Samsung Galaxy Note 3 GPS Issue

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@Delpidg wrote:
Tested the GPS again today and paid attention to when signal was lost on my Samsung galaxy note 3. It happens when the network connection switches between 4G and 4G LTE. This appears to be the issue.

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I had the same observations too. If there is a way to switch off LTE and remain on 4G only when using GPS, that might help us.

Turning the GPS off via the status and turning it on again re-establishes the GPS signal and location on the maps. Can be very annoying having to do it everytime signal drops.

Some users reported that installing GPS Status & Toolbox helped them. It didn't in my case.

I instaleld a free app - Permissions Manager and using this, was able to disable location permissions for almost all other apps. After this, I still got the GPS Signal Lost message, although very rarely. 

I went to the ATT Device Support Center with this issue. They told me they removed the SIM and inserted it back again, and they said this should help. 

After a couple of days testing, I find the message does come up, but very rarely, and even when it does come up, it immediately picks the GPS signal on its own and continues to guide me, without me having to kill the app and key in my destination again.

Now I am happy with my Note 3.

add me to this list.  Called AT&T and worked with tech support to try to figure out what the problem was..

anyone figure out the solution yet?

I've tried about every trouble shoot technique mentioned on xda forums to no avail.

Really frustrating!!

Found a solution that worked for me. Goto Settings->General-> Application Manager-> ALL

Scroll Down to App called Samsung Apps and unistall all updates to factory setting.

This fixed my GPS drop out issue.

Also install an APP called Samsung TTS HD US English to improve the voice quality of your Maps app

Unfortunately this Does not work for me.

Judging by the other comments above it is SAFE to say that GPS on Note 3 should not be used as it is NOT dependable.

Same issue with my Note 3. Constantly loosing the GPS signal. Sometimes just for a short jump, sometimes long enough to cause me to loose my way. I had an HTC Vivid before this and that was practically the only saving grace of that lemon- the GPS worked well. My problem started from the purchase of the phone so an app is not likely the issue. It has improved over time without me doing anything. I'll consider a factory reset but not happy about it. 

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Same issue with my note 3.  last three days have been a real pain.  i can get the gps signal back fairly quickly by launching GPS status app (free), then it stays active for a few seconds to several minutes.  THe problem seems to be worse in week network areas.  Perhaps it is tied to 4G to 4G_LTE switching as an earlier post mentions.  Help would be nice.