[Q]Anyone having issues with GPS?

[bigbuc]

I've never had an accurate location on note 1,2, or 3.
I have a cell tower on my place so my cell signal is 4 out of 5...
GPS often puts me 9 miles southeast sometimes a mile norteast. Apps like weather bug all over the place. 10 to 60 miles off.

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[bigmout]

I found the GPS a little wonky initially, but it seems to have settled down after a few calibrations of the sensors using GPS Status. I reliably get a lock within 30 feet indoors, and it's even more accurate outdoors.

 

[bluetoothless]

I've never had an accurate location on note 1,2, or 3.
I have a cell tower on my place so my cell signal is 4 out of 5...
GPS often puts me 9 miles southeast sometimes a mile norteast. Apps like weather bug all over the place. 10 to 60 miles off.

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Turn off network assistance option.
In doing so your phone won't be having a tug of war between ( wi-fi & cellular networks) vs. actual satellites.
Initial lock will be slower, but at least Google Maps won't have your location bouncing around.

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[xfive420]

Turn off network assistance option.
In doing so your phone won't be having a tug of war between ( wi-fi & cellular networks) vs. actual satellites.
Initial lock will be slower, but at least Google Maps won't have your location bouncing around.

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That sounds good in theory but I tried that on the Note 3 that I replaced and it didn't help. I have network assistance enabled on my replacement Note 3 and the GPS works perfectly. I also had it enabled on my old S2 and that worked just fine as well. My point is that if your phone's GPS hardware is working properly, your location shouldn't bounce around regardless of whether or not you have this option checked.

 

[bigbuc]

I tried both ways... first time I've ever said that... but not much difference. I AM out where the bear does his business but being close enough to walk up to the tower and being, I presume, under some GPS satellites you'd think it'd get me.
No wifi. Electricity and a cell phone...

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[@Class]

Also having issues here. GPS does not fix easily, only outdoors and the SNR is quite low. This is tested with GPS Test Plus. In view 20+ in use 0.

Feels like a hardware problem to me but you can never be too sure. Anyone open their phone up and make sure the antenna is actually connected?

 

[Agent]

I've been having issues with Google maps... keeps saying lost GPS signal all the time.

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[xfive420]

I've been having issues with Google maps... keeps saying lost GPS signal all the time.

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It's probably your hardware. If you got your phone less than 2 weeks ago, go exchange it for a new one. I had the same problem and tried everything to fix it to no avail. I exchanged my phone and the GPS on the new one works perfectly with all the same software.

 

[Agent]

It's probably your hardware. If you got your phone less than 2 weeks ago, go exchange it for a new one. I had the same problem and tried everything to fix it to no avail. I exchanged my phone and the GPS on the new one works perfectly with all the same software.

No kidding?..that's a real pisser offer..it's been more than 2 weeks but I have 45 days to exchange it at Best Buy..I think I'm going to do that tomorrow.

 

[DustinKimble]

I had this same problem back in the s2 days. I went through 3 phones before finding a unit that would get good gps locks. My nexus 4 still beats my note 3 getting a lock though. Samsung has never had great gps units for some reason.

 

[xfive420]

No kidding?..that's a real pisser offer..it's been more than 2 weeks but I have 45 days to exchange it at Best Buy..I think I'm going to do that tomorrow.

Definitely do it before your 45 days run out. Worst case, you burn a screen protector, reinstall your apps, and rule out your hardware as the cause. But if your problem is like mine, it's hardware related. I did a lot of research on potential fixes for my GPS but no matter what I did I couldn't shake the "GPS Signal Lost" error when navigating. It seems like there are some bad GPS chips out there and it's luck of the draw as to whether you'll get a good one or not.

 

[Agent]

It's probably your hardware. If you got your phone less than 2 weeks ago, go exchange it for a new one. I had the same problem and tried everything to fix it to no avail. I exchanged my phone and the GPS on the new one works perfectly with all the same software.

I exchanged it and I'll be damned it works just great now. Good suggestion.

 

[cmjkxa]

Lucky. When I was in my 14 day window I explained to the att rep in store and he basically denied me and said I couldn't exchange it because he didn't see a problem. I even explain that it was more noticable when I drove and the arrow would jump between street am to street. I took my phone from his hands and stormed out. I called Samsung to see if they could repair it. They want me to turn it in for a couple weeks then get it back but someone else mentioned he did this twice and got no results. Unfortunately I'm stuck with this phone.

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[daveschz]

Mine seems to work fine, but if I move from one coverage to another, say from 4G to LTE the GPS lock breaks.

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[mvblink182]

Mine seems to work fine, but if I move from one coverage to another, say from 4G to LTE the GPS lock breaks.

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I have this same exact issue as well. I have tried apps that keep the gps active but it some how just disconnects when the coverage changes. Not quite sure if this is software or hardware related. Hopefully a fix will come down the road.

Hey guys I suggest that you contact Samsung product support on this issue: 1800-726-7864. Though they will not be able to fix the issue, they will have to log the complaint and develop trending according to their quality management systems ISO certification. If enough complaints come in they will have to address the issue. Another way to address the issue is submit a complaint through https://contactus.samsung.com/customer/contactus/formmail/mail/MailQuestionProduct.jsp?SITE_ID=1&titleCode=1 These messages go to a Samsung executive bring it to their attention.

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[prophet of doom]

I have had it happen quite a bit .... Just chatted with Samsung tech support and they told me to clear RAM lmao ....im really thinking about going Nexus 5 at this point in time.

 

[Overgloc]

For those that have a working gps, How many lock sat are you guy lock on to ie.. in GPS Status App.

 

[Agent]

Anybody find a good solution for this? I traded out my note 3 a few months ago and it worked for a while but now it's saying gps signal lost again and I have to toggle the gps to get it to work again...gps toolbox didn't work for me

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[prophet of doom]

I found a solution lol .. sold it and bought a nexus 5

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[max12354]

The fix

I have this problem for a long time. My note was rooted and still have the problem until I install X-note 7 custom ROM which work made my gps score very high. Never I got discounted unless I am in tunnel and comes as soon as I come out of the tunnel in fact this is the best gps like what we used to in the other Samsung smartphones. I think the ROM is ported from other than AT&T ROM since my about said SM-N9005 .

the x-note 7 is wonderful fast and great with batteries.