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Help GPS not working Right

lou61166

lou61166

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The GPS on my phone has started giving me issues,it will connect in my house but as soon as i walk outside it will not get a fix,my Garmin works fine,so a know i can get a signal,the icon stays on when it is not working and off when it is,any suggestion would help,Thanks
 
lou61166 said:
The GPS on my phone has started giving me issues,it will connect in my house but as soon as i walk outside it will not get a fix,my Garmin works fine,so a know i can get a signal,the icon stays on when it is not working and off when it is,any suggestion would help,Thanks
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Maybe it is using your wifi only to get the lock?
Have you tried one of the GPS apps that shows the satellites and signal strength etc?
 
AQAA said:
Maybe it is using your wifi only to get the lock?
Have you tried one of the GPS apps that shows the satellites and signal strength etc?
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I have tried everything like i said it will work in my house,but as soon as i get in my car nothing,it sometimes will give me false readings on locations when it does work,i do not know if this related but when i disconnect the Bluetooth sometimes the note that says bluetooth disconnected ill stay on and the phone reboots itself.
 
Strange, sounds like a corruption somewhere, maybe an app you installed caused it?
You could try removing most resent installed and see if that helps.
Guess there is always a factory reset as last resort.
 
lou61166 said:
Okay i figured out the issue,i purchased this FM Transmitter/Car charger/Holder/Car Mount,the GPS would work fine till i plugged this device into the lighter socket in my car,the FM transmitter was causing he GPS not to get a signal,and my luck there is no switch to shut the transmitter off, so it makes it worthless.
Amazon.com: LCD Screen Display,New FM Transmitter/Car charger/Holder/Car Mount For all iP...: Electronics
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It is true, but only if you set the frequency near to 87.5 or near.
Exactly on 87.5 it blinds totally my gps receiver, but as i go above 87.6/87.7, the gps starts working again.
 
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