It happened twice so far.
Compass not working on any application, maps included. Only rebooting solves the issue.
Any other has experienced this issue as well?
Compass or GPS?
My GPS had intermittent issues, just after rooting, but has not appeared, lately.
pizza_pablo said:
Compass or GPS?
My GPS had intermittent issues, just after rooting, but has not appeared, lately.
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GPS is fine! Compass stucks sometimes and it forces me to reboot in order to fix it.
jendrassik said:
GPS is fine! Compass stucks sometimes and it forces me to reboot in order to fix it.
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I've not used a compass function. Sorry, I'm no help.
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Guys some of you have a lot of expertise after read a lot here can't found the solution for my gps not locking...The phone is rooted.. And CWM installed.
My android version is 4.1.1 kernel 3.031-215287...Any help is more that welcome.
Most of the issue is related with the GPS when open maps start blinking or navigation...
kazeriannote said:
Guys some of you have a lot of expertise after read a lot here can't found the solution for my gps not locking...The phone is rooted.. And CWM installed.
My android version is 4.1.1 kernel 3.031-215287...Any help is more that welcome.
Most of the issue is related with the GPS when open maps start blinking or navigation...
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Silly question but is the GPS turned on? Mine gets a lock in about 3 - 5 seconds. It also locks in my apt, my old infuse would never lock in my apt.
I'm running cleanrom 3.5, and with gps on I sometimes have to reboot to get a fix, even after using something like gps test to update the agps records. But after a reboot, fixes are nearly instantaneous.
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SGarnett said:
Silly question but is the GPS turned on? Mine gets a lock in about 3 - 5 seconds. It also locks in my apt, my old infuse would never lock in my apt.
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Thanks, gps is on there is a way to reload the files that manage the GPS ? I use couple applications like gps status and gps test but they can't lock the satelites...The gps sign is blinking.
spycedtx said:
I'm running cleanrom 3.5, and with gps on I sometimes have to reboot to get a fix, even after using something like gps test to update the agps records. But after a reboot, fixes are nearly instantaneous.
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I have similar problems on stock, unrooted Bell ROM. Occasionally when I open an app which uses the GPS it won't lock and the GPS icon won't appear on the left of the notification area (flashing or solid). I always leave GPS on all the time. Restarting the phone always solves the problem.
kcaz said:
I have similar problems on stock, unrooted Bell ROM. Occasionally when I open an app which uses the GPS it won't lock and the GPS icon won't appear on the left of the notification area (flashing or solid). I always leave GPS on all the time. Restarting the phone always solves the problem.
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Thanks already remove the battery, turn off the battery and issue continue....
I'm having pretty much the same problem. Most of the time GPS just doesn't work. Weird thing is that it used to be fine. Sometimes a restart will get it working: sometimes it won't and it doesn't stay working for long if it does.
Right now I'm in Raleigh, NC, which is pretty much the center of the state and the weather widget thinks I'm out by the Tennessee border.
I'm used to having to clear that widget's data to make it forget a location and learn a new one if I'm travelling, but now that doesn't work.
Maps doesn't work well because it's using tower data to figure out a very rough location.
I have not tried using one of the GPS fix downloads yet because, quite frankly, the permissions they want pretty much freak me out. Take pictures? Make calls? What's up with that?
Anyone have any experience successfully resolving this problem?
I cant get a GPS lock with google maps unless I reboot my phone, I am on 4.1.2 official ROM ( non rooted ) GPS test shows an accuracy of 10-13feet with several sattelite locks, has anyone experienced the same problem?
Anyone? could this be a hardware defect?
I'm having the same thing. My GPS used to work perfectly until a couple weeks ago, and now I have to reboot otherwise it will not lock.
It says location set by GPS, but it isn't actually set, it's so weird, it's like it gives up looking. Anybody know how to fix this?
ksc6000 said:
I'm having the same thing. My GPS used to work perfectly until a couple weeks ago, and now I have to reboot otherwise it will not lock.
It says location set by GPS, but it isn't actually set, it's so weird, it's like it gives up looking. Anybody know how to fix this?
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yes, it happened also with me, anyboady know how to fix this ?
husneyz said:
yes, it happened also with me, anyboady know how to fix this ?
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I've found this to be Google maps. Mapquest and waze can use the GPS just fine and lock on in seconds.
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GPS is really quick to find a fix, but in Google Maps, I keeps wondering randomly. It's not even snapping to roads.It's just floating around some random spaces of land.
My compass doesn't work either. I've tried calibration using GPS Status.
Anyone else have these issues?
Not rooted, everything stock
I do find the gps problem in mine too. For me it even takes time to get the gps locked (~1 min)
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theperson333 said:
My compass doesn't work either. I've tried calibration using GPS Status.
Anyone else have these issues?
Not rooted, everything stock
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I have problems with compass and accelerometer too. They work randomly and they often don't report the right values!
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cig84 said:
I have problems with compass and accelerometer too. They work randomly and they often don't report the right values!
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After upgrading firmware(sony official), My compass is now even worse. GPS improved. No problems with accelerometer.
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I have problems aswell with my GPS + Compass.
It's really annoying since i'm playing Ingress.
Sony M (singe) C1905 , 15.1.C.2.8
I also have same problem ... my frnd have iphone & samsung phone thera gps working too proper but xperia m taking time to get location if location located after some time then lost gps after some time ... any solve this problem i daily use navigation around 3-4 hours
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4.3 is an improvement. You have to calibrate before every use, but it did work for me. I'm back to 4.1 for the battery life and wanting to root.
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gps locking problem solution
Hi guys am new to xda and i had the same gps problem, It wont lock on any navigation apps. when i googled i found a forum and he said to install gps fix or fix my gps and i did after installing am done.... try another fix gps such apps surely will solve your problem.
I have not found such problems on my stock 4.3 fw, but i once tried RR custom rom with google now launcher and my compas just stop working randomly, i still have no idea what hapen
i Know it is a known Issue but the Workaround Published by FP doesnt work sometimes.
de workaround is:
Some users have experienced crashes with the camera app after the software update to Fairphone OS Caju (v.1.1). This is solved by Clearing the Cache of the app and restart the phone.
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but sometimes you have to shut down the Phone, take out the battery, wait alt least 1min ant start again.
as this Issue may occur again after this qick & Dirty workaround, there should be a real solution by FP!
flashlight app causes camera problem
I had the same problem. In the FP forum I found, that some flashlight apps makes problems. I uninstalled mine flashlight and I never had problems using the camera any more.
Ever since the transition from kk to lp, I've been struck on my GPS never locking on properly. Even tho the rom says it works, it hasn't for me. What have any of my other brothers and sisters with a note 2 done to fix this problem?
People read this and can't seem to respond. Hmmmm
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Same problem here... GPS dead even after going back to 4.4. Did you fix this?
note2usr said:
Same problem here... GPS dead even after going back to 4.4. Did you fix this?
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same thing here, GPS won't lock, I even unrooted and went back to stock and it's still not working for me after installing custom roms.
tenacres said:
same thing here, GPS won't lock, I even unrooted and went back to stock and it's still not working for me after installing custom roms.
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It actually fixed itself for me. I have no idea how this happened but after ca. 2 weeks without GPS it started working.
It's not working reliably, though: I used to be able to get a fix every time i turned on my Note, now sometimes I don't get fix for hours. On other times, the fix happens immediately.
For me, i find a this way helps, not sure why it suddenly become like that :
- reboot phone
- after rebooted, turn off location first
-run "gps test" app with location off
-turn on location and let gps test do is thing to get 3d fix
-once you can get 3d fix on location, exit the apps and you can start using Google map, Waze or any by other gps apps
-as long as you dun turn off location after this, the GPS lock should work
-repeat step 1 if gps lock is not working again
Hope this helps, it's not a permanent fix... hope someone can come up with a permanent one.