside in the parking lot.
Another similar case happened in the Washington DC area at a walmart (Landover, MD). This time the 4G stuck even in the sleeper, but speeds were 2-3 Mbps down and about 700 Kbps up. While outside, however, 15 Mbps down and up.
Here I sit at another truck stop. This time, however, I'm in an extended 4G area (which of course means I have 3G) and I'm comparing my 3G signal strength to my Charge's signal strength. I know what I said earlier, but from what I understand about that "issue", gingerbread phones and earlier would give the CDMA signal strength because they couldn't read the 4G signal strength, but ICS and later can and so it displays the LTE signal strength. So wouldn't that mean that if you are in a 3G area, you can, in fact, accurately compare signal strength since they should both be displaying the CDMA signal strength? If that's the case, then what I'm getting is -100 dBm on my Galaxy Nexus and -87 dBm on my charge.
Something is most definitely wrong with my phone, but I don't know if it has anything to do with the Vicious JB stock rom I installed or not.
Vicious JellyBean 4.1 V5 is the version I installed, and I realize now that I did not install the latest (4.1.1 V1) but nonetheless I could not see it reported anywhere in the changelog, or any of the replies to the thread that there were very noticeable problems with the radio performance. I'm just at a loss and I really hope someone's reading this going "ah, I know exactly what that problem is". Although I'm never lucky enough to have a well known problem happen that there are fixes readily available for
Thanks very much for your time and help!

Bippity, boppity, bump!!
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I suggest you upgrade to the AOSP version that was released a couple of days ago. I have been running it for about 20 hours with very good results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797996

JB issues?
Soundfx,
I've noticed some strange data problems as well. I've only had my nexus for 3 days. The first thing I did was throw a JB ROM (actually, about 9 of them to try them all out) on the device. (Vicious was one of them) What I noticed was that pretty consistently, about 5-10 minutes after the flash, my phone would go from having 4 bars of LTE to no signal at all. My connection would drop completely. Although I didn't figure this out until the latter flashes, I did remember having connection issues when I tried going to the play store or the internet on all the ROMs. I'd have to switch of LTE, and then I'd start working again. At first I just figured that I'm in some sort of LTE dead zone or something. But it seemed strange that my connection would drop completely and I couldn't get it back for 30-60 seconds.
SO, this morning I took my device back to stock. Unrooted ICS from Verizon. And although I wasn't at home for more than a minute to do testing, it appears that my connection problems have gone away. So I'm wondering if it is a radio issue for JB roms. All that to say that I don't think your problem is just the vicious rom. If you wouldn't mind, I'd suggest you trying another ROM and seeing if you have the same issues.
I figure it could be a few things for my own issues, which could be similar to yours:
1. Toro JB roms just have radio issues. (Seems like more people would be clamoring on this forum though if that were true, and I haven't seen any other than you)
2. I have a bad piece of hardware. (Running my stock ICS rom should shake that out.)
3. I live in a verizon dead zone and will experience drops no matter what ROM I use. (Again, stock ICS should shake that out for me.)
4. Gnex has inferior radio hardware, and there is nothing to be done about it. (Doesn't seem likely.)
ALL that to say that, while I don't have an answer for you, I seem to be experiencing similar problems, and I'm trying to figure it out too.
I'll keep you updated as I hone in on a culprit of my problems. (IF I can)
JR

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I suggest you upgrade to the AOSP version that was released a couple of days ago. I have been running it for about 20 hours with very good results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797996
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You say "the AOSP" version that was released, but what exactly does AOSP mean? I know what it stands for, Android Open Source Project, but every jelly bean rom I've seen (or most) has AOSP in it and I guess I don't grasp it's actual meaning.
The only thing I know for sure is that I want stock stock stockity stock stock! When devs build roms they tend to always have some sort of a bug or two, and I just never feel like they are stable enough. So I want as stock as I can get! Which is why I installed Vicious Stock JB.
I just really don't know though...I know the nexus apparently has radio problems anyway, but...I guess I can just try the latest roms and see what happens. Are there any radios that I can install maybe that would fix this? :\

whozamazinka said:
Soundfx,
I've noticed some strange data problems as well. I've only had my nexus for 3 days. The first thing I did was throw a JB ROM (actually, about 9 of them to try them all out) on the device. (Vicious was one of them) What I noticed was that pretty consistently, about 5-10 minutes after the flash, my phone would go from having 4 bars of LTE to no signal at all. My connection would drop completely. Although I didn't figure this out until the latter flashes, I did remember having connection issues when I tried going to the play store or the internet on all the ROMs. I'd have to switch of LTE, and then I'd start working again. At first I just figured that I'm in some sort of LTE dead zone or something. But it seemed strange that my connection would drop completely and I couldn't get it back for 30-60 seconds.
SO, this morning I took my device back to stock. Unrooted ICS from Verizon. And although I wasn't at home for more than a minute to do testing, it appears that my connection problems have gone away. So I'm wondering if it is a radio issue for JB roms. All that to say that I don't think your problem is just the vicious rom. If you wouldn't mind, I'd suggest you trying another ROM and seeing if you have the same issues.
I figure it could be a few things for my own issues, which could be similar to yours:
1. Toro JB roms just have radio issues. (Seems like more people would be clamoring on this forum though if that were true, and I haven't seen any other than you)
2. I have a bad piece of hardware. (Running my stock ICS rom should shake that out.)
3. I live in a verizon dead zone and will experience drops no matter what ROM I use. (Again, stock ICS should shake that out for me.)
4. Gnex has inferior radio hardware, and there is nothing to be done about it. (Doesn't seem likely.)
ALL that to say that, while I don't have an answer for you, I seem to be experiencing similar problems, and I'm trying to figure it out too.
I'll keep you updated as I hone in on a culprit of my problems. (IF I can)
JR
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Thank you kindly sir, and I will give a few other roms a shot just to see what I can find out and report back!

I tried flashing a few different roms; Liquid TORO Alpha 6, Vicious CM10 Toro, and Vicious JB 4.1.1 v1. All three of them as soon as the phone booted up showed the exact same poor 3G signal quality in the back sleeper while I'm in a dark maroon 4G area. Although I don't think I did a proper rom installation. They roms definitely installed, but it upgraded and installed over what I had...which I didn't realize it would do at all. I'll try doing it properly rom installation with a JB toro rom and then I'm going back to stock ICS to see what it looks like. I'm actually, right now, back at the truck stop that I originally noticed this problem. I'll post back.

I tried flashing back to stock 4.0.4 ICS build with the most recent radios, then I tried EK06 EK05 radios. It was the same across the board. No matter what rom/radios i use, the signal quality was the same. I lost service completely inside the building and in the sleeper it drops to 3G with incredibly poor signal quality :\ -100 dBm -120 dBm I'm going to try and get a new SIM card. if that doesn't solve it...then I guess it's time to look for a new phone :\

It seems like the developers are in a holding pattern until new radios are leaked. If it's that bad, there's no real harm in sticking w/ ICS until we get radios. Some really sweet things have been done by the community in the meantime.
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well I already had vicious 4.1 installed with my apps and all that stuff and it's the same across the board. So I'll be sticking with this until something pops up I guess :\ I'm still definitely going to check about getting a new SIM card; it's the only option, short of another phone, that I can try at this poing. -shrugs- :\

How would you rate the GPS performance of your nexus (poll)

Please vote (1-unusable, 2 barely usuable, 3 adequate but not great, 4 good, 5 awesome)
Ive had this phone for about a month now, and i love it, but the GPS for me has been awful.
When i first got the phone, it would work - but not great, sometimes not locking, losing signal while driving frequently, etc. Then i went on a period where it didnt work AT ALL. Randomly that started to work again - but only as good as it was before.
Currently:
Takes forever to get even a mediocre lock
VERY inaccurate - usually around ~30m at best
Loses lock
I thought maybe it was just my device, but i met a couple the other day who both own the Verizon version, and they were running ICS, so i ask them if i could run a few tests, and to my surprise, both of their phones were just as bad as mine. Ive heard a crappy GPS might be a JB bug, and will be fixed with the next update - but they were both using 4.04 - so no jellybean bug there.
Basically - for me the GPS is unusable, because if you cant count on it, whats the point. I had a doctors appointment the other day, and luckily i knew the general direction - because by the time the GPS kicked in, i was getting off the highway. I was about to just type in directions manually, and then just find the place like that. Maybe samsung just sucks at making GPS's (i used to own a captivate )
I also have started using endomondo to track my runs, and even that sucks. I started and stopped at the same point on my street, but according to the app, i stopped running about 30m short of where i actually did. (GPS gave out, or just never realized that it moved.)
How is the GPS for you??

Voted 4. I geocache, so I need a decent GPS receiver. Since the "Great Nexus GPS Outage" a week or two ago, the GPS has been adequate. It locks within about 15 seconds, and the lock has good accuracy. Lately I have noticed that even a "warm" lock takes 10-15 seconds. Warm locks should be basically instant.
I'm in the habit of launching GPS Status and allowing it to download the assistance data and get a lock before using other GPS apps. Not sure how much it helps.
Yesterday my data connection was unbelievably slow and GPS accuracy was awful. I had nearly full bars of HSPA reception, and 9 good satellites, so it didn't make any sense. Rebooting fixed that, thankfully, but it was odd that both features degraded at the same time.
I do wonder if the GPS subsystem relies on communication with some site on the 'net. Maybe that would explain why the "Great Outage" affected only Galaxy Nexus devices and not others. During that outage all of my Garmin handhelds and several other Android devices got decent locks in good time, while the GNex took ten minutes to get a poor lock.
Edit: why the heck do I have to wait 2 minutes to submit changes to a post?!

MondoMor said:
I geocache, so I need a decent GPS receiver. Since the "Great Nexus GPS Outage" a week or two ago, the GPS has been adequate. It locks within about 15 seconds, and the lock has good accuracy. Lately I have noticed that even a "warm" lock takes 10-15 seconds. Warm locks should be basically instant.
I'm in the habit of launching GPS Status and allowing it to download the assistance data and lock before using the GPS in any other app. Not sure if it helps.
Yesterday my data connection was unbelievably slow and GPS accuracy was awful. I had nearly full bars of HSPA reception, and 9 good satellites, so it didn't make any sense. Rebooting fixed that, thankfully, but it was odd that both features degraded at the same time.
I do wonder if the GPS subsystem relies on communication with some site on the 'net. Maybe that would explain why the "Great Outage" affected only Galaxy Nexus devices and not others. During that outage all of my Garmin handhelds and several other Android devices got decent locks in good time, while the GNex took ten minutes to get a poor lock.
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This whole situation reminds me a lot of the galaxy s1 bs that i went through. The gps clearly sucked but some defended it. People came up with a bunch of hacks that did basically nothing, and the problem was never fixed.
How is it possible that the flagship android phone has terrible gps ? How are developers supposed to design apps on it that use gps? I think the nexus s was the same way. Wtf Google. I might be returning this if it's not fixed completely with the next official update. According to whoever i talked to in customer service, should be within a few weeks.

Coming from nexus s and its terrible GPS, had to vote at least 4
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4 or 5 never had any problems.
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Currently:
Takes forever to get even a mediocre lock
VERY inaccurate - usually around ~30m at best
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I voted a 4.
I usually get a GPS lock in under 10 seconds if outdoors and under 30-ish seconds indoors.
Outdoors, I typically get an accuracy within 10 feet. Indoors, it can get a bit worse, but is still usually within 30 feet.
I've never had the GPS lose lock.

Voted 4. GPS locks come pretty fast for me. Accuracy is also OK, but it does lose its lock once in a while during a bicycle trip. I do have the phone in my pocket, to be fair I should test it when it has a clear view to the sky (mount it on my steer or something).

4-5 for me. It works pretty good for me and acuuracy is there.
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5 here, no problems.

5. Went on a thousand mile road trip and never lost a lock for even a second. Navigation worked flawlessly.
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I can't use navigation it says Google Navigation can not be used in this location (Turkey)
I can just take rooting.

Used yo be really good but since the outage its been crap. It'll get a lock and give me directions but then randomly it thinks I'm two blocks away and start rerouting. This happens a lot.
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I travel a lot with the Nexus GPS. It serve me well all the time. Takes about 10 seconds to locate and never loose signal. I give it a 5.

I have no need for the GPS and such but I decided to open the navigation app and boot the gps, i waited for 3 minutes with the screen saying waiting for location till i just gave up and shut the gps back down

Voted 4/5. Out of the box, it took forever to lock and even then was only hitting on 4-6 satellites. My previous phone (Epic 4G) was notorious for this as well. Used GPS Status and all is well again (lock usually within 5 seconds).
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4-5 here works great.
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Voted 4
lourivellini said:
Please vote (1-unusable, 2 barely usuable, 3 adequate but not great, 4 good, 5 awesome)
Ive had this phone for about a month now, and i love it, but the GPS for me has been awful.
When i first got the phone, it would work - but not great, sometimes not locking, losing signal while driving frequently, etc. Then i went on a period where it didnt work AT ALL. Randomly that started to work again - but only as good as it was before.
Currently:
Takes forever to get even a mediocre lock
VERY inaccurate - usually around ~30m at best
Loses lock
I thought maybe it was just my device, but i met a couple the other day who both own the Verizon version, and they were running ICS, so i ask them if i could run a few tests, and to my surprise, both of their phones were just as bad as mine. Ive heard a crappy GPS might be a JB bug, and will be fixed with the next update - but they were both using 4.04 - so no jellybean bug there.
Basically - for me the GPS is unusable, because if you cant count on it, whats the point. I had a doctors appointment the other day, and luckily i knew the general direction - because by the time the GPS kicked in, i was getting off the highway. I was about to just type in directions manually, and then just find the place like that. Maybe samsung just sucks at making GPS's (i used to own a captivate )
I also have started using endomondo to track my runs, and even that sucks. I started and stopped at the same point on my street, but according to the app, i stopped running about 30m short of where i actually did. (GPS gave out, or just never realized that it moved.)
How is the GPS for you??
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I am a car parts driver and i constantly need the use of my GPS one thing i noticed about the Gnex is that, the GPS VARIES ON the phone provider and plan you have the faster and beter your mobile network the better your GPS WILL work for you! NOW the reason i gave the Gnex a 4 star is because even with 2G edge networks the gps will work while driving within a minute but the process will lag a bit longer not due to finding the direction either but due to locating the gps signal..

How's the GPS performance on the G3?

Can someone comment on the GPS performance on the G3?
Is it fast finding your location on Google Maps? Is it accurate? And does it work when your inside a building or your house?
GPS on the G2 doesn't work inside buildings, but my SGS3 did (or at least much better. It was also faster finding my location).
Compared to your previous device, is the GPS better or worst? To which device are you comparing it with?
Thanks!

About the same as an S3 which I've come It's pretty good, I use a custom GPS.conf and have an accuracy of 16 feet using 11/20 satellites using GPS test from my bedroom. On the road, it's very accurate and google maps turns with you.

Much better than my g2 on CM11.
Instantly gets location even when using device only GPS.

I agree with gsw5700. Coming from a S3, the GPS on the G3 is much better. Google Maps loads a lot faster as well. Works just fine in my house.
All around better experience on the G3.

This is the best phone I ever had when it comes to GPS, unbelievable to me how quickly it gets my location using the Maps app.. almost instantly honestly..
Nexus 5, Xperia Z2, HTC One M7 would all take a few minutes to get GPS...

I fully expected my first attempt to connect to the GPS system to take a little while. I've always experienced this with other devices before. But the G3 connected nearly instantaneously the first time and every time since then. It definitely surprised me. Sorry I haven't used a G2 to compare it to, but I can definitely say the G3 connected faster than other devices that I have used.

As mentioned by others above. This device has the best GPS on a smartphone I ever used till date.

Location on Weather widget
I agree,it's very fast compared to Nexus 5,maps loads very fast without any lag and GPS locks in immediately
I know this is off topic but I have weird problem.Accuweather widget location is always off by 20 miles from current location,it doesn't matter if I'm driving or stationary or on wifi or LTE .Anyone experiencing the same?
Model LG G3 F400k
Edit:-
I played around with 3rd party weather widgets and location was accurate.I suspect problem is with Accuweather widget(stock)

How's XL's GPS?

Hows the GPS performance on the XL. Post on the pixel mentions issues in waze.
Concerns me, as I am an avid GPS user, especially when searching locations via Google Now.
On my v10 Id have to reboot sometimes, as it wouldnt get a lock or loose gps signal too often to be reliable. So far its been better once I disabled the Qualcomm IZat low power location estimation feature.
Please chime in, thanks

I used Google Maps every day going to work and I've had it since the 20th. Has worked every day with 0 issues.

Fantastic glad to hear
mazdababy0 said:
I used Google Maps every day going to work and I've had it since the 20th. Has worked every day with 0 issues.
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I'm using waze since launch without any issues.

clockcycle said:
Hows the GPS performance on the XL. Post on the pixel mentions issues in waze.
Concerns me, as I am an avid GPS user, especially when searching locations via Google Now.
On my v10 Id have to reboot sometimes, as it wouldnt get a lock or loose gps signal too often to be reliable. So far its been better once I disabled the Qualcomm IZat low power location estimation feature.
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Dude GPS is amazing on the xl. I had to get my v10 replaced FOUR times because the GPS failed on every one of them. Just stopped working completely.

Works fine here, seems to be very accurate

GPS seems to be working fine on Maps, but sometimes its a bit jumpy while using Waze. It tries to recalculate my route every so often, even if im simply cruising on the freeway. It gets pretty annoying especially since it keeps doing the recalculation noise. Think it may just be a bug with Waze.

I use waze for 70+ miles a day some days. Seems to work fine.

This has been my biggest issue with Android phones. Every Android phone I've ever had has had GPS issues. Mind you they were all Samsung phones though. First was the S4 which I exchanged once for another S4 because of GPS not working, and the replacement eventually had GPS problems too. After that I had a Note 4. This was basically a repeat of the S4. Exchanged it once for another Note 4 and the GPS never worked right in any of them. After the Note 4 I went to an iPhone 6s+. Don't really care for iOS in general compared to Android, but the GPS never let me down on the iPhone.
Although I haven't used the GPS in my Pixel XL much yet, I feel confident that it will work. Mostly because back when I had all those crap Samsung phones I would end up using my Nexus 7 tethered to the phone for my GPS needs. It always worked. So the Pixel basically has the same DNA as the Nexus line of devices and conventional wisdom tells me that the GPS should work ok.

GPS is about the same as any other phone for me.
I haven't used it much though, not yet.
Pull myself up on maps.google and I can see it wandering around my neighborhood like all other phones do.
Eventually, like all other phones, it settles down as it contacts more GPS satellites and pinpoints my location.
And just like every other phone, it gets my location wrong by about 30' or so.
So.... the GPS is nothing special.
Same as every other phone I've had so far.

Ive been having severe issues on my XL.
Losing my GPS signal every 20 seconds. Now it wont lock on at all.
Tried factory reset and reimaging
Might have to replace the phone... Need to call Google support and see what they say

Hmm coming from my LG g5 that had an awful GPS similar to what the post above me is describing. I have loved the GPS on this phone it works perfectly.
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I had the issue with Waze and maps not getting a lock and intstall GPS status seemed to fix it. I recalibrated and let it get a lock and it's worked since.

Insanely, unbelievably good. Quickest fix (in device-only mode, which is the only mode I ever use) and best indoor performance of any Android device I've ever owned.

gps
hi,
is working fine at me

To answer my own query, since I got my xl I've been running navigation home without an issue, taking alternate routes and purposely not following recommended routes it works great so far.

Does anyone have issues with the compass pointing the wrong direction in Maps?

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Does anyone have issues with the compass pointing the wrong direction in Maps?
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Yeah I do, I've even had me traveling backwards.
Haven't resolved it yet...
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