I thought this was worth sharing, this is my second thread ever on XDA and hope it helps somebody.
Quick story about my case:
I tried software fixes, ROMs, and made a lot of reading, when I finally figured it could be an antenna issue, I decided to give myself a try on my cellphone repair skills, turns out I turned a “nearly dead” GPS taking 10 minutes to lock into a “better than average” GPS taking 20 seconds to lock. Time taken for the task, 15 minutes, time suffering from bad GPS signal, 1 year, go figure.
Let’s see if you are a candidate to try this solution:
- You must be sure this isn’t a software related issue (i.e. my GPS works with X rom but it doesn’t with Y rom, that would certainly be a software issue).
- You CAN get a GPS lock but the signal is weak (i.e. constantly dropping signal in an area where you are sure another phone works fine) or GPS locks takes up to 5 minutes (and you already tried a software fix to speed up GPS lock).
- You’re phone is relatively old (i.e. it was bought when it came out, although I’m sure the quantity is low, I assume there are still E98X phones which are brand new and I would not recommend disassembling a brand new phone).
- You have experience opening cellphones (i.e. experience using small phillips screwdriver, gently popping frames/housing/covers, putting back in position plastic buttons before re-assebly).
Before we start, quick explanation on what may be happening to your phone if you are a candidate:
- Presumably, the GPS antenna (and Bluetooth, 3G/4G as well) is making poor contact with the springs on your phone.
- This phone uses contact springs for pretty much everything (see attached picture for springs locations of antennas), so these springs and/or the antenna contacts eventually bent away from each other and lower your GPS, Bluetooth, 3G/4G signals.
Here is what you need to do:
- Remove the back cover, and remove the back frame (See the following video from minute 0:00 to 1:50 for disassembly of backframe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9OJRtf39QA).
- Inspect every spring and antenna contacts (see attached pictures for antenna springs and pad locations), make sure they are not rusted or damaged, else you need a replacement part for it (for antenna pads, you may want to clean those with isopropyl alcohol if you have some).
- Using a soft, thin, *plastic* tool (thinner than a credit card, but sturdier than paper), lift every spring you see up to 10 degrees (see attached picture for reference) and wiggle it up and down to force it to stay tilted up about 10 degrees (don’t force it up more than 15 degrees when wiggling or you risk to break the spring, there are quite a few of springs, I remember at least 5 pairs, so make sure you get them all done).
- Revert all disassembly made (See the following video from minute 6:32 to 7:51 for reassembly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QxLa5rXX7Y), and VOILA!! your GPS signal came to life again (and hopefully your Bluetooth and 3G/4G are enjoying the new perks too!)
-Additionally, better 3G/4G signal does save battery, your cellphone amplifiers require less work and produces less heating too.
Disclaimer: I’m not responsible for damage to your phone, this guide is intended for an grown up audience who takes responsibilities of their own actions.
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I was looking for something like this. Thanks very much..........
Let me know if you need anything else (i.e. more detailed instructions) and report back your results, unfortunately for the audience, I didn't take pictures of the process since I wasn't sure it was going to work (and then just took the picture of the NFC springs), so if you can take some pictures of how the contacts looks in the inside, that would awesome, I can update the main post with these, there is quite a few springs inside so you want to make sure you get them all in shape.
I forgot to say in the main post, better 3G/4G signals give a lot less of work to the amplifiers, which means less phone heating and less battery consumption, this is a nice service to do to a 2 year old phone like mine.
Enclosed is a picture from a replacement mid frame cover. Could you please use something like ms paint to circle which pins you bent upward? Looking at my Optimus G Pro 980 Mid frame cover and motherboard/logicboard I do not see these........
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Let me know if you need anything else (i.e. more detailed instructions) and report back your results, unfortunately for the audience, I didn't take pictures of the process since I wasn't sure it was going to work (and then just took the picture of the NFC springs), so if you can take some pictures of how the contacts looks in the inside, that would awesome, I can update the main post with these, there is quite a few springs inside so you want to make sure you get them all in shape.
I forgot to say in the main post, better 3G/4G signals give a lot less of work to the amplifiers, which means less phone heating and less battery consumption, this is a nice service to do to a 2 year old phone like mine.
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Enclosed is a picture from a replacement mid frame cover. Could you please use something like ms paint to circle which pins you bent upward? Looking at my Optimus G Pro 980 Mid frame cover and motherboard/logicboard I do not see these........
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See main post, I got a picture from somewhere else for the spring locations.
Actually my friend, that picture only shows the pads for the antennas, try to match it with your phone and see where they contact, these are going to be the springs, they don't look like spiral springs, these are other type of springs which I don't recall the name but they are more like a V shape, and one of the sides is attached to the board and the other one "springs" up and down, let me know if you got it or I will open my phone again, just for you! (no kidding)
Also, if I were you I would try to do the same for all pairs of springs I see on the motherboard, there is a pair for the speakerphone and one more down the board for something else.
GPS finally fixing
Thank you so much for this post. Before this solution, I tried different roms, gps fixing apps, disabling carrierIQ, editing the gps.conf file to add "better" servers, etc. This is the only solution that really worked. Now I am getting a GPS fix in 10 to 15 seconds where before it was up to a minute or more. I have an LG E980 (ATT Version).
As directed, I turned off the phone, removed the rear case back, removed the battery+sd card+sim card, removed the screws in the back panel of the phone and then separated the back panel from the front panel to expose the circuit boards and spring contacts. Then, I cleaned all the spring contacts and their mating flat contacts on the back panel with alcohol. Then I bent all of the spring contacts up slightly, re-seated the back panel making sure the side buttons were in the correct place (I do not believe the quickmemo and power buttons are interchangeable even though they are the same size fyi), and then secured the screws back in place.
Thank you!
Way to go buddy, I'm glad I could help you and that you were able to follow those horrendous instructions, I can't be sure on your case since yours wasn't as bad as mine, but on my case it also improved 4G reception overall, these antennas are used for pretty much everything so it would only be logical to get better signal on all the services, this is a "must" service on old E98X phones, perhaps nearly half of the GPS and bluetooth issues on the forum are due to this plus a weak or faulty software filtering not helping.
any info how to increase the wifi antenna? could this be the white cable?
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I've quit using my OG Pro because the GPS is so poor. Hard to get a fix and drops constantly. Glad I stumbled on this, and will give it a try.
Can you point out which springs are specific to the GPS antenna? I suppose I can try to work with all the springs, but with my luck, I 'll break something that was working fine.
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I've quit using my OG Pro because the GPS is so poor. Hard to get a fix and drops constantly. Glad I stumbled on this, and will give it a try.
Can you point out which springs are specific to the GPS antenna? I suppose I can try to work with all the springs, but with my luck, I 'll break something that was working fine.
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I don't know which ones they are. I did all of them. They are a lever type spring contact so it is hard to break them. Just do so lightly.
Wow fairly simple fix with great results, thanks!
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Before we start, quick explanation on what may be happening to your phone if you are a candidate:
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Just tightening all the screws fixed all my GPS issues. No disassembly required! Add this into OP.
Thanks
Just did this, really improved the speed and reliability of everything- gps, wifi, etc. Thanks.
A quick tip for those doing this the first time. be careful of the buttons. I've taken apart my optimus g pro a few times now, and those dern things like to fly out of you're not careful when taking it apart. Also, when putting back together, use a small piece of scotch tape on the exterior of the frame to hold the buttons in place when you put the frame back in place. make sure the tabs of the tape stay on the outside, and pul them gently as you snap the screen back on. It's easier to have the frame on the table on put the screen down onto the frame when done this way, and save those dern buttons from coming out of their slots.
I have two OG Pro (E980) developed same broken GPS issue.
Now, I think the problem is the two soft contact pads, when I bent little bit, the GPS 's issue got fixed.
Also, the method not to improve any 4g/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth.
LG made such low quality contact PINs
Two years have passed and this thread is still helping people with their now "ancient" G Pros. My problem was that the coax cable had popped loose. Still I went ahead and re-tensioned all the contact springs. GPS is now functioning like new. Thanks to all who contributed.
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since there has developed a discussion on hardcores kernel thread with some infos about GPS that could be easily overseen because they are posted in Vibrant/Captivate sections but should also be of interest for international version SGS users, i decided to make this thread here for reference and to unload hardcores thread.
First there is a hardware fix that requires to open the phone and bend up the contact to the GPS antenna a little to get better signal
this fix is located here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9923176#post9923176
Second there is a fix that is taking on the firmware component by editing some files glgps and jupiter.xml which i did not have the time to look into further yet.
this fix is located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881941
if i find some other fixes i will complete this post, so if you know of something that helps, dont hesitate to post in here what you found out...
This post from @Kolja seems very promising:
Did some #GPS testing yesterday. The result: simply stunning #GPS performance #sgs #ginger
yes, interesting but it is meant for sgsgingerbread, which is not of interest for me as a daily driver since camera is not working yet and some more issues. but we will see how it behaves there. da_g mentioned that the gps could be influenced by cpu load also, if ginger does better work on cpu load this could make sense...
Not to forget that depending on the change it could be backported if some kernel dev can take a look at Kolja's patches.
could be of interest for da_g possibly ;-)
Hey FadeFX, didn't you have trouble opening the phone?
And more importantly how are the results?
in the beginning i had a hard time to take off the backcover (not batterycover) but then i watched that youtube vid and decided to use a tiny flat screwdriver (i dont have such handy fingernails as that guy on the vid...) to lift it and it opened.
the exact results i can tell later on, didnt have a ride yet, but in two or three hours i can give info
I haven't tried any fix other than some tweaking in the gps menus. I get a lock in about 30 seconds but the location jumps all over the place.. I'm afraid to open up my phone like in the vid, but would this solve this specific problem? Again I have no problems getting a lock. It also says my accuracy is about 10 meters (30 feet) so that's is not really the issue here.
same was the case here, will report later what the fix did to me.
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same was the case here, will report later what the fix did to me.
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alright cool, keep me updated!
The hardware fix worked for me! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS IN HERE
Warning for the hardware fix:
do not forget to remove any external memory cards! I left mine in (only removed the SIM and battery) - result: almost ruined my phone b/c I had to use some force to put the back cover on after bending up the antenna connector.
Result - totally messud up my new 16gb card with all data on it...
Btw - my phone is an early series SGSi9000 (June built date) - the hardware fix made no difference. With my current set up (Darkky 8.0 and Harcore K12L it works well - not perfect but good enough for navigation). The most important thing is deleting GPS data - setting it to cold start and doing a reboot whenever I am in a new location.
Good luck
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Warning for the hardware fix:
do not forget to remove any external memory cards! I left mine in (only removed the SIM and battery) - result: almost ruined my phone b/c I had to use some force to put the back cover on after bending up the antenna connector.
Result - totally messud up my new 16gb card with all data on it...
Btw - my phone is an early series SGSi9000 (June built date) - the hardware fix made no difference. With my current set up (Darkky 8.0 and Harcore K12L it works well - not perfect but good enough for navigation). The most important thing is deleting GPS data - setting it to cold start and doing a reboot whenever I am in a new location.
Good luck
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Did you try walking outside for a few minutes? At first sight it seemed like there was no result, so I decided to take my bike and drive a few blocks away from my home. There I started Aura navigation software and waited for a fix, which took a couple of minutes. Then I went back home and surprisingly I still had a fix when I was inside my house. So I killed all the apps which could possibly use GPS and then I started GPS Test and it gave me a result of 11/8(visible/locked).
hardware fix did the trick for me, I get a lock much quicker than before, and no more jumping around the place, it stays within 20ft distances.
Did both. As well as setting ntp (or what ever) setting to UK. And using hardcores kernel (that was said to improve gps). And using all recommended gps settings in service menu. ....And not using "use sensor aiding".
First two really made the difference, and all other help too. Now it seems pretty decent just by locks - inside the house on rainy evening in london I had 8/8 see/connect satellites. And a bit stronger sns.
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I haven't tried any fix other than some tweaking in the gps menus. I get a lock in about 30 seconds but the location jumps all over the place.. I'm afraid to open up my phone like in the vid, but would this solve this specific problem? Again I have no problems getting a lock. It also says my accuracy is about 10 meters (30 feet) so that's is not really the issue here.
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I tried it and got no increase in accuracy. I had locks within 10 secounds before and after fixing contact. Maybe a little more powerful signal from the sats, acc is between 5 and 10 meter. Software issue?
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Seams the hardware fix did something good for me, it still drifts arround a little when i stop, but it stays in a radius of 10m, but i could only go for a short test.
I was working on the hardware fix, but those dang screws won't come out easy. I managed to get 6 of them out but 1 of them just wouldn't come out. I bought a set of screw drivers to do this and now I can't even open the phone. such a freaking hassle. I don't even use GPS that much but I want my phone to work 100%. Now the screw is almost broken and I can't get it out at all anymore.. so lame
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I was working on the hardware fix, but those dang screws won't come out easy. I managed to get 6 of them out but 1 of them just wouldn't come out. I bought a set of screw drivers to do this and now I can't even open the phone. such a freaking hassle. I don't even use GPS that much but I want my phone to work 100%. Now the screw is almost broken and I can't get it out at all anymore.. so lame
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I did it with swiss knife =) As in knife.
But if you managed to damage the screw its next to impossible to get it out. Don't try further.
Also advice to opening phone - be careful of volume buttons they fall out (not a big problem, you can sick them back) and you don't have to completely open the back - only enough for knife-screwdriver to fit to fix the contact.
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I did it with swiss knife =) As in knife.
But if you managed to damage the screw its next to impossible to get it out. Don't try further.
Also advice to opening phone - be careful of volume buttons they fall out (not a big problem, you can sick them back) and you don't have to completely open the back - only enough for knife-screwdriver to fit to fix the contact.
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all the other screws went fine, but it seemed like one was glued in there like crazy or something, it just wouldn't budge and instead I was damaging the screw.
Hi all.
Recently I went to use my gps and it detected me around 200-500m off from where I was at. I refreshed it and problem still exists. Feel like uninstalling gps, but how? Any ideas/solutions? Thanks in advance.
What rom are you running? dont know what to say, i run stock with 2.3 and the gps has always been spot on so my guess its the rom thats probably not the best cause the desire gps is known to be very good.
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What rom are you running? dont know what to say, i run stock with 2.3 and the gps has always been spot on so my guess its the rom thats probably not the best cause the desire gps is known to be very good.
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-.-" its in my signature, what's a signature for?
try agps or flash a different rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466516
just follow this thread (it's the agps fix)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466516
just follow this thread (it's the agps fix)
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Thanks for quick reply. Followed the guide, problem still exists. Any other options/fixes?
My (wife's) Desire developed a GPS problem as well. Eventually I had to disassemble the phone and bend the antenna contacts a little bit to fix the problem.
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My (wife's) Desire developed a GPS problem as well. Eventually I had to disassemble the phone and bend the antenna contacts a little bit to fix the problem.
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So there is no other solution?
In my case, no. The problem was not software or faulty hardware, but GPS antenna contacts that came loose (probably caused by dropping the phone).
I just posted this under another thread, but here goes again (this was a while ago and I can't recall exactly where all the contacts were that I bent slightly). If your phone is no longer under warranty it is a worthwhile procedure; it will save hundreds of dollars/euros if you can fix it this way. In my case the GPS eventually stopped working altogether - it would never see any satellites under GPS Status, never mind lock on.
I fixed it by opening up the phone and making sure all GPS connections were good. If you are reasonably handy you can follow these instructions to dismantle the phone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZqIjtFoAU
The GPS antenna is shown at 2:47 (it has a connector at both ends - make sure that both are snapped into place).
But before you disassemble the phone that far, at 1:49 in the video ("Remove the antenna") try the following: when you have removed the antenna you will see several copper contacts (similar to the two vibrator contacts highlighted in the attached photo). I seem to recall there were 4 copper contacts under that antenna cover. Gently bend the contacts slightly upwards - this will either ensure better contact or (as with my phone) re-establish contact. To remove the antenna is very quick.
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In my case, no. The problem was not software or faulty hardware, but GPS antenna contacts that came loose (probably caused by dropping the phone).
I just posted this under another thread, but here goes again (this was a while ago and I can't recall exactly where all the contacts were that I bent slightly). If your phone is no longer under warranty it is a worthwhile procedure; it will save hundreds of dollars/euros if you can fix it this way. In my case the GPS eventually stopped working altogether - it would never see any satellites under GPS Status, never mind lock on.
I fixed it by opening up the phone and making sure all GPS connections were good. If you are reasonably handy you can follow these instructions to dismantle the phone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZqIjtFoAU
The GPS antenna is shown at 2:47 (it has a connector at both ends - make sure that both are snapped into place).
But before you disassemble the phone that far, at 1:49 in the video ("Remove the antenna") try the following: when you have removed the antenna you will see several copper contacts (similar to the two vibrator contacts highlighted in the attached photo). I seem to recall there were 4 copper contacts under that antenna cover. Gently bend the contacts slightly upwards - this will either ensure better contact or (as with my phone) re-establish contact. To remove the antenna is very quick.
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Awesome guide. However, since I'm only 15 I don't think I can do it. The tools that are required are currently not available...
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It's not as complex as it seems - to remove the antenna you only need a Torx T5 screwdriver to remove the 2 screws. It will however void your warranty if you're still under warranty. In case it helps anyone else, you need 3 tools to disassemble the phone to the point where you can access the GPS antenna: a Torx T5 screwdriver, a small Phillips screwdriver (the type you get in cheap precision screwdriver sets) and a plastic guitar pick (to gently pry the phone apart starting at the indents provided in the phone's body).
Actually there are also contacts to be adjusted on either side of the camera, accessible at 2:11 in the disassembly video (and not only under the antenna at 1:49 in the video). These screenshots shows all the contacts I adjusted (in addition to the GPS antenna).
Hi,
First you can all say i screwed up and i am stupid.... i assume and i feel stupid, trust me !
I don't know anything about electronic or programming as you but i want to share and maybe find a solution with you for my problem.
3 days ago, I wanted to clean my lens because some dust were on it, so i put out the 2 screws around the lens... of course i did not see they were different...because i am stupid with it ! when i clean it i mixed the two screws so the big one went to deep behind the plastic and make a perforation on a component.
I join a picture to let you see a small hole in the blue part on the right of the camera lens !
Since, the battery is down in 3hours. Android tell me the system use around 80% of the battery and it is warm on the plastic around the lens.
The wifi never want to be put on and the bluetooth too (the MAC WIFI is now : 02:00:00:00:00:00)
The telephone and the 4G are working perfectly
I tried to put a small electric scotch on the hole but this don't change anything.
I just want to use this phone as a phone now, i don't care if the bluetooth, the wifi or the camera is working well or not at all....
Is it possible with the hidden menu to disconnect this component???
Do you have a solution which allowed me to continue using this phone which is perfect otherwise?
Sorry for my english....as you can see, i am not so good with it !
Thanks in advance for your advice...
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What is the component i touch with the screw???
how i can use the hidden menu to disconnect wifi and bluetooth???
Thank u
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What is the component i touch with the screw???
how i can use the hidden menu to disconnect wifi and bluetooth???
Thank u
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I have a vs985 & yours is a d855, but I think the boards are similar enough to try and help.
It's not a component you hit - it's just tape. I opened up my phone and tested that spot on the board with a DMM and it looks like a ground plane underneath the tape you punctured. That in itself shouldn't be causing your problems, but if your screw went through the ground plane & into the board it may be shorting something out which could be causing your issues. If that's the case I don't know if your phone is salvageable.
1)Try removing the back cover and see if the issues go away. There is a possibility that when you re-assembled the phone something ended up out of place/off its contacts.
2)Also, I'd take a closer look and see how deep the screw went. Maybe take a fine tip tweezer and see if there is some of that ground plane mashed in the hole & try to gently peel it out.
3)And, of course, try resetting your phone or even re-flashing at some point - just so you can know for sure you didn't have some weird software glitch that just happened to show up after you opened your phone.
Hidden menu - I've never used it and I'm not on stock so I can't tell you much about it's functions. Here's a link... https://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/3z4nwi/lg_g3_hidden_menu_on_60_marshmallow/
Good luck - hope you get it sorted out
thanks,
I ll try tomorrow and tell you ASAP !!
THX again to spend time for me
So currently I'm having a major issue with my gps since it was so difficult to find any gps even outdoor, and even sometimes it didn't even found any gps at all. I've tried to reboot, change gps.config, change roms, reflash miui. Any of it doesn't solve the problem.
So I did some research a little bit about extending the gps antenna using wires. Then I peel the casing.
Before attaching the wire, I just try to test the gps. And surprisingly, the gps works very well. I even managed to connect to the gps indoor. The screenshot attached is the result of indoor gps test without the phone casing and antenna extension.
So what's the exact problem anyway with vince?
Does the metal casing interfere with the gps?
Do I need to use the phone without the casing?
In my case, yes I did found that that's the best solution. But it will not be practical to do so
Improvement workaround
Here is another method I used to improve the gps reception. The more practical way.
Simply take a small flathead screwdriver and scratch the contact point at the phone casing. I'm not sure which one is used for gps so just scratch every contact point in the picture.
Make sure the contact pin in high enough in order to make full contact with the phone casing.
Install the casing and the gps worked wonderfully just like without the casing earlier.
What definitive (and practical) solution did you find?
Actually, all you need to do is to press the case from behind, around camera 1 cm from top x 1cm from left/right + 3cm from top/1cm left/right.
My signal went from 0 inside, to 5 meters accuracy. Outside 3 meters. Device only. You can literally delete gps.conf and flp.conf file on redmi 5 plus, and it won't affect gps SNR ratio at all. It's like it isn't reading them. I've been messing around with fixing the issue for 3 days, read all possible posts on the subject, rooted my phone, experimented with everything available till this date. It's just upgraded version of what you have here
It seems there's a design flaw, because GPS antenna and contacts are on the back, and during time, that back seems to bend upwards, which is causing loose connection. One push restored everything in it's place.
Hi,
I have an old s4mini (LTE) which I have been using as car and bike GPS for many yrs. The GPS was always great but last autumn it stopped working. I put it in the drawer and have been using my old ASUS Z00ED since then which has a better performance, a larger screen and a perfectly working GPS.
Still, the ASUS is way too big to use it as bike GPS while the s4mini's size is perfect, so I want to revive it.
Currently, the phone sees some satellites (with a very bad signal strength or SNR or whatever it is) but is unable to use them, even after trying to get a fix for a long time. The screenshot was taken on my balcony outside where my other phones easily get > 10 sats fix. I am quite sure this is a hardware problem as there was no software update before the problem occured. The phone then was on the latest official LOS 14.1, now I have test installed AOKP 2019-10-25 with no change. It may be a corrosion problem as the phone lay in the mud and rain for an hour after a severe car accident, but after cleaning it, it had worked for 2,5 years without any issues...
So now my question: Where is the s4mini's GPS connector and antenna? I would like to try and fix these. I have a second s4mini with cracked screen which could serve as a spare parts donator.
Take a look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOKKoxu3L4&t=275s
At about 2:40 and 9:15 this guy explaines the location. Maybe skip ahead a few seconds.
I had also an bad GPS receiption and I "cleaned" with a screwdriver the part at 2:40 in the video. Afterwards it was shiny again. Also I "cleaned" the part (of clips) on the board and I did also lift up the board a bit and put a piece of paper behind it so (I was hoping) I get an better connection between those two parts. I am pretening that that helped.
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Take a look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOKKoxu3L4&t=275s
At about 2:40 and 9:15 this guy explaines the location. Maybe skip ahead a few seconds.
I had also an bad GPS receiption and I "cleaned" with a screwdriver the part at 2:40 in the video. Afterwards it was shiny again. Also I "cleaned" the part (of clips) on the board and I did also lift up the board a bit and put a piece of paper behind it so (I was hoping) I get an better connection between those two parts. I am pretening that that helped.
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Thanks, at the moment I have it back working. I'm afraid the problem was more due to the GPS rollover than due to the antenna.
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Thanks, at the moment I have it back working. I'm afraid the problem was more due to the GPS rollover than due to the antenna.
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I've heard the GPS Rollover isn't an issue on most devices, and a lot of patches are softwrae based. The epoch is set entirely in software iirc.