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Re: gps not working since OTA-9.1

 

I also can confirm that cannot get GPS fix on MX4 (I was trying 15 minutes
wth uNav), is there a bug reported for that?

2016-03-07 20:51 GMT+01:00 Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
jean-baptiste.lallement@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi
>
> Le 07/03/2016 20:49, Marco Graziotti a écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can confirm what Peter says. I just seen that in MX4 (ota 9.1) if you
>> enable GPS from settings, it doesn't automatically enable gps in
>> "battery settings" menu. Otherwise if you try to enable bluetooth from
>> settings, it automatically enable bluetooth in battery setting menu.
>> So, I think this is a bug, right?
>>
>> The expected behavior is: if you enable gps from settings, it
>> automatically enable gps in battery settings.
>>
>> The GPS toggle will be removed from the battery settings. The GPS chipset
> already goes into powersave mode automatically when not in use and 2
> settings for the GPS is just confusing.
>
> This is tracked in
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-system-settings/+bug/1520580
>
> JB.
>
>
>
> Marco
>>
>> Il 07/03/2016 17:51, Peter Boehm ha scritto:
>>
>>> hello all,
>>>
>>> today i spent an hour to investigate the situation:
>>>
>>> - gps seems to work if i activate gps in settings AND
>>> gps in battery settings, which i have not done before (why is this
>>> switch in battery settings?)
>>>
>>> - is there a possibiliity to read rough gps sensor data in the terminal?
>>>
>>> thanks a lot for your help.
>>> peter
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 2016-03-07 um 11:25 schrieb Thomas Voß:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Peter Boehm <boehm@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hello phone-team,
>>>>>
>>>>> i am on meizu mx4 ubuntu 15.04. after installing OTA-9.1 on 24.02.2016
>>>>> my gps is not working anmore. sensorstatus reports that there are no
>>>>> supported backends. how can i check whats wrong? any information
>>>>> would be
>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please note that SensorStatus currently has no way of determining GPS
>>>> status or satellite visibility.
>>>> The respective information will only be available to certain apps
>>>> likely from OTA 10 onwards. Please see
>>>>
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtubuntu-sensors/+bug/1448180
>>>>
>>>> for further details and associated MPs.
>>>>
>>>> If you feel like your device is not able to determine your position,
>>>> feel free to file a bug here:
>>>>
>>>>    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/location-service
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>
>>>>    Thomas
>>>>
>>>> all the best peter
>>>>>
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>>
>>
>
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