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[Verizon LG G2] JJT211:
I used to think the same thing but this is actually FALSE.

I bought my G2 off of Ebay and was having problems with the speaker port. So I just brought the phone into Verizon, they confirmed the speaker port wasnt working, looked up my account (im sure they can see whether or not I bought it directly from them) and they had a new phone mailed out to me, no questions asked.

I believe its because the phone is still less than a year old which is covered under LG's manufacturers warranty program not Verizons. Therefore its LG's money, not Verizon's. Why wouldnt Verizon go through the trouble of keeping their customers happy when it doesnt even cost them anything.

Now it might be different once the G2 hits the one year mark. And maybe I just got lucky as I didn't volunteer any info about the Ebay purchase, cuz I was already getting what I wanted anyway. Either way, you have nothing to lose and a brand new G2 to gain if you at least try.
[Verizon LG G2] kude87:
Did you have to make sure you weren't rooted? I've heard differing reports on Verizon taking a phone back if it says rooted or unrooted.

Sent from my LG G2
[Verizon LG G2] JJT211:
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It was more a mechanical problem with the headphone jack not completely seating in the speaker port. It would play music but the slightest nudge would disconnect the headphones. So my problem had nothing to do with whether it was rooted or not.

But just to be safe, I made sure I unrooted it before I brought it in.
[Verizon LG G2] makkrj:
GPS Issue

I'm facing this problem with my g2, I have 6 more months of warranty, but once I have rooted my phone, my warranty has probably gone, right?

If so, I thinking in doing what you said to fix my gps. My ask is, this yt video (/watch?v=UdDJqFxpRy8) is somehow related with what you did?

Is this solution only related to the VZW version? Because mine is a Brazilian D805 version.

I have already tried editing my gps.conf file, but didn't work. Also tried Faster GPS and Fasterfix.

The GPS used to work in the past, but I don't use it frequently, so I don't know why and when it stoped working.

Sorry for my bad english.
[Verizon LG G2] 1heffer:
This fixes GPS, period. It's been working flawlessly for me for months.

As far as warranty goes, just go back to bone stock and you'll be fine. However, any replacement g2 will likely (probably) have the same GPS problems.
[Verizon LG G2] Steamer86:
I tried this on one that works fine with no change in lock speed cold and thereafter. Some contacts case and phone must have bad QC.
[Verizon LG G2] Lycidias:
Hello, I Put some Paper unter the contacts of my d802 like in the YouTube Video but I still have Bad GPS (4/20). my friend with the Same phone has 13/20fix

Can i send it to LG? I think warranty should be for problems like this. But now I have a small Crack in my backplate because i was too rough. Can i still send it in over warranty?

Thanks
[Verizon LG G2] player911:
I think the major problem is the compass with my phone. I get solid locks but the later versions of Maps shows various paths (like "4 minutes shorter" etc) and keeps changing my route based off there it thinks I'm going. So when I'm at a stop light, my Maps Arrow starts spinning and changing routes between all the roads at the intersection. I have to mentally drive the right way and let it reroute back to the route it was already on.

The second I stop, my compass starts spinning.

It wasn't really a problem until I went to Boston where the roads are just insane crazy and I really had to rely on my GPS for guidance. Every 15 minute trip would end up being 1 hour just from taking stupid turns and going out of the way.
[Verizon LG G2] Steamer86:
The only "fix" I've found for that^ are recalibration or reboot (neither a good option). Doesn't happen often and the "fix" last for a while. This issue started on KK for me.
[Verizon LG G2] Claus72:
I have a European D802. I had a lot of problems with my gps. Very slow fix speed and loss gps signal. I have tried al the software fix and, also, all the hardware fix with no success. I have tried a lot of app to improve my gps with no success.

Last month I have discovered that all my problems with gps were due to my apn setting. I had a wrong apn setting and my agps was not working well.

I have set the apt type with "default, supl" and now with "supl" the gps is working perfectly. :D

"supl" is a feature called "Secure User Plane Location", a feature of Assisted GPS.*

I hope that my experience could help someone.

Sorry for my English. :P
[Verizon LG G2] Lycidias:
How did you Set IT?
[Verizon LG G2] Claus72:
In english, should be:

Settings -tethering and network-mobile network-apn name

Inviato dal mio LG-G2 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Verizon LG G2] reficurg:
I've been trying to solve this as well, started with OTA to KitKat. I should've taken the phone into Verizon for a replacement under warranty but tried the custom ROM way and have had no luck. I think my next step is to take the phone apart at this point, pretty annoying not having GPS.
[Verizon LG G2] Haswell4200:
My gps wouldn't work at all and now it finds tons of satellites. Thank you so much.
[Verizon LG G2] kxs783kms:
Open her up

Just opened up the back of my phone and did the cardboard paper under the gold spring tab trick and WOW what a difference. I'm getting a lock as soon as I'm done typing the address in. Using Google Maps, no GPS app installed. I think doing that may be the only "true" fix.
[Verizon LG G2] MkVsTheWorld:
Are you talking about this gold spring tab (picture is inverted)?
[Verizon LG G2] kxs783kms:
Yes sir, that's it!! Be careful not to bend it back too far. I just used some cardboard off of a cereal box, folded it in half, cut it down to size so that it would fit under the tab and inside the square. When you press your cover back on, it's going to push the tab back down into place and it will have a strong contact point with the piece on the backplate. I'm telling you, my GPS is locking instantly. Not app downloaded and edited files in build.prop or anything. I'm running CloudyfaG3 port btw.

P.S....Once you get done, update us on your results on how it's working for you.
[Verizon LG G2] MkVsTheWorld:
I actually tried using a business card and it didn't improve the GPS at all. I also tried electrical tape and still no luck. [emoji20]
[Verizon LG G2] kxs783kms:
Sorry it didn't work for you, but it did wonders for me. Did you fold the cardboard in half to make it thick enough to actually push the tab up some? Anyway, here's a video of me doing a screen recording, showing how mine instantly locks. I go through the process of clearing the data and cache from the app to make sure no info is saved and then I turn on GPS and you can see how it instantly finds and locks on to satellites in less than a second. I didn't think about making a before video to compare the time it took to lock on before I did the fix, but I can say it was nowhere near this quick.

Edit: This is my first video ever loaded to Youtube and also my first video ever embedded on XDA, so you may have to go to Youtube and go full screen to see things a little better, until I can figure the ins and outs of uploading and sharing videos to and from there.

[YOUTUBE]AAekwLoDJw8[/YOUTUBE]
[Verizon LG G2] Haswell4200:
Can you direct me to that fix?

Can you direct me to that fix?
[Verizon LG G2] MkVsTheWorld:
I mainly just stuck with a single layer of a business card because I was afraid that I'd snap that spring. Using a piece of folded cereal cardboard seems like it would be too big and snap the spring. You had no issues?

I tried using a clothes price tag and folding that in half for double thickness. I also did the electrical tape trick mentioned earlier folded in single and double thickness. Each time the spring would go up some. After trying each trick, I'd put everything back together (after ensuring everything snapped in all spots) I'd run a GPS test (using GPS status) after a cold boot both indoors and outdoors. Each time indoors would take 1-2 minutes and outdoors would take 30-60 seconds, which was no improvement.

At this point, I think I'm ready to mail it off to LG for them to fix it. Unless I missed something?
[Verizon LG G2] kxs783kms:
Ok, here's the thing. There isn't a video, or at least I could find one, of a Verizon LG G2 being fixed but it's the same concept. Be careful though because our spring is on the chassis (*see picture posted above with red circle*) and not the backplate on the Verizon model, so it won't be as easy as just replacing the backplate it you happen to break the spring. GO SLOW AND BE VERY CAREFUL!!! This is the video I used though.

[YOUTUBE]QBpNtWvY454[/YOUTUBE]
[Verizon LG G2] mloeser:
This may be a last resort type of fix, but when I've had problems with the GPS locking on my G2 in the past, I have reverted to a Stock Rom, used maps, or some other GPS app to get a lock, verify its working, then flashed by to my rom of choice. I have done this a few times with success. Worth a try for those who haven't been able to get anything else working.
[Verizon LG G2] kxs783kms:
No, I had no issues. As a matter of fact, I recorded that clip last night inside my house and never went outside to get a lock first. I pushed my pin up some before I slid the folded cardboard under it, but you're right, you have to push it up very gently as it seems it can break easily with too much pressure. I can't tell you to go for it, I can just give my experience. By all means, if you feel like shipping it back to LG is your best option, then that's what I think you should do. Sorry this didn't work out for you.
[Verizon LG G2] player911:
My GPS just gets goofy. Throwing me blocks away from where I am. Also my Compass is goofed. As soon as I stop, it rotates East... this makes my Google Maps try and reroute.

Older version of Maps was better. The new one that shows alternate routes keeps me running all over. I want to pick a route and stick to it. If I divert, divert me back to my original route.
[Verizon LG G2] kxs783kms:
This was my same problem. The GPS in this phone was taking me all over the place one time when I took a trip to Orlando. Luckily I downloaded the route before we left the house, so it served it's purpose as a backup. I don't think the updated GM's is bad, I just think this phone's GPS sucks until you get it fixed. Since I fixed mine, I took a couple of local trips using it and it has diverted me to an alternate route yet.
[Verizon LG G2] Haswell4200:
I did the hardware fix and software fix and the gps won't lock at all. Outside and not a cloud in the sky and it doesn't see a single satellite. What else can I do?
[Verizon LG G2] kxs783kms:
You may be better off removing the hardware fix and sending it off to LG. Even without the hardware fix, you should be getting some type of satellite lock, even if it's only one or 2.
[Verizon LG G2] Haswell4200:
I'm also on a custom Rom if that changes anything.
[Verizon LG G2] kxs783kms:
I don't believe it should be a problem, as long as you have a kernel flashed to make everything work correctly for the Verizon model. I was on Cloudyfa's ported G3 rom when I did the hardware fix and the video I posted in here showed how quickly I was getting a lock. I'm now back on Xdabbeb 1.2.1 rom and I'm getting the same instant locks on satellites as I was when I was on Cloudyfa's rom.
[Verizon LG G2] Haswell4200:
I have the stock kernel. I'm just annoyed seeing as this replacement is still broken.
[Verizon LG G2] Melt1down:
Google Maps V7 would not give me a fix even though GPS Fix showed many satellites and got me a fix.

I'm not rooted yet so needed a non root fix and this did it. Will work with root too.

Resolved my GPS issues by going here and downloading Maps 6.14.4 and installing. Still works fine with already installed Maps V7.

I now get a fix in 10 seconds or less on 6.14.4 and weather find my location instantly. I think V7 has a conflict with G2's

http://xdaforums.com/show...47&postcount=3
[Verizon LG G2] wilkster:
In the past, on other phones, I would have similar issues with Goolge maps. Clearing Google maps data (Settings->Applications->All, Maps Clear Data) would always resolve the issue. Worth a try.
[Verizon LG G2] player911:
I think the later GMaps is just weird. Seems to be too sensitive and always selecting alternative routes even after I manually pick the route I want.

Plus it seems to run me around the long way for no apparent reasons.

My compass seems to get better by opening Maps and doing a figure 8 with my phone in hand for a few seconds, although still never right. It always seems to point 45° from my actual heading... although a compass app reads it correctly.
[Verizon LG G2] wilkster:
I agree. Gmaps isn't the best for selecting routes, it seems to skip over too many connections. I do find however that once it selects a route it's time estimate is very is accurate. I suspect that if the GPS is not accurate enough, or waivers, Gmaps will think you have left it's navigation course and reroute you. If it has your direction wrong at the time you can get some very strange results.
[Verizon LG G2] jbaruch76:
I can't figure out what i am bending, the ribbon in the picture is very recessed and i can't even see how i'd be able to fit some cardboard in there.
[Verizon LG G2] factory81:
Okay, I finally caved.

I bought a brand spanking new phone off swappa.com (although, after seeing my assurion replacement, and how it was packaged, I feel I may have even received a assurion phone). The phone was $265 - and the condition was seriously mint. This was like 2-3 months ago now as well. So this price was a STEAL.

Anyways, GPS ALWAYS sucked. My girl got a LG G2, despite my GPS sucking. She has better luck with her GPS. One day flying a few weeks ago, I stood up, with the phone in the seat pocket in front of me. My headphones were abruptly removed from the phone, which somehow caused the headphone jack to become OCD-sensitive. As in, working out or even driving in the car with something plugged into the headphone jack was useless. This was the last straw. I paid the $99 renewal fee. I am about to root my phone (just to do the wifi tether mod), and then test out the GPS.

I am anxious to see if this phone sucks as much as my last one did.
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
So I pulled my back off and had a difficult time getting something under the contact, so I just used an exacto knife and lifted the contact some to try to increase the tension, I then put it back together and went outside and turn on GPS Status and almost instantly got 16/24 satellite fix, then to start clean I did a GPS cold restart and then everything went back to crap and after 15 minutes it still wouldn't lock and only saw 4/7 satellites. Not sure if it lost it's tension (possible) or what happened.

Where are people putting the "spacer" to increase the tension, under the entire piece or just under the contact point? How are you holding it in place, I tried to use a small piece of a credit card, but it I think I cut it too small...

EDIT: Pulled the back off again and cut a business card to a small piece, folded in half, trimmed to fit, and fit under the contact... Went outside and within 5 seconds got a 15/24 satellite fix and within 30 seconds had 17 satellite fix (never seen that before) with a margin of error of 10', never seen this good a reception ever. Held unwavering signal for a solid 20 minutes, also something I had not seen, and the signal strength in GPS Status & Toolbox showed almost all of them twice as high as I had ever seen. So far I am going to say this is a solid, simple fix! I was really starting to hate this phone just because of this, but now I love it even more than I used to!
[Verizon LG G2] MkVsTheWorld:
I looked over the LG G2 Service Manual available here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2437403

It definitely says that the above spring is actually the CDMA modem spring and not the GPS spring. According to the manual, the GPS spring is under the cover of the top part of the phone in the upper left hand corner.

I think that the people that are doing this trick on the 3G antenna (pic above) are inadvertently fixing the issue by putting pressure on the upper left hand corner on the back of the phone and resetting the springs. See how just pinching that part of the phone fixed the issue for these folks:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-g2/323796-lg-g2-gps-issues-2.html
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
I thought this fixed the issue, but the more I play with it the more I think this is software related... Let me explain what I am seeing.

Probably 10-12 times today after "fixing" the problem, I went outside and started a GPS app (Maps, GPS Status, etc), half the time it would be fine, but the other half I would get an immediate 5-8 satellite lock followed by losing GPS signal within about 30 seconds. The strange part is every time I would close that app and then open it again I would get a solid 10+ satellite lock which would last until I closed the app (I let go at least 5 minutes). At no time did a second opening of the app not result in a solid, consistent lock.

Note that all this is on a CyanogenMod based ROM (Beanstalk 4.4.4), I also have played with an AOKP based ROM (AICP 5.0) with similar results. On a stock or stockish ROM the GPS is flawless... Every time, although GPS status apps do show the signal as lower than expected.

I am not saying this applies to everyone, but in my case it sure seems software related, at least to some degree.

Sent from my Nexus 4 powered by Beanstalk ROM and Hellscore kernel
[Verizon LG G2] wilkster:
I think you are correct! The GPS antenna connections look to be the same on all the G2 models, however on the Verizon model the antenna connection makes underneath the plastic cover vs. the other models which make to the back cover. Maybe the GPS antenna is in the small PCB cover (see arrow on attachment).

Has anyone taken this little back cover off? It is held on by 7 small Phillips screws.
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
I don't understand why the GPS works perfectly on the stock ROM, I have used it for 6+ continuous hours of navigation without losing GPS lock even once, but on AICP or Beanstalk it won't stay locked for more than 5 minutes at a time (if I'm lucky) and then go anywhere from a minute to 20 minutes to even longer before getting any kind of lock again.

I really don't know what to make of all this, everything I have tried to "fix" the problem on non-stock ROMs seems to have a short term placebo effect at best, yet the stock 24A ROM just works.

Am I only one with this specific problem?
[Verizon LG G2] wilkster:
I haven't used any rom other than stock. Have you tried the stock gps.conf file from stock on your non-stick roms?

Sent from my VS980 4G
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
Yes... Actually, the GPS config file is fairly irrelevant, as long as its complete, doesn't matter what gps.conf options I use, NTP server etc seems irrelevant... Stock works, non-stock roms fail.
[Verizon LG G2] MkVsTheWorld:
I have. In the service manual, it shows you which screws news to be removed and how to remove the little back cover. The gist, use your finger nail to lift up the tiny sliver on the left and very gently unhook the piece like you did for the battery cover.

TIP: the "tape" on the little black cover consists of the antennas for each modem that is on that side of the phone, ie GPS. Try not to disturb it.
[Verizon LG G2] dkahs23:
My wife dropped her phone from about waist high and it landed flat on its back.The screen was damage but I changed it out. But the GPS doesn't work anymore. Anyone have any experience like that? I don't know if it work after the drop or not. I have tried all of the above ideas and nothing works.....
[Verizon LG G2] xttapolatakettle:
When you replaced the screen, did you check out the GPS antenna contacts for damage?
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
Can someone share the stock JB and KK gps.conf files? Want to try a few things... Thanks.
[Verizon LG G2] wilkster:
Attached is the one from my 4.4.2 24A (Verizon).
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
Thanks... Going to do a little playing over the next couple days and see if I can do something with this on custom roms
[Verizon LG G2] Dri94:
Hope you find somethinh :)
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
So after testing the 4 main gps.conf files I found, stoc/PA, CM/AICP and most AOSP Roms, AOKP, and a Nexus 5 reference config on Google, it is pretty clear stock is the best and most reliable.

I have been driving delivery all night, testing each one for approximately an hour, it was pretty clear that the stock and Nexus 5 reference configs for the most accurate and reliable, with all other configurations resulting in slow locks an unreliable navigation, losing GPS lock at random intervals.

I tested with a clean install of the latest AICP nightly (0904) on the gps.conf files pulled directly from several roms and untouched. The only thing I did was change the file reboot and pull new aGPS data.

Next step, try to massage the stock file to get intermediate location and get SUPL working if possible, and possibly a few other tweaks that I found online. Should be ready to share the file at that time, give me a couple days.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
I am very interested in your resulting file. I've run cm11 for awhile, and while I always get GPS to work, it's inaccurate and slow to recover from course changes while navigating.
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
A quick fix would be grab the stock gps.conf file a few posts back, and put it in /system/etc... It performs much better than one in the CM ROMs, its not perfect but more responsive and accurate. I don't know how much better I can get, as getting supl to work may require an APN change.
[Verizon LG G2] koftheworld:
Have you found any difference in gps performance between 24 and 25?
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
I only tested with the 24A bootstack, but that should be irrelevant for this, I don't believe that has anything to do with the GPS but I could be wrong.
[Verizon LG G2] wilkster:
Have you seen the version posted in this posting? It has a number differences from the stock gps.conf. One of the things I noticed in the stock (and the linked version) is the AGPS SUPL_HOST entries are all commented out, typically google is used as the host. I don't know if this is because SUPL_VER 2 is being used vs 1 or what.
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
I have seen this config, it makes little sense in many areas and looks like it's based on an older (Pre-ICS) Samsung device by its capabilities, sensor, and agps settings. There are several outdated parameters and some unnecessary ones.

I have been doing a lot of reading in Google's developer forums, a lot of these parameters are misunderstood and many of the ones people rave about are irrelevent and probably just a placebo effect.

SUPL is different than aGPS, aGPS works fine on this device with the stock settings, SUPL is a IP based service to get satellite information that normally comes in the satellite data stream but only at 10-50kbps from a mobile data connection (does not support WiFi) to speed up the locking process. It is not necessary for operation and is often misunderstood by many people how it works and what it does, same as the accuracy and intermediate location settings.

Some of these features are built in to the firmware of the GPS chipset itself, so some of the settings are irrelevent and ignored even when implicitly set.
[Verizon LG G2] acejavelin:
Anybody want to try this gps.conf file? It is setup for in the US on Verizon only for the initial testing, it has a few testing things but mostly what I know works. If I could get some feedback that would be great...

How to use:

1) Extract the ZIP and copy resulting file to your device

2) Use a root file browser and rename /system/etc/gps.conf to gps.original (or copy it somewhere else safe)

3) Paste the attached file to your /system/etc directory and rename to gps.conf

4) Reboot

And then test the GPS, see if it is any better, quicker, more reliable, or worse... Thanks

To return to the original gps config file, just delete gps.conf and rename gps.original to gps.conf and reboot.
[Verizon LG G2] Lycidias:
So, no Chance to test on d802? :o