Hey guys, this may be a noob question or answered elsewhere, but I've been searching everywhere for 2 days before asking. I have a sprint galaxy s5 and have flashed multiple builds of slimkat and am now running this latest version of cyanogenmod found at the following link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...t/rom-cyanogenmod-11-0-android-4-4-4-t2850790
In every case, the GPS will show the large blue circle with an approximate idea of my location, but no lock, and while it can plan a route, once I start driving, the arrow does not follow me, and within a minute or so, the maps application will say "GPS Signal Lost." I've tried GPS fix apps from the market, and I've tried factory resetting / wiping and reflashing but to no avail. Is there anything else I can try, and suggestions for how to get GPS working? I'll answer any additional questions that you might have that can help lead to a solution.
wrasslinmike said:
Hey guys, this may be a noob question or answered elsewhere, but I've been searching everywhere for 2 days before asking. I have a sprint galaxy s5 and have flashed multiple builds of slimkat and am now running this latest version of cyanogenmod found at the following link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...t/rom-cyanogenmod-11-0-android-4-4-4-t2850790
In every case, the GPS will show the large blue circle with an approximate idea of my location, but no lock, and while it can plan a route, once I start driving, the arrow does not follow me, and within a minute or so, the maps application will say "GPS Signal Lost." I've tried GPS fix apps from the market, and I've tried factory resetting / wiping and reflashing but to no avail. Is there anything else I can try, and suggestions for how to get GPS working? I'll answer any additional questions that you might have that can help lead to a solution.
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If you have a backup of the stock Rom, restore it and get a gps lock. Then immediately goto recovery and restore the Rom you want and profit with a gps lock. Works for me on my S4 and now my S5.
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Awesome, I'm going to try that right now, hoping it works
Eris _2.1_2010 said:
If you have a backup of the stock Rom, restore it and get a gps lock. Then immediately goto recovery and restore the Rom you want and profit with a gps lock. Works for me on my S4 and now my S5.
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So I just tried your solution, and I was able to get a GPS lock with the stock ROM, but no lock when I restored the cyanogenmod rom. Should I not have performed a wipe and just installed it dirty?
Eris _2.1_2010 said:
If you have a backup of the stock Rom, restore it and get a gps lock. Then immediately goto recovery and restore the Rom you want and profit with a gps lock. Works for me on my S4 and now my S5.
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wrasslinmike said:
So I just tried your solution, and I was able to get a GPS lock with the stock ROM, but no lock when I restored the cyanogenmod rom. Should I not have performed a wipe and just installed it dirty?
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No wipe. If I can't get a lock with an aosp rom I backup that rom then restore my stock TouchWiz rom get a lock there and boot straight to recovery. Then just restore the rom you backed up and hopefully profit. Also try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fastergps
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I have the MIUI Freshly Squeezed but I can't get a GPS lock. I can't even get it. I tried the way posted on xda that seemed to work for a lot of people but it didn't work for me. Any ideas???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17081413
This always works for me on CM7.1. I know MIUI is based on CM, so it's worth a try.
spiderxpig said:
I have the MIUI Freshly Squeezed but I can't get a GPS lock. I can't even get it. I tried the way posted on xda that seemed to work for a lot of people but it didn't work for me. Any ideas???
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You "tried the way posted on xda that seemed to work for a lot of people but it didn't work for me"..thank you soooo much for the detailed description of what that method was haha. There are a good amount of fixes out there for GPS and you provided nothing as to what you have actually tried so i'll just assume you did nothing and start at zero.
1. try Crypted's AGPS fix in the dev thread. It works.
2. if you're using a case and it covers the space between the flash and camera, take it off and try to get a lock either before or after using crypted's AGPS fix
3. try the other guys method above me.
4. buy a map.
forgot to mention
5. Go outside with your phone.
but yea as mentioned we need to has more details from you. How you rooted, how you flashed your rom
also you didnt restore any settings from a previous rom did you?
i was a noob over the weekend and restored wifi passwords that werent compatible and broke my wifi radio. had to wipe and reflash lmao. just making sure u didnt restore anything relating to maps or gps
Darunion said:
forgot to mention
5. Go outside with your phone.
but yea as mentioned we need to has more details from you. How you rooted, how you flashed your rom
also you didnt restore any settings from a previous rom did you?
i was a noob over the weekend and restored wifi passwords that werent compatible and broke my wifi radio. had to wipe and reflash lmao. just making sure u didnt restore anything relating to maps or gps
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ppffft you nooooob
So I feel as if I've been having poor GPS on any rom, whether it be AOKP, CM or even Stock based. I've tried a few apps to know luck. Using Waze yesterday, it was dropping in and out as I was going down a highway. Currently I'm using Eclipse rom on my phone. And I've tried flashing roms with TWRP and CWM with the same results.
The only thing I'm doing differently is running a 4.2 gapps made for 4.1.2 roms, could this be causing the issue?
Or should I just go root66 and redo everything?
Recon0212 said:
So I feel as if I've been having poor GPS on any rom, whether it be AOKP, CM or even Stock based. I've tried a few apps to know luck. Using Waze yesterday, it was dropping in and out as I was going down a highway. Currently I'm using Eclipse rom on my phone. And I've tried flashing roms with TWRP and CWM with the same results.
The only thing I'm doing differently is running a 4.2 gapps made for 4.1.2 roms, could this be causing the issue?
Or should I just go root66 and redo everything?
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I experience the same issue with AOKP, CM, and stock roms. I can get a GPS lock if my phone is on the dashboard of my car, but it goes in and out if the phone is sitting on my lap. This makes it very difficult to use the S3 for turn by turn navigation. I haven't had any problems while running Eclipse though.
Try this! Worked for me. Found this somewhere on XDA
1. Download "GPS Test" from the play store
2. Turn on your GPS and open the app
3. Press the menu button and go to settings
4. Press "Clear AGPS" at the top (your phone might reboot)
5. After that go back to settings and "Update AGPS"
Or this (also worked for me - from some XDA post):
"like some of you, i too was having GPS lock issues. here's what i did which fixed it for me. can't guarantee anything, but might be worth your try.
go to application manager - click on 'mapservicesamsung' - force stop - back out then click on 'maps' - force stop - clear cache - clear data - reboot into recovery - wipe dalvik and cache - reboot.
hope this works for some of you also. my GPS has been locking within 5 secs since doing this, and it hasn't been that good since before flashing my first S3 rom back in july! =) "
Wow! The second one worked. I'm on a cm based ROM so it didn't have a the Samsung app. But I cleared the data for maps and cleared the data/cache and it worked! I even lock on inside my house.
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Recon0212 said:
Wow! The second one worked. I'm on a cm based ROM so it didn't have a the Samsung app. But I cleared the data for maps and cleared the data/cache and it worked! I even lock on inside my house.
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That one always works for everyone! Glad it worked for you too!
I have flashed several roms but I lose GPS signal on them all. I restore stock rom and GPS works great.
Anyone have same issue?
Yes most custom Roms give me the same problem.
Just like wifi not able to get it working.
By now the stock rom 4.4.4 is the best one for me.
Holysmoke99 said:
I have flashed several roms but I lose GPS signal on them all. I restore stock rom and GPS works great.
Anyone have same issue?
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No issue with the latest Carbon. Just make sure you have GPS fix on Stock. Than flash custom rom and wipe dalvik/cache.
Holysmoke99 said:
I have flashed several roms but I lose GPS signal on them all. I restore stock rom and GPS works great.
Anyone have same issue?
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The only solution I found for this was going back to stock, use the GPS, and then flash the custom rom again (without wiping /system!).
It worked for me and other users as well.
I'm currently on PA without any GPS problem.
t4n017 said:
The only solution I found for this was going back to stock, use the GPS, and then flash the custom rom again (without wiping /system!).
It worked for me and other users as well.
I'm currently on PA without any GPS problem.
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no problems with bugs no wiping?
Holysmoke99 said:
no problems with bugs no wiping?
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I did wipe, but not /system.
A factory reset is enough (it wipes /data and /cache sd-ext and android_secure): http://teamw.in/whattowipe
No bugs at all, just the known ones..
Holysmoke99 said:
I have flashed several roms but I lose GPS signal on them all. I restore stock rom and GPS works great.
Anyone have same issue?
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No. GPS works fine on this rom for me.
So does Wifi and 2G/3G. Stable daily driver rom for me, YMMV.
My solution was
1. Make a full backup of your stock Rom or any Rom with GPS working
2. Flash a custom Rom and see if the GPS is working if not make a backup of the Rom you are trying to use as default
3. Restore your old Rom ,the one with the GPS working. Then use some app with GPS like Google maps or GPS test and be sure that the GPS is lock in your actual position.
4. Go back and restore the Rom you want to use definitely and the GPS will lock as fast as before.
Is odd but all the times works for me.
Regards
My experience with the GPS issue
I flashed CM11, GPS didn't work. Wiped everything in recovery and reverted to stock using this link (3b in particular). Opened Google Maps and got a GPS lock on my location. Went back into recovery, wiped and flashed CM11. Opened up Google Maps and GPS still wouldn't work...then I read somewhere about turning Location on and off in Settings so I did that...and it worked! GPS works flawlessly now.
isnt there any other solution that does not involve reflashing stock? has anybody come across an in-rom solution??
Also awaiting a solution
tenjou_89 said:
isnt there any other solution that does not involve reflashing stock? has anybody come across an in-rom solution??
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Yes.
Hi there, where I can find NON-HLOS.bin?
I try to flash it but it says reported max download sife of xxxx bytes. Cannot load "NOH-HLOSbin"
jochy2525 said:
Hi there, where I can find NON-HLOS.bin?
I try to flash it but it says reported max download sife of xxxx bytes. Cannot load "NOH-HLOSbin"
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You will find it inside the stock firmware for your device. Make sure you pick the right firmware!
The only problem I'm having is that I can't make the gps to work, I always go back
to stock and make the gps lock but I can't ... or maybe idk how to ? , I tried a few apps
from the playstore but nothing.
That's the only issue I'm having anyone?
I'm using Philz recovery and I wipe everything.
avenger666 said:
The only problem I'm having is that I can't make the gps to work, I always go back
to stock and make the gps lock but I can't ... or maybe idk how to ? , I tried a few apps
from the playstore but nothing.
That's the only issue I'm having anyone?
I'm using Philz recovery and I wipe everything.
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I forget where but in either the qa or main thread someone went into detail how they got it to work. I think pretty much you gotta flash to stock then pull up maps and have it route you somewhere, make sure it follows you on you trip and then you know you should have a good GPS lock. Afterwards wipe as usual and flash, GPS should then work. Probably something you have already done, but also make sure you have it set to high accuracy so it uses your GPS for location and not just cell towers.
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I forget where but in either the qa or main thread someone went into detail how they got it to work. I think pretty much you gotta flash to stock then pull up maps and have it route you somewhere, make sure it follows you on you trip and then you know you should have a good GPS lock. Afterwards wipe as usual and flash, GPS should then work. Probably something you have already done, but also make sure you have it set to high accuracy so it uses your GPS for location and not just cell towers.
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I'll try to do that but I've done that already , I'm going to try and find the post about it in your thread and follow w.e it is .
Thanks for your help though
i have a nexus 5 that is completely stock. I used to have it rooted but decided to go back to stock for lollipop. I am running android 5.1. Since I have had lollipop I have zero gps capability. I feel like I have read every thread on the subject and tried every suggestion, but I can never get the gps to lock.
I have tried the. Card stock gps antenna fix, didn't work.
I tried factory reset
I tried device only
I have used gps test and fix
I have used gps status and toolbox
I tried safe mode
I tried mapquest
Bottom line my gps doesn't work at all, it used to, but not anymore. Any ideas on what to do?
Same thing here and I also tried most of what you describe --- 5.1 (LMY47D), clean install (no OTA).
Select high accuracy
What does GPS status show? Flat lines for all satellites? What is the setting you're using for downloading the assistance data?
I used GPS Test and GPS Status -- here are two screenshots: i.imgur.com/o2B5QCk.png
Meanwhile I flashed LMY47I and re-installed everything from scratch. It still feels sluggish but now I can get at least a GPS fix after a couple seconds. Hope it stays this way.
ThDeK said:
I used GPS Test and GPS Status -- here are two screenshots: i.imgur.com/o2B5QCk.png
Meanwhile I flashed LMY47I and re-installed everything from scratch. It still feels sluggish but now I can get at least a GPS fix after a couple seconds. Hope it stays this way.
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The only solution seems to be this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBpNtWvY454 (confirmed here)
I also tried several tricks and nothing works.
What is the easiest way to do a complete wipe and flash to the latest version of android to see if that will fix it?
jongordo8 said:
What is the easiest way to do a complete wipe and flash to the latest version of android to see if that will fix it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
The above hardware trick worked for me though (and optimizing the gps.conf file for my region/country).
Primokorn said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
The above hardware trick worked for me though (and optimizing the gps.conf file for my region/country).
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Thanks for the tip...optimizing the gps.config file is something I have not doen. Can you provide speifics n how you go about doing that? I will try that before I wipe it and start fresh.
jongordo8 said:
Thanks for the tip...optimizing the gps.config file is something I have not doen. Can you provide speifics n how you go about doing that? I will try that before I wipe it and start fresh.
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Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239713
Until 'Extra Suggestion.....' I didn't try Leo AGPS Injector BTW.
I just wanted to update everyone...I wiped the phone clean and flashed the phone to the latest stock. GPS issues remained, so I rooted it and tried the GPS.config tip and it didn't help either. Then I downloaded FasterGPS and used it (basically does the same thing the GPS trick linked above does) and now it works again. It takes about a minute for it to lock so it isn't super fast to lock, but it works and I have not heard the GPS signal lost since I did FasterGPS.
Thanks for all the advice and suggestions.