Hello,
I am currently in Spain for a few weeks for work. My GPS does not work at all here. I don't even see any satellites (sometimes I see 1), and it never locks. This is under completely open sky.
I have tried the s.gps.zip and the samsung restore app, as well as different modems and nothing works. Any suggestions?
I'm running Bionix Nextgen 1
I believe in SGS tools there is a GPS fix option that lets you choose your region. Try that.
Yeah, Pick Europe instead of the default North America.
Thanks. I'll give it a try.
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Still doesn't work. Although occasionally I see up to 10 sats but it never locks.
Any idea why?
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Do you have data? What ROM are you running.
Mine works fine in UK
Yes, i have data. I'm running bionix nextgen.
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I have a rooted vibrant running stock Tom with the j16 update and my 3g works intermittently at best. Is there any fix I can do myself?? Its understandable if I were in a cave but I'm getting full bars and my signal strength is -89 dbm 12 Asus. Please please anyone. I'm almost to the point where I'm about to call T-Mobile and see if they can switch me out a different phone. I hate the idea of paying for the web and nit being able to use it. BTW, if I pull my battery off and restart the data connection will work for about 10 mibs
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I'm interested to see the answer/suggestions as well, I've been having the same issue.
It will work then not, a restart or going into flight mode and back will get it working for awhile. It does it over Wi-Fi too..(Sound familiar?)........... It's done it stock, rooted with OCLF, with ji6 and now even with Bionix 1.9
Yeah I mean my wifi works all the time but now even when I do the airplane mode it doesn't bring back my 3g data connection. Its driving me bat **** tho. How about u?
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How good it the 3G coverage in your area?
Try a market app called Map Viewer. At home I'm out of 3G coverage.
OK I will try to download it and let you know
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Do a factory data reset.
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well I found out from the map that my 3g coverage system work is supposedly non existence. Go figure. So I'm basically getting snippets of it. If I do a factory reset I will lose all my info right? And when you say reset do u mean using Odin and flashing stock 2.1?
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Do it from the phone settings, privacy. Yes, u will loose all yr apps, but save them using appsaver from android market first. Your new rom update will still be there. Hope this helps. Thats what I did to correct my 3g issue, just like what you described.
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thank u I will try that
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just throwing this idea out there. tmobile could be doing tower work in your area. i experienced this for awhile where data was just iffy and wasnt very reliable. this may happen on and off for a few days.
Hi all, I've been playing Order & Chaos a bit and love the game but am disappointed that I have to play over a Wifi connection. I've tried the trick of turning on wifi but not connecting it and it doesn't work for me. I'm curious if anyone else with a Vibrant has been able to play over 3G. Also I'm wondering if anyone has thought about developing an app similar to the 3G unrestrictor that the Iphone has that allows them to play over 3G. I'm on MiUi ReVaMpEd 3.1
Bumpity Bump ;]
I play this as well and always been wondering the same thing
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There are other devices out there that are able to trick the game into thinking that the phone is connected to wifi by turning wifi on and just letting it scan but not let it connect. I have tried this trick on a couple different ROMs and I'm starting to think that it's not the ROM but the phone itself. I just flashed CM7.1 so I will give that a try later today and report back.
An app to fake wifi would be really useful,
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An app to fake wifi would be really useful,
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Ya, that would be awesome.
I tried with CM7.1 but still a no go. My buddy has an HTC Inspire 4G running CM7 and he can play straight from the network without having to even turn on his wifi. I'm thinking that it either has something to do with 4G connection or the Vibrant in specific. Maybe if there was a way to fool apps into thinking it was connecting at 4G or thinking that it was a different phone, the Inspire for instance.
There are a lot of games that are requiring wifi download only these days and a way to trick them, in addition to being able to play really cool games like Order & Chaos, would be really great.
Yeah its the 4G, you can also play gameloft games online using 4g, it seems like nobody cares about the few who don't have wifi.
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Bumpity bump bump
Jist give up, no body wants to help you
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Check your APN.
I had the same problem except I am using CM7. I was about to give up, then I checked my APN.
I noticed my phone had 2 APNs:
1. Simple <--this one was checked.
2. T-Mobile US
I decided to change the APN to T-Mobile, and the game worked over 3g. Finally!!
Good luck!
Jason
Hello all. I keep having issues with keeping mobile data working. Ill be surfing one minute then cut from data the next then i have to put it in airplane mode and take it back out for it to start working again. This happens quite a few times a day. I have tried making the new apn for internet as stated in one of the threads and it still did it. I switched to a wap.Cingular apn same thing happens. Im at wits end. This has happened on stock and several roms. I'm not in an lte area either. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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What Radio are you running? I had similar issues on the UCLC5 radio, and they went away when I went back to the UCLC1 radio. The UCLC5 is paired with most ICS ROMs.
It could have been a bad flash of the Radio, because I'm now back on ICS with UCLC5 radio and I'm not experiencing any issues.
Good Luck!
I actually posted a thread about this a couple of weeks ago because the same thing was happening to me. Att just sent me a new sim card and that fixed the issue. But as of today it started happening again. I was on Seraphim rom coupled with the tablet mod and my data wasn't working. It would only work after turning on and off Airplane mode. Since then I flashed back to the unofficial Emily rom and haven't had an issue as of this morning.
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I was Emily Saturday and didn't notice any issues that i can recall but i love alpha 2 with the tablet mode where do i get that radio and will it work with alpha 2? Thanks
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murphy_31047 said:
I was Emily Saturday and didn't notice any issues that i can recall but i love alpha 2 with the tablet mode where do i get that radio and will it work with alpha 2? Thanks
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http://db.tt/KTrYaZ7Y
It will work with ICS. I'd point you at the thread for modems but there are a lot of mislabeled t mobile modems there, this is UCLA 1, by diablo, the one I use
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Just flashed so far so good. Thanks buddy. Ill check back soon.
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I hope someone can help me. I rooted my phone, flashed to the latest energy blue rom, it worked awesome. 3 days later out of no where, I lost my 4g. Its like my mobile network doesnt fully turn on. Wifi works fine though.
Has anyone run into this before? Anyone know a solution? I also tried to flash it to a different rom. Same problem!
HELP!
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I hope someone can help me. I rooted my phone, flashed to the latest energy blue rom, it worked awesome. 3 days later out of no where, I lost my 4g. Its like my mobile network doesnt fully turn on. Wifi works fine though.
Has anyone run into this before? Anyone know a solution? I also tried to flash it to a different rom. Same problem!
HELP!
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T-Mobile might be down....I have no 4g too right now and I'm in Hawaii
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http://www.tmonews.com/2012/07/t-mobile-suffering-data-outage-says-early-reports/
I think our radios (for the amaze) went down on T-Mobile cuz my gf on the mt4g still has 4g but mine went out an hour or so ago. And some people on Eclipze's ROM last data, too. Freaking T-Mobile...
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It's a T-Mobile issue, nexus, gs2 and gs3 users are complaining of the same issue.
FYI guys. Data is down nationwide. This ROM is perfectly fine. Customer Care is flooded with calls. Connect to WiFi, you'll be OK for the time being. Do not stress that your phone is broken. Tmobile is broken.
A word from your friendly Tmobile Rep.
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ah that explains it. Just bad timing for me I guess. Phone is all good now
Throughout the past few months, I have been unable to have a GPS lock or estimate whenever I'm either inside a building or standing still on broad daylight. The only way to get a fix is if I'm driving. I've had this problem on several different ROMs. I've mainly stuck with AOKP, but have tried different modems with the same result. I've also wiped data/cache and SD card several times but to no avail. Others haven't reported this problem so I know it's specific to my phone. For example, if I use Google Now on JellyBean and search for weather, it defaults to Atlanta if I'm not driving around (I live in Puerto Rico)
Now that Jelly Bean is here with Google Now and other apps are constantly taking advantage of your location, I would love to be able to have my GPS fix or give an estimate of my location whenever I'm inside a building or standing still on the street.
Any suggestions?
I'm having the same problem man I turn my GPS on and it won't pin point my location if im driving and turn GPS on it will start to work within maybe a few minutes or so I'm on stock ics rooted with siyah kernel is there any fix maybe for my stock phone its 4.0.3
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slim1991 said:
I'm having the same problem man I turn my GPS on and it won't pin point my location if im driving and turn GPS on it will start to work within maybe a few minutes or so I'm on stock ics rooted with siyah kernel is there any fix maybe for my stock phone its 4.0.3
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At least I'm not alone. The thing is few people have this issue.
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slim1991 said:
I'm having the same problem man I turn my GPS on and it won't pin point my location if im driving and turn GPS on it will start to work within maybe a few minutes or so I'm on stock ics rooted with siyah kernel is there any fix maybe for my stock phone its 4.0.3
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Some have suggested before to switch modems. Have you had any luck with any particular one ?
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I had trouble with GPS after flashing CM9 RC2. Have you installed GPS Toolbox? It gives you a bit more information to troubleshoot with.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en
I'd see eight satellites but would not get a fix. Eventually I reflashed new nightly *and* modem UCLE5 and trouble disappeared.
Have you tried leaving maps or another app requiring location data on for a few minutes (12 1/2 minutes max)? If you eventually acquire a fix then that would point toward your phone not being able to download GPS Assistance data from cell provider. If the phone cannot get AGPS data from cell provider then it has to recieve GPS almanac from satellites at an ungodly slow rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS
This help me alot give it a try. I did method 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447599
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This help me alot give it a try. I did method 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447599
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So you copied the gps.conf file to /etc and that was it? No other tweaks? What ROM are you using? I'm testing this On the Jelly Bean CM10 preview build.
PRGUY85 said:
Throughout the past few months, I have been unable to have a GPS lock or estimate whenever I'm either inside a building or standing still on broad daylight. The only way to get a fix is if I'm driving. I've had this problem on several different ROMs. I've mainly stuck with AOKP, but have tried different modems with the same result. I've also wiped data/cache and SD card several times but to no avail. Others haven't reported this problem so I know it's specific to my phone. For example, if I use Google Now on JellyBean and search for weather, it defaults to Atlanta if I'm not driving around (I live in Puerto Rico)
Now that Jelly Bean is here with Google Now and other apps are constantly taking advantage of your location, I would love to be able to have my GPS fix or give an estimate of my location whenever I'm inside a building or standing still on the street.
Any suggestions?
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That's REALLY weird.
Not locking inside - that's completely expected
Not locking outside - That's not a good sign, but it makes no sense when combined with
Locking in a moving car - My experience is that every GPS I have ever used has significantly more trouble locking when moving then when stationary
Edit: When you say "standing still in the street" - is it a city with tall buildings, or ???
No tall buildings.
The GPS.conf file posted two posts above helps but doesn't solve it completely.
And its an honor to have you Entropy answering my plea!
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The other thing is that I'm unlocked I had a HTC amaze from T-Mobile I was using simple mobile and on the amaze the GPS would get my correct location what is it possible to flash the modem from a T-Mobile to the galaxy s2 sgh-i777 if so does any ones have a link to the modem and is it safe to flash it and instructions would be nice too:thumbup:
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The other thing is that I'm unlocked I had a HTC amaze from T-Mobile I was using simple mobile and on the amaze the GPS would get my correct location what is it possible to flash the modem from a T-Mobile to the galaxy s2 sgh-i777 if so does any ones have a link to the modem and is it safe to flash it and instructions would be nice too:thumbup:
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Try the link posted some posts above.
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No tall buildings.
The GPS.conf file posted two posts above helps but doesn't solve it completely.
And its an honor to have you Entropy answering my plea!
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Have you tried standing still in an area where you can lock when driving?
Might be area-specific interference... That happened to lots of people near LightSquared's test networks for example.
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Might be area-specific interference... That happened to lots of people near LightSquared's test networks for example.
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Or these?
http://www.jammerall.com/categories/GPS-Jammers/