I have a new Aquaris E5 HD, but it seems that GPS is not working. As far as I could find out, this issue is known for the E4.5, see GPS unvailable on aquaris E45.
I there any progress with that problem? On the E5 I am on the VegataHD rc-proposed channel version r266. There are many updates, but it seems that GPS is still dead. There is no application successfully getting a GPS position (including sensorStatus), and:
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ ubuntu-location-serviced-cli --bus system --get --property does_satellite_based_positioning
reports
Location service does not satellite based positioning.
Attempted to unregister path (path[0] = com path[1] = ubuntu) which isn't registered
It seems the decive is not aware of its GPS capabilities.
Please note: This is about 'real' satellite based GPS, not the HERE stuff. This is working, with low precision of course, but it is completely useless in outdoor environments.
I know about the long time for getting a GPS fix, but I have exposed the phone to the clear sky several times for up to 2 hours without getting a fix.
A workaround would be to use an external bluetooth GPS receiver, but mine is not detected by the Bluetooth device discovery. Interestingly, the Bluettoth GPS is detected by 'hcitool scan' command, but I have no idea how to connect and how to get position data. I think gpsd is not ported to Ubuntu Touch.
Any help is welcome :-)
Thanks a lot