GPS works poorly on xiaomi mi5. GPS problems on Xiaomi: how to fix it. Checking the contacts of the gps antenna

Now it is difficult to imagine a modern smartphone without a navigation function. It is widely used among drivers, travelers and people who happen to be in a foreign city. The line of Xiaomi smartphones also has this useful option... However, there are situations when the GPS settings on Xiaomi get lost and the location search stops working.

Checking the connection

Before looking into the cause of the failure, you need to make sure that the modules really do not have a connection with the phone. This can be done using GPS Status. The utility shows how many devices are paired with a smartphone and the quality of the connection.

Each bar shown in the picture above is a satellite that the phone sees. How many of them are shown in the window labeled "In View", and in "In Use" - the number of those who see the gadget. The connection quality is assessed by the color of the bar:

The satellite is not used if the column is gray.
The connection is bad - the column is red or orange.
The connection is normal - the yellow column.
The signal quality is excellent - the green bar.

The utility of the program lies not only in the analysis of space modules, but also in providing information on their location and the built-in compass.

How to make access

The most common reason for location lookups to fail is lack of access. To provide it, we follow the sequence of actions in the settings.

We pass the way:

1. Advanced → Battery and Performance → Background mode→ Applications

2. We find an application that does not work correctly with the GPS system, provide access, removing all restrictions.

Setting system preferences

There is a situation when Xiaomi sees a lot of satellites, but it works slowly and displays the position incorrectly. It's not the firmware at all, but the system file. To fix the situation, you need root-rights and a sequence of actions.

1. Download any explorer. For example, it can be Root Explorer or ES.

2. Go to the system / etc folder and find the gps.config file there

3. Copy this file to prevent possible malfunction after work done.

4. Through any text editor open the file and at the very end on a new line write: #Russia NTP_SERVER = ru.pool.ntp.org

5. After saving, restart.

6. It is advisable to reset the cache.

This method has been successfully tested on the Xiaomi mi4 model. After the manipulations done, the gadget was able to determine its location exactly with an error of only 2 meters.

MiKey check

The most unexpected solution to the problem may be the MiKey button. MIUI device users have noticed that when the MiKey button is in the headphone jack, navigation stops working.

This phenomenon is easy to explain. There is a receiver under the body in this place near the device, which covers the cap.

Antenna check

If none of the above options corrected the problem, then you should check the antenna contacts.

Important!! The method involves the disassembly of the device and the end of the warranty due to mechanical interference. Therefore, it is worth taking on it only with complete confidence in your capabilities.

All actions should be done as carefully as possible so that motherboard remained intact.

1. Remove back cover smartphone.

2. Unscrew and remove the metal cover above the battery using a Phillips screwdriver.

3. Clean a few springs on the "motherboard" (antenna contacts). You can use a small screwdriver or file to do this. When the contact is poor, the signal level is low, as a result of which the phone cannot find the space module for a long time. It is not known exactly which of them is responsible for receiving the GPS signal, so clean everything up.

4. Perform the same manipulations from the inside of the cover.

5. Reassemble the device and reboot.

If this method did not help, then you can use an extreme option, which was invented by one American craftsman. On the contrary, he bent all the plates to the outside, as a result of which he ensured their tight contact with the back wall of the body of his device.

As you can see from the article, adjusting the navigation in most cases takes a few minutes. Therefore, do not be afraid of breakage, as it is easily fixable.

V modern world without a navigation system - nowhere. In everyday life, probably everyone uses GPS positioning technology in their smartphones. If a few years ago this function the phone was very cool and unusual, but now to see GPS in some gadget is no longer something strange or fantastic. On Xiaomi smartphones this technology works well and accurately determines not only your location, but is also responsible for fast navigation on the roads of your city. Most often, taxi drivers or drivers of a big city use GPS, so the malfunction of this function is not some trifle, but a whole disaster.

On smartphone Xiaomi Mi6, Mi5 or other GPS devices "falls off" quite often, and this is one of the most common malfunctions according to Xiaomi service centers. To fix the navigation system, you need to:

test;
check for the possibility of enabling and disabling;
find out possible problems;
check the antenna contacts;
deal with the software part of the device.

How to turn on GPS on a Xiaomi gadget if the module does not turn on manually due to some kind of malfunction? You will learn about all this by reading our detailed article.

Connection test

To find out if the GPS in your smartphone really does not work for you, you need to test the number of satellites found, and the number of working satellites. For the test, we will use the GPS Test app. It's free and can be downloaded from Google Play Market... It does not require Root rights, so the guarantee is Xiaomi phone you will not fly off. After downloading it you need to run it. A pop-up window will pop up with permission to determine the location. Click "Yes" so that the program can turn on the GPS Tracker on the Xiaomi smartphone and start searching for satellites.

On the main window, everything is displayed in the form of a statistical diagram. The green bars show the number of satellites that have the most accurate location data. But here you need to look at the number of satellites used. If near the inscription "In View" the number is 20, and near "In Use" - 1-2, this means that the location tracker in the smartphone is not working properly and you need to either calibrate it or clean the contacts, which we will talk about later.

Abnormal situation

If nothing is displayed at all, make sure that GPS is turned on on your device, and how to do this, let's figure it out together! Also, banal attempts to disable and enable from the GPS test can come up.

Fully functional GPS!

How to disable

It happens that wrong job Xiaomi GPS Tracker is related to some software error... It helps to simply disable and enable the tracker. To turn off GPS in a smartphone, you need:

open the shutter or notification panel (swipe your finger 2 times);

find the icon with a card mark or just the name of the GPS and click on it.

This is the easiest way to disable GPS. If there is no icon, how can I disable GPS on my smartphone? You need to click on "Change" in the curtain and in the settings menu that opens, you need to find the "GPS" shortcut and drag it to the displayed settings of the notification panel. Thus, with the help of the curtain, you can turn off the navigation system.

How to turn on

Quite an interesting question: where does GPS turn on on a Xiaomi smartphone? The answer is intuitively simple and logical: where the location of the owner of the gadget is disabled. Open the shutter and click on "GPS". On this detailed instructions"How to turn on GPS" can be called complete. If, when turned on, the icon lights up and immediately turns off, this indicates possible problems with the navigation system, which we will talk about later.

Possible problems

If you can't get GPS in your Xiaomi smartphone, you should definitely familiarize yourself with possible problems that can interfere with the search for satellites and the normal operation of the navigation system.

The problem is with the software part. There are some problems with the firmware or system files;
The GPS is not calibrated from the software side, the servers of the navigation system of your country are not entered, which is why the signal in the navigator has disappeared;
a problem with the hardware, namely with clogged antenna contacts or with an inoperative GPS module.

Let's talk about the first problem. In this case, a full reset of the phone to factory settings using the device's settings or Recovery mode... Please note that all your files and data will be deleted, so make a backup copy so that you do not lose anything valuable and important. If this does not help, it is worth resorting to a more radical method of fixing problems with GPS - flashing the gadget to the official global firmware MIUI 8 or 9, as well as high-quality custom firmware (LineageOS, RR, etc. - look for w3bsit3-dns.com).

The solution to the second problem will be in the next section. It consists in changing the file of GPS servers, but the minus of the method: it is imperative to obtain Root rights (read our instructions). After that, you can use the explorer or special utility from Google play Store.

The third problem is cleaning the contacts of the GPS module or replacing the module (you need to go to a service center). If your GPS disappears, but you do not use it, then it is better not to carry out any manipulations with system files or disassemble the device so as not to damage anything for the sake of a function you do not need.

Changing system settings

To change system settings, you need to change the configuration file of the navigation system called GPS.conf. It is located in the following path: system / etc. Please note: to find this file, you need to download a custom ES Explorer and get Root rights. After that, the user will be able to open and modify the files of the Android OS.

Copy the above file to your computer as backup and delete the old file from your machine. Restart your gadget. You can download an additional utility, but this is not necessary at all. Of the most accessible, we note "Faster GPS", but we advise you to use the usual "Notepad" on your PC. Open the copied file, and if you are in Russia, replace the file data with the following:

NTP_SERVER = ru.pool.ntp.org

You can find servers in your country on the Internet - they are readily available. After that, save the file and move it to the smartphone in the etc. folder. Reboot the machine. The GPS settings will be updated and the navigation system itself should work correctly.

Antenna pins

Smartphones have separate communication modules. They are usually connected to the motherboard using a coaxial cable or ribbon cable. In some smartphones, they are soldered onto the motherboard. The module contacts must be in contact with the contact pads on the body of the device. These pads and the contacts themselves can oxidize. They need to be cleaned. To do this, disassemble your device and use an ordinary eraser to “go over” the sites and contacts. Then check if the navigation works. You can also use rubbing alcohol and cotton pads. Wipe the contacts with regular rubbing alcohol to clean oxidized areas.

If the contacts are torn off, and the GPS module is not so easy to remove with ordinary hands, then take your device to a service center to reliable craftsmen. Better to go to a store with a Xiaomi service center, which will fix the gadget under warranty.

The GPS navigation function is now in every modern smartphone... Most people need this technology almost daily. For example, drivers who do not have a car navigator often use their mobile gadget... Since these devices are not designed to be full-fledged navigators, they sometimes malfunction.

This is often due to incorrect software settings. For many, gps does not work on Xiaomi devices, namely, it shows an incorrect location. There are several ways to make your device search for satellites faster.

Testing the connection

To compare the results of your manipulations with the device, we recommend using GPS program Test. It will show you how many satellites your phone sees, to which it is connected and the quality of this connection.

Gps Status - Displays the GPS status, whether it is on now or not. Each bar is a satellite that your phone sees, their total number can be viewed in the upper left corner "In View", in the upper right corner "In Use" - how many of them the phone uses. The color and number of the column indicates the quality of the connection.

Column gray - satellite is not used
from 0 to 20 (red, orange) - bad connection
20 to 40 (yellow) - acceptable quality
from 40 (green) - excellent quality

In the program, you will find many more useful functions, such as satellite map, compass, accuracy, and more.

We give access to the desired application

Additionally;
Battery and performance;
Background mode;
Applications.

We select the required application that does not work correctly with the GPS module. Give the desired program full access and remove all restrictions.

Changing system settings

There are a number of users whose smartphone finds many satellites, but displays an incorrect positioning point, works poorly and slowly. The firmware version does not play any role here. For example, the Xiaomi Mi5 had problems with GPS on most of the firmwares, both custom and stock. The problem is solved by making changes to system file.

In order to make changes to the system, you need to get.

We download any explorer. You can ES Explorer or Root Explorer.
We go to the system / etc folder. There we are looking for a file called gps.config.

We recommend that you copy this file in advance. After making changes, navigation may stop working altogether, so a backup copy may come in handy.
Open the file through the built-in text editor, go to the end of the file and add the following on a new line:

NTP_SERVER = ru.pool.ntp.org

We save the changes, reboot the smartphone.
For complete confidence, you can also reset the cache.

This method has also been successfully tested on xiaomi mi4 and several other android devices. After making changes to the system file, the smartphone found the location exactly, with an error of only 2 meters.

Possible problems with MiKey

Quite a banal solution to the problem associated with a special MiKey button. Device users xiaomi redmi note 3 pro noticed that gps does not work when inserted into the phone additional button MiKey into the headphone jack.

In fact, some devices take a very long time to connect to satellites together with a button.

As it turned out, MiKey interferes with the normal operation of the GPS antenna, so communication is slow to establish.

Checking the contacts of the gps antenna

If you have tried all the methods, but gps still does not work for you, then you need to check the GPS antenna contacts.

Attention, this way includes the disassembly of the device, which may cause the end of the warranty. If you are not confident in your abilities, then we do not recommend using this method. All actions you do at your own peril and risk.

This procedure should be done carefully so as not to damage the motherboard.

Remove the back cover of the phone.
Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the metal cover located above the battery. We remove it from the device.
On the smartphone's board, you will see several springs that should be cleaned with a miniature file or screwdriver. These are the antenna pins that touch the metal cover. If the contact is poor, then the signal level will be low, which leads to a long search for satellites.

It is not known exactly which of them is responsible for receiving the GPS signal, so clear everything. Do the same on the inside of the metal cover.
We put the cover in place, tighten the bolts. We close the main back cover and restart the smartphone.

One of the American users decided to go the other way, he bent the contacts so that they would be in close contact with the antennas on the inner cover as closely as possible. His photo report can be seen below (you can flip through the photo).

Antenna locations Before correction After correction

After the performed operations, our experimental device is now looking for a larger number of satellites, the signal quality has increased, and, accordingly, the position accuracy now has a minimum error.

What to do for users who noticed that GPS does not work on Xiaomi Mi5, Mi4, MI3, Plus, Redmi note 4, 3 Pro, 3X, 3S, Note 2? Why is it that the navigator does not work on Xiaomi? Do-it-yourself instructions and repairs in this situation are not very effective, so we recommend contacting the service center for support.

Instruction: Since in this situation there may be several reasons for the appearance of a breakdown, the options for their elimination will also be different:

The GPS antenna is damaged and needs to be replaced.
The GPS module (chip) has suffered from shock or voltage drop.
The piping of the module in question is faulty. It consists of a huge number of components, so only computer testing will help to detect the defective one.

Outcome: You can solve the problem on your own only in 1 option, but if you have 2 or 3 options, then you need to go to the service center for help.

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GPS is a positioning system in space that will allow you to find out where you are in the event that you are lost or do not know how to get to the desired place. As a rule, all modern mobile devices are equipped with this module and, if desired, you can use it. How to enable GPS on a Xiaomi smartphone?

Instructions

First of all, we lower the notification curtain, fully expand the list with quick buttons and look for the GPS item. Depending on the firmware theme, the GSP icon on Xiaomi may differ.

In the event that the icon is absent, you must click on the bottom-right icon, which opens the settings menu for this block, find the GPS icon and raise it to the quick access list.

However, this system also has some settings. To get to them, you need to hold your finger on the GPS icon for a few seconds and wait for the menu to open.

In it, you should choose exactly how the system will determine the coordinates of your location:

using GPS only;
only using GSM networks and WiFi;
GPS + GSM and WiFi networks.

The latter option copes faster with finding coordinates, since each GSM tower instantly transmits its coordinates mobile device and in conjunction with the GPS module, the positioning data will be the most accurate.

What is GPS for?

Use your smartphone as a navigator while traveling and traveling to unfamiliar places using Google Maps, Maps.me and others.
Share your location with friends and colleagues social networks: Viber, WhatsApp, Instagram;
Play modern games with augmented reality technology. The most popular of these games is the Pokemon Go arcade.

How to turn off GPS on Xiaomi?

In order to turn off GPS, you need to click on the corresponding shortcut icon in the notification curtain. This can be useful when the navigator is not needed and the battery is low. Disabling the GPS module will slow down the power consumption of your mobile device.