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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stroge:
Hi All,

the issue seem to be fixed lately, probably the change came in last weeks google app updates or was made on the server side. I switched the update on a few days ago, no drain from it so far.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1exus:
I've tried, and still experiencing issue.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perveeus:
I don't think so.

Just updated about 40+ apps including a bunch of Google apps last night.

Rebooted.

Cleared cached.

Was in the car today plugged in at lunch time to run an errand.

Moment I unplugged - battery dropped off the cliff.

Exactly the scenarios in post #32 - which was that the reboot will stop the wakelock after being plugged in.

So my day today started with a:

1) UN-plug = no wake lock.

2) Plugged & then unplugged = Wakelock
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegios:
I think I have same issue.

Brand new phone in MTC20F as of first day.

Look at my screenshots: 20% drain in 6h of sleep.

Will test tonight turning off backup.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gvp9000:
i still have the same problem ... any other ideas except of turning off google backup ?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a1exus:
that bug was resolved a while ago, you should update your device to late(r|st) version)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patrickdrd:
bs resolved, it's here on a new phone, after happening on my previous one not so long ago (I had to disable backup)

p.s. f. off google!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] oll0:
Hello xda,

I recently upgraded to the S7 (from 1st gen Moto G lol) and loving it. It serves as a work phone, mainly for contacts, spreadsheets and navigation.

I therefore have two questions:

1) links to either google drive or google sheets implemented in my contacts are always initially opened by a built in browser based on the Samsung Internet app. It's a real pain to have to click through 4 menu's to finally have the sheet open. I reset defaults of all apps involved many a time. Any suggestions?

2) is there any way to force Google Now navigation voice commands to directly open Waze instead of Google Maps navigation?

Sorry if those questions arose somewhere else already, a quick forum search did not reveal any similar topics to me.

Cheers have a great day oll0
[Android Apps and Games] Mr.HB:
Play as Super M on a quest to free the kingdom and save the princess. Control Super M as he jumps from platform to platform making his way to the top avoiding dangerous perils. Collect coins and powerups while avoiding traps!! Features in game leaderboard!!

http://www.amazon.com/PixelPower-Su...8?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1461249638&sr=1-8
[Android Apps and Games] Mr.HB:
I see some of you downloaded from amazon , how does it run on your device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rooster1974:
Can the polaroid p1000k be rooted and if so how?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Bradco:
Hello

Another problem for me :( , my gps see the satelites but never fix.

I paste the files gps.conf and gpsconf.xml in /system/etc but nothing.

Nobody has an idea ?

Best regard.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Manitax:
I'm also having a very very bad gps connection. :( anybody knows how to improve it?

Sent from my P9000
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Goonerman:
You could try MTK Suite.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gocode.mtksuite&hl=en_GB
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] matov3:
P9000 has a good GPS. Needs no fix
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Jonny:
I've had very good GPS on this device, what region are you in - I'm in the United Kingdom so if region makes a difference I'd be interested to know.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] kitbag11:
I'm also struggling with GPS on this device. After the 419 ota update I had no GPS at all but after doing a factory reset I get GPS but it keeps dropping out.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Manitax:
Tanks i tried it but it did not help.

Germany

Sent from my P9000
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] amon2010:
GPS issue in South France

Hi guys

Got the same problem with the gps,

It can't get satellite signal (or loses it during the trip)

My car is shown outside the road and/or on another street/road

The speed changes every second while I'm driving with the speed control of my car.

It's the very very bad point of this phone (for the moment at least)
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Hudral:
postimg.org/image/aojifnye9

this is one sample how stupidly gps works on this phone , worst ever, lucky i got old BT gps receiver, never thought i will be forced to use it :( - i was not moving using mapmywalk - ive tryed all MTK fixes, suites, tests etc - got plenty satelites but still getting this stupid result - it finds satelites and than drop them to repeat this endlessly - i guess theres no way that we will be able to fix it , its up to Elephone guys

sry to not post picture propertly, i am not alowed.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Bradco:
I sent mine repair problem with gps chip
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] mslr:
I have the same problem in France with the last update the GPS is very poor
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] gerega:
1. Disable GPS in preferences

2. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cochibo.gpsstatus

3. Open the APP and reset GPS

4. Enable GPS, restart your desired app

Works perfectly here with stock rom 2016.04.19
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] nash90:
Elephone P9000 GPS Problem with Running Apps

I too am having a GPS problems on my Elephone P9000 in the UK and I mostly want to use the GPS to track my running.

It will pick up the satellites but quickly loses them. This is making the phone almost useless for any running app . At the moment I'm also wearing a Microsoft Band 2 which has it's own GPS (but not AGPS) and I'm using fitbit or endomondo on the elephone P9000. I'm therefore getting side by side comparisons of my routes (Microsoft band 2 GPS versus Elephone P9000 GPS). The Elephone P9000 GPS tracking, zig zags a bit (as it loses GPS signal) and has even tracked me going in a small circle when I was in fact going straight up my road! This is resulting in the P9000 showing my distances as much further than they actually are (due to zig zag/errors). Conversely, the Microsoft Band 2 holds it GPS signal much better and the track it shows much more accurately shows where I've walked/run.

I'm very frustrated. I've only just got this phone and was previously ( up t end of April 2016) using an LG G2 running Fitbit / Endomondo with no probems at all. The moment I changed to the Elephone P9000 both applications started showing these problems.

I've tried the GPS fixes, e.g. getting an app to reset the GPS and download a fresh AGPS table before starting up but this does not seem to help at all.

I hope Elephone can fix this P9000 GPS problem as without this I may need to go back to my LG G2 for my running.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] sorenzo:
I solved this problem by copying the directory / data / misc two EPO.DAT and EPO.md5 files. obviously the phone is rooted
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Juven73:
Same issue here. Frustrated :crying:
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] cch:
I have same issue with GPS. It fix with no problem, but it have really poor quality. I'am using my phone as flying instrument for Paragliding, and accurate GPS is need for me.

Is your "EPO.DAT and EPO.md5" method, really solution for this issue?

If yes, could you please help me out, how exactly fix it?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] skeleton1911:
on MTK devices i saw this behaviour mayn times.

for example for the p6000 , p7000 , m2 , k4000pro , p8000 and p9000

the mtk gps chip is not that good. it works in most regions . but users in germany (including me)

have weak gps connection. there is not much we can do .

personally i use google maps and that works for me very well.

i also tried navigon and copilot but they always lose gps signal...
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] sorenzo:
Yes, the quality of GPs is not good. I resolved as I said.:

Copy the two files downloaded separately in the directory / data / misc and restart the device.

Obviously you have to have the phone with root permissions.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] skeleton1911:
Please provide me these two files. I want to test them

Gesendet von meinem P9000 mit Tapatalk
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] sorenzo:
epodownload.mediatek.com/EPO.DAT

epodownload.mediatek.com/EPO.MD5
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] mangoman:
or try this app

http://www.dr-lex.be/software/epoupdater.html
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] amon2010:
@ gerega : thanks

I did "your" process yesterday evening, and indeed this morning the gps was a little better

less loss of signal

the car is far less from the road
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] GGranello:
Same issue here. (Germany) GPS Signals are semi weak, jumps around when in one spot and when moving looses fix constantly. I'm not impressed.

GG
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] cybero2912:
you could try to replace gps.conf with the one attached (remove .txt file extension)

do backup of original before !!

this gps.conf is for Germany !!
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Jctjctjct:
Any news?

Hi! Got your phone back? Could you tell us about your experience? Thanks.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] amon2010:
Yes 'cause I think to send back mine : Sim Card + GPS issue.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Bradco:
For me gps problem was solved by after sales service :)
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] HumanM:
What does that mean exactly? :)
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Sobmajstr:
I did this instruction and it seems that it helped. Tested on approx 30Km route.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Bradco:
I use the warranty because it was a hardware problem. he saw no satelites without the data connection.

when he saw satelite with data connection he never fix it.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Prophecy02:
Seems to be better now (gmaps)

Will test it in the evening on my way home from work

Edit:

Sygic works well but in maps still got no accurate position (it's 50m away from position I guess)
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] punkyan:
The software fix via Engineering Mode worked fine for me (Germany).

I have the newer revision of the phone (darker aluminium bezels). Seems like the GPS problem was only based on software and no hardware issues. Thanks alot :good:
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] djelloul:
Good news.

Does other user have solved their GPS issue following these advices?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] sorenzo:
Hello to all. Even though I had done all attempts software the GPS is not accurate. The reception signal of the satellite is always below 30 (gpstest) and often disconnects giving the message "inaccurate GPS signal" (Sigyc). I sent the phone in for service. (It is not under warranty as I rooted). I hope to have news soon and I will keep you informed.

regards.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] DonMagnifico:
Summary for GPS FIX

My Solution to fix the GPS Problem (thanks to djelloul bbs.elephone.hk/thread-11201-1-1.html#.V3zPELiLRaS)

Install MTK Engineering Mode from Google Play

Close Wi-Fi Connection

Open MTK Engineering Mode

Go to MTK Settings

Go to Location

Open Location based Service

Go to GPS

Make sure GPS is off [Button GPS caption must be GPS(off)]

Select GPS MODE: Full

Select Delete

Go to the AGPS Tab

Disable AGPS (uncheck [Enable A-GPS]

Go Back to the GPS Tab

Enable GPS [Button GPS caption must be now GPS on]

Go to the outside (clear view of the sky is needed)

Got to the view tab

wait until you see at least 6 - 10 sattelites in green state

Go to the GPS Tab

Stop GPS [Button GPS caption must be GPS(off)]

Press the REF POSITION Button

Click on APPLY LAST LOCATION

Go to the AGPS Tab

Enable A-GPS (enable A-GPS must be checked)

Go to the GPS Tab

Start GPS [Button GPS caption must be now GPS (on)]

close MTK Engineering Mode

Disable Wi-Fi!

For me, GPS now works good when i'm disabling wi-fi, if wi-fi is on, the satellites disappear after a few seconds. But this may be a marshmallow problem, as I read this solution (disable Wi-Fi) in an Nexus Forum.

D'ont use the original Elephone flip cover when you need GPS!

recalibrate Msensor in MTK Engineering Mode before you use GPS
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] cartonneexpress:
Just as I already stated in thread #29, but thanks.

This will most likely not be enough. Needs much longer. If unsure, use google maps and drive/walk around until you get a solid and good position (took me about 20 minutes) and do the "REF POSITION/APPLY LAST LOCATION" then.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] mrbubba999:
I'm in the UK and it's not great for me, it gives me a very wide radius and isn't pin point accurate
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Jonny:
In and around Birmingham it's accurate to within about 5 meters or so, it does get confused with thinking in I'm in the next house along but it's still not bad.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] puppet-head:
Main problem I have is the drift. It can be accurate one minute, then drift off by 300 meters and hold there for several minutes before drifting back.

They really need to fix the GPS on this, I cannot believe that the chipset is that bad.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] stigslim:
I also get drift but only by about 5 to 10 metres and constantly floating, could be much worse but annoying when on foot.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Eagle_1995:
GPS problems with p9000

I am also from the united kingdom and i am also struggling to get a GPS fix on the p9000, i used the gps test app from play store

to see if the GPS is working, i manages to find 24 satellites in view but does not fix onto any of them. i also tried this test with my vowney lite and it fixes onto multiple satellites in seconds
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Jonny:
Hmm maybe I got lucky then as I have no issues apart from detection within about 5 meters - as I mentioned the phone thinks I live in the next house to my left, apart from that though I have had no GPS problems
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Bradco:
Hi don, how recalibrate Msensor ? Y found Msensor in mtk ingeenieur but not recalibrate
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] hingel:
I am also experiencing problems with drift and jumping position using google maps here in Germany.

Strangely enough navigation is working fine with Here Maps for me. Nevertheless i would love to use google maps as my car has android auto, but in this state it is simply unusable :(
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] mrbubba999:
The GPS is a bit wayward as can been seen on this map. This was my morning run and I stick to the roads, so you can see the phone takes a detour, which added a bit to my distance [emoji16]
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Eolh.Michele:
I have the same issue here in italy. there's a rom that can fix this problem? Rooted device works better on gps?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] hingel:
I tried Eragon V3.0 (wich is rooted) and also Aerom V5 but they all have the same Gps problem for me :(

Maybe CyanaogenMod is the solution when they got GPS working on it. I still have hope:D
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Prophecy02:
Got the same problems, if there will be no solution, I'll get myself an oneplus three ;)
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] leskal:
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[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] mrbubba999:
Tried the above and I'm still several streets away. Tried to use Google maps yesterday to navigate and it was impossible
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] DonMagnifico:
Have you tried the following:

Go to settings/battery/optimization

disable optimization for:

MTK NLP Service

Maps (i'm not sure about this)

LocationEM2 (i'm not sure about this)

com.mediatek (i'm not sure about this)

if you need HIgh Accuracy Mode for Location Service, disable battery optimization for fused location service (german: kombinierte Standortbestimmung) in settings, battery, battery optimization
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Sobmajstr:
And was this helpful for you?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] DonMagnifico:
I doesn't need it anymore on my phone. for my needs, GPS works good on P9000. But I know, there is a Marshmallow problem with GPS, that was (probably) fixed by google in 6.0.1.

I noticed during testing the GPS-Function of my P9000, that all GPS-Test Apps told me a accurate positioning, but then, when i leaved the test app and opened for example Google Maps, i lost the gps signal after a few seconds. So, I think the problem must be related to the power saving function of android.

I don't use now google maps. With Here WeGo i have a perfect position if I disable WiFi und use only the GPS Hardware of the P9000.

what i have to do bevor every navigation is to reset the magnetic sensor, i use normaly the standard Flip cover from elephone with this stupid magnet inside the cover.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] sarojas:
Aerom , eragon ROM, darksence and last update OTA stock ROM GPS is fixed.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] DonMagnifico:
I use the latest Version of Eragon, the problem in eragon is definitely not solved. It's almost not solvable by skeleton1911, he use the stock rom for his mod.

The biggest problem is googles android 6.0. and (i guess) the Integrated battery saving function in android.

Yes there are many tricks for a better GPS. But look at the issue tracker, https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=190376 many other manufacturers (google/nexus included) have the same problem with GPS on android marshmallow.

So the best solution for me is at the moment:

update agps (for fast gps fix)/check agps settings

turn off WiFI / use hardware only for navigation

calibrate magnetic sensor before navigation

don't use google maps for navigation
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] mrbubba999:
No it's not, it's a little better, but still not great
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] phil-w:
GPS antenna photo

Tried the various suggestions to improve the GPS but none worked properly. I noticed on another forum that someone had found their gps antenna was out of line so I took my P9000 to bits to check.

Mine looked in line and as you can see there are pickup pin marks in the middle of the pads which appear to line up perfectly.

Stripping the phone is not for the faint hearted !!

The only thing I did while it was in bits was to un-screw the ground tag which connects to the chassis and give it a bit more tension in case the grounding was intermittent. Some of the Chinese spring metal contacts I have come across in the past have not been very springy!

I will see if it makes any difference to the performance. Strange that HERE is much better then GOOGLE MAPS at retaining a gps fix. It may be just how it handles the data.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] hudratore:
so far this is only way its working so i can use gps to walk and record the way. when wifi is on its absolutely unusable, so it leads me to question of software, not HW actually
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Scr!pt0:
Can you tell me how to update the AGPS?

Thanks!

regards

// nevermind, found it
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Emba4:
hmm strangely my device has no gps.conf at all in /system/etc
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] DonMagnifico:
thats not strange, it's normal. on P9000 we have no gps.conf file. P9000 have in etc/ a file called agps_profiles_conf2
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Emba4:
ah thank you i was wondering where it was moved to. theres no standard NTP server listed in there though (guessing its not needed) i think im a bit out of the loop when it comes to GPS stuff, havent really done it since the days of the early desire phones, im guessing that the difference is mostly down to the MTK chipset

EDIT

well ive got much better GPS but ive also just found out NFC doesnt work so theres another for the list
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] phil-w:
Wireless charging appears to work fine on my P9000 but I have given up with the onboard GPS and have resorted to using an old GPSlim stand alone gps unit. Now work perfectly with Google maps or any of the other nav apps I use.

Pity they have spoilt an otherwise nice phone to save a very small amount of money per unit.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] magicman666:
GPS works after change to Eragon kennel

I got the P9000 4 days ago and was ready to sell it again becurse of the really bad GPS (Nexus 5 works Perfekt) here in Denmark.

Reading a lot about the massiv problems with the P9000 and bad GPS here and in some other Forums, but i like the price and what you get for your money with the P9000 so i try to install the Eragon Kennel http://xdaforums.com/elephone-p9000/development/rom-30-04-eragon-1-0-android-6-20160419-t3369000 got it on the phone without problems - now 5 hours letter i´m a happy P9000 User ;)

P9000 got really fast with that new rom - lot´s of bonnus stuff, but the best GPS is working - even very fast (better then my old Nexus5)

Maybe try that rom if noting else works?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Argon0:
Is there any chance the upcoming Nougat update will fix these problems? Does anybody know when this is due?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Pro4TLZZ:
the engineer is testing it and the gps in the beta was much improved
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Argon0:
Excellent news I shan't try and fix my current phone then...
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Slagathor:
That would be terrific news. Do not take this the wrong way: how do you know?

I am using GPS a lot and while I have a quick fix on my location, navigation is horrible. So any news about improvement will be excellent.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Pro4TLZZ:
I tested once on the way to college. And everyone else said it was improved so it backed up my minimal testing
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Slagathor:
I found out that when I start my GPS it can pinpoint me perfectly, really perfectly. Then when I start driving after ten seconds it really goes 'off the rails'.

Weird, non?
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] davideprofe:
Chip change?

Does this mean you got it repared by Elephone by changing an internal chip? Please make it clear so to know if this is possible!
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] ouzogott:
Can't see any Satellites

Can I expect when I can't see even one satellite after this procedure when I go to "view", that I have a hardware problem?

Thanks for reply.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] farsiray:
what ROM do you use?

---------- Post added at 05:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:45 PM ----------

it seemed to have fixed my GPS, but only for a few days.

i followed the guide only a few days ago. but on a 300 mile journey yesterday , it worked okay for the first 40 mile. not fantastic, but okay. for 80% of the rest of the journey the message was: "searching for GPS"
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] fuorigioco1981:
actually i dont have elefone but zopo speed plus 7 that i was seeing that it sees 21 satellites but was locking only 4-10 max.i did what don magnifico proposed except step 23.and now it locks minimum 10 satellites max 17-18 here in athens greece(both gps and glonass satellites!!!!!)amazing!thank you donmagnifico!!!

PS i have only the gps of the phone open not the hgh accuracy,wifi dont matter if its on or off to my phone!
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] fuorigioco1981:
the most important thing is NOT to use "high accuracy" in location settings.just device gps!
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] farsiray:
you're probably just lucky

---------- Post added at 02:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:19 PM ----------

i'll try that
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] kgoerbig:
Does the "Elephone P9000 US Version" have the same GPS flaw?

I'm looking at ordering this phone if GPS is at least 90% accurate:

Elephone P9000 US Version 4G Phablet - US VERSION BLACK