I have tried villian rom and modaco rom but when i enable gps sattelites in the phone option it says its enabled but gps applications never get a fix and the satellie symbol doesnt ever appear in the task bar. Also I dont know for sure when this started happening because i have not tried using gps for a while, but would flashing the hacked spl cause it? are there any fixes?
I have tried Villian 5.2 and aHero 0.7, with Radio 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26.
GPS get a lock, short time later it lose the lock.
Tested with different Software (GPS Test, Igo, Navigon, Maps)
does the radio affect the gps?
sandmen said:
I have tried Villian 5.2 and aHero 0.7, with Radio 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26.
GPS get a lock, short time later it lose the lock.
Tested with different Software (GPS Test, Igo, Navigon, Maps)
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I noticed following with my phone: GPS gets lock (with Navigon, Google Maps ...) and works fine while phone is connected to the 2G base station. As soon it's switched to the 3G, GPS losts it's lock. If 3G is disabled (*#*#INFO*#*#) everthing works fine. Also lock gets back as soon as 3G is disabled. I'm using MoDaCo 3.2 and did try two different radio ROMs: 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26 and 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.08.26. Hope this helps.
on the 2.1 roms that are available atm the phone needs to be booted with gps turned ON, otherwise it won't find a fix. when you are going back from 2.1 to 1.5 (e.g. modaco) you need to reflash the radio to make the gps work again. that is valid for the JU 09.26 radio, not sure about older versions.
There was an issue with flashing some of the 2.1's and then going back to a restored ROM. I am using the Mr Bang Performance rom, but couldn't get a lock. The solution was to reflash the radio and it should work then.
I'd give that a go, it might sort you out.
EDIT: I see kerndog already pointed that out...
ah perfect, reflashing the radio worked! thanks guys
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Hi, I've got TomTom Navigator 6 installed on my Trinity and it all works fine, except it takes about 5 minutes before it picks up any satellites when I run it - does anybody know if there's a fix to enable to gps chip to pick up satellites a bit quicker than this? Even when I'm outside and away from tall buildings it's the same. Any help or suggestions would be great.
Thanks
Works fine on my Trinity. I think I have the following : Trinity-Radio-ROM-1[1].41.00.11-by-ZakMcRofl, installed so maybe try putting this Radio ROM on. There maybe better Radio ROMs but this one works fine for me.
Less than a minute from a cold start and even works inside the house. It is faster at getting a fix than my Kaiser.
I have the official HTC ROM upgrade on my Trinity and like the OP it takes a wee while to get a fix. I am learninig to live with it.
in my rom i have a program called "QuickGPS"; every 3 days it downloads a file (few KB) that contains some data about satellite positions - this should accelerate FIXing process... in theory.
Try it!
An alternative could be having GPS "always on" with another program running minimized!
I have the exact the same problem using destinator! Well i just read somewhere that a prog called "gps gate" seems to make our job but i dont know yet.I have to find it and try it. Plus i dont want to have always gps on cause i need battery to speak...
as mentioned in a previous post, id check the radio version u have installed, and maybe update it mate....
different radio versions run differently with roms......its pot luck.
try the 1.46....or the 1.50 radio....they work well on mine...
Radio 1.38.00.11
Radio 1.41.00.11
Radio 1.46.00.11/30.11
Radio 1.50.08.11
I tried the Radio 1.50.08.11 and found that it indeed did pick up GPS 2x faster than my original Radio, issue was it has no 3G capability, it switched me to EDGE, so I went back.
Also HTC QuickGPS fails to download the updates for me....
You can try that :
http://rapidshare.com/files/25607303/SeaSGEE.exe
It's like QuickGPS ...
Just run it each time before using the GPS (don't wait the 3 days) ... It's works fine for me ...
try PDAMOBIZ ROM's
try PDAMOBIZ ROM's for me they can get a much faster fix than all the others
maybe due to some tweaks - not sure but costantly got a fix in <60sec. compared to 4/5 min. in the same location
................or you could try the new radio thats out as of today for the trinity......
1.56.70.11
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I tried the Radio 1.50.08.11 and found that it indeed did pick up GPS 2x faster than my original Radio, issue was it has no 3G capability, it switched me to EDGE, so I went back.
Also HTC QuickGPS fails to download the updates for me....
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Radio 1.50.08.11 works like a charm for me....full 3G and HSDPA so I am not sure what the problem is on your P3600i.
I have found that GPS Quick Position is useful (even if just for the Placebo effect). Time to first fix is not an issue for me....lots of people complain about it on the Trinity and compare it to the PNA GPS units...but really there has to be something of a compromise on a phone/GPS/PDA otherwise the thing would be a Laptop.
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Radio 1.50.08.11 works like a charm for me....full 3G and HSDPA so I am not sure what the problem is on your P3600i.
I have found that GPS Quick Position is useful (even if just for the Placebo effect). Time to first fix is not an issue for me....lots of people complain about it on the Trinity and compare it to the PNA GPS units...but really there has to be something of a compromise on a phone/GPS/PDA otherwise the thing would be a Laptop.
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I'm trialling 1.56.70.11 now, but again it has switched me to EGDE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2396785#post2396785
Ok so i don't know if this is common or not but i guess ill explain my situation.
Im running Radio 3.42.50 on Verizon Wireless. I am using NFSFAN's 6.5 V11 Rom.
I had previously flashed with the official Verizon 6.1 rom and ran customizations. Locking my GPS. I followed the guide here http://wiki.ppchaven.com/index.php?title=Pocket_PC_WIki:FIX_VERIZON_GPS
Bringing me to the 3.37.78 Radio. Using the GPS Viewer included in NFSFAN's 6.5 rom i was able to see satellites however i could not get any fixes or my location. I got nothing in Google maps.
I then flashed with the Bell 3.09.666.1 rom (i did not run customizations) Bringing my to Radio 3.42.50. Then NFSFAN's 6.5 rom again. This time i was able to get a fix and a location in the GPS viewer however Google Maps still can not get a fix or my location. Perhaps someone can point me to a possible solution for this.
From my observation it seems the GPS viewer connects to the GPS without going through windows while Google Maps does (Google maps shows a huge amount of satellites when set to interface with the GPS on its own and is still unable to find my location.) Perhaps it has something to do with the way GPS is handled in windows.
Yes my location is on and GPS program port is set to com 4, hardware port none and to be managed automatically.
I appreciate any help.
Hello androids,
I'm another n00b trying to kill my phone
I tried to flash some roms from this forum for my Tattoo, with different versions of OS (1.6, 2.1, 2.2). My preferences goes to Pancake 1.0.6; anyway I tried to see if all works and I get stuck with the GPS:
when I turn it on and start a navigator like NDrive or Navigon, they says "No GPS".
If I quit these programs, switch of the GPS from my tattoo and restart one of these programs (of course I tried one by one) they let my switch on the GPS receiver. Then back to the navigator, it tries to reach some satellite without an end. Also, there's no GPS icon in the topbar when the navigator, or another program that uses the GPS receiver, is working.
So I tried to switch back to a backup of my original rom without success. I also tried to flash another rom with 1.6 version like the original one, but without good results.
Can someone help me?
Yeaaah!
I've made a flash with the original rom for the HTC Tattoo and now it works!
Ok, let's retry some custom roms
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Hello androids,
I'm another n00b trying to kill my phone
I tried to flash some roms from this forum for my Tattoo, with different versions of OS (1.6, 2.1, 2.2). My preferences goes to Pancake 1.0.6; anyway I tried to see if all works and I get stuck with the GPS:
when I turn it on and start a navigator like NDrive or Navigon, they says "No GPS".
If I quit these programs, switch of the GPS from my tattoo and restart one of these programs (of course I tried one by one) they let my switch on the GPS receiver. Then back to the navigator, it tries to reach some satellite without an end. Also, there's no GPS icon in the topbar when the navigator, or another program that uses the GPS receiver, is working.
So I tried to switch back to a backup of my original rom without success. I also tried to flash another rom with 1.6 version like the original one, but without good results.
Can someone help me?
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Good evening,
I have the same problem.
I've switched back to the original rom but nothing work.
The GPS seems on but no application can use it.
Please help us .
Thank you.
I guess this is a very common problem on tattoo.My phone sometimes connects to satelites but sometimes not.I have tryed severals programs like GPS STATUS which show that there are satelites in view , but the programs just don't connect to them.Any solution ?
The Tattoo always needs a lot of time for connecting to satellites. If your inside a building it probably never will. So maybe that's the simple solution. Just go outside where it's got better connection.
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The Tattoo always needs a lot of time for connecting to satellites. If your inside a building it probably never will. So maybe that's the simple solution. Just go outside where it's got better connection.
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My Tattoo needs less then 1 or 2 minute to connect to satellites, but now never. I've tested that the only ROM that is able to connect to satellite is the SP-Froyo AOSP. I've tried lot of ROM, my original nand backup, other 1.6, 1.6 SenseUI, 2.1, 2.2 but nothing to do. The only one is the SP-Froyo AOSP. Anyone can help us with this issue??? Lot of thank in advance.
You may try Ndrive 10 it is the only program that runs smoothly for me and connects to satelites even from my room.
Im running radio version 2.15.50.14
Ive been running this version since I first switched the phone from winmo to android.
ive been through 2 different builds, countless gps.conf files, including blank.
have tried GPS Status, fastfix, you name it..
not a single sat, not one, ever.. Im running gpstest and all it ever says is 0 in view 0 used..
current build is coredroid 1.4
Ive tried changing everything EXCEPT the radio..
so, my question is, does your HD2's GPS work, and if so what radio are you running?
I know there are bunch of people in the same boat.
1. of all, test gps in Windows mobile. If it isn´t successful then your gps receiver is broken.
I had that problem.
EagleEye2004 said:
1. of all, test gps in Windows mobile. If it isn´t successful then your gps receiver is broken.
I had that problem.
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sorry forgot to mention, did that.
between android builds i wiped her completely out and did winmo 6.5 and the gps did work with it.
there are a lot of other people having poor to no GPS with android builds, and I doubt they all have broken recievers
Having issue of initially not getting a GPS lock in Android. I am using GPS Status. If I use GPS Status and go to Tools>Manage A-GPS State and do a restet A-GPS state, it gets a lock within 30 seconds and all apps after the Reset A-GPS State work.
It seems to a be an Android Build issue in that when the GPS is initialized to be used, it is not being reset properly.
Hello,
I have bought a HTC HD2 with a broken digitizer from my friend, fixed it by myself and installed tytung JellyBean 1.2 rom. Everything work fine (phone, WiFi, bluetooth), except no program can find any GPS satellites. All program shows that "GPS is on", or "GPS signal detected", but no matter how long I wait it can't get any signal from satellites. At first I thought that GPS antenna coaxial cable might be disconnected, so I dissembled my phone, but didn't find any problems. Then I made some research and tried to modify GPS.config file (to add NTP server), installed "AngelDeath" Instantaneous GPS Fixation v1.2, tried some programs, but nothing helped.
My phone configuration:
HTC HD2 (512)
HSPL: 2.08.
Radio: Leo_RADIO_2.15.50.14
Bootloader: MAGLDR v1.13
Recovery: Clockwork Mod Recovery 5.0.2.6
Tytung Android 4.12 NAND rom (with data on sd)
Maybe someone knows how to test if GPS chips is good (want to figure out if it is a software version or hardware)?
Many thanks!
P3tras
P.S. I do not know if GPS worked before. I didn't try it with stock windows mobile soft and the person whom I bought phone from didn't ever use GPS
About the gps issue...
I've been on NexusHD2-JellyBean-4.1.2-CM10 V1.3a, EvoHD2v10 ICS 4.0.4-full HWA, NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.4-CM9-HWA V2.8,
PARANOIDANDROID HD2 v1.5b, and a few other roms I can't remember...
It seems the gps works great when Wifi or mobile Data is on and can access the internet,
other than that it'll just keep on scanning until it spots a gps satellite.
I have a map app, that downloads the maps of certain countries or cities, but when I turn on gps, it just stay searching for a satellite...
once I turn on wifi and also turn on location services for google (all check on boxes), it takes secons for the gps to pinpoint where I'm at...
Not very good in rural areas where there's very little reception...
it seems miui roms made from langthang or possibly any gingerbread roms works well,
since I had no problems with the gps in miui, rafdroid or coredroid...
I did made a search through google using advanced search and the forums, but only found 4 threads, all but this one only a month old...
Maybe it works for you, get fasterfix from google play, and set it at your current location, then turn on your location services
in the settings, then use your map...
I have a EU HD2 currently running NexusHD2-JellyBean-4.1.2-CM10 V1.3a, which in my opinion is running great, minus the gps running offline...
Magdlr
data on ext
16gb sandisk SDcard
Update!! Looks like all I needed to do was put a check on wifi and mobile network location under
settings -> location access.
It might download gps data like windows mobile did when it needed to, but this time google doesn't tell
you that, it just does it...
I haven't tested it when I'm outside so I'll test it tomorrow. I'll post the results after.
current rom I'm using: NexusHD2-JellyBean-4.1.2-CM10 V1.3a, with same settings.
Another Update!!
Just got back from a computer hiccup, and yes, GPS does work offline, it took a while for my phone to pick up
a satellite, but only around 2 to 3 minutes on the second try, it seems that it can pick up in seconds with data
help, then it takes a little longer every minute or hour the GPS is used offline...
But that's my assumption on this process based on how it worked on windows mobile...
Also it's the same on my pad but that's another matter... All I can say is get a map software that download maps
into your phone, rather than the app constantly hogging/relying on your data connection, of course if data connection is
an issue, if not, disregard the last bit.