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Is my gps faulty

Hi,
I've been using my nexus one for the last couple of weeks using google navigation.
I find on a journey (out in open space) that about about 5/6 times every 30 mins I get a large blue circle around the navigation arrow and an occasional gps signal lost message.
I've used by Blackstone/Touch HD in exactly the same areas before and never had this problem.
I also had a desire for a couple of weeks and never saw this occur.
Has anyone else had a problem like this?
Thanks

I don't know if you rooted or not, but after I installed CM 5.06 I have to put my phone in airplane mode then turn on GPS wait for a lock then turn airplane mode off, to get a lock.

Jack Everyman said:
I don't know if you rooted or not, but after I installed CM 5.06 I have to put my phone in airplane mode then turn on GPS wait for a lock then turn airplane mode off, to get a lock.
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Hi, thanks for the reply, no I've not rooted it. Don't have any problems like that, it's just it seems to keep loosing the lock every now and again before regaining it, not great when you are somewhere you don't know and it just stops for 30 seconds.
I guess nobody else has seen this?

Anybody else getting this. Don't want the hassle of returning it to HTC for fixing if other people have the issue.

I've had that happen driving down the highway. Seems to drop out for about 30 seconds or so. I always figures it was switching between satellites or something (I know little about GPS so this may be way wrong). It has happened when using maps and co-pilot.

I see the blue circle pop up every once in a while but I've never seen it lose the signal.
The blue circle just indicates that it doesn't have the optimal GPS signal to get a precise lock... but it's pretty close. I'm not sure why it does this though... once a GPS lock is acquired it shouldn't drop it just driving around on streets.

ive had this on my g1 as well... but it comes right back... its usually after u pass under a bridge or passover or something...

jonze5 said:
ive had this on my g1 as well... but it comes right back... its usually after u pass under a bridge or passover or something...
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Yes, I've always had that with things like bridges on previous gps devices or sometimes in urban jungles (ie lots of tall buildings), but not 5/6 times in a 1/2 an hour journey in open space.

this might sound silly, but if you have juice defender installed, disable it before you go on the maps app, when i have juice defender enabled, i cant use my gsp

aldaris652 said:
this might sound silly, but if you have juice defender installed, disable it before you go on the maps app, when i have juice defender enabled, i cant use my gsp
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No, I've got nothing like that installed, but thanks for the suggestion. I've had locale or tasker running some of the time, I know they use GPS, but that shouldn't cause loss of the lock.

HELP: Froyo killed my parents & my battery life

I know there might be a dozen threads about this, but its all gobbledygook and nobody seems to have a straight answer.
I just want to ask: What can we possibly do about Froyo draining our battery? Task manager auto-killers aren't working right now it seems.

Turn off 4G
Turn off WiFi
Turn off GPS
Turn down brightness
Stop opening crap
Problem solved.

Task Managers??? Are you kidding me? My battery life has doubled since Froyo because I dont use task managers or auto killers. Use Fresh Rom, with set cpu with perflock off, change the screen off to 245/245. Most important part is condition your battery...Trust me, i thought it was stupid as well, but it works.

drmacinyasha said:
Turn off 4G
Turn off WiFi
Turn off GPS
Turn down brightness
Stop opening crap
Problem solved.
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haha thats funny and true so i like it. i am running froyo official and have noticed an increase in battery. but hey when you get near your computer plug your phone in when you get in your car plug your phone in.

Froyo Killed Your Parents??
Sorry To Hear About Your Parents
R.I.P.

theres not much else u can do..just wait for a fix

I have ota and its the worst batterie ever with out doing nothing not even a phone call it died under an hour i only have gps enable had 3g off 4g to app all close no auto killer
Htc Evil Phone

I have the same problem. I read reports that Facebook 1.3 will not release the partial wake lock. I took FB 1.3 off and the problem persisted.
Here is how to check if you have a problem with your partial wake lock:
goto settings > about phone > battery and compare the uptime and awake time. If they are the same or very very close you have a wake lock problem. A wake lock allows an app to prevent your phone from going to sleep, even if the screen is off. If these times match then an app is creating a wake lock and not releasing it, and therefore your phone never sleeps.
As I said removing FB 1.3 did not solve the problem, but I was able to prove it is a wake lock as using Advanced Task Killer to kill 21 tasks allowed my phone to actually sleep, as indicated by a corresponding difference in the two times. So now that I know this is an app doing it, I will try to narrow it down and figure out which and report back.

OK I just found it. It appears the LED Light widget also causes a partial wake lock. To alleviate you don't need to uninstall it, just remove the widget.

Which led light? From market or the one with 2.2?

Borg1982 said:
Which led light? From market or the one with 2.2?
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The new "flashlight" app is not a widget...It's actually called LED Light, by picolyl.

I don't have a problem, for me is little better!!!! just buy a new battery that solve your problem

drmacinyasha said:
Turn off 4G
Turn off WiFi
Turn off GPS
Turn down brightness
Stop opening crap
Problem solved.
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Problem NOT solved. Or maybe 15 extra minutes.
Or don't use it at all, you'll save plenty of battery

Check to make sure that your Google Talk app is not automatically signing in. Go to apps - talk - settings. This is a typical battery drainer

totally forgot about google talk. have flashed a few ROMs back and forth, and now running a stock rooted ROM, I forgot to shut this one off...

use a custom rom, something without sense and try not to have a f***ton of widgets. im running cyanogen nightly and i get about 10 hours before i hit 20%-30% thats when i quit doing stuff and start trying to make the battery last. screen eats most of the battery so turn the brightness down.
my average 10 hours is 75-125 txts 30 + or - min of talk time and 3+ hours of internet (facebook)

oh, and about your parents... they are gone, there isnt an app or a rom that can fix that.

Indeed, the title of this thread is goofy. Froyo has literally killed my parents....... and has done a bad job for my battery life on my phone. Haha!
I guess an apostrophe would not have hurt after the word "parents" eh?

Doing a factory reset will fix your problem... I had the same problem when I updated.
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opie2l said:
Doing a factory reset will fix your problem... I had the same problem when I updated.
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I'm having similar issues with my OMJ 2.2 froyo rom. poor battery life, plus it seems laggy and unresponsive. i was much happier with OMJ's 2.1 rom

[Q] Does anyone else have this problem with their GPS?

Ok so my problem is whenever I leave my phone on for an extended amount of time the gps just will not lock at all but after I reboot the phone it locks within a couple of seconds. This has been happening with each radio Di01, dj05, and Dl09. I was just wondering if anyone else had this problem and whether or not it is a hardware problem?

Nope. With DI01 I had issue where it took forever to lock, if at all. With DL09 I have no issue at all. Connects quickly and just works.
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yeah. I thought I was the only one noticing that.
If I go into the gps setup (Dial: *#1472365#) and then go to command and start the gps, if the phone has been running for a long time, it will just sit there and say Number of Satellites: 0
But if I reboot, it starts finding satellites immediately and gets a fix super quickly.

Di01 was a nightmare with GPS locks...took upwards of 10 min or so. With dj09, I lock within 5 seconds max.
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anyone notice even though the GPS locks, it's off by a lot? went back to DJ05 for now....on the wife's Fascinate

I may be seeing the same thing as you Jaybap. Can you elaborate what a "long time" is since boot that you're seeing? 12hrs? 2 days?
I had horrendous issues w/ GPS on OEM DI01 prior to playing around with Adryn's local xtra.bin solution. I'm now on OEM DL09 and for a day or so after the install GPS would lock w/in 10-15 seconds outside. I leave GPS and VZ Assist on all the time. Accuracy is dead-on for me. I'm using GPS Test and GPS Status apps for testing.
I am now noticing that after some amount of time (at least more than 24-36hrs after installing DL09, no boots since install) that my GPS tests took longer to lock (>1 minute). The GPS icon in the notify bar wouldn't animate while searching for satellites and at one point GPS Status seemed to hang/freeze (no FC). So after i saw this thread I booted the phone. Now the GPS icon animation is back when initially searching for satellites and i get a lock in 10-15sec. So ya might be onto something...
BTW - I'm guessing the GPS icon animates when searching for satellites; becomes a static icon once a lock is achieved.

How do I dl and install DL09?
Having GPS capability was one of the reasons I upgraded from a non-smartphone to a smartphone. Just my luck that the smartphone I choose has serious GPS issues.
How might I go about dling and installing this fix for the GPS?
Thanks.

keena It's the same way with my phone the gps icon stops animating and this occurs after i leave my phone on for a few hours and it takes minutes to lock when it used to take seconds.

I have the same issues. I can get a lock in seconds after I reboot, but if my phone has been on for more than 10 min getting a lock can take as long as 45 min or more, if at all.
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Did you guys get your phones in September because I have a feeling they launched some of these with faulty hardware and that's why these updates aren't helping us.

Jaybap said:
Did you guys get your phones in September because I have a feeling they launched some of these with faulty hardware and that's why these updates aren't helping us.
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Yeah, I nabbed mine on October 1st, so basically September.
But I'm still wondering if it's software related. Like maybe one thing (app? system?) in the background is trying to access the gps and won't let go of it for other apps to use.
Also, possibly unrelated: are you guys using Task Killers at all?

I also have the same issue as the OP. The only time I ever reboot my phone is right before I use Runkeeper... otherwise the Gps never locks.
I'm on dj05 using jt's clean rom & voodoo.
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I bought my phone the 2nd week of December. I don't run any task killer or battery minder apps...basically just a rooted OEM DL09.

I noticed that if you turn on the GPS and leave it on all the time. It will always lock on fast whenever you turn on Google Navi/Maps. If you turn on the GPS, turn it off for a while, and later, turn on Navi, it will sometimes take forever to lock on.

WiFi hangs and drops

Hi
I'm currently having a problem with my S4 that is driving me mad.
Ever since I got the phone I've had a bit of a problem with the WiFi connection. I've flashed a few kernels and some seems to help the problem more than others but it's still there.
What happens is the phone connects to WiFi no problems. Then maybe after a few minutes of use the phone won't give me any data. If I search a Web page it just hangs and then says unable to display web page. I then have to knock the WiFi off and back and and it cures the problem temporarily.
Sometimes the WiFi connection can be fine and last a few hours without hanging. Other times it can last a few minutes. The WiFi icon always remains on the screen and the arrows act as if data is getting processed but nothing ever happens. The odd time it will also kick itself off the WiFi and reconnect.
It's driving me mad having to constantly knock it on and off. I'm missing WhatsApp messages for hours because of it also.
Is it a common problem? If not the phone
is still under warranty so I will have to send it back but then that's me phone less for god knows how long
Any help would be great.
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dj_sploits said:
Hi
I'm currently having a problem with my S4 that is driving me mad.
Ever since I got the phone I've had a bit of a problem with the WiFi connection. I've flashed a few kernels and some seems to help the problem more than others but it's still there.
What happens is the phone connects to WiFi no problems. Then maybe after a few minutes of use the phone won't give me any data. If I search a Web page it just hangs and then says unable to display web page. I then have to knock the WiFi off and back and and it cures the problem temporarily.
Sometimes the WiFi connection can be fine and last a few hours without hanging. Other times it can last a few minutes. The WiFi icon always remains on the screen and the arrows act as if data is getting processed but nothing ever happens. The odd time it will also kick itself off the WiFi and reconnect.
It's driving me mad having to constantly knock it on and off. I'm missing WhatsApp messages for hours because of it also.
Is it a common problem? If not the phone
is still under warranty so I will have to send it back but then that's me phone less for god knows how long
Any help would be great.
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if you are rooted, flash this http://www.adrive.com/public/8DJWtV/WifiFix.zip
its a fix that sorted out my wifi problems

I think you should revert back to the latest stock and reset your modem. There might be some fancy settings in your modem software that need to be turned off. I read that somewhere but can't remember which ones. Just search on here.:cyclops:

Hi guys, sorry I've just seen the replies and thank you for taking the time
I shall have a blast at both your solutions and report back.
Thank you again

Well I tried the WiFi fix but that hasn't cured my problem. Today I will flash to stock rom and then re-root and see if that makes a difference. If not its off for repair under warranty and the old Nokia 8210 will be coming out of retirement for a few days lol
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Any news?
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May be a fix?
1) type *#0011#
2) press menu button and select wifi
3) turn off power saving mode
4) restart
Alternative
1) download terminal emulator
2) type ping google.com
Credits to the one who discovered this.

jehbrian said:
May be a fix?
1) type *#0011#
2) press menu button and select wifi
3) turn off power saving mode
4) restart
Alternative
1) download terminal emulator
2) type ping google.com
Credits to the one who discovered this.
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Hi jehbrian.
I've never heard of this fix but I'm willing to give it a go (whats the worst that can happen lol).
Done the above and indeed you get to a point where Wifi power saving mode is on. I've knocked it off and will see how I get on in the next couple of days. It does make sense that the power saving mode could be killing the Wifi every now and again.
Thanks for the tip and have a pleasant day :fingers-crossed:

I had tried that one. It spends about 10% more battery.

kertenkele said:
I had tried that one. It spends about 10% more battery.
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Does it?
Surely there must be something else that can compensate for this loss if it means the Wifi actually works. GPS? Bluetooth? Screen brightness?
My phone is on my dock so can't verify the loss of battery.

kertenkele said:
I had tried that one. It spends about 10% more battery.
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I've never noticed the battery drain... besides, S4's battery life is bad anyway.

Any solutions ?
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Some issues on my LgV20

Hi, my phone version is Lg V20 H990DS, software version V10c-TWN-XX and
1) daily I'm noticing a large data usage by OS Service (I find out that in My Data manager app). Why?
2) When I connect my bluetooth headset for audio I don't hear enough loud when I set at maximun level. (My previous Note 4 gave in my headset a louder sound). Why?
3) When I play a clip and I set at maximum​ level and after I play a second clip the volume is set at a lower level automatically.
Do you have the same issues and eventually how did you fix them?
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I'm having bluetooth issues with mine , also it takes awhile for the GPS to lock on to my location. This seems to be an ongoing issue because I also encountered the GPS issue with my G3.

enigmaco said:
I'm having bluetooth issues with mine , also it takes awhile for the GPS to lock on to my location. This seems to be an ongoing issue because I also encountered the GPS issue with my G3.
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I haven't had any GPS issues with the V20. My note 4 was slow and dropped occasionally, but the V20 has been good for me and my wife.
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Some reason with my nexus and the samsung I had it would lock on in seconds. With my v20 it takes up to a minute. Do you leave it on all the time.

Yes, but when I come out of the building it doesn't see anything. But it locks within 10-15 seconds after that.
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Yeah but its still pulling location data from wifi and mobile. Have it off for awhile completely turned off and turn it back on and see if it connects that quickly.

enigmaco said:
Yeah but its still pulling location data from wifi and mobile. Have it off for awhile completely turned off and turn it back on and see if it connects that quickly.
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Ok I'll try it when I get home.
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enigmaco said:
Yeah but its still pulling location data from wifi and mobile. Have it off for awhile completely turned off and turn it back on and see if it connects that quickly.
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Sorry I forgot to do this Friday. I just checked and mine gets GPS lock very quickly. Have you checked any connectors on the back of the device? I know on my old note 4 the connectors had a terrible connection until I bent them a bit so it touched better.
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