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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Agent:
Just wanted to follow up about the GPS fix files. I went to a different AT&T ROM, and used the files to fix the GPS. Works outstanding.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] paniro187:
Whoever fixed this should get it. Even if its att that does it and has people fix the phone issues. True its a form of outsourcing but if your hired crew isnt doing it right then it is what it is
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] drakeymcmb:
Lol that would be me!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ukic:
This fix worked for me however I noticed my gps lock gets stuck sometimes. Do you have a link to your latest fix anywhere?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] drakeymcmb:
Are you on KitKat? Or jb?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ukic:
JB right now. Was getting mixed reviews on KK atm...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ny2k1012:
I really do not know what problem my phone is having with the GPS. I rooted a few weeks ago because I was having the lost signal. I tried multiple JB roms and recently flashed the new KK X Note rom. After all of these flashes and factory resets I keep having the same problem. My GPS says its locked, but in maps my location is constantly floating off from where I am and it updates my location about every 10 seconds or so. Does anyone have any input on this issue? I'm thinking I just have a hardware issue.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bigmout:
Have you tried calibrating your compass and gyroscopes using a program like GPS Status?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ny2k1012:
Yes I have. It still seems to be doing the same thing. I am also connecting to 9+ satellites so my connection in that sense seems fine.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mastaofdacat:
Update is here guys ...go check your phone!

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Fyi not kitkat. GPS seems better.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nicman857:
Battery Drain with GPS Fix

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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nicman857:
Battery Drain With GPS Fix

I rooted my phone using evilpotatoman method here http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2559715. After rooting I replaced the six gps files, installed xposed with some modules, safestrape, and backed everything up. After a couple of days and me not messing with the phone constantly, I noticed that there was a battery drain of about 2.0% per hour with the phone sitting over night. I downloaded the BBS program and uploaded the logs to the BBS and was told I had a lot of stuff running in the back groud and to remove avast anti virues because it was a battery hog. Then I decided to install xnote 7. It ran perfect. The gps worked great and there was no battery drain even with avast installed and running. I was getting 0.3 to 0.5% battery drain during the night. However the group/text messaging was working really slow on my microcell at home. The messaging worked fine on the stock rom so I decided to install Dynamic 1.3 which is based on the MJ5 rom instead of the international one. The Dynamic 1.3 worked fine for a day but than the GPS issues came back. At this point I replaced the six gps files and the GPS started to work again. However that is when the battery drain started again. Before I replaced the gps files I was getting a battery drain of 0.4% per hour and after I replaced/changed the gps files the battery drain increaed to 2.0% per hour. The only thing that I replaced/changed was the six gps files.

Has anybody seen this happen or know of anyway to fix the battery drain.

Thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bigmout:
Try re-calibrating the compass again. I find the compass gets out of whack and must be re-calibrated constantly, otherwise the poles flip/freeze causing the bouncing around of your GPS icon. I can connect consistently to 12-19 satellites, but if my compass isn't calibrated, my GPS will still bounce around even when locked.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ny2k1012:
Thanks! I will give this another couple of tries when I can get outside later. I would rather try it with nothing blocking the signal, and it it currently -21 degrees here.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] vicky517:
very helpful post related to GPS issues
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ariel123:
i must say the gps fix zip file really works. i am a truck driver and i was having serious gps issues with the note 3 and thanks to the gps fix i no longer expereience gps probems. now i have to unroot my phone because i just got the kk update!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] alhalabi:
Detailed Instructions

Hi There

Can you please provide step-by-step instructions on how to do this? This is my first time to do this. I rooted my device but that is as far as I got.

root your phone

install safestrap

install X Note

I also have the SM-9005N

Thanks,
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Agent:
Detailed directions are in the ROM's thread
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] alhalabi:
link

Can you add a link to that thread please?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
It amazes me how the geniuses here on XDA can get the GPS fixed but the billion dollar AT&T company can not. Thanks guys!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Agent:
The link is on the OP. Just click on KNOXRAID.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] drakeymcmb:
Because they hire people that don't know ****.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
I believe that!!

Drakey, is the GPS fix already in KnoxRaid?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] drakeymcmb:
Hell ya!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
Lol. Thanks man. I was reading through the change log and didn't see anything about.

Flashed Knoxraid last night it's amazing. Thanks for your hard work.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] drakeymcmb:
KitKat or jb? I never put that in the changelog, because I think att should have fixed that already and should not be a feature. But I fixed it anyway.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
I hear ya. Its a bigger "feature" than you know for a lot of people. :)

I upgraded from JB to KitKat. I got tired of waiting for AT&T. I'm glad I did it because your version is sweet!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Agent:
You know what, if they don't fix it in the KK update..I think you should mark it as the #1 feature of KNOXRAID lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ukic:
Been waiting for the latest gps fix for 4.3 to be posted here but I guess it's not happening...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] altrikdout21:
The fix that drakeymcmb posted is for 4.3 and is flashable in safestrap.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ukic:
The fix posted a few pages back? Don't think that's the latest fix, he mentioned there was a newer one but I can't find it anywhere.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] altrikdout21:
There's one on the first page, it's a mediafire link. That's for 4.3. The latest fix is built into his latest Knoxraid v5.1 rom I believe.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Agent:
Why not just use what's in the OP?...It works great.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] raduque:
Thanks for the fix. I'll do some more testing tomorrow morning when I hit the road, but so far the GPS is holding a lock when plugging the USB in.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] j101399j:
For those of you that rooted with Kingo and only replaced the 6 files, here is what I did before downloading and installing the official KK update.

1. WiFi, GPS and phone into airplane mode

2. Changed date to 17 OCT 2013 02:51 (the original timestamp of the 6 files)

3. Replaced the fix files with the originals (now the original files will match the md5 and timestamp)

4. Rebooted phone

5. Verified GPS is again screwed up

6. Uninstalled all root apps

7. In the SuperSU app ran full unroot under settings

8. Rebooted phone 3 times

The padlock went away, then I checked download mode and everything is 0x0 and official.

Downloaded the update (took 90 minutes)

Tested GPS and so far all of the issues are gone, but we'll see if this stays true after 24/28 hours.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Gary02468:
Just to mention it in this thread: the OTA 4.4.2 reportedly fixes the GPS bug.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mjrayner:
Can you upload the original files? I tried a factory reset to get onto Kit Kat, but I forgot that 1. That deletes my Downloads folder (where my originals were) and 2. A factory reset does not replace the GPS files. Thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] j101399j:
Here you go;

Please note, THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP. It is the files zipped so you can easily download them, if you try and flash this, it could cause issues/brick your device. UnZip it and then copy the folders and files over.

Here are the locations they go in:

/system/etc/gps.conf
/system/lib/libloc_adapter.so
/system/lib/libloc_api_v02.so
/system/lib/libloc_eng.so
/system/lib/hw/gps.default.so
/system/lib/hw/gps.goldfish.so
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] VreebieZ:
Thank you for posting the files. Will this work with other Note 3 variants too?

I have a friend that has the same GPS problem with T-Mobile version. I want to help him, but I don't want to brick his SM-n900T Note 3 :D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] j101399j:
Those are the AT&T files that are broken and kill the GPS. I would not recommend using them on a non-AT&T phone, and only if you are on the stock JB and upgrading to the stock KK
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] InvincibIe:
Thanks so much for the fix. I didn't expect it to be as easy as replacing 6 files but I must say, it worked flawlessly. I was beginning to regret switching over from the iPhone while my friend's GPS doesn't lose signal once on their Apple devices making this 'flagship' beast of a phone look inferior due to this constant "GPS signal lost". I'm just glad it wasn't a hardware issue and, not surprisingly, a result of AT&T's inability to deliver a well functioning phone.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nabobcoffee:
note 3 kk canadian

I am on Note 3 kk Canadian stock. Can I apply these steps because now after kk I am having this issue. GPS is not locking at all. Appreciate your reply!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] uplift777:
Does this cause battery drain...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] j101399j:
Those files are the stock files, so it should not cause any extra drain. Those files should only be used if you want to return to stock so you can upgrade to kitkat.

If you are asking about the fix in general, I did not notice any extra drain. But I upgraded to kit kat and have not had any issues
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] uplift777:
OK. I'm on jellybean... My GPS isn't working... But thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] j101399j:
Okay, don't use the files my post, you already have those. Use the files from the first post to replace your stock files. It works great
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] uplift777:
Thank you
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Mkteag:
This fix doesn't work for me. Neither does flashing x-note 7. I've tried multiple different ways of trying to get this freakin gps working to no avail.

First attempt was to back up said files, copy into the correct directory, set permissions and reboot. No luck.

Second attempt was almost exactly the same except for clearing dalvik and cache and rebooting. Nope.

Third attempt was factory reset, install x note 7, reboot. Nada.

Fourth attempt was factory reset, install x note 7, wipe dalvik & cache, and reboot. Nothing.

Fifth attempt I was irritated at crap so I formatted the entire phone, deleted all partitions and odin'd back to mj5, repeated the first attempt with no results. Gps is still crap.

When I run any gps test program, it shows the gps as on but not seeing any satellites. Putting it in airplane mode doesn't help. I've checked the pins inside the phone for a incorrectly bent one and they are, or at least seem to me, perfectly fine.

I bought this giant turd outright from best buy to replace a note 2 that was fubar due to tannerite, and I bought it back in february so I'm a tad outside my return window.

Also, this is a N900A/T#4-1 designation.

And yes, I have used the search function, relentlessly.

Any help would be very appreciated.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] genezilive:
you could help me I really need backup the gps on android 4.4.2 only worked once and then no longer works thanks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] altrikdout21:
What do you need?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] genezilive:
Good day. I know how prescisando Corrigo my GPS because I have no sign and I need it to work I'm from Brazil already downloaded is done so replace and a question you can do to install it in recovery mode thanks for spending time to help me.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] altrikdout21:
The link is on the first page, look for the mediafire.com link. Flash in safestrap!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hp79:
Just wanted to share my experience with the compass. My AT&T Note3 has no problems with GPS, but the compass sometimes go crazy. I went to AT&T device support center and tested their new-replacement devices, and it was even worse.

Wiping with clean ROM, and also trying factory reset did nothing. Unless I have magnetic field coming out from my finger, I think this is a hardware problem.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] SilverStone641:
I just applied this fix to my N3 and it seems to work wonderfully! I was able to get a GPS lock indoors nearly instantly. Great improvement! One stupid question for you. My wife is having the same issues with her note 3 but refuses to root (says I have too many issues on mine and thinks it's all because of root and not my incessant tinkering) Is it possible to root, apply this fix, then unroot the phone to return it to a stock state?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mutantblack:
You can just root, flash or replace the gps fix, then you can unroot from supersu. Or you can leave the root and hide the supersu app. She won't even know the difference unless she look for the supersu app. Of Cuz change the setting in supersu to never ask the permission so she won't see the pop up windows.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Mkteag:
I took my phone to an att device support center after trying the gps fix, flashing xnote, and updating to the latest ota, all of which didnt work. All they did was reset my phone, flash the latest firmware, and give me a new sim card. Voila, the gps works. I gave them a hardy "what the ****, over?", gave them a nod of thanks and left.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dakrucial1:
This worked wonderfully. I was glad some figured this out. I was about to slam my phone on the ground because of the GPS.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nviz22:
My GPS screwed up again today. Constantly losing signal. Such bs from Samsung and AT&T.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bervin:
I flashed this on my n9005 and it won't boot. It's stuck at the samsung screen, Any way to fix this without re flashing my rom?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] InvincibIe:
UPDATE TO MY LAST POST:

Despite my previous glowing post, I've been experiencing GPS issues once again with the constant "signal lost" when using Waze, Google Maps, etc.

However, I found a solution that I think works just as good if not better than the proposed replacing of the few files (or perhaps it works best in addition to it, though I cannot say since I didn't download this app prior to replacing those files.)

The app is called "GPS Status & Toolbox" (huge props to them, developer is MobiWIA). Download that, and follow the instructions to reset and download A-GPS data and now, at least for me, the GPS should work flawlessly. No disconnects so far though I will update if I do start to experience problems. The GPS now takes very minimal time to lock on whereas before I'd had to restart the app to get location services to lock on.

Hope this helps.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
Can anyone confirm? I use this tool (as well as others) two months ago. worked, but today issue is back.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tupirujp:
I try the maps and it gives a location like 5 blocks away from where I'm at ... Wtf

tupirujp ... unrootable note ?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
With KitKat or JB? New AT&T SIM or old AT&T\T-Mobile\etc..?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tupirujp:
I'm on jb ... new att sim card ??? gps sucks

tupirujp ... unrootable note ?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
try resetting GPS with GPS Status program. I did mine yesterday, today works fine again. It's a temporary solution, but seems to work for some time. I also rebooted my phone, maybe that resets something as well, so you may want to try reboot first see if that helps.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
does it really work?

Just chatted with Samsung rep who uses Note 3 on AT&T kitkat - the issue is still there. So it seems like kitkat doesn't fix the issue. His sources say AT&T promisses fix end of the summer.

I'm afraid kitkat just rests the gps like gps status programs do, and then it works for a month or two.

Anyone?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Agent:
It works flawlessly for me on KitKat. Not sure where that rep came up with that.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
how long have you had KitKat?

did you do anything else to fix GPS other than KitKat?

the reason I ask is because when I reset GPS using GPS status programs my GPS is fixed for a couple months, and I suspect KitKat maybe reseting it as well

also I wonder if the KitKat fix affects some of the units but not all

Did AT&T officially say it's fixed?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Rukbat:
Run GPS Status & Toolbox. Set it to redownload AGPS data if it's more than 1 day old. It takes mine about 20-30 seconds to get the first fix. After than it takes only a few seconds from when I turn GPS on to a fix. If it's off and I relocate a large distance, it takes just a little longer when I turn it on. (I've never tried it, but I suppose turning it off, then taking a flight across the country, then turning it on, without getting new AGPS data, would result in a long time to first fix, considering that the GPS would still be looking for satellites that should be visible where it was when you turned it off.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
I think the issue most people are having is not with the time it takes to acquire satellites but with accuracy and freezing

unless the issues I just mentioned have to do with GPS loosing satellites for some reason

after I use those tools GPS seems to work for a couple months but I have only been in less than a hundred mile radius with this phone from the time I purchased it
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] bbrrii:
Wipe dalvik- cache.

It worked for me.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] warfenix:
I can't seem to get my phone to lock gps no matter what Rom I am on. I tried xnote7. Alliance. Tweaked. Firenote. It won't lock period no matter how long I let it sit. I tried the flashable gps fix.zip and tried gps fix and tools app. Nothing. Weird thing is that it was working a awhile ago but now isnt?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Colide:
I've been having this issue since upgrading to KitKat on Note3 (Snapdragon) International Version.

I found an app today and fixed it.

App is TopNTP and you can find it in Playstore.

You need to have Root, of course.

Before it would take forever to lock the signal, and most of the time it wouldn't at all.

Now it takes from 5-10 seconds.

I'm on Stock ROM.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] undrwater:
Take a look in the carrier IQ thread. There was talk there that removing or freezing the ciq bits improved GPS.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
gps errors in russian???

I updated to kitkat a few weeks ago and so far have not had issues with gps Need to wait a little longer, since anytime I used gps status programs, my gps worked for weeks as well.

However, now I'm noticing something strange - when I get errors like gps can't locate satellites, they are in Russian language. I wonder if one of the gps programs I have on my phone can be causing this. I also have xposed modules and nova

Any thoughts?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] whynotdroidberg:
I installed safestrap and flashed the zip file then wiped the cache and rebooted...got stuck at bootscreen and had to restore. So does this mean I should do this manually or will the same problem still arise?

Thanks
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] babbar559:
i tried it manually and had the same problem , got stuck on the samsung screen.:( but was able to reflash the rom via safestrap and back to normal..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Walter.White:
Try the fix I posted here and report back :) http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54178519&postcount=10815

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Same. Try the fix I posted here and report back :) http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54178519&postcount=10815
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] babbar559:
I flashed the zip file via safestrap and everyting went smooth..no problems arise..thanks but gps still keeps looking for location and never stops..is that normal or its not fixed yet..?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] whynotdroidberg:
W.W fix works!

I was able to get a signal in clear sky, that never happened before. WALTER YOU'RE A BOSS!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] adbyerly:
Ahhh... I ****ed up. Somehow I got myself in to a bootloop with this fix. Anyone willing to help?

Thanks

EDIT: I ended up re-flashing my ROM to get out of the boot loop. Any ideas why following this guide forced me into a boot loop?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] finalzero:
Sorry for bumping an old post.

I tried this on my Note 3 and it almost cooked the CPU...

Device is rooted, used ES Explorer to move the files into place and set their correct permissions but no joy. Will try again on a clean rom.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mutantblack:
Or you can just download the file from mediafire link and flash from SafeStrap recovery directly. Safer and faster this way.

I had no issue and I don't know how these files can cook the CPU. I used the fix each and every time I flash new rom and it works every time.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] marquis.hagetaka:
i've tried this and every other app I can think of, I am done with trying to get this GPS to work
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] warfenix:
Trying flashing the s5 port. Let the rim boot up make sure sure gps is on by toggle it and opening maps. Once you know the gps is actually on. Keep it on and flash back to whatever rom you want just make sure to leave gps on. I did this and it worked flawlessly. I flashed the s5 port then went back to X note 7 and gps hasn't been an issue since
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] marquis.hagetaka:
I'll try... thx

yes - finally my gps works....
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tcawley29:
Boot Loop :(

I dont this on my n9005 and got stuck in a bootloop. Any quick fix rather than restoring the rom.

Tried recovery mode which did not work.

If I have to download a rom can I just download xnote straight away and install that using odin?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] D150shorty:
I don't know if this is relevant or not but I'd thought I'd share anyway..maybe a clue lol...before I switched to KK I was on the MI9 JB (stock with root)..I had an issue with GPS then too...aside from being slow to lock on, whenever I was locked on and using navigation software, if I got phone call I would instantly lose GPS and the only way I could get it back was to turn GPS off and back on again. .very annoying when you're trying to get somewhere you've never been before and people keep calling you lol...could it be even remotely related?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nikon5400:
when I was on JB I would run GPS reset programs and gps would be good for a few weeks maybe even a couple months. I switched to KitKat a couple months ago have not had this issue yet
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] code4power:
please help! I installed "Gpsfix.zip" and now does not start!

I installed "Gpsfix.zip" and now does not start! remains the logo.

how can I fix it, not install from the beginning? Thanks!

My Smartphone is SM-N9005 (NOTE 3)