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GPS Aids - Need feedbacks

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.

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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?
(unable to post URL link here by new users)

jgy2001 said:
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?
(unable to post URL link here by new users)
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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?

GPS not working.

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?

staysharp5 said:
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.

[Q] Navigation loses GPS signal after a few minutes

ROM: Royal Ginger 2.1
Radio: 26.08.04.30
Kernel: ckisgen-smartass-CM7-v1.5 Kernel
Used Navigation yesterday (don't use it very often or for long periods of time) to see how long it would take me to get to a golf course 35 minutes away. Picked up GPS and routing very quickly. However, after about 2-5 minutes, Navigation says "GPS signal lost" and never recovers. While Navigation is running, I check GPS Status and it says it's locked onto 7 satellites.
I exit Navigation, wait about 10 seconds, then re-enter the route, and it's rock solid for another 2-5 minutes (before it shuts off again).
I think this is a Navigation problem more than a GPS problem.
Anyone else having this issue?

Have you tried a different ROM?

I've had this issue on few different roms, never could figure out the cause. Try CM 7.0.3 or one of the latest CM nightlies its fixed in those.

I tired 7.0.3 for an hour, but it gave me some freezing/FC'ing/rebooting issues, so I went with RG 2.1. Maybe I'll wait to see if RG 2.2 will solve these issues before jumping to another one.
While I'm at it, my favorite Denver joke...
Q: What did Josh McDaniels do that John Elway never could?
A: He made Denver a baseball town!

pseudoswede said:
I tired 7.0.3 for an hour, but it gave me some freezing/FC'ing/rebooting issues, so I went with RG 2.1. Maybe I'll wait to see if RG 2.2 will solve these issues before jumping to another one.
While I'm at it, my favorite Denver joke...
Q: What did Josh McDaniels do that John Elway never could?
A: He made Denver a baseball town!
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I was having similar problems myself. There is a new app that shows how many GPS' locks you have while in maps and since I installed this my GPS s finally working. It's free so maybe give it a try. https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.illyrium.tools.gpsmonitor&feature=search_result
Also have you tried the fixes on Team Royal's GPS fix page ? http://www.teamroyal.net/gps.html

pseudoswede said:
I tired 7.0.3 for an hour, but it gave me some freezing/FC'ing/rebooting issues, so I went with RG 2.1. Maybe I'll wait to see if RG 2.2 will solve these issues before jumping to another one.
While I'm at it, my favorite Denver joke...
Q: What did Josh McDaniels do that John Elway never could?
A: He made Denver a baseball town!
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Hahaha that's awesome!!!
Sounds like you didn't wipe before installing or if you did all you needed to do was fix permissions
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mark manning said:
all you needed to do was fix permissions
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I did not do that.
So it worked yesterday the whole time without problems traveling 20 minutes to a friend's house, but it lost connection driving to a place 3 miles down the road. Strange stuff.

Hey fellow Coloradans and others,
I've got an HTC Inspire running MIUI- a CM7/AOSP derived ROM, but I'm having the same (I think) issue. I get a near instant lock every time, but soon after, Navigation "loses" the lock. It happens every time I use navigation. This doesn't happen in Sense based Roms. The other nav program I've used, Mapquest, does not have this issue. I've found that if I toggle GPS off then on again after I open Navigation, it holds the lock. While this is an improvement, its still annoying. I realized we're on different phones and ROMs, but have any of you found a solution that works? I've tried all the recommendations, including the one in this post, to no avail. Thanks for any updates!

metke said:
Hey fellow Coloradans and others,
I've got an HTC Inspire running MIUI- a CM7/AOSP derived ROM, but I'm having the same (I think) issue. I get a near instant lock every time, but soon after, Navigation "loses" the lock. It happens every time I use navigation. This doesn't happen in Sense based Roms. The other nav program I've used, Mapquest, does not have this issue. I've found that if I toggle GPS off then on again after I open Navigation, it holds the lock. While this is an improvement, its still annoying. I realized we're on different phones and ROMs, but have any of you found a solution that works? I've tried all the recommendations, including the one in this post, to no avail. Thanks for any updates!
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In my case, I flashed to another radio and it fixed that.

metke said:
Hey fellow Coloradans and others,
I've got an HTC Inspire running MIUI- a CM7/AOSP derived ROM, but I'm having the same (I think) issue. I get a near instant lock every time, but soon after, Navigation "loses" the lock. It happens every time I use navigation. This doesn't happen in Sense based Roms. The other nav program I've used, Mapquest, does not have this issue. I've found that if I toggle GPS off then on again after I open Navigation, it holds the lock. While this is an improvement, its still annoying. I realized we're on different phones and ROMs, but have any of you found a solution that works? I've tried all the recommendations, including the one in this post, to no avail. Thanks for any updates!
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I'm using the stock radio. I used to have that issue but was eventually fixed in cm nightlies. Not sure but sounds like the miui you are using is using older cm code
sent from my Google Nexus 12! yup I'm from the future

metke said:
Hey fellow Coloradans and others,
I've got an HTC Inspire running MIUI- a CM7/AOSP derived ROM, but I'm having the same (I think) issue. I get a near instant lock every time, but soon after, Navigation "loses" the lock. It happens every time I use navigation. This doesn't happen in Sense based Roms. The other nav program I've used, Mapquest, does not have this issue. I've found that if I toggle GPS off then on again after I open Navigation, it holds the lock. While this is an improvement, its still annoying. I realized we're on different phones and ROMs, but have any of you found a solution that works? I've tried all the recommendations, including the one in this post, to no avail. Thanks for any updates!
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I'm having the same problems too, I haven't found any solution yet. I'm on an HTC inspire with CM7.1 RC1

Easy GPS Fix

I found this and was able to get a fix for the first time since owning the phone.
Go to market and search for GpsRestore

Anyone else try it yet

Guys/gals,
That app has been available for months. It does work (at least for me it does) but after a few days it no longer does. Good for a temporary fix every now and then.
- Mat

That worked great for me when I was running 2.1 and 2.2 flawlessly,but doesn't work on 2.3.5 Miui though,but heck they got GPS working pretty good anyhow

I am on Trigger ROM and am not able to fix the GPS. I have tried Angry GPS, tried a different kernel, tried the CM7 GPS fix zip None worked. Will try this and see if it helps.

sada23 said:
I am on Trigger ROM and am not able to fix the GPS. I have tried Angry GPS, tried a different kernel, tried the CM7 GPS fix zip None worked. Will try this and see if it helps.
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+1 except I even tried every ginger rom and never got it working properly, and tried this app and didn't seem to help. If you get different results let me know, all I would need then is a way to keep battery going strong..

Here is a thread started a while back. It might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027813

GPS never works after Froyo

hi all.
Ever since I went from Froyo to Gingerbread-based ROMs (and since then to ICS) my GPS has never worked.
AngryGPS doesn't find a single sattelite after 15 minutes, it just like the GPS is dead.
All ROMs I try claim to have a good working GPS, however none actually works.
The GPS lock icon, which should be blinking, is there but not blinking.
Since most people claim to have a working GPS with ICS, could it be a problem with the phone itself?
(I always try the GPS after a reboot)
Thanks for your help.

Been having the same issue, i have tried tens of solutions and flashed tens of fixes, i even opened it to try to fix it and it still doesnt work like its suppose to. Google maps never get my accurate location, its usuallly about a mile off, mapquest however is able to give me turn by turn navigation albeit its often late in its guidance. Very frustrating.

Ics has had good gps for me since day one with ics passion....
Gb had great gps after jagf on eugene's kernel
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younix258 said:
Ics has had good gps for me since day one with ics passion....
Gb had great gps after jagf on eugene's kernel
sent from the xda app on my android smartphone.
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Well, I do use ICS passion right now and I did use eugene's kernel at some point in the past (maybe with MIUI, don't exactly remember).
Anyway none of them had working GPS.
My phone was manufactured at July 2010. Could it be some old revision with GPS problems? Although I did apply the hardware fix back when I was using 2.2, which did help back then.

This is why I'm sadly back onto 2.2. GPS still sucks but better than on GB.
I did everything possible to get GPS to work on GB. I've done the hardware fix, I've flashed everything possible, and the only time it worked was after each reboot, and only then temporarily.

Agree 100%
GPS in ICS is flaky. It usually works right after reboot then it's a gamble. A few times it would work for me for a day, sometimes second run of GPS Test doesn't bring GPS icon up at all.
To make things worse, external GPS support is equally bad. I have a feeling it uses the same driver/daemon.
Obviously there's either not-so-compatible driver in kernel or the API is broken.
ABC

Try a app from the market called GPS Aids. It does help for me.

Moped_Ryder said:
Try a app from the market called GPS Aids. It does help for me.
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Unfortunately the "donate" version does nothing but ask for donations.
I would kick in something if it actually worked, but not on speculation.
GPS at least sort of worked with stock (whatever was on the phone when I got it used) but never at all with any CM build, including with various fixes applied. It at least sort of worked with Onecosmic's ICSSGS, at least once, maybe with some fix or other applied.

A quick update : Turns out, I need two conditions for the GPS to work:
1. The phone needs to be after a reboot, so it didn't go to deep sleep
2. Data connection (WiFi / 3G) should be enabled before you try to get a lock. Even when you use a satellite-only location! I think it downloads the satellite data from the internet. When you get a lock, the data connection can be disabled.
This is the only way I could get my GPS to work in ICS. Even in ROMs that promise the deep sleep problem was fixed.

Cyanogen never let me down, I was usually using some kernel that a worked with the ffc mod, but I literally never had a problem. Also try any miui with angry GPS
Sent from my T989 with blackedition ics using XDA

H ave any of you tried this? You just flash it from CWM. Worked wonders for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974702

Slim ics +sub zero and hw GPS fix= way better GPS than any froyo/gb rom put together ....try it..
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA

accordex said:
Slim ics +sub zero and hw GPS fix= way better GPS than any froyo/gb rom put together ....try it..
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA
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I did the this (kept stock kernel though) and flashed the files from this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550327
The trick that worked for me was to get a GPS lock as soon as the phone boots up but before the screen shuts off (see Post #26 by dark79 in the above link). Usually takes about 30secs to look but works great even after deep sleep.

ZeroG1 said:
I did the this (kept stock kernel though) and flashed the files from this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550327
The trick that worked for me was to get a GPS lock as soon as the phone boots up but before the screen shuts off (see Post #26 by dark79 in the above link). Usually takes about 30secs to look but works great even after deep sleep.
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same here! doing this CM9+SZ work like a charm

CM7+yagf patch

My stock roms (Eclair & Froyo) never locked satellites properly until i started using CM7 and other patches. Worked OK for me but still it wasnt a very good solution.