Help,
I did the new firmware update, rooted the phone, and install Gingerblur on it v1.1. Now the GPS no longer lock on to the satellites with the stock Navigation program. Is anyone else getting this issue after the upgrade or GingerBlur installed?
Peter
i had a similar issue which i solved by uninstalling the google maps update. it works great with the older version of maps, but takes much longer to get an accurate lock with the newest version of maps.
i opened the market and looked at my apps and when i select maps it gives me the option to uninstall the update
I am having a similar problem on my non-rooted unlocked AT&T Atrix. Sometimes when I open maps, the GPS icon blinks, then it goes away completely and I get the "can't find your current location" message. I also saw this happen when using navigation. In the middle of navigating, the GPS icon goes away and the app says "gps signal lost". I think there is some kind of bug in maps/gps that is making the GPS turn off.
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Hey guys, I don;t really use GPS on my Galaxy Player 4'', but I have notices that it will all the sudden display the GPS icon in the notification area even when it is off. I have disabled GPS and the "Use wireless networks" option, but the icon will appear at least once a day and won't disappear until I reboot the device. It just keeps blinking over and over until I reboot the device.
I have noticed it drains my battery way to quick when that icon appears (uses about 10% when the deviced is locked), which is crazy because it uses about (2%) battery power when it is locked during the night and the player does not shows that GPS icon in the notification area. I have killed pretty much every single application I have been able to kill to find out what app is trying to use GPS, but the icon won't go away no matter what process I kill. I use juicedefender and it has really improve my battery life, but when that icon appears, my device still will waste about 10% battery power even when it is locked with no apps running. Cannot explained why this is happening.
Has any of you had this problem?
Thank you
Try reseting to factory default, my batttery life on galaxy 4.0 is incredible.
I've had the same problem on my 5.0. I figured out it was an app that was constantly trying to get a gps signal. Simply going into the app and the exiting out seems to solve it however. It still happens but going into the app and exiting out helps. I would try to figure out which app is constantly trying to connect and if you don't use it very frequently uninstall it.
Dampfire said:
I've had the same problem on my 5.0. I figured out it was an app that was constantly trying to get a gps signal. Simply going into the app and the exiting out seems to solve it however. It still happens but going into the app and exiting out helps. I would try to figure out which app is constantly trying to connect and if you don't use it very frequently uninstall it.
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Difficult to pinpoint this app.
Do anybody know any way to log what app is using (or trying to use) GPS?
I noticed this happening today. I have my notification bar hidden, so not sure how often this happens. I could make it go away by turning on GPS and GPS Test, then back off. I checked for apps that might be trying to find a location in running services, killed a couple "maybes", but the icon kept blinking. Only app I installed today was Simple Calendar Widget, but didn't see anything in it's options that would be pinging location...
I have Power Tudor that shows how much juice apps are using while you monitor them, the only app there that looked like it could be was something like "system_1025" or something like that.... nothing I could find to stop it.
Dampfire said:
I've had the same problem on my 5.0. I figured out it was an app that was constantly trying to get a gps signal. Simply going into the app and the exiting out seems to solve it however. It still happens but going into the app and exiting out helps. I would try to figure out which app is constantly trying to connect and if you don't use it very frequently uninstall it.
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tcat007 said:
I noticed this happening today. I have my notification bar hidden, so not sure how often this happens. I could make it go away by turning on GPS and GPS Test, then back off. I checked for apps that might be trying to find a location in running services, killed a couple "maybes", but the icon kept blinking. Only app I installed today was Simple Calendar Widget, but didn't see anything in it's options that would be pinging location...
I have Power Tudor that shows how much juice apps are using while you monitor them, the only app there that looked like it could be was something like "system_1025" or something like that.... nothing I could find to stop it.
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Also use Simple Calendar Widget, but I don't think it's the reason.
Did you use Samsung Dive recently? I did, in order to test the ring, lock and location service provided from within Dive. The service running on device tries to establish a GPS connection even if GPS is disabled. I didn't make a location trace, only a simple location test.
After reboot GPS icon do not show up any more ...
Looks like Google Latitude might be the culprit. Try opening it and signing out of that service. Also go into "Settings" --> "Location and security" and uncheck "Use Sensor Aiding". Once I turned those off the GPS Notification went away.
What does sensor aiding do anyway? Sure doesn't help the Compass!
I had the same issue with my HTC ONE M8 I did the same process as you. Went into my settings found my battery usage and saw what was draining my battery. It was groupon. So I force stopped the app and the GPS notification went away.
I have upgraded my WIFI 16GB Flyer to HC using this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358758
Now I have:
HBOOT 6.11.1111
RADIO 3822.10.08.07_M
I was nable to get GPS working on official ROM 3.55.1114.31, so I decided to try
flashing LeeDroid 4.3 and after that Cool3D Honey v4. Also with no result
I have tried using FasterFix app and next AGPS patch from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287941 (google no ssl version)
I've installed GPS Test app, go outside and have it on for 1 hour. Always 0 satelites in view, and all timers and clocks in this app also shows 00:00:00, only compass (heading) works.
What should I do to get my GPS back working? Radio version is bad, or what?
Typical HC behavior, I can only get my GPS to work in GB...it works some but drops all the time in HC...
its actually not typical behavior for it not to lock at all, I've tried just about every HC ROM and they all work with gPS, but it will lose lock and cycle at times. So it works fine for me for typical use like weather, Google Map etc. Won't work reliably for navigation since it loses lock at random times. So you see statements from people saying GPS doesn't work in HC. That's incorrect, it works, but it won't work in a continuous mode.
Try this, make sure you are connected to wifi. Download and install GPS status app from the market.
turn on GPS (hardware) and make sure you tick all the Google location options on in the settings.
Open the google map app and hits the my location button. wait and see if the locations set by GPS message shows, (about 15 seconds)
if it shows or now, after about 20 seconds open up the GPS status app and see if you have any satellites. If not, open the app menu / tools then hit the reset AGPS option, then the download AGPS.
Now watch the screen for satellite, within a couple of minutes it should lock.
During all this, make sure you keep the screen active. don't let the device go to screen off , sleep.
Nothing that you do will make the GPS keep a lock on a flyer running anything HC. I tried it all, absolutely nothing works. Patches, builds, etc..
You have to go back to GB if you want gps to work.
I had my flyer installed in my cars dash and needed HC as it worked alot better than GB in that setting.
For whatever reason my View that I bought for normal home use Keeps GPS lock and has zero gps issues running stock HC. So I was forced to swap the flyer and view. Hasn't dropped gps lock once using navigation when driving.
Hi
I think I am having issues with the GPS, I am not quite sure. The problem is that when I open apps like "gps status" or "gps test" the phone does not show any satellites and it doesn't lock on any. But when I try google maps to see my position it shows exactly without any error and locks within 2-3 seconds. It just looks like this (see picture below) with 8 meter wrong. Is this an issue that I should worry about? Any suggestions?
thanks
Hello all!
Since yesterday, when I updated the firmware of my phone, the GPS icon has been shown constantly in the notification bar. It did not use to happen before. I am afraid it might be draining more battery than needed but I don't want to turn off GPS completely as I wanted it to be "ready to use" whenever I need to use, for example, Google Maps.
Is there something I can do? How can I control which app's might be using GPS connection in every moment?
Thank you!
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Every once in a while I see the GPS icon light up for a couple of seconds without apparent reason. I have no auto geo locating widget or so running, which might be an obvious guess.
Edit: just noticed I had weather information enabled on the lock screen so that may be the cause.
This is my wife's phone. L769, T-Mobile. Unrooted, totally stock and updated.
When she opens Google Maps it works okay. Then she tries to get directions with the GPS on, the phone resets. Every time.
What should be our course of action here?
This issue appears on other maps app?