From out of the box I've been having GPS issues. It won't get a lock when I use navigation. I've tried different places, different apps (waze and google maps) and different times (different days). If I restart the phone, it'll get a lock after about 10 seconds.
What would cause the GPS to not work unless the phone is restarted?
I contacted OnePlus and they all but told me to go screw myself. They suggested that I should walk around to get a GPS lock and if it persists that I should reset my phone. I reset my phone but all that did was waste two hours of my life re-installing apps and settings.
Any ideas? Anyone else with this issue? The phone is perfect besides this =(
Can't say I'm sure, as I haven't had any issues, except if I caused them. You let google apps have location access in the settings? Are you wake blocking any google location services?
+1 to what roxxorz said. If OP applied the workaround to Google Play Services and denied access to location it can cause a problem.
Also in addition to that make sure your location is set to "High Accuracy" as well as enabling WiFi.
Do note that when your phone is on High Accuracy it is draining the most battery.
I also have the same problem when I m on stock XNPH25R. Have to reboot in order to get a lock from the GPS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54334569&postcount=1
But after I switch to nightlies, no such GPS issue, works like a charm.
I am actually on stock 30O cm11s and I have a GPS lock in two out three seconds. Try to download GPS status app from Google play
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Sorry I'm a complete noob when it comes to the advance stuff. I know nightlies are cyanogenmods quick version changes that may sometimes have small bugs, but never tried updating phone with nightlies. I've always just done the standard OTA updates on my previous phones.
GPS is always on high accurac. Surprisingly today, GPS was working like a charm. I haven't done anything that should affect this positive change.
What is wake locking?
ValmonUni said:
Sorry I'm a complete noob when it comes to the advance stuff. I know nightlies are cyanogenmods quick version changes that may sometimes have small bugs, but never tried updating phone with nightlies. I've always just done the standard OTA updates on my previous phones.
GPS is always on high accurac. Surprisingly today, GPS was working like a charm. I haven't done anything that should affect this positive change.
What is wake locking?
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It could be just a thing. Sometimes I'll have apps [maps] that'll lock up, like if they tried to connect and I stopped it / turned off data. At that point killing / force closing the app works.
Normally I'd say if you don't know, don't worry about it, but wake lock is where an app / process keeps the phone awake and keeps the phone from sleeping properly, which leads to more battery drain. Google play services is notorious for waking the device for nonsense, so more advanced users block it. If you have no issues, I'd recommend leaving it alone.
Same problem here
ValmonUni said:
From out of the box I've been having GPS issues. It won't get a lock when I use navigation. I've tried different places, different apps (waze and google maps) and different times (different days). If I restart the phone, it'll get a lock after about 10 seconds.
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I'm seeing the same thing. GPS was working fine for a week or so, but when I went to use Waze this morning it wouldn't get a lock. GPSTools showed satellites, but wouldn't lock either. Reboot fixed it. A few hours later, same problem. Reboot once again fixed it. This is all stock.
I don't have anything to suggest, but wanted to add to the evidence that there is a problem.
I did install a couple of apps from the app store between the last time I saw the GPS work normally and this morning, so I'll try uninstalling them to see if that helps. I killed them from the task manager, but that didn't help.
walendo said:
I'm seeing the same thing. GPS was working fine for a week or so, but when I went to use Waze this morning it wouldn't get a lock. GPSTools showed satellites, but wouldn't lock either. Reboot fixed it. A few hours later, same problem. Reboot once again fixed it. This is all stock.
I don't have anything to suggest, but wanted to add to the evidence that there is a problem.
I did install a couple of apps from the app store between the last time I saw the GPS work normally and this morning, so I'll try uninstalling them to see if that helps. I killed them from the task manager, but that didn't help.
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Sorry to hear you're having trouble too, but glad I'm not going nuts. You're only the second person I've read that has the same issue I have. OnePlus support was of no help nor did they admit that the issue was real. I hope they'll figure this one out, cause I can't.
Please vote on this issue in CM's bugtracker: https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/BACON-115
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Here's some new data. As I mentioned, my GPS was working fine up until a few days ago. In those few days, I installed 2 apps: "UP", by Jawbone, and "MyFitnessPal". Both of them use the GPS for some sort of logging.
Anyway, this morning I installed "AppOps" from the App Store. It's the one by Sylvain Galand, and the package is fr.slvn.appops. It doesn't need root, apparently. I used that to disable location access from both UP and MyFitnessPal. Since then, my GPS has been working fine again.
I think there's something broken under the LocationManager implementation in this version of Cyanogen. Seems like some apps are able to break it somehow. The other thread about this subject points fingers at Dragon Dictate, too. Whatever it is, apps shouldn't be able to wedge a system service like this.
walendo said:
Here's some new data. As I mentioned, my GPS was working fine up until a few days ago. In those few days, I installed 2 apps: "UP", by Jawbone, and "MyFitnessPal". Both of them use the GPS for some sort of logging.
Anyway, this morning I installed "AppOps" from the App Store. It's the one by Sylvain Galand, and the package is fr.slvn.appops. It doesn't need root, apparently. I used that to disable location access from both UP and MyFitnessPal. Since then, my GPS has been working fine again.
I think there's something broken under the LocationManager implementation in this version of Cyanogen. Seems like some apps are able to break it somehow. The other thread about this subject points fingers at Dragon Dictate, too. Whatever it is, apps shouldn't be able to wedge a system service like this.
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I honestly hope that they at the very least acknowledge that this issue exists. GPS Navigation is a primary use for mobile. I haven't installed anything that would break location. All I Have is Waze and Google.
Hello Guys,
I would like your help with an issue that i have with my LG G2!
I have updated to version 4.4.2 android version without problems (no root phone).
The problem that i face has to do with GPS. Generally, i have location settings off in order not to consume battery etc.
When i want to use my Navigation Software i enable location services but the phone need restart in order to work!
Even if i have enable the location the phone don't recognize the GPS as turned on and need to be restarted. The it works normally.
Can anyone help me how i can solve this problem?
Have i to put always on location services? In the past i didn't have this problem. Is this a hardware problem?
Thanks a lot,
I recently received an OTA firmware update for my Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 [SM-A510F].
The new firmware version is A510FXXU4CQDJ / A510FOXA4CQDJ / A510FXXU4CQDH.
The new Android version is 7.0.
After the update I started to experience a GPS issue which I try to explain:
it's like at a certain point (can't figure out the trigger cause) my GPS location remains stuck while tracking it.
I noticed this while using a sport tracking app (the workout distance sometimes had been stuck to zero while sometimes had started increasing but suddenly had stopped).
I first thought about a bug of the sport tracking app, but this morning I made a test workout while monitoring the GPS sensor with the GPS Test app.
When the issue occurred in the sport tracking app (the workout distance stopped increasing), I switched back to the GPS Test app to see what was happening: the GNSS Status was still on 3D Fix and there were about 20 satellites in use, but the accuracy was a s****y 32 meters (while it is usually about 4/6 meters).
It took a couple minutes to have the accuracy around 8 meters again. At that point my location in the sport tracking app was updated and the distance started increasing again when moving.
I had never experienced any GPS issue since I bought the phone. I never monitored the GPS sensor but there had never been any issue when tracking my location with the sport tracking app that I use.
I tried to toggle off and then on again the location functionality on the phone, to restart the phone, to clear and update the AGPS but the issue still persists.
Has anyone any idea on how to solve it?
Exact same problem!
Hi, i have the exact same problem!! I can't seem to figure out what is wrong....
Have you found the answer yet???
elbro84 said:
I recently received an OTA firmware update for my Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 [SM-A510F].
The new firmware version is A510FXXU4CQDJ / A510FOXA4CQDJ / A510FXXU4CQDH.
The new Android version is 7.0.
After the update I started to experience a GPS issue which I try to explain:
it's like at a certain point (can't figure out the trigger cause) my GPS location remains stuck while tracking it.
I noticed this while using a sport tracking app (the workout distance sometimes had been stuck to zero while sometimes had started increasing but suddenly had stopped).
I first thought about a bug of the sport tracking app, but this morning I made a test workout while monitoring the GPS sensor with the GPS Test app.
When the issue occurred in the sport tracking app (the workout distance stopped increasing), I switched back to the GPS Test app to see what was happening: the GNSS Status was still on 3D Fix and there were about 20 satellites in use, but the accuracy was a s****y 32 meters (while it is usually about 4/6 meters).
It took a couple minutes to have the accuracy around 8 meters again. At that point my location in the sport tracking app was updated and the distance started increasing again when moving.
I had never experienced any GPS issue since I bought the phone. I never monitored the GPS sensor but there had never been any issue when tracking my location with the sport tracking app that I use.
I tried to toggle off and then on again the location functionality on the phone, to restart the phone, to clear and update the AGPS but the issue still persists.
Has anyone any idea on how to solve it?
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I am also stuck with this issue
Yvon85 said:
Hi, i have the exact same problem!! I can't seem to figure out what is wrong....
Have you found the answer yet???
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Try disabling battery optimizations maybe it's causing the problem
Yvon85 said:
Hi, i have the exact same problem!! I can't seem to figure out what is wrong....
Have you found the answer yet???
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If you have social media apps installed(Facebook, Messenger, Whatsapp, Snapchat, etc...), then your issue could be caused by one or more of these apps overloading the CPU and/or consuming all of your bandwidth(not allowing GPS to send or recieve any data to update exact location).
These social media apps are processor and data hogs. They interfere with other things functioning while they are scanning, sending and receiving information packets. They also dramatically impact how long your battery lasts per charge and they can also cause the device to get hot when using these apps heavily, it's even worse if you're charging the device while using these apps heavily.
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I recently had an intermittent GPS problem which finally got so bad that the device (unrooted Samsung A3 (2016) , Lollipop) was not picking up any satellites and thus not getting a fix. After trying all sorts of things, such as deleting files in the phone memory, installing various GPS fixer apps I came across TopNTP in the playstore, installed and ran it. The GPS immediately started working properly again. Don't be put off by the age of the app or the requirement stated in the playstore that the phone be rooted. Mine wasn't and it still worked. Also the install and automatic reboot option in the app does not work. You have to restart your phone manually, but it still fixes the GPS problem.
Hi guys, i am having issues with GPS navigation apps on Android. As per late, i have had old Samsung Galaxy S+ which couldn't be updated, and every free navigation i tried couldn't find my location, therefore unable to navigate. I thought its an issue with old system. But recently, my old phone died and i bought new one, Lenovo a1000. History repeats: Preinstalled Route66 won't download maps, saying i need to activate Wifi or mobile data, while both are on.
I installed Waze, but it says that no gps signal is available, and i should try outside. I went to my balcony, tried again, to no avail. Google maps works.
Am i missing something here or is this phone (or android 5) such a mess when it comes to GPS ?
Hi guys,
I have a Moto G4 Plus, running stock OS but rooted. I've recently noticed that out of nothing, the Location History feature stopped tracking my locations. Now let's be clear about these things:
1. Location is enabled. Google Maps shows and tracks my location perfectly. GPS Test Plus shows a myriad of satellites. Location IS working.
2. Location History is also enabled.
3. My device, inside Location History, is also enabled, but it says "Location last reported: Sep 29th".
So far I've tried removing and reinstalling Google Maps and erasing the cache partition. Can't think of anything else. I've searched on the net and seems to have affected several people but can't find a solution, and I don't want to do a factory reset.
Anyone here experienced the same?
Thanks!!!