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Just wanna share with u guys regard my finding on how temporary fix the GPS issue. Just follow the step below:
1) Install the GPS test app from market.
2)Open the GPS test app and let it search for the GPS signal and locked it. (this step take few minutes.)
3) after get locked on the GPS test app and open the google maps. you now should be able to get GPS lock in few second and enjoy ur navigation.
my testing rom detail as below:
Sombionix nero beta3 rom
Baseband version: JL1
kernel version: 2.6.32.9
Hope this can help u guys and kindly share ur find out too with diff rom u have by the method I given.
Thanks.
Before anything, thank you very much for sharing with us.
But is this any different than actually waiting to get a lock on Maps? I mean if the GPS test takes "a few minutes" why not just wait for Maps to get a lock instead? I just want to clarify things.
dmolition said:
Before anything, thank you very much for sharing with us.
But is this any different than actually waiting to get a lock on Maps? I mean if the GPS test takes "a few minutes" why not just wait for Maps to get a lock instead? I just want to clarify things.
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Based on my find out, if just open the maps, it will nvr get locked. while using GPS test app, although still take few minutes but at least can locked the signal.
Running Axura 2.1 and my GPS never works. Attempted your method and no avail.
This method works for me, may be its just placebo effect, but still thanks a lot.
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you could have got a lock with lbstestmode(*#*#3214789650#*#*) and then opened maps.
Funny thing is I was using nero 1,2,3 and the obsidian ROMs till now..but I just installed Master's latest AXURA 2.2.5.8. I flashed directly from nero 3 to axura 2.2.5.8 via rom manager without odining back to stock or anything..and magically my GPS locks now in 5-10 seconds.
Maazer said:
Running Axura 2.1 and my GPS never works. Attempted your method and no avail.
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My gps NEVER worked until I installed Axura 2.1 AND the JL1 baseband.
since then my gps works flawlessly.
it takes about 1-2 minutes to get a lock but then it works perfectly.
try flashing the baseband since AXURA 2.1 comes with JK6 if i'm not mistaken.
do you axura 2.2.1 source? what base is using? I do want to try also...
I don't mean to troll, but this isn't really a "fix," all it does is "prime" Google Maps/Nav so Google Maps/Nav won't give up if it can't find a lock in a set period of time.
There are 3 real "fixes" that exist:
1) Flashing to a newer modem (JL series, take your pick)
2) The hardware fix posted in General from plato which involves improving the contact on the GPS antenna
3) The software fix from the Captivate forums from Da_G that involves changing the jupiter.xml settings for a) removing post-processing and b) using "true" AGPS settings optimized for your network
There are "mini-fixes" that help improve GPS performance (changing SUPL server to supl.google.com:7276, disabling WiFi antenna to reduce EFI), but again these are not true fixes.
Aside from the 3 fixes above, the rest are really just beating a very dead horse.
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I don't mean to troll, but this isn't really a "fix," all it does is "prime" Google Maps/Nav so Google Maps/Nav won't give up if it can't find a lock in a set period of time.
There are 3 real "fixes" that exist:
1) Flashing to a newer modem (JL series, take your pick)
2) The hardware fix posted in General from plato which involves improving the contact on the GPS antenna
3) The software fix from the Captivate forums from Da_G that involves changing the jupiter.xml settings for a) removing post-processing and b) using "true" AGPS settings optimized for your network
There are "mini-fixes" that help improve GPS performance (changing SUPL server to supl.google.com:7276, disabling WiFi antenna to reduce EFI), but again these are not true fixes.
Aside from the 3 fixes above, the rest are really just beating a very dead horse.
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thanks for advise...
by the way, may I know the source for the hardware fix? thanks
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thanks for advise...
by the way, may I know the source for the hardware fix? thanks
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It's here but I recommend reading the entire thread before attempting to make the correct decision.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878970
chirantan.f said:
This method works for me, may be its just placebo effect, but still thanks a lot.
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I dont think its a placebo effect. My GPS was dead until I performed the hardware fix early last week. But even then GM didnt seem to want to lock until I got lock in GPS test first. Someone posted about it in the hardware fix thread. We may have found the hardware problem but apparently there is still a software problem . No matter... Ill take running GPS Test first over no GPS at all.
This method works. I posted about it in General about 2 weeks ago to see if anyone wants to test it but I didnt get any response.
Yes GPS test locks quickly with the JLX modems on the different roms. 8/9 birds within 20 meters in about 20 seconds..blah blah blah. But how many of you actually try to use it during navigation. It works for a while then goes nuts and thinks you are on a street 200 yards away. Sometimes it corrects itself, sometimes it doesnt. Either way it is not reliable.
If you run GPS test and get a good lock then switch over to Navigation. Set your destination. Look back to GPS test to make sure it is still lock then drive. You do not get the jumping around effect. Been doing this constantly for almost a month now without that jumping effect. The key is to make sure GPS test is locked on in the first place. It keeps Navigation from losing that lock and jumping around.
One thing, there are two GPS Tests. Both are nice apps, but for the best lock use the one developed by Mike Lockwood. Open it, start it, and when it locks simply go back home and select Google Maps.
The best true fix is the hardware one. Whatever you do with software is just improvements.
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I don't mean to troll, but this isn't really a "fix," all it does is "prime" Google Maps/Nav so Google Maps/Nav won't give up if it can't find a lock in a set period of time.
There are 3 real "fixes" that exist:
1) Flashing to a newer modem (JL series, take your pick)
2) The hardware fix posted in General from plato which involves improving the contact on the GPS antenna
3) The software fix from the Captivate forums from Da_G that involves changing the jupiter.xml settings for a) removing post-processing and b) using "true" AGPS settings optimized for your network
There are "mini-fixes" that help improve GPS performance (changing SUPL server to supl.google.com:7276, disabling WiFi antenna to reduce EFI), but again these are not true fixes.
Aside from the 3 fixes above, the rest are really just beating a very dead horse.
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yup. been doing this method for quite a while now.
For me what works and give me a quick lock is going to the GpsRestore Application by Samsung let it restore settings. i don't wait for it to get a lock. I switch to Gpstest application and get a fix very fast most of the time. After that any application that use gps will lock fast.
Hope this helps!
Wow! I can't believe so many people are still spinning their wheels on GPS when a definitive thread which fixes it has been sticked for so long. Especially after someone posted a link to the thread with the fix in this thread.
Heck, the link to the GPS fix was even covered on TalkAndroid in the news section a while ago.
T313C0mun1s7 said:
Wow! I can't believe so many people are still spinning their wheels on GPS when a definitive thread which fixes it has been sticked for so long. Especially after someone posted a link to the thread with the fix in this thread.
Heck, the link to the GPS fix was even covered on TalkAndroid in the news section a while ago.
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So, what's the fix that worked for you? It's still giving me problems.
Please, tell us.
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SuperJMN said:
So, what's the fix that worked for you? It's still giving me problems.
Please, tell us.
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Check my Sig - line two, click it.
GPS problem solved!
Have had huge problems with my GPS and sought advice both here and other forums.
EVERYTHING has been tried, all possible combinations of room's, radios, and ril'files, fasterfix, gps status, fastreboot, delete cache Dalvik etc. I can not count all the times I've gone out on the porch and pointed my HD to the sky with new hope but no result. The best I have achieved is fix during the 5-10 minutes with an accuracy of about 140m .....
Then I found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qm_z65LA8k
Thank you knglaser
It seems that the GPS antenna sits in the flash cover!
I tried to press the flashcover and it worked just like an on and off switch for the GPS, satelites just fell in and in a matter of seconds I had the fix of 10 satellites This with an accuracy of 5-6m.
Picked out the blitz cover and "adjusted" the contacts between the cover and the phone and put it back in place, it took about 2 minutes.
After this operation GPS works perfectly
I am now happy since this has been incredibly annoying, I use GPS to both training and in the car and have not been to happy to send the phone back to repair since this usally takes long time.
Hope this can help others who are struggling with the same problem?
Thank you for this. At first i dismissed this as my gps problems only started immediately after the ota gb upgrade installed - it was then taking over 4 minutes to get a fix. However in desperation i took phone out of case - simply pressed the cover in the place shown in video (didn't even have to remove) and hey presto now get fix in seconds. Put phone back in case and all is still well.
Simple but yet very effective - thank you.
Not sure why the upgrade should have triggered this problem though?
Rob
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Sadly, pushing the cover down is not working for me. Thanks for the video though. I will have to get some tools and pop the cover off to see if it looks like my contacts are no good as well.
apparently i solved my gps problem but not like above. i tried but didnt worked.So i install the new version of gps test, go to settings and then i push clear AGPS from top.then update agps.restart application and seems to work now. I will see. Pls tell me if you try like me and what is your experience
update: unfortunately the problem come back again...
Any more who has tried if this helps? I'm about to tonight
Try this file, it work perfectly on my device,
also i have attached a restore, in case you dont like the fix.
EDIT: Flash in Recovery
Thanks! what does the patch do?
omegis said:
Try this file, it work perfectly on my device,
also i have attached a restore, in case you dont like the fix.
EDIT: Flash in Recovery
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what does it do? will work also for israel?
I've looked through this forum to try to find the answer to my issue.
I have a rooted Droid X which seems to have difficulty finding and locking onto the GPS satellites.
I have downloaded the "GPS Test" and "GPS status" apps which show that I have between 0-7 satellites in view but maybe 1 is locking on. Other times I have 10 satellites in view and all of them are locked on. Unfortunately, more often than not, fewer satellites are locked on.
I have tried clearing the aGPS data, clearing the google maps Cache, removing the battery, dialing *228. For my location I have "use wireless networks, use GPS satellites, and enable assisted GPS" clicked yes
I don't particularly want to do a factory reset as I've seen on some forums that it didn't fix the problem.
Also my tech skills are not very great. I've heard the term ROM before with rooted phones, not really sure what it means
Does anybody have any suggestions of how to fix this issue? I really am reliant on the GPS.
Thanks! Its much appreciated when you get a chance
Maybe you can PM me about it as well. Have never got a GPs lock on this rooted, leaked, 2.3
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Mod edit: as I told you in the other thread, I'll PM you about this.
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Well I don't want to sound rude, but I wonder what the need to PM is all about? A lot of people, including myself, are having this same problem. What is the big secret here? Why can someone who has a solution just post it here for everyone to see?
Geez!
My best guess is because it would be a repeat thread then.
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I had the same problem running on .573. installed .595 and locking on good again.
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Maybe you can PM me about it as well. Have never got a GPs lock on this rooted, leaked, 2.3
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That is not what the pm is about. I posted instructions on a possible fix but our admin decided that he would remove them
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That is not what the pm is about. I posted instructions on a possible fix but our admin decided that he would remove them
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Ah. Well that explains it. My apologies to you.
Medicstud007 said:
I've looked through this forum to try to find the answer to my issue.
I have a rooted Droid X which seems to have difficulty finding and locking onto the GPS satellites.
I have downloaded the "GPS Test" and "GPS status" apps which show that I have between 0-7 satellites in view but maybe 1 is locking on. Other times I have 10 satellites in view and all of them are locked on. Unfortunately, more often than not, fewer satellites are locked on.
I have tried clearing the aGPS data, clearing the google maps Cache, removing the battery, dialing *228. For my location I have "use wireless networks, use GPS satellites, and enable assisted GPS" clicked yes
I don't particularly want to do a factory reset as I've seen on some forums that it didn't fix the problem.
Also my tech skills are not very great. I've heard the term ROM before with rooted phones, not really sure what it means
Does anybody have any suggestions of how to fix this issue? I really am reliant on the GPS.
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Was there a solution for that? I am having the same problem here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1247683
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17081413&postcount=1
also
make sure the gold connector on the back left inside the battery area is out enough where it is touching the battery door when attached
(can you tell I've searched around on this topic for some time)
Okay I come to all you smart people for knowledge. I am experiencing an issue with my GPS where it won't lock onto my location at all. I followed the steps in the OP but... no avail. I have the app "GPS Status" and it shows 0/0 Satellite fixes. I read that the gold tab in the picture I have uploaded next to the battery pull tab is the GPS trigger and I have also read that it is the WiFi antenna. So what I did was take the battery cover off and took a pair of tweezers and made metal to metal contact with the gold tab and within 5 to 10 sec I got satellite reception. So I looked at the back of the battery cover and could see the wear and tear on the back where the tab has been rubbing. Not sure if there was a pad there at one time or another to make contact with the tab. I then took the tweezers and ever so gently pulled up on the tab so it would make contact with the battery cover in case it was not or wasn't good enough. I placed the cover back on and instantly lost satellite coverage, I removed the cover and it come back. I ran this on off with the cover a few more times and every single time I would place on the battery cover is killed the GPS but after removal I would get GPS back. I have not dropped the phone nor have it around water etc. Any help on this as to what I could do would be greatly appreciated. I called Verizon earlier today about this before tinkering with it on my own and they are sending me out a replacement phone.....but the catch is it is a Droid X2. For the 1st time in my life I don't want a new phone hahaha. Thank you for your time. Oh and if it helps I am running MIUI on .605
Hi,
I noticed that for about last 2 weeks Google app called My Tracks is acting rather crazy. I'm using mobile data and have GPS on, and I want to record my driving or running tracks - but it seems that I loose signal every few hundred meters because there is nothing on the map marked. Then it starts tracking again and stops... No idea what's causing it. Is anyone esle having same issue?
After 15 minutes running it showed my average moving speed as 26km/h which would be great if it was real, but it's not.. 15 minutes running and only 3 minutes moving time according to My Tracks.
Help please!
hurdlejade said:
Hi,
I noticed that for about last 2 weeks Google app called My Tracks is acting rather crazy. I'm using mobile data and have GPS on, and I want to record my driving or running tracks - but it seems that I loose signal every few hundred meters because there is nothing on the map marked. Then it starts tracking again and stops... No idea what's causing it. Is anyone esle having same issue?
After 15 minutes running it showed my average moving speed as 26km/h which would be great if it was real, but it's not.. 15 minutes running and only 3 minutes moving time according to My Tracks.
Help please!
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For me, it's not just My Tracks. It's my Maps and Navigation as well. For some reason, no matter if I'm running X-Note, KnoxRaid, or the Verizon port rom, I cannot get a gps lock. It's kind of working, it will update my location with horrible accuracy but the GPS icon continues to blink and it never seems to get a true gps lock.
I don't know how to resolve this, but I'm not a noob to flashing or odin. If any devs out there would help us out, it would be greatly appreciated. FYI I'm on 4.3 and MI9.
Please help...I will definitely donate if a solution is posted here!! (Just quote me so I'm alerted!)
Ideas4ya said:
For me, it's not just My Tracks. It's my Maps and Navigation as well. For some reason, no matter if I'm running X-Note, KnoxRaid, or the Verizon port rom, I cannot get a gps lock. It's kind of working, it will update my location with horrible accuracy but the GPS icon continues to blink and it never seems to get a true gps lock.
I don't know how to resolve this, but I'm not a noob to flashing or odin. If any devs out there would help us out, it would be greatly appreciated. FYI I'm on 4.3 and MI9.
Please help...I will definitely donate if a solution is posted here!! (Just quote me so I'm alerted!)
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i'm on stock touchwiz rom, just rooted. it used to work okay for a while, but now it doesn't record whole tracks.
i don't use maps or navi so often, but i remember that i put both maps and my tracks at the same time, and i don't remember maps showing wrong position.. if no solution will be posted here, i'll go to samsung service.
Ideas4ya said:
For me, it's not just My Tracks. It's my Maps and Navigation as well. For some reason, no matter if I'm running X-Note, KnoxRaid, or the Verizon port rom, I cannot get a gps lock. It's kind of working, it will update my location with horrible accuracy but the GPS icon continues to blink and it never seems to get a true gps lock.
I don't know how to resolve this, but I'm not a noob to flashing or odin. If any devs out there would help us out, it would be greatly appreciated. FYI I'm on 4.3 and MI9.
Please help...I will definitely donate if a solution is posted here!! (Just quote me so I'm alerted!)
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i had a long trip yesterday, i can confirm that sygic navigation is working fine (maybe it got stuck for few seconds 2-3 times during my ride).
but my tracks is still recording like 10% of what i drived... and i have second note 3 that i took with me today, did a ride around my town and the result was that my primary note 3 is loosing signal (but only in my tracks) and the frest stock note 3 does not.. hmmm..
Hi,
I have a totally strange behavior with my GPS. I'm using CM 13 right now and tried it with the official CM 12.1 and the stock ROM, all with the same behavior. Which I figured out so far is that the GPS need around 5 Minutes to get a lock. The only solution I found so far is using GPS Locker from the play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silentlexx.gpslock). With this app I'm able to get a lock within 10 seconds or faster. But I like my phone as clean as possible and so I want to fix the GPS without the need of an app. Hopefully someone of you could give me an advice how to fix that.
That are the solutions I tried already:
- Flash the stock ROM, wait until I get a GPS lock and flash a custom ROM
- Download several GPS Fix Apps to reset the agps data
- Modified the gps.conf file
- Open the device to check if the antenna cable is connected probably
Flash the stock ROM, wait until I get a GPS lock and flash a custom ROM
Does nothing as you have over written the system .
GPS is a kernel effect .
agps Patch from xda/derekgordon may be worth trying .
Thanks for your response. I got some time to give it a try but it didn't helped. It seems that Google maps doesn't work without an app that locks the GPS. Gps testing apps are working great only maps seems not able to find the right position by itself. Any other ideas someone?
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fyi when I was on KitKat my gps locked quick and worked great. Since going to lollipop, I cannot use my gps as it constantly drops. So frustrating so I have tried other apps to see if I could clear the data/reset but none have worked. I was going to flash back to KitKat today but I am going to try GPS Locker as you have provided and see.. if not going back to 4.3...
ok so long update. What a PITA... I got back on KitKat 4.4.4 and gps seemed like it was a go.. but then died on my 65 mile drive to work. bout half way.
i was getting 15 satellites found and 3-6 in use...
so I got tired of the annoying.. hey upgrade now so went back to Lollipop. I then googled last night and found this..
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote3/comments/2xcvpi/fyi_easy_fix_for_note_3_gps_problem/
WOAH!!!! just opened me phone up and viola. Unplugged. I just walked outside and BAM!!!! 21 satellites in view and locked on 18!!!! WOAH and in 3 seconds...