No GPS

[SneedBreedley]

Galaxy S5 Mini phone on MetroPCS. My GPS was intermittent and now it seems to be gone. I downloaded GPS Test which says: GNSS status: No Fix. I cleared and updated AGPS. No change. Location in ON, High Accuracy is On. Any suggestions?

 

[Rukbat]

I don't know if this will fix an S5, but it's one fix for Samsungs that lose GPS connection:

Open the Phone, as if you were going to make a phone call and dial -
*#9090# -- Diagnostic Configuration (*#197328640# if that doesn't work)
Menu, select Key Input, enter Q
Menu, select Key Input, enter 0000
Wait for the next menu. (It takes a while.)
UMTS->COMMON->NV REBUILD->NV REBUILD->SYSTEM->PROTOCOL->GPS->IMS
or, if you don't have UMTS:
UE SETTINGS & INFO->SETTING->SYSTEM->NV REBUILD->ALL

Restart the phone.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! If that doesn't work, then it's certainly possible the GPS radio has failed. The phone is more than 5 years old, after all.

 

[SneedBreedley]

I don't know if this will fix an S5, but it's one fix for Samsungs that lose GPS connection:

Open the Phone, as if you were going to make a phone call and dial -
*#9090# -- Diagnostic Configuration (*#197328640# if that doesn't work)
Menu, select Key Input, enter Q
Menu, select Key Input, enter 0000
Wait for the next menu. (It takes a while.)
UMTS->COMMON->NV REBUILD->NV REBUILD->SYSTEM->PROTOCOL->GPS->IMS
or, if you don't have UMTS:
UE SETTINGS & INFO->SETTING->SYSTEM->NV REBUILD->ALL

Restart the phone.

After I enter the letter "Q", do I hit "OK"?
If so and then I select the menu again and "Key input" again, and "OK" again, nothing happens.