I've updated to Oreo a couple of days ago and I've noticed I can no longer get a GPS lock. AGPS data is downloaded and satellites are found and fixed, but resolving a location no longer happens.
I've also performed a factory reset and reflashed Android Oreo but the problem persists. Searching the web does not produce any results.
Any thoughts?
EDIT: FIXED. Seems like taking it out for a walk let it stretch its GPS legs and get a lock, after which it now runs perfectly. It's odd because I left it over 15 mins in the balcony where it got a GPS lock on as many as 5 satellites out of 25 but never acquired a location.
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About 3 days ago I noticed that TTS wasnt working on my iGO install. I started to tinker around with it and eventually got it working again. However over the last 2/3 days it has been hit and miss at best, sometimes working and picking up lots of sats and sometimes none.
Today I have performed a hard reset after going back to my previous Radio in case there was something Id installed or broke to test. I have HTC GPS tool installed and iGO8 and so far nothing. iGO finds the com port etc fine but when you go to the view to look at sat lock they are all red with no bars. Ive tried leaving it for 10 mins and nothing.
Can anyone suggest a tool or pointers to test if the GPS has failed.
Looks like it will be going back to HTC.
Try changing the baud rate to 9600. I had it set to the highest in igo and it really struggled to get a lock. I changed it to a lower setting and I usually get a lock within 30 seconds.
Be sure you have A-GPS turned off via HDTweak or AdvanceConfig.
Ive never had a problem with iGO setting the BAUD rate to the highest but ive given it a go at 9600. No change. It just sits there.
I checked the A-GPS setting first just in case Id accidentally changed it but its off.
What I could do with is a piece of software which can show me it is receiving readings from sats and not just signal strength. Anyone know of one?
I have this and it works fine on the HD:
Chartcross GPS Test 1.04 http://www.chartcross.co.uk
It will search your device for GPS and if found then look for signals.
Its officially broken. Ive got my return number from HTC and it goes away on monday for a week.
Wonder if theyll update the firmware? Only hope I suppose.
Sorry to hear that. I hope you get it back quickly.
HI all, I am new to android
Followed the excellent tutorials in this forum and upgraded to 2.2 using a file downloaded directly from a HTC link (sorry cant find right now)
Everything is superb but the gps cant get a fix. It has been a few days and I tried various things like restarts, remove battery, clear sky, leave google maps running for long, checked it is enabled in settings etc.
What to do?
What should be the correct version information after the 2.2 update? (in case i installed a beta/incomplete version)
Please help this new droid get back on its feet
I am sorry I have no solution, but I have the same issue. This has nothing to do with 2.2 I think, because it happened all of a sudden. At least it felt like it happened jus like that. I have been using 2.2 for a long time and used GPS. Only recently I noticed the issue.
from my post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7773080&postcount=9
It worked for me! I went to the roof as today is a bright day and used Tricorder app's Geo tab. Touched on it to show satellite.
It kept trying to connect to satellite. The tricorder app shows some satellites as green. Presumably as they are chosen to calculate location. It didn't finally lock-on till it was showing 12 satellites and 4 of them were green. I noticed that I had to remove the jelly cover and :
1. Stand still, she how many satellites it shows signals. In a few seconds it will stop detecting new ones.
2. It it hasn't locked on then move around a bit and change some orientation then step 2 again
3. Repeat above till it latches to atleast 4 green or 12 total signals (dont know which one works the 12 signals or 4 green)
and after that it easily updates even indoors for me.
I usually get a fix in the first minute, usually under 30 seconds. But this time no satellites were showing, not even after 15 minutes. I switched roms and it's working fine again.
I think I must have messed up something by reflashing multiple times. (I was trying to get the bios boot image to work, but sadly no avail )
I've just updated to voda standard 2.2 rom OTA this morning
1st thing I've noticed is the gps is a no go, no sats in view at all.
(using gps test the 'on button' only stays yellow too)
I've not 'messed' with my phone at all other than the standard updates
I must admit I've not tried a hard reset yet but I think that's going to be the last hopeful resort otherwise it's going back for a replacement
I just swapped out my SGS3 for a Galaxy Note 4, carried by Verizon, and I'm having GPS lock issues. This phone isn't even a week old.
My phone is as stock as it comes under Verizon. I used Google Maps to drive somewhere across town and it'd place me blocks or miles in the wrong direction. It couldn't track me, either. My phone also notifies me intermittently that it's "Found my location." Lies. Though, at least it knows I'm in California, so that's a start.
I downloaded the GPS Status app to figure out what the problem was. Apparently, satellites cannot fix on my location. The app lists that 0/20 satellites have a fix on me; that number is largely unchanging. If I pull up the app while I drive, the satellites can fix on my location, but as soon as I switch to another app, like Google Maps, it loses my location lock and thinks I'm anywhere within a five mile radius. If I pull the GPS Status app up again (at times, while driving--not always), the satellites can find a lock on me. If I switch out to any other app, the satellites drop me and the process repeats. The GPS lock lasts 10-20 seconds after switching out of the GPS Status app before going to ****.
I've tried taking out and re-inserting the SIM card. No luck. I've tried factory resetting my phone. Some luck, but 16 hours later the same issues began to arise. I've tried doing both at the same time. No luck.
There is another incredibly peculiar thing that happens simultaneously: the stock Accuweather widget that comes with the Note 4 (listed as just Weather under widgets) goes all wonky. That's when I know my phone has gone from being able to acquire, and maintain, a GPS lock, to dementia-ville. And by wonky I mean that it goes from showing the time above the date above the weather above the city to showing the time on the left and the weather and my city on the right. Replacing the widget on my home screen works for a few seconds, or until I refresh the weather, and then it topples over and reports its information from left to right instead of top to bottom.
Specs: SM-N910V
Android: 5.0.1 (stock)
I'll be around to troubleshoot. Any help is appreciated.
I've also been having this problem, without data or wifi it doesn't even try to lock onto my gps location. I also see "location found" when my gps is turned OFF. I've also tried factory reseting and I've even contacted verizon tech support, to no avail they said I had to return the device but my gps worked fine before the update to lollipop so it could be a lollipop bug.
The GPS only works with wifi or data turned on. The GPS on my note 4s work very well.
gs4user4 said:
I just swapped out my SGS3 for a Galaxy Note 4, carried by Verizon, and I'm having GPS lock issues. This phone isn't even a week old.
My phone is as stock as it comes under Verizon. I used Google Maps to drive somewhere across town and it'd place me blocks or miles in the wrong direction. It couldn't track me, either. My phone also notifies me intermittently that it's "Found my location." Lies. Though, at least it knows I'm in California, so that's a start.
I downloaded the GPS Status app to figure out what the problem was. Apparently, satellites cannot fix on my location. The app lists that 0/20 satellites have a fix on me; that number is largely unchanging. If I pull up the app while I drive, the satellites can fix on my location, but as soon as I switch to another app, like Google Maps, it loses my location lock and thinks I'm anywhere within a five mile radius. If I pull the GPS Status app up again (at times, while driving--not always), the satellites can find a lock on me. If I switch out to any other app, the satellites drop me and the process repeats. The GPS lock lasts 10-20 seconds after switching out of the GPS Status app before going to ****.
I've tried taking out and re-inserting the SIM card. No luck. I've tried factory resetting my phone. Some luck, but 16 hours later the same issues began to arise. I've tried doing both at the same time. No luck.
There is another incredibly peculiar thing that happens simultaneously: the stock Accuweather widget that comes with the Note 4 (listed as just Weather under widgets) goes all wonky. That's when I know my phone has gone from being able to acquire, and maintain, a GPS lock, to dementia-ville. And by wonky I mean that it goes from showing the time above the date above the weather above the city to showing the time on the left and the weather and my city on the right. Replacing the widget on my home screen works for a few seconds, or until I refresh the weather, and then it topples over and reports its information from left to right instead of top to bottom.
Specs: SM-N910V
Android: 5.0.1 (stock)
I'll be around to troubleshoot. Any help is appreciated.
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I see this post is over a year old, but here's a fix in case anyone is still interested: see last post (by the_fixit_guy) in this thread .
This solution fixed the gps on my note 4 and it is working like new now. My battery life has also improved tremedously (probably because the phone isn't constantly trying to get a satellite fix).
I had the location spoof or whatever from dev settings and disabling that fixed my problems.
I had GPS issues on my Note, and that worked for me! Thanks!
I've tried literally everything that I've been able to come across with searching.
As a last resort, I went back to stock, using the TOT file. I'm currently on Android 4.4.2, Software Version E98020h
I have root, but no other modifications have been attempted.
I have gone through all different types of gps.conf files with little or no difference.
GPS Test Plus shows around 10 - 15 satellites in use normally but sometimes this will drop to 0 and then build back up. the SNR of the satellites is usually 10 - 20 which I assume is signal strength. I can keep a lock for a couple minutes sometimes but then I lose signal and won't get it back until I open GPS Test.
I've been fighting this for a long time, any help would be wonderful.
I thought I'd bump this to see if anyone has any ideas.
Hi,
I'm in the UK and received my Google Pixel 3 XL October 2018 and the GPS was working fine, in January 2019 it started to be spotty, It would take a long to lock onto the satellites and now it doesn't lock on at all. I've installed GPS Test and while it can see up to 30 satellites it can't gain a lock even with AGPS downloaded. I contacted Google and have subsequently received 3 new devices but each had the same issue. Using an iPhone I get a lock straight away. I wondering whether there is a software issue or the Pixels GPS isn't particularly good at locking on
Thanks,
Matthew
Found 30 used 17, accuracy 5m, got a 3D fix in about 5 seconds.
cmlusco said:
Found 30 used 17, accuracy 5m, got a 3D fix in about 5 seconds.
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Thanks, its very strange, phone has been on for over an hour, no fix, every now and then it gets a partial lock onto one with about 20 SNR but then looses it, it's bright day, no clouds at all, phone has been completely reset. Another phone gets an immediate lock so I can't see it being my location.
Thanks,
Matthew
Do you use a custom ROM?
Hi,
No, it’s the stock Rom with all the updates applied to it.
Thanks,
Matthew
Then I don't see how you could have had four units with problem on GPS.
Unless you're restoring apps with an app like Titanium Backup each time?
Did you try to factory reset?
EMJI79 said:
Then I don't see how you could have had four units with problem on GPS.
Unless you're restoring apps with an app like Titanium Backup each time?
Did you try to factory reset?
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Hi,
Yes, I've done several factory resets and did an install of GPS Status and Toolbox from the Play Store direct. I don't understand it myself, it could be my location but another phone of mine (iPhone) picks up the satellites immediately so I am not sure what is happening.
Thanks,
Matthew
Mine worked perfectly until I went to Q. Now it locks at first, then loses it almost right away. It never locks again for that particular route. Saturday I went over 20 miles away, and it showed me right by my house... I just sent a bug report to Google. I suppose it's possible that this is a coincidence and it just happened to fail around the time I went to Q. Hopefully I'll find out!