since i installed AICP mouths ago my GPS/localization is not working, every app that uses localization cant find the GPS signal(trying to play pokemon go)
update location on google maps, etc working, only pokemon go isn't working
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So I upgraded my phone as described by this site http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=24979 and I was curious what else is necessary to use GPS. The Rom I am using (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=26776) works great but I could not get GPS to work with windows live search or google maps. So did some searching and from I gather, you need to run some other gps program prior or simultaneously to one of the map programs. Is this correct? I downloaded quick gps, GpsViewer.PPC300_2577, and GPS Test. Does one of these programs need to be running at any time I want to use GPS with Live search or google maps?
Thanks for the help
google maps, should work. I used that for quite a while. it will most likely take a few minutes to get a fix.
Begin this month, after I came back from a holiday, I suddenly got problems with my GPS.
First I thought it was due to the Google Play Services upgraded to 5.0.84.
The past few days I re-installed multiple times my Xperia ZL (C6503).
When the issues began, I had the Ultimate PureXZL v2 installed. First I reinstalled it, updated all apps. Same problem. Sometimes I got a GPS lock, but after a while I lost it. I used Google Maps, Navigon and a anti radar app Avertinoo. All without luck.
I did a rollback to Xperia ZL (C6503)_10.3.1.A.2.67_Generic DE.ftf, rooted it and upgraded to 10.4.1.B.0.101. Installed Xposed framework and Gravitybox. But the next morning again, no luck to get a lock.
Yesterday I installed C6503_10.5.A.0.230_Commercial_and_Journalists.ftf, rooted , installed Xposed framework and Gravitybox. But the next morning again, no luck to get a lock. Even went in the service menu, and also no luck there with the GPS
Today a clean C6503_10.5.A.0.230_Commercial_and_Journalists.ftf, no root and kept all apps at the version coming with the rom (included Google Play Services, Google Maps). Same problem. I installed GPS Status and GPS test. And there I noticed a problem with the compass. it keeps rotating (YAW). Went in the service menu, and also there I have the compass going nuts.
Exactly like this one.
Did multiply calibrations, sometimes it works for a couple of minutes.
I don't know if it's hardware related or not. Tomorrow I try again stock 10.4.1.B.0.101 not rooted and bootloader locked. After that I'm finished with this phone, after IR blaster not learning codes, dead battery and black dots on the photos this would be the fourth problem on this phone...
Oké I think I found the cause of the problem ... FACEBOOK MESSENGER !
After a lot of trials and re-installs I discovered yesterday that the compass problem starts every-time I did use Facebook Messenger to send a message. Since by default my messages contains my location I thought it could be related. So turned of location in Facebook Messenger, restarted my Phone and since then the compass is no longer going nuts, and GPS is working fine again.
I have to specify that I'm using beta versions of Facebook Messenger. .
I recently installed CyanogenMod 11 FXP339 with the GApps mini package on an Xperia M2 dual C2005 and have noticed that I can't get a GPS fix in Google Maps but do get a fix within a few seconds in Navigator and GPS test. If I switch between Maps and GPS test I notice that GPS status is always "no fix" when returning to GPS test, but is set to "3D fix" in a few seconds. If I switch between GPS test and AndroiTS GPS Test there's seems to be a fix from the start.
The location setting is on and set to "High precision" (GPS, WiFi and mobile).
If I set location to "unit only" (GPS only) I get no positioning at all in Maps, but Navigation and the test apps still position.
I've seen this GPS fix thread but it seems to be for general GPS problems, while in my case it's only one app (Google Maps) that has this problem.
Has anyone else seen this and what can be done about it? I don't remember having this problem on the stock ROM.
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.