GPS unvailable on aquaris E45

I'm facing a strange issue on my BQ Aquaris E45 Ubuntu edition, i'm on Ubuntu 14.10.

While using every app or webapp, needing location it fails. my gps is on and detects my position. I also have checked use both gps and wifi to determine location and remains failing.

I have downloaded the app Location Service Test, and if gave me the error 'NoPositioningMethod'.

Did I missconfigured something or should install a package?

Any help is highly appreciated.

Solution 1:

Please note that standalone GPS positioning is quite slow in acquiring a fix. That is, without any additional help, the time from requesting a position until the first actual fix is delivered may very well take ~20 minutes depending on satellite visibility.

That being said, we have enabled multiple ways of speeding up location fixes. All of them require a non-roaming data connection, e.g., a WiFi connection or a mobile data connection.

Solution 2:

Did you accept Here terms and conditions when running the wizard? If you didn't, you can still do it later: - Check that in the GPS indicator you have both enabled. - In Settings -> Security and Privacy, go to the location access setting (my phone is in Spanish so I'm not 100% how it's called in English). If you have selected "only GPS", do change to GPS,wifi and data connection (2nd option). - After this, you'll need a reboot to have it working. I tried with the app location tester and it worked :D