[Q] gmaps won't use gps? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've got a bit of a strange problem, where google maps seems to refuse to actually use the phones gps (device). If I use high accuracy it immediately zooms in on a location thats more than 5kms away.
I installed osmand, and it is able to see and lock onto 5/19 gps satellites just fine, gmaps on the other hand just sits there, it does produce the 'location' icon, but never gets a lock. I installed gps status from the play store, and downloaded the latest gps-a data, but thats made no difference.
One thing I did notice though, was that when i start osmand, the notification from gps status appears, but when trying to find location on gmaps no such thing happens, which leads me to think that gmaps isnt even trying.
location is set to device only, google location reporting etc is on.
So far ive done a cache / data wipe of maps in settings, uninstalled back to factory version, re-updated to the latest but all to no avail.
Does anyone have any ideas? thanks

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Anyone else having GPS problems?

Hey guys,
I just noticed my GPS does not seem to work anymore (in maps and other apps using location). I tried toggling it on and off with the widget as well as restarting the device. Any time I try to get "My Location" in google maps, it will say "Waiting for location" for about 10 seconds, followed by "Your location is temporarily unavailable."
Seemed to work yesterday before I rooted the phone... any reason I would suddenly lose that functionality? I didn't touch anything gps related
Edit: Was just some minor wonkyness... may be related to slight data inconsistencies.

Newest Version of Google Maps Locks Location Slow, Other Apps Fine? Anyone Else?

Anyone else experiencing this issue on their S4? The newest version of google maps (with the new layout) is painfully slow in locking my location, often taking 30 seconds to 1 min or more. Other apps that use location data (uber, gasbuddy, yelp, etc) lock very fast with a-gps (i usually have gps turned off), typically in 1-3 seconds. Google maps though, the most crucial one, takes forever. Often I will open the app, and it always default opens to the last location I was zoomed in on. I will then manually move the map to look at something else, and 45 seconds later it finally locks on to my position and zips away from what I was looking at and to my physical location. Really annoying, and since the other programs seem to work just fine, I am assuming this is an issue with the maps app itself and not the gps or a-gps capability in the phone.
Anyone experiencing the same issue?
Norcalz71 said:
Anyone else experiencing this issue on their S4? The newest version of google maps (with the new layout) is painfully slow in locking my location, often taking 30 seconds to 1 min or more. Other apps that use location data (uber, gasbuddy, yelp, etc) lock very fast with a-gps (i usually have gps turned off), typically in 1-3 seconds. Google maps though, the most crucial one, takes forever. Often I will open the app, and it always default opens to the last location I was zoomed in on. I will then manually move the map to look at something else, and 45 seconds later it finally locks on to my position and zips away from what I was looking at and to my physical location. Really annoying, and since the other programs seem to work just fine, I am assuming this is an issue with the maps app itself and not the gps or a-gps capability in the phone.
Anyone experiencing the same issue?
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Not really. When I have GPS issues on Maps, I clear its data/cache, and reset my GPS data in "GPS Status" app. Usually that fixes things. But each case is different. Start from there, see how things progress.
My main issue since day one has been the orientation of the marker on Maps. On my old S2 with the old Maps, the map oriented towards the direction that I'm driving. Not in the S4/New Maps combo. I click on the "compass" icon, doesn't orient it properly. I've calibrated my compass. Still the same. Annoying. Not an issue in Navigation, only in standard Maps.
hitman9696 said:
Not really. When I have GPS issues on Maps, I clear its data/cache, and reset my GPS data in "GPS Status" app. Usually that fixes things. But each case is different. Start from there, see how things progress.
My main issue since day one has been the orientation of the marker on Maps. On my old S2 with the old Maps, the map oriented towards the direction that I'm driving. Not in the S4/New Maps combo. I click on the "compass" icon, doesn't orient it properly. I've calibrated my compass. Still the same. Annoying. Not an issue in Navigation, only in standard Maps.
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This appears to be a different issue as clearing data/cache has no affect, and it mostly refers to the a-gps locking location. It is equally slow with gps, but I never turn gps on and in the previous versions of maps and on previous phones, a gps worked very fast to lock a rough location. It still does with other location based programs, but the new maps is the issue I am 99% sure
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KitKat: Location settings annoyances

Hi there. For the last couple of weeks it seems that my Google Maps is having trouble getting a coarse location in battery saving location setting. I mean, it might work for some time, then after a few hours it will be all like "Waiting for location...". Locus Pro maps have similar trouble too (EDIT: No it doesn't!) ... BUT... BUT... Foursquare seems to get the coarse location just fine. The rest of the apps (maps etc.) will come around too after a reboot. I noticed this happening after a CM11 nightly, but since then I've deleted everything at some point and installed Paranoid Android and this issue persisted. Has anybody else experienced this? Also, isn't it extremely annoying that this Google agreement pops up every single time you switch location off/on? This can't be on purpose. Anyway, I'm curious of your experience with KitKat roms and coarse location behavior and other stuff.
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I think it always like that for me. For google map, you need to switch to high accuracy for it to lock quickly. After the first lock on, then, you can use other mode (device only or battery saving).
I always had great and fast precision with just the wifi on (when in the city, of course), no need to turn on the real gps (unless I'm looking for directions or doing some running). Now I have to reboot to recover, so this is not normal. Something obviously happens mid-day, I still haven't pinpointed what/when, that breaks this, until next reboot.
I have found that if I switch off/on location entirely OR switch from WiFi/mobile location to GPS only and then back to WiFi/mobile location then my location cannot be found by Google maps or android device manager (haven't tried any other location based apps to see if they also fail to work).
I have to reboot or clear google play services data to get my WiFi/mobile location to work again.
Note this is on a moto g phone not a nexus 4 but to me it seems like the issue the OP described. Maybe a KitKat bug.
scott_doyland said:
I have found that if I switch off/on location entirely OR switch from WiFi/mobile location to GPS only and then back to WiFi/mobile location then my location cannot be found by Google maps or android device manager (haven't tried any other location based apps to see if they also fail to work).
I have to reboot or clear google play services data to get my WiFi/mobile location to work again.
Note this is on a moto g phone not a nexus 4 but to me it seems like the issue the OP described. Maybe a KitKat bug.
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EXACTLY the same on my N4
boardlord said:
EXACTLY the same on my N4
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I created a bug report
https://code.google.com/p/android/i...=4&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars

[Q] GPS doesn't work after flashing CM11

So I recently flashed CM11 on my LG G2 (Verizon). After some initial troubles, I managed to get everything working just fine, except for the GPS. Even when I turn on high accuracy location services, the GPS will place me within a few hundred feet of my location at best when I'm not connected to WiFi. If I try using maps to navigate somewhere, all I'll just get a GPS lost notification soon after I start it, and then my location will randomly hop around as I drive within a few thousand feet of my actual location. I'll never actually get a GPS lock or have it be accurate enough to give me directions. This all worked perfectly fine on stock, so it can't be a hardware issue of any kind. Has anyone experienced a similar issue or have any idea how I may go about solving this?
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I'm having a similar, if not the same issue. New D802 Intl LG G2, GPS was fine in stock.
I installed CM11 Snapshot M11 and GAPPS, and Google Maps is unable to use the GPS. Interestingly a 3rd-party apps such as the popular "GPS Status" and Co-Pilot apps work fine.
When I load Google Maps and it sits there looking for a location, the location icon doesn't appear in the notification bar. However when I use "GPS Status" the notification icon appears instantly and gets a lock quite quickly.
I notice a few mentions of GPS issues on the CM11 bug tracker but they say resolved -- https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/NIGHTLIES-199
I just tried the latest nightly 20141022 (dirty update), but still the same issue.
I only just spent the necessary couple of hours to get the phone setup so I'm a little unwilling to do it again until the weekend.

GPS stops updating/turns off after a few seconds

A few times in the past couple days, I've noticed that a few seconds after opening maps or an app like gps status, the gps symbol in the status bar simply disappears and the app I'm using stops updating.
I thought it might be a problem with maps until I caught it doing the same thing on the gps status app (and the gps test app as well). So it doesn't seem like an app problem. I have location accuracy mode set to high under location settings, and no power savings type modes or apps running. I have the at&t version of the s5.
Any ideas what's going on here or how to fix?
This is driving me nuts - it hasn't happened to anyone else? It seems like it generally happens when the GPS is 'cold' - like first thing in the morning. I'll open maps, or try to navigate, or one of the gps apps, and the gps indicator in the status bar simply turns off after a couple seconds and whatever app I'm in stops updating my location. If I close and reopen one of the apps, it'll do the same thing again. Eventually, after say 3-10 times of this - suddenly the gps status indicator will either stay on or might come back on a couple seconds after having turned off. After that, it seems to have 'warmed up' and works normal even after closing/opening apps to test it. I've also tried clearing maps data, as well as resetting agps data. Anything else I can try short of a factory reset?

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