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My HTC Desire cannot detect any satellite for GPS, could this be a damage in the software or the hardware?...
I've change the rom version and radio but still doesn't make any difference. What are the chances that the hardware is dead?...
I've did Factory Reset for many times...
is it expensive the replace it?...roughly how much it cost?....
is there any GPS driver or some files that might be missing while I updated the rom myself??
I never tested the GPS function when it is newly bought. I tested it only after I updated the Android version from 2.1 to 2.2.
For your info, I've used Papago X5, GPS test, and many other apps to search for satellite but all fail, even after being outdoors for a long time....any help here?....HTC is gonna charge me a bomb for repairing it
Did u check ur gps outside in open sky??? bcos GPS doesnt work under roof!!
I've been outdoor with clear skys for a long time....still nothing... my fren's Galaxy S detects the satellite in just a few seconds....need help please..
Same problem here. Did you managed to solve the problem ?
same issue here, is it a hardware problem?
Try to turn on mobile data it's helped me find so much faster.
try a different ROM.. I remember google maps wasn't able to find me on MIUI, but when I switched to cyanogen it was fine.
Also you can download an app called Faster Fix from the market, it helps locate gps satellites
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I've tried different roms (Aurax, CM7, LeeDroid, ...), different Android version (2.2, 2.3) and different radios but it still doesn't work. I've also check "Faster fix", "GPS Status" applications, ... My first impression is a hardware issue but I'd like to be sure. Thanks to everyone for your answer.
Hi,
I think I got this problem since froyo, but I'm not sure. GPS needs ages to find a satellite, most of the time it's not working. Strange enough it's working almost instantly after I rebooted the phone! This problem is not related to the navi softare I'm using.
I'm currently on the latest Leedroid and patchet the Kernel v6. Any ideas?
Sephi said:
Hi,
I think I got this problem since froyo, but I'm not sure. GPS needs ages to find a satellite, most of the time it's not working. Strange enough it's working almost instantly after I rebooted the phone! This problem is not related to the navi softare I'm using.
I'm currently on the latest Leedroid and patchet the Kernel v6. Any ideas?
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Lee is using the European NTP servers for reference. Depending on your side of the world, you might need to change the entry in /system/etc/gps.conf to "NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org".
Cheers
Peter
I'm living in germany...central europe...
Maybe try another radio. Have you checked your connection with "GPS status?"
I tested GPS status and with this prog it works much faster, strange enough...
Hi,
I have a GPS issue.
I purchased the P6 2 weeks ago.
It takes the GPS a long time (15 minutes) to get a fix on my location.
I have now upgraded to firmware b111 hoping it will help but it did not.
I have searched the internet to find more information and it seems that NEXUS users on JellyBean 4.2 had a similar issue that was eventually fixed by a firmware upgrade. Also I found other phones (such as Samsung SII) that once upgraded to 4.2.2 had the same issue (one of them even posted on h**p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203367)
I have also found several complaints from P6 users suffering from long delay times until GPS gets a fix.
I have installed App called GPSTest on this P6 as well as on a different Andriod phone that I own.
holding both phones I activated the GPS and started the GPSTest App.
The App showed that the P6 is 'seeing' less GPS satellites and that the signal strength from the satellites is received as weaker on the P6.
I have sent a email to Huawei to notify them of the issue,
I urge anyone suffering from the same issue to do the same a post the Fault information on:
h**p://consumer.huawei.com/en/contact-us/index.htm?tag=email
If any one knows how to fix it please post it.
thnx
P6-U06
Baseband version: IMC1202_PENTA
Kernel version: 3.0.8-00780-g62cb9564 [email protected] #1
Build number: P6-U06V100R001C00B111
Custom Version: CUSTC432D111
Where's your location? i'll add gps fix to my incoming ROM
Anyway, in xda there're threads about fixing gps
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S34Qu4K3 said:
Where's your location? i'll add gps fix to my incoming ROM
Anyway, in xda there're threads about fixing gps
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Hi S34Qu4K3,
I'm currently located in Israel, purchased the P6 in Germany.
thanks.
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zivorens said:
Hi,
I have a GPS issue.
I purchased the P6 2 weeks ago.
It takes the GPS a long time (15 minutes) to get a fix on my location.
I have now upgraded to firmware b111 hoping it will help but it did not.
I have searched the internet to find more information and it seems that NEXUS users on JellyBean 4.2 had a similar issue that was eventually fixed by a firmware upgrade. Also I found other phones (such as Samsung SII) that once upgraded to 4.2.2 had the same issue (one of them even posted on h**p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203367)
I have also found several complaints from P6 users suffering from long delay times until GPS gets a fix.
I have installed App called GPSTest on this P6 as well as on a different Andriod phone that I own.
holding both phones I activated the GPS and started the GPSTest App.
The App showed that the P6 is 'seeing' less GPS satellites and that the signal strength from the satellites is received as weaker on the P6.
I have sent a email to Huawei to notify them of the issue,
I urge anyone suffering from the same issue to do the same a post the Fault information on:
h**p://consumer.huawei.com/en/contact-us/index.htm?tag=email
If any one knows how to fix it please post it.
thnx
P6-U06
Baseband version: IMC1202_PENTA
Kernel version: 3.0.8-00780-g62cb9564 [email protected] #1
Build number: P6-U06V100R001C00B111
Custom Version: CUSTC432D111
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I've reported to Huawei on this issue on their facebook but no reply from them.
You may try get this App from Play Store GPS Status - Test & Fix.
It works for me. I can get my location within 10 seconds now.:good:
I had a problem with the GPS initially on my P6. I would find that turning the 'phone off (power down) and then back on again would cure this until the next time I wanted to use the GPS when I'd have to turn it off (power down) and on again.
I didn't seem to suffer from this problem after upgrading to firmware 107 (from 105) but by then, Co-Pilot Live had also had an update so it was possible that either one of the updates cured my problems.
me too , i have problem with GPS , when i install some GPS program Sygic or IGO or NAVIGON , for first time work and when i turn again ... no gps signal no nothing ... Only work GoogleMaps ... i dont know why.... someone with my problem ?
Try B118 leaked rom.
I have the same problem with GPS getting a fix. I downloaded GPS info from Play sore and i get a fix in a few seconds. Very good app
Guys am recommending do not install latest gmaps ..! They SUCKS ! Just uninstall and it will uninstall just update .. older version will be still there..
extrem23 said:
I've reported to Huawei on this issue on their facebook but no reply from them.
You may try get this App from Play Store GPS Status - Test & Fix.
It works for me. I can get my location within 10 seconds now.:good:
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I've been having this issue since I bought my P6: GPS radio literally dies, when you try opening any app using GPS that little dot with a circle in the notification panel's left corner fails to blink. I tried factory reset, b111, b118, GPS fix, gpstest and some others. GPS was back after trying some of this methods, but erratically.
This morning it was dead again and none of above worked. After reading some threads about this issue I read one mentioning that turning it off for a while worked for him. I did, and it worked. I suspect it is an overheat issue.
rebayona said:
I've been having this issue since I bought my P6: GPS radio literally dies, when you try opening any app using GPS that little dot with a circle in the notification panel's left corner fails to blink. I tried factory reset, b111, b118, GPS fix, gpstest and some others. GPS was back after trying some of this methods, but erratically.
This morning it was dead again and none of above worked. After reading some threads about this issue I read one mentioning that turning it off for a while worked for him. I did, and it worked. I suspect it is an overheat issue.
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It happens to me as well that I need to switch off the phone and on it back to get my GPS work again.
But it's still slow. Sometime need 3 to 5 minutes or forever.
extrem23 said:
It happens to me as well that I need to switch off the phone and on it back to get my GPS work again.
But it's still slow. Sometime need 3 to 5 minutes or forever.
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iam on B116 and gmaps is taking ages too.
ill give gps test n fix a try now.
i dont use gps often anyway. but it should have to work :silly:
zivorens said:
Hi,
I have a GPS issue.
I purchased the P6 2 weeks ago.
It takes the GPS a long time (15 minutes) to get a fix on my location.
I have now upgraded to firmware b111 hoping it will help but it did not.
I have searched the internet to find more information and it seems that NEXUS users on JellyBean 4.2 had a similar issue that was eventually fixed by a firmware upgrade. Also I found other phones (such as Samsung SII) that once upgraded to 4.2.2 had the same issue (one of them even posted on h**p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203367)
I have also found several complaints from P6 users suffering from long delay times until GPS gets a fix.
I have installed App called GPSTest on this P6 as well as on a different Andriod phone that I own.
holding both phones I activated the GPS and started the GPSTest App.
The App showed that the P6 is 'seeing' less GPS satellites and that the signal strength from the satellites is received as weaker on the P6.
I have sent a email to Huawei to notify them of the issue,
I urge anyone suffering from the same issue to do the same a post the Fault information on:
h**p://consumer.huawei.com/en/contact-us/index.htm?tag=email
If any one knows how to fix it please post it.
thnx
P6-U06
Baseband version: IMC1202_PENTA
Kernel version: 3.0.8-00780-g62cb9564 [email protected] #1
Build number: P6-U06V100R001C00B111
Custom Version: CUSTC432D111
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there is NO problem with gps but with google maps !!! u have to uninstall latest maps and install old ones like few months old maps .. it works great on my p6 .. gps lockig takes one minute or less
It's Google Maps
It's true.
The GPS receiver is fine. It's the latest updates of GoogleMaps that's causing all that.
After removing the updates, I had no problems getting a quick fix (pardon the pun).
tyan888 said:
It's true.
The GPS receiver is fine. It's the latest updates of GoogleMaps that's causing all that.
After removing the updates, I had no problems getting a quick fix (pardon the pun).
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Not entirely true. I had severe issues trying to get GPS fix with Ingress, so much so that it was unplayable. If you read the other literature it is definitely not only Gmaps.
Hi, I'm in B122 and i've fixed mi slow GPS start problem, using a little free app named "GPS status & fix"...
It has worked OK for me, now mi GPS has fix in 10-30 sec...
Best regards.
I just one to report that my GPS is working well after I updated to B118 ROM.
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I'm on B118. Decent GPS lock-on speed (within a few minutes, outside).
But after using TopNTP, now it's within 10 seconds. Even inside my apartment. I tried a few different profiles until I hit the one giving me this fastest lockon.
:good:
i got a problem with my p6! maybe someone can help. couldnt get a gps fix so i restarted my phone. normaly that helps. but after restarting my phone the gps symbol doesnt appear anymore. if i start an app like gps test normaly a gps symbol would appear at the top of my screen blinking. gps test tells me my gps is on but i dont get any satelites anymore and the symbol is still missing! any ideas????
regards
Baxxxtor said:
i got a problem with my p6! maybe someone can help. couldnt get a gps fix so i restarted my phone. normaly that helps. but after restarting my phone the gps symbol doesnt appear anymore. if i start an app like gps test normaly a gps symbol would appear at the top of my screen blinking. gps test tells me my gps is on but i dont get any satelites anymore and the symbol is still missing! any ideas????
regards
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From what I recall, the GPS symbol only shows when you are in the app that's using it. For example, when you are in Gmaps or Navigation you will see the GPS symbol blinking in notification bar. However, when you are at the homescreen, the GPS symbol disappears. Once you go back to the app, you should see the GPS blink again. BTW what firmware are you on?
At least you get some gps signal. I tried using TopNTP, GPS fix, GPS status, but nothing works on B125. D:
Hi there!
I'm sure you've seen a lot of these posts before, but I can't seem to find an answer. My HTC Desire HD won't find any satellites at all. I've installed the latest radio, installed the gps fix for htc desire hd, and I've soldered a wire for use as better antenna, but still, no connection at all.
It doesn't matter where I am, indoors, outdoors, no satellites.
For the moment I run slimrom, but it has been this way on all roms after it started doing this. I don't know when it happened either because one day when I just happened to have to use it, it didn't look on to any satellites.
I am suing GPS status app for testing.
Do you have any suggestions?
as you wrote, you made hardware hack, if hardware hack not helping i think your gps chip is dead
Since I installed the first N OOS build i have issues withmy GPS,
every few seconds it lost the lock and needed a few seconds to reacquire it.
Also sometimes it does not acquire ay lock at all and need a reboot to work again.
As far as I can tell the issue happens with every android N based OxygenOS.
And also with Lineage OS 14.1
I tryed clean flashing booth and it did not change anything.
Now I flashed back to the last MM based community build and it works no lost of GPS signal, reasomably quick fix.
Does any other users also have GPS issues with N based roms on the OP3?
How can I solve the issue or at least find out whaty causing the issues?
Funny you mention this. I use my op3 for my topo maps when I hike and I have found N based roms to cause the gps to require a relocking. Also, the gps is noticeably less accurate.
Anyone got an explanation/solution?
good to herar that I'm not the only one with GPS issues.
Now the question is how to fix those?
I am also facing GPS issues since Oxygen OS 4.x.x, before that I never experienced any.
Sometimes it take 5 to 10 minutes until it finally fetches a GPS Signal but it is still very inaccurate then.
Hopefully the new OOS 4.0.3 update helps, but I doubt it since there is no mention of GPS in the release notes.
I also have this issue, the only resolution I had is to switch on WiFi scanning. After turning it on GPS has been a bit better and locks to the correct location quickly.
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Ok I found out something new when I set mobile data to 2G GPS works great also on the 4.0.3 OOS ROM.
And since people complained since the start that some have issues with GPS and 4G I guess the issue really is that if some particular frequencies are used GPS suffers. Apparently something changes in N ROMs that makes the issues appear for more users.
Interestingly is that flashing Modem Firmware has no affect so the issue is in a part that is in the android kernel itself.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/help/gps-issues-t3416544
Every time I turn location on, I get the "improve location accuracy?" prompt. Every single time.
How can I stop this? Never had this before, usually goes away after one enable.
Another strange thing sometimes the GPS cant get a lock and the only way to fix it is to restart the phone.
the bew Open Beta 12 based on Android 7.1.1 seams to have resolved my GPS issue really strange
Hi - I also do have heavy problems with losses of GPS- signal at the OP3 since months. Especially while using LTE the GPS gets often lost. Since 5 weeks I am working/struggeling with the OP-support a lot - but no changes till now. @David: "Open Beta 12" has solved your problems?? what is this concrete?
i do have the problem...... from 4.0.2 updated to 4.1.1 and now Beta13, the problem still there~!!
On my phone gps signal gets lost always at the same location and when lte is active. On any other location gps works perfect. When i disable lte everything works perfect. This has happend on any rom. I think this is a hardware problem and can not be resolved. The only solution is disabling lte or using a different provider. I am using o2 in Germany, the problem does not happen with other Providers. Different Providers have different frequencies, this might be the difference between o2 and the other providers.
I do have O2-LTE too and it is "under suspicion" in Germany. But in February I was for 4 weeks in Florida and travelled a lot using navigation. The provider was AT&T - and I had very often losses of GPS-signal too.
I can confirm, that the problem happens with different ROM, but not at only one location - it happens everywhere.
But what can we do? OnePlus is working at this problem since months without a solution - and the customer with this bug really have to accept it "for zero"??
Hello @OPFan , did you get help from the support? Or could you resolve the problem?
3 months of contact - lots of bubbles - no solution
try downloading the "Gps Test "app then enable GPS and open the app and click on the 3 dots > AGPS > Clear and update
cheptii said:
try downloading the "Gps Test "app then enable GPS and open the app and click on the 3 dots > AGPS > Clear and update
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this was one of the thousands of tryings - but also with zero effect
I'm having a lot of GPS issues since I've been using OPO or OP3.
I sold my OPO because of the bad GPS. Now I have the OP3.
On both phones I used custom ROM Cyanogenmod.
I sometimes had bad GPS reception, but this was fixed under Cyanogenmod doing this: Disable GPS, Disable Data, Enable Airplane mode, Disable Airplane mode, Enable Data, Enable GPS, then wait for GPS reception and start navi app.
Last week I flashed my OP3 with another ROM (AOSP) but this only made it worse!
I use my phone as car navigation daily, and while navigating, it finds GPS and it loses GPS every 5 seconds (using WAZE app). It's incredibly annoying. Using AGPS or any other "fix" found online doesn't fix the problem.
When using another navigation app, like Google nav, it's works better (because Google also uses LTE). Clearing cache or unistalling and reinstalling the WAZE app doesn't fix the problem.
Conclusion:
It is totally not related to your provider because they are working on fixed standard frequencies and I've been using the same provider on both phones.
It's also not related to the hardware only, because it was working on my OP3 under Cyanogenmod. So it should be related to the hardware driver included in the ROM.
Maybe this gives anyone an idea?
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Found something here that might help:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73681689&postcount=165
I have also GPS issues. It works well in gmaps, but it is unusable in Waze.
I thought AOSPA was causing it so I cleanflashed latest OB, but GPS issues are present there too