Is someone expierience gps problems after the last update or is just me?
Yeah I have a GPS issue but just updated to ANG2 with a new S5 so can't compare to the previous firmware.
My GPS works with sat-nav & it finds satellites with GPS test apps but the S5 won't share the GPS info with my pebble and its not the pebble as switching to a tablet sends the location info straight away.
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My GPS has been working fine until I installed Cyanogenmod on my U.S. Cellular Galaxy S4 (SCH-R970). It shows the icon in the status bar when it is searching, but it never finds the GPS.
I have tried a few apps from the market (GPS Status & Toolbox, and GPS Status - Test & Fix, GPS Test). After resetting/reloading the A-GPS data, it still could not find my location. I saw that I could flash a radio to my phone and that may be able to help, but I'm not quite sure what that will do, or what radio to get or much at all about that part.
It seems like I am getting a few satellites in use, but not enough to get my location.
Anyone have any ideas for me? I would like to get this working soon.
Thanks.
Hi,
I have another issue after the OS upgrade to Mashmallow 6.0.1, it loses the GPS signal every now and then for no reason, so I wasn't able to navigate using google map or waze or other location based Apps. I have to turn the Location setting off and on again a few times, sometimes it took a while, before I get back the GPS.
There is no lack of GPS signals in the area as my other devices are functioning properly. I have been using the phone for more than a year without such issues, started with kitkat then Lollipop, but as soon as I upgrade to Mashmallow the 2 major issues surfaced!
Any advice on how to fix this?
Same for me on my A3 2016 (6.0.1) On A310FXXU2BPG6
GPS signal is lost shortly after starting Google maps or Waze
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I used one of those apps you can download to find out how strong your gps is and it told me It couldn't find any satellites. Worked fine yesterday. Is there a good fix? Update: only does this inside
Hi, i just made this account to post this problem here and I hope I find help. My s5 is not rooted and brand new (3 days?) with the version 6.0.1. My phone does see the satellites but it doesn't locks on them so I don't have GPS at all except with WiFi and the other things but that is kinda useless and not accurate. If I really have to I would root my phone cause it's annoying as hell and I'm a traveller so I need that and I don't always have internet. Hope you can help me
Kind regards
Same problem, similar situation, using SM-G900A, Galaxy S5 with AT&T. Satellites show with GPS Tools app, but Google Maps and Waze don't find GPS location. Tried many things, including factory reset. No joy...
New Sony Xperia X Compact, and out of the box has had a GPS problem. It came loaded with Nougat, and I updated ota each version one-by-one to the latest Oreo 118, then unlocked bl, and flashed Sailfish, and the problem is the same on all.
What it is, is that the GPS signal will get a fix on-and-off after every few minutes, but won't hold steady. Using SatStat app on Android, I saw that the effect was the same with GPS and with network location.
Using a GPS info app, I see that when there is a fix, I get a read on latitude and longitude and altitude, but never anything for speed or direction. Seems like the fix is so brief that there is not a chance to measure it.
It seems obviously a hardware issue, being consistent over many software states, but the hardware is obviously working, so not sure... I would wonder if it was an issue with the carrier, but I used the same sim with the same account on my previous phone and it was fine.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Try GPS Connected app, it's available off Google Play Store.
BTW:
GPS has nothing to do with INTERNET/CELLULAR SERVICES. Your GPS receiver relies on radio waves. But instead of using towers on the ground as the cell phone does, it communicates with satellites that orbit the Earth. There are currently 27 GPS satellites in orbit - 24 are in active use and 3 act as a backup in case another satellite fails.