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[Q] can't get GPS to work properly

I keep having problems with getting a gps fix on my DHD.
I turn on the GPS on the phone, also setting it to checked in the "Location" settings, and I wait forever. Yesterday I tried using the Compass app (By Catch.com), the GPS Status app, Tried using My Tracks and RunKeeper, and couldn't get a fix.
Every time I go back to the "Location" settings, and check and uncheck the "Use wireless networks" box, and also turn on or off the WIFI radio. But nothing seemed to work.
This morning I tried again, set My Tracks to record the road, and it did get a fix after about 5 minutes - So sometimes it does work.
I did manage to get fixes at various times, using all the apps above, but most times I need to fiddle with it quite a lot before it works, by checking and unchecking stuff. Sometimes it finally gets a fix with the "Use wireless networks" checked, and wifi turned on (even on locations where I have no wifi), and sometimes when its off.
Using the GPS Status app I see it usually finds 8-11 satellites, and they all seem green and with high bars, but I get no location at the end. Also with the Compass - I can see it connects to 10/10, but there is no long/lat.
What can cause all this mess? Is there some known bug with the gps? Or maybe some apps are interfering with others?
I also don't have any data plan (2g or 3g), so I only surf on wifi. Maybe this trows the location off somehow?

My location results are less accurate than 3g but still usable. Have you had better gps results from other devices? Your area might have some problems.
Cheers from my DHD.

When it works, it works just fine. Today on my way to work it succeeded in getting a fix after several minutes (which I still consider to be a bit too long - it should do it in less than a minute).
Last week, during a short jog outside of my house, it got a fix using RunKeeper.
Two days ago, while walking outside for well over an hour, and seeing in all the apps it finds multiple satellites, I could not get any fix at all. I want to use GPS only, no need for 3g or wifi. It should be enough (And had been enough on other occasions).
And it wasn't only defective two nights ago - many times I can't seem to get a fix. And only occasionally I get it to work properly.

I have the same problem ,i flashed a few different radios to try them and getting a gps lock was a nightmare.Originally i was on radio 26.03.02.26 and it was actually fine(shouldnt have messed with something that works.I have now flashed back to that radio and same problems.
i am sitting here with the misses hd and it instantly finds 6 sats and gets a gps lock while my hd finds one and does nothing.
i turn off gps on both phones ,turn back on and now her phone gets a lock at least 1 min faster.
Seems to be first time using gps after booting phone,once i have turned gps on give it a few mins then turn it off.I now run gps status on both phones,gps turns on and now get 2 more sats and a much lower error reading.

I have the same issues with gps, if I leave my phone flat on the dashboard of my car so that the screen is facing upwards, the gps seems to work without losing a fix, maybe because it connects to more satellites.
when I place the phone in my dash mount, it seems to drop signals and loses location.
I have tried a solution which I found while browsing the net extensively for the problem you mentioned and there does not seem to be much info on the issue. The solution I found on the net seemed to have made a huge difference although more testing is needed.
I have downloaded a program called "Tracker Booster - Tracker Booster is a small utility to help sports tracker applications (e.g. Endomondo) to get best possible GPS signal by keeping the GPS unit active in the background." It is available for free from the market, the way to use it is by starting this program up and then clicking "Start Booster" followed by "send to Background", then load GPS Status, hopefully once you see some satellites on GPS status and have a fix, you can now load your sat nav software or google maps, I use co-pilot.
Once you have finished with using the GPS, remember to stop Tracker Booster as it runs in the background and keeps your GPS on constantly which will no doubt drain the battery.
This so far has worked for me and as I have stated earlier, I need to do a few more trips before I can say that it works all the time.
I think this is the best solution until something better comes up.

This is not whats happening to me - When it's not working properly, I can't seem to get a fix at all, even after a long while. When I do get a fix, it works just fine even when the DHD is in my pocket, or facing sideways.

Has anyone one of you guys tried using gps status from android market?
Download it reset agps data than redownload agps data and that's it.
I get a fix in aprox 10s without it is few minutes
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[Q] GPS slow

My Arc ROM is 2.3.3 .145 UK General, updated with SEUS. The GPS Signal comes slowly, i'm need waiting 3-5 minuten and the GPS Test sofware (http://www.appbrain.com/app/gps-test/com.chartcross.gpstest) showing 10-12 satellite but the GPS coordinaten not showing and on the notification box the gps icon just blinking and the foursquare writing: not GPS signal. Works sometimes, but was much better yet earlier the refreshing. The 3G/HSDPA switching on.
What can i do? Arc not rooting yet.
Thank you for the help.
Sorry my bad english.

And you're running it when you're outside right? Mines just taken less than 30seconds to pin point me on 145.
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GPS is very good,10- 20seconds to pin point me on 2.3.3 (.145)

I shutdown the phone then I took out the battery 10 sec then putting battery in the phone and switching on the phone and the gps working
What may have been the problem? I don't know
Thanks for the help

[Q] Compass, GPS and Google Maps issue on Arco's ROMs

Hi, I've been running Arco's cm-10-20130605 for about 3 months, but was forced to downgrade to his cm-9-20130730 recently.
The issue is with Google Maps. With CM10 I was getting really bad screen tearing and flashing while moving around the map,
especially with a menu overlay active. With GPS active and lock acquired in google maps it was a question of 10 seconds before
the whole phone crashed hard, rebooting into battery at 6% (unusable). Battery level recovers by itself completely afterwards,
but it took it about an hour, so I buckled and downgraded to CM9.
With CM9 I get no tearing/flashing issues, but the phone still keeps rebooting with GPS lock acquired in google maps.
My other issue with GPS is 'jerky' updates. It looks like updates are only sent every 2 seconds or so, that means no
smooth scrolling with navigation software and terrible lag rendering the whole thing unusable. Sometimes rebooting
the phone and closing all apps running in the background helps with the jerkiness, the lag is still there though, I don't
remember it being there on GB.
I also noticed the compass is by about 90 degrees off with CM10 and about 15 degrees off with CM9.
Any ideas how to fix these?

Frequent "GPS Signal Lost"

So weird Issue.
Using Google Maps on MaximusHD 6 with the latest t-mo firmware (2.11) I get constant "GPS SIGNAL LOST" when obviously driving and using it as my nav since I got it. I'm in southern California with a pretty good LTE signal almost everywhere. The highways are pretty open so trees, mountains, buildings etc are ruled out as a probable cost.
Now today I noticed that I normally keep the phone locked/screen off when driving since it's connected over BT so there's no real need to look at it. During a normal 15-20min drive I would get the signal lost alert a lot. Upwards of 10 or so times on that single drive. While with my M8 it never happened especially when literally not 5min after getting out of the parking lot doing maybe 20mph down the street. I first I thought i messed something up since I took the phone apart to apply thermal paste to keep it from overheating.
However today on a drive back I kept the phone with the screen on. Never did it lose signal while the screen was on, but a minute after I locked the phone (screen off) did it lose GPS signal. I turned it back on and after driving 20min or so the signal wasn't lost.
So overall has anyone experience a similar issue? Full cellular coverage with frequent google maps alerts that the GPS signal was lost. Maybe a background gps process being killed or another coming up and hindering it.
Gonna wait for the Thanksgiving break to mess around with stock/custom roms and see if it's just something that can be fixed with a reflash.

I'm having the same issue, have you figured anything out? Have you tried using a different app besides google maps to see if it's the actual app doing it's power save feature, or the background powersaving process being started by the phone being screen off? Really interested because my phone starts burning up to extreme temps...

On the backup I had with the issue I narrowed It down to possibly a background process cutting it off once the screen turns back. Power saving was off and all that would stick while screen was off was maps, Google service, and social apps.
As for the cause I couldn't figure it out. I went with a stock from without issues. Then went back to custom roms and haven't had the issue again. Also I drastically lowered my app count. Barely use any apps not needed for basic functionality.
As for the temp issue you're having. I noticed gets warm just like any other device when using GPS. I have opened up the phone and applied a new thermal coat following off a thread around here.
I have another issue came up where the phone would seek out a GPS signal while battery saving was selected to even location turned off. Killed my battery in a heart beat. Hasn't happened again.
I would suggest you make a full backup and either flash a stock rom or redownload whatever custom rom your using. Do a trial run for a day or two with minimal apps and see if it improves.

Here's where it gets interesting..
I used to own a galaxy s3 i9300 and custom kernels caused exactly the same issue. Flashing a stock rom solved it and a few other issues, one in particular was gps inaccurate coordinates.
Now I have moved to an m9. This has in the past run great. It is completely stock and untouched by curious fingers.. However, recently my gps has been running at random intervals even though it is completely off in all accessable settings. I can't find the culprit and it sapped 40% in a few minutes. It was literally a short face to face conversation, jumped back in the car and went for my phone for waze.. Dead as a dodo..
Confuzzled completely as to whether this is the actual rom doing it or an app..
I wish I stole my HTC M9.

shivadow said:
Here's where it gets interesting..
I used to own a galaxy s3 i9300 and custom kernels caused exactly the same issue. Flashing a stock rom solved it and a few other issues, one in particular was gps inaccurate coordinates.
Now I have moved to an m9. This has in the past run great. It is completely stock and untouched by curious fingers.. However, recently my gps has been running at random intervals even though it is completely off in all accessable settings. I can't find the culprit and it sapped 40% in a few minutes. It was literally a short face to face conversation, jumped back in the car and went for my phone for waze.. Dead as a dodo..
Confuzzled completely as to whether this is the actual rom doing it or an app..
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
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Android 6 should be released around here soon so maybe that'll improve/fix these issues. I wouldn't be surprised if Google services is causing this since it has in the past drained batteries and causes similar issues. If the kernel is involved then the issue has been seen on both stock and custom.

well it may be a setting from the maximums HD, try using other Rom and tell us if problem is solved, try HD Revolution or ViperOne.

Hi all, I got a Moto G3 and having issues with the gps no signal message, it is on and off, but more the time that have no signal. So have heard that Android 6 could be the guilty one.. Do any of you know if there is a fix yet? ?
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Spontaneous reboot whilst using Waze

So far my OP3 has mostly been rock solid and I've generally been very happy.
The only issue I've had is 3 times now (twice within a short period, and once today) the phone has spontaneously rebooted whilst using Waze.
All times the phone has been in a mount and charging (standard, not dash charging). Today it was fully charged and the phone didn't feel particularly hot, warm but nothing ridiculous.
Has anyone else had a similar occurrence?

I had the same thing happen to me while using google maps. It happened a total of 3 times and the last time I noticed it was because of the windshield mount pressing on the power button. Lol. Not sure of the other 2 times were for the same reason.
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Hi, I have the same experience. While using Waze, I got already 3 random reboots. It was always, while the phone was being charged (not dash charger). Then I went for a longer trip (about 7 hours) and was charging the phone from a powerbank with 2,1A output and the phone didn't restart while using Waze for about 7 hours
Now I'm on OP3Lite ROM with ElementalX kernel and didn't have the issue with rebooting while using Waze for more than a week. So maybe the issue is in the stock Kernel, while being charged "slowly" from the car :-/

Hey me too. i have random reboot when using google maps, it happen more than 3 times in less than 30 minutes.
But i dont charge my phone, just use it while driving.
i have not tried flash custom kernel yet, maybe i will give it a try.
lets see if this problem still happen..

I can confirm that this is happening in Google Maps, too. So is it a bug with GPS?
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I've experienced the same issue but in my case the phone felt very hot making me believe it shut itself down due to overheating. It only seems to happen while using GPS with the screen on and charging from the car for prolonged periods of time.

Rebooted when using Google Maps and Radardroid.
5-6 Reboots in 2 hours .
No troubles in 6-7 hours before.
Reboots with and without original car charger.
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I have exactly the same issue. Yesterday I had four maybe five restarts in ten minutes when I drive with waze so then I tryed google navigation and restart again.
All without charging. Week before I drove about eight hours with waze and no problem.
This issue is really irritating especialy when is one using navigation in unknown city.
Anyone have a solution?

Same here, but only on long trips
The same thing happened to me on a recent long journey, but never happens when commuting.
My usual commute is about 45 minutes, and I always drive with the Waze app open and navigating, so I get notified of hazards. The phone has never crashed in that situation
However, on a recent longer trip, the phone rebooted after about an hour of use, and when I re-started the Waze app, the phone kept crashing at about 10-15 minute intervals.
This makes me think that something is overheating in the GPS chipset, or perhaps there is a memory leak or suchlike in the GPS ASIC, and it does not get restarted when the phone crashes.

Exact same issue. Looks like a lemon. Filed RMA with OPO, will be returning the phone. This is all after their "update" to fix random reboots. Never rooted, either. Will be going to back to my faithful OnePlus One.

chrestomanci said:
This makes me think that something is overheating in the GPS chipset, or perhaps there is a memory leak or suchlike in the GPS ASIC, and it does not get restarted when the phone crashes.
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I had the random reboots happen before moving to CyanogenMod. Haven't had it since and I use GPS all the time. It's been really hot here and the phone is often right in the sun when I'm using GPS with no a/c pointing at it... Never an issue with overheating.
It's sounds like a software bug.
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This has been happening to me also. I'm using cyanogenmod and I wasn't charging it at the time. As soon as waze is stopped the phone doesn't restart.

I am also having problem with waze, no root, rom 3.2.7. I also play Pokamon Go with GPS and it does not reboot, hopefully someone can find out what is happening soon. At the mean time, I change the location mode to "Device only" and see does it make any difference.

Yes, I experienced the same problem today. Phone charging using std USB car charger and reboots happening with both Ware and Google maps. Happened 4 times with an interval of about 20 minutes between reboots. Never happened before and I doubt an over heating issue.

used to happen to me on OOS 3.2.6/7/8 with Google Maps when playing music (with or without android auto).
since switching over to the OOS nougat beta builds, i haven't seen this issue again