I have had my TB for two days now, and I haven't been able to get a lock on GPS yet. I have tried the GPS Status trick and rooted today so I could modify the gps.conf file. None of this has helped.
What is the deal? Do I have a bad phone?
Correction:
Initially it did think I was in Florida, or in the ocean near the Panama Canal. But I have always been in east Texas...
Edit: Changed title at the request of jonakin. This discussion has been continued at the VZW forums at the link listed below.
http://community.vzw.com/t5/ThunderBolt-by-HTC/VZ-Navigator-and-GPS-Not-working-in-East-Texas/m-p/530446
No you didnt get a bad phone, HTC has stated that they are having a problem with the GPS in the Thunderbolt, however there is not a fix for this as of yet.
So why have others been able to get theirs working with these tricks?
Mine works but takes forever searching for gps.
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Mine takes much longer after flashing Das BAMF remix. It was pretty fast on stock.
Tried it again this morning. Turned on navigation when I left for work. After a 20 minute drive, it was still searching for GPS. Most of the time it had my location off the coast of Ecuador, but would occasionally jump to my general area. I assume this happened as I switch towers or as I passed by logged APs.
ERIFNOMI said:
Mine takes much longer after flashing Das BAMF remix. It was pretty fast on stock.
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Pure coincidence.
thewayne01 said:
Tried it again this morning. Turned on navigation when I left for work. After a 20 minute drive, it was still searching for GPS. Most of the time it had my location off the coast of Ecuador, but would occasionally jump to my general area. I assume this happened as I switch towers or as I passed by logged APs.
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Turn on aGPS. While not working correctly, it will help some.
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Turn on aGPS. While not working correctly, it will help some.
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By turning on aGPS, do you mean allow Google location services (turning on wifi)?
I have had this enabled frmo the beginning.
I have my Thunderbolt and Nexus One sitting side by side now. In GPS Status, my N1 has 11/11 Fix/Sats. Thunderbolt has none.
Am I the only one thats has a completely non functioning GPS chip?
BTW, I am running BAMF Remix 1.5 as of today, but I have seen no improvements in GPS.
Mine said, searching for gps forever. I flashed a gps file an it fixed the problem. I'll try to post where I found it later. Pm me I I don't.
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HERE IS HOW TO FIX, "SEARCHING FOR GPS." You'll have to be rooted to do this. Credit goes to: kejar31 over at XDA-Developers. Requirements: You'll have to be rooted. Download the file: ImproveGPSlock.zip on one of those pages by that user. Download Quick Boot from Android Market, then boot into recovery. Download the file: ImproveGPSlock.zip and place it on your SD card for your phone in the root folder(root folder means in no folder) Then reboot into recovery, you see the file in your sd card by clicking the "install zip from sdcard". Install that file, reboot your phone and your navigation will be working instantly. Here's the link to that page: http:// forum.xda-developers.com/ showthread.php?t=1022654&page=2
Here's the download link
http://www.mediafire.com/?7ujg6lws6k8cosj
I tried everything. From Clearing my gps cache to applications on the market. I even started up Google maps then navigation. I also used root explorer to edit a text file. Nothing worked. When I flashed this file it finally did away and is a guaranteed fix for searching for gps.
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raider3bravo said:
Mine said, searching for gps forever. I flashed a gps file an it fixed the problem. I'll try to post where I found it later. Pm me I I don't.
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HERE IS HOW TO FIX, "SEARCHING FOR GPS." You'll have to be rooted to do this. Credit goes to: kejar31 over at XDA-Developers. Requirements: You'll have to be rooted. Download the file: ImproveGPSlock.zip on one of those pages by that user. Download Quick Boot from Android Market, then boot into recovery. Download the file: ImproveGPSlock.zip and place it on your SD card for your phone in the root folder(root folder means in no folder) Then reboot into recovery, you see the file in your sd card by clicking the "install zip from sdcard". Install that file, reboot your phone and your navigation will be working instantly. Here's the link to that page: http:// forum.xda-developers.com/ showthread.php?t=1022654&page=2
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http://www.mediafire.com/?7ujg6lws6k8cosj
I tried everything. From Clearing my gps cache to applications on the market. I even started up Google maps then navigation. I also used root explorer to edit a text file. Nothing worked. When I flashed this file it finally did away and is a guaranteed fix for searching for gps.
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Still no improvement. I guess I am going to send the phone back.
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Still no improvement. I guess I am going to send the phone back.
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Did you try updating the radio yet? A RUU was leaked yesterday that fixes the radio, which includes GPS issues. I now get insta-lock with my GPS even when inside a building!
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Did you try updating the radio yet? A RUU was leaked yesterday that fixes the radio, which includes GPS issues. I now get insta-lock with my GPS even when inside a building!
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Yes, I flash the RUU with BAMF 1.5. There were no improvements.
I will be receiving my RMA replacement tomorrow.
I'm just wondering what settings does everyone use for their gps options?
^_^_^'s tbolt
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Yes, I flash the RUU with BAMF 1.5. There were no improvements.
I will be receiving my RMA replacement tomorrow.
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Received my replacement phone and it won't lock onto position either. Of all the reported problems, I seem to be the only one with completely non working gps.
Is there anyone else in Texas with these problems?
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thewayne01 said:
Received my replacement phone and it won't lock onto position either. Of all the reported problems, I seem to be the only one with completely non working gps.
Is there anyone else in Texas with these problems?
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Just found out that there is a widespread GPS issue in my area due to the recent VZW tower conversions.
Why is it so difficult to get this info from VZW?
What I find interesting is that the gps chip itself seems to be working ok. I'll have the unable to lock issue, run the gps info app, and see that it is watching 5-8 satellites with good signal strength and that it still won't determine a fix.
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What I find interesting is that the gps chip itself seems to be working ok. I'll have the unable to lock issue, run the gps info app, and see that it is watching 5-8 satellites with good signal strength and that it still won't determine a fix.
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I have found if you wait long enought (about 5 minutes or so) it will eventually connect.. and once it does... your good to go.. also helps if you are standing still not moving in a car
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Pure coincidence.
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I certainly wasn't blaming it on your ROM. I'm pretty happy with it actually.
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I have found if you wait long enought (about 5 minutes or so) it will eventually connect.. and once it does... your good to go.. also helps if you are standing still not moving in a car
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GPS Status had 0 sats 90% of the time. Every once in a while 1 would come into view, but that's it.
I have received confirmation from two different VZW employees that GPS is broke in East Texas. Something to do with merging Alltel and Verizon towers.
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My GPS isn't working, it won't lock on at all. Anybody else experiencing something like this? If so, do you know a fix?
SOLUTION (Worked for me):
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Mine did the same thing after flashing EB01 so I checked the location & security settings and found that both VZW and google location services were turned off. After turning them back on I got a lock in Gps test in less than 10 seconds.
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Well today my gps did drop Its signal for about a minute which seemed weird because there was no obstructions to block my signal
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Mine works great! I dont know if it helps buts I did a prl update, *228
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Mine works great! I dont know if it helps buts I did a prl update, *228
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I tried that, didn't seem to do anything.
Did you try removing the battery? Do that, and leave it out for about 1 minute. Let it reboot and see what happens.
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My GPS isn't working, it won't lock on at all. Anybody else experiencing something like this? If so, do you know a fix?
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Mine did the same thing after flashing EB01 so I checked the location & security settings and found that both VZW and google location services were turned off. After turning them back on I got a lock in Gps test in less than 10 seconds.
Mine did that today. I rebooted and I was able to get immediate GPS lock after that.
AlgorithmX said:
Mine did the same thing after flashing EB01 so I checked the location & security settings and found that both VZW and google location services were turned off. After turning them back on I got a lock in Gps test in less than 10 seconds.
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Wow i think you are right, i never have vzw location services on but i turned it on and wallah... Ill keep testing it out to make sure.. Oh and the building im testing it in currently might as well be a bomb shelter because its a concrete and steel building, so i would say thats pretty good..
AlgorithmX said:
Mine did the same thing after flashing EB01 so I checked the location & security settings and found that both VZW and google location services were turned off. After turning them back on I got a lock in Gps test in less than 10 seconds.
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That fixed it! Thanks!!
tyler1234567 said:
Wow i think you are right, i never have vzw location services on but i turned it on and wallah... Ill keep testing it out to make sure.. Oh and the building im testing it in currently might as well be a bomb shelter because its a concrete and steel building, so i would say thats pretty good..
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That's what did it for me. It seems stand alone GPS by itself doesn't cut it anymore.
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Mine did the same thing after flashing EB01 so I checked the location & security settings and found that both VZW and google location services were turned off. After turning them back on I got a lock in Gps test in less than 10 seconds.
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That did the trick for me as well.
I had GPS issues with EB01 too - I narrowed it down to: if I rebooted with GPS turned OFF it would never get a GPS signal if I turned on via the notification bar. If I went into Settings-->Location & Security and checked "standalone GPS services" and accepted the warning GPS then worked great, locked immediately. But if I turned it off and rebooted again the same issue would occur. I tested this with SC 2.1, SC 2.2, and the stock EB01 ROM. Same behavior every time.
It also seemed like if the phone sat overnight (no reboot) and the GPS was off it would then not see any sats until I went into Loc&Sec again and checked the box there, but I didn't do extensive testing on that.
I never keep my GPS on unless I need it, so this was a deal breaker for me, back to DL09 until the next Froyo build comes out.
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I had GPS issues with EB01 too - I narrowed it down to: if I rebooted with GPS turned OFF it would never get a GPS signal if I turned on via the notification bar. If I went into Settings-->Location & Security and checked "standalone GPS services" and accepted the warning GPS then worked great, locked immediately. But if I turned it off and rebooted again the same issue would occur. I tested this with SC 2.1, SC 2.2, and the stock EB01 ROM. Same behavior every time.
It also seemed like if the phone sat overnight (no reboot) and the GPS was off it would then not see any sats until I went into Loc&Sec again and checked the box there, but I didn't do extensive testing on that.
I never keep my GPS on unless I need it, so this was a deal breaker for me, back to DL09 until the next Froyo build comes out.
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That sounds more like a confusion from the DL09 to EB01. Did you wipe your data?
yes, wiped data, cache, and dalvik cache twice each before installing each ROM I tested. Consistent across all three.
Im seeing a decrease after installing the voodoo kernel for eb01. I turned on all 3 gps providers and rebooted and it was a little better. Im just gonna give it time to work itself out.
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I had GPS issues with EB01 too - I narrowed it down to: if I rebooted with GPS turned OFF it would never get a GPS signal if I turned on via the notification bar. If I went into Settings-->Location & Security and checked "standalone GPS services" and accepted the warning GPS then worked great, locked immediately. But if I turned it off and rebooted again the same issue would occur. I tested this with SC 2.1, SC 2.2, and the stock EB01 ROM. Same behavior every time.
It also seemed like if the phone sat overnight (no reboot) and the GPS was off it would then not see any sats until I went into Loc&Sec again and checked the box there, but I didn't do extensive testing on that.
I never keep my GPS on unless I need it, so this was a deal breaker for me, back to DL09 until the next Froyo build comes out.
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Thanks for your response. I recently rooted and went to EB01 SC2.2 and have been experiencing GPS issues, and started to try to figure out what makes it glitch so I can have some consistency. Have you found out anything new, or just waiting for next update?
I've noticed that I can only get a gps lock with vzw and goggle location services turned on along with the standalone gps. After rebooting, I have to go into the location settings screen and manually turn on the standalone gps if it was off already (or click it off and then on again). After that my GPS works pretty well.
What I have noticed is now all of a sudden Google Navigation will occasionally say "GPS Signal Lost" while I'm driving which never seemed to happen before prior to DL30/EB01. If I open GPS Status immediately after I hear that, half the time it's still connected to several satellites so I don't really know what the issue is there.
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Thanks for your response. I recently rooted and went to EB01 SC2.2 and have been experiencing GPS issues, and started to try to figure out what makes it glitch so I can have some consistency. Have you found out anything new, or just waiting for next update?
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No, I gave up on EB01 until the next formal update/leak is released. Between that GPS issue and the battery life seeming significantly worse in my SHORT trial of EB01 I decided to go back to DL09 and wait.
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After rebooting, I have to go into the location settings screen and manually turn on the standalone gps if it was off already (or click it off and then on again). After that my GPS works pretty well.
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Interesting, thanks for confirming that I'm not the only one who has had this same issue. Most people have just dismissed what I've reported without trying it saying "EB01 is the b3st w1nnar why do you turn off your gps that's st00pid".
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That's what did it for me. It seems stand alone GPS by itself doesn't cut it anymore.
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Its the unfortunate way AGPS works. You can download GPS status & toolbox from the market. This will (upon startup) connect and download the most recent orbital GPS data providing a fast lock.
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Two quick notes:
1) If you are running SuperClean, the VZW location services setting does absolutely nothing. It is only used by Verizon apps (i.e. VZ Navigator). Google Maps is not able to use the information obtained by VZW AGPS. The entire service has been removed from the ROM.
2) The dropdown gps button is virtually worthless right now unless you leave google location services enabled all the time. There are multiple ways to turn on the GPS through the OS code, and the current implementation causes GPS lock to take nearly a minute longer than if you were to go into the Settings menu and turn it on. At some point, someone will probably mod the drop down to emulate the same method as the settings menu.
That being said, from inside my house, with all my AGPS data cleared, on a freshly cleaned and flashed phone, I can get a fix in less than 3 seconds, accurate to 20 meters without having location services turned on, using only standalone GPS data. The trick is to turn it on from the Settings menu, not the dropdown.
I rooted last night and ever since the HTC clock/weather widget and Google Maps shows my current location to Westland, MI which is definitely incorrect.... I live in Nashville, TN. Any ideas? Thus far I've tried all the basics, restart phone, turn off phone w/ battery pull for 30 seconds, clear data on weather apps in phone, and ofcourse toggle GPS on and off several times. Everytime I turn GPS back on and it "locates" me it gets it wrong. I've tried all of the things suggested for older HTC devices with the same issue with no luck. Any help would be appreciated! Or maybe this is some divine sign that I should move to Westland to see what is in store for me.... Thank you to everyone here for all that you do!
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I rooted last night and ever since the HTC clock/weather widget and Google Maps shows my current location to Westland, MI which is definitely incorrect.... I live in Nashville, TN. Any ideas? Thus far I've tried all the basics, restart phone, turn off phone w/ battery pull for 30 seconds, clear data on weather apps in phone, and ofcourse toggle GPS on and off several times. Everytime I turn GPS back on and it "locates" me it gets it wrong. I've tried all of the things suggested for older HTC devices with the same issue with no luck. Any help would be appreciated! Or maybe this is some divine sign that I should move to Westland to see what is in store for me.... Thank you to everyone here for all that you do!
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download gps status in the market
open it and then download redownload the gps assistance data
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download gps status in the market
open it and then download redownload the gps assistance data
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+1 for that app, i had to use it all the time with my HTC Hero. my GPS on my thunderbolt has been good so far, fingers crossed.
still didn't work??? As far as I know I followed what you said exactly... Thank you so much for your help!
Got it fixed. Basically while rooting, i gained root succesfully but I what I believe happened was i flashed the custom firmware twice, instead of flashing the downgraded one first, and then flashing the customized firmware. I realized this because I noticed "S-ON" in the bootloader, so I started from scratch and boom, it was fixed. I noticed the location was off and when I was driving around today it was changing my "location" to random places, and also each "location" change would also change timezones... (went from 11:18AM to 5:18PM actually one time, within 5 miles of the different "locations"). So hopefully no one else had this much difficulty paying attention like I did, but if you did, here's your fix! Now rooted, S-OFF, and all is well here in Nashville. Thanks!
Go predators! I live about 44 miles down the raod east of nashvile, however i cant help u eith your problem
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I'm running Das BAMF 1.8.6 with the new MR2 radio. For whatever reason my gps is having serious issues and cannot load then when I turned on all 3 (Verizon Google and standard) it "found me" but was off by almost a mile. Anyone else have similar issues or any ideas on how to fix this?
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Just checked mine; locked in three seconds, accurate to a few meters and I'm running the same setup. Sorry I'm of no help.
I has a similar problem right after I flashed. I grabbed GPS status and reset the A-GPS data and now things are much better (GPS fix in seconds). I dont know if the GPS Status reset is what helped me, but that has always been my old standby.
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I has a similar problem right after I flashed. I grabbed GPS status and reset the A-GPS data and now things are much better (GPS fix in seconds). I dont know if the GPS Status reset is what helped me, but that has always been my old standby.
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Worth a shot. Mind telling me how to do this?
Download "gps status" from the market and launch it. Once it is launched, go to menu->tools->"manage A-gps state" and select "reset". Sometimes I go back into the same dialog and select "download" also.
Hope this helps.
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adstro said:
Download "gps status" from the market and launch it. Once it is launched, go to menu->tools->"manage A-gps state" and select "reset". Sometimes I go back into the same dialog and select "download" also.
Hope this helps.
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Great that worked. Thanks.
Huh, interesting.
I flashed to the same setup yesterday. Just as a part of troubleshooting, I tested my GPS locking and satellite visibilitty. I had no idea that it might be an informal "patch" to GPS issues.
FWIW, I get LTE, 3G, CDMA and GPS just fine after locating the proper 7/8 update radios.
I did have to cycle LTE off and on a few times to get it to work, however. Once I did, I got 21Mbit between Denver and Salt Lake City.
I have tried 3 diffferent roms mainly. (Synergy, BAMF, and DroidTheory roms). I also have tried different radio including the newest one released today.
I turn on the GPS (all 3 are on, standalone, google, and verizon) and click on map. Even if I drive around for 30 minutes, it will never lock on and will only show a big circle indicating around 1800m. When I turn on my WiFi, google map will get close to around 5 meters, but the moment I try using the navigation, it will just say searching for GPS and will never lock on.
I have also tried using GPS Status from the market and did reset and download A-GPS XTRA Data. GPS Status will not even find a single satellite no mater how long I am driving around.
Any suggestions on what I can do?
Download gps fix from market, run that till lock and then reopen your map. As far as I know this may only work with sense ROMs.
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Download gps fix from market, run that till lock and then reopen your map. As far as I know this may only work with sense ROMs.
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Ran it for 15 minutes 2 times, but doesnt seem to get a lock.
Gps fix or gps status? They are 2 different apps
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Ran Both. As of current, I may have found out the problem. Seems like my battery cover may have been a problem. I have 2 right now, 1 for the stock battery and another for the extended 2750mah battery. I seem to have GPS issues with the stock battery cover, but when I change to the 2750mah battery cover, I get a lock pretty fast. Kinda odd since the inside of both of them look the same (the metal part)
Are they both stock covers like not bought off eBay? The covers are very important since the antanna are in the cover. Make sure they are clean, free of damage, and fully connected
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Are they both stock covers like not bought off eBay? The covers are very important since the antanna are in the cover. Make sure they are clean, free of damage, and fully connected
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Both are from verizon directly. Cover is definetely the problem after furthur checking. The problem is that I dont see any problem with it, metal part looks clean, but obviously its not touching the antenna or something.
See if verizon will exchange it for you...
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See if verizon will exchange it for you...
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Doubt it as it was purchased from someone.
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I have tried 3 diffferent roms mainly. (Synergy, BAMF, and DroidTheory roms). I also have tried different radio including the newest one released today.
I turn on the GPS (all 3 are on, standalone, google, and verizon) and click on map. Even if I drive around for 30 minutes, it will never lock on and will only show a big circle indicating around 1800m. When I turn on my WiFi, google map will get close to around 5 meters, but the moment I try using the navigation, it will just say searching for GPS and will never lock on.
I have also tried using GPS Status from the market and did reset and download A-GPS XTRA Data. GPS Status will not even find a single satellite no mater how long I am driving around.
Any suggestions on what I can do?
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I found this post over in the Droid Charge forum. Copy and paste the new gps.conf file I attached or you can copy and paste the text to your existing file. With Root Explorer navigate to system>etc>gps.conf to edit your gps.conf file.
I'm running BAMF Forever 1.0.5 and I get locks within 10 seconds with the new gps.conf file and GPS Status.
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I found this post over in the Droid Charge forum. Copy and paste the new gps.conf file I attached or you can copy and paste the text to your existing file. With Root Explorer navigate to system>etc>gps.conf to edit your gps.conf file.
I'm running BAMF Forever 1.0.5 and I get locks within 10 seconds with the new gps.conf file and GPS Status.
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im also running BAMF forever 1.0.5...
i used root explorer and copied the gps.conf file you supplied over the one i had in my etc folder. rebooted, STILL no gps lock after 10 minutes
You must have have a bad app on your phone somewhere . I am running BAMF SoaB vO.713 and the new 906w radio and I get sat locks on 8-10 sats in seconds.
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You must have have a bad app on your phone somewhere . I am running BAMF SoaB vO.713 and the new 906w radio and I get sat locks on 8-10 sats in seconds.
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Do you have any suggestions on what I should do then?
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cruiseMain said:
im also running BAMF forever 1.0.5...
i used root explorer and copied the gps.conf file you supplied over the one i had in my etc folder. rebooted, STILL no gps lock after 10 minutes
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Did you attempt to get a lock with GPS Status after the gps.conf edit and reboot? The initial lock will take a while, so make sure you have a clear view of the sky and let GPS Status run until it locks. After that you should lock within 10-20 seconds.
Google Maps just updated and it said it fixed a lot of bugs, could have been gps related because my maps loaded fast with my location flashing.
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Did you attempt to get a lock with GPS Status after the gps.conf edit and reboot? The initial lock will take a while, so make sure you have a clear view of the sky and let GPS Status run until it locks. After that you should lock within 10-20 seconds.
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Ya, I ran gps status for about 15 min after "reset" and "dl" in the manage a gps state. Lol just about killed my batt but nothing still. B4 when I was stock rooted and not rooted it would at least lock after a couple min.
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Yesss I got it to work. Just started over and flashed bamf forever again an followed the same steps. Tried over and over and finally after an hour it locks on after 5 seconds!
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Congrats, glad it worked out.
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As the title says, my GPS will turn on and will lock fine but in google maps it says im about half a mile away, actually on the road i lived on when i first got the G1 like 7 years ago, if that makes any difference.
Instago says im elsewhere but keeps moving erraticly as if Im teleporting to places instantly but still within a half mile from me,
OsmAnd will get my location but only if connected to data, even though it has downloaded offline maps.
Offi travel will give me directions but from the afforementioned half mile away address. which for both apps doesnt move or change even when im moving.
I flashed an aGPS patch from on here recently which may have caused this, i dont use gps much so this may have started because of this or before, i dont know. Any ideas on ways to solve this or some things i could try?
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robneymcplum said:
As the title says, my GPS will turn on and will lock fine but in google maps it says im about half a mile away, actually on the road i lived on when i first got the G1 like 7 years ago, if that makes any difference.
Instago says im elsewhere but keeps moving erraticly as if Im teleporting to places instantly but still within a half mile from me,
OsmAnd will get my location but only if connected to data, even though it has downloaded offline maps.
Offi travel will give me directions but from the afforementioned half mile away address. which for both apps doesnt move or change even when im moving.
I flashed an aGPS patch from on here recently which may have caused this, i dont use gps much so this may have started because of this or before, i dont know. Any ideas on ways to solve this or some things i could try?
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Try flashing an new rom,or the same to try deleting and restore /system or if you have any backup through CWM o TWRP restore /system, if i helped you thanks button bellow :good:
Cheers for the reply, but I only have a backup of this same rom as apart from this issue, which I only noticed today, it all works well. I can live without it being accurate, I hardly use it to be homest. Just wondering if it was a known issue with a simple fix?
4.4.2 AOSB if that matters, on dorinmax.
robneymcplum said:
Cheers for the reply, but I only have a backup of this same rom as apart from this issue, which I only noticed today, it all works well. I can live without it being accurate, I hardly use it to be homest. Just wondering if it was a known issue with a simple fix?
4.4.2 AOSB if that matters, on dorinmax.
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I would try GPS Status from the market. load it, press menu button and select tools/Manage A-GPS State/ reset for a cold start and see if that helps.
You can also use it to download assistance data from the net. That app is pretty good for monitoring what is going on with your GPS. It also has a few other tools for calibrating sensors.
Thanks, but there are 2 apps with the same name, is one better than the other?
robneymcplum said:
Thanks, but there are 2 apps with the same name, is one better than the other?
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Sorry, I didn't realize....GPS Status & Tool box by eclipsim I believe...
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Tried that one, and nothing was happening. was just stuck doing this:
robneymcplum said:
Tried that one, and nothing was happening. was just stuck doing this:
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0 fix and only 4 satellites looks like weak GPS or just a bad spot.. Have you tried outside and going to a different location to try to get it to fix?
I just went through this the other day myself with 2 of these phones after flashing a few different ROMs. It just wouldn't pick up SATs or fix until I did a reset (cold start) with that app and drove around a little...After that it would lock even in my house...
It worked for me so I thought I'd suggest it...If you didn't know, When your GPS actually gets a fix your GPS icon in status bar should stop flashing and if it starts flashing again it has lost the fix and is searching for SATs again.
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This was done in my conservatory with a glass roof, I dont have mobile data but if I go right outside, IE, with no wifi, would that make a difference? Do i need wifi/data/internet to get a good gps lock or for this app to work?
robneymcplum said:
This was done in my conservatory with a glass roof, I dont have mobile data but if I go right outside, IE, with no wifi, would that make a difference? Do i need wifi/data/internet to get a good gps lock or for this app to work?
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You only need internet to download A-GPS data (gps assistance) and to download map info if you use Google maps and so on...going out side should help even though you have a glass roof there could be other interference maybe?
I'm no expert, it just seemed like after I moved around (went for a drive with one and wandered my back yard with the other) while using the app and got a bunch of SATs and fixes, It would then find and fix from inside when it wouldn't before.....I just tried again and got 6 SATs and 2 fix in 60 seconds inside. It wouldn't find more than 1 sat before I did the cold start reset and did the above....In maps it puts me across the street sometimes but its close (100ft.)
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Thanks,
Did as you said, reset GPS, went outside with the app running for about 40 minutes and was continuously 7 satellites found, 0 connected. Then just as I was nearly home it connected to 4 satellites. I kept it running and opened OsmAnd (offline) maps and it found where I was perfectly. Kept both running til I got home and got connected to my wifi. GPS status still has me connected, as does OsmAnd but google maps wont connect or find me. Now...... do I just leave/close the GPS status app as it is or do I need to now download aGPS data? Is there some way to 'store' the settings/locks it has now or do I just leave it and thats it now? As I dont have data outside, and my offline maps worked ok I dont really care about google maps to be honest, would just be nice if it did work.
But do I just leave it as it is now? or can I save something? or will downloading the aGPS remove the locks that just took me 40 odd minutes to find?
Thanks.
robneymcplum said:
Thanks,
Did as you said, reset GPS, went outside with the app running for about 40 minutes and was continuously 7 satellites found, 0 connected. Then just as I was nearly home it connected to 4 satellites. I kept it running and opened OsmAnd (offline) maps and it found where I was perfectly. Kept both running til I got home and got connected to my wifi. GPS status still has me connected, as does OsmAnd but google maps wont connect or find me. Now...... do I just leave/close the GPS status app as it is or do I need to now download aGPS data? Is there some way to 'store' the settings/locks it has now or do I just leave it and thats it now? As I dont have data outside, and my offline maps worked ok I dont really care about google maps to be honest, would just be nice if it did work.
But do I just leave it as it is now? or can I save something? or will downloading the aGPS remove the locks that just took me 40 odd minutes to find?
Thanks.
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It sounds like the GPS might just be on the weak side, I'm not sure..maybe if your using a case try without it?.....All this being said, I myself have noticed a weaker GPS since I've been using KK roms compared to to stock firmware. Thought it was the weather around here though, maybe not...
As far as the app goes, I'm pretty sure it loads in the background when you use the GPS, google maps and so on. I'm not sure it is doing anything to help at that point but it shows its icon in the status bar along with the gps icon. The icon animates when it finds sats and when it gets a fix as opposed to the GPS icon that just stops flashing when you have a fix....
I just set the app to get A-GPS info every day when I'm traveling. Anytime I have a problem with getting a fix for my nav app I just reset with the GPS Status app and it starts finding sats before I even re-download A-GPS data....
rmntruexjr said:
It sounds like the GPS might just be on the weak side, I'm not sure..maybe if your using a case try without it?.....All this being said, I myself have noticed a weaker GPS since I've been using KK roms compared to to stock firmware. Thought it was the weather around here though, maybe not...
As far as the app goes, I'm pretty sure it loads in the background when you use the GPS, google maps and so on. I'm not sure it is doing anything to help at that point but it shows its icon in the status bar along with the gps icon. The icon animates when it finds sats and when it gets a fix as opposed to the GPS icon that just stops flashing when you have a fix....
I just set the app to get A-GPS info every day when I'm traveling. Anytime I have a problem with getting a fix for my nav app I just reset with the GPS Status app and it starts finding sats before I even re-download A-GPS data....
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I never even thought about the case.... I shall try without it on. If that makes no difference I'll go back to a stock backup I have which I know worked perfectly, just to check its not hardware related as mine too was better on non kitkat roms. And if all else fails, I'll just do what you say and set my phone to download aGPS every morning at home before I get up.
Ta.
It seems that you have the same issue I am facing. I suggest you to look at my post and follow it :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/weak-gps-signal-hardware-fix-t2685439
You can try to follow the link attached on my post, where a small hardware modification is explained. Maybe this will help you.
For now, I'm planning to change a part (HP/antenna part) and will probably replace it this week-end (if received !). I will post news about that as soon as possible in my post
Good lock