Jolla Store MLS data updated to the level of 2024-03-15 in OS update Sauna 4.6.0.11
“Location & Maps
Changed the way offline data is stored and handled.
Tapping location information in a calendar event causes a list of installed map apps to appear. Select one to see the position on the map
MLS data updated to the level of 2024-03-15”
I tried both with C2.
And my old phone picks up the GPS signal with no problem in the room where I am :
You are talking about Sailfish 4.6.0.11. However, this does not directly concern the Jolla C2, which is in 5.0.0.43 (Tampella). What’s more, MLS data is no longer supported, as indicated @eson in the message: How to make the GPS work with a Jolla C2? - #30 by eson
I had also tried to use this solution by installing the package for my country of residence and the one for continental Europe, without any more success than the other attempts, even after restarting the phone.
Are you testing outside with clear view on as much sky as possible?
Yeah, With Location icon titled Localisation iy your screenshot.
Not sure other than wait with working web connection but I suspect low power of signal on your phone in the place you are at the time.
Hello, Yes inside and outside.
…or an actual hardware issue.
Unfortunately it seems like a hardware issue in your case. However good that you tested it. In my case, I can even get GPS signal (5-6 satellites) inside a building but close to a window, seems I’m lucky with my hardware.
It wouldn’t make sense to open your device at this point to locate and eventually fix the GPS antenna or connection points on the board. I would recommend you to contact Jolla and replace the device since you have still have warranty.
Is this something you could confirm @rainemak re. it potentially being a hardware issue? Are there any logs we could provide to help debug this to confirm whether or not it’s a software or hardware issue?
In the morning, the GPS started working for the first time. I have no idea why or how. Since that late afternoon, nothing.
Well, I do.
You most probably was indoor all the time, and suddenly realised that you should try outdoor.
Nothing to be ashamed of, we have all been there, but it really is more helpful to be honest about your own actions when asking people for help.
PS. As I said elsewhere, I’m not at all political correct.
@danield : Please, when you test the GPS receiver of your device: Always set to GPS only in Settings/Location, always use GPSInfo, and report also the signal strengths you have. This is visible on the 3rd page right in the GPSInfo app.
And please always go to the same place outside with good sight to the sky.
I forgot I had GPSInfo running this afternoon, opened it back up and indeed I have location. First fix just took an excruciatingly long time.
Thank you for your answers. But I remind you that the tests were done both inside and outside…
So thank you very much for taking me for a dishonest person, and an idiot at that. It’s understood that this is all I have to do: waste my time and make others waste theirs. Good weekend
Bit rich of you to assume they were lying. I have changed nothing in my behavior with the device and it just happened to work after enough tries. Are you going to claim that I am being intentionally misleading as well (if so, could you please explain what sort of motive I would have to do so), or maybe you could be a bit more sensible and consider that there are other technical reasons why it would have simply not worked?
It’s just that I have seen this behaviour so many times, where people are ashamed to admit that they have not understood, or have done something wrong on their own.
And yes, I know I am sometimes uncomfortably honest. Yesterday, was one of those times.
Sure. I would hope that we (as a community) approach things instead in a manner where the baseline is the assumption that folks are operating in good faith and trying to understand what could be the issue. Of course, there are always going to be trolls and folks that wilfully ignore information or mislead others. But wouldn’t it be a bit silly to assume that is the case when multiple folks are trying to provide details to identify the issue (even if it’s just PEBKAC), not to mention on something as boring / mundane as…GPS location? 
I did some quick gps-tests today, no mls-service installed, plain SFOS.
The C2 was in its Cover in Landscape-Orientation on the Car-Dashboard. Locations were changed with last fix 20 km away.
On my future old phone (Zenfone max pro M1), which runs Ubport, I use Organic Map through Halium (see capture of this message: How to make the GPS work with a Jolla C2? - #42 by danield).
I’ve just installed OSM Scout Server/Pure Map on it.
In the same conditions, at this time of day and indoors, but close to a window as outdoors, no positioning on either phone. The photo below shows the case indoors.
Still on the Zenfone, I reinstalled uNav (which I like less than Organic Map), native gps app, and the result is that it positions me :
For your information :
I may not yet have been accepted into this community and may not yet have the spirit, but you should know :
that I could have returned the phone and been reimbursed, as was offered to me
that I always try to understand and find solutions
that, as a general rule, I follow the advice I’m given.
Having said that, I hope you’ll allow me to ask questions about the device and/or the OS, as this is the first time I’ve encountered such difficulties with what I consider to be basic functions such as GPS positioning.
PS: I’ll see what I can do about the logs later.
Yesterday’s night I’ve finally got first GPS fix too. Then I decided to check how long would it take to get second fix and rebooted device and … no fix anymore… again. I’m not a big specialist in GPS but was under impression first run could be really long one cause device downloading ephemerides and almanacs but after finishing with this it should be much faster. In reality either SFOS doesn’t cache downloaded ephemerides or there is hw issue (lesser probability though cause I’ve got one time fix) - still there is something wrong. Something which makes SFOS inferior to android which doesn’t have an issues with second/third/N-th fix after reboot. I feel like the issue is software related and hope one day it will be resolved magically… As for now - sadly its impossible to switch to C2 as primary device at least because of barely functional GPS…
