My GPS worked fine on 2.1 from the time I owned my phone, but stop working last week. I updated my phone last night and the GPS still doesn't work. Any tips on what I should do? How do I clear the cache? I'm on a stock Epic
lot of discussion going on in other thread opened by me... head over there..
bsically u need to go back to di18 .. get a gps lock on google maps..and flash again... to dk28... if that makes sense.
how i m not sure.. still trying to figure out from pros.
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I have recently finally got froyo with GPS working on my epic! then i figured everything was good and GPS working, so now time to flash roms w/o worry about dead GPS.... Nope.... my GPS broke again flashing these roms. But i figured out a way to get it to work. maybe its just random luck but it has worked 100% of the time as long as i didn't forget to do these easy steps. Ok first, when i figured out my GPS was dead. I done everything from recovery, to loading back to original froyo, then flashing modem and crap using odin, ect.. nutting worked. i had to bring it back to the original D18, eclair, and then i got GPS fixed and tested again. So here are the "easy steps" i been doing to prevent my GPS from takin a **** when i flash roms, or updating to froyo.... I ALWAYS GET A GPS LOCK "get navigation working to closest mcdonalds, THEN SHUT OFF THE PHONE, don't exit navigation just hit the power off button and turn off the phone from there. reboot in recovery and FLASH THE ROM of my choice YEY GPS WORKS!!, and hopefully this helps u from having to go back to "Dk18/eclair" just to get the GPS to work again. im not sure why this is or even if its random lucky but its always been working 100% as long as i didn't forget hehe.
Would Burger King work as well?
hmm
naa burgerking taste like cat ****! and it reminds the GPS system of the bouts of explosive diarrhea it had last week. So for some reason i have trouble locking onto burgerking hmmm.
Hello there!
I'm getting reports about "GPS Aids" not working with Vibrants. Some users with Galaxy S phones and GPS drivers from Vibrant got the same problem.
The app it's on the market. So the first test will be install it and tell me if it is working or not.
Regards...
Original post at > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955395
Went onto market, searched for and downloaded the app.
It wouldn't download the GPS aids... it kept saying "connection detected" then it was unable to downlaod the data.
When I enabled the root option (brute force) it finally worked.
Testing GPS now, will update/edit with results.
Maybe you should try the Themes and apps section, not trying to be a mod Just saying it might help get you more testers.
Okey.. I have a user in the spanish forum with a Vibrant. And the native mode it's working fine for him. Will ask for ROM version. Thankyou Bignjuicyjc
@Bignjuicyjc are you using a different GPS driver from stock? Like the captivate driver?
Hello I tested it out the other day. currently am on trigger v2.1 (froyo). Installed it, popped it on with default settings and tried out gps test app. Normally I eventually see 11 sats in my area Minneapolis,MN USA. With aids I saw 3 and never locked on.
So went into the setting of gps aids and deleted gps data and forced it this time around. Same deal: takes 3x as long to find any satalites, finds 1/4 the amount of sats and never locks on. In google maps/navigation my locations was off by almost 2 miles. Rebooted and deleted gps data and tried gps test again. Same results.
Had to delete data, uninstall the app and restart my phone before I could lock onto anything again. Some people in the vibrant community say this has helped them alot. And then theres people like me where it made it worse. Hope that helps.
da_dragon2k3 said:
Hello I tested it out the other day. currently am on trigger v2.1 (froyo). Installed it, popped it on with default settings and tried out gps test app. Normally I eventually see 11 sats in my area Minneapolis,MN USA. With aids I saw 3 and never locked on.
So went into the setting of gps aids and deleted gps data and forced it this time around. Same deal: takes 3x as long to find any satalites, finds 1/4 the amount of sats and never locks on. In google maps/navigation my locations was off by almost 2 miles. Rebooted and deleted gps data and tried gps test again. Same results.
Had to delete data, uninstall the app and restart my phone before I could lock onto anything again. Some people in the vibrant community say this has helped them alot. And then theres people like me where it made it worse. Hope that helps.
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Install/Uninstall don't change nothing. I think that it is something related to the GPS driver using in ROM. Do you know if your ROM is using a captivate driver? Or other different from stock?
ondoteam said:
Okey.. I have a user in the spanish forum with a Vibrant. And the native mode it's working fine for him. Will ask for ROM version. Thankyou Bignjuicyjc
@Bignjuicyjc are you using a different GPS driver from stock? Like the captivate driver?
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I too am using Trigger... but V2.5 which if I'm not mistaken uses Masters GPS fix.
But then again, I also used Samsung GPS restore app from the market AFTER i had flashed Trigger.
It seems since using Gps Aids the GPS is "seeing" more birds but not locking on to any.
Will continue to test.
does this work on Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-I5800?
Does this GPS Aids works for my Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-I5800 mobile phone?
This phone is Android 2.1.
This phone's GPS currently does not function well. It is very slow and take forever to get any GPS reading, is any.
If I to apply your GPS Aids to my phone and it is not the correct patch for this phone, is there anyway I can go back to the original firmware?
Thank you.
I loaded it last week on my Vibrant, it works.......... No Big Great difference since I have Masters GPS fix previously installed, but it does work and the locks are about 10 sec faster
Tried it and installed and downloaded properly on first try. Didn't see much difference at first, but when I went to visit friends in the middle of nowhere, I got locks when my gf's captivate couldn't. It didn't show up in the market for her captivate, but I sent the apk by email, installed it and it also got the gps to lock in. So here's two votes for it working.
oka1 said:
I have Masters GPS fix previously installed
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Can you please tell me what is this "Masters GPS fix" you are talking about?
Can you please send me the link?
Is this "GpsFix" from Android Labs you are talking about?
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Can you please tell me what is this "Masters GPS fix" you are talking about?
Can you please send me the link?
Is this "GpsFix" from Android Labs you are talking about?
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go here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921453 and in first post near bottom under the section labeled MODS you'll find the link to "masters gps fix"
Flash it thru Clockwork Recovery
I've had mixed results. It works for some customer roms and not others. It is confirmed working on Bionix and Auxura, but I didn't have good results with Trigger for some reason. Thanks for the app. I'm locking on 6/13 satellites indoors and 11/13 outdoors.
Feedback: Last week. I installed GPS Aids on my Vibrant and it downloaded the file and appeared to work quite well. But, 2 days ago, I developed a problem with something not related, and had to do a factory reset. Since the reset, I can not download the file. I keep getting a messaging saying it can't download Xtra and to try again later.
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Flash it thru Clockwork Recovery
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What do you mean?
I've tried Cyanogenmod, Fresh, Myn Warm, Stock sense. None of these roms of got my GPS working. Also tried the msl gps fix, no luck. Its accurate to 2500 meters (using the towers i guess) but no fix. I'm tried using the GPS status app it never finds a sat. Anyone out there that can help?
Go to sprint and get a new phone?
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
I didn't really want to do that. Is there anything i did that could have made me lose my gps signel for good?
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I didn't really want to do that. Is there anything i did that could have made me lose my gps signel for good?
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Not really.
Honestly, if you have tried all of those roms, including stock, and it doesnt work, thats a sign the gps is just broken. Unroot, flash stock, and take it to sprint.
recently realized mine is broken too, nothing seems to get it working again. tried the MSL fix, tried a stock sense rom.
i have a hard time believing the GPS just broke one day. its hard for me to know when it stopped working though, or with which ROM, because i dont use it all the time. from most recent to oldest from what i remember, ive used: Fresh, OMGB, mikz 1.1, warmz, warm twopointtwo, and i forget what before that.
any help is greatly appreciated.
EDIT: read post #2 here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1023018&highlight=GPS+MSL
I am currently on Fresh Evo, and my GPS wasn't working even after multiple attempts at the "MSL fix". After doing this GPS Status "A-data" fix, i am now getting GPS lock in google maps!
Ill post updates, as I want to move to CM7, but wanted to make sure my GPS was working first.
Updated the stock rom, radio, kernel with wifi N fix. All but netflix working well or so I thought. Discovered today that the compass is stuck in between S and SW and not responding to figure 8s. Anyone else having this issue and know of a fix. Have seen a person or two mention it in my searches, but haven't sen much else. Don't use it much, but it's amazing what you miss when you don't have it. Thanks in advance.
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Updated the stock rom, radio, kernel with wifi N fix. All but netflix working well or so I thought. Discovered today that the compass is stuck in between S and SW and not responding to figure 8s. Anyone else having this issue and know of a fix. Have seen a person or two mention it in my searches, but haven't sen much else. Don't use it much, but it's amazing what you miss when you don't have it. Thanks in advance.
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Yup, plus I had the phantom voicemail notification. Downgraded to 2.2 and everything is back working correctly, waiting until these bugs are worked out before updating again.
Thanks. Misery loves company. Vmail notifications haven't showed back up for me in over 24 hours. Wiped the data a minute ago to the vmail dialer in Titanium a minute ago, but I'm hoping that part has mysteriously disappeared.
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Thanks. Misery loves company. Vmail notifications haven't showed back up for me in over 24 hours. Wiped the data a minute ago to the vmail dialer in Titanium a minute ago, but I'm hoping that part has mysteriously disappeared.
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Not sure if my update went wrong or what, but my 3g speeds at full service was only 15k up and down. It was horrid. Combine that with other random crap not working, I was ready to throw it..
Compass stuck facing east after the upgrade to GB. Used the Rooted odexed upgrade available here.
Everything else seems OK but one of the things I use most on my phone is the compass with google maps, google sky or carr matey.
May have to back out the upgrade. Bummer.
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Updated the stock rom, radio, kernel with wifi N fix. All but netflix working well or so I thought. Discovered today that the compass is stuck in between S and SW and not responding to figure 8s. Anyone else having this issue and know of a fix. Have seen a person or two mention it in my searches, but haven't sen much else. Don't use it much, but it's amazing what you miss when you don't have it. Thanks in advance.
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exact same symptom. on MikGs 1.02.
Yep, same here. Compass app and Google Sky Map just kind of wander around a little bit.
Is this working for anybody after the GB update?
(wondering if it's just on certain rev phones)
So, I've never had this type of situation happen before. I flashed Cloudy Stock version 2.1 Rom. It worked great. Then I tried navigation. Noticed there was no GPS. I downloaded a couple different apps / tools. It looks like the GPS function is working just not getting a fix. Then I flashed Cyanogenmod 11 thinking maybe it was a bug. Butttt.... It wasn't. Can anyone think of a setting, bug, or otherwise that would cause this to happen? I think I've done all the obvious stuff location settings etc...? I've never seen a situation where it just didn't work. It was working on stock and also other roms.
Same here. After i updated to kitkat 4.4.2 (first 20A, now 20D) gps stopped working. Cannot connect to any gps sattelites, only it sees them, but cannot connect. Help
So, you're not going to believe this.. I reflashed Cyanogenmod 11 and still had some gps issues. But it was spotty at the least it was still there. I put the cloudy stock back on the phone and had no GPS or rotation at all ( I am pretty sure that has something to do with the radio I flashed for AOSP for the rotation fix. Not such a big deal since I honestly like AOSP.)
Flashed back to Cyanogenmod.... So get this... I took off this nifty new aluminum bumper I recently purchased see >>>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HAJ76F6
So I've attached a couple screen shots of the differences with and without the bumper... WOW... Didn't see that coming. So, problem solved for now. I will hopefully be able to return the case. The issue with the stock lack of gps is probably due to the radio. I will deal with that later. I just need to find the right stock radio for the D801 to fix the rotation and the gps. Thanks for listening guys! Good times... :good: