I've read around the forum and other forums as well about SGS GPS issue. From what I read, seems like SGS users did get their GPS to work but inaccurately.
My SGS has no custom ROM, running on 2.3.3. My GPS seems to not work at all. Every time I enter Navigation, it just gets stuck on "Waiting for location".
A-GPS might help you
Maybe try faster fix
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As you are using non official beta rom that might be the problem .
Flash stock Froyo with pit 512 and repartition checked .
jje
Well, sorry if I forgot to mention. This problem has occurred since I'm in my stock Froyo 2.2. I've read somewhere about GPS only working in Europe and USA?
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Well, sorry if I forgot to mention. This problem has occurred since I'm in my stock Froyo 2.2. I've read somewhere about GPS only working in Europe and USA?
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The majority work world wide .
I suggest a service centre as it may be hardware .
jje
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Well, sorry if I forgot to mention. This problem has occurred since I'm in my stock Froyo 2.2. I've read somewhere about GPS only working in Europe and USA?
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NOPE !!!
im in the same area as you,,
use gps aids (find in the market)
and it;s fixed
Have u tried g-spot fix?
/nik on MIUI
GPS hardware works as a standalone GPS no A-GPS no wireless no network towers .
Take sim out of phone turn off WiFi delete GPS data .
Go outside clear view of sky and use something like GPS Test to pick up satellites .
No satellites after half an hour = hardware fault .
All these aids and GPS fixes do not fix faulty hardware .
jje
pcboyy said:
Have u tried g-spot fix?
/nik on MIUI
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LOL !!
its nice name "g-spot fix"
i used that and gps aids its worked pretty fast !!
it just need 5-6 sec to locked the gps
Try GPS Aids from the market. You'll wonder
try the simple gps fix. works okay for me
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Hi,
I have a SGS with Orange in France
I was JF3 then i flashed to JM9 and noticed that the GPS wasn't working anymore, the icon appears and shows that the GPS is searching, but it never finds any signal and i can't have any location.
I tried JM8: same problem
JPK: same problem
With GPS test everything stays at 0...
The GPS was working well on JF3, I think it was ROM problem, but since i tried many different versions, it seems to be another thing...
Ayone has any solution for this ?
Thanks for your help!
I tried to flash JM5, but still no results...
And with the *#*#1472365#*#* command, i tried some tests, and the GPS never finds satellites...
Need to set it to cold start. Clear gps data. Go outside and run the get gps position test.
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lgkahn said:
Need to set it to cold start. Clear gps data. Go outside and run the get gps position test.
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Okay thanks,
It finds one satellite, but all the above fields are empty...
No latitude, longitude... etc.
PRN [21]---> CNo 12dbhz .....
i had the same problem when i upgraded my firmware from JF3 to JG4
Ok it works now, seems like you need to be outside, i mean with no roof or whatever... then it works great ! With GPS Test i detect from 6 to 12 sats and pinpoint localization.
I guess i was a bit noob to GPS...
It will work marginally indoors once u get an initial fix as I outlined above and stay on same relative area.
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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
JJEgan said:
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.
JJEgan said:
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
JJEgan said:
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 guyz i just got a galaxy s and i am a noob, and today i tried using my gps but it is not working and i have also installed a gps test application from the market but that is also not working and on the maps it is keep on saying, "your current location is temporarily unavailable", i was in my university so i thought that its because of the place, so i came home, but still the gps is not working, i tried the *#*#3214789650#*#* solution but still no use, please help me
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hey guyz i just got a galaxy s and i am a noob, and today i tried using my gps but it is not working and i have also installed a gps test application from the market but that is also not working and on the maps it is keep on saying, "your current location is temporarily unavailable", i was in my university so i thought that its because of the place, so i came home, but still the gps is not working, i tried the *#*#3214789650#*#* solution but still no use, please help me
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Hey hammadiqbal37,
you have to try it outside buildings. In buildings GPS reception is extremely bad.
Bushido
hey thanks for the suggestion but still its not working , i guess i have to upgrade it by rooting... thanks anyways
Sme firmwares ve gps bugs... I never had my gps wrking when i was on 2.2.1... Or else it used to shw loc aftr standing for 10 mins under the open sun... But now in gingerbread its fine for me...
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I Deffinitly Tried everything, I tried the hardware fix, Change The Pool To Israel, France, Europe, everywhere, I tried the gps doctors , nothing works..
I just can't find any satelites, in the gps aid app when i press the GPS doctor it's telling me that the gps status is off.. is there anything that I didn't try and could work?
Please, I'm Desprit..
I Tried and the problem is at every rom
I'm Right now using ICS RC3.1 By onecosmic..
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I Deffinitly Tried everything, I tried the hardware fix, Change The Pool To Israel, France, Europe, everywhere, I tried the gps doctors , nothing works..
I just can't find any satelites, in the gps aid app when i press the GPS doctor it's telling me that the gps status is off.. is there anything that I didn't try and could work?
Please, I'm Desprit..
I Tried and the problem is at every rom
I'm Right now using ICS RC3.1 By onecosmic..
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try gps status , to see if is an app error from navigator and other gps programs or RC3.1 probleme , and if are ICS probleme try first to flash devil led kernel
and a wipe cache
I though onecosmic's RC 3.X was only for the i9000 and not i9001.
Well I Tried and looked at the gps status, I didn't really get what am i sepoused to do there, I reset and cleared all gps data and downloaded it after wards..
the app didn't show any errors ..
Try to get GPS Aids from market. Had the same problem and that fixed my gps
Tried the gps aids too... Ain't working.. anything else?...
When I tried the gps doctor at gps aids, it showed me that the gps mode status is not working (the cube near it is red) and after trying the setup and the fix everything possibility it still ain't working... any idea?
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Tried the gps aids too... Ain't working.. anything else?...
When I tried the gps doctor at gps aids, it showed me that the gps mode status is not working (the cube near it is red) and after trying the setup and the fix everything possibility it still ain't working... any idea?
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Try to download the GPS test and install it, then go to settings and select clear agps, then update agps.
Oh and dont try the gps inside your house! Try it in the middle of the street! Gps signal is always reeeally weak or undetectable inside a house.
Unhappy to say, still didn't work!
Can you post the exact ROM and kernel version you are using?
Also try the following. Disable wifi, reboot phone, try GPS test.
I had GPS problems a while ago and the workaround was to boot the phone with wifi disabled. Something todo with init scripts messing up GPS/BT.
When in Google maps do you get the GPS icon in the status bar when trying to GPS fix?
try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STlb...xt=C3c039cbUDOEgsToPDskJOGd0pTyqyB6SPWL6OcwDB
Better to just send it back to samsung for them to fix if it's under warranty. If not, just sell it and get another one. I really like my SGS but i've given up hope for gps. I've just accepted it doesn't work and be happy the phone's great in everything else (like sound). Was kind of gutted having paid so much for a phone with a non-working gps but to be honest i have little need for a gps so when i need one i just use a dedicated one.
Now I'm using RC4.2 ICS By Onecosmic, Gps Still aint working well, I do get the gps icon... but still, my location ain't really accurate and I cant navigate or anything..
I tried the video that have been posted, None improvment...
Is there any thing else?..
The GPS issue with the i9000 is a mystery to me. I've tried software and hardware fixes to no avail with GB based ROMs. However, when I switched to Slim's ICS ROM my device started to register satelites again with the GPS test app from the market. Despite this when I open the maps app it takes forever to get a fix, so long infact that I give up long before it ever does
Same issue AOKP Milestone 4 ICS. Nothing on GPS Status.
I use market app GPS aid.
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Hello,
about half year ago, my GPS receiver stopped working. It simply cannot find any sattelites (tested with GPS status). At best case scenario it finds 3 (usually 1), but locks to none of them. I have already installed faster fix, but it didn't make any difference.
Problem already persisted on Darkyrom (2.3.3) and situation is about the same now od Mackay ROM.
Any ideas how to fix it?
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Use "GPS Aids" or "GPS Test Plus" :good:
GPS tes Plus
Test Plus is the best!
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Use "GPS Aids" or "GPS Test Plus" :good:
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Is a hardware problem . GPS antena is not conected to good on pcb. Can you try any software but is not worth.
zmeus said:
Is a hardware problem . GPS antena is not conected to good on pcb. Can you try any software but is not worth.
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No it's not a hardware issue . He has to update the A-GPS data
last year I opened my phone's case to clean up the gps antenna contacts. unfortunately didn't go well and i screwed the Bluetooth/WiFi module :crying: .
Same problem here, with Cyanogenmod 10.1.
krneki10 : could you try app Z-DeviceTest (on playstore) ?
In the GPS section, you can find lines begin with has_ephemeris and has_almanac.
Check if these lines have some "true" or if it's all "false".
A GPS that works properly should have "true".
Mine have all false and it works very bad.
I can't find any solution until now, but I think the problem is A-GPS (so not hardware)
Well its quite common failure for i9000 about GPS.
juz bear with it or try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697217
compacity, do you have ephemeris/almanac in Z-devicetest ?
Does your GPS work properly ?
nope, i dump my gps usage as samsung really is idiot for developing something useless as this i9000 gps comparing their big companies so sorry for helpless info