AngularJS $location.path() not reloading data of the destination view

I had the same problem just yesterday, if you try to navigate to the same path you're already in, angular won't try to reload the view and controller. What fixed it for me is appending a "/" at the end of each route in $routeProvider, e.g:

$routeProvider
  .when('/', {
    templateUrl: 'views/home.html',
    controller: 'HomeCtrl'
  })
  .when('/About/', {
    templateUrl: 'views/about.html',
    controller: 'AboutCtrl'
  })
  .when('/Contact/', {
    templateUrl: 'views/contact.html',
    controller: 'ContactCtrl'
  })

Edit

Here is a working plunkr with angular 1.2.26

http://plnkr.co/edit/jkGKKCp0djN6Jvy2fIRd?p=preview

Pseudo Code:-

    app.controller('myController', ['$scope', '$location','$http', 'ItemListService'
                    function($scope, $location, $http, ItemListService){
       $scope.data = function(){
       ItemListService.getAllItems(); //get all the items;
    };
        $scope.saveMethod = function(item){
       $scope.data = ItemListService.save(item); //this is the refresh part, return data through save method. Pull the latest data and bind it to the scope.
         $location.path('/fooView'); //dont think you even need this if you are entering data in a modal sorta thing, which on the same view. 
    }
    }]);

You service should look like,

app.service('ItemListService', function(){
    this.getAllItems = function(){
      //get the items from itemList
     //return all the items
   }

  this.save = function(item){
     //save the item in itemList
     //**return all items again, call getAllItems here too.
}
});

Hope this helps!!

Use $window.location.href. to reload the page. I just check on $location document:

Page reload navigation

The $location service allows you to change only the URL; it does not allow you to reload the page. When you need to change the URL and reload the page or navigate to a different page, please use a lower level API, $window.location.href.

Example:

$window.location.href = "/your/path/here";