GPS several hundred feet off today

[rcpa]

Maps is showing my location to be several hundred feet off from my current location. Claims to be accurate to 5 meters, but is way off. It completely screws up navigation.

I loaded Jelly Bean on Wednesday, and the GPS was working fine on Thursday and Friday, but today it's way off. So I restored my previous ROM using the nandroid backup I made before flashing Jelly Bean, and the GPS is still showing the wrong location. I was hoping it was something global, but my wife's Razr Maxx works fine.

 

[EJT]

Mine is WAY off as well. Just started today. Shows me several blocks over. I'm still on AOKP B38, and haven't changed anything.

 

[Muddyml]

Yeah same here. My GPS thought I was driving through the middle of the mall today. I did like 3 battery pulls, toggled GPS on and off...nothing. I turned it off cause I was getting so annoyed with it. On my way back from a friends house about an hour ago it was back to being correct though.

No clue. Sun flares? Its super hot out here today.

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[McSlappy]

I wonder if there is something going wrong with one of the satellites or something because I had this exact same issue. Normally it's spot on.

 

[Mercury81]

I hope air traffic controllers aren't using Google... >jk

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[zkSharks]

It seems that this issue is somewhat common right now. People in the JB thread in Rooting/ROM/Hacks are reporting GPS problems, and that services like Sygic are as well.

 

[dmmarck]

It seems that this issue is somewhat common right now. People in the JB thread in Rooting/ROM/Hacks are reporting GPS problems, and that services like Sygic are as well.

This...this is happening regardless of Android version, rom, and phone.

Just saw a post saying it was fixed, so we'll see.

 

[zkSharks]

This...this is happening regardless of Android version, rom, and phone.

Just saw a post saying it was fixed, so we'll see.

Good to hear. If I had a phone at all, I'd verify it myself.

 

[dmmarck]

Good to hear. If I had a phone at all, I'd verify it myself.

Where's yours?!

I can verify it, it nearly killed me last night .

 

[rcpa]

This...this is happening regardless of Android version, rom, and phone.

Just saw a post saying it was fixed, so we'll see.

Well, mine is still off. When I open maps, it shows me at my house for a few seconds and then moves me about 200 feet away.

Also, before I posted the original post, I borrowed my wife's phone and drove around town. Her Razr Maxx was dead on the whole time.

I'm just glad I'm not the only one with problems.

 

[dmmarck]

Well, mine is still off. When I open maps, it shows me at my house for a few seconds and then moves me about 200 feet away.

Also, before I posted the original post, I borrowed my wife's phone and drove around town. Her Razr Maxx was dead on the whole time.

I'm just glad I'm not the only one with problems.

Weird, I believe I was just in a RAZR forum and they were discussing the same issue lol

 

[NotJustAPhone]

GPS still not working for me. Maps shows a 20 meter accuracy and places my location two blocks southwest of where I am.

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[craigrn16]

Its all phones. Just go to the play store and look at the comments.

 

[NotJustAPhone]

It isn't all phones. Just went outside and tested GPS with a Galaxy Nexus and a ThunderBolt.

The Tbolt showed my corrrect location with an accuracy of 10 meters. The Galaxy Nexus placed me two blocks SW but also indicated an accuracy of 10 meters. I made sure that wifi was off on both phones and verified a GPS lock with GPS Status before opening Maps.

Tbolt is running Maps v 6.9.0 while the Galaxy Nexus is running v 6.9.1. This is starting to look like a Maps issue.

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[dmmarck]

It isn't all phones. Just went outside and tested GPS with a Galaxy Nexus and a ThunderBolt.

The Tbolt showed my corrrect location with an accuracy of 10 meters. The Galaxy Nexus placed me two blocks SW but also indicated an accuracy of 10 meters. I made sure that wifi was off on both phones and verified a GPS lock with GPS Status before opening Maps.

Tbolt is running Maps v 6.9.0 while the Galaxy Nexus is running v 6.9.1. This is starting to look like a Maps issue.

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My maps is only 6.9.0...wtf?

 

[craigrn16]

Mine is worst now. I'm now 3 blocks off

 

[g1toevo678]

My maps is only 6.9.0...wtf?

Same here. Is there a 6. 9.1?

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[dmmarck]

Same here. Is there a 6. 9.1?

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I installed mine from the Play Store after renaming the original one "maps.apk1" in the system/apps folder. Play Store is reading the latest version as 6.9.0 as well.

 

[craigrn16]

I guess there is no way to uninstall updates for Maps?

 

[dmmarck]

I guess there is no way to uninstall updates for Maps?

You can try an old apk...perhaps?