GPS Does Not Get Satellite Lock

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REPRODUCIBILITY: 100% (always)
OSVERSION: 5.2.0.17
HARDWARE: Jolla Phone (2026) - jp2601 - jp2601 - 1.0.0.17 - aarch64
UI LANGUAGE: English (UK) (user: en_GB, os: en_GB.utf8)
REGRESSION: not specified

DESCRIPTION:

The phone’s GPS never works. Pure Maps (native) and Organic Maps (Android layer) — wait forever for a satellite position. Network-based positioning works, but only to a few km of accuracy.

MicroG enabled
BeaconDB enabled
Location enabled in settings. High accuracy enabled

edit:

pure maps and osm scout server from chum

PRECONDITIONS:

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1.open pure maps
2.waited 5-6 mins for gps location to lock
3. Blue spinner always spinning

EXPECTED RESULTS:

ACTUAL RESULTS:

ADDONS:

  • AAS Bluetooth Bridge: yes

MODIFICATIONS:

  • Patchmanager: no
  • OpenRepos: yes
  • Chum: yes
  • Other: none specified

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Device Owner User: defaultuser
Home Encryption: enabled

gps logs collected as defined by the docs available. will attach with a link as cant seem to find attach button

the initial version of this bug report was created using Bugger 0.9.18+git1
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Mine is the opposite. Only GPS locationing works. Network based location does not work - even I have mapped the BeaconDB using the stumblefish.

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Did you actually go outside?

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Yes :slight_smile:

I live in a suburby area, so no trees or buildings blocking either

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Disable location.
Enable location.

Test with gpsinfo program . Outside
See if you get any satellites .

If GPS has had no fix foreewer it takes loong time even outside to load all the data for the first fix. Should look like this.
Gps info can be found from jolla store

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I have seen blank sat view with sony 10II with sfsos and once with jp2026 .
In all cases position on /off/ on corrected it.

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Have you checked beaconDB map if there are any data in the beaconDB for the area you live? You can help collect the data with Stumblefish app.

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Thank you both, will try the fix tomorrow.

And thank you for Stumblefish, did not know about it. Will for sure map my area :slight_smile:

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Everything magically works after a restart lol

The initial lock took a little longer than i thought. Plus my area is not mapped on beacondb

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Otherwise, OSM and Pure Maps from Chum, loaded as much offline maps, set to high precision, gave a restart and it was good to go!

Thank you all. ill close this thread asap

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Yes, the first lock will take longer. if there is no beaconDB data in the area (you can wait or move to area with data to get the lock). If you (or someone else) collects and sends local data using Stumblefish, the lock will be almost instantaneous in the future.

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I’ve been going for an hours walk tagging as much as I can :laughing:

Thank you :folded_hands:

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@muratilyas have u now managed to get location even indoors?

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You need to have at least some satellites indoors to make that work.

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@Pikku-Y GPS lock indoors is really touch and go. Usually 30 satellites in view, but not enough in use