Comment 36 for bug 1442105

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ockels (ockels) wrote :

>>2015-11-23 21:15 GMT+02:00 ockels <email address hidden>:
>>
>> Still a completely unusable GPS ubuntu system on the BQ Aquaris 4.5
>> here 15.04 (OTA-8) updated 23-11-2015 bought in the second flash sale.
>> A GPS only fix can hardly be found. WLAN and/or celldata does help a bit
>> to 'guess' the location. But it's never accurate or fast enough to be
>> usable. I thought maybe my phone was broken so i tried flashing the
>> phone with android firmware from BQ and a GPS-fix was found whithin 3
>> minutes. Of course i flashed it back to ubuntu, but the this bug is
>> present since the beginning and i'm still hoping this annoying issue
>> will be fixed with a high priority.
>>
>
>I have the same Ubuntu BQ 4.5 and after OTA-8 update I drive with a friend
>car and the GPS worked very nice. And it didint needed restart in order to
>work. OTA-8 is the best update until now.
>
>--
>Buzea Bogdan

Have you tried GPS only?

As i said, the GPS signal only works like a charm on Android on the same hardware, so it isn't a hw-issue.
After i tested the android image i flashed the phone back to the latest firmware downloaded from the BQ site and the GPS is still unusable for me.

Cellular and WLAN info can speed things up a but, but GPS only should work also.