Anybody had issues with GPS after moving to Froyo? It still doesn't seem to lock on very quickly. Anybody have workarounds/thoughts/similar issues?
On my phone it takes a bit longer to load but its still very accurate.
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Hello everyone. I've done a few searches on here but haven't found this exact problem. Relevant details without extra background info are in bold.
My wife and I each got an S4 with Sprint's recent BOGO promotion. My phone has had no issues. It came with MDL in the box, which I updated to MF9 via OTA, flashed TWRP via Heimdall in Linux, rooted, and installed the hotspot mod.
Her phone - completely stock MF9 and new from the store - has had problems, one of which I've so far been unable to fix. (How I wish it were mine. I develop for Android, but this is much more of a pain for her.) Hers already had MF9 at the store. It had the Google Services Framework/Core Apps runaway process issue with heat/battery drain from the start - which I fixed. However, it also has unresponsive sensors for ~3 seconds when receiving a call. It's almost as if there's some lag in activating the sensors. The phone is otherwise snappy with no other lag noted.
- Hard reset has been tried.
- The touchscreen is unresponsive during this time, though the display functions.
- The gesture for answering (when enabled) also does not work.
- We haven't tried enabling the home key to answer, but this will be next.
I've seen this before with Android a good while back. It was an inherent problem with Gingerbread on many phones. Haven't seen it pop up in Jellybean at all. In trying to diagnose, I've ensured that all bells and whistles are turned off. No air gestures are on.
We'd really like to get it working as it should. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?
Many thanks!
I believe this is more of a stock software issue. I have had the issue since day one.
When I turned off svoice and some of the other added features most of the lag disappeared. Svoice is pretty good at creating lag as far as ive seen.
Voice response seems to create th lag as it is awaiting a voice command from you.
This is what I have noticed anyway.
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It seems to occur most often when I'm using Google play music. I think I see the sync icon go as well. But I haven't been able to reliably recreate the problem. I'm on a slimmed down stock ROM. Before, I was on rooted stock with lots of G2 exposed features on. Is there a good way to diagnose the cause? Should I revert to stock entirely and try to get it replaced?
Also, sometimes my data runs excruciatingly slowly, even though it says full LTE signal, and it's a site that is quite reliable and definitely not the problem.
I also have been receiving texts late (sometimes 24 hours later) recently. I have experienced similar things before on different phones, but maybe there's an actual software solution for that.
Thanks for any help
hi there,
i have a s4 i9505 which has been rooted and is running davdh's pure nexus rom.
i've got a bit of a problem with the gps - it locks when i first turn on maps but loses signal subsequently. signal stays lost for a few mintutes (maybe 2-5, it depends) and locks for a second or two before the signal is lost again.
i've had a look at several forums and it seems like its a common problem for the S4 Active, S3 and Note II. those problems were fixed when some users flashed a different modem - there seems to be a consensus that the problem is caused by overheating caused by the radio.
I was wondering if anyone here had a similar problem with their i9505, and if so, did you manage to fix it?
also, might anyone recommend a fix/modem version that might fix this?
Cheers
Hi, I use my GPS frequently on my Note 4 but ever since I updated my phone to 5.1.1 it will not lock on to my location.
It will give directions, but the pointer does not move and it has a big light blue circle around, and when it does move, it goes all over the place.
When I did my update, my phone did a factory reset, so I know that wont fix the issue.
Here's a pic of what I always see even during naviataion: http://i.imgur.com/nBgUCaj.png
I'm almost giving up on this to the point of where I want to get a new phone, that's one feature I can't live without.
Any ideas of how to fix this?
Thanks everyone.
I had terrible fix issues with my GPS. I switched from wanamlite rom to sweet rom, now my GPS works again!
Hi all,
I recently upgraded from 4.4.2 stock rom to 6.0.1 stock rom and everything worked fine except the GPS. I tried a few different fixes like changing the gps.conf, and a few different apps and could see there was some signal but it could never seem to get a lock. Sometimes it seemed to get a lock for a split second then drop it again.
I ended up going back to my 4.4.2 and GPS works fine again. So the simple conclusion is this is firmware based. I'm no expert but would be willing to help if someone wants to investigate this further. There has to be some GPS related files from the KK firmware that can be exported to MM to make it work
Keliuss
GPS has always been kinda weak and slow due to the module itself. Did you experience the auto brightness bug as well?
kom-pakt said:
GPS has always been kinda weak and slow due to the module itself. Did you experience the auto brightness bug as well?
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Auto-brightness was working fine for me. Just the GPS issue noted.