Getting offline GPS fix? I have a simple problem with my phone's GPS:
I have Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo with Android 4.4.2 (unrooted)

Here's the problem:
GPS literally takes forever to load,
I connect to internet and wait some time and it picks up eventually.
But if I restarted my phone and NOT connect to internet and enable gps, it will literally go out of its way to NOT pick up a single signal. It will see more than 20 satellites, but not one of them will be used for fix. This happens anywhere from perfectly open air to indoors (in my case being indoors is absolutely not a reason for not getting a fix because when I do get a fix indoors it sees all the satellites it used to when I was outside)

My question is:
How can I make my phone to pick up signals from those satellites without connecting to internet and end this nightmare?

Thanks a lot

P.S. I have used most of those garbage apps promising "faster fix" "gps fix" and all that crap and none of them helped. In case as I am writing this I have the app GPS Status and toolbox on ""Looking" for GPS location" forever and not picking anything up.

What's the solution?
My question is: How can I make my phone to pick up signals from those satellites without connecting to internet and end this nightmare?


GPS works by getting a fix on your location with the satellites whereas the Internet connection is used to download the map data associated with the particular area you're in. 

Give this answer on Stack Overflow a read. It'll solve some of your doubts on how much signal strength is required.