This might have been up before but I am still going 2 share it because their are still people out their who tried other gps fix an nothing has worked for them. Everytime I have had a gps problem wich I have experienced with the ef02 modem as well as with the eg22 I download gps status from the market. After you download it, hit the menu an a option should come up showing tools. Click on tools an download manage a gps state. After you have done that go back into the gps program that you use and everything should work perfectly. Atleast for me a works everytime no matter what rom or modem I run.
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This might have been up before but I am still going 2 share it because their are still people out their who tried other gps fix an nothing has worked for them. Everytime I have had a gps problem wich I have experienced with the ef02 modem as well as with the eg22 I download gps status from the market. After you download it, hit the menu an a option should come up showing tools. Click on tools an download manage a gps state. After you have done that go back into the gps program that you use and everything should work perfectly. Atleast for me a works everytime no matter what rom or modem I run.
HOPE IT WORKS
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this has never worked for me in gingerbread
I just flashed era rom scrambled eggs an gps didn't work untill I did the gps status download. Try rebooting an see if it works
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murso74 said:
this has never worked for me in gingerbread
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GPS fixes have NEVER worked for me. All gingerbread ROMs with various "fixes" have only allowed the GPS to work occasionally and inaccurately at that. Never had any GPS problems on froyo. Always solid there, so idk.
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My gps just will not work if i flash android. it works in winmo and if i just harlet. any suggestions?
Try this in Android
Settings - Location - Enable GPS (Check)
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I did that every time. that didnt help but thanks. i just flashed it a few more times and it started to work. so i guess if ur gps doesn't work at 1st just reflash till it dose.
For me its different. My GPS works only once after flashing. Literally. I flash, use Google Maps and it works perfect. Back out and never again will GPS work until I flash again but only once. Weird cause it worked fine in WM though I don't miss it. I'd rather not have GPS than be stuck in WM
weird
are u using 1.6 or 1.5.
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are u using 1.6 or 1.5.
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I've tried both. 1.6 currently
hexto said:
For me its different. My GPS works only once after flashing. Literally. I flash, use Google Maps and it works perfect. Back out and never again will GPS work until I flash again but only once. Weird cause it worked fine in WM though I don't miss it. I'd rather not have GPS than be stuck in WM
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This does happens with certain builds. Make sure you're using one that says GPS actually works!
So anyone else having issues with gps on Superclean 2.6? I had the gps on with navigation for 3 hours today to see if it would ever connect and nothing >.<. Any ideas?
Allowing Google Locations to connect in GPS settings or something like that. Also make sure to turn on the actual GPS (just making sure..). After turning it on, wait a about 10sec-1min then open up Google Maps. Should automatically detect your phone.
I did that and still nothing. That's what I did before too.
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I recommend trying GPS Aids in Android Market.
slacker, go into settings --> location & security and turn on "standalone GPS services" in that menu. accept the "warning" and then your GPS will work, and turn off/on on the notification bar w/o issue.
If you reboot the phone with the gps off you'll have to repeat this process again for it to work.
It's a bug in EB01 that I noted a while back.
Well I tried it countless times... still nothing. Anyone else have an idea?
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Oh yah and I couldn't get gps aids to work.
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Try getting just gps from market. I make sure I have NONE of boxes checked and gps turned off. I then start just gps. It tells me I have to enable. It takes me to that checkbox screen. I enable standalone gps then hit the back key until I'm back in just gps. In a matter of seconds I'm locked to 5 or more sats.
I seem to have problems when I just enable all the gps stuff and then turn it on from drop down bar. I can do all that and then open maps or latitude and it doesn't work. When I start it like I recommend I can then go to maps or latitude with no problems.
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Try getting just gps from market. I make sure I have NONE of boxes checked and gps turned off. I then start just gps. It tells me I have to enable. It takes me to that checkbox screen. I enable standalone gps then hit the back key until I'm back in just gps. In a matter of seconds I'm locked to 5 or more sats.
I seem to have problems when I just enable all the gps stuff and then turn it on from drop down bar. I can do all that and then open maps or latitude and it doesn't work. When I start it like I recommend I can then go to maps or latitude with no problems.
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I don't see an app called just gps I see gps test and gps status. With GPS test I get to 3 seen sats in about 4 seconds but then nothing it just doesn't progress past that.
You didn't mention your firmware version. I was having trouble getting a GPS lock on the EA28 firmware using SC 2.6. I would have to reboot the phone with the GPS turned on, and then once it was turned off it would not work any more. I updated to the EB01 firmware on Friday and have had no issues getting a GPS lock since then.
I am also using eb01 running super clean 2.8 non voodoo. Locked on this morning to 9 in like 5 seconds coming to work.
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I'm using ebo1 with sc2.8 vodoo.
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The GPS on my Fascinate never really worked that well, but ever since installing custom ROMs and whatnot, the GPS doesn't work, period.
I started with Superclean. No GPS.
I moved over to Blackhole. Still no GPS.
No matter how long I leave it on, I get nothing. It's really frustrating that such a useful feature doesn't work at all. At least with the stock ROM it could get a lock... after 15 minutes. Is there anything that can be done?
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The GPS on my Fascinate never really worked that well, but ever since installing custom ROMs and whatnot, the GPS doesn't work, period.
I started with Superclean. No GPS.
I moved over to Blackhole. Still no GPS.
No matter how long I leave it on, I get nothing. It's really frustrating that such a useful feature doesn't work at all. At least with the stock ROM it could get a lock... after 15 minutes. Is there anything that can be done?
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yes flash one of the powerwash roms...gps works great!
Thanks for the suggestion. Looks like to install Powerwash I would have to Odin a ROM, which means losing all my apps, texts, etc. I guess I could pay $6 for Titanium Backup but I don't really want to do that (or will the free version work).
Then again it might be worth it to have working GPS.
The free version will work for what you are doing. The premium version allows you to freeze apps and bloatware instead of uninstalling it, which can cause force closes on certain apk files.
Long as your on a rfs based rom you can flash pw ed05 in cwm. Just wipe cache and dalvik. Pw eh09 is the odin only version.
Okay I'm willing to give it a try, if it'll get my GPS to work.
I'll try flashing PW ED05 over Blackhole and see how that goes. Backing up right now just in case.
If it screws things up I'll try the EH09 beta version. Gotta Odin anyway at that point.
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Okay I'm willing to give it a try, if it'll get my GPS to work.
I'll try flashing PW ED05 over Blackhole and see how that goes. Backing up right now just in case.
If it screws things up I'll try the EH09 beta version. Gotta Odin anyway at that point.
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Well all right, I installed PW ED05 over my old ROM and guess what? GPS seems to work now! Huzzah! Thanks droidstyle.
Battery life still sucks though :/ but what can you do when you live in a shoe
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Well all right, I installed PW ED05 over my old ROM and guess what? GPS seems to work now! Huzzah! Thanks droidstyle.
Battery life still sucks though :/ but what can you do when you live in a shoe
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Wipe battery stats in cwm and give a few charge cycles...my battery life is really good.
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Wipe battery stats in cwm and give a few charge cycles...my battery life is really good.
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Tried that before. Didn't really do anything as far as I can tell. Battery still drains incredibly quickly, especially if I am streaming anything over 3G incl. audio w/ the screen off. 40% an hour, at least.
I'm thinking of getting one of those extended batteries, like that Naztech one. Sure it'll make the phone thicker, but it would be more than worth it to have a phone that can make it through the day (and be able to actually use it).
My GPS will not lock on and I can't get into the GPS test menu via the dialer code...not sure why this is the case. I have custom ROM Cognition 1.13...GPS was working fine on 1.12. Any ideas what the problem could be.
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My GPS will not lock on and I can't get into the GPS test menu via the dialer code...not sure why this is the case. I have custom ROM Cognition 1.13...GPS was working fine on 1.12. Any ideas what the problem could be.
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Custom rom?? did the GPS work before the custom rom did you change the modem .
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Atoffolo said:
My GPS will not lock on and I can't get into the GPS test menu via the dialer code...not sure why this is the case. I have custom ROM Cognition 1.13...GPS was working fine on 1.12. Any ideas what the problem could be.
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A quick question & sorry if it sounds dumb, did u enable all the gps features (tick boxes) in the settings?
If yes, then, did u have a proper gps fix previously?
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Yeah all boxes ticked. Was working fine on my last ROM which was Cognition 1.12.
It's strange how I get access the GPS test menu via the dialler codes.
I had this one time too. Did you try to flush A-GPS data with GPSStatus , then exit GPSStatus immediately and free RAM, then start GPSStatus again?
That fixed it for me but it might have been coincidence.
I've had no GPS problems with Cognition 1.13, and anecdotally it's not something I've seen a lot of people complaining about so it's unlikely to be the ROM.
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I had this one time too. Did you try to flush A-GPS data with GPSStatus , then exit GPSStatus immediately and free RAM, then start GPSStatus again?
That fixed it for me but it might have been coincidence.
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^^^^^^^^
This does work, I think the GPS becomes corrupted every now and then, just do this and it seems to rectify
Atoffolo said:
Yeah all boxes ticked. Was working fine on my last ROM which was Cognition 1.12.
It's strange how I get access the GPS test menu via the dialler codes.
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ok mate it seems to me like a rom related issue, glad that u solved.
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.
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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
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
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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.
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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
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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..
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Slim ics +sub zero and hw GPS fix= way better GPS than any froyo/gb rom put together ....try it..
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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.