Root GPS in GV 1.5

[ducky1979]

just wanting to find out if anyone is having any problems with the gps, i have a problem where when i turn it off and back on again it wont work, i have to reboot every time i want it to work so ive just left mine on.

 

[SUroot]

I know you already know this, but for the benefit of others, I am not having any issues

 

[Casual Pete]

Just tried it and same problem here.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

just tested and have the same issue

gonna reflash the manU axi kernel and see if the problem is still there

happens with axi kernel aswell

Susan

can you do the following to test please

turn gps on and reboot phone

once rebooted use gps status and tools and notice the flashing gps and then maybe a lock if near a window
close gps status
toggle off gps
open gps status and notice it wants you to turn on gps
toggle gps and go back to gps status and notice it doesnt even attempt to activate gps
try and open maps and notice it doesnt attempt to lock gps

 

[MikeC1408]

Only issue i'm having is the notification bar icon doesn't go away when you turn GPS off unless you reboot.

GPS itself works cine, will just leave it on for now.

 

[matttye]

No issues here.

Here's what I did:

- Went into maps with GPS on and it got a lock on. Held the back key to kill the maps app.
- Disabled GPS using the shortcut I have in the notification bar.
- Went back into maps without GPS on. Maps prompted me that GPS wasn't enabled and asked if I wanted to go into settings to enable it, I clicked on "skip." It then locked on my position using just the network.
- Killed the maps app by holding back again.
- Enabled GPS using the shortcut I have in the notification bar.
- Went back into maps with GPS on, and it once again got a lock on no problem.

If it helps I'm using the default kernel supplied with GV.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

hmm it wasnt working with both kernels :/

hmmm

dont know what it is

 

[Casual Pete]

No issues here.

Here's what I did:

- Went into maps with GPS on and it got a lock on. Held the back key to kill the maps app.
- Disabled GPS using the shortcut I have in the notification bar.
- Went back into maps without GPS on. Maps prompted me that GPS wasn't enabled and asked if I wanted to go into settings to enable it, I clicked on "skip." It then locked on my position using just the network.
- Killed the maps app by holding back again.
- Enabled GPS using the shortcut I have in the notification bar.
- Went back into maps with GPS on, and it once again got a lock on no problem.

If it helps I'm using the default kernel supplied with GV.

I'm using the stock kernel and doing it that way didn't work for me.

 

[Usta]

No GPS issues here either. Switching on/off on the notification bar, getting a good GPS fix (even inside home), planning a route with SatNav with a GPS fix. No extra kernel or mods flashed.
Can't complain.

 

[matttye]

I'm using the stock kernel and doing it that way didn't work for me.

Strange.

This is the only thing I dislike about custom ROMs, inconsistent experiences

 

[amlothi]

Is there anything new in 1.5 worth upgrading for? I might not bother otherwise.

I don't like leaving GPS on. Simply for the fact that some apps have permissions that allow GPS location, but I don't feel they really need or should have it just for weather/ads. So I only turn mine on for Maps.

 

[Casual Pete]

Is there anything new in 1.5 worth upgrading for? I might not bother otherwise.

Not really,change logs in the second post here.I haven't noticed anything different.

I don't use maps that much so it's not too much bother to me.

 

[SUroot]

just tested and have the same issue

gonna reflash the manU axi kernel and see if the problem is still there

happens with axi kernel aswell

Susan

can you do the following to test please

turn gps on and reboot phone

once rebooted use gps status and tools and notice the flashing gps and then maybe a lock if near a window
close gps status
toggle off gps
open gps status and notice it wants you to turn on gps
toggle gps and go back to gps status and notice it doesnt even attempt to activate gps
try and open maps and notice it doesnt attempt to lock gps

Yeah theres definitely something dodgy there if you do that it seems. Luckily for me it doesnt matter really though

 

[ducky1979]

hopefully Richard will sort something out! maybe in GV 1.6, who know, i will just leave mine on, i dont have any apps that need gps unless i request it, so see how we go, thanks everyone for your comments, at least i know its not just me.

 

[Usta]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but leaving GPS on will consume battery, for example if you simply are on the homescreen. The process MyLocation will constantly try to get a GPS fix on your location and thus consume battery.

Today I did a bit of navigating: switch GPS on, start SatNav, drive, exit SatNav, switch GPS off. All went without a problem.

 

[matttye]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but leaving GPS on will consume battery, for example if you simply are on the homescreen. The process MyLocation will constantly try to get a GPS fix on your location and thus consume battery.

Today I did a bit of navigating: switch GPS on, start SatNav, drive, exit SatNav, switch GPS off. All went without a problem.

The phone doesn't try to get a lock on unless an app such as maps tells it to do so, so sitting on the homescreen will not make the GPS consume battery unless an app is running in the background and monitoring your location.

Whenever GPS is in use the little GPS icon appears in the status bar.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but leaving GPS on will consume battery, for example if you simply are on the homescreen. The process MyLocation will constantly try to get a GPS fix on your location and thus consume battery.

Today I did a bit of navigating: switch GPS on, start SatNav, drive, exit SatNav, switch GPS off. All went without a problem.

yes but try getting a gps lock again once you turn on gps without rebooting the phone!!!
it sits there doing nothing

you can use it one time only in mine and alot of others experience in this thread

 

[Hadron]

+1.

Turned it on earlier this afternoon, it started looking for a fix, no problem I thought. Since I was indoors I didn't expect it to work, so turned it off again. Then when I went out I turned it on and... nowt.

 

[rtb35]

I have always left the gps on,as already stated it only becomes active (and using power) when you use an app that requires gps,like google maps,and so do not experience this problem.

 

[Usta]

yes but try getting a gps lock again once you turn on gps without rebooting the phone!!!
it sits there doing nothing

you can use it one time only in mine and alot of others experience in this thread

OK another test: I didn't reboot the phone since last time I switched off GPS, so I turned it on and tried to get a GPS lock. And... crap, the GPS fix was unsuccessful.
I rebooted the phone and within 10sec I had a GPS fix. Now leaving GPS ON to see the impact on battery life.

Bottom line: I hope this bug gets fixed in the next GV version...

 

[Rastaman-FB]

indeed, not a major issue as there is an annoying workaround. annoying all the same tho

 

[ducky1979]

well ive got GPS on all the time now and as you can see its not having any impact what so ever on battery life

 

[Usta]

well ive got GPS on all the time now and as you can see its not having any impact what so ever on battery life

Yep. I've also left GPS on for the past days and so far there is no impact on battery life.

 

[matttye]

I'm having the GPS issue since switching to violets havs axis kernel. Music is skipping when browsing the net too, gunna nandroid restore back to old kernel later.

 

[SUroot]

I'm having the GPS issue since switching to violets havs axis kernel. Music is skipping when browsing the net too, gunna nandroid restore back to old kernel later.

Yes, the ROM 1.5 has an issue which Richard has fixed I believe in his latest kernel, however eviollet has not implemented this fix yet. Although its not a kernel issue, if Richard fixes via kernel and not rom, eviollet will have to change his kernel too.