Well i have google maps and GPSToday installed on my sprint mogul with dcd rom on it, but i have one problem. Whenever I get a lock on a GPS location my phone crashes after 1-2 minutes. I tried searching if anyone else had this problem but so far it seems to be only me any help guys?
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hi, ive been searching the threads for days, and cant figure out why the gps never pickes up a signal. i have an xv6800 verizon. dcd 3.2.3 rom, radio 3.42.30 garmin mobile xt, and tried tomom 7 (both installed fine). installed the carrier cab, and gps fix, and used the gps on off app, also i have the location setting to on and not 911 only what else can i do.
thanks in advance
Fred
krashdumie05 said:
hi, ive been searching the threads for days, and cant figure out why the gps never pickes up a signal. i have an xv6800 verizon. dcd 3.2.3 rom, radio 3.42.30 garmin mobile xt, and tried tomom 7 (both installed fine). installed the carrier cab, and gps fix, and used the gps on off app, also i have the location setting to on and not 911 only what else can i do.
thanks in advance
Fred
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I would get a program that shows the NMEA messages like GeoScout and see if you are even getting anything. Could be your GPS chip is hosed. Good luck sending that back in if it didn't come with it turned on like from Verizon. If you are in a clear space and you have reset the phone and you get no NMEA messages then I would think that either you have a bad flash and to start over or your GPS chip is bad.
Mine was acting similar which was every frustrating. SO tonight I flashed the new radio 3.42.50 and it did not help. I then reflashed DCD 3.2.5 and my GPS magically started to work again. I now lock 4 satellites from inside my house in about 15 seconds. The only bad thing is it shows my location in Gmap and Live about 10 blocks off. If I do a soft reset it has the correct location. If I exit maps and relaunch it is off 10 blocks or so again. No big deal really, I'm just happy it's working again.
creasemonkey said:
Mine was acting similar which was every frustrating. SO tonight I flashed the new radio 3.42.50 and it did not help. I then reflashed DCD 3.2.5 and my GPS magically started to work again. I now lock 4 satellites from inside my house in about 15 seconds. The only bad thing is it shows my location in Gmap and Live about 10 blocks off. If I do a soft reset it has the correct location. If I exit maps and relaunch it is off 10 blocks or so again. No big deal really, I'm just happy it's working again.
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Try using this GPS Tool.... When starting it up, click on the Clear Memory, then open the port. click on Nav Init..... This should help ya....
azclown said:
Try using this GPS Tool.... When starting it up, click on the Clear Memory, then open the port. click on Nav Init..... This should help ya....
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Yeah now it's off by about 12 miles. lol.
anyone else have any input?
krashdumie05 said:
anyone else have any input?
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upgrade your radio to 3.42.50
OK, so those of you following my stuff know of myongoing saga with getting GPS to work well on my Alltel 6800.
Here is what happened today:
I drove to Orlando, FL.
I fired up Google maps, an dtold it to use gps.
I got a lock in about 1 minute.
I then closed google maps and tried HTC GPS--got a lock in about 20 seconds.
I ran google maps with the gps on and off throughout the evening in Orlando--working perfectly.
Drove home to sarasota, and tried to get a lock with google maps--cannot get a lock.
So:
Its not the phone (that I can tell)
Its not a setting
What to do? Isn't there some magic bullet for me?
jtg
dcd 3.2.6
radio 3.42.50
Alltel
Sometimes After i use the gps I cannot get a relock and i need to do a soft reset to get it working again. I tend to reset my phone daily anyways but this seems to help me.
Hey guys
I just flashed up to WM 6.5, on a rom from xda-dev's. My carrier is Sprint.
I used to be able to get a GPS fix in <2 seconds on my stock rom, after I used the quickgps utility to update it.
Now I can't get a gps fix at all after flashing. I hard-reset right after flashing, installed the quickgps tool, and updated it. I can't get a fix no matter what I try, HTC GPS tool, google maps, etc.
The only other thing I can think of is to use the Verizon GPS fix, but I don't want to apply it yet because I'm on sprint.. (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49933)
What else can I try to get the GPS back functioning?
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
Joe
siliar gps problems here!
both my roommate and i are having similar problems.
i drove for 45 minutes yesterday and left gps viewer running and at some point i got a lock. my roommate could not get a lock.
before flashing NFSROM, both of us were getting locks very quickly.
i have tried to install quickgps but have not found any versions online that will install and work on the custom rom...
anyone else seeing this or got any advice?
thanks!
chanchiya said:
both my roommate and i are having similar problems.
i drove for 45 minutes yesterday and left gps viewer running and at some point i got a lock. my roommate could not get a lock.
before flashing NFSROM, both of us were getting locks very quickly.
i have tried to install quickgps but have not found any versions online that will install and work on the custom rom...
anyone else seeing this or got any advice?
thanks!
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I'm having the same exact issue regardless of what ROM I'm using. I tried reverting to the stock radio and was able to get a lock about 12 hours ago but now I can't. However, I can get a lock using the stock rom but not with a 3rd party rom.
Hey guys,
Im running stock ROM: 2.73.405.5
Radio : 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18
My device has recovery and root.
And GPS does not seem to work, I have tried with Google maps and Waze.
Waze gets my location for a sec (as it resets the map to my real location), I have disabled the use of wireless networks to find out the location so I guess GPS must be working if it can see where I am for a second but after that it says it's looking for GPS satellites and it never finds any no matter where I am.
As far as I recall I have never been able to get a satellite.
Will a radio upgrade help me?
Has anyone ever experience such problems and found a solution?
Are there any changes to settings I need to apply except enabling location services ?
ronnen said:
Hey guys,
Im running stock ROM: 2.73.405.5
Radio : 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18
My device has recovery and root.
And GPS does not seem to work, I have tried with Google maps and Waze.
Waze gets my location for a sec (as it resets the map to my real location), I have disabled the use of wireless networks to find out the location so I guess GPS must be working if it can see where I am for a second but after that it says it's looking for GPS satellites and it never finds any no matter where I am.
As far as I recall I have never been able to get a satellite.
Will a radio upgrade help me?
Has anyone ever experience such problems and found a solution?
Are there any changes to settings I need to apply except enabling location services ?
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have you sat still for a good 5-10 mins with a clear view of the sky?> and does ur internet work fine on the phone?
hero can locate you either with the phone's network service or GPS, the first one locate you in no time but can't get an acurate coordinate. On the contary, GPS takes longer time but get a better fix (Take a few minutes).
Go to "setting" - "position"(not sure for my not using english as my default language) check both box to active GPS and network locating function.
I have a GPS problem / question. I'm on Galaxy Note fre3 Hybrid De[Odex] v2.11 but I don't believe this is a ROM issue. I have certain apps that require location services and GPS to be on, example would be the WWE app or even our SBarometer app. If I turn GPS on and enable location services, the apps do not detect that GPS is on and I have no GPS icon in my status bar. If I use GPS Status it's fine. Any ideas? It's not app settings because on my Mega when I open the same apps the GPS icon comes on immediately and the app works properly.
Have you found a fix for this? I am on stock 4.4.2 with root, and I have been having the same GPS issue for several months now. Whenever I use Waze, it's constantly looking for a GPS signal, and MapMyRun will find it and drop it several times while I run making it impossible to track my runs. One other thing I did notice, is when I'm using Waze, if I turn the screen off, it locks on to the GPS. I can tell it's locked on because the voice commands start giving me directions, but when I turn the screen back on, it looses the GPS signal again. I would really like to get this issue fixed. The only other option will be to take it back to Sprint for an exchange.
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Have you found a fix for this? I am on stock 4.4.2 with root, and I have been having the same GPS issue for several months now. Whenever I use Waze, it's constantly looking for a GPS signal, and MapMyRun will find it and drop it several times while I run making it impossible to track my runs. One other thing I did notice, is when I'm using Waze, if I turn the screen off, it locks on to the GPS. I can tell it's locked on because the voice commands start giving me directions, but when I turn the screen back on, it looses the GPS signal again. I would really like to get this issue fixed. The only other option will be to take it back to Sprint for an exchange.
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I too am having a GPS problem. I'm Stock and not rooted with the most recent Sprint OTA (NK4). I've been suffering with this since NH7 came out and no ROMs, stock or otherwise have fixed my problem. Any recommendations on what I should flash? I'm considering doing an Odin Flash of NC5 just to see if that would help.
I have read through this thread, the first thing I would try is to update your PRL and profile. If GPS works on some apps and not on others I'd be willing to bet there's nothing wrong with the device or a stock rom running on it. I would try and contact customer service for the app and see if others are having the same problems with the apps., and see if there is a fix.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlab.gpsfix I've heard people say this app has helped them with there GPS issues. Hope it helps
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