GPS Only Work while Moving in car - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

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

Overgloc said:
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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slim1991 said:
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.

PRGUY85 said:
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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Entropy512 said:
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/

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[Q] 3G To HSPA+?????

Sorry to be a bother. I have serached numerious post about simular problems with details pretaining to a fix in this matter. I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-I777. The Rom I am currently running is ShoStock V.2.2.6, Android 4.0.3 with the cheerypicker Kernel and bandband ver.I777UCPLCS. The problem I have been having and did not have before flashing this rom, is that my 3G signal and HSPA+ notification keeps flickering back and forth. Plus my data speed have slowed up a bit. Yes, I could flash back to another rom but I really like the features of this one. Is there a fix to this problem is it a known problem? Thanks so much.
Try a different modem.
Also H+ only shows when using data, if not it will show the 3g instead.
LiLChris06 said:
Try a different modem.
Also H+ only shows when using data, if not it will show the 3g instead.
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I figured that LiLChris. But it keeps flickering back and forth. Plus this is mow happening in areas that I once had a full H+ signal with very fast speeds.
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The flickering is part of ShoStock and most other ROMs. It shows you the true connection; as LiLChris said, it uses H+ only when using data, and defaults to 3G when no data is being sent. AT&T usually just hides this and makes it show H+ all the time, even though that's not accurate.
I know, it freaked me out at first too lol. As for data speeds, try different modems and also changing APN settings.
EDIT: I didn't know the problem was when you're sending data (you posted a couple secs before I did). APN settings and a different modem may help you out with that.
Sounds like modem issues as stated. In my area modems can vary by up to 2mbs depending on which one I try
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nyamoV2 said:
Sounds like modem issues as stated. In my area modems can vary by up to 2mbs depending on which one I try
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Is flashing different modems cut and dry? Is there a place to go and see what modems in my area are good to use?
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Steve6569 said:
Is flashing different modems cut and dry? Is there a place to go and see what modems in my area are good to use?
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Not really cut and dry, but this will help you out.
karate104 said:
Not really cut and dry, but this will help you out.
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Thanks so much for your help its really appreciated.
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Problems with signal.Android 4

On my Amaze after official updateing to android 4 with sense 3.6 my telephone work very good,but there is only and big problem,,,,everytime after restarting after 5 minutes SIGNAl is loosing,and i can use phone,,,everytime is showing NO SIGNAL,,,how can i solve that problem!???
I've noticed poor signal indoors in places where I got decent signal on GB. I really am not a fan of the ics radio
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glacierguy said:
I've noticed poor signal indoors in places where I got decent signal on GB. I really am not a fan of the ics radio
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I dont have such problem on GB. It began now,,,i cant use my phone,,,can you help??)
Flash a different modem?
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calum96 said:
Flash a different modem?
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How???Where cna i find ?...but i dont have root,recovery.
It's an ICS thing. The new update messed with our signal. The only way to fix it is to S-Off and go back to Gingerbread.
hasoon2000 said:
It's an ICS thing. The new update messed with our signal. The only way to fix it is to S-Off and go back to Gingerbread.
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THere is no other way???(((
Sorry for the late reply, you can search for modems I can provide a link if necessary but a Google search should be fine and you will need to root and have cwm installed to do this or use a flash tool or Odin if you have a galaxy,
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Am I the only one who doesn't have problems with the pics radio it fixed my signal and has been great
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I use to get full five bars at home using GB, after updated to ICS (SuperSayain rom) I pretty much only getting 3 bars. What I did was in the mobile network setting, changed mode from auto to WCDMA only and so far i've been getting pretty much 5 bar most of the time with occasionally dropped down to 4. hope this works for you too.
I am also having this strange issue. So is reverting to GB the only way or can you just flash the gb radio? Anybody know anymore about this??
Same issue here. At home used to get full 5 bars, now 3 sometimes 4, which is fine as I am usually on WiFi anyway. Problem is I had great signal all throughout my daily commute to work to where there is sections of my drive that I have no signal. Before in that area it would revert to EDGE from 4G and mine is set to auto.
Just believe like everyone else mentioned that it is the ICS radio. Hopefully an update will fix it
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If it's just a radio can we just flash an older one??
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If it's just a radio can we just flash an older one??
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No. And to the people talking about modems and odin and.. yea, no. We don't have modems to flash, and odin is just for samsung devices. Until now we couldn't flash a radio if we WANTED to.
You know the iPhone's fix when people were talking about how bad the signal was for the iPhone4? They had been boosting the REPORTED signal strength. So did HTC, so did Samsung, so did.. all of them. You'd drop a call when it showed you had GOOD signal.
Not a single person has posted about having ACTUAL worse issues. The OP said he can make calls and talks about how many bars.
Apple's opinion:
We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.
Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars.
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People here are having the OPPOSITE problem, it LOOKS like you should have an issue, and you don't.. but people keep posting about it even tho there hasn't been any issues.
This is the ONLY person who had actual signal issues(Weird Interference/Reception Call Issues on my Amaze) I have seen since ICS dropped, and it turned out to be a hair on the contact for the antennae. Read his thread, he methodically checked quality and could answer basic questions - and then he fixed the actual problem.
Edit: I'm not trying to be a jerk, but if someone is ACTUALLY having problems, they actually can't make calls, drop calls where they didn't before, etc.. then there is probably a problem that can be fixed. But unless you are having those issues it is likely that the signal strength you're seeing is more accurate(EXACTLY like the apple quote I put above), they are just doing a better job of SHOWING the actual signal. Which is good, no unexpected dropped calls or BS.
sportsstar89 said:
Am I the only one who doesn't have problems with the pics radio it fixed my signal and has been great
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I got better signal here where am at with the official ics, even though its the same as the leak, I just get better radio communication with the official
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wow i have been having internet issues. unable to connect at all. no websites no you tube nothibg and im outside of my job where a block away is a tower. i have to reset the phoneat least 3 times a day in order to get my downloads ( podcasts) or view this wonderfull site. i have noticed the call quality is about the same. dont make tjat many calls on here. its mostly text and web. i have also noticed that the phone gets really hot while on the tmobile network and im surfing. other then that its great!
You've probably been throttled
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silvscorp said:
I use to get full five bars at home using GB, after updated to ICS (SuperSayain rom) I pretty much only getting 3 bars. What I did was in the mobile network setting, changed mode from auto to WCDMA only and so far i've been getting pretty much 5 bar most of the time with occasionally dropped down to 4. hope this works for you too.
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This didn't help btw
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You've probably been throttled
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Don't know if that's the case because when I so connect its fast. Just as fast as the first day of the month. I do have the 5gb plan and have never hit it. Been close but never hit it. I'm going to call just in case. You do have a good point.
Do a speedtest. If its 60 kb/s and steady, or something similar, that's your issue
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Why does my signal do this?

When I'm sitting at my desk, my phone (Droid X2) will have 4-5 bars with 3g showing. I place a call, 3g goes away(as expected) and I get 1 bar and I lose calls... Why would it fall back to a weaker signal to place a voice call? I understand that data can voice can't happen at the same time on a CDMA signal... But this drastic a difference for calls?
Hi, how do you hold it? After having started to grab it higher and leave the lower part with the antenna out of my palm, it cured it's signal issues.
Best regards,
V
V you have the x2 confused with an iphone this phone will keep almost the exact same signal if you wrap it completely in both hands. This is a software issue that usually only happened on stock and confuses the hell out of verizon reps. I would recommend a SBF to 2.3.4 and then going with cm7/cm9 for a ROM
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LordRalh3 said:
V you have the x2 confused with an iphone this phone will keep almost the exact same signal if you wrap it completely in both hands. This is a software issue that usually only happened on stock and confuses the hell out of verizon reps. I would recommend a SBF to 2.3.4 and then going with cm7/cm9 for a ROM
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I actually did this today, and before I even posted. I'm on the CM9 RC1 Alpha 5...Love it, BTW.
I haven't done any build.prop mods yet. I'm fairly worried I'll break something as this is a alpha build.
Soapy77 said:
I actually did this today, and before I even posted. I'm on the CM9 RC1 Alpha 5...Love it, BTW.
I haven't done any build.prop mods yet. I'm fairly worried I'll break something as this is a alpha build.
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If you're talking about the build.prop mods that are floating around on the development forums, they're already in alpha 5.
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If you're talking about the build.prop mods that are floating around on the development forums, they're already in alpha 5.
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no, CM9 is alpha 5, and don't want to break it.
Soapy77 said:
no, CM9 is alpha 5, and don't want to break it.
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I promise you DZK is rather familiar with CM9..........
tallyforeman said:
I promise you DZK is rather familiar with CM9..........
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I'm not saying he is.. I'm just playing it safe by not modifying the build.props file. Better safe than sorry.
Dkz is the one that did cm9 for the dx2, and the edits ARE included already...
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Well, I didn't know that! Hmmm maybe I should call support. After all, I can sbf, and return it if needed.
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your office would not happen to have one of those Verizon network extenders would it? I have one and found out that th DX2 won't work with it and behaves just as you described. 6 calls to customer services get me no fix for it, they gave up and conceded its a problem with DX2s
No my office is in my home.
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Try changing your mobile networks settings. See if a different setting of roaming changes the behavior. You might find you are roaming on data and picking up a nearby out of network 3g tower then when you go to voice it favors a more distant in-network tower. Also download the app OpenSignal and see what that tells you about local towers.
And switch from bars to text for your signal, a real number will tell you things a set of bars really can't
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Well, I didn't know that! Hmmm maybe I should call support. After all, I can sbf, and return it if needed.
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Return it and get another phone while you still can. If you read on here long enough you'll see the many problems that arise from this POS phone. If you are going to stay with it you will probably be forced into a custom ROM just to make it work right. Memory is one of the main culprits that keep this phone from performing well. Every other phone that has come out since then that has 1GB of memory or higher has either had an opportunity to get more updates or better performing custom ROMs.

Why is my works WiFi is fso slow when I have good signal?

It Works ok if im less than 5 meters away from server. But anything over that and its unusable. I work about 10 meters from the server. And I get at least 2 - 3 bars of signal out of 4. And I can't even post a comment on here. The speed is very fast for about 30 seconds and then ridiculously slow. It also struggles to connect. Tries about 3 or 4 times before it connects. I'm running cm10 on s3 but have this problem on stock, omega and checkrom. I had simular problems with the s2 aswell but not s1. I don't want to use wifi kill as its my work and it might not solve the problem. Is this the s3 working on networks with multiple apns? Is there a code I can call to turn off power saving ?? Can't force to 5ghz either.
Some advice would be massively helpful. I am getting very frustrated.
Thanks in advanced
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Any ideas anyone?
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The s3 q&a is far more helpful than this whole community?
Thanks to d4seeker and jje
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Ive fixed mine!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805572
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I believe the problem lies in network or in the wifi router. Maybe it's overloaded, try on-off cycling the router and see if it works then?
I kinda doubt that the issue is in the phone
I've fixed it now mate. Well chuffed. Don't know what it was really. But the method I used in above thread worked. It all started when I first rooted and flashed omega. Cm9 got rid of the authentication error (so it seems Sammy is at fault there) as for the WiFi range of about 3 meters and no connectivity after that distance. I'm not sure. Perhaps a problem deep in the settings I could not find. But completely wiping all settings worked. Not ideal. But confirmed working all day at work. So maybe a omega fault I don't know. Jus happy to have fixed it
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slking1989 said:
It Works ok if im less than 5 meters away from server. But anything over that and its unusable. I work about 10 meters from the server. And I get at least 2 - 3 bars of signal out of 4. And I can't even post a comment on here. The speed is very fast for about 30 seconds and then ridiculously slow. It also struggles to connect. Tries about 3 or 4 times before it connects. I'm running cm10 on s3 but have this problem on stock, omega and checkrom. I had simular problems with the s2 aswell but not s1. I don't want to use wifi kill as its my work and it might not solve the problem. Is this the s3 working on networks with multiple apns? Is there a code I can call to turn off power saving ?? Can't force to 5ghz either.
Some advice would be massively helpful. I am getting very frustrated.
Thanks in advanced
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It can be many problems! Maybe the ROM that you are runing has poor Wi-Fi support or maybe the phone is just "getting old" or maybe its the Wi-Fi set that sends you the signal!
I got a s3 which is not old but I've fixed it now. Thanks
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best gps app?

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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DeathmonkeyGTX said:
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
vasilli said:
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.
adfurgerson said:
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
vasilli said:
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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