Not all, I never had (so far!) any GPS problems, and I use it fairly often (my phone is my go-to car navigation device).
GPS reception has always been pretty good so far (3D fix even indoors, near a window).
No problems here either.
Still encountering this regularly (once a week or more) where I cannot get a GPS fix until I open GPSTest and âInject PSDS dataâ/âInject time dataâ and/or reboot.
So, did they ever respond?
Iâve started to notice this as well. It takes Google Maps upwards of 30 seconds to find my location which sadly drives me insane.
Have you tried to check GPS reception (with a fitting GPS test app)?
Given this is not an isolated, yet not a standard problem either (for instance my GPS (still?) works fine), Iâm wondering what the reason might be.
The only reason I can see, is the GPS chip (or its antenna connection) on the phone going stale, which should immediately show when testing satellite reception (bad/partial/intermittent satellite reception).
For a couple of weeks now my location has been quite unreliable. Either it is not found at all in the apps that use it, or is quite off. It used to be good in the past. Now GPSTest shows satellite information, but gives no location.
My assumption is that in some way the hardware has a problem (antenna?). Where exactly is the GPS module located and can I check further?
Fairphone 4
/e/OS, latest updates installed Android 13
No Play services
Moved your post here although you have e/OS installed
Beside refreshing time data and PSDS and rebooting
Have a look at this post
What exactly do you mean by âshows satellite informationâ? 
There are two possibilities, seeing satellites, and using satellites.
Usually itâs something like âI see 18 satellites, use 5â. The more satellites it uses, the more precise is the location. What is very important is reception quality (satellite reception barâs length/color). Is reception overall good, or is it borderline?
Reception usually depends heavily on how high in the sky each satellite is: Low in the sky=usually bad reception, high in the sky= usually good reception.
If your phone sees a lot of satellites quite well, but doesnât use any of them, it can be that it canât recognize them (thinks it is somewhere else, and canât find the expected satellites) , in which case refreshing PSDS data might fix it.
If your general satellite reception is bad (even for satellites currently right above you), you might have a GPS antenna problem, which should be trivial to fix. Just find out where the antenna is and clean (or fix) the contacts. You also might have locally some source of radio noise interfering with the GPS signal. Thatâs easy to check, just test your GPS when somewhere else (work, shopping, friends) and compare.
Now if your phone shows a good sat reception, but still only uses 1-2 satellites, the problem becomes complicated. Something is amiss with the calculations, which means it could potentially be a GPS chip failure. You should contactsupport.
HtH
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