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[MOD][GPS] Better GPS from Ziggy471[MOD]

This is a MOD posted today in IRC(#thunderbolt) today by Ziggy471 that has improved GPS lock for myself and others that have tried it.
Instructions:
With Root Explorer (or similar app) go to /etc/gps.conf
In Root Explorer long press on the file and select open in text editor
Change the first line from: NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org to NTP_SERVER=us.pool.ntp.org
Save changes and reboot
Credit: Ziggy471

hmm gps seemed to be fixed with the maps update but ill try it out

Will this screw up my clock widget etc if I travel to mexico or canada? I travel frequently.
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dbu said:
This is a MOD posted today in IRC(#thunderbolt) today by Ziggy471 that has improved GPS lock for myself and others that have tried it.
Instructions:
With Root Explorer (or similar app) go to /etc/gps.conf
In Root Explorer long press on the file and select open in text editor
Change the first line from: NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org to NTP_SERVER=us.pool.ntp.org
Save changes and reboot
Credit: Ziggy471
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Just did the mod. GPS signal picked up in less than a minute. Used to take 10-15mins. Thank you!
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khanam said:
Will this screw up my clock widget etc if I travel to mexico or canada? I travel frequently.
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No, pretty sure it just tells GPS where to look first, then if it doesn't find you there it looks elsewhere. It may just take an extra few seconds, but I think it basically gives it a starting point.

Doesn't really help me... Why does gps respond better with wifi simply turned on... Doesnt need to be connected just turned on
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Worked perfect! Made my day.
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incredibler said:
Doesn't really help me... Why does gps respond better with wifi simply turned on... Doesnt need to be connected just turned on
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I have same issue. With about all custom ROM/kernel combos I get location errors or my sense clock widget tells me I'm in Philadelphia when I am in Kansas, unless I simply turn WiFi on. Not connected, just on. If I turn it on and my location works....

Worked great for me, GPS was always taking several minutes to find me, but after this it locked on in about 10 seconds.
Thanks!

mjones1052 said:
No, pretty sure it just tells GPS where to look first, then if it doesn't find you there it looks elsewhere. It may just take an extra few seconds, but I think it basically gives it a starting point.
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got it. thanks.

im still 1700 meters away, is it just possible my location? im in phoenix, and even my fascinate did this ****..

Guys I made a flash-able install zip for this MOD for my ROM Tesla Coil but it should work with any ROM http://bit.ly/icAl0c

My gps locates me 2 blocks away from where I'm at lol not cool
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There is also an app that does this. It was very popular with the samsung fascinate users since their GPS lock times sucked at first. Thanks though

my gps is always good anyway, but i flashed this and it locked instantly. Nice...
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dbu said:
This is a MOD posted today in IRC(#thunderbolt) today by Ziggy471 that has improved GPS lock for myself and others that have tried it.
Instructions:
With Root Explorer (or similar app) go to /etc/gps.conf
In Root Explorer long press on the file and select open in text editor
Change the first line from: NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org to NTP_SERVER=us.pool.ntp.org
Save changes and reboot
Credit: Ziggy471
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My GPS issues appear to have been weather related. Worked fine today.

Wow fast lock!

No difference for me. Mine locks instantly with or without the mod.

I have a problem where if I haven't rebooted the phone for a couple days, the GPS doesn't locate me in Maps, Zillow, etc. Launch Maps or Zillow, it will just sit there with the big blue shaded circle with the center no where near me, and the GPS icon flashing... or Navigation saying "searching for GPS" when trying to get directions..
Power off/on... GPS finds me quick.
Will this mod fix that?

Another quick fix for GPS that I've found is GPS Status. Download GPS Status from the Market, click menu->Tools=>Manage A-GPS state->Download. It just makes sure you have the latest Assisted GPS data from the web.
Z

[HOW TO] fix GPS Problem with custom ROM's!!

Hey everybody,
Just wanted to let you guys know that I was messing around with the GPS setting trying to get my location to be correct on the first try with Google Maps. After tinkering, I found that if I unchecked the Google location Services box in menu>settings>location my location was read almost instantly and accurately! Bidding me farewell to Google Maps saying I was 50 miles away from where I really was.
Hope this helps for everyone, I know it did for some friends.
Let me know if it works, and good luck!

Cool. My Google maps tracked exactly where I was. Even the corner of the intersection(where is my house is located on the street)
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I installed the zip file, after it took about a minute to lock on, and after it locks almost instantly. Is this normal to take so long first time locking on?

If you are using a custom ROM then yes it is. I know that from my experience, even after installing the zip I was getting a little lag and even getting the wrong location for about 3 second then it would lock on correctly. Doing what is mentioned in the original post fixed that problem for me entirely. Hope this answers your question!
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livestrong2012 said:
Hey everybody,
Just wanted to let you guys know that I was messing around with the GPS setting trying to get my location to be correct on the first try with Google Maps. After tinkering, I found that if I unchecked the Google location Services box in menu>settings>location my location was read almost instantly and accurately! Bidding me farewell to Google Maps saying I was 50 miles away from where I really was.
Hope this helps for everyone, I know it did for some friends.
Let me know if it works, and good luck!
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This is the greatest info I have read regarding the GPS issues with the Thunderbolt! Such a simple fix but one that doesn't make sense at all. Regardless thanks a heap OP! A mod should sticky this information for all to see!

Seems to break location altogether for me when I disable Google location services. Can't get a fix in maps or the sense flip clock weather.
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DigitalDementia said:
This is the greatest info I have read regarding the GPS issues with the Thunderbolt! Such a simple fix but one that doesn't make sense at all. Regardless thanks a heap OP! A mod should sticky this information for all to see!
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Great bud! Glad I could help!! I would love for a mod to sticky this, it is such an easy (odd but easy, lol) fix yet so many people absolutely hate that the gps won't work right. Hope more will see it and get their GPS working the way it should. Again glad I could help. That's the beauty of a community like this, between all of us, we can make so damn phenomenal phones! lol

livestrong2012 said:
Great bud! Glad I could help!! I would love for a mod to sticky this, it is such an easy (odd but easy, lol) fix yet so many people absolutely hate that the gps won't work right. Hope more will see it and get their GPS working the way it should. Again glad I could help. That's the beauty of a community like this, between all of us, we can make so damn phenomenal phones! lol
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Glad this works for you but its clearly not a fix.
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adrynalyne said:
Glad this works for you but its clearly not a fix.
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Sorry about that, i figured it would be safe to call it that since there is clearly no true fix to this issue anywhere as far as i know at least. Please do correct me if I'm wrong. It worked for quite a few people I know so I thought i would try to help some people out.

Thanks. At least its more accurate now.
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I think what we are seeing here is that the gps is not using agps at all. Proper operation would be the agps actually assisting the quicker lock. Instead the agps and gps are working separately and by disabling agps....the locks should still be slow no matter what.
It is for me anyway.
That said, standalone gps will always be more accurate.
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Funny thing is, standalone how isn't even working, since when you turn off Google location services it shuts off completely. Also for me it seems to be attached to WiFi so if its off it says I'm within a 2 mile wide area...
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Joanni said:
Funny thing is, standalone how isn't even working, since when you turn off Google location services it shuts off completely. Also for me it seems to be attached to WiFi so if its off it says I'm within a 2 mile wide area...
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No...that's how agps works. It will be within a few miles.
WiFi triangulation will always give quick locks.
Standalone gps does work, its just slooow.
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adrynalyne said:
No...that's how agps works. It will be within a few miles.
WiFi triangulation will always give quick locks.
Standalone gps does work, its just slooow.
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This. And it's frustrating
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I too was having the lag in getting a gps fix. My solution was:
1. Download GPS Status from the market
2. Under menu/tools select Manage A-GPS state
3. Press reset
4. back to menu/tools Manage A-GPS state
5. Press download
I now get instant fix.
Hope it works as well for you.
Alan

AlanPototsky said:
I too was having the lag in getting a gps fix. My solution was:
1. Download GPS Status from the market
2. Under menu/tools select Manage A-GPS state
3. Press reset
4. back to menu/tools Manage A-GPS state
5. Press download
I now get instant fix.
Hope it works as well for you.
Alan
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This just proves ephemeris data is not being downloaded, or used by the GPS automatically. I'm sure HTC will fix it in the future.
I hope, anyway.

AlanPototsky said:
I too was having the lag in getting a gps fix. My solution was:
1. Download GPS Status from the market
2. Under menu/tools select Manage A-GPS state
3. Press reset
4. back to menu/tools Manage A-GPS state
5. Press download
I now get instant fix.
Hope it works as well for you.
Alan
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This works for me!

AlanPototsky said:
I too was having the lag in getting a gps fix. My solution was:
1. Download GPS Status from the market
2. Under menu/tools select Manage A-GPS state
3. Press reset
4. back to menu/tools Manage A-GPS state
5. Press download
I now get instant fix.
Hope it works as well for you.
Alan
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Worked for me. Going from no lock to lock in under three seconds.

why is this in Development, nothing was developed, just a simple suggestion of changing settings which doesnt work for everyone.

AlanPototsky said:
I too was having the lag in getting a gps fix. My solution was:
1. Download GPS Status from the market
2. Under menu/tools select Manage A-GPS state
3. Press reset
4. back to menu/tools Manage A-GPS state
5. Press download
I now get instant fix.
Hope it works as well for you.
Alan
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This totally works thanks

Gps lock in 5 sec

Hey i had purchased the galaxy 3 months ago.In the stock firmware i get the gps lock in around 3-4 minutes in india.But the moment i had changed the gps server from north-america.pool.ntp.org to in.pool.ntp.org i get the gps lock in 5 sec with 10 sat's.
For your region gps server do visit the website pool.ntp.org

did someone try it?

I found a special fasterfix program that does the same...

where to change the gps server???
my phone is rooted i only need the location of the file

Will be nice to post how u did that?
@Humpie - if there is a program doing that same please share with us its name
I'm not full of strange to start digging in internal android files without know what to do

use root explorer (or similar) and navigate to /system/etc/. set it to read/write mode (in the upper right corner there is a button for that) and edit the gps.conf file as written above

whatever i do i cannot get a lock it's saying that it cannot get a fix on my location
i changed it from europe to india(in)
am using a custom rom-kyrillos v4 rRC

sheron said:
whatever i do i cannot get a lock it's saying that it cannot get a fix on my location
i changed it from europe to india(in)
am using a custom rom-kyrillos v4 rRC
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am also experiencing this issue .....
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used faster fix and gps booster lite now it's working like a charm

Guys search for an app called gpsopt..its the one with a ' blue' gps icon...no root no frills gps optimiser app.just the best
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[Q] What is Gps xtra ?

Hey can anyone tell me what is gpa xtra in gpssetup2 and in gps.conf file.

someone please ...
i am too looking for the same thing

Gps extra is a GPS aid that helps to download the ephemerides and some data related to each GPS satellite to improve the.GPS lock,
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Better GPS lock time?

Hey guys after I downloaded sygic navigation I'm starting to use the GPS a lot more. It just takes forever to find a lock when I'm not even moving. Is there any way to decrease the lock time? I've already flashed the GPS file for my area but it still takes awhile. Anyone have any ideas?
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did you try AngelDeath's Instantaneous GPS Fixation, Leo agps injector, fasterfix, and gpsfix?

hengsheng120 said:
did you try AngelDeath's Instantaneous GPS Fixation, Leo agps injector, fasterfix, and gpsfix?
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I've tried the first two trying the others now! Thanks
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what I always do in every room is, download romtoolbox go to rootbrowser, open etc/GPS.conf and the change the servers according to the country I'm living, then save, by doing that I get a lock in less then 10 sec using 3g network
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carlosribeiro1999 said:
what I always do in every room is, download romtoolbox go to rootbrowser, open etc/GPS.conf and the change the servers according to the country I'm living, then save, by doing that I get a lock in less then 10 sec using 3g network
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Thats what the angle death .zip files do. But thanks!
Actually now that i realize it, its not the actuall locking time, its that say when i have sygic open, and i leave the program, it drops my GPS lock and now i need to wait for it to lock again once i re-enter the program and that is VERY annoying. Same thing with Google maps and my weather app for looking at radar.