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GPS issues

My s3 has been acting funny lately.. the GPS seems a little wonky. I noticed when flashing a 4.2 rom.. my GPS seems to want to work..then just won't get lock on its own..I have to toggle GPS on/off to force it to work..and even then its not very solid. When I flash back to a 4.1 rom.. it seems to work. It gets lock on its own..but even then..I notice a strange inaccuracy.. I use My Tracks..a free GPS app..when running side by side with my tablet..the location seems weak on the phone..while driving in a straight line..it shows me on the other side of the highway..but near..not too fat away..then sometimes it seems on track. Now on the tablet..its dead nuts accurate.. showing me driving straight..not like I had a twelve pack first..lol..could formatting the SD card of damaged something? I wonder if all the flashing I do screwed something up..
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gpsfix has always gotten me quick locks and fixes regardless of ROM.
try that?
i usually
run gpsfix
"fixed"
open nav
type in address
go
good to go
rtry restoring TW ROM, getting lock, restoring 4.2 nandroid?

OK thanks..will try the touch wiz restore..I've used gpsfix..but not helping on 4.2..
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I flashed a clean stock touchwiz JB version..everything working flawless..tried to flash mrom..gps issue still there..now I'm nan backup back on stock..all still working good. I made a backup of mrom..so you are saying to now try flashing the back up? I'm really confused why its broke for me on 4.2 roms..
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Ive seen people recommend it before.
Nandroid mrom
Flash a jb tw rom
Get gps lock
Restore Nandroid
Gpsfix has always worked for me so i haven't tried it.
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Ok, I'm nan backuped back to stock JB touchwiz.. have gps lock.. will try and nan to mrom.. fingers crossed.. lol.. does this work for other 4.2 roms as well?

My only fix
I have had the same problem. On CM10 my GPS works flawless but when I go to CM10.1 the GPS only works for an app if I toggle it inside the app. I have only found one fix so far for it to work in CM10.1.
Here's what I used from buhohitr (post):
Download the zip, unzip it, then copy the 2 files (gps.conf and certificate) to /system/etc of your device, reboot and try out your gps. Let me know how it goes. You must be rooted to do this.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o6pjy4gap7p4qu1
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gemoney06 said:
I have had the same problem. On CM10 my GPS works flawless but when I go to CM10.1 the GPS only works for an app if I toggle it inside the app. I have only found one fix so far for it to work in CM10.1.
Here's what I used from buhohitr (post):
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Its not letting me copy one of the files..says it read only..weird how this is happening..
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When trying the tw lock way go straight to recovery after getting a solid lock. Don't close out maps or anything.
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mikeman45 said:
When trying the tw lock way go straight to recovery after getting a solid lock. Don't close out maps or anything.
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OK..tried it just as you said..got lock instantly on stock..flashed right to recovery..nan backup to liquid4.2.2...still have to toggle GPS..man I wish i knew why this would happen..will just have to get use to toggling i guess..lol
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Guess I'm gonna have to go back to 4.1..sucks because the liquid 4.2.2 runs really nice w awesome battery.. I just need my GPS to work solid..
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I read on XDA, someone talked to a Verizon rep and said it's a VZW bug, not ROM/phone related. This worked for me, here's the fix:
Clear Data on Maps
Clear Data on Google Services Framework
Go to Location Services and turn OFF Verizon Location Services (leave other 2 ON)
Reboot Phone
You should now have GPS lock (hopefully)

sweeds said:
I read on XDA, someone talked to a Verizon rep and said it's a VZW bug, not ROM/phone related. This worked for me, here's the fix:
Clear Data on Maps
Clear Data on Google Services Framework
Go to Location Services and turn OFF Verizon Location Services (leave other 2 ON)
Reboot Phone
You should now have GPS lock (hopefully)
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well, i wish i woulda seen this sooner.. lol.. i tried to odin back to root66 with odin mobile, now im all messed up.. im trying to flash with oden through pc now.. keeps failing though.. i can get into stock recovery and downloader mode though, so maybe all is not lost..

droidxxxxx said:
well, i wish i woulda seen this sooner.. lol.. i tried to odin back to root66 with odin mobile, now im all messed up.. im trying to flash with oden through pc now.. keeps failing though.. i can get into stock recovery and downloader mode though, so maybe all is not lost..
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If you can get into download mode, you're still OK - you just need to odin via PC. Check the MD5 and filesize of your root66.tar, if it's failing it's most likely a corrupt download. If they match and it still fails, what is the error message that comes up? Once you flash the stock img, get superuser and a custom recovery, and from there I hope you made a nandroid or can clean flash a new ROM. Hope this all helps.

sweeds said:
If you can get into download mode, you're still OK - you just need to odin via PC. Check the MD5 and filesize of your root66.tar, if it's failing it's most likely a corrupt download. If they match and it still fails, what is the error message that comes up? Once you flash the stock img, get superuser and a custom recovery, and from there I hope you made a nandroid or can clean flash a new ROM. Hope this all helps.
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I'm all back up and running.. I was able to Odin back to root66 finally..then from there unlocked bootloader..reflashed liquid 4.2.2..seems my GPS issues might be fixed..thanks for your concern.
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droidxxxxx said:
I'm all back up and running.. I was able to Odin back to root66 finally..then from there unlocked bootloader..reflashed liquid 4.2.2..seems my GPS issues might be fixed..thanks for your concern.
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Yeah, I've heard just Odin back to stock and then a clean flash can do the trick. I still recommend getting the app called GPS Status and downloading the aGPS Fix. Good luck!
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Of course I spoke too soon when I look at the 3 choices under location settings it's missing the Verizon setting it actually only has 2 settings plus 1 location setting toggle at the top which activates the 2 at the bottom it's a different layout.. It's gone back to only working what I toggle it on and off again..
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Hmmmm that sounds like the ROM had changed the menu layout. The problem could be a ROM related issue. Have you checked if its been reported in its specific thread?
Also, go to Google Now (or Google Search), hit menu and go to settings. Check that Google's location services are on.
Lastly, I've heard about and seen better GPS with Wifi turned on, even if you're not connected. Try that too.
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What worked for me 100% is the app called GPS Status & Toolbox. Worked flawless. I have zero issues and locks solid in less than 20 seconds. That is the longest, usually 5 seconds is normal for me. Program runs when outage GPS enabled and running google maps.

I have tried them..just doesnt work unless i toggle gps on/off..lol..but its strange I can go back to 4.1 and gps works fine... All 4.2 ROMs give me the same issue..the GPS works fine..just doesnt start up on its own when I start maps or something.. I have go toggle GPS..then it works..that goes for any GPS app..just like the one u are talking about..it sounds like your GPS was indeed coming on at least..just weak..my icon doesn't start unless I toggle it after starting GPS app of choice..
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"com.android.systemui has stopped"

Yesterday I rooted my phone and put on Xposed and gravity box. Since then I've been downloading various things and trying out different customisation options. The last thing I download was MotoXposed and I made my navigation bar completely transparent, when I tried to disable the effect my phone just came up with the message 'unfortunately the process com.android.systemui has stopped'. Now I can't use my phone and the message keeps coming up everytime I turn it on. How can I fix this? or get my phone working again?
Don't worry I've fixed my phone completely now.

how?
jamespat93 said:
Yesterday I rooted my phone and put on Xposed and gravity box. Since then I've been downloading various things and trying out different customisation options. The last thing I download was MotoXposed and I made my navigation bar completely transparent, when I tried to disable the effect my phone just came up with the message 'unfortunately the process com.android.systemui has stopped'. Now I can't use my phone and the message keeps coming up everytime I turn it on. How can I fix this? or get my phone working again?
Don't worry I've fixed my phone completely now.
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Can you tell me how did you solve it w/o reseting your phone?

BlakeParker said:
Can you tell me how did you solve it w/o reseting your phone?
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Boot into recovery and flash Xposed-Recovery-Framework located at /sdcard . This is assuming the problem was caused by an Xposed module in the first place. Not sure whether OP uses this
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thnx
thnxx got it!

BlakeParker said:
Can you tell me how did you solve it w/o reseting your phone?
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All I had to do was reboot my phone and luckily (even though the message was still coming up) I could still use the touchscreen. This allowed me to go to the motoXposed module that caused the problems and undo the options I changed.

Unfortunately the process com android.systemui has stopped. Xposed Installer
Does anyone has any clue about this:
I have been having the same issue with my Galaxy S5.
I am using the rooted stock ROm with touchwhiz.
The issue started after I installed Xposed Installer with Wanam Xposed.
The "unfortunately the process com android.systemui has stopped" message does not come on until I received phone call while the phone is active. If I receive a call when the screen lock is on, the phone behaves normally.
The other issue I'm having with Xposed Installer are
1) a noticeable increase in lagging
2) apps takes close to 10 minutes to install
3) It takes a long time for the computer to see the phone after connecting them with USB....sometimes up to 15 minutes. thereafter it was not taking as long, but it was still being delayed.
I have flashed the phone three times with roughly the same observation after each flashing (i.e. issues cropping up only after installing Xposed Installer and some modules)
I'm going to try system tuner now...

Did you managed to fixed it? I have the same problem as well!
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edwardciasico said:
Did you managed to fixed it? I have the same problem as well!
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No I did not. I factory-reset the phone. Did not install xposed installer again and It's been working well since then. However, I'm still going to try it one last time...I'll keep you posted

I resolved this by booting into recovery (TWM in my case) and then manually deleting the offending .apk file from /data/app.

jimnu said:
I resolved this by booting into recovery (TWM in my case) and then manually deleting the offending .apk file from /data/app.
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Which offending apk please?

ekitiboy said:
Which offending apk please?
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In my case it was motoxposed.apk but YMMV.

sry for doublepost

To fix the systemui-crash u need to disable the (new):
"Heads up notification" on Wanam !!!

Help
I recently rooted my phone with TWRP using Odin. I did a few small things in customizing (ie: font, rotate screen) and now I get this error message.I've tried to boot in recovery and it just constantly flashes the Teamwin logo screen and i get no where. Could really use some help here, cannot use my phone at the moment

i have this issue too
I have this with Orbot. Simply restarted the phone and made a speed-run to uninstall it. Works to me.
So, the main question is: why this happen?

marc_miranda said:
Boot into recovery and flash Xposed-Recovery-Framework located at /sdcard . This is assuming the problem was caused by an Xposed module in the first place. Not sure whether OP uses this
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I'm facing the same problem i'm unable to use my phone, kindly explain in details how to flash xposed recovery.
the problem appeared after installing an xposed mod.

[Q] Xposed after Weaksauce kills wifi?

I rooted with weaksauce and then installed xposed. After soft reboot (to install/retain xposed), wifi will not enable.
Anyone seeing similar?

breakerfall said:
I rooted with weaksauce and then installed xposed. After soft reboot (to install/retain xposed), wifi will not enable.
Anyone seeing similar?
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Rooted and using Xposed...no issue's. I do remember having to re-add my WIFI password though.

No issues here. What modules are you loading?
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breakerfall said:
I rooted with weaksauce and then installed xposed. After soft reboot (to install/retain xposed), wifi will not enable.
Anyone seeing similar?
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That happens to me sometimes as well. You will have to do a full reboot and then reenable Xposed and soft boot again. It is a random and very annoying thing.

Keithn said:
No issues here. What modules are you loading?
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I hadn't installed any modules yet.
It's working now after some combination of regular and soft reboots.
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HughesNet said:
That happens to me sometimes as well. You will have to do a full reboot and then reenable Xposed and soft boot again. It is a random and very annoying thing.
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Glad it's not just me. Thanks.
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Happening to me as well

Wi-Fi works fine for me even after root
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Not receiving service, data or WiFi after flashing Viper One to HTC One M8

Hello, I recently flashed my HTC One M8 on VZW, but to my dismay the phone now has no service, mobile data, or Wifi. On the device the option to enable Wifi is grayed out, and the mobile service says "Disconnected". Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT: I managed to return the device to the Verizon store, that was lucky, I tried all of your suggestions and none seemed to work and that was my only option. Thank you

What option did you select on the carrier screen in aroma? Should have been default for Verizon. Did you check md5 before flash? Which recovery are you using?
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Evocm7 said:
What option did you select on the carrier screen in aroma? Should have been default for Verizon. Did you check md5 before flash? Which recovery are you using?
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I'm using TWRP 2.7.0.2, I have the option set to default and it still occurs even with the same MD5, I'm now left with quite the expnsive brick, thanks for the help.

Grumpycat62 said:
I'm using TWRP 2.7.0.2, I have the option set to default and it still occurs even with the same MD5, I'm now left with quite the expnsive brick, thanks for the help.
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Its not a brick. You can still flash other ROMs. Flash Skyfall (I personally use this ROM and it works flawless and very close to stock) and see if everything works for you. Also make sure you do factory reset before flashing it. Do not flash any kernels or anything after flashing the ROM.
If everything works, it means something went wrong with your Viper install. I would recommend redownloading it and then trying again after you have tried the above.

That's not a brick :/ Make sure you're using this version of twrp,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717928
do a basic wipe and install using default carrier. You're not super Cid are you?
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[Q] Bluetooth won't turn on

This morning, when starting my commute to work, I noticed that the S5 wasn't connecting to my BT car stereo. I checked the phone and BT was off. I tapped the icon and it did the slight dimming for a few seconds and then went back to the off state. I opened up BT settings and tapped the slider to turn it on, got the message "Turning on bluetooth", but again, after a few seconds, it returned to the off position.
I'm running the stock ROM, rooted with the hotspot mod, and the restart menu mod.
I tried restarting, powering off and removing battery and restarting, restarting and hitting the BT settings as quickly as possible, but it still will not work. Permissions on /system/vendor/lib/libbt-vendor.so are rw-r--r--, so I don't think it has anything to do with permissions.
I read a thread regarding a different phone and ROM having this problem and they fixed it by flashing a different kernel. Any ideas before I take this route?
EDIT: Just to be sure, I rebooted into recovery and ran fix permissions. No change.
Does anyone have the stock kernel that I can try to flash or Odin? Thought I might give this a try before going with a modded kernel.
Thanks

As much as I hated to do it, a factory reset fixed the problem. Still don't know what actually caused the problem.

boctok said:
As much as I hated to do it, a factory reset fixed the problem. Still don't know what actually caused the problem.
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Are you going to reflash the mods you were using to see if the problem was the same? Also, you might be able to just make a backup of your system/data/recovery and flash it over so you don't have to factory reset.
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DistrictDigital said:
Are you going to reflash the mods you were using to see if the problem was the same? Also, you might be able to just make a backup of your system/data/recovery and flash it over so you don't have to factory reset.
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I tried the backup, but it brought the problem back as well. Not sure if it was something in the system or days our apps. Still need to do some forensics.

If you flashed off of an SD card, sometimes you can get subtle corruptions? I thought I saw something about it before..
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