So guys, I lost my Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 inside my house somewhere and I cannot find it. I know the GPS is on and the device is on with little battery. Is there any way I can find it? My Google account is on it so is there anyway I can find it with GPS? BTW, I do not have any texting apps on it. Any help? Thanks
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You should call on police, and tell them, you have got a drags, they will give you hard revision!! And you will get your desired sgp!!
Have you turned on wifi before you lost?
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Yes, I turned on WiFi. It's always on.
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You might be able to use a laptop with wifi signal strength anaylizer software to locate your device???
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Yes, I turned on WiFi. It's always on.
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Use your router to locate him, there should be singals of all devices connected to the router, so, you can easily locate SGP5
elvin18 said:
So guys, I lost my Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 inside my house somewhere and I cannot find it. I know the GPS is on and the device is on with little battery. Is there any way I can find it? My Google account is on it so is there anyway I can find it with GPS? BTW, I do not have any texting apps on it. Any help? Thanks
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You can't use GPS to find it considering the accuracy probably spans the entirety of your home. You may be able to locate it with wireless information from your router. I'd hurry though in the case that your battery drains quickly with WiFi always on.
Worst case, you'll come across it while cleaning or just retrace your steps to when you last had it.
Well guys, I found it using using the Plan B app from Lookout Security. It connected to my Google account and found where the location was in my house. Any suggestions on how I can be prepared next time? Like a backup GPS?
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elvin18 said:
Well guys, I found it using using the Plan B app from Lookout Security. It connected to my Google account and found where the location was in my house. Any suggestions on how I can be prepared next time? Like a backup GPS?
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you can get a communicator like skype, parlingo etc. and if you lost again, you will be able to locate SGP with one call/massage to SGP.
you cant use GPS, coz accuracy of GPS is nearly of 15m-10m,
you can use also a spectrum analyser or a wifi device with monitor mode on, but the first cost ~600$, the second is hard to do, those two need to have wifi turned on SGP.
A couple of options:
You could install skype, or some other app that lets you receive calls, messages, or whatever over wi-fi. Configure the app with an audible alert when a call is received, and then just call your player when you lose it.
Configure the email client to play an alert sound when a new email is received, and email yourself when you need to find your phone
Download google voice and get a free phone number you can text from your computer or phone. Couple it with groove ip app and you have a free wi fi phone service. I use it all the time.
OK, Thanks Guys!
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I know it's bad form to resurrect old threads, but I noticed an app on Google Play apparently made for this exact situation. it's called "Wheres My Droid" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alienmanfc6.wheresmyandroid)
install app androidlost....it is not using any memory because its using google account and app after first time doesnt need to be even started as any process normal or background...and then go to www.androidlost.com ..log with your google id and you can do what ever comes to your mind with device remotely.I find my phone and tablet with that 10 times by now or scare my friend who use it because you can even play police siren remotey on device.And this free app is also awsome for spying your girlfriend if she has android phone..mine have no idea that i read all here messages and now who calls here and who she calls..but for now she is good girl
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Does anyone have there 3g mobile hotspot working?? Like it would work with the DX liberty, fission, and apex roms??? Or maybe one of the new roms has it working???
I've heard that wiring tether works, but not sure his to get it as they pulled it from the app market. Also barnacle should work, and that's on the market.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Works to hook up laptop, not sure about device to device though
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
This works for me.... I've got download speeds up to 2.24 mbps
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thanks guys will try it out
Depending on your patience, the native hotpot app works fine by turning it on, allowing your wireless device to connect to it, then toggling the radio on / off a few times from the phone settings menu accessed thru the dialer (*#*#4636#*#*). Pins the "paid" data pipeline to your normal 3g stream.
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There was a thread about this is the fascinate forums...
Basically, the only way to prevent verizon to figure out that you are teathering is by using a kernel that blocks it.
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There was a thread about this is the fascinate forums...
Basically, the only way to prevent verizon to figure out that you are teathering is by using a kernel that blocks it.
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Even then, if they want to really look there's a way they van tell on their end through packet timing or signatures or something.
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Depending on your patience, the native hotpot app works fine by turning it on, allowing your wireless device to connect to it, then toggling the radio on / off a few times from the phone settings menu accessed thru the dialer (*#*#4636#*#*). Pins the "paid" data pipeline to your normal 3g stream.
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there was a bigger thread about this method somewhere here wasn't there Gary?
I know I saw it somewhere...
three west said:
there was a bigger thread about this method somewhere here wasn't there Gary?
I know I saw it somewhere...
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I'm sure there is but this idea was kicked around for the fascinate before the qpst hack came out.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Works to hook up laptop, not sure about device to device though
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Worked for me. GF and I used it on her X2 (with no tether plan, data only) when the DSL was out for a few hours.
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Even then, if they want to really look there's a way they van tell on their end through packet timing or signatures or something.
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If they're doing packet inspection, you know how SLOW that would make their network, and how much resources that would take up? Wouldn't be worth it to them. They are most definitely not doing packet inspection. They could possibly suspect something if you have high data usage. But then again, I have high data usage all the time, cause of my job, I run a business, I'm constantly downloading things, sending and receiving text messages through GV and emails, plus I have Google Plus backup all my pics and videos to a private album online. I use able 10-15 GB a month.
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Worked for me. GF and I used it on her X2 (with no tether plan, data only) when the DSL was out for a few hours.
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I wasn't able to get that wireless tether app to work... or the barnacle thing. It says it's on and everything but I can't see a network being broadcasted, nothing shows up on my website that resembles a phone or open network.
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If they're doing packet inspection, you know how SLOW that would make their network, and how much resources that would take up? Wouldn't be worth it to them. They are most definitely not doing packet inspection. They could possibly suspect something if you have high data usage. But then again, I have high data usage all the time, cause of my job, I run a business, I'm constantly downloading things, sending and receiving text messages through GV and emails, plus I have Google Plus backup all my pics and videos to a private album online. I use able 10-15 GB a month.
I wasn't able to get that wireless tether app to work... or the barnacle thing. It says it's on and everything but I can't see a network being broadcasted, nothing shows up on my website that resembles a phone or open network.
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Have you tried the radio toggle? This works for me with the native hotspot app. The packet info issue was something that a vzw tech on the fascinate forums said they COULD do to verify tethering if it was suspected. I was just trying to add that they do have ways to detect it based on what was shared by him. Whether it's practical for them isn't the issue, the point being that no tethering method is completely invisible.
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Is there some sort of wi-fi emulator out there? Amazon app of the day won't let me download some of the apps, but 4G is twice as fast as my wi-fi connection at home.
Hello, and welcome to XDA
I would love to help answer your question, however your post is somewhat ambiguous.
If you could, please indicate in more detail what the particular problem is.
I am going to take a leap here and assume that your problem is that wireless tether sets up an ad-hoc network instead of a regular wifi network.
however if this is not the case, then please let me know. I will do the best I can to help you.
Hmm I was wondering the same thing. His problem isn't anything to do with teather. It's that Amazon will have free apps that say they require a WiFi connection on phone to download do to there size.
If your in an area where you can't connect to a WiFi network Amazon will not let you download. Even if your on 4g for some reason the server will only allow a WiFi connected phone to download which really sucks.
So he wants to be on his 4g connection but fool Amazon's server into thinking he is connected via WiFi
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I was annoyed at the same thing. If someone finds a solution, I'd be interested in hearing it.
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Hmm I was wondering the same thing. His problem isn't anything to do with teather. It's that Amazon will have free apps that say they require a WiFi connection on phone to download do to there size.
If your in an area where you can't connect to a WiFi network Amazon will not let you download. Even if your on 4g for some reason the server will only allow a WiFi connected phone to download which really sucks.
So he wants to be on his 4g connection but fool Amazon's server into thinking he is connected via WiFi
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To the op.. this is what your post should have looked like
Is this using the Amazon market place? If so.. can u just visit the regular site and skip the app for those particular apps.
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Serinety said:
To the op.. this is what your post should have looked like
Is this using the Amazon market place? If so.. can u just visit the regular site and skip the app for those particular apps.
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Yeah this is for the Amazon Market. Main problem is that Amazon only allows certain apps to be downloaded over wifi. It sucks and as of yet there is no workaround that I know of. I'm sure some form of proxying would work but that's just as much of a pain as doing any kind of workaround. Amazon just needs to remove this limitation as a whole. I mean really where's the benefit for them to have you use your wifi connection vs your mobile connection.
you trying to get monopoly?
haha me too...
Removed my "annoyed" message. lol .. ignore this.
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you trying to get monopoly?
haha me too...
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I just grabbed that using 4g, but I've had that wifi issue before.
EDIT: I guess I didn't get it with 4g. It looked like it had downloaded and said update but then I saw it was hung up and it started after I switched to wifi.
Quite silly at this point, they could just give you the large data download warning that I believe the Market gives you.
If they hear from enough people I would bet they would change it. They started a packing feedback after I returned a hdd 3 times and bought somewhere else due to poor packing. I'm sure they had many complaints.
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I found this just looking around:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/343...w-large-downloads-without-wifi-root-required/
To have a 3g data connection and a wifi connection working simultaneously yet independently of each other?
I want to purchase an air stash wireless media server so I can carry more of my music around with me.
The problem is when this thing is linked to my phone I won't have a 3g connection(because it connects as a wifi network)
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Why do you specifically need 3G when there's wifi around?
There is a way. If I get off work early enough I will see if I can get it changed. Sent from my PG86100 using xda app-developers app
Well the airstash has a wifi transmitter to connect to the phone to transfer and stream files, so if I'm not around wifi but want to use that I have to sacrifice a data connection because 3g turns off when connected to wifi
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Wow thanks, that is incredibly generous.
I don't want to take up a ton of your time so if it isn't too complex I could probably do it if pointed in the right direction.
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Why not just use Google music? I think it holds like 20,000 songs, its free, and works on any data connection
I've used Google music, I dedicated it to standout tracks but it has reached its end a while back and my phone is already refined to the point I don't want to move anything off it. I've been using box and dropbox, but my box account if full now too and dropbox is reaching that point in the next few weeks, so I figure the airstash and a 256gb sdxc card should last me a bit longer.
I know there seems like no reason to carry so much music around but once it leaves my phone and goes on my desktop hard drive it'll never be listened to again, essentially a music graveyard, so I try my best to delay the inevitable.
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I know there has to be a way, and I think I've seen it before..
The phone is fully capable of running both Wifi and 3G/4G network at the same time, because when you're on WiFi and you send/receive a MMS, then it does upload/download via data.
I'll look into it for you.
Sweet, I've been searching all over the place trying to find out how but can't seem to find anything
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I came across this while searching today, would this work?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10053643/can-wifi-direct-and-3g-data-session-concurrently-work
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brenstar said:
I came across this while searching today, would this work?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10053643/can-wifi-direct-and-3g-data-session-concurrently-work
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It would work, but it would sure take you a while to get that working properly..
I would think that you could somehow tweak a file to allow them both since, as I said before, you can be on WiFi and download an MMS, which can go over 4G.
There's gotta be a way to trick android that it's downloading an MMS but it's really connecting you to 4G.
However, I have no idea how to do that, I'm not a developer.
I feel you would need some way of telling each individual application what connection to use in order for this to work right.
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I feel you would need some way of telling each individual application what connection to use in order for this to work right.
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I think your right.
But the downside to that is when you actually go to really use a WiFi network, the app will continue to run on Data.
Hmmm, well if a governor or a toggle were implemented, to determine what apps use what connection under what circumstances, I'm thinking it might be a good route to take
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brenstar said:
Hmmm, well if a governor or a toggle were implemented, to determine what apps use what connection under what circumstances, I'm thinking it might be a good route to take
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That's actually a good idea.
But, I'm not a developer, and I don't think you are either. So it would take some time to get this working.
Since you're considering a toggle now, maybe try posting in the general Android Q&A section also? They might be able to help you.
Sorry.
That is a good idea, I'm taking a bunch of programming classes this semester so I might make it a school project.
Thanks for the replies,
it gets the ideas flowing.
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brenstar said:
That is a good idea, I'm taking a bunch of programming classes this semester so I might make it a school project.
Thanks for the replies,
it gets the ideas flowing.
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If you're in high school, those programming classes won't involve anything android related, trust me.
University however, make a Rom, that'll get you a good mark.
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Sounds to easy to be true, but I'll post it anyhow...
Doesn't putting the phone in hotspot mode access Data and repeat it over Wifi? So isn't the answer to simply put the phone in hotspot mode? I know the phone can still access the data while in hotspot mode, so external devices should also be able to talk to the android device as well; over the wifi correct? Unless there is a build in firewall w/port blocking... but I would put my bets on file sharing ports being open.
Yep its possible very possible
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Doesn't putting the phone in hotspot mode access Data and repeat it over Wifi? So isn't the answer to simply put the phone in hotspot mode? I know the phone can still access the data while in hotspot mode, so external devices should also be able to talk to the android device as well; over the wifi correct? Unless there is a build in firewall w/port blocking... but I would put my bets on file sharing ports being open.
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That totally makes sense that it would work, don't know why I didn't think of it.
I'll test it out when I get home.
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Hello, so I have this idea for an app based around texting.
The basic jist of the app would allow a person with no signal or bars from there cellular service to use their wireless internet to send and recieve text messages. However, I want to do this where the user will be able to send and receive text messages using their own phone number. I would obviously have o run a service on a server to relay the text to the provider. I also, would like to allow non-rooted and non-jailbroken Iphone's to use the app.
If I were relate this app with another app I would say it would be similar to Apple's imessage. However, it will be used cross carrier.
Is this possible? What are the obstacles? Any suggestions?
Thank you
It won't work without a signal. Other than that, u shouldn't have a problem.
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It won't work without a signal. Other than that, u shouldn't have a problem.
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Thank you,
but, do you mean a cell signal or Wifi signal?
As long as u use cell or WiFi u will be OK. There just might be some delay through WiFi.
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first off let me start by posting this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272011
essentially after searching YouTube,Google, of course here, friends etc....no help in finding an answer to "searching for gps" continuously.
so currently im backing up my app data to my box and going to try a factory reset
but I keep thinking maybe theres a better app out there?
any ideas?
Changing the app isn't going to fix the issue if you can't get a good GPS lock. You're on the right path restoring the phone.
To test the GPS though and speed up locking you can get GPS status and tool box.
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whoaman said:
To test the GPS though and speed up locking you can get GPS status and tool box.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265387
This is third gps thread by op, I already posted screens of location settings and gps test app.
Sorry guys....its just that nothing was working
I'll shutup now
Just delete this post
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If you keep it in one thread and reply back it will be easier to help. Can you tell me if your location access settings are enabled and do satellites show as in use with test app.
adfurgerson said:
If you keep it in one thread and reply back it will be easier to help. Can you tell me if your location access settings are enabled and do satellites show as in use with test app.
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location settings are enabled
thats with me at my house with 4g lte ....thats when its working....when im the road comes the problem
Bases on your storied history of gps problems, I'd imagine it's a hardware defect or an efs problem.
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Bases on your storied history of gps problems, I'd imagine it's a hardware defect or an efs problem.
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What is "EFS"?
thats funny.....Lg says its my providers problem...i am rooted and unlocked but stock rom stock everything....
I sent LG an email saying:
My issue is that even with perfect 4g LTE Reception my GPS tracks me perfectly which is awesome, however when I'm on the move(usually driving) and I'm using the device as a navigation unit, it constantly "searches for signal" . The device will not track my moving location at all. I did do a factory reset and I've recovered my data with the exception of my location settings( thinking something in the old settings is wrong causing the issue). I'm using both Google maps default app and mapquest, I'm using both because Google says its navigation feature is still in beta development.
They replied:
From the description of the navigation problem, it would seem that your network service is not providing the correct data in the signal to allow tracking operations. This is seen in the fact of having the same problems with both versions of the GPS apps on the phone. If only one of the apps had the problem, then it would have been possible for the phone to be the problem. Finally, for the physical differences between these phones, there is a very minor difference in the size of the casing. Hopefully this answers your questions. If you have further inquiries, please feel free to contact our Wireless Customer Interactive Center at 800-793-8896. ^NE
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What is "EFS"?
thats funny.....Lg says its my providers problem...i am rooted and unlocked but stock rom stock everything....
I sent LG an email saying:
My issue is that even with perfect 4g LTE Reception my GPS tracks me perfectly which is awesome, however when I'm on the move(usually driving) and I'm using the device as a navigation unit, it constantly "searches for signal" . The device will not track my moving location at all. I did do a factory reset and I've recovered my data with the exception of my location settings( thinking something in the old settings is wrong causing the issue). I'm using both Google maps default app and mapquest, I'm using both because Google says its navigation feature is still in beta development.
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From the description of the navigation problem, it would seem that your network service is not providing the correct data in the signal to allow tracking operations. This is seen in the fact of having the same problems with both versions of the GPS apps on the phone. If only one of the apps had the problem, then it would have been possible for the phone to be the problem. Finally, for the physical differences between these phones, there is a very minor difference in the size of the casing. Hopefully this answers your questions. If you have further inquiries, please feel free to contact our Wireless Customer Interactive Center at 800-793-8896. ^NE
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That is a lot of b.s. from LG. Right now your phone is faking your location without using GPS.
If you are rooted and unlocked I am assuming you know how to make nandroids and flash ROMs. Try the fix in this link and let us know how you make out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2278873
I know how to flash to a Rom yes and androids saved my bum seeing as LG has no way to backup their devices....I edited part of the message I sent them and part of their reply. ..they suggested using Polaris office to backup my contacts. ..that's it....
What is efs?
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I have an idea to try first, when mine was broke it would show SATs in view but wouldn't lock. Yours isn't even seeing them. This app TopNTP will set up the servers, try as shown in screenshot.
vasilli said:
I know how to flash to a Rom yes and androids saved my bum seeing as LG has no way to backup their devices....I edited part of the message I sent them and part of their reply. ..they suggested using Polaris office to backup my contacts. ..that's it....
What is efs?
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It is a partition , I know it stores your imei number. In am sure it does more than that, sorry I cant give better answer.
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I have an idea to try first, when mine was broke it would show SATs in view but wouldn't lock. Yours isn't even seeing them. This app TopNTP will set up the servers, try as shown in screenshot.
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So I should install it with those settings?
or just take a screenshot of the settings?
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It is a partition , I know it stores your imei number. In am sure it does more than that, sorry I cant give better answer.
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that's more of an answer then ive seen before so thank you
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So I should install it with those settings?
or just take a screenshot of the settings?
that's more of an answer then ive seen before so thank you
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You could start by installing those settings, then see if GPS test apps shows SATs in view.
Well I'm leaning towards hardware problem
Ill have to do the efs tomorrow
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vasilli said:
Well I'm leaning towards hardware problem
Ill have to do the efs tomorrow
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There is a one year manufacturer warranty on hardware. You can send it to an LG repair center yourself.
Well went to ATT today,the swapped out the Sim cards and that actually made it worse so they called warranty for me and a new device should be here within 2-5 business days
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Well I got the replacement lg optimus g and within half an hour of unwrapping the new I tried the gps only find the exact same problem so as you can see from my signature., no longer am I using lg...ever
Thats my opinion
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