Looking for some answers on the GPS. Mine constantly loses signal. Google Maps and Waze would often veer off course by about 20 yards. I also noticed that in Waze, the speedometer is delayed by at least 2 seconds.
It drives me nuts when I come to a stop on my phone but the GPS shows I'm still going at 15mph and it goes through the intersection, causing Waze/Maps to spin around and re-routing me.
I've tried various GPS fix apps in the play store to no avail.
This happens in the city and rural area for me. Anyone else experiencing this problem with the GPS?
Created an account just to reply to this.... i'm experiencing the exact same issue. I've had the phone for about 3 months and the GPS issue that you described juts started happening in the past week or so. I'm wondering if it was a software update or if something happened to the hardware...
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I've been using my at&t tilt with tomtom flawlessly since I purchased it earlier this year. A few weeks back while visiting the cemetary (paying respect to some past relatives), I tried using tomtom to help plot down where some of the graves were located.
After waiting a few minutes for the gps to acquire a signal, it eventually got 1 bar, but showed my location about 220+ km(~150 miles) off! It would also show my travelling speed to be incredibly fast (like the speed of a plane), but would eventually slow down to drving speed and it would show me driving along a road... I never watched it long enough to see where exactly it was going (or where it was going to end!?)
Keep in mind this is in a cemetary, no where near any obstructing trees or buildings, nothing but blue sky. I tried turning the radio off (airplane mode) and back on a few times, reloading tomtom etc, but everytime it would show the same thing, starting back somewhere flying really fast...
So geez, I thought that was kinda eerie.. so later that day (and away from the cemetary) I tried it again and it seemed to work OK. But lately I've noticed this intermittent behaviour again, and the only resolution I've found was to simply do a soft-reset and everything would appear to work ok. Has anyone else had this similar issue?
Is it simply:
a) a gimped up qualcomm chipset, or
b) a bug in the OS/driver/stack, or
c) or is my phone posessed???!
I got my original Note 4 last Sunday. Since I use GPS navigation quite often, it is always one of the first things I check out when getting a new device. I found that it didn't hold a lock for long, it takes a long time to get a lock again, and when it does lock it's not accurate at all. I got an exchange today, and the same exact thing is happening with my new unit. A friend told me this would be the best place to come for help. She mentioned that rooting and custom romming might be the fix. I haven't rooted since my MyTouch 4G, and I've never used a rom. Can I get some help with that?
Also, I've tried waze instead of Google maps and that didn't help. And yes, high accuracy is turned on.
Thanks in advance!
Bump - any advice? On a different forum, someone mentioned downloading a GPS fix app from the Play Store. I did that, and I'll check it out on the way home from work. But ultimately I'd like a device with strong GPS natively. I'll try to exchange it one more time. I find it really weird that I'm the only one that seems to be having these problems!
pantlesspenguin said:
I got my original Note 4 last Sunday. Since I use GPS navigation quite often, it is always one of the first things I check out when getting a new device. I found that it didn't hold a lock for long, it takes a long time to get a lock again, and when it does lock it's not accurate at all. I got an exchange today, and the same exact thing is happening with my new unit. A friend told me this would be the best place to come for help. She mentioned that rooting and custom romming might be the fix. I haven't rooted since my MyTouch 4G, and I've never used a rom. Can I get some help with that?
Also, I've tried waze instead of Google maps and that didn't help. And yes, high accuracy is turned on.
Thanks in advance!
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Yes, on both devices.
Are you the same penguin from the a/c forums?
Sorry to hear you're still having gps issues with your replacement phone. Silly question, but is high accuracy mode selected in the location settings? Is wifi enabled?
Have you tried installing GPS Status? How many satellites can you lock onto?
DruHill said:
Are you the same penguin from the a/c forums?
Sorry to hear you're still having gps issues with your replacement phone. Silly question, but is high accuracy mode selected in the location settings? Is wifi enabled?
Have you tried installing GPS Status? How many satellites can you lock onto?
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Yep, I'm the very same penguin . High accuracy mode is indeed enabled. I haven't tried it with wifi enabled, I usually disable it when I leave home to conserve battery life. I'll try keeping it enabled on my commute home tonight. I've installed GPS status and it locks on to like 13ish out of 20ish satellites (it fluctuates a bit) when I'm stationary so that's not a problem. I haven't tried seeing how many lock on when I'm driving since I don't want to fiddle with my phone that much when I'm on the road. I'm still trying to get one more replacement before my 14 days are up, but the day is approaching quickly, and none of the 7 or 8 stores in my immediate area ever have any in stock! I call every other day and I'm sure I'm driving the reps crazy lol.
I've had this same issue with my first Note 4 on TMo but replaced it last week and havent had any issues besides very occasionally having a slight hang after making a turn and the GPS not registering it for a few hundred feet.
On my first note 4 it would CONSTANTLY lose GPS signal and be wildly inaccurate (not recognizing my turns or the proper facing direction) but hopefully *knock on wood* its been fixed with my new phone. I know you've already exchanged it but...
If you find a fix, please post it here just in case
I had the same problem with the GPS, it was working only on wifi but not with the phone data. But after a full flash it is working fine again. Also, it was very laggy since the first day.
I had a thread around here for similar GPS issue.
I actually got a PM from someone called SamsungSupport.
Anyway I think this is a compass calibration issue.
I installed the GPS Status app and recalibrated the compass.
The next time I used it (yesterday), I didn't have any issues.
I don't know if it has resolved the problem and I'll keep monitoring it whenever I use GPS.
I got my second replacement yesterday, and it's even worse than my initial replacement!! It's as bad as my first device.
I chatted t-mo customer care today and they were of no help. They kept advising me to do the same troubleshooting issues I've already done. Then, I chatted Samsung care and the rep was A LOT more helpful than the previous Samsung rep I spoke with. Samsung has a remote app that you can download from the Play Store, and the Samsung rep can remote into your device and see what you're seeing. We couldn't do much at the time since I'm at work, but I'm set to chat them back right before I leave work. They're going to remote in with me and actually see the issue that I'm having while driving. HOPEFULLY a fix will come out of all this!!
Bump. I'm on my FOURTH replacement now, same issues. What is going on?? So far, I've:
Recalibrated the compass
Tightened the screws underneath the battery door (they seemed pretty tight anyway)
Samsung support reps haven't been able to work with me using the Smart Tutor (remote into my phone to see/manipulate what's on my screen) app. They always disconnect the session before I get on the road, or maybe the session just drops.
Factory resets
Clearing the cache
I got my firmware reflashed at a Samsung kiosk at Best Buy
Make sure high accuracy mode is enabled (these days I never take it off since I'm always fiddling with my GPS)
Tried a number of gps fix apps in the play store
They want me to send in the phone for repair, but I have this nagging feeling that they're going to turn it on, see that gps can indeed get a lock, and send it back. Plus, there's no guarantee that T-Mobile will have a smartphone loaner phone, since they say that those phones keep disappearing because there's only a $50 deposit, so people just take the phones (this is why we can't have nice things). Since no one else is reporting these issues, it's doubtful that Samsung is working on a software fix for it. I'm really REALLY enjoying this phone otherwise, but I NEED gps to work!!
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I just upgraded from the Note 3 to the Note 4 two days ago and I have the same issue. It took me a few hours but I figured what they have done. They have program the Note 4 for totally hands free driving and if you want to use a GPS program it will be the one they have. You have to activate CAR MODE and you will see and hear your Waze in the background come on line and start to work correctly. Then if you close their program quickly, you will see Waze running correctly for about 5 seconds and the go back to acting up without GPS signal. The GPS signal with high accuracy is tied to the CAR MODE.
TMOBILE will never offer a smartphone loaner as per policy. GPS works fine not sure what ur doing
BAD ASS NOTE 4 + BAD ASS GEAR S
Hello I'm having a problem with my GPS signal. I followed this guide to fix it but still have the problem: http://androidforums.com/threads/gps...-guide.761247/
I have NO PROBLEM getting my accurate location within 1-5 seconds when sharing location on whatsapp/telegram or other apps. Even opening Google Maps or Waze, they also detect my location very very fast. I'm taking less than 5 seconds and it's very accurate.
The problem comes when I try to NAVIGATE with Waze or Google Maps. This is when I'm outdoors in my car of course. My phone doesn't get a GPS signal. It takes a very very long time, sometimes 10 minutes to get a lock on. The funny thing is that when I followed this guide and I put the airplane mode on, the apps got a lockon on the GPS, but as soon as the airplane mode was off they lost GPS signal and had a problem locking on.
I have the GPS TOOL app installed and outside I get a lockon of about 10-15 satellites of 22 but it doesn't happen instantly. It takes from 10 to 60 seconds to get a lockon. But that is not even the problem. I could live with that, but the real issue is that the signal comes and goes. So sometimes the apps have a lockon for 1 minute and then they lose it for 3 minutes and again and again.
When I'm indoors it takes about 30 minutes to get a lockon on but I get from 1 to up to 6 satellites even though my apartment is the one on the top. There are no other apartments above it so I should have a bit more of a chance to get a signal. But it barely connects and sometimes never. The issue is the same. It may connect sometimes but it loses signal. 1 minute it remains connected and them loses it for 5 minutes and so on.
I attached some screenshots of how waze never has a GPS connection (unless I turn airplane mode on. I'll test this later on the road trying to get some place and I'll update if this really makes the GPS lockon but it's not ideal to have to use airplane mode to get a lock on GPS but not have internet for anyethign else). I have also attached the specifications of my phone. I hope you can help me out. It's a samsung galaxy s5 mini. And mainly I want to know if this could be because of the KITKAT firmware because I have read that many phones have GPS problems now, or if this could actually be a problem with my phone. I hope not becuase it's a new phone. I have one month with it and I'm in Mexico.
I have the exact same problem with my Samsung galaxy S5 Mini - Found this thread while looking for suggestions. So you're not alone!
My workaround is kind of annoying. I run Waze and the GPS Tool from the Play store at the same time. When Waze loses GPS, I switch back to the GPS Tool and wait for it to re-establish 3D Fix. Then switch back to Waze and it's stable for a few minutes. Then back and forth...
I have similar issues with Sygic, samsung support was not very helpful. But it seems that it is a hardware issue with S5 mini
Check out also this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5-mini/help/gps-issue-t2871145
So I've had my G4 for a couple months now, and I've noticed the GPS is literally almost worthless. My location is set to on and high accuracy. My usual routine is to look up the route before I leave my driveway like any normal person. The GPS locks on after a while, and when I start driving is the problem. It either won't update to my moving position (I live in Pittsburgh and T-Mobile's coverage is pretty good) and will frequently freeze. Or it will randomly start locking onto random locations around my area but not on my car. This is incredibly frustrating obviously because I absolutely need my GPS to work. Does this sound like a hardware problem and how do I prove it to T-Mobile to get a replacement device?
With a clear sky, my GPS is amazing. But with heavy cloud cover I cannot get a decent lock.
Seems the AGPS (tower based location) is worse on this than any device before. Even with Wi-Fi on.
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Came here to post the same thing.
For some reason, over the last few weeks, my gps started going bonkers for no reason. It will work just fine for 20 min and then all of a sudden it will keep thinking that I am 70 feet west of where I really am. So if I'm driving south on the highway, it thinks I'm driving parallel to the highway but 70 feet to the right of the highway. So whenever there is another road nearby, Google Maps thinks I'm on that road and tries to reroute me to get back on the highway. If there is no other road nearby, Maps will correct my location to the highway. It is really frustrating because it becomes useless with intersecting roads and constant erroneous rerouting. The arrow keep jumping back and forth and the app is giving me false rerouting instructions non-stop. Not to mention the map keeps rotating around because it gets confused about which direction I'm headed. Super confusing.
Once I reboot the phone, everything goes back to normal and the gps is once again super accurate (until it happens again).
This issue happens every other day or so.
I did update to 10N as well as rooting and putting TWRP on it a months ago (around the same time these issues started). Not sure if the bug was introduced with 10N or if it's related to the root and TWRP (doubt it).
I started really hating this phone as I keep getting lost while driving.
majp89 said:
So I've had my G4 for a couple months now, and I've noticed the GPS is literally almost worthless. My location is set to on and high accuracy. My usual routine is to look up the route before I leave my driveway like any normal person. The GPS locks on after a while, and when I start driving is the problem. It either won't update to my moving position (I live in Pittsburgh and T-Mobile's coverage is pretty good) and will frequently freeze. Or it will randomly start locking onto random locations around my area but not on my car. This is incredibly frustrating obviously because I absolutely need my GPS to work. Does this sound like a hardware problem and how do I prove it to T-Mobile to get a replacement device?
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Is this the same type of GPS issue on Samsung flagships? Those require opening up the phone and lifting up the GPS leaf pins.
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aptalca said:
Came here to post the same thing.
For some reason, over the last few weeks, my gps started going bonkers for no reason. It will work just fine for 20 min and then all of a sudden it will keep thinking that I am 70 feet west of where I really am. So if I'm driving south on the highway, it thinks I'm driving parallel to the highway but 70 feet to the right of the highway. So whenever there is another road nearby, Google Maps thinks I'm on that road and tries to reroute me to get back on the highway. If there is no other road nearby, Maps will correct my location to the highway. It is really frustrating because it becomes useless with intersecting roads and constant erroneous rerouting. The arrow keep jumping back and forth and the app is giving me false rerouting instructions non-stop. Not to mention the map keeps rotating around because it gets confused about which direction I'm headed. Super confusing.
Once I reboot the phone, everything goes back to normal and the gps is once again super accurate (until it happens again).
This issue happens every other day or so.
I did update to 10N as well as rooting and putting TWRP on it a months ago (around the same time these issues started). Not sure if the bug was introduced with 10N or if it's related to the root and TWRP (doubt it).
I started really hating this phone as I keep getting lost while driving.
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Have you tried using Device Only mode? I noticed that once I did that accuracy went to 100% while driving.
I think it's a software issue that shows up when the phone is not using the GPS and instead relying on WiFi and Cell for location.
Joe USer said:
Have you tried using Device Only mode? I noticed that once I did that accuracy went to 100% while driving.
I think it's a software issue that shows up when the phone is not using the GPS and instead relying on WiFi and Cell for location.
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You know, you might be onto something about the assisted gps part (cell and wifi)
Shortly after I posted the message, I started using this app called GPS Status & Toolbox. It has a feature of clearing and updating the assistance data (A-GPS) which it can automatically do once a day. Since I started using it, I haven't had the issue.
It's possible that there is a software glitch regarding cell and wifi assist
Los Angeles got hit by El Nino pretty hard with thick clouds for about a week but didn't have any issues with my navigation. I use TomTom go, Google map, waze, and MS Here depends on my mood but all were accurate. I haven't done anything to my phone except turning off WiFi assistance for GPS, you think that has anything to do with it? I think it was called WiFi scanning under advanced WiFi setting.
I find the LG G4 gps to be one of the best among the phones I have used. I have had Note3, Note4 before... those had horrendous gps performance issue.
I have noticed over the past 2 or 3 days that the GPS is seeming to get stuck. When I turn on Pokemon, or Google Maps my location is stuck to the last place I had opened one of those apps. If I turn off GPS or restart the phone everything is back to normal. Is anyone else experiencing this? Should I bring the phone in to the store?
Noticed yesterday while driving, phone would lose GPS in almost open area never had this on S7 edge. Should I be worry?
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It's not just this phone. GPS has been acting as if something is blocking it of late... Pole Shift? UFO's? Government interference?