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[GUIDE] How to fix GPS issues on CM6

many of us have had issues with the GPS being stuck on "waiting for location."
if flashing the CM6 final didn't fix it for you, I have a solution that worked for me. your mileage may vary.
1. download netarchy's rooted stock froyo rom
link: http://massmirror.com/7f191510efa40b999eec50b09e9dd116.html
2. put it on your sd card
3. wipe data, cache, dalvik-cache (2x if you'd like)
4. flash netarchy's rom
5. wipe data, cache, dalvik-cache before rebooting (2x if you'd like)
6. boot up the rom and enable gps location, but disable wifi location
7. go into maps and make sure it works
8. wipe data, cache, dalvik-cache (2x if you'd like)
9. flash CM6 final
10. wipe data, cache, dalvik-cache (2x if you'd like)
that should fix it. I'm not sure how many of those wipes are unnecessary, but you can figure that out. =D

What was the gps problem for you exactly? I don't seem to be noticing any issues on cm6 w/o doing this, but maybe I just don't understand what the problem actually is.

My GPS works within 5 seconds on locating me.. I have to say I never updated my radio or winmax at all when I downgraded and rooted my phone. I saw people having problems so I checked. Everything is working. Good luck on your problem.
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I was having trouble with my gps and tried the above, it now sort of works. I came from baked snack 1.5 and couldnt get a lock.
did a nandroid then went back to baked enabled gps disabled wireless location and flashed back to cm6. it took a few minutes to get a lock and subsequent locks have been better though gps still is alot slower to lock and doesnt track me as well as it did with baked snack...
I also cannot get wireless network location service to work at all in CM6, if my gps is off it has no idea where I am and just times out.
any ideas?

i just fixed my gps. I used a method which of course i can't find the link now. the steps were,
1. call sprint and got MSL
2. reboot into recovery
3. nandroid backup data
4. wipe, dalvik, cache, data
5. load rooted stock sense rom
6. use phone dial pad and dial ##GPSCLRX#
7. enter MSL code, the phone will then reboot
8. test GPS lock, go to navigation gps lock should be instant when you enter a destination.
9. reboot back into recovery, wipe data, cache, dalvik.
10. recover nandroid backup
hope this helps.

twerk said:
i just fixed my gps. I used a method which of course i can't find the link now. the steps were,
1. call sprint and got MSL
2. reboot into recovery
3. nandroid backup data
4. wipe, dalvik, cache, data
5. load rooted stock sense rom
6. use phone dial pad and dial ##GPSCLRX#
7. enter MSL code, the phone will then reboot
8. test GPS lock, go to navigation gps lock should be instant when you enter a destination.
9. reboot back into recovery, wipe data, cache, dalvik.
10. recover nandroid backup
hope this helps.
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Yep, I wrote the OP here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772254
good luck and the GPSCLRX approach worked for me and the approach in this thread unfortunately didn't. What I found interesting that maps will not even attempt to find your location if you disable Wireless location.

[Q] Package File is Invalid

Hi, a couple of days ago I started getting this error when installing apps. At the beginning it was only a couple of apps that didn't work but it got worse and now no apps work at all. I've done EVERYTHING to fix this, the only thing that works is using a VPN to change my location, that is it.
What I've done:
-Cleared google play store data
-Removed google account and re-entered it
-Factory reset including system then re-installed the ROM
-Switched between 4 different ROMs
-Tried all kernels too
1.Stock 4.3 google edition
2.Battery King v.5 TW ROM Android 4.2.2
3. CM 10.2 Android 4.3
4. JSS15J Pure AOSP ROM Android 4.3
I live in Canada and when i change my location and IP Adress with Hideninja VPN I can install any apps. The only problem is now I can't even get that app and when i could my download speed was Extremely slow.
Anyone in Canada or anywhere else got this problem randomly a couple days ago?

[Q] SPH-L900/Sprint USA - OMNI was working fine, now no mobile network services

Started with OMNI shown on galaxynote2root.com. Was working nearly flawlessly until today when I lost my mobile network (all services: phone, text, data - antenna was essentially gone). Not clear on exactly what I did when it occurred but I did flash 1/13/14 nightly manually via CWM (have done this with the previous nightly's without any problems). Tried wiping cache/data, Dalvik w/o luck. Tried formatting my internal SD also w/o luck. Doing a fresh install (as opposed to restore) did restore all mobile network services but of course I am now having to re-setup my phone. After installing fresh install, tried restoring w/o any wipe - again no luck.
Quite frustrating. I had read something out there that talked about remapping the tree (not sure what this means). In any case, is there a fix for this so I can restore my prior backups with mobile services working and also avoid this the future?

So here we go again; no service after wipe. Grrrrrrrr!!
hammerchucker said:
Started with OMNI shown on galaxynote2root.com. Was working nearly flawlessly until today when I lost my mobile network (all services: phone, text, data - antenna was essentially gone). Not clear on exactly what I did when it occurred but I did flash 1/13/14 nightly manually via CWM (have done this with the previous nightly's without any problems). Tried wiping cache/data, Dalvik w/o luck. Tried formatting my internal SD also w/o luck. Doing a fresh install (as opposed to restore) did restore all mobile network services but of course I am now having to re-setup my phone. After installing fresh install, tried restoring w/o any wipe - again no luck.
Quite frustrating. I had read something out there that talked about remapping the tree (not sure what this means). In any case, is there a fix for this so I can restore my prior backups with mobile services working and also avoid this the future?
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So here we go again. Went to load the stock Sprint TouchWiz ROM. Wiped cache partition, wiped Dalvik, and did stand wipe cache/data. Had some issue with the stock ROM flashing so I went ahead and loaded my backup I just made of my newly setup OMNI ROM. And once again no network service what so ever. I really enjoy this ROM but it's thinks like this that push me back to the most supported ROM for my phone, the TouchWiz ROM. It's like I'm being held hostage to this Omni ROM in the sense that it appears that should I want do any wipe of any sorts or anything to that effect I'm essentially screwed and might as well just flash the the original ROM all over again.
There's got to be one of you Dev's out there that knows why this is happened and can let me know if there is a fix for this that will allow me to keep my setup as is. Someone who's knows, please response. If you need more info, please ask. I'm about to ditch this ROM over this issue. Otherwise, nearly flawless use of the ROM until this point.

Okay, so I was able to find a fix for this problem. After the complete wipe as described in my second post, I restored my recent backup. As mentioned above, no mobile service whatsoever at that pont. I then restarted back into CWM recovery and flashed the same version nightly as that of my backup and it appeared to do an update. I was then able to boot back into my restored backup with everything intact and all mobile services working.
Yes, I found a fix for myself but Devs why the heck do I have to go through that? Why cannot I not simply restore my backup and go on with life? Much headache over the past day or so over this.

So I installed the the 1/13/14 nightly as a fresh install. I stared messing around with advanced restore. When I restore only the /system folder that is when I lose all mobile cell services.

google play services stoped - after flashing CM13

Hi there, came from stock galaxy s4 jfltexx with lollipop. Wanted to flash CM13 nightly with gapps. After flashing CM13 and gapps there is a problem with the gapps. Right after reboot "unfortunately google play services has stopped" appears again and again.
Here is what I've done:
- flashed CF-Auto-Root via Odin
- flashed TWRP 3.0.0.0 via Odin
- downloaded CM13 nightly from 28.03.
- downloaded gapps nano from 28.03.
- did a full wipe
- wiped /system
- installed cm13 (from internal /sdcard)
- installed gapps (from internal /sdcard)
- cleared dalvik and cache
- rebooted
- "unfortunately google play services has stopped" appears
things I've tested:
- repeated the steps - no change
- tried earlier gapps - no change
did some tricky advises:
- took off sim card & didn't use wifi to bypass setup wizard (worked but no change)
- set all permissions for google services and play store within preferences (done, no change)
- rebooted and cleared dalvik and cache (no change)
- re-installed play services as apk (worked but no change)
- re-installed play store as apk (worked but no change)
- stopping google play services isn't possible (grayed)
Hmm, I'm not a technical noob (I think) but this one makes me crazy. I have a galaxy s4 jfltexx with 32GB internal memory.
Went back to lollipop backup.
Anyone there with the same problem and maybe a solution? Would give CM13 a try but without gapps usability is
missing a little bit.
Sorry for bad english.

mightyEx said:
Hi there, came from stock galaxy s4 jfltexx with lollipop. Wanted to flash CM13 nightly with gapps. After flashing CM13 and gapps there is a problem with the gapps. Right after reboot "unfortunately google play services has stopped" appears again and again.
Here is what I've done:
- flashed CF-Auto-Root via Odin
- flashed TWRP 3.0.0.0 via Odin
- downloaded CM13 nightly from 28.03.
- downloaded gapps nano from 28.03.
- did a full wipe
- wiped /system
- installed cm13 (from internal /sdcard)
- installed gapps (from internal /sdcard)
- cleared dalvik and cache
- rebooted
- "unfortunately google play services has stopped" appears
things I've tested:
- repeated the steps - no change
- tried earlier gapps - no change
did some tricky advises:
- took off sim card & didn't use wifi to bypass setup wizard (worked but no change)
- set all permissions for google services and play store within preferences (done, no change)
- rebooted and cleared dalvik and cache (no change)
- re-installed play services as apk (worked but no change)
- re-installed play store as apk (worked but no change)
- stopping google play services isn't possible (grayed)
Hmm, I'm not a technical noob (I think) but this one makes me crazy. I have a galaxy s4 jfltexx with 32GB internal memory.
Went back to lollipop backup.
Anyone there with the same problem and maybe a solution? Would give CM13 a try but without gapps usability is
missing a little bit.
Sorry for bad english.
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Might wanna try a different gapps package (package, not earlier builds).
Open gapps is pretty much hit and miss. Some days the packages work and other days they don't. So either try a different package, like micro or pico, or try different gapps altogether. A-Gapps and banks gapps seem to be popular. Note that A-Gapps is a very slim package, similar to pico gapps.
Or you could try a different rom.

clearing all the google related apps' data from settings/apps and then rebooting is also worth a try.
playstore
google play services
google services framework

3mel said:
clearing all the google related apps' data from settings/apps and then rebooting is also worth a try.
playstore
google play services
google services framework
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Don't use Opengapps. That also gives me a lot of problems. Use Banks Gapps instead.
http://download.dirtyunicorns.com/files/gapps/banks_gapps/

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll experiment with different gapps like a-gapps since I already tried different packages from open gapps.

Yessss, a-gapps did the trick for me and works perfectly . Many thanks for the suggestions.

I'm having exactly the same problems. i have tried 5 different Open GApps ROMS,
I've tried BaNks_Dynamic_GApps_6.x.x_3_11_16_34.zip.
I've tried A-GAPPS 6.0.1_18022016_4.1.zip
I have tried numerous sequences of Cache/Davlik wipes. Makes no difference if I perform those wipes in between CM13 and GApps, or just do the wipes at the end.
I have tried the Permissions fix on Google Play Services.
I've tried removing the microSD card and only using internal storage.
Basically, I've wasted 14 hours on this, and every combination I've tried results in Google Play Services errors. Some packages produce the errors less frequently, but all do it.
Enough is enough, I've just reverted back to CM12.1. It all worked flawlessly and only took a couple of minutes.
(All this hassle because I'd read that CM13 nightlies had fixed an issue with ChromeCast and Photos/Slides)

It works!
I can happily say that after trying again with new nightlies, I have CM13 working with OpenGApps
I've used the 2016-03-31 CM13 nightly for jfltexx
With the 2016-04-01 Opengapps mini nightly
Used TWRP 2.8.7.0
Installation couldn't have been simpler.
On my newly installed CM12.1 phone
Booted into TWRP
Backed up
From microSD card, loaded the CM13 zip
also queued up the OpenGapps zip
Flashed both at once
Wiped davlik/cache
rebooted
Phone still has all my apps and settings.
Google play works
I can cast photos and slides to my ChromeCast.
I suspect a change in the 2016 -03-30 CM13 nightly may be responsible for the fix
"Fix ownership for files/folders created by ExternalStorageProvider on ext4/f2fs"
So far, CM13 seems very stable. I hope this helps someone

Confirmed! Tried 2016-03-31 CM13 nightly with 2016-04-02 Opengapps nano. Now it works without the "Unfortunately the Google Service has stopped" error.
Tried also CM13 2016-04-01 - no Google Play service error but any text starts with "MOD...". This is for sure a problem with the nightly, so 2016-03-31 seems to work well with open gapps.

6t Android 10 gps issue / not working

Hi all,
after flashing A10 stable (coming from 9.0.17) two days ago, I just noticed, that my GPS is not working properly.
Besides that everything else seems to be working fine.
I flashed full update via OTA installer and then flashed a magisk boot image.
Location data is switched on.
Opening e.g. google maps now does not seem to trigger the gps symbol on the status bar.
Also its not getting any location update.
Same appears for other apps.
I cleared cache via stock recovery and also cleared cache of google maps, location services, google play services and fuse location separatly, after some research.
Also I restarted the phone.
That did not do the trick.
Is anybody else experiencing this issue or might give some support?
Thanks and BR,
Vincent

Experiencing the same. Been reading many on other Oneplus and Pixels phones experiencing the same after A10. What I don't understand why hasn't this issue been picked up more aggressively by the community/company yet..
What works for me intermittently is to disable and re-enable Maps and it will pick up the current location. Otherwise it'll continue to think I'm on the previous one, and something interesting even if I move, it'll continue to hold the previous location as the center point and map the changes around that.. Funny!

I think updating to A10 really requires a full reset.

Try installing Global Optimized GPS File Replacer module, really helped a lot getting the GPS to work much much better

Hi any solution yet

Clean install A10 to solve the issues

Same issue here. Just started noticing it today. Been on stable since day 1.
How will a clean install solve the issue?
And how do I clean install when I'm rooted with stock recovery?

bokkoman said:
Same issue here. Just started noticing it today. Been on stable since day 1.
How will a clean install solve the issue?
And how do I clean install when I'm rooted with stock recovery?
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Boot to stock recovery and wipe data...

cultofluna said:
Boot to stock recovery and wipe data...
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And what about my root? I would have to use adb from pc again?

I'm not having any issues with GPS.
Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using Tapatalk

bokkoman said:
And what about my root? I would have to use adb from pc again?
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You have to flash the patched img on fastboot to obtain root...
So not such a big deal...

Im having this issue too, noticed today when tried to navigate via maps, the gps test app works properly but gps apps doesn't.
any solution? Tried the cache reset, location cache clearing without any success.

I think I managed to find a workaround which doesn't involve a factory reset:
Settings -> System -> Reset options -> Reset app preferences (this doesn't affect apps data)
Settings -> Apps & notifications -> See all XXX apps -> (3 dots in the upper right corner) -> Show system -> Clear storage and cache of the following apps:
Google Maps
Google Play services
Google Services Framework
LocationServices
Phone Services
Fused Location
Google Location History
OPMmsLocation
I wiped Dalvik cache in TWRP.
I'm not sure all steps are necessary but resetting apps preferences is the key one I think. It's going to reset the permissions of all apps but it's a good alternative to reinstall everything from scratch. The issue of the GPS fix in Google Maps hasn't come back for me since.

ptisam said:
I think I managed to find a workaround which doesn't involve a factory reset:
Settings -> System -> Reset options -> Reset app preferences (this doesn't affect apps data)
Settings -> Apps & notifications -> See all XXX apps -> (3 dots in the upper right corner) -> Show system -> Clear storage and cache of the following apps:
Google Maps
Google Play services
Google Services Framework
LocationServices
Phone Services
Fused Location
Google Location History
OPMmsLocation
I wiped Dalvik cache in TWRP.
I'm not sure all steps are necessary but resetting apps preferences is the key one I think. It's going to reset the permissions of all apps but it's a good alternative to reinstall everything from scratch. The issue of the GPS fix in Google Maps hasn't come back for me since.
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Did not help, GPS position not accurate, shows me Im few block away.