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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Chameleon560:
Oh, it is for sure a hardware issue, because I opened the phone 5 times now and made changes to the contacts. Every time I got a perfect signal, but it didn't last for long, maybe because I change the battery a lot. Just taking out the battery or rebooting the phone didn't help at all, so it is clearly related to the disassembly. I also get a much better signal if I squeeze the sides near the volume keys. It has to be a hardware issue.

What exactly did you fix?

I get a bad SNR in the hidden menu app for GPS testing and the compass looses it's calibration, thus GPS thinks I am going in the wrong direction while linked to 15+ satellites with 10m accuracy. Then some contacts got no connection again and the GPS does fix only 3 satellites, if any. Squeezing the sides helps again to fix the signal at least accurate with more satellites.

I highly doubt that an app can repair that kind of behavior, but we will never know, because I sent it back for repair. If it will happen again, I will try the app, before sending it back again.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] lcd4linux:
My GPS Signal become always lost on Stock ROM, while doing my workout with "Runtastic". So after unlocking, rooting and xposed Framework, i've installed from F-Droid microG UnifiedNlp with all Backends and the xposed UnifiedNlp module.

After this my GPS Signal was stable.

Hope this helps out someone else.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] 1979Sentinel:
Does it need to be rooted?
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Chameleon560:
UnifiedNlp is for setting backends which are used for navigation via mobile network, not GPS!

So I guess your GPS signal is still bad, but you get it more stable via the mobile network navigation method as a help. Maybe you live in a city, where the coverage with mobile networks is good enough for navigation, but that could change outside the city, where the signal reception is poor. Try to use the "GPS only" mode or go into the hidden menu and check your GPS SNR and accuracy, I guess it's bad.

With other words, this method is not suitable e.g. for geocaching or general outback navigation.

If you have to be rooted on this ROM to use UnifiedNlp, then you loose your warranty, which is not a good idea, if your GPS problem is a hardware issue. I was risking my warranty, too by opening my phone, but I didn't unlock my bootloader to loose warranty for sure.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] bluerain28:
Just got my LG G5 H860 the other day. GPS is quick to lock. No problem here. :). Only 3 stuck / hot pixel though, noticeable when the brightness is 100% on black background. But it's fine with the other colors. :D
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] PrinceLc:
I am rooted and yes the app needs root privilegs
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Chameleon560:
Got my phone back from repair and now I can see, that this issue is probably not possible to repair by yourself!

They changed a lot:

- back cover

- mainboard

- battery cover

- some not specified circuit.

First tests show an excellent reception with 3m accuracy in GPS only mode, which was never reached in my testing before, especially not on the go. Reception is now also much stronger with up to 42 (dB?). GPS on cold start is fixed after 4s!

As I side effect they also fixed the mobile radio, even if it was ok, it got even better now! I definitely get a signal, where I would not get one before at all!

So I would recommend you to send it in and not messing around with the repair or rooting it for some kind of tweaks, risking the warranty of the phone.

Hope I could help someone with the decision what to do.

If the problem comes back again, I will let you know.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Sensamic:
It's unbelievable that all latest G flagships have had the same GPS issues!

G2, G3 and G4 had it!!

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] seanpr123:
Ya, I sent my H811 back for repair, got back over a month ago and have had it with the GPS issues. Navigating is terrible, constantly loosing signal when turns come up, so time to go on CL/Swappa and move on.

I know it won't matter to LG, but certainly going to mention to all my friends/family when phone shopping.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] AralVor:
How long did it take to get it back from LG after you sent it ?
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] lolmensch:
You destroyed all my hopes. :crying: guess I will have to do the same
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] edzilla:
Mine has been repaired twice and exchanged once, and the problem is still there. I have asked a full refund at Amazon, which they have granted...
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] PrinceLc:
so my phone is for repair too till saturday the first of october it was hardware
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Chameleon560:
I'am sorry, but look at the bright side:

I messed with the repairs several weeks, tried all the instructions on the internet and opened my phone 5 times in total! Yes, I did get a good result for some days, but it got always bad again up to no signal fix at all.

The repair over Amazon.de and their partner w-support.com took 1 week and I can tell you, I have still good reception! They also generated a proper measuring report for the mobile radio and a general repair protocol.

So while it was a good educational experience, I wouldn't mess with it again ;)

Just keep in mind, that other service partners may differ in their competence and repair quality.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] 1979Sentinel:
Mine is since Tuesday send for repair, hope to get it back quickly. GPS on holiday was too terrible to accept any longer.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] edzilla:
After 1 replacement and 2 repairs, the problem was coming back, so I requested a complete refund by Amazon.de, which they have immediately granted.

I am now the happy owner of a Moto Z.

In my opinion, the issue has something to do with the modules: I didn't have any issue with the GPS after it was repaired until I swapped batteries, and then the issue would steadily get worse.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] PrinceLc:
**** after repair my gps is working now they changed the pcb assembly mainboard but now my phone is locked again and the device id is missmached from the imei so no unlock.bin
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] seanpr123:
Well that's terrifying.

Especially since I was planning on giving them one more shot and sending my phone out tmrw to be repaired a second time, and I know what a ***** it was to get this unlocked from T-Mobile. Had to file a FCC complaint and email a ton of T-Mobile reps, was a total PITA.

Perhaps I should just sell now with a wonky GPS and switch to something else. Hmm.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] PrinceLc:
Maybe i sell it too
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] ferges:
I've just sent my G5 to LG service. I will post if GPS issue is gone after repair.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] bluerain28:
After my update to 10k H860, my GPS is even better. :D. It was better but now it's even better. :victory:
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] PrinceLc:
My G5 GPS is now perfekt acuracy of 3 meters after repair change of the Motherboard but no bootloader unlock because of changing the Device ID so ****
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] dabart2013:
I did this fix and it only worked for 3 weeks & then i did it again

If you are using your G5 to play pokemon go, you HAVE TO DO THIS!

m.reddit.com/r/lgg5/comments/4u8m9p/how_to_fix_your_gps_fixed_in_10_minutes
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] mgrzyb16:
I found out that after changing screen position from horizontal to vertical it loses fix. Doesn't take long to fix again when I'm walking but still not sure about fixing when driving 60kph let's sey

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] scote:
My g5 just back from warranty repair for gps issues. The repair centre replacex the back housing of the phone. The difference is amazing. Gps is extremely good and mobile signal much more stable.

I have taken my phone apart multiple times and tried various things posted online as well as my own ideas. All these things did is temporarily improve the situation. The new back housing made much more difference. I think this is the solution in my case. Hope it lasts.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] mgrzyb16:
I'm a bit worried about my warranty cause I did unlocked bootloader.

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] PrinceLc:
No prob with unlocking my was unlocked too and they repair with warrenty okay i am from germany with its rules
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] 1979Sentinel:
Got my phone back yesterday. And I can advice everybody to send it to repair if your gps is not working sufficient. Now, even in a building i get gps reception within five seconds. Have not dared to pull out the battery, will wait with that for a few days to finish testing and compare if it gets worse after switching batteries.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Chameleon560:
I was in the same situation, got my G5 back from repair with perfectly working GPS one month ago (you can check my older posts with screenshots in this thread). I didn't switch out the battery and everything worked fine for the whole time. Now I did 2 or 3 times and I am getting the old problems back again!!! I was very careful to take out the batteries! It is just starting to loose accuracy from 3m to 10m or even 30m and on Pokemon Go it starts to walk in totaly wrong directions several meters away from the actual place. I did watch my accuracy level every time I used my gps, so I'm sure it happened just now.

So I think it will just get worse now, so I will switch my batteries every time one is empty to quicken the process and send it back in! Also I would recommend you to do the same and change the batteries, after you have done your testing to recognize if it gets worse or not. If it will get worse, it will anyway sooner or later, but as long as I have my warranty, I will be sure that my phone can last beyond that or get my money back!

Edit:

Funny thing I noticed is, that the accuracy is much better when the CPU is in idle! When I give it some load by opening an app, I can watch the accuracy and the number of satellites drop after a few seconds! It's important to let the GNSS test running in the background, because it would do a new fix everytime you switch apps. There is surely an interference going on, which gets worse as time goes by and some pins not getting contact. Look at the screenshots, I barely touched the phone and kept it at exactly the same place. It would recover to 3m after I close the app, but it takes a while.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Nick216ohio:
LG phones must suck with GPS. The LG stylo had before this we had exact problem as yall. Knock on wood my G5 not having this issue. I know someone metion GPS status test app. But try GPS fix on play store. The one with blue radar. We had better results with that app.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] 1979Sentinel:
Which dev is it from? I see multiple ones.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Nick216ohio:
Andev
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Nick216ohio:
Curious, dude it work for you?
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] 1979Sentinel:
I have installed it yesterday. I did not travel today. Do I need to fix it once and will it be okay afterwards? Or do I need to run it every time?
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Nick216ohio:
I only ran it once and never had issues again. Just keep it installed and if you have issues again run it.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] 1979Sentinel:
I will travel tomorrow and test and feedback, thanks for your inquiry!
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] jgriff1:
I agree...mine started acting poorly after a Waze update.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] 1979Sentinel:
Have travelled today, every time I turn Google maps on location is found very quickly. Can't really tell if the difference huge, but so far still satisfied. Thanks
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Nick216ohio:
Cool man! Maybe others could try it out as well? And give feedback? I am pretty sure it will work for others.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] mgrzyb16:
I'm about doing some trip over my city today. I have ****ty GPS - that's for sure. I will install this magic GPS fix and let you know today evening.

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] misteurz:
Hi, what is your magic GPS fix?

Envoyé de mon LG-H850 en utilisant Tapatalk
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] mgrzyb16:
Few posts earlier someone post it. Unfortunately - didn't work for me.

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] ferges:
I got back my phone from LG service. GPS was perfect, but I had to send it once more to LG, because there was a black spot on wide angle camera. They replace camera module and now everything works perfectly.

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] mgrzyb16:
Did you have rooted phone?

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] ferges:
No, not rooted.

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Zaqwert:
I am having problems with my gps as well. Will sending it in for warranty fix the gps? Will the warranty process actually decrease the phone performace in any way? Just kind of sceptical. Thank you
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] 1979Sentinel:
I can only speak from my personal experience and tell you the following:

1) before and after the repair was a very big difference. After it performs as a high end product.

2) no negative issues found after repair

3) when sending it for repair be as complete as can be. Don't just have the GPS repaired if you think your screen brightness is not completely satisfying. You lose the phone for two weeks or longer, it better be perfect in one time. And now the experts are looking at it

4) since the repair I didn't dare to remove the battery yet. But lg has given me the statement that thanks to the repair I should be able to do all the things I can according to the manual.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Zaqwert:
Thanks for the above mentioned information. I once owned a Sony xperia go and sent in for warranty during the last day of the warranty period. Mentioned all the problems and bits of problems that did not happen just incase. When returned from warranty, it died after 1 month. Can't even charge it. So am afraid of the same problem since i have no idea what my phone will go through.

Is the uneven screen covered under warranty?

Anyway
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Fremen93:
This phone really annoys me to no end with its GPS issues. I have two LG G5's, less than a year old, and both have serious GPS issues. It started out a few months after using them. One of them is much worse than the other, but even the ones that's a little better has frequent GPS signal losses while navigating. Getting really sick of missing turns and getting delayed while driving with it. I am ready to throw this piece of junk out. I suppose I should be able to complain about it to tmobile, but I'm sure those guys will just tell me to factory reset it and try a bunch of time wasting things that won't even work.

I want to find a replacement that has a working GPS...any suggestions? I prefer a phone with a user changeable battery, I'm really unhappy with Samsung following apple and making their newer phones without that feature.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] kkuhle:
I just got a replacement from T-Mobile. (It took them a month to get it from lg). I complained that I was having the same GPS issues. Just say that you have booted your device in safe mode and continue to have the same navigation issues while running in safe mode and they should send a replacement. I have tried to test the GPS for the last week every where I go and have not seen any navigation issues. Before I was constantly getting a message (searching for GPS) and I was always missing exits/turns because of i not updating properly. I'm not having any of those issues with my replacement. Crossing my fingers that it's fixed for good!
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Zaqwert:
Have you tried swapping your battery? Will the gps problem reoccur?
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] kkuhle:
I have changed my battery at least a couple times I believe. I can post an update after I can confirm.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] laoh:
Man, the GPS issue ruins an otherwise a great phone! So I already sent in my G5 to LG and they repaired it under warranty. GPS was working. Then over time, it got bad again. For me to get a good lock or maintain lock when using google maps, I had to keep the phone squeezed and you know how annoying and tiring that gets, especially when you have to continue to squeeze for the duration of your trip!

Anyway, finally did the surgery, bent the 3 little pins up. I'm 41 and my eyes have a very hard time seeing the pins as they are tiny. But I did have a jewelers loupe so that came in handy. I'd suggest you at least have something to magnify with before attempting to bend the pins up. I also loosened the screw of the green board where the pins were sitting and noticed that lifted the board upwards (another user mentioned that in prior post)... so I completely removed the screw, stuck a piece of thick paper under the board, put a hole in the paper for the screw and screwed back in but left the screw a bit loose (not loose-loose but not so tight that the board pushes down). Snap the cover back and GPS works again. From my condo patio, before, I'd get 0/19 satellites. Post-surgery, 14/19. Those 3 littles pins might lose their tension again over time... we'll see.

---------- Post added at 11:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:42 PM ----------

People, this is not a software issue! It's a well documented hardware issue. Save your time and anguish by not going down the software update and experiment path.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] laoh:
If you do the squeeze test and you pick up more satellites, it's obviously a hardware issue. Like many others, I followed the steps in reddit to fix the issue. Not sure how long the fix will stay (before the pins lose tension and stop touching the back cover strongly) but we'll see.

So if the squeeze test confirms you have a hardware issue and you don't want to send the phone to LG and you're ok with opening it up yourself, then the reddit post is very helpful.

http://https://www.reddit.com/r/lgg5/comments/4u8m9p/how_to_fix_your_gps_fixed_in_10_minutes/
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Nick216ohio:
Link won't work
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] lolmensch:
insert ":" manually after https
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] misteurz:
I've found my solution for this unsolvable GPS issue.

I've sent my LG g5 back to Amazon, and I've bought a galaxy s7 edge. I'm a bit sad, but g7 edge is a great phone.

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[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Chameleon560:
1st qoute:

Did they loose their tension yet? Or does it work fine now? I mentioned the method to lift up the motherboard, but I just loosened the screws. Retrospectively I would put some flat washers under every screw hole. Mine did loose the GPS signal again and I reverted every change for warranty purposes.

2nd qoute:

Sent it in 2 times now. Just got it back from the second repair. I guess it will happen again, if I change the battery a lot, what I will do. So my next step will be exactly that, get another phone! Maybe I'll by some broken ones from ebay to try again, but not on my expensive daily driver with warranty on it!

PS: This time they only repaired some "circuit" and didn't change anything else like back plate, battery cover or mainboard. I wonder what that circuit may be and where it is located.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] laoh:
It's only been a week since the surgery and things are fine. I went walking yesterday; usually Runkeeper app takes awhile to lock on to satellite and often says poor or fair signal which results in a very inaccurate trip summary but this time, it locked on immediately and trip was very accurate.

Also, if you're going to stick something under the green board, then I'd suggest you use plastic or paper or something not conductive and not a metal washer. As you know, this is to provide enough upwards lift so that the pins are raised higher, thus touching the metal back cover for a better reception. The trick is so that the pins are permanently touching the back cover... if you provide enough lift, my thought is maybe the pins losing tension won't happen over time.

If you're okay with sending your phone back to LG for them to do "something" (whatever they replace), that's cool but I did that once and when I got my phone back, GPS was working well but over time, it started to stink again. So I've concluded that the LG folks don't know about the 3-pin issue, which is a design flaw, and they're replacing parts that would make the GPS work immediately after the repair but they have no way of knowing long term results of their fix so they'll keep doing the same thing over and over.

It's quite obvious what the issue is... for the sake of less anguish and saving time, assuming most ppl's problem on the board here is a physical phone issue:

- do the squeeze test. If GPS gets better, then it's a hardware issue.

- if you send the phone to LG for warranty repair, you'll be out of phone for at least a week, then the repair may not last either

- if you open up the phone, while many youtube videos (like Max Lee) makes it look easy, I first had a hard time prying the phone open and was scared I would crack the screen... eventually the screen popped off. Once open, you'll have to gently bend the 3 pins upwards; however, like many ppl are saying on the board, over time, this fix appears to lose its effectiveness and you'll be back to where you were.... thus, YMMV but try to do something beyond just bending the pins up. For me, I loosened the circuit board where the pins are sitting (so the entire board moved up a little) and also stuck a piece of paper under the board to raise it a little bit so the pins would be closer to the back cover. I'm not sure if this will stay permanently but we'll see.

- lastly, if you're sick of this issue and no longer want to deal with it but it's a must that you have to have a working and accurate GPS, it's time for a different phone. Such a pity b/c despite the reviewers not really giving this phone much love, we all know how good of a phone this is (maybe except for the bad battery life) and wish it didn't have the GPS issue... but it's a design flaw.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Gatz:
So I did the surgery (not by bending the pins, simply putting some folded paper underneath the board to raise it a few tenths) and it seemed to go well...

... for the GPS, which now works much natter...

... but now the main camera is foggy and out of focus :(

Does anyone have an idea what it could be and how to fix it??
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Chameleon560:
Does it try to focus the picture or is it a static blur? Does the other camera work?

I had no issues at all opening the phone many times. So maybe you wasn't carefull enough or left your fingerprints on the inner side of the glass.

You have to open the phone again and check the glass of the back housing and the camera itself for dirt in good light. If there is any, you have to clean it very very carefully. Don't make the camera wet!

If you did unlug the camera you could have damaged the connector to the motherboard. Try to reconnect it very carefully!

I don't think, that you could have changed the lens distance to the sensor by turning it or anything like that, so don't touch it. Anything other I can think of is just a hardware damage.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Gatz:
It's hard to explain, it takes much longer to focus and you can tell the camera is having a really hard time, trying many times until it's locked and sometimes missing it at the end. Also then the photos look to me worse than before if I zoom way in. The videos also look now blurry to me.

The wide angle camera seems fine though.

I even though a tiny piece of broken glass may have fallen in the sensor and damaged it when it broke, but don't know... :(
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] galr:
You probably touched the lens (not the cover glass). Open it again and clean it.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] Gatz:
How would you advise that I clean it? It looks really tiny and fragile. Thabk you very much.