Hi bros!!!i think i might have solve the GPS no/slow fix problem!Its so simple!dun need to hard reset!just use advance config and disable gps logging!tats all!!!Good luck guys
what's GPS loggin? and could you explain your previous problem? i havent use the GPS to the max till now, just use it for finding adres in a big city with ''My location''
Sounds interresting.
That might be what creates those GPSlog text files present in the main windows directory right after you use the GPS once.
One is easily erasable (GPSlog back up) but the GPSlog itself requires a reboot to be deleted.
Didn't know it was possible to desactivate it. Anybody know the registry key to turn off? (then no need to use advance config just for this)
Ronka said:
what's GPS loggin? and could you explain your previous problem? i havent use the GPS to the max till now, just use it for finding adres in a big city with ''My location''
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after i update my ROM,my GPS took forever to get a fix,i then do some reading up here and tried the htc tools clear memory then cold start then nav int. method,im managed to get some weak signals,i try to flash to different radio also but still cant get a fix under 5mins,i also try quick gps to update the data whenever i can,nothing works.today i was messing around with advance config and when i disable GPS logging just to test if it improve the fix time and to my shock i got a fix in under 15secs!!!try a few time after tat at different spot and still manage to get a fix under 1 mi.im currently on radio 0.5....before 0.5 was on 0.7.Hmmm...can anyone advise if i should revert back cos i heard 0.7 is better than 0.5.BTW im singapore so it helps if anyone from tis regions can gave me some feedback.Thks
So your solution is to resolve, GPS Fix time? not GPS lag?
Think your thread title should have been more descriptive.
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So your solution is to resolve, GPS Fix time? not GPS lag?
Think your thread title should have been more descriptive.
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hmm...im sorry bout tat bro...coz i do believe alot of bros here are waiting for a solution for their GPS problem.just wanna make my thread short and to the point,For me,So far i got no issues with GPS lag after fix
this fix is posted in Touch Pro threat and it's working
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hmm...im sorry bout tat bro...coz i do believe alot of bros here are waiting for a solution for their GPS problem.just wanna make my thread short and to the point,For me,So far i got no issues with GPS lag after fix
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No I should apologise, just getting annoyed at the amount of threads with solutions to the GPS issues and none are really sorting the issue out. I have the opposite, I get a fix within milliseconds, just the lag is annoying
I'm pretty much convinced that graphics have nothing to do with the lag problem and that signal strength is irrelevent.
The one thing that I have noticed is that, when I come to a stop after driving the GPS software (IGO 8) tracks me to the correct position, it's just while moving there is a delay.
This also shows that the GPS chipset is accurate, unlike other people have been saying. Have also tried external BT receivers, which also produced the same lag.
So my opinion is that the Diamond (Rough Diamond ) is interperating the data incorrectly and I need some crazy hard core developer to fix it
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okay a lot of people come here and say there GPS won't work but don't say what they have done about it. I hope I will get some answer(s) if I explain the steps I have already tried.
1) I rooted my phone with z4root
2) Did everything that is explained here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842694
3) Installed GPS Aids :
in GPS Aids' Setup I get a green light on everything but a blue light for root rights. is that a bad thing? I mean I have superuser installed and GPS Aids got permissions in superuser.
Anyways GPS Aids doesn't really do the trick. It's inaccurate by 15 meters (more or less).
4) Installed "GpsFix" and it WORKS!
GpsFix is amazing. It does indeed fix the GPS. I have tried it at home and I live in house#1 and it even locates me at house#1. I am amazed how accurate my GPS CAN be. Now if I click on the location icon in GPS fix it brings me to google maps and shows my exact location but just when I am in google maps for a few seconds google maps seems to "auto correct" the location and JUMPS right at the wrong spot again google maps ALWAYS gives me which is like 60 metres away from where I actually am. So GpsFix fixes the location but google maps ****s it up again.
So those are basically the things I have tried (and some youtube videos which don't work either) and nothing really works.
What can I do? Just admit the fact that the Galaxy S i9000 is a piece of **** and people who rate it VERY GOOD are a bunch of morons who don't know how to test a device or am I actually doing something wrong and it could be a pretty lovely phone?
In case this is important: I am located in Germany and my provider is Vodafone.
Thanks a million if ANYBODY can offer some solution (or let me know that I should have better gotten a HTC).
What can I do? Just admit the fact that the Galaxy S i9000 is a piece of **** and people who rate it VERY GOOD are a bunch of morons who don't know how to test a device
Their could be a third answer in that some phones have a definite hardware problem or GPS software problem rather than all phones .
jje
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What can I do? Just admit the fact that the Galaxy S i9000 is a piece of **** and people who rate it VERY GOOD are a bunch of morons who don't know how to test a device
Their could be a third answer in that some phones have a definite hardware problem or GPS software problem rather than all phones .
jje
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oh yeh right i forgot to say I bought my phone September 2010. I have read the hardware got improved in October 2010- is this true?
I have contacted Samsung and they suggest: Do a factory reset.
i think that is the worst advice ever and i don't even think that will fix the problem. its just like telling people to format their hard drive if their computer got a bug.
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What can I do? Just admit the fact that the Galaxy S i9000 is a piece of **** and people who rate it VERY GOOD are a bunch of morons who don't know how to test a device
Their could be a third answer in that some phones have a definite hardware problem or GPS software problem rather than all phones .
jje
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oh also like ive said GpsFix does fix it PERFECTLY so it is just faulty software because google maps sets the wrong location again. also what do you suggest? just give it back and get it changed to a newer galaxy s?
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oh also like ive said GpsFix does fix it PERFECTLY so it is just faulty software because google maps sets the wrong location again. also what do you suggest? just give it back and get it changed to a newer galaxy s?
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but what does GPS Fix actually fix .
jje
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but what does GPS Fix actually fix .
jje
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GpsFix gets my exact location. I turn on "GpsFix" and it shows the street name and address in text and it finds my exact location. then i click on a location button which will lunch google maps and it shows the exact location for a few seconds until google maps seems to auto correct and jumps back at the wrong spot like nothing ever happened.
Trying to find out what exactly GPS fix is or does .
From your last post it seems something like other GPS tools .
I will have a look and try and work it out .
jje
SGS is my first device to have a gps but it doesnt seem to be working..can u tell me how to try the GPSFix..and links i can't find it thanks
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SGS is my first device to have a gps but it doesnt seem to be working..can u tell me how to try the GPSFix..and links i can't find it thanks
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Android market .
Fix as in what does it actually do alter the jupiter file ???
Initial tests on my phone show no difference in lock on .
In fact a cold boot with no data and no WiFi Fails to lock on at all with this GPSFix on first cold test .
One can try other free maps besides Google to see if it clears the problem .
GvSig and Locus Free from the market are two to try .
jje
Hey Guys,
I am currently running XXJVP with CF-Root 3.7.
Since around 2 weeks I have the Problem that my GPS doesn't lock on any Satellite, it actually finds, if at all one or two Satellites in GPS Test but can't connect to any of them.
I searched now the whole week for any Fix, tried several solutions (set the NTP Server to at.pool.ntp.org), checked the settings in Lbs Test Mode, tried various in there, updated to the last Firmware (was on FroYo before) but it all didn't help.
I am not sure if it is an hardware issue as it does find satellites but is actually just not able to lock on to them.
Any suggestions what else I shall have a look at?
Thanks a lot in advance and best regards,
stefan
You might want to try this method, which seems to have helped some
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043034&highlight=how+i+fixed+my+gps
Ah thanks for that.
I will have a look later on when I am at home and give it a test.
The second suggestions looks a bit more complicated actually.
But anyway - i think it is fantastic to pay 200€ for a smartphone for having then manually fiddle around on the gps antenna to get it working....
"thumbs up" for that!
Just wanted to let you know the first Hint worked for me so thanks alot again for it
still have problems with the battery but will check other threads and see if I can find out something.
Hi All,
I got problems getting gps fixes in Germany (Aachen)
In fact, i wont get any gps fix at all, i tried the app "gps status" but nothing happens.
i tried changing the pool servers in gps.conf to de.pool and europe.pool servers,
set near countries (be, nl, lu, fr) as secondary servers and nearly every gps fix thread i found in the last 2 weeks but still nothing works
second mysterius thing is that in my hometown (Duisburg, germany too) there is no problem with my gps connection and i got a fix in like 30seconds.
i dont know if that problem occurs because Aachen is really near to 2 countrie's frontiers but i really ran out of ideas what to try :/
no matter how hard i try to find something myself or edit the gps.conf my gps status keeps like this all the time (attachment)
please help me :/ (and excuse my bad english *blush*)
1. Try "GPS test" from the market. This app will show you the satelites and their position. If after about 20 min. outdoor nothing is showed you have a hardware or rom-problem.
2. If a sat. is shown mybe you have wrong configuered firewall. I don´t remember the process which get the gps-position by the servers.
3. I had never problems with any server, all works fine for me, but with the app "fasterfix" you can change them and give an european a try.
Hope can help you.
1. When im in a good position GPS test and GPS status occasionally see a satellite or two, but they disappear as fast as they appear :/
2. i dont use a firewall at all, i think.. is there a android standard firewall or something?^^
3. i tried fasterfix and some gps.conf tricks from xda, too
also i tried adding or changing different pool.ntp.org servers in my gps.conf
but nothing helps :/
the real funny thing is, that saturday and sunday i was in Duisburg and used GPS for Running and Cycling (Endomondo 30km~) and had nothing near a problem, no edge or something that could indicate gps problems, satfix in under 1 minute and stuff.
Now, back in Aachen, most gps using apps tell me there is even no gps available :/
the hardware and rom didnt changed at all, i really dont know why this mean little thing wont work
thanks for your reply btw!
You should get a gps-fix with gps-test outdoor within 20-30min without an internet-access. Be patient, due a totally new allocation via gps without server-support can take a lot of time (sat-search, time-fixing …). Sats appear and disapper, this is normal during a totally new allocation. After this you can discard a hardware/ROM – problem.
If this work, you can search for the server-access issue to get a faster gps-fix.
P.S.: Android normally haven’t a firewall in stockROM and your attachment in your first post can’t be shown.
The attachment was just a screenshot of GPS status showing no satellites, but trying.^^
so i will try to go out and let that little mean phone search the sky for satellites now^^
humpf... no effect at all...
Then I recommend to go back to stock-ROM (without root of course) an contact the LG support and send it back (don’t forget nandroid backup!). Maybe try it a last time with stock-ROM 30 min outdoor before (to get sure).
It seem to be a hardware defect. The phone don’t get enough signal strength (maybe antenna contact).
Good luck!
May be you can try ny method because i'm using it and it works onder for me..
Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22479338#post22479338
Hi there,
I'm not allowed to post in the proper ROM-Threat, hence my question in this threat:
I flashed VorteX 1.2 on Monday and now have a real problem with GPS. No matter what I do, I don't get any GPS-Satellite on my position.
At first I tried the GPS w/o any app, didn't get a fix on any satelite.
Then changed to FasterFix (preinstalled), didn't work either.
Deinstalled the app, installed FasterGPS and tried that.
Still don't get any fix.
I try finding satelites with GPS Test now, but still I don't get any signal.
I am using both, GPS Satelite positioning and allow finding my destination via network connections, except wlan (which I do not intent on using).
Do you have any suggestions what I can do?
Thanks for your time,
greetz, gogo
Hello. Maybe the problem is hardware.
Check this out. It solved my GPS problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697217
Also my I9000
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697217&page=38
Hope this helps
That would be really bad. I do hope, it is software-based, since I am not keen on soldering and doing other stuff, which results in permanent changes to the hardware. Still, I do not remember, whether or not GPS did work on the stock-gingerbread-rom; don't even remember, whether or not i tested it.
What I did find in the meantime is this threat dealing with an AGPS fix. It seems not to be a good idea with my device, though (I think, I don't have the i9000 4G; how can i found out, to be sure?)
Well, what do you know...
I did try the fix you suggested, zcata2008, but only the one bending the contact a bit so that the contact to the gps antenna will be stronger.
Seemed to work; i now have a quick 6-satelite fix, which seems to be quite a goof result in my area and from within the house..
thanks a lot!
greetz, gogo
Hi all,
i got some problems with my gps
i got some running apps and if am running the gps the signal drops for 10/20 minutes and it comes back
the same with tomtom app ect
currently i am running the HOME_I8190XXAMB3_I8190OXAAMB3_967270_REV00_user_low_ship rom
but it happend with oher roms
sorry for my bad englisch but if someone got a clou please help me
Dikkke
gps fix
try to look up your countries ntp.pool.org adress.
add it to gps file.
google that.
if you have no clue. download -gps fix- or similar) from market. it has a blue/pruple icon.
this app is not from me, bu it makes it easy to replace the standard ntp adress witha local one.
The standard one = usa based. for me, on my phones, this ment i had 300 to 400 ms ping to get the gps time correction signal (~ntp).
this might improve your gps "location fix" speed. that might thus solve your problem, ebcause after that gps doesnt have to keep trying to find or keep correcting the signal.
in short. if your problem is caused by bad or no fixing the timings of gps (which it always needs to do). then gps will keep trying untill it does get a good fix.
also. disable gps if not used.
hope this helps
btw: yuo talk about the gps signal that drops right?
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try to look up your countries ntp.pool.org adress.
add it to gps file.
google that.
if you have no clue. download -gps fix- or similar) from market. it has a blue/pruple icon.
this app is not from me, bu it makes it easy to replace the standard ntp adress witha local one.
The standard one = usa based. for me, on my phones, this ment i had 300 to 400 ms ping to get the gps time correction signal (~ntp).
this might improve your gps "location fix" speed. that might thus solve your problem, ebcause after that gps doesnt have to keep trying to find or keep correcting the signal.
in short. if your problem is caused by bad or no fixing the timings of gps (which it always needs to do). then gps will keep trying untill it does get a good fix.
also. disable gps if not used.
hope this helps
btw: yuo talk about the gps signal that drops right?
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yep a was talking about the signal drops
thanx for the advise,
wil be back with the results
dikkke
my advice and downloaded from the market fastergps, select your country and does it all ..... 15-20 seconds and takes the gps .... tried it on my .... need root permissions. ...
thank you both
the gps works like a charme
Dikkke