Hello all,
I have the S5 Mini Duos (SM-G800H) with Android 4.4.2, rooted, everything works nice, good battery life, except the following:
Location does not work indoor and some times in the car. GPS can lock on satellites when in open sky but sometimes in the car the signal is lost. For that times the phone should take it's general location from WiFi and mobile networks, which it does not because when I set the Location mode to "power saving", disabling the GPS sensor, the phone never shows an estimate location (a large blue circle in Google Maps), in fact Google Maps gets a very poor location overall, even when outside and GPS on, the location is not precise, the direction of my movement is not pointing, I only use Waze and it works but it works so much better on an iPhone, in car or inside when I try to check-in or search or Google Maps, I can't do anything inside with the S5 Mini.
Since I am trying to get a location from WiFi and mobile networks I guess it is not a problem of GPS sensor. What can I do to have a location (general location not accurate) inside using networks? Should an update to 5.1.1 can cure this? Can I try something before the update which can be tricky to do as there is no official release yet?
LE: Baseband version: G800HXXU1ANGF / Build number: KOT49H.G800HXXU1ANH2
Thank you!
In my case after updating to lollipop (stock) everything worked fine
Try to update might work as well
Hi all, I have installed 5.1.1, TWRP and rooted using the checklist here and yes it now takes the location from wifi&mobile network.
Still no improved location on GPS (in the car with Waze still do not show the triangle moving as it should do with a good 3D location set).
5.1.1 is a good experience overall, much improved notifications, speed is also good, battery life good with some tweaks and killing some samsung and google apps.
But, this morning my phone (not touched) said it is not rooted anymore (when trying to check wakelocks), and when I tried to restart it started to boot loop. Had to do all the installations again. Hope will not happen again.
Hi all,
After a few days ago I have reinstalled again 5.1.1 and rooted it, today in the middle of the day when trying to launch Titanium Backup, the root was gone again. Now it is loop rebooting What is wrong? The 5.1.1 build, the TWRP or the SuperSU?
Hi all,
I hope you can help me with the following issue.
I purchased a Wandefoo Android 8 head unit on AliExpress for my Opel Astra H. Great unit, I love it. It has only one big issue;
Every now and again (one or two times per week) the Bluetooth and wifi connectivity appear to crash/go offline. When that happens you cannot connect blue tooth devices, it doesn't connect to any familiar devices or connect to wifi. The buttons are there but they appear to be irresponsive. Wifi is in off status unable to set it to on. Bluetooth opens the bluetooth menu but it doesn't do anything. It remains this way until one or a combination of the steps below are taken:
Only solutions are (a mix) of these step:
- Reboot the device by holding power button (Most of the time do that twice).
- If that doesn't solve it; reset the wifi/bluetooth settings in the systems menu.
- If that doesn't solve it; go the the recovery menu and delete the cache.
Then it will run for a couple of rides.
It never happens when it is working and you are driving. It changes after shutting down the car and thus the radio. I also tried to change the quick wake to a regular reboot everytime, but that doesn't prevent the issue from occurring.
I hope any of you can help me with this, or by fixing the issues or applying the proper updates/patches to this device. I have seen a tremendous amount of devices here and I don't know what fits my device. These are my specs:
Opel Astra H diesel 1.3 2007
Wandefoo Android 8 32gb headunit.
Model:
PX5(1024x600)
Android version:
8.0.0
Security patch level:
5 oktober 2017
Kernel version:
4.4.93+
[email protected] #326
Thu Jul 5 22:23:52 CST 2018
Buildnumber:
px5-userdebug 8.0.0 OPR5.170623.007 eng.hct.20180706.161540 test-keys
MCU version:
MTCE_XRC_V2.89_2
Jul 6 2018 16:55:36
CPU:
8 core 64-bit CPU Coretex-A53 @ 1.5G
Memory:
3891 MB
Hope this is enough information for now. Thanks in advance!
Ben
For those that might stumble on to this;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...ifi-bluetooth-waking-t3852206/page6?nocache=1
Might have some solutions for you. I'm still in the middle of checking and testing and can't confirm yet.
It basically says two things;
1. Resetting the internal USB (hub) module through root and a script might solve some issues.
2. As it appears some new chips have been released solving these issues.
Hope it helps anyone.
Cheers Ben
Hi I just update my P20 Pro to EMUI 9.0.0.178 and my GPS stops working, everytime I use Google Map it says "searching for GPS" and leaves me a grey dot. It's becoming a headache since I heavily rely on it for driving. Does anyone have the same problem with their phone? I tried restarting it, toggling location, reloading the app, still the same problem.
please help.
i have same problem
Mines was jumping all over the place today. Is there a way to calibrate the compass?
I try to restart the phone everytime this problem shows up, and it seems to solve the problem. But it's annoying knowing I have to restart it everytime to make it work...
My wife and I have the same problem since the update. It looks like the GPS lag to update the position. Rebooting seems to solve the problem temporarily... But I don't want to have to reboot every other day.
Same problem here. Has anyone gotten a solution or has it started working again by itself?
Has anyone tried refreshing the a-gps data? Might help, I use gps test plus.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest
Same issue here. Rebooting brings things back but that's not a solution. I'm on 9.0.0.178 with the CLT-L04 in Toronto.
going to check this soon.
No problem with GPS on my Pro.
9.0.0.163
OTG Update with full wipe
I have the same issue but only with google maps. Waze and other GPS functions work fine. I usually reboot and it works for a few hours.
Huawei acknowledged a problem
It's my first time posting here, as it's the first major problem I've had with my P20 Pro over the past year. I started experiencing GPS problems after the last software update. Like others reported, they'd go away after reboot but not for long. I tried a factory reset, which doesn't seem to have helped either.
I contacted Huawei support in Canada via their website. I got a response today which first suggested I try wiping the cache partition (restart my phone, hold down the volume-up button, then you get to an EMUI maintenance screen with this option - this also didn't help any more than restarting). But it also acknowledged that there is a known issue that they are working on fixing in the next update. I quote:
" In case the issue persists, we would like to inform you that this is related to the new software update, however, Huawei is currently working to solve it. This issue will be optimized in the new version, this one is expected to be released in March. You will automatically receive this update that will solve this issue your phone is facing."
I thought you all might like to know this. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
I just updated to the 9.0.0.236 version available through FirmwareFinder and rooted as well. GPS is working normally again!
Greatings Bastian
There's an issue with the latest pie ( android 9.0) and the P20 Pro that bugs the gps out, you have to restart your phone every times you want to use your gps. There should be a patch around March 21st 2019. In the meantime if you want, you can always factory reset, which would solve the issue, and wait before reinstalling the latest firware
Any news about that issue ? I have the model CLT-L29 C636E2R1P12 with Android 9.0.0.234 and it's not working the gps....
I have the 213 update for my L04 and it now works great! If you have the Canadian model, check for the update! It didn't work with the 178, now it does!
Im also experiencing gps problem CLT-L29(C636) 9.0.0.234
i thought that i had the same issue but finally i found out that the problem was the new phone-case i put which has metal parts and blocks the gps signal. After remove the case gps works as it should.
Mine doing same. Always searching for gps. How did u fix it?
Same here. At first I thought it's EMUI, but the GPS was still broken after flashing lineage... Any chance that the gps will work again if I roll back to EMUI 8.1?
Hi, i just bought a p30 pro on ebay and im having issues with GPS on the 10.x firmwares. The only way I get a lock is to be outside or near a window, anywhere else I can't connect. The funny thing is if i downgrade to 9.1 it works fine,i get immediate lock
This is happening in Google maps, pokemon go, weather. They're the location apps i tried.
I've tried many things:
1. hard reset
2. settings reset
3. cleared storage and cache
4. Turn off battery optimisation
5. Ensured all apps have the permissions for location
In the end the only thing that's working is downgrading to 9.1. My hunch is in 10.x the GPS chip is working but the WiFi location scanning or something is not. Not sure if relevant but in Google maps, i get the blue location dot (and reticule) on 9.1, but on 10.x when I do eventually get a lock when outside, it is a grey dot
Has anyone else had this problem?
After changing the broken LCD screen (fell down on asphalte while riding bike), my GPS doesn't work. I also tried to flash official factory firmware (thus data erased, I know that), everything works except GPS. Phone can detect many satellites, but can not fix. Tried many fix apps from GooglePlay without success. Maybe I have a hardware problem:
a) broken GPS chip ? I don't think so because satellites are detected when I switch on the GPS function
b) broken GPS antenna ? Where is this antenna.
Any help? Thank you in advanced.