Hi everyone,
Sorry to bother with that, but i have an issue with my Galaxy Note 3 LTE, Cyanogen 11 M8.
Fresh install, everything wiped.
It seems that the GPS is fully down... GPS Status is unable to see or lock anything, Navigation freeze etc....
Maps is able to find my position, but only with network enabled.... if i disabled it... it is lost
In GPS Status, app stay "looking for GPS localization", and when a start an app that need the gps, the Gps Status appears a few second, with an "X".
I neved had this kind of issue, and i didn't find any clues over Internet (but i've seen people with the same issue)
I'm almost sure it was working in M7... i didn't use the gps since i upgrade the phone.
So, has anyone an idea about my problem ?
Many thanks
I had the same issue with the same configuration...
For me, it had to do with the 3G phone tower which appears not to be updated to certain parameters...
This happened when I was in a tiny village of the South West of the UK...
I then try the GPS in other cities, 50 miles away, and everything went back to normal...
I live in London, and travel abroad monthly; and no issues there also...
I would suggest to try your GPS in an other area...
Arnaud
arnauduk said:
I had the same issue with the same configuration...
For me, it had to do with the 3G phone tower which appears not to be updated to certain parameters...
This happened when I was in a tiny village of the South West of the UK...
I then try the GPS in other cities, 50 miles away, and everything went back to normal...
I live in London, and travel abroad monthly; and no issues there also...
I would suggest to try your GPS in an other area...
Arnaud
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Thanks,
I also live in a small city in France, i hope your solution will also work for me !
I will try tomorrow, in a "bigger city"
Unfortunately... i took my car and drive to be closer of a big city... no success.
It seams that the GPS is down... 'cause i launch some apps that give the signal received by the phone... and it appears that received absolutly nothing. (0, nada, the void)
I've tried to revert to M7 : no GPS at all.
Tried some gps.conf found on the forum : nothing.
It start to scare me, i hope the GPS is not "broken" (could i have killed the GPS antenna ?)
Anyway, i'm still looking for any clues or a way to check the GPS log.
Thanks
Lennyroquai said:
Unfortunately... i took my car and drive to be closer of a big city... no success.
It seams that the GPS is down... 'cause i launch some apps that give the signal received by the phone... and it appears that received absolutly nothing. (0, nada, the void)
I've tried to revert to M7 : no GPS at all.
Tried some gps.conf found on the forum : nothing.
It start to scare me, i hope the GPS is not "broken" (could i have killed the GPS antenna ?)
Anyway, i'm still looking for any clues or a way to check the GPS log.
Thanks
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GPS connect has NOTHING to do with the SIZE of the city the only factor SHOULD be view of clear SKY.
I was going to say that GPS only works when you're outdoors. Trying to get a signal wont work when in your home etc
For info :
My GPS problem seems to be related to Android 4.4.4.
There's many people complaining that the GPS became innacurate or simply unavailable with this version.
And, it seems that the Cyanogen team has issues making the GPS work for Cyanogen 11 M9 (it's on the wiki).
Currently, there's no fix available. (for some people, rewrinting all APN worked, even if it's not related to GPS, etc etc etc... there's many solution available, but not working for everyone.)
Same issue here, prognosis for it should be posted here, Thx.
Hi Everyone,
If there's people following this thread, i'm still looking for a solution...
Here's all the thing i've tried, without success :
- Reinstall / change Modem
- Back to stock rom (GPS still not working)
- Format /system and reinstall
- Re-Partition
- NV Rebuild
Each time, it's the same thing : i start GPS Status, and i get the icon with the cross, and nothing happen.
Lennyroquai said:
Hi Everyone,
If there's people following this thread, i'm still looking for a solution...
Here's all the thing i've tried, without success :
- Reinstall / change Modem
- Back to stock rom (GPS still not working)
- Format /system and reinstall
- Re-Partition
- NV Rebuild
Each time, it's the same thing : i start GPS Status, and i get the icon with the cross, and nothing happen.
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Hmm.. how did you update? Odin? There are some versions that dont play well with the note
sarceneaux said:
Hmm.. how did you update? Odin? There are some versions that dont play well with the note
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Sometimes with Odin, sometimes with Clockwork... don't remember exactly
Each time, i was never able to get a GPS signal.
If you ODIN'd back to stock and GPS is still down on stock ROM, then you probably have a hardware issue. There is a GPS fix thread on the forum with pics of the hardware breakdown.
Hi everyone,
I can't explain what happened... but my GPS is back. hallelujah !
I saw this morning that the Cyanogen 11 M10 for the hlte (Galaxy Note 3) was available.
I update the Cyanogen i had installed (M9)... and test GPS right after that... nothing.
And then, i tested it tonight, the satellite dish appeared with the cross... but i was able to "touch" it with my finger : And then the icon dissapeared, and the new icon with the sattelite dish and the wave appeared and i saw GPS Signal !
I got a lock after a few sec.
Sorry guys, i don't have any answer about what happened, and how tthe GPS got back to work.
But anyway, thanks for the help !
Lennyroquai said:
Hi everyone,
I can't explain what happened... but my GPS is back. hallelujah !
I saw this morning that the Cyanogen 11 M10 for the hlte (Galaxy Note 3) was available.
I update the Cyanogen i had installed (M9)... and test GPS right after that... nothing.
And then, i tested it tonight, the satellite dish appeared with the cross... but i was able to "touch" it with my finger : And then the icon dissapeared, and the new icon with the sattelite dish and the wave appeared and i saw GPS Signal !
I got a lock after a few sec.
Sorry guys, i don't have any answer about what happened, and how tthe GPS got back to work.
But anyway, thanks for the help !
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Dang!!! I Wanted to sound smart. Lol. Jk, glad its working.
Related
Hello phone geniuses,
I bought an AT&T branded Samsung Focus from AT&T a few months back. It shipped with Windows Phone 7, and all was well with the world. I enjoyed the GPS, wifi, driving directions, bing maps, etc..
I am currently in Beijing, and will be here for another few months. I spoke with someone at AT&T, and they gave me the unlock code for the phone. I successfully entered it after purchasing and installing a SIM card for China Mobile over here.
Everything works.. except.. the GPS. None of the location services seem to be working. Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to fix that? I'm guessing that it's trying to connect with GPS satellites over the wrong hemisphere?
Thanks for your time! You guys rock my phone world.
Try "Gps App" in Marketplace. If it shows sattelites, you're fine. If not, might be a phone issue.
The phone doesn't care where the you are for sattelites, but, if you're in between tall buildings (sky scrapers etc) chances are your GPS reception is weak. Test it as I suggested and get back. Also, try to find an open(er sky) area to test this.
EnderPsp said:
Try "Gps App" in Marketplace. If it shows sattelites, you're fine. If not, might be a phone issue.
The phone doesn't care where the you are for sattelites, but, if you're in between tall buildings (sky scrapers etc) chances are your GPS reception is weak. Test it as I suggested and get back. Also, try to find an open(er sky) area to test this.
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Thanks for the reply.
I installed the app. When I run it, though.. it looks like it's frozen. It shows the picture of the compass, and I see some latitude and longtidude markings, and some kind of meter that looks full.. but it doesn't move or change.
I had the same problem when I brought my at&t branded tilt2 to shanghai. suddenly google maps didn't work, etc.. it was only fixed when I flashed the energy rom to the phone. what was in the rom that would have made the difference? radio? Is something like that possible with wp7?
Here is a video review of the app, so you get an idea on what to expect.
As you can see, on the top right of the screen, the bars change colors: red for no accuracy or low, yellow for medium and green for high accuracy. Under the bar, in meters, is the planar error from your location.
Another good indicator that it's working is the Altitude shows up (lower left corner).
As I said, try to find an open sky area, to test it. If Altitude doesn't show up (see at 0:08 in the video review) and the bars don't change color, you've got another some other issue.
As for the roms, there are no custom roms for Focus, just the original ones, but I suggest not to do that flashing yet yet.
Is it even possible to get GPS reception through the Beijing smog?
dizx said:
Is it even possible to get GPS reception through the Beijing smog?
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dude same thing i was thinking!!!!
dizx said:
Is it even possible to get GPS reception through the Beijing smog?
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Yes
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Hey guys, thanks for all the help, but guess what? The new update rolled down the pike from Microsoft.. and it bricked my phone, so I guess it doesn't matter anyway!
GotSoul said:
Hey guys, thanks for all the help, but guess what? The new update rolled down the pike from Microsoft.. and it bricked my phone, so I guess it doesn't matter anyway!
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Don't panic. Try to reconnect the phone with Zune started, it might continue from where it left off. If not, read here.
Philippines here with an unlocked samsung focus, I can't seem to get bing maps to ever get a signal. my iphone locks on just fine here, but not the focus so far. Either the gps is weak or doesnt work here
Going to try it outside sometime
Hi, i have updated my Samsung Note with the German official ICS rom, i installed Navigon but the GPS seems doesen't work..
Anyone has a solution?
marcotomasella said:
Hi, i have updated my Samsung Note with the German official ICS rom, i installed Navigon but the GPS seems doesen't work..
Anyone has a solution?
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Yesterday, I got an update of the Navigon program; in the release-notes was a line, that this was an update for the Galaxy Nexus on ICS, but ONLY for v4.0.4...!
ICS on the Note, is v4.0.3...!
I can't test it yet, because my Note in stil on v2.3.6 (I update the official way, NOT via ODIN)...
Maybe you should inform Navigon about this problem!
I've updated last weekend to ICS and yesterday to the new Navigon version - everything works as expected.
I have the same problem.
After the update to ICS, my Sygic stop working. It could not detect the GPS signal anymore though the software is running.
I am on LPY stock. Sygic works fine. Testing the GPS can be done with GPS Test app.
Hi, i'm on the official ics german lpy and my navigon is working as it should. I installed the rom with mobile odin with wipe. All great here
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its not working for mine too.
Yeh mine seems to be pooched as well... anyone found any fixes yet?
Cheers
Dave
I used to use navigon for my note, since updated to ics i had to remove it and installed sygic. Did try the new version but didn't work either. At this moment i'm still with sygic and i advice you all to do the same. I think the problem is not with the note (all problems seem to be related to this phone, don't know why ??) but with the navigon program itself. I tried several gps apps and they all worked fine... need to see if they are ics compatible though !!!
becosemsaida
I am on Official UK ICS and i can get a GPS lock in my house with GPS Test, and it has steel reinforced walls, and i am on the ground floor.
John.
After getting ICS update on my Note, GPS has taken 10 minuits to fix first time. Now it is taking only 20 seconds to fix with any GPS related applications even inside building.
Mine wouldn't lock for a while either after an OTA update, left it on for a bit with navigation on then re booted. Ask good now.
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I'm on ICS XEN and GPS is fine. Both Mappy and Route 66 lock, even indoors...
Hi,
First time on these forums ... I also have the issue with ICS 4.0.3 (official) on my Samsung Galaxy Note and my GPS not working. I already spent several hours digging the internet for no solution.
I tried several applications to get a "faster fix" with no change.
The symptom with Google Map or GPS Test is the GPS notification raised for about 1 second, then off for a few seconds, then on again ...
GPS Test is able to download AGPS fix with no error.
I tried to get the system logs and I am a bit stunned with this message :
07-10 00:58:55.485 E/gpsd ( 6311): ASSERT: ASSERT(!"GL_STOP_HW_PANIC") failed in /tmp/11617007/proprietary/deliverables/android/gps_interface/../gpsd/common/GlGpsdInterface.cpp:774
I put more of the log as an attachment.
Any help would be greatly appreciated !
Hello you can install a GPS satellite software to try
I have flashed following ICS LPY,LPF, LQ2,LP8 and LPA
i never have GPS issue on Google map/Sygic
i have tha sema problem 2
do u find any solution ?
Try reflash your stock ROM. I never had this issue - now on stock LQ3 and everything OK.
Possible Fix
Hi guys,
I've been experiencing the same problem you are describing for about 2 months now since I flashed the official 4.0.4 ICS o my GT-7000.
About an hour ago I solved the GPS problem and this was how:
1-I was on a Wifi network
2-All GPS and other sensors were ON
3- Went into Maps for about a minute without a GPS fix.
4-While on Maps and the GPS icon flashing on the notificatio bar I rebooted (did this by only holding the power button and hit reboot).
5-When it rebooted and the "mounting SD" notification came up I went into Maps.
6-It got GPS fix right away.
Hope it helps because I was desperate cause nothing worked for me! And this solved it in 2 minutes!.
tyrcho said:
Hi,
First time on these forums ... I also have the issue with ICS 4.0.3 (official) on my Samsung Galaxy Note and my GPS not working. I already spent several hours digging the internet for no solution.
I tried several applications to get a "faster fix" with no change.
The symptom with Google Map or GPS Test is the GPS notification raised for about 1 second, then off for a few seconds, then on again ...
GPS Test is able to download AGPS fix with no error.
I tried to get the system logs and I am a bit stunned with this message :
07-10 00:58:55.485 E/gpsd ( 6311): ASSERT: ASSERT(!"GL_STOP_HW_PANIC") failed in /tmp/11617007/proprietary/deliverables/android/gps_interface/../gpsd/common/GlGpsdInterface.cpp:774
I put more of the log as an attachment.
Any help would be greatly appreciated !
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I have the exact same problem as you, the gps icon flashes in the status bar and then dissappears...and is back...and dissappears in intervals of about a second. I've flashed stock ROM, wiped a-GPS data, used fasterfix. And have no idea what's wrong, and only know it 'sort of' happened around the time I tried CM10, but, really can't pinpoint the exact moment, just don't know.
My GPS is totally useless now
Any ideas?
Hi everybody,
I have search a lot about my problem, but I don't find the exact same problem. I tried everything said on this forum and can't get trought my problem.
I had a Samsung Galaxy S4 and upgraded three days ago to a brand new Note 3. Everything is going fine exccept for GPS.
Here's my phone informations:
MODEL: SM-N900W8
CARRIER: Rogers (Canada)
Android version 4.3
BaseBand version N900w8VLUBMJ4
Version JSS15J.N900W8VLUBMJ4
The problem is: When I get into Google maps, i'll get a location (It is an approximation using Cell towers I think) When getting into Navigation, The FIRST location is ok (with an error margin but still, it's ok) but it never update position (The application seems to freeze but it doesn't). After searching a lot I installed applications like GPS Test and GPS Status to find out that I never get a GPS lock. After two or three minutes I get 1 or 2 satellites but never get more so it cannot lock. I often lost the 2 satellites I was getting after a few more minutes.
I got a lock once, I was inside my house, had 7 satellites but lost it after a few minutes again.
I did a Factory Reset, I did clear cache and dalvik cache several time, uninstalled Google Maps, tried the GPSFix.zip files as discussed here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2612757). Tried to clear AGPS and redownload, recalibrated compass, ... i think I tried everything I found but nothing help.
Please note that tests have been made on the road, with a clear view to the sky (No buildings, nothing in the way from the phone to the satellites. I also have experiences in rooting, flasshing ROM, playing with system files, so it should not be a lack of knowlege
My phone is rooted but i don't want to flash any ROM because I still have Knox flag to 0x0 and want to keep it (For a warranty purpose!)
If anyone can help on this, it would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Jonathan
*English's my second language
joe540 said:
Hi everybody,
I have search a lot about my problem, but I don't find the exact same problem. I tried everything said on this forum and can't get trought my problem.
I had a Samsung Galaxy S4 and upgraded three days ago to a brand new Note 3. Everything is going fine exccept for GPS.
Here's my phone informations:
MODEL: SM-N900W8
CARRIER: Rogers (Canada)
Android version 4.3
BaseBand version N900w8VLUBMJ4
Version JSS15J.N900W8VLUBMJ4
The problem is: When I get into Google maps, i'll get a location (It is an approximation using Cell towers I think) When getting into Navigation, The FIRST location is ok (with an error margin but still, it's ok) but it never update position (The application seems to freeze but it doesn't). After searching a lot I installed applications like GPS Test and GPS Status to find out that I never get a GPS lock. After two or three minutes I get 1 or 2 satellites but never get more so it cannot lock. I often lost the 2 satellites I was getting after a few more minutes.
I got a lock once, I was inside my house, had 7 satellites but lost it after a few minutes again.
I did a Factory Reset, I did clear cache and dalvik cache several time, uninstalled Google Maps, tried the GPSFix.zip files as discussed here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2612757). Tried to clear AGPS and redownload, recalibrated compass, ... i think I tried everything I found but nothing help.
Please note that tests have been made on the road, with a clear view to the sky (No buildings, nothing in the way from the phone to the satellites. I also have experiences in rooting, flasshing ROM, playing with system files, so it should not be a lack of knowlege
My phone is rooted but i don't want to flash any ROM because I still have Knox flag to 0x0 and want to keep it (For a warranty purpose!)
If anyone can help on this, it would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Jonathan
*English's my second language
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Use that warranty... You should be able to use the GPS and the fact it doesn't get satellite lock is a problem...
ultramag69 said:
Use that warranty... You should be able to use the GPS and the fact it doesn't get satellite lock is a problem...
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I did drop the phone ONE time and the glass break. I think there will be no way to get warranty until I repair it.
I've been having this issue since upgrading to KitKat on Note3 (Snapdragon) International Version.
I found an app today and fixed it.
App is TopNTP and you can find it in Playstore.
You need to have Root, of course.
Before it would take forever to lock the signal, and most of the time it wouldn't at all.
Now it takes from 5-10 seconds.
I'm on Stock ROM.
Try fastergps.........https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fastergps&hl=en_GB
GMaps needs a data connection so could end up costing you a fortune.
Try navfree maybe?
once it has downloaded your specified map,use wifi,it only uses GPS after that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navfree.android.OSM.ALL&hl=en_GB
joe540 said:
Hi everybody,
I have search a lot about my problem, but I don't find the exact same problem. I tried everything said on this forum and can't get trought my problem.
I had a Samsung Galaxy S4 and upgraded three days ago to a brand new Note 3. Everything is going fine exccept for GPS.
Here's my phone informations:
MODEL: SM-N900W8
CARRIER: Rogers (Canada)
Android version 4.3
BaseBand version N900w8VLUBMJ4
Version JSS15J.N900W8VLUBMJ4
The problem is: When I get into Google maps, i'll get a location (It is an approximation using Cell towers I think) When getting into Navigation, The FIRST location is ok (with an error margin but still, it's ok) but it never update position (The application seems to freeze but it doesn't). After searching a lot I installed applications like GPS Test and GPS Status to find out that I never get a GPS lock. After two or three minutes I get 1 or 2 satellites but never get more so it cannot lock. I often lost the 2 satellites I was getting after a few more minutes.
I got a lock once, I was inside my house, had 7 satellites but lost it after a few minutes again.
I did a Factory Reset, I did clear cache and dalvik cache several time, uninstalled Google Maps, tried the GPSFix.zip files as discussed here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2612757). Tried to clear AGPS and redownload, recalibrated compass, ... i think I tried everything I found but nothing help.
Please note that tests have been made on the road, with a clear view to the sky (No buildings, nothing in the way from the phone to the satellites. I also have experiences in rooting, flasshing ROM, playing with system files, so it should not be a lack of knowlege
My phone is rooted but i don't want to flash any ROM because I still have Knox flag to 0x0 and want to keep it (For a warranty purpose!)
If anyone can help on this, it would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Jonathan
*English's my second language
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http://www.rom-central.com/showthread.php?t=64
try solution 1 from that post
Thanks for your answers, I solved the problem when repairing my screen. I think the antenna cable wasn't well inserted and by disassembling and reassimbling the phone, everything is perfect now.
I have X-Note rom, without breaking knox flag. Everything is good since that!
Thx
Hi there,
I´ve had several roms in the past on my Note 3 (SM-N9005) and eventually went back to the Dutch stock rom (Kitkat), with me not being able to wait for the Dutch release of Lollipop i've flashed it without any troubles but I missed the Blocking mode from Kitkat so I reverted back to Kitkit but now I seem to be unable to get a GPS fix.
I've installed GPS Status app and some other apps that write the GPS config on the rooted Kitkat rom but no luck, i've also switched a few times from Lollipop to Kitkat to see if it would make a difference but it didn't.
Now when I open the GPS Status app or any other app that needs GPS the Icon of Android self stopped blinking and says it has a GPS fix but this is false or with will blink and eventually give me a fix.
Any of you any ideas or is the GPS done for?
Thank you for your help!
I also have the same problem the battery has been great for lollipoo but the gps is not working bumping this topic
xdajinro said:
I also have the same problem the battery has been great for lollipoo but the gps is not working bumping this topic
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I can confirm this issue with GPS. It won't lock GPS at all.
Do you people go out of the house to test gps ? You won't get a lock in your bedroom.
I'm asking, because i know that many don't do so.
Hi there,
Yes I test in the outside, even with a clear sky the GPS won't get a fix.
I am not sure but looks like the bootup of the GPS doesn't seem to work fine. Sometimes like 1 in 50 the GPS will boot up and give me a accurate fix.
Dejan Sathanas said:
Do you people go out of the house to test gps ? You won't get a lock in your bedroom.
I'm asking, because i know that many don't do so.
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StormHusky said:
Hi there,
Yes I test in the outside, even with a clear sky the GPS won't get a fix.
I am not sure but looks like the bootup of the GPS doesn't seem to work fine. Sometimes like 1 in 50 the GPS will boot up and give me a accurate fix.
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Take a look here. I fixed GPS issue on my N900T with this steps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3059590
Hi guys
Bought this used note 3 recently. Some weeks after I bought it I noticed that my GPS was not positioning at all while I was driving, so I searched a lot and found that this model has a lot of gps problems. Since I got the cellphone with lolipop 5.0, I dont know if this issue is software or hardware related.
The wierd part is, using gps test, my device can see 30 satelites but wont use any one of them. I tried to get a fix for one hour and wont get it. I did this in an open space. I opened up my device, straighten the pins, checked the flex, and its everything ok in that department. Flashed stock rom again, flashed a custom rom, and still nothing. flashed back to stock and rebuilt the nv file, nohing... I'm cluess on what can be, since I tried anything. A-GPS is working since I get a positioning when I load google maps. (while using the gps while I drive, I cant get any fix)
I will post a print screen of gps test later since I have to go to work.
PS: Sorry for my bad english
Thanks in advance
Shade Ftw