Hi guys,
So, I have been having this problem for quite some time now and it is really annoying me. For some apparent reason, my GPS has stopped working. I don't know whether it is a hardware issue or a software issue, but I have tried to the following to diagnose it:
> Tried different firmware KitKat and Lollipop, especially ones that were originally installed on the phone
> I have tried using GPS Status & Toolbox, resetting the AGPS data and looked at the GPS.conf file which was correct
> have tried NV_Rebuild (which actually worked for a bit, then stopped again)
> I have physically accessed the GPS antenna to see if there were any defects, there were none there (I have safely and tightly re-sealed the GPS into place
> Tried WiFi, Mobile Data and GPS together
All of this has lead to me thinking that it is some form of software issue, because I have had it working before and for some reason, I suspect that it was one firmware that I had downloaded before that broke it, but now I can't get it back. The strange thing is, when I go onto GPS Status & Toolbox, it says there are 0/24 satellites, but it is not getting a lock on them
Any ideas? And yes, the phone is rooted.
Thanks!
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I've encountered a problem with 2 seperate TouchHD's...I use Google Mobile Maps and all works fine. Then a few days later the GPS (internal) no longer responds.
I've soft reset, tried the HTC GPS tool, etc. Nothing...GPS dead. If I hard reset it comes alive again...
I tried flashing to the .25.25 Radio ROM but the problem remains. Does anyone have a solution? Hard resetting every few days is getting tiresome.
where do you try?
mine never work indoors only outside and in my car
It's not a problem of no satellites - the problem is that the software can't communicate with the GPS chip.
Even the HTC GPS Tool can't open the GPS port...no response. I tried TomTOm and it says "No GPS device". Lots of soft resets etc, no difference.
After a hard reset, all software can see the GPS again
Very strange
luckely i don't have such problems, I hope somebody can help you with your problem
I have had similar issues with other devices, unfortunately the GPS Chipset in HD is known to be a little buggy, also the Touch HD is still quite new and more stable firmware and drivers are bound to help,
Try a port splitting app like GPS Gate etc even just to check the GPS itself.
It could also be conflicting third party apps/tweaks especially seeing it comes back to life after HR. Check power saving mode, this can disable GPS as the battery get low same as the Phone Module. I have to say my HD GPS has been perfect with Tomtom no issue at all so its not out of the question that your device is faulty.
I had some issues like that because of a somewhat defect microSD
changed it and that fixed it
I had the same problem, then did a hard reset and com port 4 works again.
Easier solution is to disable and then reenable the Comm Manager options you have turned on. I noticed if Blue Tooth is on then it can cause an issue. I no longer have the problem since I turned off bluetooth by default, which is also a good safety tip!
Hi,
I have exactly the same problem. It's not always, but after some days (2, 3 weeks) the GPS becomes dead. If I hard reset the GPS comes alive again.
Could it be a hardware problem on my device? I still suspect that is some application I install. Does anyone has a clue or a pattern on the applications installation and GPS stop working?
The last applications I installed and GPS stopped working was WM6VoIP and the Advanced_Configuration_Tool_v3.3. Still trying to figure it out.
I have ROM 1.14.410.0 (24011) PTG
Radio: 1.09.25.14
Regards
I had the same problem when I installed second today.
Hard reset and problem gone but thats not the solution I think ...
to be sure there is no hw fault, maybe you can use your hd for a while with no extra software installed, except fixes and navigation software
if the problem still occur, then go to the htc service with it.
if not, you will have to have a lot of patience to find out wich application or setting cause the problem, but, at least, you'll know is not the device
Yes, I must do that. I already hard reset three times. For every app installed I always check GPS signal. It hasn't been critical but I'm afraid it may be hw fault. Let's hope not.
When I have some time I'll try WM6VoIP and the Advanced Configuration Tool again. I'll report to you later.
Thanks
Just in case someone has the same problem...
I finally found the cause of my GPS death. After installing WM6VoIP.cab the GPS is no longer recognized by any GPS software.
Regards
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?
Thank you
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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.
Hey everyone. I have and SM-N9005 on lollipop 5.0 build number LRX21V.N9005XXUGBOB6.
Now i rooted the phone and decided to see if I could get my gps to lock on faster with TopNTP app.
I think that after that my gps has had problems. It locks on really badly, or barely locks on to any satellites, doesn't know where i am with any precision.
When I use it for driving directions it doesn't follow me any more and only manages to update every 10 seconds or so catching up to where i am or even never managing to get a good position.
Now... What have I tried:
- Downloaded GPS Status, tried downloading AGPS data
- Reset TOPNTP to backup of original gps settings
- Reset through *#9009# of gps
- Even opened up the back of the phone to check that the cables were attached (they were) and lifted up the pins that attach the motherboard to the antennae just a little so that the connection would be stronger...
But nothing. It seems to get worse every day.
Is it something i f'd up with TopNTP? Is it the root? Is my hardware failing?
CAn anyone lend a hand?
Thanks in advance
Riqz said:
Hey everyone. I have and SM-N9005 on lollipop 5.0 build number LRX21V.N9005XXUGBOB6.
Now i rooted the phone and decided to see if I could get my gps to lock on faster with TopNTP app.
I think that after that my gps has had problems. It locks on really badly, or barely locks on to any satellites, doesn't know where i am with any precision.
When I use it for driving directions it doesn't follow me any more and only manages to update every 10 seconds or so catching up to where i am or even never managing to get a good position.
Now... What have I tried:
- Downloaded GPS Status, tried downloading AGPS data
- Reset TOPNTP to backup of original gps settings
- Reset through *#9009# of gps
- Even opened up the back of the phone to check that the cables were attached (they were) and lifted up the pins that attach the motherboard to the antennae just a little so that the connection would be stronger...
But nothing. It seems to get worse every day.
Is it something i f'd up with TopNTP? Is it the root? Is my hardware failing?
CAn anyone lend a hand?
Thanks in advance
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Root has nothing to do with this. But whar it can help you to do. The other app most probably is the case. Try faster gps app. If it doesn't work, you may reset or try another stock or custom rom.
Use apps that are widely used just to be sure.
TOP Ntp is a pretty well known app. Nonetheless I factory reset my phone today and i tried the gps while driving. It finally got a gps lock. Further tests have to be done but it's looking good so far!
Hello,
So the subject says it all . I am running KitKat 4.4.2 Ozcan ROM 6.3. Things were fine and my i9500 was serving as the primary GPS device with Google Maps to let me navigate through my daily driving in the new city. Suddenly for a past week or so I noticed that it started losing GPS signal quite often and GMaps was hung up with no or laggy updates with a message "waiting for location".
And today it has refused to lock to a gps location. I can see using various apps that it has enough satellite visibility (as shown in the attached screenshot), however it just keeps looping trying to get a fix without success. I have tried cleaning AGPS cache and redownloading it using "GPS Status" PRO, however to no avail.
I am almost out of ideas now as what could be the reason for it. Also have tried opening the back cover to ensure the GPS antenna contact points are clean and raised to have enough contact with the pins on the inner side of the back cover.
Any other ideas, or should I consider the mainboard has gone faulty and try to have it replaced.
I still love the SGSIV and want to keep using it as the GPS navigator and my music player.
Thanks.
A very similar problem with S4 (GT-I9506) on Lollipop 5.0.1. kernel 3.4.0-6069869. Until recently all was fine and now even though GPS Status shows lots to get fix from in the sky the phone is not getting location info. No idea how to get this fixed.
Try recalibration. Also, be outside when you try to get a fix. It doesn't always work inside.
When I go to use Google Maps for navigation, I often get the message "To continue turn on device location which uses Google's location service". The problem also affects ViewRanger, an app I use for walking. GPS appears to turn off during a walk so I lose the track of my route. In this case the message is "GPS is disabled in the settings. Please enable it."
I recognise this happens after the phone has been "asleep" for a while but have not been able to measure how long it must be asleep before the problem arises. I think it is at least 30 mins.
It feels like a "battery saver" problem, but I can't see any obvious power saving setting to turn off. ViewRanger is set in App Power-saver to have no optimisation policies.
I have had my Axon 7 since Jan 2018 and this problem has only occurred in the last few weeks. My model is A2017G on stock Oreo B03 and unrooted. The problem did not emerge when I first moved to Oreo. It may have started when I moved to B03 though I think GPS was fine for a while after I moved to B03.
Something is turning off location services in the background; how do I find out what it is? Is there some sort of log I can read? What other solutions are there? Many thanks in advance, Evan
I moved from stock Oreo B03 to B04 (via B02) and wiped the cache. All now seems to be well; ViewRanger recorded a 4 hour track with no problem yesterday. Slightly strange though as I had previously wiped cache while on B03 and found that didn't fix my problem.
Too good to be true
grantem2000 said:
I moved from stock Oreo B03 to B04 (via B02) and wiped the cache. All now seems to be well; ViewRanger recorded a 4 hour track with no problem yesterday. Slightly strange though as I had previously wiped cache while on B03 and found that didn't fix my problem.
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It did all seem a little too good to be true and, sadly, Location Services again began "turning off automatically" only a few days after my upgrade to B04. I have attached 2 screenshots from the notification log for when I started recording a route in ViewRanger at 15:07 and again 3 mins later at 15:10 when tracking appeared to stop. The logs mean nothing to me, so any insight would be very welcome.
In the meantime, I uninstalled ViewRanger, deleted all ViewRanger directories, restarted the phone, re-installed ViewRanger and wiped cache again. After that, for now at least, Location Services are again behaving.
As all this appears to point the finger at ViewRanger, I will raise direct with the application owners too.
grantem2000 said:
As all this appears to point the finger at ViewRanger, I will raise direct with the application owners too.
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ViewRanger, support were very responsive and supportive. They made a convincing case that the problem is not caused by ViewRanger, not least as the app has no capability to turn off Location Services.
But something is still turning off Location Services when the phone goes to sleep. How can I tell what is doing this?
In the meantime, wiping cache solves the problem for a few days, but, so far, it has always come back.
I have the same issue and that's why I think this phone's gps is useless. I find this gps not in accurate way to detect the coordinates even in all previous firmwares (nougat, all ver of oreo)
The auto turned off gps services maybe the case of software, but I think the hardware is bad either.
This is the worst part as I work using GPS a lot but I still love this guy's music features. I ended up using secondary phone/tablet to run some geographical apps, sad cant have em running in one phone only.
Update: my GPS get fixed on B04 with locked bootloader, it seems fine and fast to get POI. It's usable now. Guess the previous rom has bugs on GPS or it's broken by other apps I used before