I've got my Samsung Fascinate (Which has notoriously bad gps) to lock extremely fast and accurate (to 4 ft) by using this method..
1. Download the app GPSAids. (*Note: This will Only work for Galaxy S & Nexus Phones)
2. Run the setup and let it do it's thing.
3. Under the program preferences change the custom ntp server to pool.ntp.org.
4. Go outside. Ensure you have a clear view of the sky and both options under your phone location settings are checked (use wireless networks and use gps)
5. Download gps status.
6. Go settings > display and tools. Check the options automatic orientation, show time to fix.
Units and formatting menu
Distance > Foot, Mile
Speed > Mph
Temperature > °Fahrenheit
Gps and Sensors Menu
Sensor filtering > Strong
Main Menu
Tools > Calibrate compass, pitch, and roll.
Manage A gps state > Download
7. Download Gps Booster
*Note: It will say Gps Booster failed, just ignore it. It actually worked.
8. Your gps should lock quickly and show your position within a few feet. If it doesn't, redownload a gps state from gps status, open gps aids, download gps aiding data, click gps status at top, press sync time, and it should lock. Kindly leave some feedback or hit the thanks button if this works for you..
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It feels like I have read this before....
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trailblazer101 said:
It feels like I have read this before....
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If you have, I apologize. I read a few threads today discussing issues with gps and thought I'd share my own method for fixing it. If it helps even a single person, i'll be happy.
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or you can flash a powerwashed rom and not have to mess with any of that
Spending that much time following those steps will definitely get you a GPS lock before you finish them..
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It takes all of 5 minutes.. If that. And for those on CM7, without a modified gps.conf, your gps won't lock or be very accurate.
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Im on cm7.1 and with just gps booster I get a lock in 10sec. without gps booster maybe a minute. this is from inside my house. it does say gps booster failed like you mention...makes me wonder if the latest cm7 has been tweaked like you mention in op.
droidstyle said:
Im on cm7.1 and with just gps booster I get a lock in 10sec. without gps booster maybe a minute. this is from inside my house. it does say gps booster failed like you mention...makes me wonder if the latest cm7 has been tweaked like you mention in op.
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I haven't tried CM 7.1 yet, so I can't give an opinion on that. I just know from personal experience that it's always taken 2-5 minutes for my phone to lock til I tried this, and it won't lock indoors. I guess everyone's hardware is different.
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I odined back to stock then installed cwm and then miui 1.9.16 and now I lock in like 5 sec to 9 to 11 says.
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Get jts latest kernel. Posted on his twitter.
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I can't get it to work, no matter what. I've tried the MSL fix, etc etc. The closes fix I get is about 7~10 blocks away.
Why is it that it won't work in CM7, but works PERFECTLY out of the box in Salvage-Mod?
Try the app "GPS Status and Toolbox" from the market. That got GPS working for me.
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Have you tried the nightly that came out after cm7 final? Downloading gps status and clearing gps data might help.
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Nightly tonight should have it fixed, I think. I think they're implementing the gps drivers from the dump yesterday.
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Nightly tonight should have it fixed, I think. I think they're implementing the gps drivers from the dump yesterday.
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That's not open source. So no they better not be!
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novanosis85 said:
That's not open source. So no they better not be!
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The open source drivers provided by Qualcomm don't work.
The proprietary drivers were used in CM6, too.
I did the MSL fix to get my GPS working, but ever since then the "active" icon shows in the status bar even when I stop using navigation or maps. I actually think the gps stays active because I experience severe battery drain. Even when I disable the gps the icon stays active. I have to manually reboot for it to finally go away. Grr.
enter the ##gpsclrx# your phone reboots, while still in sense lock your GPS using navigation once it locks on reboot recovery and flash cm7. That's what I was told and it works 100% of the time for me.
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The MSL/Sense ROM trick worked for me. I got my instructions from the Android section of Reddit.
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Add me onto the msl trick too, gps works fine for me on cm7, I also flashed the latest nightly.
blozout said:
I did the MSL fix to get my GPS working, but ever since then the "active" icon shows in the status bar even when I stop using navigation or maps. I actually think the gps stays active because I experience severe battery drain. Even when I disable the gps the icon stays active. I have to manually reboot for it to finally go away. Grr.
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Get "GPS Status & toolbolx" from market and either way go to tools, manage a-gps, hit reset, this will make the icon disappear and it will clear the gps data and get a better lock.
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That's not open source. So no they better not be!
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Who cares? If it works better, they should use it.
bkrodgers said:
Who cares? If it works better, they should use it.
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Amen brother.
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what's the msl trick?
plmiller0905 said:
what's the msl trick?
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Make a Nandroid of your current CM7 setup.
Boot into recovery and perform a full wipe (or use Calkulin Format ALL zip)
Flash any Sense ROM
Open the Market and download MSL Reader, write down MSL.
Open Dialer/Phone and type ##4118513# (##GPSCLRX#)
When it asks you for a password type in your MSL
Reboot phone
BE OUTSIDE
Turn on GPS and open Maps, allow it to fully lock your location (may take a few minutes, do not just wait for initial lock).
Leave GPS on
Turn off phone, reboot into recovery.
Nandroid restore your CM7 backup
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just curious, what do you mean by a complete lock (more notably it taking a few minutes)? i've never had a gps lock take longer than a few seconds while i'm outside. it might be off by a few blocks, but it always locks really quickly (it was really bad while i was in LA last week).
it should also be noted that i have an incredible, not an evo...but after my gps issues last week while on vacation in california (and using my phone a lot for navigation) i've begun the search for a solution, because i really love CM7 otherwise. while in downtown LA i was consistently getting a "lock" that was a few blocks away from where i was, making navigation useless. it also happened a few times on the 60 freeway on the way into the city, where the phone thought i had gotten off the freeway and would start telling me to turn all over the place even though i was still driving along at 70mph on the freeway...
I saw a few people posting this in the cm7 thread. Looks like it's working great for them on the EVO too.
[APR.25.2011] Instantaneous GPS Fixation CWR v1.2 US & INTERNATIONAL FINAL! NEW LINKS
It's from the HD2 thread. Maybe this can help you.
lolwut? said:
Get "GPS Status & toolbolx" from market and either way go to tools, manage a-gps, hit reset, this will make the icon disappear and it will clear the gps data and get a better lock.
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This works
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jstalford said:
Nightly tonight should have it fixed, I think. I think they're implementing the gps drivers from the dump yesterday.
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LMAO tonight should fix.. been hearing that since the RC1... NO FIX! Only toasts new kernel will fix... ive done all the GPS Status, and Faster Fix, AND sense... nothing.. save yourself the trouble and flash to DECK's rom... youll love yourself and kush for it...
As of anything over CM6 final... I hate CM roms... and cm6 far too old to use
Tilde88 said:
LMAO tonight should fix.. been hearing that since the RC1... NO FIX! Only toasts new kernel will fix... ive done all the GPS Status, and Faster Fix, AND sense... nothing.. save yourself the trouble and flash to DECK's rom... youll love yourself and kush for it...
As of anything over CM6 final... I hate CM roms... and cm6 far too old to use
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You do realize that decks rom is just a kang of CM7?
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is there a fix for the gps location???
its off by so far.
Are you using the stock rom?
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Are you using the stock rom?
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nope. using Virtuous Fusion.
Gps will never be exact. Its usually off by a few feet. But gps on fusion is great. Used it when I was running the rom and it was really on point. Wasn't off by much. Just off by a few feet
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bstylz911 said:
nope. using Virtuous Fusion.
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Well gps is always more reliable on the stock rom, so it might be your issue. There's trade offs to using custom roms.
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Works perfectly on CM7 nightlies. Locks on instantly and accurately.
After 2 weeks of trial and error this is what finally worked for me.
Download GPS status from the market.
Activate GPS status and see if it gets a lock.
When locked hit the menu button-tools-manage a gps status-then click reset.
Immediately reboot
Open maps -turn on gps and WIFI
That's what worked for me. If I don't have wifi active in the pull down tab my location shows about a mile off, when I activate WIFI i am locked dead center.
There are two other fixes I found at "I can't post links so I spaced out this site" teamroyal net /gps.html but I did not need to use them as this worked for me.
If it works can you repost back here as I'm curious what is working and not working for people.
figured i'd start this up for people on the fence. i'm odinging now
2 threads, same purpose, SAME TIME!!! Awesome.
great minds and all that. delete this one please! his name is better
Pros -
Modem seems stable, Wifi tether v3 pre-11 working, got a 1mb download on speed test 1-2 bars.
Cons -
Scrolling seems a bit more laggy than ef leaks.
F/C on certain apps & native file manager when browsing through large folders
Will update on battery life after I charge and calibrate.
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great minds and all that. delete this one please! his name is better
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or merge them. PM'd decad3nce about this.
But you got seniority! Lol, mods will decide.
still some rotation lag but not as bad
Gps still wonky for me. It locks pretty quickly, but only 2 satellites and eventually loses them tried resetting gps thru GPS aids and Gps status, no joy.
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Gps still wonky for me. It locks pretty quickly, but only 2 satellites and eventually loses them tried resetting gps thru GPS aids and Gps status, no joy.
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crap. GPS is a biggie for me
Wifi signal is low, noooooooo
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I'm going to run this ROM all day today and will report back tonight.
keyboard skipping seems to be fixed ... from what im testing as we speak ... and i type fast ... checkerboarding is present but i use dolphin anyway gps is the same 2 out of 8 .. rotation lag is somewhat improved but could be better
EDIT: calibrated and my lag is fixed .. half second rotation ... ....................................... when calibrating it took a minute to calibrate so don't think it froze up or anything .. enjoy
Does the overall ROM feel faster? Does video streaming (like HBO and Netflix) perform better? How about games?
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keyboard skipping seems to be fixed ... from what im testing as we speak ... and i type fast ... checkerboarding is present but i use dolphin anyway gps is the same 2 out of 8 .. rotation lag is somewhat improved but could be better
EDIT: calibrated and my lag is fixed .. half second rotation ... ....................................... when calibrating it took a minute to calibrate so don't think it froze up or anything .. enjoy
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what did you calibrate with.. stock util?
this is pretty fast for a stock rom.
google sky maps goes below the horizon!
compass seems spot on
I'm not experiencing any lag running this at all.
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murso74 said:
what did you calibrate with.. stock util?
this is pretty fast for a stock rom.
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yes .. im about to test hbo and netflix now .....
my o skips when typing but i think it's my phone cause a the others aren't
What about the browser
Whosdaman said:
I'm not experiencing any lag running this at all.
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Whosdaman said:
I'm not experiencing any lag running this at all.
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Same here. Eg22 = win
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Just used gps for about 15 minutes, it locks on instantly but every five minutes it goes behind then catches up. But I did go under a couple overpasses. Overall usable ymmv
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Same here. Eg22 = win
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I am extremely satisfied with EG22, I couldn't stand EF02 at all.
As well, I am still disappointed. No Screen off animation, no fast boot, and no gingerbread keyboard.
My GPS has NEVER worked on this replacement.
I saw this thread over at the android apps section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239713
I did it, and now i get 8 sat locks in 5 seconds every time.
-THIS WON'T WORK ON CM7, DON'T BE STUPID.-
Hey, I have a question for you. What rom are using? I remembered you asked for the best battery rom. What did you find out?
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I stuck with Bi-Winning
xriderx66 said:
I stuck with Bi-Winning
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After TriggerCM7 and Miui I went back to Bionix V as some apps didn't work with GB. I'm also using the old Tigersblood Kernel. (That's right Tigersblood without an apostrophe in Tigers."
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xriderx66 said:
My GPS has NEVER worked on this replacement.
I saw this thread over at the android apps section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239713
I did it, and now i get 8 sat locks in 5 seconds every time.
-THIS WON'T WORK ON CM7, DON'T BE STUPID.-
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I am running the old trigger I followed the steps but am a little confused on
5. Use GPS status and Toolbox
•Use GPS status to start fixing satelites
How do I use gps status to start fixing satelites? Right now it doesn't see any to lock onto.
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I stuck with Bi-Winning
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Thanks man. Didn't mean to hijack your thread. Silly me, what was in thinking
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Friends,
While using the GPS, I realized that the phone was unable to locate the position through GPS and always gave an error “Your location is temporarily unavailable”. This was clearly the issue with Samsung Galaxy 3 GPS. If you are facing such an issue, try this fix.
Open your dialler and key in this number *#*#1472365#*#*. This will open the GPSSetup.
In the GPSSetup, open commands and then under commands, click Get Position.
In the Get Position mode, click Start GPS and the settings will start GPS location fix. This test might continue for long time and once you get the coordinates i.e. latitude, longitudes and altitude the test is complete.
Now your GPS problem should be solved. You can now start using GPS to get your locations.
Enzoyiiii
Doesn't work in ICS. After entering number nothing happened. :-(
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wheell33 said:
Doesn't work in ICS. After entering number nothing happened. :-(
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What launcher are you using?
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What launcher are you using?
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Its not got anything to do with launcher, that code was for Samsung from for froyo. So definitely, this ain't gonna work on ICS or CM9 or CM7.
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No i know, the reason i was asking was so i could be a smart ass and say that with some launchers like launcherpro you can create shortcuts that lead directly to activities instead of having to dial numbers which dont necessarily work on all roms. But i like dialing codes too sometimes..... gives me a kinda James Bond feel....!!! :-D
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Abovementioned codes work on Eclair, on Froyo one have to use *#*#3214789650#*#* (GPSSetup2). There is no hope for gpssetup on gb/ics More codes: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=148706491847965
So no hopes for me
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Well I never have had issues with it. I used gps-fix app for it
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