Hi all,
I recently upgraded from 4.4.2 stock rom to 6.0.1 stock rom and everything worked fine except the GPS. I tried a few different fixes like changing the gps.conf, and a few different apps and could see there was some signal but it could never seem to get a lock. Sometimes it seemed to get a lock for a split second then drop it again.
I ended up going back to my 4.4.2 and GPS works fine again. So the simple conclusion is this is firmware based. I'm no expert but would be willing to help if someone wants to investigate this further. There has to be some GPS related files from the KK firmware that can be exported to MM to make it work
Keliuss
GPS has always been kinda weak and slow due to the module itself. Did you experience the auto brightness bug as well?
kom-pakt said:
GPS has always been kinda weak and slow due to the module itself. Did you experience the auto brightness bug as well?
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Auto-brightness was working fine for me. Just the GPS issue noted.
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I got my N10 about a week ago. Updated to 4.3, unlocked & rooted, still running stock ROM. When I run GPS Status, it gets a GPS lock pretty quickly however the compass doesn't work. It just points forward with no orientation or pitch/roll. I installed another compass app that I've used before & that doesn't work either. Is this happening for anyone else? I'm concerned it could be a hardware issue, but I did notice that when I use Google Maps, the compass seems to work and the orientation is fairly accurate. Google Sky Map works as well.
I've restarted the device several times. I've uninstalled/reinstalled GPS Status. I've wiped cache/dalvik. I want to assume it's just a app bug, but I haven't seen anyone else reporting it. And the app was updated just last week.
Anyone else have this issue? Any suggestion on other ways to test my N10 to rule out that it's a hardware issue?
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sharksfan7 said:
I got my N10 about a week ago. Updated to 4.3, unlocked & rooted, still running stock ROM. When I run GPS Status, it gets a GPS lock pretty quickly however the compass doesn't work. It just points forward with no orientation or pitch/roll. I installed another compass app that I've used before & that doesn't work either. Is this happening for anyone else? I'm concerned it could be a hardware issue, but I did notice that when I use Google Maps, the compass seems to work and the orientation is fairly accurate. Google Sky Map works as well.
I've restarted the device several times. I've uninstalled/reinstalled GPS Status. I've wiped cache/dalvik. I want to assume it's just a app bug, but I haven't seen anyone else reporting it. And the app was updated just last week.
Anyone else have this issue? Any suggestion on other ways to test my N10 to rule out that it's a hardware issue?
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I have the same problem on my Nexus 10. Upgraded to 4.3, device not rooted just stock. Have you found an answer?
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I have the same problem on my Nexus 10. Upgraded to 4.3, device not rooted just stock. Have you found an answer?
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No I haven't. Even emailed the developer but never got a reply. However I discovered that if I go to Menu > Radar, the compass will release & rotate. Switch back to Status & it continues to work, at least until you close and restart the app. Hopefully if enough people report this, an update will fix it.
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sharksfan7 said:
No I haven't. Even emailed the developer but never got a reply. However I discovered that if I go to Menu > Radar, the compass will release & rotate. Switch back to Status & it continues to work, at least until you close and restart the app. Hopefully if enough people report this, an update will fix it.
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Thanks for your help. That works OK until you restart the app or reboot. At least I have a working fix and I'll put a comment on the developers web site. The app works fine on my Samsung S4 - maybe its a 4.3 related problem.
Thanks again.
I'm using 4.4.2 leaked de-odexed rom, everything seems fine so far, other than the few minor things,
but I can't help but notice that my auto brightness is not working at all.
it is not adjusting the brightness of the screen, yet when I check the auto off , and move the slides it works as nothing wrong. so, I can clearly say that this isn't the hardware problem.
is this just me?
Mine is a little sketchy, but it works. Mainly when I unlock. It takes a few seconds to adjust. Stock root 442.
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Hi, I use my GPS frequently on my Note 4 but ever since I updated my phone to 5.1.1 it will not lock on to my location.
It will give directions, but the pointer does not move and it has a big light blue circle around, and when it does move, it goes all over the place.
When I did my update, my phone did a factory reset, so I know that wont fix the issue.
Here's a pic of what I always see even during naviataion: http://i.imgur.com/nBgUCaj.png
I'm almost giving up on this to the point of where I want to get a new phone, that's one feature I can't live without.
Any ideas of how to fix this?
Thanks everyone.
I had terrible fix issues with my GPS. I switched from wanamlite rom to sweet rom, now my GPS works again!
As the title suggests these functions won't work. Autorotate started working briefly but now it is still not functional. The hardware is fine, since testing the accelerometer with an app showed change in all directions. Suggestions?
at least give more details. what rom are you on? when did they stop working?
I am running marshmalux v2 with squid's kernel and xposed installed. I am not really sure when it started since my default set up is portrait mode. However a month or so ago when I tried to watch a video on yt the screen wouldn't rotate even though I had shifted to auto rotate. What is really puzzling is that camera rotation works fine.
EDIT: Flashed another ROM to check if the issue persists. It didn't help.
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So I have an update on my issue. Maybe it can help someone else but I have partially solved it. As I said earlier flashing stock didn't fix it. Even after frashing a complete factory image, the issue persisted. What seemed to remedy the issue was flashing non-stock based roms such as cyanogen. The gestures still don't work, but auto-rotation functions as it should.
I would be grateful if somebody has a suggestion. I really want to try spectrum ROM, which is stock based.
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Hi guys,
I've got an A2017G running A2017UV2.1.0B12 (So European running American firmware).
It's been working great for years, but recently the GPS antenna stopped fixing satellites. Previously the GPS was a bit slow, but I'm confident it was working to some extent. Now it's unusable.
It does see lots lots of satellites when I run the GPS status app, but does not lock to any even after resetting the AGPS data, recalibrating the gyro and accelerometer... I've tried installigh stock A2019G firmware and the problem was not resolved. I have made some hardware changes over time (battery and vibration motor), but I'm not sure the problem started after one of them. Yesterday I opened the phone and tried to identify the GPS antenna contacts, but wasn't sure which ones I had to look at. They all seemed to make good contact and I even tried forcing a contact with alluminium foil. Nothing. GPS Status reports the GPS sensor is working, not sure if that's reliable data. Does anyone know where the GPS antenna is?
I'm wondering if this is a hardware issue or maybe something went wrong with the firmware radios (not sure I fully replaced everything replaceable when I installed European software).
Any ideas? Thanks!