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No GPS location on Samsung tablet

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By berndalfred - 2/25/2026 1:21:36 PM

Hi folks,

since my last flight about two weeks ago my Samsung Tablet S9 with Anroid 16 can’t get any location data from the built in GPS. My backup Samsung phone works correct.
At home the same problem occurs with an older Samsung Tablet S3 running Android 9. We use both tablets without any issues for years. All other GPS based apps like Google Maps or Windy are working correct. When I tap on the location button on the bottom right corner the GPS sign in the status bar on the top right corner appears for a few seconds followed by the message "Your location cannot be obtained at this time"
I’ve already tried restarting the tablets, using older SkyDemon versions, checking app permissions and settings and so on without any sucess.
The problem only occurs on the tablets, our Samsung smartphones SkyDemon retrieves the location data. All devices use the same permissions and settings!

Does anyone have any ideas?


Greetings
Bernd
By paalia - 3/20/2026 1:18:33 PM

 
Boeingboy - 3/18/2026 5:19:44 PM
A bit of Googling shows that Windy does indeed use GPS along with all other sources if needed so my apologies for that. You learn something every day. 

Both my Samsung A9's took a software update this morning (UI. 8 / Android 16) and both ran SD fine on a short flight this afternoon using  the built in 'Location Services'. 

All good, I appreciate that you were trying to troubleshoot! More often than not simple troubleshooting resolves such issues.. In this case it doesn't seem to be that simple.

Active Tab 3 is stuck on Android 13/UI 5.1.1 which is the latest supported.

Update - tested again today and GPS is working normally again!