[Q] Anyone else having problems with finding location in maps?

[Q] Anyone else having problems with finding location in maps? - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I can't seem to get google maps to find my location any closer than 1000 meters. Even with GPS on, it stays at 1000 meters.
Running nightly #43

Download and install GPS Status from the Market.
If it shows no sats being received, even though your phone has a clear view of the sky:
Menu >> Tools >> Manage A-GPS State >> Reset
Reboot immediately.

Thanks! seems to be working a bit better now.
When i have maps open, it jumps back and forth between 30m and 1000m, but i'm guessing that's normal.
edit:
nevermind. left it open long enough and it's perfect at 7m now

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GPS after the update

I think I've updated my phone with something called Kies mini... I am trying to check my location with the gps but it aint even close to where I live!!!
Everyone talks about how satellites has their gps locked on to but I have no idea how to see that... with gps test.
HELP PLEASE! It has been always showing the same location doesnt matter which city I'm on! (before the update too)...
I think once I have tested this gps fix that was around, but then I went back to normal settings (i guess)... cause it didnt work
Now it it says that I have ECLAIR.UVJI6
I am new to all this

Search the market for an app called "GPS Test". It will show you all of the information you're looking for.

Well, I'm still having GPS difficulties with the newest update (Running Bionix 1.9).
ECLAIR.UVJI6 is the newest update, so don't worry about that.

cwoodworth said:
Well, I'm still having GPS difficulties with the newest update (Running Bionix 1.9).
ECLAIR.UVJI6 is the newest update, so don't worry about that.
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At least I have the right update :/
tenchi-kun said:
Search the market for an app called "GPS Test". It will show you all of the information you're looking for.
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I have GPS Test and GPS Status... The first one doest even move at all when I start the application and the second one on the bottom show it seems that is loading something forever. Where do I see the sats? Have no idea. From the second one I will guess that it could be that part that says "fix/sats" and right now is saying 0/2.
My goodness... The damn gps would so useful to stop loosing myself on the German streets
Nothing that I can do to fix it? Is there any news about if this is the last official fix for the gps?

My GPS was working great when I first odin JI6, now all of the sudden it just stop working, I try to odin it back to JI6 again and it still doesnt work so well.

I'm testing the GPS out right now. I've had the phone since wednesday, tried google maps and it's never been able to get my location. I just installed JI6 today and ran GPS test for the first time. I got 0 satellites for a couple of runs until my 3rd try where it eventually got up to 10.
Even though I get locks on GPS test, google maps/navi still can't pick up my location so it's useless =\

In my specific case, I found that the JI6 GPS update did not perform much better than the original version. Yes it was better, but certainly not as good as the JI2 update. So, I've applied the JI2 update and things seem to work much better.
Also, I've found that turning off wifi when making the initial GPS lock really helps reduce the amount of time needed to initially lock.
Good luck!

^ second that. Try to turn off wifi.

Try these maybe:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728894
FYI - Ive had good luck changing to MS Based:
From link-
""In MS-Based mode, the network provides the satellite information to the device, based on a rough estimate of where the device is located, and the device acquires the GPS signals from the satellites and calculates its location. After the initial fix, the device operates like an autonomous GPS receiver, until the satellite information must be refreshed, at which time the device goes back to the network to update the satellite information. MS-Based mode is appropriate for applications that require the device location to be updated rapidly, such as a navigation application. Can the GPS work in autonomous mode? No, the GPS receiver requires the assistance of the network elements to acquire its initial location fix.""

i flashed bionix 1.9 and had more problems with gps than when i was running 1.5. atleast before it was sort of accurate... and found a couple sats after 2-3 minutes. but iwth 1.9... nothing and not even the correct side of the street (showed me east while i was way west). then i found someone who had a gps fix based on j12 and it was in zip so... i mounted that to me SD and reinstalled using clockwork recovery... now within seconds i get gps ... extremely accurate... AND... lock on to most of the satelites that are available. i love it!

Right, so here are my thoughts and experiences while using the new JI6 update:
1) Way more accurate than the previous couple of builds that I have tried. When the GPS does lock, it usually locks onto 10/12 birds and finds my location within 5-6 meters. Not bad! Definitely not as good as when I had GPS working via one of Eugene's Franken-Twiz ROMs (between 2-3 meters), but definitely good enough for daily navigation.
2) The fix for damn sure didn't fix any of the satellite aquisition problems that our phones have been experiencing. Typically for me it will aquire satellites right off the bat about 50% of the time. Other times I'm left waiting 20+ minutes for it to get a lock.
3) Solution I have found to get a quick fix. Type in *#3214789650# (for the new JI6 update) and delete the GPS Data cache. I think it's the last button on the list. After the cache is cleared, use the top button on the list to perform a location test. I've seen this take anywhere from 30 seconds up to 2 minutes... sometimes a bit longer if I am in an area with poor signal coverage. Once I have aquired a successful lock on multiple birds, I simply back out of the application and am good to go. If I leave GPS constantly on, I have found that my phone will maintain the lock almost indef. If I turn the feature off during the day to conserve battery life I have found that it will usually aquire a lock within 30 secs or so of me turning GPS back on IF I am still in the area where I turned the feature off. If I drive to an area an hour or so away from where I turned it off, I usually have to repeat the above process to get a quick fix.
I've tried every iteration of option combinations from the lbltest menu, and have mostly been greeted by similar results, with no one option particularly speeding up the process. Based off of this I am assuming the issue probably lies with the caching of stale data on our phones, and it's inability to purge this data on it's own.
The one thing I haven't tried yet is the JI2 fix mentioned above. I might give this a whirl and see how it works!
BTW, I'm an expat working in Europe, so this might also be the cause of my slow lock times... however every other GPS I own works magnificently over here.

Moped_Ryder said:
Try these maybe:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728894
FYI - Ive had good luck changing to MS Based:
From link-
""In MS-Based mode, the network provides the satellite information to the device, based on a rough estimate of where the device is located, and the device acquires the GPS signals from the satellites and calculates its location. After the initial fix, the device operates like an autonomous GPS receiver, until the satellite information must be refreshed, at which time the device goes back to the network to update the satellite information. MS-Based mode is appropriate for applications that require the device location to be updated rapidly, such as a navigation application. Can the GPS work in autonomous mode? No, the GPS receiver requires the assistance of the network elements to acquire its initial location fix.""
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That's the first "fix" for the gps? I tried once but it didnt work.

I have tried pretty much all the "fixes" I can think of and this is what I have found. No matter the source (root mods, Bionix, J12/J14/J15/J16-leaked and OTA), changing from 'standalone' to msbased helps tremendously. Also using the google server and port is much much better for faster locks and maintaining lock even if you are not in clear view of the sky (tree, buildings etc will affect you lock). I willl say the stock JFD with the msbased and google server and port was better than just about all the other ones I have tried with the stock standalone and spirint server.
IMO The OTA J16 is the fastest and most accurate (less than 10 feet everytime, less than 30sec fix everytime) that I have tried, but even that required me to use the google server and port, and also switch to msbased.

theking52 said:
i flashed bionix 1.9 and had more problems with gps than when i was running 1.5. atleast before it was sort of accurate... and found a couple sats after 2-3 minutes. but iwth 1.9... nothing and not even the correct side of the street (showed me east while i was way west). then i found someone who had a gps fix based on j12 and it was in zip so... i mounted that to me SD and reinstalled using clockwork recovery... now within seconds i get gps ... extremely accurate... AND... lock on to most of the satelites that are available. i love it!
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Hey, do I need to root my phone for that?

cathardicnotion said:
Right, so here are my thoughts and experiences while using the new JI6 update:
1) Way more accurate than the previous couple of builds that I have tried. When the GPS does lock, it usually locks onto 10/12 birds and finds my location within 5-6 meters. Not bad! Definitely not as good as when I had GPS working via one of Eugene's Franken-Twiz ROMs (between 2-3 meters), but definitely good enough for daily navigation.
2) The fix for damn sure didn't fix any of the satellite aquisition problems that our phones have been experiencing. Typically for me it will aquire satellites right off the bat about 50% of the time. Other times I'm left waiting 20+ minutes for it to get a lock.
3) Solution I have found to get a quick fix. Type in *#3214789650# (for the new JI6 update) and delete the GPS Data cache. I think it's the last button on the list. After the cache is cleared, use the top button on the list to perform a location test. I've seen this take anywhere from 30 seconds up to 2 minutes... sometimes a bit longer if I am in an area with poor signal coverage. Once I have aquired a successful lock on multiple birds, I simply back out of the application and am good to go. If I leave GPS constantly on, I have found that my phone will maintain the lock almost indef. If I turn the feature off during the day to conserve battery life I have found that it will usually aquire a lock within 30 secs or so of me turning GPS back on IF I am still in the area where I turned the feature off. If I drive to an area an hour or so away from where I turned it off, I usually have to repeat the above process to get a quick fix.
I've tried every iteration of option combinations from the lbltest menu, and have mostly been greeted by similar results, with no one option particularly speeding up the process. Based off of this I am assuming the issue probably lies with the caching of stale data on our phones, and it's inability to purge this data on it's own.
The one thing I haven't tried yet is the JI2 fix mentioned above. I might give this a whirl and see how it works!
BTW, I'm an expat working in Europe, so this might also be the cause of my slow lock times... however every other GPS I own works magnificently over here.
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Gonna try this out! cheers

finds sats but won't lock on...
I'm still having GPS problems post-update. I've never installed any custom ROMs or any custom GPS fixes other than some tweaking in the LbsTestMode menus, which I have since reverted to the default.
In the LbsTest or the GPS Test app I get the same results: the phone always finds 10-12 satellites just fine (levels in the 20s) but it never locks onto my location. GPS Test will say "In View: 10" for 20 minutes but "In Use" always stays at 0.
Anybody have any ideas here? I was really hopeful that I'd finally have a functioning GPS after this update.

00sivan said:
exact same issue. drive an hour away and the gps is hosed unless you clear it and start it again.
I am also overseas. I wonder if grabbing the GPS settings from I9000 would help? Does anyone have them or know where to find them?
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I used the GPS for hours going between statelines with JI6, no problems requiring a signal when I closed out GPS.
The_Tim said:
I'm still having GPS problems post-update. I've never installed any custom ROMs or any custom GPS fixes other than some tweaking in the LbsTestMode menus, which I have since reverted to the default.
In the LbsTest or the GPS Test app I get the same results: the phone always finds 10-12 satellites just fine (levels in the 20s) but it never locks onto my location. GPS Test will say "In View: 10" for 20 minutes but "In Use" always stays at 0.
Anybody have any ideas here? I was really hopeful that I'd finally have a functioning GPS after this update.
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Reboot the phone, it usually works in this case.

heygrl said:
I used the GPS for hours going between statelines with JI6, no problems requiring a signal when I closed out GPS.
Reboot the phone, it usually works in this case.
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the thing is... mine worked in the states with the stock JFD without any problem. flawless.
it stopped working when i got overseas. and hasn't worked well since. It really seems like it ONLY works well in the states. I mean I can get it to work if I clear the data all the time, reset the phone all the time, but it's not supposed to work like that. It should just find me when i open maps like any sound person would expect from the device. can anyone contend? is anyone having flawless GPS functionality outside the US?

heygrl said:
Reboot the phone, it usually works in this case.
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I've rebooted at least 5 or 6 times, as well as clearing the GPS cache ("Delete GPS Data" in LbsTestMode) numerous times as well. Still never gets a location lock despite seeing 10-11 satellites.

[TIP] To locked sattelite in matter of seconds

Boot to Winmo make sure your weather clock with correct location, tap application tap quick gps check download sattelite fr internet tap download, now back to android check gps on in location setting, now launch google map gps now lock in under 1 minutes tested and worked on all android rom

Or just download the gps-status app from android market (free version) and update your agps settings before you start navigating.
Much less steps to fix satellites and faster.

i dont belive that the gps lib's are stored in the same location, or shared between the os's...
i might be wrong on that, and you might be causeing it to esentialy be a hot boot when it gets into android. if this is the case, then realisticly, you need to add the time for booting wm, aquireing hot fix data etc to your gps start time figures.
personaly, i find that if you have gps turned on, and network location turned on, i get an instant lock with 20m accuracy, first bird locked within 10 sec indoors, and 7 within 30 seconds sub 20foot accuracy.

Have EB13, GPS not working now

I put my wifes epic back to stock via odin then downloaded the "update.zip". her GPS did work in Eclair, but now it doesn't work in FroYo. i will say that her phone didn't work in the DK28 either, My Epic works fine with DK28.
Anyone else having an issue with GPS with the update.zip method.
downloading the Samsung Froyo Tool Now, will try that next

i stood outside for a bit and didn't get a lock.. i couldnt wait too long though. at least 30 seconds with no lock

Did you install the eb13 modem also the work around was to get a gps lock on eclair then flash the rom try to get a lock then flash modem and try to get lock
Epic 4g

errr.. i just used the update.zip did nothign else

i made sure i had GPS lock via "Google Maps" before i did the update.
The Downloads from Samsung are SO SLOW
I also have My own Epic here and that gets lock on DK28 in not time.

No, sorry, I'm having the opposite effect with EB13: My GPS seems to be more accurate than before!
Months ago, before I tried flashing, my GPS seemed to work fine for navigation purposes with DI18, though I never checked the accuracy. I eventually tried flashing DK28, which killed my GPS entirely. I went back to DI18, where it "worked," but wasn't very accurate. I never got accuracy better than 99 ft. with GPS Status. Today I updated to EB13 by copying the update.zip to my SD card and I went outside about 20 min. ago and cleared aGPS data, then redownloaded it and got a lock in a few seconds, with accuracy to 16 ft. I didn't wait around to see if it would get any better, though I think it would have.
I recommend you download the "GPS Status" app, turn on GPS, then in the app go to [ Menu Button ] >> [ Tools ] >> [ Manage A-GPS State ] >> [ Reset ] then [ Download ]. Make sure you are in a fairly clear area with a good view of the sky and horizon (i.e., not in a city with tall buildings, etc.) and see if you can get a fix.
Also, some people have recommended just going into Google Navigation in the past to get a fix.

Mine is working fine, it is getting a lock quickly. It didn't work very good on DI18, and it worked good on DK28.

Yeah mine is great too
Sent from my Evo Killer!!!

AmericanJedi001 said:
No, sorry, I'm having the opposite effect with EB13: My GPS seems to be more accurate than before!
Months ago, before I tried flashing, my GPS seemed to work fine for navigation purposes with DI18, though I never checked the accuracy. I eventually tried flashing DK28, which killed my GPS entirely. I went back to DI18, where it "worked," but wasn't very accurate. I never got accuracy better than 99 ft. with GPS Status. Today I updated to EB13 by copying the update.zip to my SD card and I went outside about 20 min. ago and cleared aGPS data, then redownloaded it and got a lock in a few seconds, with accuracy to 16 ft. I didn't wait around to see if it would get any better, though I think it would have.
I recommend you download the "GPS Status" app, turn on GPS, then in the app go to [ Menu Button ] >> [ Tools ] >> [ Manage A-GPS State ] >> [ Reset ] then [ Download ]. Make sure you are in a fairly clear area with a good view of the sky and horizon (i.e., not in a city with tall buildings, etc.) and see if you can get a fix.
Also, some people have recommended just going into Google Navigation in the past to get a fix.
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Yup, GPS Status is your friend! my GPS seems waaaay more accurate now with EB13. Never could get a lock indoors but now it locks to multiple satellites almost instantly! yaaaay!

AmericanJedi001 said:
No, sorry, I'm having the opposite effect with EB13: My GPS seems to be more accurate than before!
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I recommend you download the "GPS Status" app, turn on GPS, then in the app go to [ Menu Button ] >> [ Tools ] >> [ Manage A-GPS State ] >> [ Reset ] then [ Download ]. Make sure you are in a fairly clear area with a good view of the sky and horizon (i.e., not in a city with tall buildings, etc.) and see if you can get a fix.
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And you started out saying you have nothing for me ... The GPS Status Program worked like a charm. 2 seconds had lock in maps and Accurate to "2 Meters" ... WOW ... Thanks
Side Note: had this been a "Regular" Customer's Phone. I'm sure they would have been tearing their hair out.

I just tried to get a lock right now and I literally got a lock within 10 seconds of hitting the "My Location" button. There was an MSL fix for the GPS on DK28, I'm sure it'd transfer over to EB13 easily.

I got GPS Lock in about 15 seconds sitting in my basement (with a window over & behind my head), and it was only about 30' off. But then I never really had much trouble with DK28 :shrug:.

Mine took a bit the first time to lock. But after that using the free gps test app for testing I have an accuracy of 5 feet.

i.mykol said:
And you started out saying you have nothing for me ... The GPS Status Program worked like a charm. 2 seconds had lock in maps and Accurate to "2 Meters" ... WOW ... Thanks
Side Note: had this been a "Regular" Customer's Phone. I'm sure they would have been tearing their hair out.
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Actually, I was replying to "...Anyone else having an issue with GPS with the update.zip method..." from your first post, but I can see how my post was a bit misleading! Anyhow, I'm glad I could help, you're the first person I've assisted on XDA now that I think of it!
GPS Status is very handy indeed!

30 sec after updatein market i had lock within 10 feet. im in living room and the gps up me in driveway.

my EB13 gps fix
All I did was power off my Epic and turn it back on. I used GPS status and within seconds it locked on to various satellites, I was inside my apartment. Google maps also locked just as quickly.

Mine's finally everything I expect in a GPS: locks quickly (within seconds) and has good enough accuracy for RunKeeper. Best I've seen yet is 4m, which I'm sure is good enough for anything I could need my phone for.
Very pleased, because terrible GPS performance with 2.1 is the one thing I hated about this phone...

[Q] gmaps won't use gps?

I've got a bit of a strange problem, where google maps seems to refuse to actually use the phones gps (device). If I use high accuracy it immediately zooms in on a location thats more than 5kms away.
I installed osmand, and it is able to see and lock onto 5/19 gps satellites just fine, gmaps on the other hand just sits there, it does produce the 'location' icon, but never gets a lock. I installed gps status from the play store, and downloaded the latest gps-a data, but thats made no difference.
One thing I did notice though, was that when i start osmand, the notification from gps status appears, but when trying to find location on gmaps no such thing happens, which leads me to think that gmaps isnt even trying.
location is set to device only, google location reporting etc is on.
So far ive done a cache / data wipe of maps in settings, uninstalled back to factory version, re-updated to the latest but all to no avail.
Does anyone have any ideas? thanks

GPS issue - satellites in use, but no position

Hi everybody.
I have SM-N9005 phone, currently running Temasek V16.0.
My GPS usually works fine, however sometimes it finds the satellites and uses them but doesn't get GPS fix for a long time (actually - never, as far as my patience go, which was about 15 minutes). After rebooting the phone the GPS fix is almost instant, with no problem.
So, what can cause GPS to be unable to get a fix, while it can use the satellites. Seems to be software related as reboot makes it fine. It is not ROM related, cause I've had it on stock as well as custom ROMs. Anybody can think of a fix that doesn't require me to reboot?

No, I have given up on GPS of this phone, Snapdragon variant. As you said, rebooting the phone makes the GPS lock fast/ instant, but for normal usage sometimes GPS just won't lock. All I can gather from my personal experience is its about Assisted GPS. When you are restarting your phone the AGPS data is being downloaded automatically, that is how Android works anyway, and that's probably why the phone gets a super fast lock after a reboot. Use app like GPS Status or something to have the phone download AGPS data at short interval, see if that helps in anything or not.
However I have never had any problems when I am outside, the GPS locks within 30-45 seconds no matter what, its the inside problems which used to bug me, but as I said, I have given up.

Hm, I've never seen such a problem. I use my N9005 for travelling across Europe quite often, and it usually locks within 10 seconds to 2 minutes, depending on the location and the number of satellites.
Aside from the occasional glitch, of course. Like going backwards or sideways. :silly:
And it seems to think I'm somewhere off the coast of Norway right now. That one creeps me out quite a bit...
The thing is that when you reboot, it uses all available connections to pinpoint your location. Including your mobile data. (And WiFi if available.) So if you turn on location services right after rebooting, your approximate location is still in the cache.
Triangulation Over Data works within seconds, as opposed to the time required to lock on to the satellites in orbit when it is only allowed to use GPS. If you turn on the higher location modes, it locks much quicker. You can turn it back to GPS once your location has been established.

ShadowLea said:
The thing is that when you reboot, it uses all available connections to pinpoint your location. Including your mobile data. (And WiFi if available.) So if you turn on location services right after rebooting, your approximate location is still in the cache.
Triangulation Over Data works within seconds, as opposed to the time required to lock on to the satellites in orbit when it is only allowed to use GPS. If you turn on the higher location modes, it locks much quicker. You can turn it back to GPS once your location has been established.
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I am talking about GPS only. I use GPS Status app for a long long time (with my previous Android devices as well), so I can monitor the GPS fix. After reboot I get GPS position almost instant or sometimes I need to go into GPS status app and re-download A-GPS data (which is max 1h old, because of my settings) and then I get my fix.
When my problem occurs NOTHING (short from reboot) can get it to get a fix. I tried deleting and downloading A-GPS data, turning location on and off and from high precision to power saving - it just won't work. Of course I'll get postition from WiFi or cell towers, but GPS just won't fix, even with 12 satellites in use, after waiting over 15 minutes (which should be more then enough, cause whole GPS almanach is transmitted over 12,5 minutes and I get it from A-GPS anyway).

I would start by wiping the phone installing stock rom and testing . Still a problem then its hardware .

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