hi, I have a sgs2, rooted, with Omega rom v.24, the problem is that the GPS location on my pictures is usually a few meters/kilometers away from the place the pictures was actually taken, also the gps based alarm does not work, but maybe that is another topic..
GPS navigation programs work fine (navigon and garmin), the problem is the photo tagging.
I've tried a guide that describes this exact problem and attributes it to disabled Static Navigation. the suggestion is using GPS Control SiRF StarIV, but the app does not recognise my gps hardware, so it is useless. (can't post a link to the article dues to some really stupid limitations when you're under 10 posts...).
Any ideas? Am i the only person to have this problem?
i repeat: my gps is working fine and I have a reasonable locking time, the problem is the photo gps tagging (I'm sure the "geo tagging" option in the camera options is on).
thanks
Try FasterGPS App, it's free.
Definitus said:
Try FasterGPS App, it's free.
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Hi, thanks, but i think this app won't do it, as I said in my post, my problem is not the speed for the gps fix, the problem is that that the process of taking a picture, obviosly does not trigger a gps signal and it gets the data from the last recorded position, which, off course, is a previous location.
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Please Help!!!
I love this ROM, but I cannot get good GPS quality with it. I know most people have no issue with this, but my GPS on my phone has always been finicky. I updated to Build 13 and Build 13 R2...and neither one allows my GPS to work. My GPS worked (although not really well) with all the other builds.
Here is the wierd part, when I travel out of my hometown (sarasota, FL) my GPS has always worked better. I work in Ocala and with Build 13 my GPS worked the other day, but not when I got home. I tried with the tweaks listed below and I tried before installing any tweaks, no luck...
I installed these tweaks:
GPS Registry - Alltel: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...0&d=1237009140 (direct d/l link FYI)
Turbo_GPS_Settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=496800
Any help would be great, because GPS is my favorite feature on this phone.
**edit: I am using Google Maps**
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did you check your GPS signal? I recommended checking it out three times...
I checked the GPS Watcher program if that is what you are asking...
In Startmenu, System Tools, GPS Viewer,
COM port #4, or simply COM4 4800 BAUD and hit OPEN wait 20 seconds or so until signal settles down.
Please post signal(numbers inside bars) and number of sats detected.
That software has a bug that when you do get a fix, it doesn't tell you until you switch tab back and forth.
Reason I'm asking for this is that I want to make sure your GPS unit can receive signal before messing with anything else.
Reg hacks and roms are not going to help if your GPS unit is defective, right?
here is a screenshot of GPS Viewer. This is from Ocala, Fl were my gps works fine. When I am in Sarasota, fl (hometown) the GPS viewer finds no satellites.
From the looks of the numbers, it seems like to me that either your phone is located so that sky view is obstructed with something metallic or your inside building with windows. Right?
One you posted above is when GPS is operational, so, by comparing this screenshot with the other screenshot with GPS non-functional it will greatly help out in finding what is actually wrong.
As you might have figured out already, I prefer data collection first and then action later.
This might be a redundant question, but have you gone into your phone settings to make sure that Location settings are turned on? After that make sure that AGPS is enabled.
Yes NFSFANs rom has those settings by default, but thanks.
Here is the GPSViewer when I run it at my house. I had to leave it outside on my table for about 3-4 minutes and this is the signal I recieved. There were a few more bars but by the time I picked it up and ran CapSure they were gone...
Both were taken on a clear day outside of a building that obstructs the view slightly, but not enough to have much difference.
Oops I forgot the picture, here it is:
Did this happen recently? Some satellites go offline and online periodically and you just may be happen to be in the area where signal dark occures.
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Test with other Touch Pro phones nearby to confirm your GPS module pretty insensitive or not.
This is all I could think of, good luck.
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Did this happen recently? Some satellites go offline and online periodically and you just may be happen to be in the area where signal dark occures.
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Test with other Touch Pro phones nearby to confirm your GPS module pretty insensitive or not.
This is all I could think of, good luck.
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It has been weak since I have owned the phone. It has however worked in Sarasota 90% of the time and works in Ocala all the time.
The main issue I want resolved is why my GPS worked on NFSFANs 112 Rom and before, but doesn't work on 113 R1-3
Can anyone else help with this?
Can anyone tell me if that GPS Viewer app will display MPH (as opposed to km/h).
The GPS on my TP seems weak/inaccurate as well. I had a Mogul before & the GPS on it was dead on. I have had 2 TPs; the first one was horrible @ acquiring a signal. Even after using QuickGPS, it would still take forever outside. The one I have now acquires much faster, but tracking still is not as accurate as my Mogul.
I just did a hard reset and now my GPS doesnt work. It was fine before, I have the current MR1 rom update, and all was fine before. Now it just wont find any satellites. I have all the settings right, location on, Com4, 4800baud, managed by windows... I dont know what else to do other than another hard reset. I called verizon tech support, no help there. We did try VZ navigator, and it worked.
Jason
Change your radio. Happened to me and that was the culprit.
Greetings!
I'm having a problem with my Camera geotagging. I'm in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. With GPS on, all my pictures are geotagged as being in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan.
Does anyone else have a problem with bad GeoLocation in pictures? Or even more important, does anyone have a fix?
I am having the exact same issue. Almaty as well. Would also be interested in a fix.
Is the GPS off in nav or other apps such as GPS Status?
What ROM are you running?
Have you tried various location settings? Turn Use wireless networks and/or assisted GPS on/off? I usually use only the GPS with the others off and get accurate locations.
I have the same, using DJ's 1.9.1 Everything on ... GPS, AGPS, wifi.
I think it's ignoring the negative on the longitudinal coordinate putting me in Kazakstan or such, rather than NY.
The GPS works fine though, so it's either the camera or the album. Has anyone checked exif data?
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Is the GPS off in nav or other apps such as GPS Status?
What ROM are you running?
Have you tried various location settings? Turn Use wireless networks and/or assisted GPS on/off? I usually use only the GPS with the others off and get accurate locations.
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I'm running the stock ROM, Rogers version. I've got GPS on, WiFi usually off. I think it's only in the Camera application. Maps and Google Earth locate me fine, and the EXIF data says I'm in Almaty Province. I just tested it and it seems the Camera app is not putting in the minus sign in front of the Longitude.
Take the following coordinates: 43.64552307128906,79.37709045410156
That's where the Camera thinks I am. It's Almaty Province.
When I add a Minus in front of the Longitude: 43.64552307128906,-79.37709045410156
It finds me, in Downtown Toronto!
I'll have to experiment with different camera apps to see if any other ones do this. Any suggestions?
BlueBagodah,
That does sound like a camera app issue, but try other camera apps from the market to see if it is the app or the way that the data is passed from the Streak to the app. I have never used a third-party camera app so can't make recommendations.
I did a quick search for camera app bugs in android and didn't locate anything, but only spent a few seconds on it. you may have better luck.
I was having this problem running StreakDroid 1.9 and 1.9.1 and now on Simple Streak 1.2 things are working correctly. It was pretty annoying, Google+ even titles all your photos in Chinese because it thinks they were taken there.
camera geo location says Qamda Tibet, CN
Same Geolocation proglem over here. anyone have a fix yet?
i'm on Simple Streak 1.3 but it's been doing it since 1.2
Hey Guys,
Loving my galaxy s3 however something strange is now happening. I used to live in Brisbane and recently moved to Sydney, whilst I was in Brisbane I often used the GPS and google maps navigation (google navigation whatever you want to call it ) and it performed amazing! it locked onto location instantly and would guide me and track my position superbly.
Now I've been in Sydney for 3 days, and I tried to use the navigation several times and it was terrible! It would take a minute or two to lock onto my position but would still be fairly innacurate and would not engage the navigation, just sat in that screen where it is zoomed out and roughly shows the route to take, sometimes it would engage into the navigation but then would stop tracking me and just say it lost GPS location.
Has anyone experienced this problem? or know what I can do to fix it!! Thanks
Couple of suggestions:
Have you changed your Google location? Whenever I've changed ROM's I get asked to let Google use my location - maybe there is something in the Google set up that still thinks you are in Brisbane and has to keep scanning for your new location?
Have you got the map for Sydney - I know you can get maps on your phone but maybe only your home location is auto-downloaded, so you get a zoomed out version for other places? Maybe go into the Maps app and select Sydney and see if it brings down a more detailed version?
Maybe check for Maps/Navigation updates? I got a Maps one a few days back.
I hope this helps - not sure at all if any of them are applicable but it is what I'd be checking...
For the google location, I sort of reset it, I turned it off (the option to let google use your location) and turned it back on. Not sure what else you can do in that department.
Ive got the map for sydney and my maps and navigation are up to date! Thanks for the suggestions but, its just really frustrating as it used to work so well
Use either GPS test or GPS status to see how well your GPS is working. Both are available free in market. They will also download agps data to help with a faster fix.
Check that you do have satellites switched on in settings.
If you are rooted you could try the wildfire agps patch. I think it is posted in the development thread.
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thanks for the suggestion! just downloaded GPS status and one of the reviewers had the same issue that was resolved by clearing and downloading agps data (just like you mentioned). So will try tonight and hopefully problems will be gone, thanks!
AGPS Patch Galaxy In development may be of use .
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dk125 said:
thanks for the suggestion! just downloaded GPS status and one of the reviewers had the same issue that was resolved by clearing and downloading agps data (just like you mentioned). So will try tonight and hopefully problems will be gone, thanks!
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That method always worked for me on the S2 when I was in a different location. Takes seconds to reload the new data.
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I can't really help but my s3 in sydney has almost instant lock, except when in a tunnel.
By a strange quirk of fate I have just experienced the same issue that you faced.
After a lot of frustration I found a simple fix.
Turn off GPS and other location settings in main settings, power of and reboot. Switch everything back on in settings and all should be well again.
Hope this, belatedly, helps.
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If you are on a custom ROM then the first line of the GPS.conf file in system/etc will be set to "north-america.pool.ntp.org". Change the "north-america" part to "au" and restart. Then reset/redownload gaps data.using GPS status. Hope this helps.
hello all.......not sure if there is a thread like this already, did a search and didnt see anything on how to get the note gps to lock on better that actually worked for me. since switching to a JB rom my GPS has been horrible. i did an online search and came across an app called FasterFix. i actually used two apps......the GPS Status app and the app called FasterFix. GPS Status worked ok by itself but when i used the FasterFix app with it i get a lock as soon as i open any maps app and its always spot on to my location. this is the best ive ever had my GPS working on any version of android ive had. if your having problems with your GPS give this a try and see if it helps. Worked for me!
FasterFix - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix&hl=en
GPS Status - https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5lY2xpcHNpbS5ncHNzdGF0dXMyIl0.
Good one!
faster fix changes the ntp server. so only needed when you have flashed.
this next step can be done as often as you like.
GPS status- go into settings-tools-manage a-gps-reset
go into settings-tools-manage a-gps-download
exit program.
turn off gps.
turn on gps.
profit. (you may need to restart phone)
gps test also has the a-gps reset/download feature in it.
Also try some of the gps.conf files floating on here to see if it helps.:silly:
hi all.
at first i wanna apologize for my english, i am not native. i am also not good at phones, just normal user.
i bought samsung galaxy s2 i9100 from cellsnmore through ebay. i had to upgrade firmware from gingerbread to 4.1.2, i did it with odin because it could not been done by kies.
what is a problem is that my fm radio cannot find any radio station, headphones are plugged in and normally works with other music apps. after pressing a search station,, it shows that none of stations are available.
another problem is with gps location. i wanted to find my location in accuweather app or navigation and it took so many minutes so i gave up.
please, could anyone respond and advise me how to solve these problems?
any help would be greatly appreciated
thank you guys
david
dzdarsky said:
another problem is with gps location. i wanted to find my location in accuweather app or navigation and it took so many minutes so i gave up.
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Is GPS taking a long time to locate with AccuWeather only or in other apps as well. For example, is it working well in Google Maps?
You could also try to use a GPS Test app (AndroiTS GPS Test Free from Play Store) to check if your phone is "seeing" any satellites or not.
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Is GPS taking a long time to locate with AccuWeather only or in other apps as well. For example, is it working well in Google Maps?
You could also try to use a GPS Test app (AndroiTS GPS Test Free from Play Store) to check if your phone is "seeing" any satellites or not.
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it does also in google maps and the others. i tried that app and it is seeing satellites. where could be the problem, do you have idea?
and does anybody know anything how to fix the radio,please?
thank you
How many sattelites are visible as per the GPS test app?
Could you please try the following:
1. In Settings > Location Access, disable and re-enable "Wi-Fi & mobile network location"
And check if GPS works (ideally using the GPS test tools).
2. If the previous solution didn't work, then
In Settings > Location Access, disable "Wi-Fi & mobile network location"
And check if GPS works (ideally using the GPS test tools). (The second problem I had faced with CyanogenMod based custom ROMs in 4.2.2)
Note: The first time you connect to GPS it could take a long time (long as in 20 seconds to a couple of minutes). And if possible, try to test it from a place with clear visibility of the sky (at least the first time).