iFly GPS Forum

Just to make sure I fully understand this situation, it goes like this:

1. Factory Reset -- Google Maps works fine.
2. Install iFly GPS -- Google Maps stops working, even if you reboot the device and don't start iFly?

If this is true, it's the first I've ever heard of such a thing.

Could you please run iFly, and do "Menu => About => Send Bug Report" so that I can see the log?

I'd also ask that you install "GPS Test" app from the Play Store, and use it to help diagnose your problem. It will show you the Satellite readouts and results.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

Mike, could you pm me with a some more info on cpu noise blocking GPS reception? This thread sounds a lot like the issue I was having with the Huawei Mediapad M3 last week (which I "solved" by returning same).

Just curious as I really like knowing why things work - and don't work.

Thanks!

I didn't see a way in the forum to PM you. But nothing really to tell. I was just making a WAG as to why the GPS wasn't working. Either the software for GPS wasn't being called, or the GPS software was working okay but the receiver wasn't getting a good signal. Interesting to hear that you had the latter problem and returned your unit. (It is amazing to me that these things work at all, with all those noisy components/transmitters crammed into the same space. I used to think a lot about where to physically put stuff on boards when I was a Design Engineer. My sense today is that they just put 'em where they put 'em, and no one really thinks ahead about the potential problems.)