[ROM][Official][condor] LineageOS 14.1 for Moto E

[kurtn]

Any suggestion how to debug non-working GPS? Could it be a hardware issue? (Where is the antenna located?) - Thanks...

Install SatStat from f-droid. Go outdoors. watch

 

[steve8x8]

@kurtn I've tried GPS Status&Toolbox, GPStest, and SatStat but didn't get any signal - a while ago it still used to work, even after replacing the battery.
Since some of the features are connected with pogo pins only, I'm suspecting one of those...
I'll give it another try.

 

[steve8x8]

It took me a reinstall of KitKat (June 2014) and a reinstall of TWRP 3.3.1 and the 20201023 ROM (with nano Gapps and Magisk) to have GPS Test (the PlayStore one, not the GPSTest from FDroid - will be checked next) to get 6 satellites "in view". I'm picking up my coat now to go outside...
Not sure what caused the total loss of GPS reception - I presume that the mobile antennas are also used for GPS signals? Cleaning their contacts may have helped...

 

[Vidhani12]

Please share link of this ROM

 

[kurtn]

Please share link of this ROM

Scroll back to October 25

 

[kelgd12]

Scroll back to October 25

Publish another rom with security patch please

 

[kurtn]

Publish another rom with security patch please

November security patches not merged yet in lineageOS sources @electrohippie

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_build/+/291853

 

[steve8x8]

Happy new year everyone!
Will there be another 14.1 release for condor?

 

[KamiOh]

any update?

 

[kelgd12]

November security patches not merged yet in lineageOS sources @electrohippie

https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_build/+/291853

any updates for this year please?

 

[cmfuruka]

Any suggestion how to debug non-working GPS? Could it be a hardware issue? (Where is the antenna located?) - Thanks...

I found this old post from @wildzero:

Yes, GPS is a pain in the ass with moto e and cyanogenmod. Don't know why this was never fixed properly.Had same issue with already with cm13.

What was reported to could help, is:

fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2

Read more here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...-gps-custom-rom-backup-special-t2909768/page3

In my very particular case, I've done the steps below (just reporting).
My moto E had the rom lineage-14.1-20191113-UNOFFICIAL-condor.zip + gapps-pico installed. Google Maps was reporting a position with hundred meters of error, and GPS Lockers couldn't lock the satellites.
At bootloader, I did:

mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn

After rebooting and before I could test the GPS, I've made a mistake and messed up the rom. So I did a fresh install of a more recente rom (lineage-14.1-20201023-UNOFFICIAL-condor.zip + gapps-pico).

After rebooting and updating, the GPS was working (without doing the commands above again).

 

[steve8x8]

LineageOS comes without (proprietary) modem code - this explains why you didn't have to run the modem commands again. (Also that's why there's the recommendation to upgrade to latest Stock before moving to LOS.)