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I just flashed this rom after using void for a couple of months. I really wanted to try out gingerbread, and its great except for a small problem. GPS won't get a lock with satellites! I tried it on google maps and I also tried some gps tool apps and none are getting a lock on. Is this a bug or is it just me?
My gps is working on 6.5 . It takes up to 10 sec to lock with satellites . I'm ussing iGo .
dondrog said:
My gps is working on 6.5 . It takes up to 10 sec to lock with satellites . I'm ussing iGo .
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Thats the problem, my phone won't connect to any satellites. GPS Test doesn't even detect any. Does anyone else have this problem?
mirzawalrus said:
Thats the problem, my phone won't connect to any satellites. GPS Test doesn't even detect any. Does anyone else have this problem?
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refresh A-GPS data and re download while u have internet connection.
you can prob do it in an app called GPS status
dongimin2 said:
refresh A-GPS data and re download while u have internet connection.
you can prob do it in an app called GPS status
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tried it. doesn't help. The gps icon won't even show in the notification bar! I can't get a lock on
Hi,i have trouble with my GPS on Samsung Galaxy 5 i use google maps and this receive GPS Signal and after 3 minutes this app is closed and my phone is restarting what is the problem and what would need to do?
What rom do you have?
Also, try going to settings>applications>manage apps>google maps>clear data
Then try it
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So i have buy a new Xperia mini (sk17a) and install first ndrive to see how the GPS works... but it never catch a GPS signal (i have already a X10 mini and it was very fast), i already download a apps in the market for the GPS and it only shows 1 satellite as visible for the GPS and most of the time dont found anything... anyone with this problem?
haveu enabled GPS in settings ?
berz said:
haveu enabled GPS in settings ?
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Yes, already enabled, other way ndrive or other apps say "enable GPS"
Me too on a sk17i (as signed) it could take up to five minutes to catch the signal but sometimes in the open, it's immediate. I think it's the GPS sensor which is not the best...
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use fasterfix , if ur phone's rooted.
No rooted phone :-/ and no nearby plans to do it, another solution?
I have already tested the GPS with the ndrive and it works, but works really slow and with very bad accuracy :-S hope a software update fix this
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dude plz where can i find fasterfix, have no access to the market through the phone, thanks in advance
jacker60,
try to install GPS Status from Market. Launch it before using any navigation app.
sur1k said:
jacker60,
try to install GPS Status from Market. Launch it before using any navigation app.
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in fact this saturday started to install GPS apps from the market, and GPS status was one of them, after that it works better... but still slow and with poor accuracy, miss the GPS of my x10 mini, was very fast and with good accuracy
Hello.
GPS problems on my sk17a too.
I use google navigation daily. I've had several Android devices, with varying degrees of success with GPS. Using navigation on the mini pro, I found at times the GPS sluggish to update my position and speed, hence my further investigations.
Using GPS test from market, I've observed the following:
Overall GPS signal strength is up to 10 DB below average signal strength on several simultaneous Android test devices, including nexus s, all set in airplane mode. GSM and wifi off, to prevent interference.
Then if you extend the physical keyboard on the mini, signals drop even more, dropping some sats along the way.
Poor GPS operation in my opinion as a subject matter expert in mobile communications and GPS.
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toddkp said:
Hello.
GPS problems on my sk17a too.
I use google navigation daily. I've had several Android devices, with varying degrees of success with GPS. Using navigation on the mini pro, I found at times the GPS sluggish to update my position and speed, hence my further investigations.
Using GPS test from market, I've observed the following:
Overall GPS signal strength is up to 10 DB below average signal strength on several simultaneous Android test devices, including nexus s, all set in airplane mode. GSM and wifi off, to prevent interference.
Then if you extend the physical keyboard on the mini, signals drop even more, dropping some sats along the way.
Poor GPS operation in my opinion as a subject matter expert in mobile communications and GPS.
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Agree totally with you, have testes already the GPS in the week and all i can say its that in effect the mini pro had a very bad reception with the GPS
No problems on the Sk17i here. Then again i only use it to post facebook statuses
xperia active - very fast gps...........use GPS STATUS software to reset and download agps data.........will help for sure.
glukasil said:
xperia active - very fast gps...........use GPS STATUS software to reset and download agps data.........will help for sure.
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Already do it, and it help a little bit... but still slow and bad accuracy
My Galaxy S2 has been working great until today. Suddenly Google Maps will not open. I've cleared the cache, data, removed it from the phone rebooted and then reinstalled the application. It starts up, freezes for a moment and then crashes.
The other problem is my phone no longer get's a GPS signal. Before and after rebooting it. I downloaded a GPS tester and it's showing 1 satellite in range, which makes no sense.
My phone is rooted, stock.
Anyone have any ideas? I googled the google maps crashing issue and there's hundreds of threads but no real solutions.
I just uninstalled the Chainfire3D Pro drivers and google maps now opens. Why would those two conflict?
Edit: Still not picking up any satellites.
XGhozt said:
My Galaxy S2 has been working great until today. Suddenly Google Maps will not open. I've cleared the cache, data, removed it from the phone rebooted and then reinstalled the application. It starts up, freezes for a moment and then crashes.
The other problem is my phone no longer get's a GPS signal. Before and after rebooting it. I downloaded a GPS tester and it's showing 1 satellite in range, which makes no sense.
My phone is rooted, stock.
Anyone have any ideas? I googled the google maps crashing issue and there's hundreds of threads but no real solutions.
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t Have you tried flashing back to stock rom and modem?
Edit:Hmmm glad you got it working
Edit2:Nvm xD
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HTC Chris said:
Have you tried flashing back to stock rom and modem?
Hmmm glad you got it working
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No. I would like to try to solve the issue before I give up and resort to that.
My old phone used to be able to download the satellite positions to help improve the speed at which it got signal. Does Android have anything like this?
XGhozt said:
My old phone used to be able to download the satellite positions to help improve the speed at which it got signal. Does Android have anything like this?
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Yes download gps fix
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akira02rex said:
Yes download gps fix
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Seems to be working, I will update if I get anywhere. It's at least showing more than one satellite now.
Didn't work.
The only solution was to take out the battery and re-insert it.
XGhozt said:
My old phone used to be able to download the satellite positions to help improve the speed at which it got signal. Does Android have anything like this?
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Yeah. Use GPS Status and Toolbox.
hi guys i have been testing my galaxy s3's GPS. i am using osmand app as my GPS app. sadly the app could not find any satellites and pin point my current location. even if i leave my S3's GPS active for a more than 5 minutes it could not get any satellites even if i am standing on a open area.
what should i do? how can i reset my GPS?
thanks in advance
Turn mobile data/wifi on and then try to use GPS. If GPS receiver doesn't have fresh AGPS data, cold start will take from 10 minutes to infinity.
YaDr said:
Turn mobile data/wifi on and then try to use GPS. If GPS receiver doesn't have fresh AGPS data, cold start will take from 10 minutes to infinity.
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Agree with you. Turn mobile data on. GPS or Glonass receiver use mobile network to fix the signal. When your position is done, you can turn off mobile data.
oh do you really need the mobile data active? was it possible to get your exact location without the use of wifi or mobile data? just your GPS? because osmand can download the maps offline then just use the GPs data to pin point your location. have you guys tried using the osmand app?
thanks
GPS receiver needs to download some (4-5 kilobytes) of data from server. This is called A-GPS, Assisted GPS. Without it, GPS still will lock onto satellites, but it will be 20-30 minutes instead of 2-3 seconds.
bossrobo said:
oh do you really need the mobile data active? was it possible to get your exact location without the use of wifi or mobile data? just your GPS? because osmand can download the maps offline then just use the GPs data to pin point your location. have you guys tried using the osmand app?
thanks
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U only need data/wifi for first location fix and to dl. extra GPS data.when your location is found,u can turn of data/wifi and never use it again if u got downloaded maps.
Its just to get faster location fix on first GPS fix
I just tested my s3's GPS today in open air and got a lock within two seconds. phone locked 15 satellites. My phone is running completely stock rom and kernel.
So as others suggested, you should turn wifi or mobile data on so that A-GPS could work.
If you are worried about your app downloading more data and cost you money eventually then you may try app named "GPS Test". Its a very simple app and gives you some key info like satellites in view and locked to plus accuracy etc. It doesn't download any maps etc. Once you get locked, you can close the app and open your desired maps app.
samydroid said:
I just tested my s3's GPS today in open air and got a lock within two seconds. phone locked 15 satellites. My phone is running completely stock rom and kernel.
So as others suggested, you should turn wifi or mobile data on so that A-GPS could work.
If you are worried about your app downloading more data and cost you money eventually then you may try app named "GPS Test". Its a very simple app and gives you some key info like satellites in view and locked to plus accuracy etc. It doesn't download any maps etc. Once you get locked, you can close the app and open your desired maps app.
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hey thanks, because last night i was testing my s3's GPS if i have wifi connection my S3 can fix my current location around 2~3 seconds. i also saw my cousin's s3 and he also gets a fix location within 2~3 seconds. but i am not sure if his mobile data is active. that i would like to ask him again.
hehe thanks guys
Hi there,
I also have an issue with my GPS. Navigation is stuck at Searching for GPS.
Also when I run GPS test, it does not see any Satellites. I have my mobile data and WIFI on, and also tried to update the agps data with fastergps.
I have found different threads suggesting to uninstall maps but that did not help either.
Any ideas? (the issue existed on 4.0.4 stock, and also on latest aokp 4.1.1 build 3)
Thanks.
Also the GPS icon flashes briefly (like twice) and then disappears. Watching the notifications the same thing happens - Searching for GPS- appears briefly and then dissappears.
Is this the normal behaviour?
Watching the notifications the same thing happens - Searching for GPS- appears briefly and then dissappears.
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That usually means the phone has stopped searching for satellites for any reason, these usually are app-related.
Please download GPS TEST from Play store and report if it can find and lock on any satellites. If not or if it keeps loosing the connections, then something is wrong.
Make sure you don't let the screen turn off during the fix since that will disable the GPS.
d4fseeker said:
That usually means the phone has stopped searching for satellites for any reason, these usually are app-related.
Please download GPS TEST from Play store and report if it can find and lock on any satellites. If not or if it keeps loosing the connections, then something is wrong.
Make sure you don't let the screen turn off during the fix since that will disable the GPS.
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I have tried GPS Test and it sees 0 satellites. I have also tried a couple of other apps with no success.
Even with GPS test running, display on, I still observe the same flashing of the icon and notification popping up, then disappearing after 2 seconds and reappearing again...
Have same problem. I tried GPS test. It take about 5-10s to lock the GPS. However, it will dropped after sometimes.
If some of you guys are not running stock ROM, then there might be kernel related.
I tried Temasek's newest kernel yesterday on my AOSP MIUI ROM, but couldn’t get a gsp fix.
Went back to siyah kernel and got fix within seconds.
Also try setting your regional pool with fasterfix
mjolne said:
If some of you guys are not running stock ROM, then there might be kernel related.
I tried Temasek's newest kernel yesterday on my AOSP MIUI ROM, but couldn’t get a gsp fix.
Went back to siyah kernel and got fix within seconds.
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I had the issue on stock Rom 4.0.4 before I flashed aokp build 3. But maybe I'll try a different Kernel then... just to make sure that this is not the problem
slaphead20 said:
Also try setting your regional pool with fasterfix
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I have tried that, did not help.
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Tried flashing latest Siyah kernel, but GPS is still behaving the same odd way,
Thanks for the suggestion anyways
manormachine said:
I had the issue on stock Rom 4.0.4 before I flashed aokp build 3. But maybe I'll try a different Kernel then... just to make sure that this is not the problem
I have tried that, did not help.
Update:
Tried flashing latest Siyah kernel, but GPS is still behaving the same odd way,
Thanks for the suggestion anyways
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Ok, me tried syriah and faster fix now. See any improvement
Fasterfix , faster gps and new kernel cant solve the problem.
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pah8000 said:
Fasterfix , faster gps and new kernel cant solve the problem.
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Then its hardware return to service centre .
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Aluminum Case
I thought my GPS was busted as it showed which satelites were available (agps had downloaded) but it woudn't lock.
I then took my aluminum case off the phone and discovered that this was interfering with the GPS lock.
So take your case off before assuming that the GPS is buggered. *sigh*
"My gps wasn't working on my phone. I took it to the Verizon store after I had flashed back to stock, they messed with it for a little while and then ordered me a refurbished one. I received it the next day and when I powered it on guess what the gps didn't work. So I called tech support and to my surprise the person that answered the phone actually knew what she was talking about.
She told me the gps issue is a Samsung issue, (even though is only effects Verizon and sprint phones) they are working on an update to fix it. But in the mean time she told me how to do a work around to get it working. Here is what she had me do."
Go to Settings
Application manager
click all at top
go to Google services framework
clear data
go to settings
Application manager
click all at top
go to maps
clear data
uninstall updates
Go to location services
turn off VZW Location service(leave it off to)
Power cycle phone
update maps from android market
now the gps should be working.