I use gps a lot for work. Getting house to house quickly is a must in my field of work. Ever since I upgraded and purchased the LG g5, I've had nothing but issues with the gps in it. It constantly says that it's searching for location and never finds the location. Does anybody else have this gps issue?
This is all I get.
PureLife90 said:
This is all I get.
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See post below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/help/gps-issues-t3358726
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Hi all,
Problem with the GPS on my Orbit 2! Though so far I love it to bits really.
I have done a search here but cant find anything.. I really hope it is just me asking the wrong question. Anyway someone must know something.
The problem is this:
The GPS with Copilot was working amazingly when I first got it. I was knocked out by it.
I haven't used it much but when I have I was delighted.
However, recently I have been noticing that the number of satellite signals has been going down. It has also been taking longer and longer to get a fix.
Today I could not use it at all, even when it got a "fix" It was showing me no where near the right road.!! Have some satellites fallen out of the sky!!??
Currently it has 3 days before I need to do the QuickGPS thing. So that should be ok.. I will try again with the update but is there any known problem with the GPS. If there are problems with GPS do they normally behave like that or just stop altogether?
If there is a problem I guess I need to send it back.. :-(
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give.
Its very painful when you get up in the morning and try to depend on something that is not working!
3Frog
Same problem
I also got the same problem, but I found out that a reboot solved the issue. After the reboot it found the satellites again.
Hi all,
had my Desire S for a few days now (upgraded from Nexus One), all is going great apart from today I went for a run and the app I use for tracking/timing couldnt get a GPS fix.
Downloaded GPS fix and this got a fix after 3 minutes or so, but it was then lost again.
Used GPS Essentials and I can see that the satellites were being picked up, but were vanishing every so often.
Has anyone else had any GPS issues? Wondering if I've got a dud chip
thx
I was also trying out the GPS today. Without GPS Fix i'm only getting like 2 satellites but with it, i got 8-9.
billytkid said:
Hi all,
Has anyone else had any GPS issues? Wondering if I've got a dud chip
thx
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Where do you live? I've read about problems had by two Russian Desire S owners on this forum.
I've not really used my GPS as don't drive and had no need
This is the first time I'm completely stumped.
I cannot get a lock on my GPS. No matter what ROM I put on my phone, it will not connect to the satellites. It will fix to about 3 or 4, not connect, then lose the connection to all and start over to find more fixes.
I was running CM7 when I first realized tthis problem. I have had GPS working before on that ROM. I still got the symbol in the status bar so I didn't think I needed to do he sense fix. But I did anyways. And I can't even get a lock on sense! Same issue!
I looked at the GPS file in system/etc but even at us.pool instead of north-america.pool I'm still getting the same results.
I have also tried downloading new AGPS data from GPS status and still no luck.
This also happened on the stock radio as well as the newest leaked radio.
I need my GPS. Any help is appreciated!
I am having a problem with the two newest leaked radios connecting to GPS. It will just say "searching for GPS" and never connect when trying to use navigation.
Try GPS Essentials and put a waypoint on your location. That should help. I am running the latest radio and have no problems getting a lock.
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Try running https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en
Thanks,
After downloading that it seems that the conflict is not with the GPS but with Google Maps Navigation App because I was picking up a location.
Navigation just still says "searching for GPS" and wont give me directions.
I downloaded Map Quest and that works so it has to be some sort of Google Maps thing.
I used MapQuest and it locked on my address in secs. I does try auto wfi and worked with out it. Gps must be Google issue however gps status and others haven't work. Kinda confused !
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brownsfan said:
Thanks,
After downloading that it seems that the conflict is not with the GPS but with Google Maps Navigation App because I was picking up a location.
Navigation just still says "searching for GPS" and wont give me directions.
I downloaded Map Quest and that works so it has to be some sort of Google Maps thing.
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Make sure you can lock w/Navigation and not just w/Map Quest or Google Maps. The latter two use a different network than your actual GPS. When I used CM7 I found I could lock w/Maps and still not having a working/locking GPS in my navigation app.
Another test is try a weather app w/a "My Location" feature (e.g. Weather Bug) and see if it actually gives you your location or some other remote locatio.
Weather bug works fine.
So you are saying that Google Maps, Mapquest, and Weather bug use something different then the Navigation app does?
Ok so if that is the case then the newest two radio leaks that came out have conflict issues with the navigation.
I found this for a fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035665&page=2
Ok so I read through that thread, did the fix and still nada. I installed the leaked RUU and it still didnt work. The fix didnt work for everybody so maybe its just an outage in my area.
The VZW 3G and 4G updates they are working on all around the country are causing a lot of the GPS problems from what a vzw rep told me. They were working on a site 200 miles from where I live and all I could get yesterday afternoon was a 1X signal for several hours.
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NY is having a problem as well.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3b0a8b1c97a9ea23&hl=en&start=40
http://androidforums.com/incredible...g/399357-gps-stopped-working.html#post3103668
Thanks for the info...
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It definitely could be unrelated to anything on your phone. I experienced the East Texas outage several months ago, and nothing that we did ever fixed it until one day supposedly they sent engineers down and did something, and everybody's phones started working again and we never had another issue.
Wish I had a better explanation for it, but unfortunately it does seem possible for Verizon to do something with their antennas that can affect GPS. Sounds like the OP's phone is behaving just like mine was at that time. Hopefully you are in a more populated area where they will fix it more quickly than they did for us.
Try using GPS Status to clear the cache, download aGPS, etc. (there are many threads where this is described) and if that doesn't fix it, complain to Verizon and wait for them to fix it. Don't drive yourself crazy like I was for several weeks!
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NY is having a problem as well.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3b0a8b1c97a9ea23&hl=en&start=40
http://androidforums.com/incredible...g/399357-gps-stopped-working.html#post3103668
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Thanks gfro. Im in Buffalo so this applies to me. Unfortunately both of my phones are having this issue.
brownsfan said:
Thanks gfro. Im in Buffalo so this applies to me. Unfortunately both of my phones are having this issue.
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Yeah , I have a friend in NY and he said vzw has got the wi-fi all screwed up now, working on 3 & 4G towers.
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brownsfan said:
Thanks gfro. Im in Buffalo so this applies to me. Unfortunately both of my phones are having this issue.
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No prob. I'm in Buffalo too! [:
It's definitely all on Verizon's end cause I have checked 3 androids including mine with the same issue.
Nothing to do with radios or being rooted or not.
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Yeah , I have a friend in NY and he said vzw has got the wi-fi all screwed up now, working on 3 & 4G towers.
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That's what people are thinking. As for NY, something went wrong with the Albany, Syracuse, and Ithaca 4g installations.
Just got a fix!!! [:
Mine locks in 3 seconds now. Wow I went back to stock and the rerooted with revolution . OK so if something goes wrong im screwed Cuz i can't unroot now.
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I tried all the fixes posed on Xda, sdx and every other site but i get the same problem when i put my GPS on, it things im in the middle of the ocean right under Africa. Kinda funny and when i go back to stock it don't pick a signal up at all i tried it in other locations and nothing. is anyone else having this problem? I read that it works for other people but nothing I tried other roms and I still don't get a gps fix on anything.
one of the best GPS locks I had is in Sharp Rom. You can find it on AF.
GPS locks in seconds, which proves that GPS problem in Triumph is not hardware related.
If you have CWM you should try it. Don't forget to turn on "use AGPS.." in the setting and you will be surprised.
velishka said:
one of the best GPS locks I had is Sharp Rom. You can find it on AF.
GPS locks in seconds, which proves that GPS problem in Triumph is not hardware related.
If you have CWM you should try it. Don't forget to turn on "use AGPS.." in the setting and you will surprised.
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Yeah this is something I want to try and fix in CM7 will see if I can't get it to work properly!
I'm using g60 cm7 and its stable, but can take up to 2 mins. When I use app gps status it downloads the satellite map and can sometimes speed up my lock. :good:
What I do is at night I'll kick on navigator and "use wireless assist thingy" and it will run forever while I sleep and it's plugged in. I was using FakeGPS for a while and that will mess things up.
blackout720 said:
I tried all the fixes posed on Xda, sdx and every other site but i get the same problem when i put my GPS on, it things im in the middle of the ocean right under Africa. Kinda funny and when i go back to stock it don't pick a signal up at all i tried it in other locations and nothing. is anyone else having this problem? I read that it works for other people but nothing I tried other roms and I still don't get a gps fix on anything.
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Have you tried the GPS 2.0 libraries update for gingerbread ROMs?Now I know that some people say it didn't work but others say it did.I use it on my MT and it works great.If you have tried it with no luck then maybe its the GPS radio in the phone isn't worth a darn.I've read where it was said the poor GPS was a hardware issue and not software.
The fact that GPS is fully working in the Sharp Rom proved that GPS is not hardware issue.
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The fact that GPS is fully working in the Sharp Rom proved that GPS is not hardware issue.
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in some cases, i believe the hardware/ or network in the area is the issue, but in most cases it shouldnt be
try the Sharp Rom like previously stated
Rola Addict said:
Have you tried the GPS 2.0 libraries update for gingerbread ROMs?Now I know that some people say it didn't work but others say it did.I use it on my MT and it works great.If you have tried it with no luck then maybe its the GPS radio in the phone isn't worth a darn.I've read where it was said the poor GPS was a hardware issue and not software.
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The fact that GPS is fully working in the Sharp Rom proved that GPS is not hardware issue.
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djboi2011 said:
try the Sharp Rom like previously stated
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Tokens210 said:
in some cases, i believe the hardware/ or network in the area is the issue, but in most cases it shouldnt be
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Thanks for trying out the Sharp ROM. There are hardware issues with the GPS but it is also software related. With the Sharp ROM, the GPS, without AGPS, still works better than on any of the Triumph ROMs, IMHO, but the cherry on top is the AGPS. It is ridiculous how fast you get a lock.
Have you tried faster GPS from the market? Most roms and stock use crappy custom GPS servers that take way too long to lock. Faster GPS easily let's you set the server to the official ones closest to your region. I now get first fix times around 1 min then locks on under 10 secs any other time.
I just received my bedove x21. My one issue is the GPS. When I turn on the GPS, I cant get any satellites. I downloaded all the apps to check satellites and still dont get any. I even downloaded a compass app and it doesnt move either. I am trying to contact the dealer I bought the phone from but havent heard back. How could I tell if the gps is dead or just not configured properly? I would have thought the compass would at least worked.
Larry
Did you get the GPS issue fixed?
larrygregandroid said:
I just received my bedove x21. My one issue is the GPS. When I turn on the GPS, I cant get any satellites. I downloaded all the apps to check satellites and still dont get any. I even downloaded a compass app and it doesnt move either. I am trying to contact the dealer I bought the phone from but havent heard back. How could I tell if the gps is dead or just not configured properly? I would have thought the compass would at least worked.
Larry
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Did you get the GPS issue fixed? I get a signal with mine. But it usually takes about 15 minutes which is a pain and have been looking for a solution. Thanks!