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If wifi and gps are off my location will not update using the network location. For example when I am at work and I open maps it shows my location as being near my home. I have been searching and can't find a solution to this problem. I'm currently on the current oxygen rom but have had this problem follow through on other roms. Hard resets don't fix it. This started maybe a month ago and I made no major changes at that time that I can remember. I wouldn't care too much but my Tasker profiles no longer work since my phone doesn't know where it is anymore.
Thanks in advance.
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Is the wireless network check under location & security?
Yes it is. It will update periodically but will "stick" at that location for hours/days.
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If wifi and gps are off my location will not update using the network location. For example when I am at work and I open maps it shows my location as being near my home. I have been searching and can't find a solution to this problem. I'm currently on the current oxygen rom but have had this problem follow through on other roms. Hard resets don't fix it. This started maybe a month ago and I made no major changes at that time that I can remember. I wouldn't care too much but my Tasker profiles no longer work since my phone doesn't know where it is anymore.
Thanks in advance.
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Nearly same thing as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321801
Lemme know if you find a fix. In my case I know what messed it up, location spoofer app.
Hmmm. My wifi and gps work but not 3g. Strange behavior. I have also tried clearing data for google services framewotk. It will find my location after that but then "sticks" again. Maybe that will fix your issue. Not sure though.
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Hmmm. My wifi and gps work but not 3g. Strange behavior. I have also tried clearing data for google services framewotk. It will find my location after that but then "sticks" again. Maybe that will fix your issue. Not sure though.
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I tried every possible thing, clearing Dalvik cache, user Data, etc.. loading different roms..
Here's the funny part, the issue started after I used that spoofer app.
You seem to have an issue to communicate properly with satellites or weak signals over 3G in that particular location, may be inside a building...
Have you tried using the sensor tools like - Androsensor ?
Signal strength doesn't seem to play a part. I'm at home and have full bars and my location still doesn't update. What does androsensor tell you?
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I just tried androsensor and it shows the same inaccurate location as maps. There must be some file that gets corruoted/altered that doesn't get changed with rom flashes or factory resets. I don't know enough about that though.
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Signal strength doesn't seem to play a part. I'm at home and have full bars and my location still doesn't update. What does androsensor tell you?
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I meant the signal strength for satellites not the network signal. Androsensor can tell you if you are connected to satellite(s) and how many.
May be your device doesn't connect to satellites or gets a weak signal, so when you try GMaps, it shows last location that map was able to resolve.
If you can try it some other phone at same location on same 3G network, at least you'll know if t's the phone or service issue.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you but my problem isn't gps. The gps works fine. It's my network location that doesn't update when gps is turned off.
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I tried my wife's phone and it shows the correct location (near my home)
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cjbechtel said:
I tried my wife's phone and it shows the correct location (near my home)
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Lately I have seen some more folks having issues with Gmaps or GPS on Nexus S.
I am waiting for some solutions to surface...
I may put my phone back to stock and take it in. See what sprint says. Probably get a replacement.
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I may put my phone back to stock and take it in. See what sprint says. Probably get a replacement.
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Don't forget to lock the bootloader as in un-root it.
I was going to us the one click unroot.
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Okay, I'm going crazy with this issue. I reset my phone back to stock, the problem continued. I took the phone into a sprint store and they told me that I must have GPS enabled to show network location!? Clearly they don't understand what network location means. They also said that they confirmed this with customer service. They said there was nothing they could do and that the phone was working as intended. I argued but nothing was resolved, tough luck basically. I then went to the corporate store and they said the same thing. I have had a hero, epic, and my nexus, my wife has had an evo and has an epic touch, and my mom has an inspire and all of these phones network location updates to the current general location. The employees I spoke with insisted that their phones network location don't update.
So my new question is if there is something that states that network location should be updated every XX second or minutes or something like that so that I can show them that there is indeed a problem. Or is there something that sprint changed that is effecting the network location?
No man.... you are not going crazy. I am having the same issue on my Nexus S 4G. I have been trying to setup Tasker on my phone for days. But it never gets updated location from the Sprint network.
Any fixes, anybody?
My Nexus 5 has been exhibiting this problem pretty much since I got the phone.
Randomly it will go into Emergency Calls Only mode. Turning airplane mode on/off or rebooting will fix the issue for a few hours but the phone will eventually lose signal again.
I've factory reset - same problem.
I've flashed the google factory image - same problem.
Phone bootloader is locked and not rooted.
It was happening probably once every 12 hours but today alone it's happened 3 times in 8 hours. This does not occur on any of my other 4 phones including Nexus 4 and Note 2.
I contacted Google to get a replacement and it should arrive by Friday.
My question is: has anyone else experienced this issue? I've seen sporadic similar reports peppered here and there but nothing that I can confirm is the exact same issue as mine.
You are not crazy! This has happened to me as well. Google Play bought 32GB white model.
I only noticed it after turning off LTE in a spotty service area. I would still show several bars of 3G or H as if I was connected but my carrier info (Fido, Canadian) would read emerg. calls only. Stranger still, I could receive texts but not send them. Airplane mode on and off fixed the issue, but it would randomly reoccur.
I'm back in a good H+ service area and haven't noticed the issue again.
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I'd like to add that I don't know if disabling LTE had anything to do with the problem but that is when I first noticed it.
Posted a reply last night but I guess it never came through
Same here tho my signal would be full bars then the next moment it's gonna have no bars and then showing emergency call on lock screen.... I'm guessing it's the phone problem... Is this a defect?
Well tell us if anything changes with the new Nexus because I don't really feel like calling them for a replacement then unrooting and all of that over again if it's the phone itself or maybe it's just Canadians
i hope this is just a bug coz i dont wanna return the phone coz i already put the screen protector. lol.
happened to me in the morning.... didnt happen again after. but who knows when it will happen again.
It's a double-edged sword. Glad to know I'm not the only one but at the same time it sounds like a somewhat common issue.
Mine also show good signal when this happens. I've never switched LTE on or off so I don't think it is related to that.
I'll keep you posted on the new device. I should receive it on Friday.
maybe this is happening to everyone... thought it mightve been my new sim but i guess im wrong ima bookmark this thread so i can find it on friday ahah
This is a common issue so it probably affects all phones. I also have a problem with not receiving voicemail notifications. Fortunately I still seem to receive calls when it's in emergency mode.
I'm getting a replacement phone on Monday due to black specks on the screen, but I suspect these issues will also show up in the new phone.
I was on WiFi over home's Fios over N router, updating apps - "Google +" as a matter of fact, when it happened, lost connection & just dropped while downloading. Hit "Retry" button & it resumed - unlikely a problem unique to LTE or HSPA (mobile data) signal from the carrier.
Now, of course, mine (rooted, odex Rom, stock kernel & adv. power menu, and no other mods) is optimized for maximum battery life with non-default settings, and Google Now listen turned off, etc. - new T-Mo micro-Sim that's on PAYG voice plan only & LTE not turned on - since I'm still playing with Talkatone app for voice calling instead of using minues.
Keeping in mind that we are pioneers "field testing" the newest 4.4 KitKat OS for Google with this hot selling device - expect an update or patch from them soon ... probably later.
Same problem on a almost perfect nexus 5 no other issues what so ever so I'm kinda worried that my replacement device may have one of those other defects that people are reporting. Fingers are crossed for a software update that fixes this issue so I can reject the replacement device and keep this one. BTW Also a Canadian phone on rogers here
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It's quite possible that it is a Rogers/Fido problem.
im truly hoping its a software bug, because i too have this issue. Im on the white 32gb model, with a new SIM also on AT&T.
crossing fingers and toes that its just to it being the new OS's bugs.
I'm on Bell and so far not a single hiccup.
I had the same issue, perfect phone otherwise, RMA replacement is much better no signal loss so far.
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It's quite possible that it is a Rogers/Fido problem.
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I called rogers he said it shouldn't be a problem but he gave me a reset anyways told me to take my sim card out for a little while. I hope this can be fixed because if not its a deal breaker I can't afford to be missing calls and so on. I'm hoping it's a KitKat problem that is fixed with a update
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I had the same issue, perfect phone otherwise, RMA replacement is much better no signal loss so far.
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What carrier are you with ?and how long have you been using the replacement phone ?
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1. New SIM
2. Worked fine in the T-Mobile store - got 4.4 OTA in the store over LTE.
3. Came home - "No Service" (even if the T-Mobile network is listed, could not register)
4. Call T-Mobile support - Teir1 then Teir2 - Phone is not registering on the network.
5. Inserted the same SIM in the Samsung SGH-T989 - all four bars with H+
6. Back to the store - SIM exchange.
7. Same problem - call Google - Advance Replacement
This is the story, the new phone I've been using for two days without any issues.
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Same problem here on O2 in the UK, google sending a warranty replacement out. Only fitted a spigen screen protector yesterday !
My friend and I have the same problem too.
Both 16gb White
What colour of nexus 5 you guys have?
I see some have white, maybe white causes this issue??
What I did was go into APN settings and switch from WAP selection (which it had by default) and put PHONE and I've yet to get the signal drop again. Although now I never see the small H in the signal. Its always showing LTE
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This happened to me today. I went into the Access Point Names menu and found my APN unselected (I have only one configured). After re-enabling the radio button everything was fine. Don't know how this could have happened since the phone has been up for a day.
same problem.. didn't see this topic and opened a new one btw..
so you're saying that a replacing n5 will solve the problem?
as what i read everywhere it seems a problem affecting almost all canada's roger and italy's tim users.. so something related to network/carrier/texts/calls..
it happens (to me) after every sms received and even if "emergency call" is displayed, data continue flowing like a charm.. btw if rma will solve this i'll be happy to do BUT i'm afraid it'll be just a waste of time
Hey guys,
I've had my gs5 since launch and initial Best Buy told me they were having issues getting the phones to activate and that it would take a bit... So I switched the default LTE/CDMA antenna to automatic mode and eventually it acquired data and LTE/3g works, however it keeps warning me about how activation isn't complete and when I let it go through the process it just ends up failing and retrying 5 times. I need to force close it to make it go away but If I restart it comes back.
TLDR: phone has data/service but still tells me to activate in notification tray.
Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? Much appreciated.
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I had the exact same issue when i got ny phone on launch day. I factory reset my phone and the activation message went away.
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Bigslammu said:
Hey guys,
I've had my gs5 since launch and initial Best Buy told me they were having issues getting the phones to activate and that it would take a bit... So I switched the default LTE/CDMA antenna to automatic mode and eventually it acquired data and LTE/3g works, however it keeps warning me about how activation isn't complete and when I let it go through the process it just ends up failing and retrying 5 times. I need to force close it to make it go away but If I restart it comes back.
TLDR: phone has data/service but still tells me to activate in notification tray.
Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? Much appreciated.
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I've been having that issue as well. Do you live near a spark network area?
Where I live the LTE doesnt have csfb and I think that had part of the reason why it wouldnt fully activate. But I live near a spark network so i drove up into Ft. Worth and restarted my phone in LTE/cdma mode and went thru the activation process yet again. And this time it worked and hasn't come back since then.
I had a similar issue
I called sprint many times and went to multiple sprint stores
I finally got it activated though phone call
If the first rep can't activate it
Hang up and call again
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Bought mine at target and activation went straight thru. Less than 5 minutes
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Bigslammu said:
Hey guys,
I've had my gs5 since launch and initial Best Buy told me they were having issues getting the phones to activate and that it would take a bit... So I switched the default LTE/CDMA antenna to automatic mode and eventually it acquired data and LTE/3g works, however it keeps warning me about how activation isn't complete and when I let it go through the process it just ends up failing and retrying 5 times. I need to force close it to make it go away but If I restart it comes back.
TLDR: phone has data/service but still tells me to activate in notification tray.
Anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? Much appreciated.
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Im having same issue here. Have you resolved your issue or just got used to it?
You're probably missing /carrier folder files. I'm not sure if Alpineman has them posted for the S5 in his HFA loop fix thread.
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Hi all,
I've had this great phone MT7-L09 (softare version L09V100R001C00B127) since last December. My problem is that every now and then the 4g cuts off for a period of ten seconds.
It does not matter how strong the signal is nor which or whatever app I'm using. It just loses network. First thing I did was to change the old sim card to a new one. Did not help.
I was in contact with the Huawei support and conclusion was to send phone to service. OK. It came back with the same problem altough they changed the circuit board...so obviously they though that this would solve the problem. I did not. After messing around with it, trying to find if someone else was suffering with the same problem, with no luck, I send it back to service. Now they said that there is nothing wrong with it, but the problem is still there.
I havent noticed anything cut offs using 3g. It's not a major thing but it would be nice to know if its a firmware or any other software related problem.
If I use Netflix or similar where the data keeps coming it works just fine or if I use the phone as Wi-Fi hotspot, no problems.
It just loses network connection using apps like play store, facebook, whatsapp, twitter, every browser ie. firefox, build in browser, chrome, to name a few.
Should I just keep using it as it is or keep sending it back to service until they fix this issue???
Thanks
jopomopo said:
Hi all,
I've had this great phone MT7-L09 (softare version L09V100R001C00B127) since last December. My problem is that every now and then the 4g cuts off for a period of ten seconds.
It does not matter how strong the signal is nor which or whatever app I'm using. It just loses network. First thing I did was to change the old sim card to a new one. Did not help.
I was in contact with the Huawei support and conclusion was to send phone to service. OK. It came back with the same problem altough they changed the circuit board...so obviously they though that this would solve the problem. I did not. After messing around with it, trying to find if someone else was suffering with the same problem, with no luck, I send it back to service. Now they said that there is nothing wrong with it, but the problem is still there.
I havent noticed anything cut offs using 3g. It's not a major thing but it would be nice to know if its a firmware or any other software related problem.
If I use Netflix or similar where the data keeps coming it works just fine or if I use the phone as Wi-Fi hotspot, no problems.
It just loses network connection using apps like play store, facebook, whatsapp, twitter, every browser ie. firefox, build in browser, chrome, to name a few.
Should I just keep using it as it is or keep sending it back to service until they fix this issue???
Thanks
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Sorry...one stupid question: have you already tried keeping the phone completely stock (without any application and/or software or any kin dof personalisation) for a couple of week and see if the problem still exists?
It really seems to me a software problem. Very strange.
I had the same problem with my MT7-TL10 golden version. For a week or so, the network used to come and go. Then ultimately the sim was not recognized at all. I sent it to Huawei service center and they told me that the sim slot is broken and I had to pay for replacement of the board which I refused. I was sure that I didn't break it. Now I am using my phone with one sim only.
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tuddu said:
Sorry...one stupid question: have you already tried keeping the phone completely stock (without any application and/or software or any kin dof personalisation) for a couple of week and see if the problem still exists?
It really seems to me a software problem. Very strange.
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Thanks for your reply,
I haven't used it only with stock apps for a week maybe a day, but first thing when it came back from service for the first time, I did not install any apps and it still lost the connection anyway...
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I had the same problem with my MT7-TL10 golden version. For a week or so, the network used to come and go. Then ultimately the sim was not recognized at all. I sent it to Huawei service center and they told me that the sim slot is broken and I had to pay for replacement of the board which I refused. I was sure that I didn't break it. Now I am using my phone with one sim only.
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I'm not sure, but isn't the sim card slot located on the circuit board??? If it is, it cannot be the problem, but I must try the second slot anyhow.
jopomopo said:
Hi all,
I've had this great phone MT7-L09 (softare version L09V100R001C00B127) since last December. My problem is that every now and then the 4g cuts off for a period of ten seconds.
It does not matter how strong the signal is nor which or whatever app I'm using. It just loses network. First thing I did was to change the old sim card to a new one. Did not help.
I was in contact with the Huawei support and conclusion was to send phone to service. OK. It came back with the same problem altough they changed the circuit board...so obviously they though that this would solve the problem. I did not. After messing around with it, trying to find if someone else was suffering with the same problem, with no luck, I send it back to service. Now they said that there is nothing wrong with it, but the problem is still there.
I havent noticed anything cut offs using 3g. It's not a major thing but it would be nice to know if its a firmware or any other software related problem.
If I use Netflix or similar where the data keeps coming it works just fine or if I use the phone as Wi-Fi hotspot, no problems.
It just loses network connection using apps like play store, facebook, whatsapp, twitter, every browser ie. firefox, build in browser, chrome, to name a few.
Should I just keep using it as it is or keep sending it back to service until they fix this issue???
Thanks
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Man why everybody blames PHONE first??? like not trusting !
To fix this problem is to go to networks and u have to restore your apn to default it like refreshes then you can either just turn off data and then on and restart phone
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Man why everybody blames PHONE first??? like not trusting !
To fix this problem is to go to networks and u have to restore your apn to default it like refreshes then you can either just turn off data and then on and restart phone
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Did not work.
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Did not work.
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Reset/Restore phone (backup first)
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Reset/Restore phone (backup first)
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Does not work, same problem after a numerous resettings. If I may add, I've have couple of other phones of which this problem does not occur.
In same place and conditions these phones work just fine not losing the data connection. Sure, if 4g is not available they use 3g, but never ever will the connection break off.
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Does not work, same problem after a numerous resettings. If I may add, I've have couple of other phones of which this problem does not occur.
In same place and conditions these phones work just fine not losing the data connection. Sure, if 4g is not available they use 3g, but never ever will the connection break off.
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faulty 4G module tuner.. phone ... replacement needed...
change preferred network
Go to settings and -->mobile networks-->>preferred network and select "WCDMA only"..
It will fix your problem..
There is no such option in my phone settings, only the option to choose automatic 4g3g2g or automatic 3g2g or 2g, 3g only and 2g only. As previously stated no data loss nor connectivity issues using 3g. It's bit annoying sometimes when phone loses data connection altogether although signal is very strong. Just waiting lollipop upgrade if it'd solve the problem, I doubt it but...
network operator..
I think it's network problem..please contact your network operator..4g network have connection problem from some local area signal towers..so you just put other network company SIM card in your local area..(use 4g supported SIM only)
Thanks for your advice, but I don't think that it's SIM card problem because there is no problem what so ever using my other phone SGS5.
sorry
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Thanks for your advice, but I don't think that it's SIM card problem because there is no problem what so ever using my other phone SGS5.
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Hmmm. Sorry friend..I am helpless.. anyway continue your thread here..in Xda have brilliant members..they can help you..best of luck.
Thanks, I totally missed your comment...this is turning out to be quite a puzzle. I've noticed the less battery (<60%) I've have on the phone there seems to be nothing wrong with the 4g connection. ???
To answer to myself, I was too optimistic...nothing to do with battery. It's just so weird that phone works like a charm most of time and then suddenly not. I'm confused...
Now on the newest firmware lollipop 5.1 it fixed my lte problem
same issue
I bought mate 7 a couple of days ago and I keep losing the data connection. the network gets connected and lost again.
i did everything to fix it but no luck. changed sim, restored device, modified APN and no luck.
it keeps disconnecting seems that it is a problem with the phone itself as i have read the same issue on a couple of forums..
hope it is a software issue and get fixed soon as this is annoying.
In service they replaced my phone to a new one mostly because of this problem and I can say it did not help at all. Only upgrading to lollipop will fix the problem ( tested on beta) I'm on b145 now and it does that all the time. I guess it is carrier based problem not SIM nor hardware.
Since going to 5.1.1 my phone keeps on randomly changing location on Google maps and the weather
Yesterday it thought I was in Kassel Germany and today it's South London.
Done a few resets, flashed stock firmware, but nothing works.
Based in UK and my phone is unbranded on EE.
Any ideas?
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Bizarely I noticed on my Google location history it thought I was 30 miles away at one point in the morning.
Location was set to use GPS/WiFi/cell.
Changed to just WiFi/cell to see what happens
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f1ux said:
Bizarely I noticed on my Google location history it thought I was 30 miles away at one point in the morning.
Location was set to use GPS/WiFi/cell.
Changed to just WiFi/cell to see what happens
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Are you on 5.1.1 as well?
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Are you on 5.1.1 as well?
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Sorry, yep, running xtrestolite 2.0 here in the UK.
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Today my phone is in Norwood but I am in Northampton... only work around is to enable always scanning of wifi which fixes it.
I'm having similar issues, mine keeps defaulting to south of france
Try increasing accuracy of GPS by going to Settings-Privacy and Safety-Location-Locating Method and select GPS, wi-fi and mobile networks.
Carefull it gets worse, Russian hacking trojan / virus in the Official stock 5.1.1 OTA update, wait before you reset or do anything or Samsung will brick your phone for you on stock or modded rom's.
I have never heard of this Trojan. And I flashed an stock Ota.
Can you please elaborate?