Hey,
A few weeks ago my phone got wet, I've dried it out but now the GPS seems to not work anymore. I tried GPS test, it finds the GPS and says GPS initializing but that's it.. is it fixable, or is there any way to see it if really doesn't work?
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I recently upgraded to VU 2.35 from their beta and my GPS has become non existent. I've changed radios, rils, AngelDeath fix, reflashed rom, everything. I use GPS Status and can't even pick up a single satellite. I can't see it being my radio as my data and cell works fine. Does anybody have any ideas about what it could be?
I found a link today in this forum because i too had lost gps. It was a hardware fix involving removing the flash cover, cleaning the gps antena contacts and repositioning the spring contacts. I went from 0 sats to 8 right after fix!!!! I will try and give you a link if i can find it again. Very good thread with video so its worth trying and easy to do.
This is the thread link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101066
I saw that and was hesitant to try it. I went for it and I think I almost bent one too much, but now I get a lock in less than 15 seconds in my house. I recommend this to anybody having gps issues.
I discovered this when I turned GPS off out of disgust. I was having very inconsistent problems. Sometimes GPS would take a long time to lock. Sometimes it would never lock. Sometimes it would lock, but place me at the wrong coordinates. Sometimes, it would be working and then just stop working mid-trip; just general flakiness.
So, I turned it off. Then, the next day I tried to use Google Maps and that reminded me to turn it back on. Immediate (I mean, like 2 sec!) lock and correct coordinates. I turned it back off. Later, turned it back on and checked maps again. Immediate lock. Since then I've duplicated it several times. This is on the same ROM where I was having problems (I've had intermittent problems regardless of which ROM I flash) getting a lock before. Now, inside, outside, it makes no difference. It just works.
Sooooo, the only reason I could think of that it would only work when it had been off is if there is a hardware problem causing the chipset to heat-up and fail intermittently with use. Either that, or some kind of cache is building up that is causing problems, but my money is on the former. And that is something I'll have to return it under warranty for.
If you are having GPS issues, try that on your phone. Leave GPS entirely off for a day, and then turn it on and immediately give it a try.
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I discovered this when I turned GPS off out of disgust. I was having very inconsistent problems. Sometimes GPS would take a long time to lock. Sometimes it would never lock. Sometimes it would lock, but place me at the wrong coordinates. Sometimes, it would be working and then just stop working mid-trip; just general flakiness.
So, I turned it off. Then, the next day I tried to use Google Maps and that reminded me to turn it back on. Immediate (I mean, like 2 sec!) lock and correct coordinates. I turned it back off. Later, turned it back on and checked maps again. Immediate lock. Since then I've duplicated it several times. This is on the same ROM where I was having problems (I've had intermittent problems regardless of which ROM I flash) getting a lock before. Now, inside, outside, it makes no difference. It just works.
Sooooo, the only reason I could think of that it would only work when it had been off is if there is a hardware problem causing the chipset to heat-up and fail intermittently with use. Either that, or some kind of cache is building up that is causing problems, but my money is on the former. And that is something I'll have to return it under warranty for.
If you are having GPS issues, try that on your phone. Leave GPS entirely off for a day, and then turn it on and immediately give it a try.
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this is common on samsung devices...normally i turn off gps, toggle airplane mode on/off, turn gps back on, and it locks quickly.
I've been banging my head off of the wall over my gps, we have 4 gs3s and 3 have good gps and mine sucks. I swore it was from unlocking the bootloader so I odined the phone (3 times) the gps is a little better but still not as fast and accurate as the other 3. I can get 8 satellites but no lock sometimes.
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I really am thinking it is isolated to certain devices. Mine has no gps issues, toggle is always on, works fast across all roms I've run (aosp, tw, jb tw). Maybe people's devices with issues came off the assembly line on a Friday around 5:00!
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First off, I turned my GPS off overnight, the first time I've done so since noticing the GPS issue, and it gave me a tight location within 10s.
I've used the GPS all over the NE US and Hawaii without issue thru August, then I rooted all of our phones, (4 GS3's) when the update came out in order to block it and to ensure I could root if I ever decided to. I took my phone a step further and used the ez unlock app for no particular reason. Around that time, I'm still not sure it's related, my GPS started getting flaky. First I tried updating radios and that didn't help, then I odined to the HD leak and the GPS got a little better, I then tried the GPS.conf files from the GPS fix in the development thread and that didn't help either, I then Odined again and the problem lessened but out of nowhere I began getting a com.android.phone error and couldn't use the phone, another Odin last night then this thread popped up. I guess we'll see how things work out today.
Friend of mine recently told me her GPS on her verizon S3 stopped working. she brought it by, i flashed the newest build of cleanrom on it today and sure enough the GPS still doesnt work. everything needed is turned on but it doesnt get a lock. i checked it with the GPS Status app and it shows like 0/20 satellites and doesnt lock to any. only way i was able to actually get somewhat of a lock on google maps was to hook it up to WiFi and let it gather from that.
any suggestions?
Somewhat common problem. I haven't found a fix as of yet. There is a gps fix somewhere in these forums though that sort of helps. my phone had the same problem. Going back to stock or to any custom rom, nothing worked, the gps was just dead. After flashing one of the fixes I finally managed to get it to get locks, but it needs like 7-8 satellites to get a fix, is highly inaccurate, and loses gps lock a few times on every trip.
Here's the gps fix page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880411
I use Galaxy s3 test 3 alt, it's the only one that gets any lock for me. The first time and other intermittent times can take up to 10 minutes or more though, and rebooting the phone or trying again another day does sometimes help.
I know it is definitely the phone, as my pantech marauder which has the same SoC which should be very similar for gps location, finds and locks on to 6-8 towers in like 10 seconds or less all the time, even indoors, and gets location accurate to less than 100ft with 4 satellites while the gs3 needs 7-8 satellites to get a lock to 300-600ft
If none of the software fixes work. And the stock unrooted software does not receive GPS lock.
I would highly recommend replacing the GPS antenna just in case.
I'm 90% sure the headphone jack. External speaker. WiFi antenna and GPS antenna are all in one unit.
This piece is sold for cheap on Amazon. Or eBay or whatever.
Replacing is simply a removing a couple screws and popping the old one out.
Here is a link to eBay
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=160890063224
Possibly you could find one cheaper.
Hopefully this is it for you.
Let me know how it goes.
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I too have this problem: the GPS no longer gets a fix w/o a data connection
the phone recently did an update to jb 411 and now no gps fix w/o data.
I do NOT believe its the antenna.
does anyone else with the os in sight have any info?
palm2droid said:
I too have this problem: the GPS no longer gets a fix w/o a data connection
the phone recently did an update to jb 411 and now no gps fix w/o data.
I do NOT believe its the antenna.
does anyone else with the os in sight have any info?
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I too have the same problems on this rom
Hi all. Got my att g3 the other night, was playing around with it and everything was working fine. Then I rooted using stump root, now my GPS has issues getting a quick lock. Could that have broken the GPS? I did a factory reset and no improving. I tried various GPS fix apps from the market also with no luck. GPS test app says it sees around 20 satellites with 8or 9 in use but no accurate lock. Any ideas of what else I could try?
No one has any ideas? I don't think it's a hardware problem, because sometime I get a lock in a couple seconds, other times it takes 5-10 minutes. Once I get a lock, it's rock solid, very accurate and stable.
Are there some files someone with a working GPS can give me and I can replace mine?
So that's it, gps usually finds a bunch of satellites at first but it never got a hard strenght to work properly. Already tried some apps that tries to "fix" it but nothing works. All that after a LCD and battery replacement on a tech service store. There's something I can do without sent it again to repair?