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Do we have any idea how to fix this? I've had problems on literally every 2.1 ROM tried so far. This includes DamageControl 9999 and v1, DarchStar, DarchLegend v2, Toast/Flipz 2.01
Basically (and Gbhil has verified this as well) the network location isn't functioning properly. For example, I am in a suburb of Kansas City, and my location shows on EVERY SINGLE 2.1 ROM as Overland Park, which is over 30 minutes away from me.
GPS will work properly, but this messes up literally every location based app, including my own I'm developing, which grabs your location and does some other stuff with it (which I can't divulge at the moment, ha)
I am literally floored that there aren't more people reporting this. It's not always messed up, I'd say 80-90% of the time it shows as off.
Any devs or others have any idea as to why this is?
Is this a "basically we have to wait for the Sprint 2.1 ROM to come out" issue? Thanks!
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Do we have any idea how to fix this? I've had problems on literally every 2.1 ROM tried so far. This includes DamageControl 9999 and v1, DarchStar, DarchLegend v2, Toast/Flipz 2.01
Basically (and Gbhil has verified this as well) the network location isn't functioning properly. For example, I am in a suburb of Kansas City, and my location shows on EVERY SINGLE 2.1 ROM as Overland Park, which is over 30 minutes away from me.
GPS will work properly, but this messes up literally every location based app, including my own I'm developing, which grabs your location and does some other stuff with it (which I can't divulge at the moment, ha)
I am literally floored that there aren't more people reporting this. It's not always messed up, I'd say 80-90% of the time it shows as off.
Any devs or others have any idea as to why this is?
Is this a "basically we have to wait for the Sprint 2.1 ROM to come out" issue? Thanks!
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Mine's better than it was in 1.5!
It shows that I'm in Sugar land, but in 1.5 when I went to school it showed I was in Richmond.
I went out of town recently and I had to refresh it like 5 times to get it to show up. I think it was changed to help battery life. Not really a big thing to me. I just have the location saved as the second spot so I can check if it doesn't want to refresh.
I can't explain your issue, but location services with GPS off on DC1.0 with my phone is dead nuts accurate. Puts the blue dot directly over my house. I haven't tried it outside the house yet. I'll report back when I do.
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Edit: I tried network based location at three different locations around town today and it worked flawlessly every time. I'm hoping Sprint never decides to target me with a smart bomb using GPS--if they do, I'm a gonner.
There is actually quite a bit written about this but no sure fix that I have found. Location works fine for me in Maps but in everything else it is way off in a weird way. At home it shows my location as 200+ miles away. At work, which is only 8 miles from my house, by location is shown some 30 miles away. You are right. It is only on the 2.1 Roms so I use Beautiful Home or Weather Widget both of which allow me to at least specify my weather address.
I am having the same issue. Its about 20 miles off. I do have a Airwave at home, but I unplugged it and still same thing after doing a refresh. When I go city to city it changes but for some reason I think it is 20 south of my location so when I do switch cities, it would be correct 20 miles south. With that said, my actually GPS for gmaps is dead on target.
it seems to me that its mainly the application being used that makes the location inaccurate..or is that just me?
Mine has not had any issues so far. Better than ever. I'm using DamageControl v1 with the new radio.
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Mine has not had any issues so far. Better than ever. I'm using DamageControl v1 with the new radio.
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i'm using the exact same thing.. works well for me.
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Mine has not had any issues so far. Better than ever. I'm using DamageControl v1 with the new radio.
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ditto. Same thing here and no issues with network location.
See, and the inconsistency bothers me too. It should really be broken for everyone, not just a few of us.
GPS is fine, but with network, it's definitely broken. Weird, I guess I'll wait for the Sprint ROM versions.
I bet you it has something to do with us not having something from Sprint in these releases.
no issues here with darchdroid
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See, and the inconsistency bothers me too. It should really be broken for everyone, not just a few of us.
GPS is fine, but with network, it's definitely broken. Weird, I guess I'll wait for the Sprint ROM versions.
I bet you it has something to do with us not having something from Sprint in these releases.
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Download a rom like DarchDroid(people don't seem to get errors with it), extract the .zip and browse through the apps on the rom, find LocationPicker.apk and LocationService.apk(With their odex files) and push them to your phone from recovery, delete dalvik cache and boot cache and reboot your phone.
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See, and the inconsistency bothers me too. It should really be broken for everyone, not just a few of us.
GPS is fine, but with network, it's definitely broken. Weird, I guess I'll wait for the Sprint ROM versions.
I bet you it has something to do with us not having something from Sprint in these releases.
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mines usually, but not always, accurate. hows that for inconsistancy?
in 1.5 i shut location off unless i have to use my gps I-GO app. location seems to drain the battery.
Coarse (network-based) location seems to usually work fine for me (running DC1.0). I say 'usually', because once in a while it will decide I'm in the Atlantic Ocean ~20 miles east of Miami instead of western Broward County (~10 miles west of the beach)... but I've ALWAYS had that problem, even with stock 1.5.
Has anyone noticed a correlation between tower density, signal strength, and accuracy? If the worst inaccuracies are noticed in fringe suburban areas (where you might be lucky to have a single good tower signal, let alone 3+), that might explain it. The 2.1 algorithm might work better (or at least use less power) in urban areas, but fail more often in fringe areas. This might also be more of an issue with Sprint, because Sprint's network tends to be slightly less robust in fringe areas than Verizon's.
Out of curiosity, is the algorithm known to "cheat" if you're in a fringe rural area where the service is primarily along a single major corridor (like I-75 through the Everglades, or the Turnpike halfway between Orlando and Fort Pierce), and automatically limit its estimates to locations physically along that road?
Mine seems to work fine, at least with the weather widget. I'll double check tomorrow when I drive 150 miles west, and see if it still updates. Even 1.5 wasn't all that good at updating my location without me refreshing.
I do know that my weather is wrong though. Still says it's cloudy here, and the only clouds are a good 50 miles north lol
Hmmm. flashed fresh-2.0b and also installed the new radio. With location setting and GPS on, I get the same location errors I mentioned earlier. With location setting set to '911 only' and GPS off, weather and browser location is accurate. I use GPS for Nav, but if I am not using it, this will work for me. Can anyone try with another 2.1 Rom and confirm if that works for them?
When I first installed 2.1 it was showing me in a different state. But when I flashed the new radio that fixed everything. Now it's only wrong if I'm home and connected to my Airave.
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Download a rom like DarchDroid(people don't seem to get errors with it), extract the .zip and browse through the apps on the rom, find LocationPicker.apk and LocationService.apk(With their odex files) and push them to your phone from recovery, delete dalvik cache and boot cache and reboot your phone.
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Think you could do the same with the picker and service from the 1.5 roms? I always had perfect performance before moving to any of the 2.x roms. That's the exact moment when it started happening. I can switch back to a nandroid backup of 1.5 and it runs just fine too. Still kinda baffled at all of this.
Many people have noted that some apps, the HTC weather and clock widget in particular, seem to report the wrong location frequently. Some people have traced the problem to the use of an Airave, which at least provides an explanation even if a fix is still lacking. But other people who have reported the issue are not Airave users, so the problem can't be blamed on that in all cases.
I was affected by this myself. While troubleshooting an unrelated problem yesterday I noticed messages scrolling by related to location, some of them containing the latitude and longitude. I plugged these into google maps, and bingo, it placed it smack in the middle of my front yard, even though the HTC widget was showing (what I thought at the time was) a city 150 miles away.
Now comes the part where luck steps in. I just recently moved to this town, and this morning I was doing some random googling to learn more about the area, just the sort of mindless stuff I do to keep my mind occupied until I've had enough coffee to wake up and actually start on something useful, and I eventually landed on the Wikipedia page for the city.
I currently live in Traer, IA. My phone has been saying I'm in Perry, which is a town that I know well, on the other side of the state, leading me to assume that my phone was giving me a location roughly 150 miles off. However, as it turns out (thanks Wikipedia!), the city of Traer is located in the Perry township. For those who don't know, just as states are divided into counties, counties are further divided into townships. But, townships aren't often mentioned in day to day conversation, and the vast majority of poeple have no idea which township they live in (or, for that matter, that there is such a thing as a township).
So all along, it has had the location right, it's just been displaying the township name instead of the city name.
I still consider this to be a bug (obviously the correct behavior would be to display the city name), but at least I now know that it has my location correct even if it's choosing to display an unfamiliar name.
Anyone else experiencing this bug and not able to blame it on an Airave, it might be worth checking to see if the name of the location it's displaying is more closely related to where you live than you might originally think.
EDIT: Ok, I pulled it up on google maps, and it's only 113 miles away, not 150. The actual distance is completely beside the point, but I've been on the internet long enough to know that some smartass will mention it....
I have seen others say that it was showing their county. I never put two and two together. Great detective work.
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I have seen others say that it was showing their county. I never put two and two together. Great detective work.
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Thanks. It's been driving me nuts.
I'd still really like to see it display the city name, but until that gets resolved at least I can feel comfortable that location based apps will work properly. Bring up local weather, display nearby movie theaters, etc...
It seems like a minor bug on the surface, but when you stop to consider how many apps are starting to utilize location in very useful ways, it's nice to be able to feel confident that they're using the RIGHT location....
weird. I haven't had that problem. it actually updates within 5ish minutes of being in a new county/city. good to know if it does ever happen to me though. thanks
Yeah, the issue was never with the speed of the update. Mine has always updated plenty fast. It's just that in one particular location where I happen to spend a great deal of time (my home), it seemed to be getting it wrong.
I'm going to dig in a little deeper, but my initial instinct is that the bug isn't even in the HTC widget. The most likely explanation, I think, is that the database it's reading from has some values stored in the wrong fields..... (But that's just an educated guess until I get a chance to look more closely....)
I don't get any wrong city info.....but it seems like recently it doesn't update the weather correctly. For instance weather will say it bright and sun shining when its obivouly DARK. LOL oh well thats what they made windows for.
Thanks for bringing this up!
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I was affected by this myself. While troubleshooting an unrelated problem yesterday I noticed messages scrolling by related to location, some of them containing the latitude and longitude. I plugged these into google maps, and bingo, it placed it smack in the middle of my front yard, even though the HTC widget was showing (what I thought at the time was) a city 150 miles away.
Anyone else experiencing this bug and not able to blame it on an Airave, it might be worth checking to see if the name of the location it's displaying is more closely related to where you live than you might originally think.
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I'm currently running DC ROM v2.05 and my reported location in GMaps and any weather application is always quite a bit off from the true location.
Prior to installing any OS 2.1 based ROM, the location was always dead on correct even with GPS turned off.
I'm not using Airave.
You mention that you saw coordinates information messages while researching another issue.
Do you happen to know where the file is that these coordinates are stored in the system? I had found them once a few months ago; two plain text files containing only latitude and longitude values.
However I can't find these file now. Maybe they're no longer text files in a v2.1 system?
I'm curious to know if the correct values are being stored in these files.
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Do you happen to know where the file is that these coordinates are stored in the system?
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Where they're actually stored? No. I found them while I was running "adb logcat". If you connect your phone to your pc and let that run while the phone is just sitting idle, one of the things that will go by every now and then is log messages about the phone refreshing the location info. You should be able to grab latitude and longitude info from there.
Okay here's the solution-crapper.
I have the weather widget and it often displays me as being in Jackson, Ohio when in all reality I am in West Salem, Ohio, about 5 miles east of Jackson. My township name is Congress.
ETA... Jackson township is about 2 miles away from me. I am about 1 mile from the county line, which is where Jackson/Congress borders are.
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I currently live in Traer, IA. My phone has been saying I'm in Perry, which is a town that I know well, on the other side of the state, leading me to assume that my phone was giving me a location roughly 150 miles off. However, as it turns out (thanks Wikipedia!), the city of Traer is located in the Perry township. For those who don't know, just as states are divided into counties, counties are further divided into townships. But, townships aren't often mentioned in day to day conversation, and the vast majority of poeple have no idea which township they live in (or, for that matter, that there is such a thing as a township).
So all along, it has had the location right, it's just been displaying the township name instead of the city name.
I still consider this to be a bug (obviously the correct behavior would be to display the city name), but at least I now know that it has my location correct even if it's choosing to display an unfamiliar name.
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My guess is where you live(or where the cell tower is) is not actually in Traer proper but in the outskirts/suburbs in an "Unincorporated area". I have seen such come up in two different areas, where I live and where my parents live, both are unincorporated areas and thus show the nearest city or township name instead. Often the township name is also the name of the largest town in said township but that is not always the case.
I live in Atascocita CDP, an unincorporated area of the City of Humble, in Humble Township, my phone always says Humble even when I am clearly not in the city of humble.
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My guess is where you live(or where the cell tower is) is not actually in Traer proper but in the outskirts/suburbs in an "Unincorporated area".
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Well, my house is most definitely inside the city limits. But, you're right, this is a small town and chances are very high that the tower I'm connecting to is a mile or two out in the country. There's only one cell tower actually in town, and as far as I'm aware it's 100% US Cellular, so I'm most likely not connecting to it.
My big concern was that my phone was saying Perry, and the city of Perry, IA is over 100 miles away. Once I was able to determine that the name "Perry" also refers to the location I'm at, I'm much less concerned about the issue. Being 100 miles off would be cause for concern, but as long as it's got me within 2, 3, or even 5 miles, then I'm comfortable that location aware apps are presenting me with relevant info.
i always find that the GPS is very inaccurate. if i'm standing in my front yard it will show me a half mile out into the woods, with a few minutes of waiting, i can get it as close as 500ft away, but never the accuracy i find with a garmin GPS.
i remember with PSP i used the GPS Homebrew app MapThis, it always lowered the CPU clock speed automatically to prevent interference. with root, would lowering the X10 CPU increase the accuracy of the GPS?
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i always find that the GPS is very inaccurate. if i'm standing in my front yard it will show me a half mile out into the woods, with a few minutes of waiting, i can get it as close as 500ft away, but never the accuracy i find with a garmin GPS.
i remember with PSP i used the GPS Homebrew app MapThis, it always lowered the CPU clock speed automatically to prevent interference. with root, would lowering the X10 CPU increase the accuracy of the GPS?
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how many sats is it picking up ? are you surrounded by hills or high buildings or anything ?
mine can tell which corner of the garden im in and its not really a big garden either
it picks up sats very quickly too
also what firmware are you on ?
according to gps essentials, i have a lock with 6 satellites. the area i'm in has lots of woods and has a liitle bit of hills, and i'm running R2BA020 O2 version, on X10i
My GPS is incredibly accurate too...I'd say even faster than my Garmin.
My guess would be that you're just in an area with poor satellite reception. How accurate does it say your location is (like accurate to within what distance)?
Even on 3G with GPS off, my phone's accurate to within 500 feet.
GPS Status
Go to Android MArket and download an app called GPS Status. In it you can check sattelite reception, position and precision.
not trying to hijack your thread here but I live in Canada and im planning a long drive on Monday. Ive recently downloaded co-pilot and all the North American maps that go with it. Anyone have experience with this app, and also what happens when you move outside a 3g area? I would suspect that since you are using gps, and since the maps are downloaded that it wouldn't matter?? Just wondering if im right or not so I know what to expect on the road. Also, should I set the phone to never sleep / keep screen on while its plugged in throughout the drive? Its about a 13hr drive so im worried about keeping the phone on and plugged in that long. What are the opinions of others who have used this type of app?
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not trying to hijack your thread here but I live in Canada and im planning a long drive on Monday. Ive recently downloaded co-pilot and all the North American maps that go with it. Anyone have experience with this app, and also what happens when you move outside a 3g area? I would suspect that since you are using gps, and since the maps are downloaded that it wouldn't matter?? Just wondering if im right or not so I know what to expect on the road. Also, should I set the phone to never sleep / keep screen on while its plugged in throughout the drive? Its about a 13hr drive so im worried about keeping the phone on and plugged in that long. What are the opinions of others who have used this type of app?
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Its pretty accurate without 3g. I use it without any internet connection (3g/wifi) and it works well. Accurate about turning, etc. But im talking about walking.
I use Google Tracks all the time on my mountain bike and find it VERY accurate.
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not trying to hijack your thread here but I live in Canada and im planning a long drive on Monday. Ive recently downloaded co-pilot and all the North American maps that go with it. Anyone have experience with this app, and also what happens when you move outside a 3g area? I would suspect that since you are using gps, and since the maps are downloaded that it wouldn't matter?? Just wondering if im right or not so I know what to expect on the road. Also, should I set the phone to never sleep / keep screen on while its plugged in throughout the drive? Its about a 13hr drive so im worried about keeping the phone on and plugged in that long. What are the opinions of others who have used this type of app?
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I do long drives from Vancouver down to Portland. Copilot has been very useful. Instant GPS lock even without a data plan. I never had to configure Copilot, it will always stay on when the program is on. Just plug your phone when the battery gets low
I believe it has something todo with the software / app you're using.
As I use the GPS with Google maps, it's surprisingly accurate and picks up movements as short as one single step in any direction right away and it is right on the spot where I stand according to reality.
I think your poor accuracy has nothing todo with the hardware anyway.
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i always find that the GPS is very inaccurate. if i'm standing in my front yard it will show me a half mile out into the woods, with a few minutes of waiting, i can get it as close as 500ft away, but never the accuracy i find with a garmin GPS.
i remember with PSP i used the GPS Homebrew app MapThis, it always lowered the CPU clock speed automatically to prevent interference. with root, would lowering the X10 CPU increase the accuracy of the GPS?
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Honestly it sounds like your GPS location service is off and all that its getting is the wireless cell tower tracking. Try going into Settings-Location and check to see if GPS Satellites is enabled. It's probably off though by the sounds of it, or you have a faulty GPS receiver in your phone
yeah this phone seems to be less accurate than the x1, z1 gave me a 20 ft accuracy in the worst case and this one seems to be around 100 or even more :S
even my phone locates me on basketball ground whn im in home...approx 30m.....lol..
My GPS drives me nuts ... the signal is weak even outdoors on a sunny day. GPS Test shows maximum levels of around 25 on the street and even less on the balcony.
From the reports and Youtube videos I saw, the TF should do better than this, instead of constantly loosing GPS signal, shouldn't it?
Btw, I tried all available settings.
Might my TF be faulty?
PS: Is it normal, that the TF has less GPS problems in the late evening?
I haven't been all that happy with the GPS performance either. I haven't managed to get a lock when starting from a cold start at all, it sits there finding no more than 3 or 4 satellites at low levels, even after 20 minutes. By cold start I mean the satellite data wasn't updated in a long time, and therefore the TF is searching on his own for satellites.
When I was connected with Wifi and launched different GPS apps, I was able to get a lock in about a minute or so, which is more normal.
Unless you have the ability to tether to your phone, or or are connected to a wireless router, I think it's absolutely necessary to keep your TF's satellite list up to date manually, or before you leave and know you will be using your TF as GPS device.
I don't think late evening has to do with anything, but the weather can definately interfere (think fog, rain, lot's of clouds).
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When I was connected with Wifi and launched different GPS apps, I was able to get a lock in about a minute or so, which is more normal.
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Currently in the late evening that's what happens with my TF ... I even get a low level around 20 sitting on the sofa 2 meters away from the window.
This afternoon I even had problems in front of the house with a clear sky, where I also had WiFi connection. Yesterday the same experience.
Why is it better in the evening in my case? Strange.
But maybe I have an explanation: On the roof of the house on the opposite side of the street is a large cell phone antenna. Might this cause my problems? Maybe because there's less traffic in the evening?
Problem solved !
I downloaded MapDroid and tested the GPS in the car ... voila ... worked like a charm.
I drove 20km with the TF switched off, stopped, loaded MapDroid, waited until my position appeared on the map, which only took 1-2 minutes and drove back, checking the map at every traffic light.
So it seems, this cell phone antenna on the neighbour house caused my GPS problems at home.
Nice one. I don't think I've actually noticed one of those towers or know what they look like.
ehow.com 's suggestion on how to acquire a GPS signal:
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"2. Get away from anything emitting electronic signals. Radio towers, cell phone towers, and other electronic signals can cause interference with GPS signals, leaving your receiver with little to no reception."
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I don't think I've actually noticed one of those towers or know what they look like.
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Just google images for "cell phone towers" and you'll find tons of examples. The one on the house is one (!) of this flat long things. The huge masts with lots of antennas you see in most pics are usually not found in residential areas ... at least here in Germany.
well..a trade-off for getting a strong cell phone signal!
GPS Fix worked for me.
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GPS Fix worked for me.
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Not in my case, but who knows, maybe it helps someday on the road.
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GPS Fix worked for me.
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Not in my case, but who knows, maybe it helps someday on the road.
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Worked for me!
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Worked for me!
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I uninstalled GPS Fix, because GPS Status & Toolbox gives me the fastest fix and has more features ... highly recommended
Hi All,
I've got ongoing GPS problems with my Note 3 on 4.4.2 (various stock versions and CM11):
The GPS works fine for most of the day but EVERY day between (roughly) 15:00 and 19:00 Sydney time (worst between 16:00 and 18:00) it constantly loses the GPS signal......again and again and again with two three minutes in between. Then, in the evening, it works just fine again.
Initially I thought this was a hardware fault but I have since seen two other Note 3 on 4.4.2 doing exactly the same thing. It's only at those times, surely this is some sort of software bug.
I have attached some screenshots that show this in the 'GPS Test' app.
Basically I have a full signal, then all the satellites below 60 or so disappear then they're all gone and GPS starts from scratch. After 19:00 everything is back to normal.
Anyone else in Sydney on 4.4.2 who could give this a try at those times. You'll need an app like GPS test to see this.
Obviously I can't take this to Samsung Australia as they'll just pin it on the non-Australian ROM. Hopefully they'll have 4.4.2 by the time the Note 4 is released
I've bought Ultra GPS logging to run a continuous log over the next few days which I'll attach once it's done.
TIA
If it's consistent every day at the same time, it's more likely to be an external issue. Looks to me like they're all out of range at that time.
GPS satelites have their own orbit, they are not in a fixed position overhead. There are quite a significant few areas on the planet where at fixed times there is no signal whatsoever.
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If it's consistent every day at the same time, it's more likely to be an external issue. Looks to me like they're all out of range at that time.
GPS satelites have their own orbit, they are not in a fixed position overhead. There are quite a significant few areas on the planet where at fixed times there is no signal whatsoever.
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Thanks but they are definitely not out of range.These screenshots were taken while the phone was pretty much stationary, with clear view of the sky. The signal isn't going to get much better on a Note 3. When I first noticed I was in the car and supected something related but this has been going on for a few weeks now and the only thing consistent is the time of day. This happens everywhere: In the car, at home, in the park...wherever.
I'll try to disable the mobile network time sync. Who knows, maybe that makes a difference. Of course I'll only know after 17:00 tomorrow
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Thanks but they are definitely not out of range.These screenshots were taken while the phone was pretty much stationary, with clear view of the sky. The signal isn't going to get much better on a Note 3. When I first noticed I was in the car and supected something related but this has been going on for a few weeks now and the only thing consistent is the time of day. This happens everywhere: In the car, at home, in the park...wherever.
I'll try to disable the mobile network time sync. Who knows, maybe that makes a difference. Of course I'll only know after 17:00 tomorrow
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Mate, there is a possibility the satellites are out of range, has no relation to how clear the sky is. If the satellite is over another part of Oz, or the world, you aren't going to get a signal from it.... No GPS satellite signal = No GPS...
The pictures you display show this - in top left corner, how many satellites in view (you need a minimum of 3 with decent signal to triangulate your position)... And remember, around high rise buildings the signal isn't so accurate due to reflection off buildings...
Disabling network time sync will make it harder to find the satellites as the Note 3 downloads the satellite position for a faster lock...
Same problem here.
Hi.
I have almost the same problem, so I installed "GPS Status" from the Play Store.
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Mate, there is a possibility the satellites are out of range, has no relation to how clear the sky is. If the satellite is over another part of Oz, or the world, you aren't going to get a signal from it.... No GPS satellite signal = No GPS...
The pictures you display show this - in top left corner, how many satellites in view (you need a minimum of 3 with decent signal to triangulate your position)... And remember, around high rise buildings the signal isn't so accurate due to reflection off buildings...
Disabling network time sync will make it harder to find the satellites as the Note 3 downloads the satellite position for a faster lock...
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The satellites were not out of sight. A Note 10.1 2014 next to the two Note 3 had no such problem when stationary on a table outside.
Besides, how would ALL satellites disappear from view at the same time without going inside or driving into a tunnel?
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I have almost the same problem, so I installed "GPS Status" from the Play Store.
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Thanks, I looked at that too. How does that fix the problem?
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Thanks, I looked at that too. How does that fix the problem?
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Reset the connection to the Satellite
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Reset the connection to the Satellite
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It seems that is what's already happening. It's just hard to navigate when the connection is constantly being reset.
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The satellites were not out of sight. A Note 10.1 2014 next to the two Note 3 had no such problem when stationary on a table outside.
Besides, how would ALL satellites disappear from view at the same time without going inside or driving into a tunnel?
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ALIENS.....
Really odd....
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I've only disabled the time sync, not the data connection. That said, made no real difference, could have been a bit better but most likely I'm just imagining that I still had some dropouts this afternoon where I should have had none. This morning everything was perfect as usual.
I've gone through two new Note 3 with GPS issues now. It just turn itself on/off whenever. Not all day is the same and some days you cannot get a constant GPS signal at all. The only solution I've found is to reset the GPS but on really bad days the GPS doesn't even last 1min. It's really bad. I've taken it to the ATT store and spoken with techs online and no one has an answer for this. I'm thinking of switching back to my Note 2 or trying for a 4rd Note 3 replacement if they allow it.
I have minimal apps on my phone so there's nothing else running in the background except for the normal services. Many believe it may be other apps but this isn't the case with me. It's very annoying and more so because I am new to this area and gotten lost several times because the GPS misreports on Google Maps.
If anyone has a good solution besides resetting please let me know. Thanks.
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Alright, on the phone with ATT and it appears Samsung has now acknowledged that some phones do have a faulty GPS. The note did not state whether it was a hardware or software issue but it does state they they have no fix for it. The rep was even surprise to see the note from Samsung. ATT will refuse to replace the phone because it is Samsungs fault. I feel like I've been scammed. This is my 3rd Note3 with the same GPS issue. Actually, now that the phone just updated (this morning) the GPS can't even connect. Utter ridiculous. So pissed.
I've been keeping and eye on mine after updating to ND5. Yesterday was fine even after 16:00 HOWEVER, I found that it's now playing up earlier in the day. Today I lost signal at least ten times in 30 minutes while driving between 14:00 and 14:30......It would be nice if Samsung did something about this but when did they every :-|
You know about GPS jammers ?
Some commercial drivers make use of a GPS Jammer to prevent all the stuff in the cab from correctly recording how many miles they travel. The law states that they have to take a break every so many miles. If the equipment cannot record the GPS mileage, then the law cannot be enforced. So they jam the signal.
Just a possibility to consider. Maybe you can go somewhere isolated and test it at the usual times and see if it works when you can be pretty certain that no jammers are near.
Bulbous said:
You know about GPS jammers ?
Some commercial drivers make use of a GPS Jammer to prevent all the stuff in the cab from correctly recording how many miles they travel. The law states that they have to take a break every so many miles. If the equipment cannot record the GPS mileage, then the law cannot be enforced. So they jam the signal.
Just a possibility to consider. Maybe you can go somewhere isolated and test it at the usual times and see if it works when you can be pretty certain that no jammers are near.
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Thanks, but this happens regardless of location, including a soccer field, our street, out home, my car an ALL sorts of roads. I'm sure there is some bug in either the software or the chip itself. Needless to say Samsung would not recognize either even if that was the case.
Hey mate, sorry for reviving an older thread, but I can pretty much confirm the issue is not just you, because I'm having the exact same problem.
I got impatient waiting for Samsung to push 4.4 to Australia, so I forced a 4.4 stock firmware using Odin. Ever since I've had problems with GPS dropping out. Lions like it's an issue with the Note 3 and 4.4, because my Galaxy S4 on 4.4 is perfect.
I thought I could roll back to 4.3, but turns out that's not paddle. Looks like we might be stuck with this issue until Samsung push the update here legit. I'm a field service technician, and it kinds sucks when you have to rely on GPS to get around and it doesn't work properly.
But is not australia upside down?