How To Improve GPS Signal On Galaxy S9

Samsung installs GPS sensor on the Galaxy S9 to allow us to make use of apps such as the Google Maps and other location services to gain access to the remote location through a range of services and applications. However, we never consider how vital the GPS sensor is until we started having all kinds of GPS accuracy problems. The following measures can be quite useful to optimize the accuracy of the Galaxy S9 GPS fully.

Activate High Accuracy GPS Mode

Having a stronger GPS signal means sacrificing some battery life, but when you lack the signal strength, your battery consumption reduces. However, you can switch between these two GPS modes as you please. You use the High Accuracy GPS mode if you are playing a game that requires high location accuracy like Pokemon Go and then switch off the GPS mode after playing the game. Follow the steps below to activate this mode:

Go to Settings
Open the Locations menu
Ensure you have the Location services turned on – if it isn’t- toggles it on
Navigate to Mode from the Location tab
Tap on Mode to ensure that the GPS signal strength is of High Accuracy

Once you complete these steps, you should notice a significant improvement. Although, using GPS and the WiFi connections automatically track your location faster when ensuring this type of accuracy but will drain your battery significantly.

Ensure You Still Have The GPS Signal Turned On

Your Galaxy S9 could automatically deactivate the GPS when switching from one app to another to save some battery life. For instance, when you are playing a game using the GPS signal and would like to glance at the notifications on your mobile phone, this will have to turn off the GPS.

However, you could install a dedicated third-party app to get rid of this kind of worries and stop obsessively checking the GPS status, which will make your GPS stays connected. Although these apps tend to drain your battery life faster, they do a pretty job of acting as GPS booster.

Verify Some Potential Software Or Hardware Issues

There might be that something is wrong with your phone if the above suggestion did not work to fix the signal problem. These issues will obviously involve your Android device. You should consider checking if there is any software or hardware related problems causing the issue at this point. Check the GPS Essentials section of your smartphone, from there you could access an icon named as Satellites and check the way your device connects to some satellites from around the Earth. If you didn’t see any satellite around, then you’re either having some metallic objects around you that are responsible for impairing the connection. Unfortunately, nothing you can do about it. So, it is best to take your Samsung Galaxy S9 to authorized service.

Activating A GPS Signal Verify Some Potential Hardware Or Software Issues

These issues will involve your Android device. When the above-suggested procedures didn’t fix the signal problem, you will have to consider that there may be something wrong with your phone.

One thing you could try is to check the GPS Essentials section of your smartphone. In there, you will be able to access an icon named as Satellites and have a look at the way your phone connects to some satellites from around the Earth. If you cannot see any connection of this type, you’re either having some metallic objects around you that are impairing the network or, again, it’s a GPS hardware or software problem.

There’s nothing you can do about it again if that’s the case. Therefore, it best to take your Galaxy S9 to an authorized service to correct the software or hardware related issue that could be responsible for the poor connection.

Rule Out The Stuck-On-Satellite Possibility

There is a high probability that the phone got stuck on a particular satellite that is no longer in range aside from the phone not being able to connect to any satellites. You can fix such issue by making use of a third-party app such as the GPS Status & Toolbox.

This app will refresh the data for GPS on your smartphone through clearing the data. Once done with this process, your GPS will automatically search for new satellite connections from the beginning, this time, it will connect to a satellite in the range that will provide the appropriate signal.

From the installed app, all you have to do is to tap on the option labeled as Manage A-GPS State under the Menu icon and hit the Reset button. To refresh the connectivity and strength of the GPS signal, return to the Manage A-GPS State and click on Download.