Hi,
I have a Desire HD with the stock everything, and by OTA it got the 2.2 so I can't temp root now(before you ask).
One mail reason I got a smartphone was for my love of using GPS. And all was working well, but recently, since almost last one month now GPS has almost completely stopped working. Sometimes I am able to see a fix of upto 4 satellites in GPS status, but the lock never happens. I have tried:
1) GPS status with reset and fresh AGPS data
2) disabling wifi/mobile data
3) removing battery and doing factory reset
4) Ensuring there is clear sky and keeping my phone stable for upto half an hour
5) Testing with Google maps
I read the gps.conf may be the common culprit but i see that the same NTP server of north-america is being used in my brother's Wildfire and it works perfectly and gets a lock within 10 seconds! So I would say rooting just to change gps.conf may not also help me out.
What else can i check? If possible I would want not to root and if required at all, would want to do a temp root if possible to save my warranty
Please help me guys to get my GPS back on my 2.2 DHD
I have read almost every forum post/article I could find which may help me with my GPS issue but none helped me and it seems more and more people are getting this issue. The last thing I would want is to send my dear phone to service center lest they take weeks to "fix" it.
So I was experimenting with any clue I could get. AND it seems I may have stumbled upon something here!
I THINK HTC Desire HD can boot into a safe mode which would help me find if there might be abackgrund process/app hurting my GPS. So to accomplish this I rebooted my HTC, and while booting up and kept the HOME button pressed till it booted up and showed the unlock screen.
GPS Status too about 5 mins but found 6 satellites and locked!!!
Not believeing what I was seeing, I started google maps, and within 5 seconds it locked on to 10 meter accuracy!!
2 questions now
1) Had I actually booted into safe mode, if not what happened here
2) If this was really about something interfering with my GPS, then which server/app is it? How to investigate?
I went into running services and found these running:
astrid backupservice
jbedvmnorunning service
calendar obexservice
htcsense immediatemodeservice
htcsense dashboardsvc
google cloud to device
google messaging
media
sound sdmsvc
cspeoplesync
google maps networklocation
market alarm
mail easappsync
touch input svc
Other 71 mb in 4, avail 247+241 in 43
I will try to find next day what services are running in regular boot, if gps stops working again
If this works for anybody else too, please comment as then we can try investigate together
Well, it turned out that my GPS working was more of a fluke. Didn't work again after that :'(
Not sure what else to try as I do not wish to take as I am not at all comfortable flashing etc. my phone just to make GPS work
hope this solves your problem
waveking9 said:
Well, it turned out that my GPS working was more of a fluke. Didn't work again after that :'(
Not sure what else to try as I do not wish to take as I am not at all comfortable flashing etc. my phone just to make GPS work
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try FastFix from the market, its a free app, but i think it needs root access
alternatively, you can look in this thread, this helped many
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964333
I've had an LG G4, model H815 at Android 5.1 for the past two months. So far extremely satisfied, but it's been acting up for the past few days - battery drains for over 20% while I sleep for ~7 hours, and apparently Android System (specifically the GPS) keeps it awake and drains over 60% of the battery.
I keep GPS on high accuracy and I use the smart settings the phone has, but up until a week ago or so it didn't do any harm and it only lost about 2-5% every night - Same goes (more or less) for my previous phone. LG's subsidiary in my country just pushed an update a few days ago, so it may be relevant, but I don't recall if it happened before it or not (sorry).
I'm attaching a few pictures to this post, if there's any app you want me to run and post its output just let me know.
Any idea why this is or how to solve it?
Here is mine:
Okay...? So any idea why it happens to me but doesn't to you? This is a troubleshooting thread.
Same here. GPS in Android System seems to be nearly always on (up to 8 hours GPS usage, while I left the phone idle, without any App started) - with a huge battery drain.
I also suspect the firmware update received recently, since I became aware of this issue only some days ago. Using the phone, the GPS icon comes up every 2 Minutes or so and stays on for about 20 Seconds. That's definitely something I never observed before.
I googled a lot and found some articles describing similar problems. However, no working solution was given.
Here is what I did with nearly no impact:
- motion sensor and compass calibration
- cache wipe
- termination of the google app process, since I thought this might be the culprit (even cleared data)
- switched off google location tracking and smart lock
- switched off Android Device Manager under Device Administrators
Then, I did something that looks promising:
- I de-installed the updates of Google Play services and re-installed the latest version from Play Store. It was the Version 7.8.99 (2134222-220).
This solved the problem at least temporarily. I had a whole day where the system behaved as it should. However, this morning the problem came back.
- I de-installed the update of Google Play services once again, but this time without updating to a newer Version. I currently run version 7.5.71 (1955121-448).
To my surprise, even after reboot, the system does not ask me to update, so I leave it now as it is.
And the problem - again - seems to be gone. However, I am not sure whether this - again - will only be temporarily...
I think a good starting point for problem analysis might be to compare the running Versions of Google Play Services. What do you think?
Thanks,
toshiuser
I'm currently running Google Play services v. 7.8.99 (2134222-440). While writing this I'm clearing its cache and data and uninstalling updates, brings it back to the same stock version you mentioned. I'll see if it helps and keep you updated. Thanks a lot!
I think this has to do with carrier iq.. Not 100% sure though, but maybe you guys should look into it. I know my android system usage was really high also. Then I removed carrier iq and it went way down.
idowolf said:
I'm currently running Google Play services v. 7.8.99 (2134222-440). While writing this I'm clearing its cache and data and uninstalling updates, brings it back to the same stock version you mentioned. I'll see if it helps and keep you updated. Thanks a lot!
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I also run Google Play services v. 7.8.99 (2134222-440) and also noticed GPS is On ever now and then even @ home. I wanted the latest Google Play Services and I enabled this Google Play Services drain fix. So far have not seen the GPS turn On without reason. Hope this will solve my overnight 20 % battery drained.
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I had the same issue you're having. If you're rooted, it's an easy fix. Download any app ops application from the play store, and go in and disable the location permission for Android System. Has no effect on the device knowing your location whatsoever, and fixes the wakelock/battery drain from Android System.
Hope this helps!
uly609 said:
I think this has to do with carrier iq..
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Thanks, but I cannot find a process called carrier iq on my phone (probably because my phone is an unbranded european retail version?).
rogconnect said:
I also run Google Play services v. 7.8.99 (2134222-440) and also noticed GPS is On ever now and then even @ home. I wanted the latest Google Play Services and I enabled this Google Play Services drain fix. So far have not seen the GPS turn On without reason. Hope this will solve my overnight 20 % battery drained.
我從使用Tapatalk的LG G4 H815 US 4G LTE TMO發送
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Sorry, but I do not understand. Version 7.8.99 (2134222-440) has the problems (see post from idowolf). What did you enable as the "Google Play Services drain fix"?
mcnick0495 said:
I had the same issue you're having. If you're rooted, it's an easy fix. Download any app ops application from the play store, and go in and disable the location permission for Android System. Has no effect on the device knowing your location whatsoever, and fixes the wakelock/battery drain from Android System.
Hope this helps!
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This sounds promising, but I'm not planning to root my phone (at least as long as there are chances for other solutions).
One update from my side: Still running Google Play Services Stock version 7.5.71 (1955121-448) and everything still seems to be ok. No battery drain from GPS. However, I am still not convinced that this will last long...
Thanks,
toshiuser
toshiuser said:
Thanks, but I cannot find a process called carrier iq on my phone (probably because my phone is an unbranded european retail version?).
Sorry, but I do not understand. Version 7.8.99 (2134222-440) has the problems (see post from idowolf). What did you enable as the "Google Play Services drain fix"?
This sounds promising, but I'm not planning to root my phone (at least as long as there are chances for other solutions).
One update from my side: Still running Google Play Services Stock version 7.5.71 (1955121-448) and everything still seems to be ok. No battery drain from GPS. However, I am still not convinced that this will last long...
Thanks,
toshiuser
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if you don't intend to root i got nothing much to say.
uly609 said:
I think this has to do with carrier iq.. Not 100% sure though, but maybe you guys should look into it. I know my android system usage was really high also. Then I removed carrier iq and it went way down.
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No carrier iq here and I've had the same issue a while back.
Update: No Problems with Stock Version of Google Play Services. Everything worked flawlessly the past few days - no battery drain.
Now reinstalled the current Version 7.8.99 (2134222-440) from Play Store to see if problems come back. I will keep you updated...
Last Update:
Google play Services 7.8.99 (2134222-440) is definitely faulty, at least in my configuration. “GPS always on“ and the huge battery drain almost immediately came back after reinstalling it. I was only able to achieve SOT of 2 and a half hours while GPS was active for several hours (in idle mode!).
Switched back to 7.5.71 (1955121-448), which works great, and will stay there with double SOT.
I did not see many posts regarding problems with Google play Services 7.8.99 (2134222-440), so this is either a rare problem or this is the reason why we read the many complaints about LG G4's supposedly “poor“ battery...
Hope that Google is aware of this problem and fixes it soon...
toshiuser said:
Last Update:
Google play Services 7.8.99 (2134222-440) is definitely faulty, at least in my configuration. “GPS always on“ and the huge battery drain almost immediately came back after reinstalling it. I was only able to achieve SOT of 2 and a half hours while GPS was active for several hours (in idle mode!).
Switched back to 7.5.71 (1955121-448), which works great, and will stay there with double SOT.
I did not see many posts regarding problems with Google play Services 7.8.99 (2134222-440), so this is either a rare problem or this is the reason why we read the many complaints about LG G4's supposedly “poor“ battery...
Hope that Google is aware of this problem and fixes it soon...
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Did you tried (448) latest version..at least its same as 7.5.71(448)
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Did you tried (448) latest version..at least its same as 7.5.71(448)
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Google play Store only offers me (440). How can I change to (448) in play store?
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Google play Store only offers me (440). How can I change to (448) in play store?
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GmsCore (448)
This Night, I received Updates for Google Maps and Photos and a notification that these versions require an update of Google Play Services, perfect...
Therefore, I will give the Version (448) a try. Hopefully it does something better than the (440)...
mcnick0495 said:
I had the same issue you're having. If you're rooted, it's an easy fix. Download any app ops application from the play store, and go in and disable the location permission for Android System. Has no effect on the device knowing your location whatsoever, and fixes the wakelock/battery drain from Android System.
Hope this helps!
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Thanks for this. It brought my Android System under control and significantly improved my battery life...well, closer to where it was before I rooted!
No luck,
even with Version (448) the problem persists.
I examined the problem again:
When I disconnect the phone from the power supply in the morning, it usually works normally. During the course of the day, at some point (not predictable), the GPS icon shows up for 2 minutes, grays out, disappears and comes back after a short time. Being in this state, Android system drains the battery due to high GPS usage (even if no app is active and even if locked in idle mode).
Now the interesting part:
If I open Google maps being in the problem state, it just takes 1 or 2 seconds to obtain a GPS fix. If I close it right after the fix, the GPS icon is gone and the phone behaves normally - sometimes for several hours. When GPS icon comes again and stays, I simply repeat the process.
For me it seems, that location service in Google play services is faulty since it sometimes cannot obtain a GPS fix whereas the algorithm in Google maps does it instantly.
toshiuser said:
No luck,
even with Version (448) the problem persists.
I examined the problem again:
When I disconnect the phone from the power supply in the morning, it usually works normally. During the course of the day, at some point (not predictable), the GPS icon shows up for 2 minutes, grays out, disappears and comes back after a short time. Being in this state, Android system drains the battery due to high GPS usage (even if no app is active and even if locked in idle mode).
Now the interesting part:
If I open Google maps being in the problem state, it just takes 1 or 2 seconds to obtain a GPS fix. If I close it right after the fix, the GPS icon is gone and the phone behaves normally - sometimes for several hours. When GPS icon comes again and stays, I simply repeat the process.
For me it seems, that location service in Google play services is faulty since it sometimes cannot obtain a GPS fix whereas the algorithm in Google maps does it instantly.
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Very well described, I am seeing the exact same problem. I even upgraded to play services 448 like you.
Is anyone else having issues getting a GPS lock on the fire phone? I recently was gifted one after the fire sale and I have been having issues ever since. When it actually works, the GPS has significant drift, and it often has trouble catching up with me when I am walking around. It also takes forever to acquire a GPS lock, if it can at all. I have waited 10 minutes, inside an open park with no trees within 50 meters of me for a lock with no luck. I can't even get a lock inside my own home after trying to acquire a GPS lock for well over a half hour. Sometimes it acquires a lock after 5 minutes, most of the time it doesn't--draining my battery significantly in the process
This has been happening with Ingress, Google Maps, Chrome, the Silk Browser, the built in Maps app, and Waze, so I doubt it is an issue with a specific app not being compatible with the FireOS. I am running stock, unrooted FireOS 4.6.4 with Google services framework, Google play store, Google play services, as well as the Google account manager installed (I need it for Maps, hangouts, and ingress). I am also wondering if the Google Play services apps are somehow interfering with GPS services, but I am very reluctant to uninstall them as I would have to reinstall the delicate setup of old Google apps that allow vital apps like Hangouts, Google Account manager, and Ingress to function in at least a usable state. However, it is with noting that I have tried to see if uninstalling Google Maps would help to no effect.
Does anyone experience issues like this? Is this a common issue? If not, does anyone have any advice on how to resolve the issue? Because if not, I am probably just going to buy a new phone.
GPS works fine on mine with stock 4.6.3 (rooted), try a GPS tester (GPS Test is one) and see if it gets an accurate lock.
GPS disconnects for like 30 second every 2 minutes on mine. 4.6.3 rooted. No Google services. It was previously on AT&T 4.6.4.
Happens on the stock Maps app, Waze, and SatStat.
EDIT:
I tried flashing 4.6.5 and leaving it unrooted. Re-enabled almost all the Amazon apps and its still giving me issues. Maps just says "Searching for GPS..." all the time while trying to navigate to an address. I think this might be hardware issue. Trying to troubleshoot with Mayday.
UPDATE:
In case anyone lands here looking for answers...
After a couple weeks of dealing with Amazon's tech support, they decided to give me a new phone. The new phone's GPS works as expected! It's an AT&T model on 4.6.5 not rooted.
I got strange GPS behaviour with my new OnePlus 3.
Symptoms:
1. Google Apps (like Maps or Fit) won't use GPS to determine the position. This is checked by GPS Status & Toolbox. If I start GPS Status & Toolbox by itself it directly hits up GPS. Same with non Google apps like HERE or EXIF Location Tags in photoapps.
2. When I start navigation on Google Maps it starts using GPS. When I stop it, GPS usage stops too.
3. When I force Google Play Services to stop everything works flawless. Maps and Fit start using GPS as it should be. After restarting the phone, Google Play Services is back up and same issues occur as stated above.
Tried with newest CB, 3.2.4 and Resurrection Remix (BJRR). My Google Play Services is 9.8.77 but I already tried older versions without success. I googled this problem, found something similar in google product forums (https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/maps/l-YG1DB8jyQ) without solution.
Somebody know this problem or has any suggestions?
I know I have had a similar issue with my phone (Stock updated OOS rooted w/TWRP and Xposed) rebooting all the time during navigation, random loss of GPS-based location and being forced to reboot to bring it back, etc. I've had no issue with the rest of Google Apps, though.
Hi all.
I have an H815, bought (unlocked) two years ago in Switzerland when I worked at the UN, now back with me in Toronto.
(Carrier in Switzerland was "Yallo", in Canada it's "Public Mobile")
For the past few months, I have a "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped" that occurs under a very specific circumstance and (as far as I can tell) nowhere else.
It happens when I am in Google Hangouts and try to send my location. Consistently and repeatedly.
Yet I have downloaded a GPS testing app; it appears to work fine, as do my map apps (Google Maps, Waze and Nokia Here).
I've tried everything: cleared cache and default apps, uninstalled and reinstalled apps and Services, and finally a hard wipe/reset. Still happens.
Any suggestions? Right now my only route left is to wait for the Nougat update and hope for the best.
(That is, assuming I get it; my phone has never been attached to a carrier, so I'd need to get my OTA directly from LG)
try flashing a new rom of same android version again?