GPS is a joke

[Antonio Beardall]

I live in Belize, central America. The gps is so faulty that it always places me in Columbia, a whole continent away. I have to be outside my house for this to be corrected, and even then it takes so damn long. Tips?

 

[rastus26]

GPS generally has to have line of sight to the satellites, that's why it rarely works indoors.

I use Fake GPS, it allows you to pick your location off a map, then simply hit the play button for that to become your location. For me it's the ability to give a GPS position indoors that's helpful, though I've heard of people using it to fake being in Paris, London, NY or wherever they choose, just to fool their friends.

TIP: You have to enable Developer Options by going into Settings->System->About Device and tapping on the Build Number several times, then back out and go into Dev Opts and tick Allow Mock Locations.

 

[EarlyMon]

Make sure that wifi location is on - if it's not, you'll be prompted for it when you open Google Maps.

Then check out "GPS Status & Toolbox"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

Under Settings, GPS and sensors, set it to download aGPS data right away.

Then try it outdoors.

 

[rastus26]

Forgot to mention, if you use Fake GPS , and you go outside and want the true GPS to take over, open it (has an entry in the Notifications you can select) and turn it off by tapping the Stop button.

 

[pwd847]

GPS Status also tells you how many satellites you are connected to.

 

[subaruzi]

i've been having tough time with gps too.... i use maps and waze in a car and 75% of the time it is not connected to gps. i feel like it used to connect with no problem.... vzw

 

[EarlyMon]

i've been having tough time with gps too.... i use maps and waze in a car and 75% of the time it is not connected to gps. i feel like it used to connect with no problem.... vzw

If it worked before but not now, calibrate compass -

Check out "Compass"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apksoftware.compass

And download aGPS data using GPS Status.

See if that helps.

 

[rastus26]

GPS Status also tells you how many satellites you are connected to.

I've just tested this with Fake GPS on, shows up as 0/0 satellites, but the position is rock solid, so they both work at what they do.