Hi!
I have a small problem with my S5 it's a SM-G900M, it has been rooted before but right now I’m on stock Samsung firmware, and stock recovery.
No matter how much time I leave it outside I can’t get a lock from the GPS. Google maps shows approximate location but that is all, I used GPS status and Toolbox and GPS test to have a more detailed check on the GPS but both apps show it can’t get a fix. I did a full reset (factory reset and cache partition wipe) from recovery to no avail, I even went to a Samsung service center but they say there’s nothing wrong with the GPS sensors, they tried replacing my SIM card but it made no difference.
I also tried replacing my gps.conf with my country specific one without any results.
Thanks!
You took it to the Samsung Service Centre, they told you the sensors were fine, and you didn't question them as to why you were leaving with a still broken GPS?
Try flashing a stock ROM with ODIN
I Tried reflashing, still no luck…
It was my carrier’s Samsung service center, their excuse was it wouldn’t get a proper fix because we were indoors. I’m going to try again today hope they want to admit the problem.
Your reply to that should be "Well let's go outdoors then, considering I'm here because it won't get a GPS lock"
i have the same problem , i got a g900A model and the GPS don't working , then i'll try to Root but i read that model can not be rooted , so i buy a used Logical Board for g900M and still now not working i made root perfectly change many originaly and custom Rom and its not working then someone told me the GPS its on the USB port the Recharge Board so i replace it for other compatible with g900m because there two cable wires one for GPS and other for the GSM so i already have this two cables conected and still not working.
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Hi there,
two weeks ago I sent my magic to get it fixed, as the lcd was broken. They changed the lcd, vibrator and touch screen, and they updated the software (meaning a perfected spl and 1.6 official by vodafone).
Since then the GPS is not working. G maps, sygic, copilot, gps status, and others don't get signal. Sygic fails to autodetect it. GPS hardware is apparently working. I can activate it, and configuring manually in sygic I set android port at 9600 but to no avail. GPS status doesn't even load GPS values. I've waited longer than two hours sometimes.
I would like to know how I can access the GPS hardware setting, using better terminal emulator or linux console.
The problem is not the ROM, I rooted the phone and installed cyanogen ROB, and also flashed the radio. Is there something I can do?
Any ideas? Thanks in advance
I had the same problem, after they serviced my Magic, and today I send them the phone again, maybe they`ll fix it, or else I`ll sue them for incompetence (I live in Romania, so here things goes always wrong, I`m afraid)
it's exactely what has happened to me.
after I replaced the housing, the gps died.
no way to fix the signal: the gps is on but it dosen't find any sat.
I was wondering: where the gps antenna is located? is it the same for the gsm/umts one (i.e. the plastic part in the bottom of the back)?
please keep this up, we must find a solution
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So when I need it most, my GPS won't lock properly. I've tried it in my car, outside, mobile, standing still, etc. Sometimes it just doesn't want to work no matter what I do (I've tried restarting, location via networks, GPS only, restarting). Other times it just works fine, but it's really infuriating to have a new phone and when you badly need a GPS it won't work.
I have an i9505, I thought the problem might be because I have a stock rom which isn't the right one for my country (just using some european one).
What can I do to fix this? It's really annoying..
Thanks.
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I ve bought a gt i9500 abroad ... i currently have indian firmware installed ... and used gps in USA and in greece ... so far worked perfectly fine ...
So it shouldn't be a software issues at least not regional ... maybe its a hardware issue can u claim warranty and have it checked?
Or u could reflash stock firmware to see if some weird bug occurred
Hello!
I have LG Spirit 4G LTE H440N
Location is not working, when I turn off data or not being registered in any network after update to v6.0.1. With v5.0.1 things were kind of fine, laggy sometimes, but overall it was working and now with the same apps with preloaded maps it doesn't work at all. Here's what I've done:
- GPS test app locates good amount of satellites "In View" instantly, but it's always 0 "In Use" with no fix;
- This phone was already two times in warranty repairs (both only because of the problem described here), both times HW was changed. First time they changed some part, don't know what that was, but second time it was mainboard, I have a different IMEI now. Warranty is still ON.
- Tried to use GPS in offline with Samsung Galaxy phone, and it works there on Marshmallow.
Can anyone suggest a solution?
So, i can get a fix for my location and the apps which need location (like uber) works fine. But when i need navigaton like Waze or GMaps it simply doesnt get a signal, it says locating forever. I already used GPS Status toolbox to clear AGPS data and didnt work (the App doesnt locate a signal also). i tried TopNTP and didnt work.
Ive been having this issue for a couple of months i think, that is BEFORE i unlocked and rooted my phone for the first time ever (using DU ROM latest version, rooted and unlocked using NRT). Since i basically didnt used navigation i cant say for sure. But i think it was around the same time i changed my display on a cell shop, so maybe its a hardware issue?
Thanks for the help
Hi everyone, my H870 has seemingly given up on me out of the blue since about two days ago and refuses to connect to mobile networks, or even to search for them for that matter (trying to manually search for networks give back an error). I'm afraid the issue might be hardware-related which would be a shame as the phone is otherwise fine. I've tried changing ROMs (going from and old AEX AOSP to LineageOS, with full wipe) as well as kernels (Melina reborn for AOSP), to no avail.
Switching sim cards also didn't change anything, the sim is detected and it asks for PIN but then no network, which leads me to think it's a radio chip issue. Activating radio in the *#*#4636#*#* menu doesn't prompt the usual restart, and auto-untoggles if i go into another app then come back to it... IMEI is fine and not corrupted.
I'm really close to giving up on this phone and buying another one, but I thought maybe you guys would have another idea of something to try that could work before I do that. Couldn't find any similar threads on that matter but please point me in the right direction if this issue has popped up before !
Thank you in advance for your help.
EDIT : Flashed original firmware (H87030a_00_OPEN_EU_OP_0829.kdz), to no avail... I believe this is the end of the road for this phone and judging by the lack of answers you guys do as well haha
H873, should not have reset. Now i dont know too