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[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Daxulan:
Guys i have big problem with GPS , i try other ROM , i wiped all but never find me in the Google maps , here , all GPS application ! But i try juste without my cover (metallic bumper for me) and .. Work ! Just without my ****ing cover !
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] digger16309:
I'm finding this also. Better reception without the OP3 slim case. I'm annoyed.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] tony.g101:
GPS weakness

My OnePlus3 GPS is terrible compared to my OnePlus2, side by side. In the same locations I have used my OP2 over the past two years, my new OP3 drops location sometimes several times per minute. BAD.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] HoundDK:
Terrible GPS performance here since day 1, but it went from bad to worse with 3.2.6.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Fatherboard:
GPS is erratic. When tested with GPS TEST, initial lock usually occurs within 3-5 seconds, but after 30 seconds the satellites in use will suddenly drop from 10+ to 4-5 without apparent reason and the accuracy will vary between 3 to 10+ meters.

Another annoying thing is the tendency to show speeds of up to 10km/h when I'm standing completely still.

Currently running stock 3.2.7 and the gps seems to behave the same. Don't know if it's hardware or software, but I'm not happy with it.

I tried the sim slot trick - no change.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] billamin:
Terrible GPS..was working initially as far as I recall, noticed erratic behavior with Uber a few weeks back, but always ignored.. Now that I am checking it, it always shows my location around a kilometer from my real location.have no idea how to fix this.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] ewingr:
Oneplus One GPS Fix

There is a fix for GPS issues for the Oneplus One, here. I wonder what the chances are this would work for the Oneplus 3.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] naveenrobsworth:
A little slow GPS initially but I guess it's fixed in the latest CM13 build. It's working fine now on latest nightly
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] ewingr:
Any feedback on stock ROM GPS?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] naveenrobsworth:
Never tried in depth. Don't even remember running OOS that long
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Sandwiches:
hmm, poor GPS accuracy on strava on my new OP3. It was so poor it thinks I ran an additional 300m on my 10k run. The plot wasn't smooth at all - very zig zaggy.

Really disappointed. Will OP address this in the next software update?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Sandwiches:
Borrowed my GF's iphone SE to show how poor the GPS accuracy is:

iphone - https://www.strava.com/activities/755667991

OP3 - https://www.strava.com/activities/764875474
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] metallion:
Gps causes crash

On mine op3 gps is solid rock, never drops. But every about 15-20 minutes the phone restarts by itself while using gps... Be it Google maps, Here, or Waze. Cleared the cache, reinstalled the apps, no change. When using gps for 15-20 minutes the phone all of a sudden restarts. Frustrating. Idk what to do. I love this phone tho

:rolleyes:
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] KejPi:
Some people reporting that GPS issues disappear in community build 3.5.x
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] mubeen.khairul@gmail.com:
Yes, Looks like after a particular speed GPS on oneplus 3 in unable to fix

Just bought the device last week. I was not having any issue when travelling in car or bus, but when travelling by train it stops working. It just shows wrong location. Even accuracy shows wrong (shows 20m when it was more than 20km). Even restarting the device was no help. Once you get down under open sky, then it gets correct location.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] KejPi:
Trains are problematic for many wireless technologies because their windows are shielding signals from outside.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] HellsDelight:
GPS works for me in general BUT it can take some time when first using it for some reasons.

The only App I have the most issues is Pokemon Go on which the Character jumps around a lot but that's maybe because of the "poor" development.

Otherwise Navigon and Here WeGo can sometimes take time when starting the App to find the GPS but when it does I usually have no issues.

I mainly have GPS issues when I'm in China. Not sure why, maybe one of the additional GPS options to get a more accurate location might try to connect and can't (I tried to disable those and still had the issue or I forgot to disable one of the options either the BT one or the Wifi one).
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Sandwiches:
Just to be clear I have no issues with navigating in the car with gmaps or waze. I only have issues with running/cycling tracking apps like strava and Google fit
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] kingwaffle:
I'm seeing this behavior as well on stock OOS.

I use Endomondo while I bike and I can normally get about 6-8 miles into my ride and the GPS dies. First time I thought it was a fluke, but it happened again today and there's not a cloud in the sky.

My money is on faulty logic in the battery saving feature of OOS. The fact that it works fine while navigating and NOT while working out is probably related to the fact that the screen is off while running Endomondo vs something else like Waze or Google Maps.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Sandwiches:
Good call. I shall try leaving the screen on for my next run and post up results. The only downside to this is I'll probably end up accidentally pressing something and ruining my run data :p
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] panopticum:
i only had issues with greenify while using the experimental doze feature.

10 minutes after turning the screen off, the phone went into doze and everything stopped.

gps is rock solid now since turning the feature off
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Sandwiches:
Experimental? is this a different option to simply disabling doze in developer options?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] panopticum:
its no disabled doze.

it says "aggressive doze (experimental)" in the greenify options.

it puts ur phone into doze no matter what apps are running while screen is turned off
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Sandwiches:
Right, ok. I don't have Greenify installed.

Will disabling doze in developer options achieve similar results?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] ys8574:
I have the same issue.

There is a huge difference in accurancy between the Oneplus One and an iPhone on lower speeds.

At higher speeds, the OnePlus seems to be even more accurate, there are less drops in speeds. But the location accurancy is better on the iPhone.

The OnePlus is also sometimes losing GPS fix while running.

I am also using an in car app (iCoyote) which makes a noice every time the GPS signal is lost.

When standing still (for traffic lights or in a traffic jam) the app is continously making sounds as the GPS fix is losing and fixing all the time. (quiet annoying as you can't turn off that sound in the app)

Low speed run:

OnePlus 3: https://www.endomondo.com/users/1621957/workouts/836284252

iPhone 6: https://www.endomondo.com/users/1621957/workouts/833406717

Higher speed run:

OnePlus 3: https://www.endomondo.com/users/1621957/workouts/835884860

iPhone 6: https://www.endomondo.com/users/1621957/workouts/834232107
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] fedtho:
I'll get my OP3 next week and find myself praying I won't have any of the issues that you guys are having.

My main concern is car navigation, but I sometimes use GPS when riding my bike as well.

I'm in Switzerland - as soon as I've had the opportunity to put the beast to test, I'll tell you about my fortunes - or missfortunes, obviously.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] control freak:
will be waiting for your test results. please include info about your ROM. will you get a 3 or 3T?

thank you.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] fedtho:
I've got it now, it's a 3 with no T (remember it was ordered one month ago ;) ) - by the way, it arrived on the Friday before the Monday it was due, so I had it for the weekend, nice surprise!

I'm on Android 6.0.1 and OOS 3.2.7

(and Nova Launcher on a side note.)

As for the GPS : I did a first short drive with navigation in Google Maps (last update available.)

Finding my position happened pretty much instantly, although I live in a city where my previous phones often kept losing signal.

I noticed one or two brief instances where signal was lost, but never nearly long enough to make me miss a turn or anything.

In short, this first ride (which happened within the first week where I had the phone - I understand that some people experienced problems only after some time) went like a charm.

I'll soon see how things go when covering a longer distance.

I'll also try out my alternate navigation app 'Scout' by skobbler, not a powerhouse but entire maps are saved onto my phone, which allows offline driving anytime...
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] control freak:
oh great. thanks. also, congratulations for your 3 :cowboy:

would love if you could update once more after a long usage of GPS.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] RSchmauk:
I also have GPS issues. Navigation in google maps is crap, and when I use fitness trackers it takes a long time to start working, and is not accurate. I've tried several different apps.

I will try clearing the cache, but I don't want to do that every 4 hours...
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] KarVi:
I'm having issues as well.

Both when running OOS and now when I'm running CM14.1.

Have tried many tricks but the GPS is simply not working all that well.

Its very slow to connect (sometimes it takes several minutes), the precission is not good, allthough it gets better when driving. The GPS test app shows fever connected/used sattelites.

Edit: I live in Denmark.

I come from a Oneplus One, where the GPS was fantastic. Connected immediatly, and always had high precission. I plan on making some kind of comparison of the two phones.

I have found two things that seems to help. I upgraded to the latest firmware/modem from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/oneplus-3/how-to/radio-modem-collection-flashable-zips-t3468628

It seems to have helped stability a lot, allthough precision is still low.

Also switching from 3G / LTE, to GSM only (edge), seems to help also. Its not a good solution though as edge is sloooow....

I am somewhat disapointed by these problems. A phone marked as a flagship (killer) phone, should have a well functioning GPS. This one hasn't got that.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] fedtho:
To all posting from here on: we should absolutely state what country we're living and using our phone in.

As I'm one of the happy few/many(?) who has little to no problems at all with GPS (reminder: I live in Switzerland), I suspect that carriers and/or other factors may vary wether you live in Europe, USA or India, or even from one country to another.

I'm sure this information would help everyone having a clearer picture of who is experiencing which kind of problem in what region of the world.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] ewingr:
JFYI...I posted a poll about GPS after reading this thread, on Nov 17th. Have had only 9 responses. Thread is here.

Five of the 9 indicated no problems. Of the other 4, two had some signal loss, and two indicated lost too often.

Percentage of users with no problems is 55%. Not good enough for me. But of course, it's a very small sample.

What seems much more obvious, is the lack or response seems to imply (if not indicate) poor community support.

I've pretty much decided to not get a Oneplus phone.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] fedtho:
It's hard not to agree with what you're saying - and more than a little discouraging for the new OP3 owner I am.

Still, the small number of responses you got might also point to few people having problems with the GPS at all, not necessarily few people invested in the OP3 community altogether. But of course, this also me hoping I'll not end up with a community that was quite active when the phone came out and is obviously showing down now...

I will in any case report on a longer car GPS experience when I've made one.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] MB242:
In short:

phone bought 10/2016 with 3.2.6 OOS - GPS losing signal often

update to 3.2.7 - GPS losing signal often

OOS 3.5.5 flashed - GPS OK for (+ -) 14 days

OOS 3.2.8 flashed - GPS losing signal often

back to OOS 3.5.5 - GPS OK

update to OOS 3.5.7 - GPS OK

update to OOS 4.0 - GPS often losing signal
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] E66666666:
Country - the Netherlands, regio Eindhoven

OP3 with 3.2.7 worked wonderfully for a week or so, but then started having problems after I cleared Google Maps data. Went to 3.2.8 but the problem persists. Flashed to OOS Beta 9 (Nougat) and the problem still persists. Did a full Google Maps reinstall and during flashing it also wiped cache. Only thing I haven't tried yet is a full system clean.

It works okay for the first half an hour or so but drops get very frequent after this - half an hour driving, or so. Sometimes it doesn't get GPS fix on startup, but that does not occur often. Most problems are during navigation where it loses signal. Google Maps does indicate it's trying to get a GPS fix and the location is periodically updated, but I think that's cellular and WiFi location determination since it doesn't work on the highway. I drive an hour or so each trip and it consistently happens.

Weirdly it seems to work normally when I get closer to my hometown, which is about ~60km to the East. Since this is the Netherlands, high structures blocking the signal can not be the issue.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] MB242:
Running Sygic today and phone rebooted while switching from 4g to 2g. Beta 9.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] dante_nfs:
i should warn you that CM nougat roms are also have problem with gps, they will not lock to gps in device only mode (except OOS nougat and CM roms with beta 9 blobs)
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] ewingr:
My past experience with GPS problems has been it won't be resolved. Maybe hardware, antenna location or something?

This issue is unfortunate. It's keeping me from purchasing this phone. I keep watching this thread to see if it gets resolved.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] !J2B!:
Hi guys ! I'm facing a huge GPS problem too. I'm running a RR 7.1 ROM. But I was facing this problem too with AICP and OOS. It seems to take like 10 -15 minutes to get a correct position so I can start using a GPS app like Waze or GMaps. I use the GPS with high precision and I often get a LTE/LTE+ signal.

I even tried to update the firmware and modem but it's not working better.. I'm very disappointed because it seems to be a hardware problem isn't it ?

I'm in France and use a A3003 model if that can help.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] tooltime22:
So as i understand we can summarize the issue like this:

Problem:

GPS is working fine, but after half an hour or after 2h at the latest GPS is missing. A new f GPS fix need more than one Minutes, sometimes until 15 mins. After refixing GPS is missing after some secondes or minutes.

Workarounds:

- switch GPS off and on

- with App "GPS Test" -> 3 points -> Clear AGPS + Update AGPS

- Smarthone Settings: don'T allow LTE -> just 3g or maybe just 2g

- switch SIM to another slot

- just set mobile Data to SIM Slot 2

- Downgrade to Version 3.1.2 which seems to be more stable (thinking of GPS)

- use another Phone ... maybe One Plus 3 T

- use an other provider maybe ithe new one use other frequencys (with o2 with LTE, 3G, 2G in Germany my phone is affected)

Question:

- since 31.12.2016 the new officical Oxygen 4.0 with android 7 (1612310359) (build ONEPLUS A3003_16_161231) with Kernel 3.18.31 is availible. I already have installed it, but didn't navigate yet for a long time.

Do you have still the issue with the new update?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] fedtho:
Thanks tooltime22 for for this summarizing, helps getting an overview! :good:

I haven't received any notification about that new OOS 4.0 being available since December 31st; very curious!

I'm the guy in Switzerland who basically has no problem with GPS (on OOS 3.2.8)

I experienced exactly *one* time where suddenly GPS went berserk, Google Maps swirling around madly not knowing where it was; that lasted 10, maybe 20 seconds tops. Then it went back to totally normal. *ONE single time*. That's like never.

Since my last post (November 30th), I've made lots of trips in Switzerland and across thew border in France, among them several lasting more than the 30 minutes after which many of you experience problems, using Google maps mainly (and sometimes Scout by Skobbler), and never missed a turn.

I should mention I don't have a data for France where I do most of my driving; so it's offline GPS and I can't make any statements about 4G, 3G etc. as it's turned off.

I also think it's worth mentioning that I've had a Samsung S3 2012 to 2015 (which is still my backup phone), then a Huawei P8 that got stolen after 6 months (which was definitely faster on GPS fixing and responsiveness than the GS3) - but never a Oneplus One which several of you guys state had a dreamlike GPS.

So maybe my GPS is just average because I never experienced excellence....??? But I don't really believe that.

When I say my GPS works, it's because it works, period. For *driving*, at least.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] !J2B!:
After getting back to the last AICP nightly, it was a little bit better but still not usable at first.

I've got a remote session with OP guys soon so they'll flash my phone completely back to stock. I'll give it a try before sending the phone back. I'll give you a feedback.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] AmarokHH:
After the Update to 7.0 I drove about 4 Hours and 300 km with Google maps not a singel GPS failure so i think ITS fixed, before he keep loosing the Signal.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] !J2B!:
Hi guys ! As i was facing this GPS problem too I opened a ticket for a remote session with the customer service. They flashed my phone back to stock firmware and recovery and relocked my bootloader with a Qualcomm software.

Everything was working fine so I flashed back the latest AICP nightly (Couldn't resist lol) and now after two days running this custom ROM everything is still working fine !

For those who still have this problem don't worry : it's probably not a hardware problem. Just open a ticket for a remote session. That may help :)
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] ewingr:
IT is interesting that 1 (only one) person has responded that the upgrade to Nouget seems to have fixed their GPS problems.

I wonder if nobody else has improved, or if they've just not had interest in updating us given they are fixed.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] fedtho:
You're right to ask that question, I'd be interested in the result as well

(even though I'm one of those - maybe the only one? - who has yet to experience a problem driving with GPS under stock Marshmallow OOS...)
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Allan_Hun:
I use my GPS driving with Google maps and never had a problem
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] ThoR294:
Constant GPS issues now. Had no issues with CM14.1 till the last few days. This is insane. Agps clearing doesn't fix
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Tjubsoft:
exactly the same problem here - and since oneplus won´t give a refund, even though the phone is bareley useable with O2 in my region, i have to (a) sell it with a loss of tons of monies OR (b) try to find a way to get it working.

I think its a hardware issue, but even if it´s not, and thus might get fixed - i need it working right now and not somewhen in june 2019.

Usually when driving and the gps dies, disabling and reenabling helps, so i thought of something like using tasker/ifttt stuff to:

1. If gmaps is running, probe for gps loc every 15s (wont hurt battery because gmaps probes the gps anyways)

2. If no loc/fix is returned (reasonable timeout) it probably died -> disable gps and reenable it (this usually fixes it for me, atleast for a while)

Does anyone have a clue on how you could do something like this with tasker? (i guess it has to be rooted to do non-user-interaction gps switching?)

If i manually disable and enable it on every drop, its only a matter of time to drive into something (and obviously fleeing from the crime scene and thus becoming a criminal e.g. drug dealer (which will then allow me to buy an iphone to complete my transfer to the dark side).
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] KoalaNalle:
My GPS was always disconnecting on OOS Marshmallow, about 15-30mins (one or two times it lasted about an hour).

I use bluetooth headset with some kind of media, gps, gMaps or Waze and Dash car-charger.

BUT after Nougat upgrade, all works. After the upgrade I wiped the phone from the settings menu.

I've never rooted this phone or even unlocked the bootloader, so fully stock.

---------- Post added at 02:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:35 PM ----------

Have you tried GPS widget? Huge battery hog, but it helped me with my previous phone (Moto G2).

I was using GPS widget by pixelclash from playstore.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Tjubsoft:
But that means i have to switch to the homescreen, switch gps off, switch gps on, and back to Nav, right?

Using pulldown menu quicksettings is faster i guess (thats what i do now), but the point is not having to mess around with the phone while driving at all (hugely distracting) :/

And since i doubt that i can do anything about the actual problem, i´m looking for a way to automate a workaround for safety and convenience :)
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] KoalaNalle:
That widget worked for me as a keep-alive gps.

It didn't lose the location after that enabling it from that, but I've not tested it with OnePlus 3. At least I don't remember if I did...
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Tjubsoft:
Ah! I will try that - thanks for the suggestion! :)
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] abobobilly:
All of a sudden my GPS issues have appeared out of nowhere. It was working just fine a few days ago. Now it just wont lock or find my position. I've used different apps (GPS Status, Tools etc), Downloaded/Reset A-GPS Cache, Wiped Phone's Cache (from Recovery), fiddling with GPS settings, basically every trick I could try. It sees the satellites but completely fails to lock a single one.

Funny thing is that Google maps work just fine. I mean, it finds my location, direction etc. But all other apps like Sygic, Waze, Dubai RTA Smart Drive, NOT WORKING.

It's making me go mad because I use Navigation very often. My phone is running Nougat Official (OOS4.0.2)
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] abobobilly:
http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/589cb8d144a98/Screenshot_20170209-224434.png

Stuck here. Wtf is this sheeet?

http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/589cb924549d6/Screenshot_20170209-224434.png
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Tjubsoft:
Yep... XX in view but 0 in use (because of reasons i guess?!)... same happens to me when the drops/dyings occur.

And with such a screenshot "19 in view" the first two solutions from support are infos about how gps works, that you need clear view to the sky etc etc :rolleyes:
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] DavidXanatos:
I had the same issues described here with every N based rom I tryed (OOS and LineageOS), while with the last MM community build GPS works great.

So I think that its a HW issue ( and also if it sees the satelites ...) to it must be some strange software problem.

May be some devs shoudl compare the MM and N implementation and look for changes have caused the issue.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Tjubsoft:
Unfortunatly i´m having the issue since i got the phone in November 2016 (went through a few MM versions and the new N versions)...

What makes me think that its a hardware issue is that this specific problem seems to only appear with specific carrier (or rather specific radio freq) with specific mobile data connections (4G 3G E switching and whatnot).

(i think it dies when switching from one radio grid to another and/or when switching the kind of connection (e.g. 4G drops to E or something like that).

I´m convinced it has something to do with the frequencies... but since i cannot switch mobile provider (and actually don´t want to), i guess i have to switch phone.

(GPS widget is actually pretty nice, i´m hiking alot... but sadly it didnt help here :( )