Hi,
So I've noticed alot of people have problems with their GPS from time to time on these forums so I've decided to collate any and all fixes into one place. Here they are:
NOTE: I'm not responsible for any harm done to your phone. These suggestions are tried at your own risk. These steps can be taken in any order you want and a reboot is recommended after you try each step.
First thing you can do to get accurate fixes is to go to the Location settings on your phone. Tick the boxes next to 'GPS Satellites' and 'Google's location service' (Press agree when the prompt comes up). Also click 'GPS Source' and make sure 'Use Internal GPS' is selected.
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Second thing you can do is download the 'GPS Status & Toolbox' app from the market. Once installed go into the app and hit Menu and then select Tools. From the popup menu select Manage A-GPS state. Select Reset and then Download. Reboot and see if you can get a fix now.
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It is recommended you have a Nandroid backup before trying anything below.
Third thing you can do is download this GPS Fix made for the Legend (From Kot_Ik’s CM7.2 unofficial thread). Put it on your SDCard and reboot to recovery and flash it.
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Fourth thing you can do is flash a new radio in recovery. Get one from here. Try the bottom 2 first before trying the top one. This doesn't seem to be supported in the latest versions of CWM so you should load an earlier fake flash zip file. Go here for the recovery and instructions (Thanks ranger4740)
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Last thing I can think of is to change ROM's and see if that fixes anything.
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That's all folks. If you're reading this part and your GPS still isn't working then I've got no idea what's going to fix it
smithchipz said:
Third thing you can do is download this GPS Fix made for the Legend. Put it on your SDCard and reboot to recovery and flash it.
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This is not needed for old stable releases and was fixed a few weeks ago (so recent RCs and nightly builds already contain that bugfix).
smithchipz said:
Fourth thing you can try is download a gps.conf file from here that's related to your country/continent and flash it in recovery.
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All of the files I checked there are invalid.
ali ba said:
This is not needed for old stable releases and was fixed a few weeks ago (so recent RCs and nightly builds already contain that bugfix).
All of the files I checked there are invalid.
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Ali Ba, as you are the legend master, can you please explain why my legend could never achieve GPS lock on ANY version of CM, stable or not, no matter how long my phone tried until I started using the GPS fix mentioned above. I ask because you are the master, and you did say its not nessasary. So that advice is a bit confusing.
Thank you
sent from my legend using zeubeas cm9 beta2
ali ba said:
All of the files I checked there are invalid.
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Hello ali ba,
can you explain, how a valid gps.conf looks?
alligator_asl said:
can you explain, how a valid gps.conf looks?
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It is a config file parsed per line. This means that there shouldn't be any new line characters for lines that the system has to interpret as one.
It's perfectly OK to use a local NTP-server, by the way. It just doesn't fix problems at all. The short differences in the time the packets take to be sent and received are eliminated by the NTP protocol anyway.
Most so called "GPS fixes" are bogus at best (using the newest baseband firmware is something I'd recommend though).
ranger4740 said:
Ali Ba, as you are the legend master, can you please explain why my legend could never achieve GPS lock on ANY version of CM, stable or not, no matter how long my phone tried until I started using the GPS fix mentioned above. I ask because you are the master, and you did say its not nessasary. So that advice is a bit confusing.
Thank you
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Everything I say is right so you are wrong per definition. Also, I'm the reincarnation of an ancient demigod and I'll send a shipload of trained African killer bees to decompose your cell phones after you should you dare to question me. Any more questions?
ali ba said:
Everything I say is right so you are wrong per definition. Also, I'm the reincarnation of an ancient demigod and I'll send a shipload of trained African killer bees to decompose your cell phones after you should you dare to question me. Any more questions?
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Well, good question by ranger4740, but bad answer...
This fix gps.agps.legend.zip is not for CM9. If you flash this, you are flashing a lib which nobody knows where is from.
zeubea said:
This fix gps.agps.legend.zip is not for CM9. If you flash this, you are flashing a lib which nobody knows where is from.
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Sorry the fix is from Kot_Ik’s CM7 thread. Updated the post to show this.
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Exactly, it is for CM7 Kot_Ik, because it is built in that rep for that version, only clarifying for avoid to see posts from people flash CM7 libs on CM9, because it is not the way.
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Sorry the fix is from Kot_Ik’s CM7 thread. Updated the post to show this.
Sent from my Legend using XDA
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After trying to update gps.conf file for my locatopn Europ/Poland both .zip files (Europ and Poland) crashes during updateing... is there anything ealse i can do to make it works ?;>
after those tryes i ve downgraded cwm useing ranger's update file and instaled latest radio.zip... after rebot gps still couldn't "lock" my positon... with custom settings for gps made by zuebas in cm9beta2 it founds and uses up to 13 satelites but couldnt lock position.... what ealse can i do to make it work properly ?
EDIT: after updating from latest to newest radio (now useing 47.26.35.04_7.05.35.26L) it can't even find any satelites, earlier it was finding up to 13-14.... I've reset and downloaded A-GPS state..... and still nothing
maxydem said:
After trying to update gps.conf file for my locatopn Europ/Poland both .zip files (Europ and Poland) crashes during updateing... is there anything ealse i can do to make it works ?;>
after those tryes i ve downgraded cwm useing ranger's update file and instaled latest radio.zip... after rebot gps still couldn't "lock" my positon... with custom settings for gps made by zuebas in cm9beta2 it founds and uses up to 13 satelites but couldnt lock position.... what ealse can i do to make it work properly ?
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I'm not sure apart from all the steps I listed in first post. Sorry :/
maxydem said:
After trying to update gps.conf file for my locatopn Europ/Poland both .zip files (Europ and Poland) crashes during updateing... is there anything ealse i can do to make it works ?;>
after those tryes i ve downgraded cwm useing ranger's update file and instaled latest radio.zip... after rebot gps still couldn't "lock" my positon... with custom settings for gps made by zuebas in cm9beta2 it founds and uses up to 13 satelites but couldnt lock position.... what ealse can i do to make it work properly ?
EDIT: after updating from latest to newest radio (now useing 47.26.35.04_7.05.35.26L) it can't even find any satelites, earlier it was finding up to 13-14.... I've reset and downloaded A-GPS state..... and still nothing
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Ok, what I have noticed so far using legend. Don't mess with gps.conf using other custom gps.conf I've use some before (instant lock) and its bogus as Ali ba put it.
Just use faster fix is enough.
OK, now currently I'm on zuebes cm9 and GPS works but getting it to lock is something else. And I love my waze.
I'll get in my car and start waze. Wait for a minutes or 2 than start moving. Lock or no lock, just start moving. Don't drive so fast but stay constant either 40kmh or 60kmh will do just fine. My lock usually happens when I stop at a junction or a traffic light or slow down before a corner.
Then when you lock for the first time. You can combo for the next trip as long as you on your waze at the same spot before leaving. It's instant lock for some cases but need to start over if it does not lock. Assume you use waze.
But if GPS is important. Use stock based rom and ogo2s rom also have good GPS if I remember well... I think its something about HTC didn't release GPS source that we ended up like this.
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Alright I've changed the post and removed the step about changing the gps.conf.
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After trying to update gps.conf file for my locatopn Europ/Poland both .zip files (Europ and Poland) crashes during updateing
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I'm sorry that it broke your device, but I can't do more than pointing out that these files are invalid.
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Well, good question by ranger4740, but bad answer...
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So I point out that these files are not only useless (as most GPS fix instructions are) but also broken and invalid and what do I get? Some random guy jumping at me telling me how stupid I am because GPS coincidentally started working on his device after doing some useless things?
You know, that's not even something I have to do (as if I was getting paid for support), I'm doing it because I'm basically a nice guy.
And then you, another random "I know how to register an account so let's attack people"-user, shows up. Thanks, you're welcome. Oh, I was right, by the way. The files are broken. The fixes don't work.
psyionx said:
Ok, what I have noticed so far using legend. Don't mess with gps.conf using other custom gps.conf I've use some before (instant lock) and its bogus as Ali ba put it.
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Thank you for actually reading what I write.
psyionx said:
I think its something about HTC didn't release GPS source that we ended up like this.
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That's right. There's a bug somewhere in the GPS module but we never got any sources so we don't really know how to work around it. The GPS module on the Legend doesn't have public sources so we hacked together some code from different versions. It works pretty well - once it starts working.
I sometimes can't get a GPS fix either when I started the device with GPS turned off or after toggling GPS a few times. Yeah, it is broken and I am aware of that.
The only "solutions" that really work are rebooting your device with GPS and mobile internet connection turned on. This lets it download AGPS data, inject the current time into the module and you'll get a fix within 20 seconds.
Using the latest radio (=baseband firmware) for your region has been reported to kickstart GPS as well. That's the only fix I can confirm, everything else is shenanigans and you should get your money back .
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I'm sorry that it broke your device, but I can't do more than pointing out that these files are invalid.
So I point out that these files are not only useless (as most GPS fix instructions are) but also broken and invalid and what do I get? Some random guy jumping at me telling me how stupid I am because GPS coincidentally started working on his device after doing some useless things?
You know, that's not even something I have to do (as if I was getting paid for support), I'm doing it because I'm basically a nice guy.
And then you, another random "I know how to register an account so let's attack people"-user, shows up. Thanks, you're welcome. Oh, I was right, by the way. The files are broken. The fixes don't work.
Thank you for actually reading what I write.
That's right. There's a bug somewhere in the GPS module but we never got any sources so we don't really know how to work around it. The GPS module on the Legend doesn't have public sources so we hacked together some code from different versions. It works pretty well - once it starts working.
I sometimes can't get a GPS fix either when I started the device with GPS turned off or after toggling GPS a few times. Yeah, it is broken and I am aware of that.
The only "solutions" that really work are rebooting your device with GPS and mobile internet connection turned on. This lets it download AGPS data, inject the current time into the module and you'll get a fix within 20 seconds.
Using the latest radio (=baseband firmware) for your region has been reported to kickstart GPS as well. That's the only fix I can confirm, everything else is shenanigans and you should get your money back .
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By quoting me you are implying I'm some one that only knows how to register and start attacking people, how did I attack you, most people here know your the master who gave us all cm for our legend which is wonderful, and I simply asked you as you are the expert to explain how? Then you come back with your B.S answer attacking me, for no real good reason Instead of explaining humanly the answer, you also imply I attack people, when all I do here is try and learn to do stuff, and help others when I can.
Any way best you add me to your ignore list then you won't have to see me attack and abuse every one on xda developers ever again! Hey better still report me to the mods and get me permanently band from xda forums if you've seriously got some evidence of constaintly attacking members.
Sent from my Legend using XDA
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... And then you, another random "I know how to register an account so let's attack people"-user, shows up. Thanks, you're welcome. Oh, I was right, by the way. The files are broken. The fixes don't work.
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Calm down. Nobody attacks people. I appreciate your work concerning the Legend port - and stated that several times.
Not giving an answer is ok - as you said, no paid support.
However, I can't agree on statements like ...
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... Everything I say is right so you are wrong per definition. ... Any more questions?
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as they are rude by definition. No more questions ...
btw, thanks for clarification
The only "solutions" that really work are rebooting your device with GPS and mobile internet connection turned on. This lets it download AGPS data, inject the current time into the module and you'll get a fix within 20 seconds.
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ugh! this is unnecessary fighting, ali ba might just misunderstood ranger4740 questions, cos it sound corny at first look but if you read it again it's just a genuine question.
about gps fixes, we should trust the expert, yes this won't work as ali ba said there's some bugs in gps module. This fixes might work on other devices but I wonder if it does anything for our Ancient Legend
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ugh! this is unnecessary fighting
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Agree. Back on topic
...So I am using Zeubea's ICS ROM (BETA3) and my GPS isn't working.
I have refreshed the AGPS-data and flashed the newest (?) radio (7.13.35.05).
In what way is the radio dependent on my geographical location? I live in Sweden, am I using the correct radio?
I get no lock, but I get accuracy of roughly 2km. How is this?
Also, I'm searching for an app to see how many satelites I am connected to, havn't found one yet.
Any help in this would be greatly appreciated - thank you in advance ♥
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...So I am using Zeubea's ICS ROM (BETA3) and my GPS isn't working.
I have refreshed the AGPS-data and flashed the newest (?) radio (7.13.35.05).
In what way is the radio dependent on my geographical location? I live in Sweden, am I using the correct radio?
I get no lock, but I get accuracy of roughly 2km. How is this?
Also, I'm searching for an app to see how many satelites I am connected to, havn't found one yet.
Any help in this would be greatly appreciated - thank you in advance ♥
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try using mobile data to get a good starting point (google's location service), also check gps source in location settings, and then try to get the precise location somewhere with a good view of sky....every next time it'll be faster, (you can even disable google's location service if you don't like it being turned on,it should still work faster than the first time after flashing)
edit: i just tried what i wrote above and got fix in no time,even from my room,using zeubeas cm9 beta3 freshly flashed... so, enable mobile data for a brief time until you get gps lock then you can disable it if you wish
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just saw this come across twitter:
Eugene373
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Default {UTIL}Vibrant GPS Fix for Rooted User's
As everyone Know's, the Samsung Vibrant GPS does not work Correctly, after getting some what **** when trying to use Maps, I decided to track down the Issue's with it!
The .zip is for Rooted user's only & I take no liability if it hoes you're phone.
I flashed from ClockworkMod Recovery, Can't say it will flash via stock recovery.
File Download > http://www.4shared.com/file/0reX2yyi/Vibrant_GPS_Fix.html
<edit 8-9> theres an updated version in 2nd post
<disclamer> this is not my work, i am in no way responsible .
original thread located here > http://forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php?p=15337#post15337
I posted it in the Correct thread.. Why do people insist on Posting other's work before the Author can Make the Thread?.
I know everyone is just trying to help, but I post on several other Forums as well. I can't post on them all at once lmao!
Thanks for posting it neverless.
~Eugene
Correct GPS Fix Download > Vibrant_GPS_Fix.zip
What do you mean by you people....
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blackerwater said:
What do you mean by you people....
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he didnt say you people he was refering to people in general
Lol I'm just playing bro
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Lol I'm just playing bro
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lol well you can never tell on here
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lol well you can never tell on here
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Sarcasm never translates well over text... Unless you use italics..
getting a lock is a minor problem compared to MAINTAINING an accurate lock, does this fix address that issue or just the lock on time?
Well I gave this a shot, and now the GPS doesn't seem to function at all. The market tool GPS TEST, Navigation, Latitude, and the built in GPS testing tools (from the phone menu *#*#1472365*#*#) all hang requiring a force close.
But this is really no worse than the largely non-functional GPS I had in the first place so I'm not bothered.
UPDATE: Using "Fix Permissions" from Rom Manager fixed the FC's.....will be testing GPS now to see if it's any better.
UPDATE#2: Taking my daughters back to my ex-wife (oh the joys of divorce) I ran Navigation during the trip, letting my oldest daughter drive so I could pay attention to the accuracy. It took a good while (about a minute) to get a proper GPS fix, but once it did it remained accurate during the entire trip except for one instance where it bounced a few hundred yards off the route for a couple of seconds. This is a marked improvement over my previous experiences where it would bounce off route like that numerous times during a Navigation run.
So...better...but still a bit less accurate than I'm used to with other Android devices.
Italics you say. Nice I'll give that a try next time.
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Tried it. Got a fix in about 5 seconds indoors and pretty accurate. The compass is still all over the place. But as for accuracy it helped a lot thanks eugene.
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I changed mine to ms-based and it works well. In certain buildings, however, it cannot get a lock on any satellites even when it detects as many as 10.
A weird thing that started recently is that in lbdtestmode, when running a position test, it takes forever to get a lock or sometimes to even find satellites. However, if I open google maps, it proceeds to quickly lock my position with 10m accuracy. Then if I run a posistion test it finds a 8-12 satellites and locks on quickly.
What is weird is that it used to be the opposite: I would have to get a lock in posistion test before google maps would get a lock. May also just be a coincidence or a placebo effect.
thats becuase google maps uses network to get intial fix.. change it to ms assisted not ms based which does the same thing
Thank you for the post Eugene, my gps is actually functional now, locked on very fast and is accurate. Donate link?
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lgkahn said:
thats becuase google maps uses network to get intial fix.. change it to ms assisted not ms based which does the same thing
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I forgot to say with wireless network location disabled.
Going to Be Posting my Daily Rom that I use shortly that has the gps fixed & a few other nice little feature / skin / mod's added to it..
Likely will be another week before I get to play with android again
~Eugene
eugene373 said:
Going to Be Posting my Daily Rom that I use shortly that has the gps fixed & a few other nice little feature / skin / mod's added to it..
Likely will be another week before I get to play with android again
~Eugene
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can you tell us the specifics you did that "fixes" the gps problems?
andy2na said:
can you tell us the specifics you did that "fixes" the gps problems?
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I posted the Files! Just Diff them.. It's not that hard honestly
Thanks for the patch eugene373 but unfortunately it seems to do nothing for my GPS. Still takes forever for sats to get into view and never locks in to more than 1.
Unfortunately this didn't work for me at all. I even re flashed to stock then applied the gps fix and for me the gps was worse then any other thing I have tried. I never got a satellite lock, used to at least get 1 and it put me at times on the other side of the street,the accuracy decreased greatly
Hello
I have just got my note, sadly google maps didn't determind my location till I turned on AGPS. I tried to use gps status to check for sats with no results after 10 min, I knew something were wrong. I root the device & installed lbstest mod & tried to get position. With no results, I tried to check hardware test for gps, also no sat were found, I changed the mods nothing occur.
I tried to change my csc into open europ. & did all check again,& no improvements.
I installed oden & tried to install a complete wipe rom; codec, modem, csc. Open version Still can't get any sat on any gps app.
Samsung middle east says you should pay for changing inboard 400 $ as it not purchased for the main country dealer, as I moved to ksa; as if they know nothing about softcodes.
I also tried to use other pool like Asia or global, niether any results
I checked alogcat to check.. But I couldnt understand much,
Please somebody help.
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mine is similar sometimes, i can wait forever and it wont find a single satelite, but once I reboot it will find and fix onto 10+ satelite within seconds.
I think mine is just a software glitch, its irritating but i can live with it.
Hamza Malicho said:
Hello
I have just got my note, sadly google maps didn't determind my location till I turned on AGPS. I tried to use gps status to check for sats with no results after 10 min, I knew something were wrong. I root the device & installed lbstest mod & tried to get position. With no results, I tried to check hardware test for gps, also no sat were found, I changed the mods nothing occur.
I tried to change my csc into open europ. & did all check again,& no improvements.
I installed oden & tried to install a complete wipe rom; codec, modem, csc. Open version Still can't get any sat on any gps app.
Samsung middle east says you should pay for changing inboard 400 $ as it not purchased for the main country dealer, as I moved to ksa; as if they know nothing about softcodes.
I also tried to use other pool like Asia or global, niether any results
I checked alogcat to check.. But I couldnt understand much,
Please somebody help.
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It seems to be hardware issue, as i m first time hearing GPS issue on Note.
Anyway if this can help you, take a chance.
Download 'faster fix' from market. And try changing pool from application.
GudLuck!
I already installed fast fixer with no results, if it were a hardware issue, how could we insure it,like a script or gps chip and antenna checker,reading the alogcat show ; gps is on but receiving fix,
Had same problem, then I just deleted old a-GPS data and redownload new one. Then fix within seconds. Try that first and see if it works better.
Re Galaxy note No gps fix No Sat
Sadly I delete the old AGPS Data & update it, with same result, I checked CoPilot with no Sat, I checked GPS Status again, no improvements, I think its Software problem, missing Data " interperting between Software & Hardware" missing Lib or Code.
I ve already attached alogcat, hopefully someone could advice
Regards
I strongly suggest you go back to square one and work from a stock, known good, reliable (as in working on tens of thousands of others), operating system.
Until then you are simply throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks.. this is not a scientific engineering approach... so start by helping others help you.
Thanks
Sorry for disturb, i just wanted to insure that i ve tried several abrouchs. If anybody could suggest a complete wipe nand & boatloader, codec,...... I dont mind i. Any comment is helpfull to me just make sure somone read the alogcat i already posted
GPS Hardware fault !
dr.ketan said:
It seems to be hardware issue, as i m first time hearing GPS issue on Note.
Anyway if this can help you, take a chance.
Download 'faster fix' from market. And try changing pool from application.
GudLuck!
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Thanks for your interest, I just open the phone & had checked for broadcom GPS chip its already their,so my guess is the GPS antenna, so where it is located? I ll like to try to replace it ( is it on the back cover case ), as checking the log will show us , GPS on but receiving fixes & also GPSweaksignal (0)..
pls check the photo
ur prompt reply is highly appreciated .
Im not an expert, you use this information at your own risk.
Flow chart.
Location on wiring diagram.
Location on board.
Location on your pic.
Any updates on the issues? I check the areas as quote... but nothing change... any recommendations
Hi,
can someone upload the photo's again? my GPS has stopped working. I can use assist with Mobile Data but it's slow. The only thing I did before it stopped working was dismantle the phone for a screen repair. I don't know if I had someone not cabled something or unhinged something?? please help
Please,upload photos,i have the same problem!:fingers-crossed:
hey im having trouble obtaining a gps lock on stock and cm7 roms, ive tried the gps patches to no avail. i cant use navigation at all, it just sits on searching for gps... just wondering if theres any way of getting it to work. by the way im in australia if that means anything
Thanks
My GPS works OK
Download GPS Test and see if it see's any satellites.
Also reset and update the A-GPS data using the above app.
Upload your gps.conf here and ill look at it for you
ok i followed what u said but still getting nothing in the way of gps... i have attached my gps.conf file
anyone?
your attachment is broken..
I think you should use lagloose's gps fix and then change the ntp server on gps.conf file to australia server..
then use gps status from the market to calibrate compass, and download a-gps data..
i tried it, didnt help. also inserted correct ntp servers and stuff for aus but it hasnt changed anything, i still get no gps
Attached a gps.conf.
Your attachment is corrupted.
I have made a GPS.conf for Australia.
put this in system/etc and change permissions to rw-r-r
EDIT: did this before your post, sorry
thanks, stuill, i'll try it anyway maybe there was something i didnt do right. its worth a shot. will keep u posted
Edit- tried a myriad of roms, used lagloose's gps fix, edited gps.conf but still i get no gps on ANY rom stock based, cm7-9 and even stock samsung roms. any ideas?
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thanks, stuill, i'll try it anyway maybe there was something i didnt do right. its worth a shot. will keep u posted
Edit- tried a myriad of roms, used lagloose's gps fix, edited gps.conf but still i get no gps on ANY rom stock based, cm7-9 and even stock samsung roms. any ideas?
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Could be a hardware problem then, would reflash stock rom with odin and take to samsung service centre.
May sound silly but you tested for gps at outdoors with a clear sky right?
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Ryuinferno said:
May sound silly but you tested for gps at outdoors with a clear sky right?
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yeah lol. didnt help
Recently I've flashed CM 10.1.3 (stable version). Everything is pretty much great (except battery...it's draining pretty fast but I'm ok with that since I got a portable charger).
But the number one thing that is annoying me the most is that I can't get a gps fix no matter what. It doesn't matter whether I'm indoors or outdoors, or what app I'm using (waze, Google maps, etc.), or what "gps fixing" apps I installed. I just can't get a freaking gps lock anywhere!
Before I flashed this ROM, the gps didn't really work well but at least it worked...
I've searched the entire world wide web (obviously started from XDA) and found some interesting answers but none of them helped me even a bit.
Is this a known issue in cm 10.1.3 or is it just me?
thanks in advance
I recently have CM 10.1.3 on my 4X HD l don't have that issue... Try flash rom again.
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Have you tried the fast gps fix in android general development?
Possible solution
Try this... Might help.
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I recently have CM 10.1.3 on my 4X HD l don't have that issue... Try flash rom again.
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yes, I did but to no avail...
Rudjgaard said:
Have you tried the fast gps fix in android general development?
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I have no idea what thread you're talking about but I will take a second look, even though I didn't find anything in there.
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I recently have CM 10.1.3 on my 4X HD l don't have that issue... Try flash rom again.
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Already tried it, didn't help.
deepmanu said:
Try this... Might help.
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This looks promising... I will report back if it worked for me or not, as soon as I get off work.
thank you to all of you guys for answering!!
Ok so I've tried modifying the gps.conf like deepmanu suggested, but still couldn't get a gps fix at all.
I know that LG screwed up with the gps in this device and that it is so sensitive that even if I replace the ROM
(I don't think that the CM team played with the gps files), it won't work at all.
Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? because right now the only solution that I'm think about is getting a nexus 5 or something =\
stoned92 said:
Ok so I've tried modifying the gps.conf like deepmanu suggested, but still couldn't get a gps fix at all.
I know that LG screwed up with the gps in this device and that it is so sensitive that even if I replace the ROM
(I don't think that the CM team played with the gps files), it won't work at all.
Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? because right now the only solution that I'm think about is getting a nexus 5 or something =\
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I managed to get my GPS working better by tweaking the gps.conf file, but nothing wonderful. If I am sat in my car I get almost no signal, yet my Nexus 7 is high-quality, 13 sats and almost instant lock. The GPS chip/receiver is crap in our device and that is why I will never buy an LG again. Apart from the GPS I love my phone, but that is too important a part for me.
stoned92 said:
Ok so I've tried modifying the gps.conf like deepmanu suggested, but still couldn't get a gps fix at all.
I know that LG screwed up with the gps in this device and that it is so sensitive that even if I replace the ROM
(I don't think that the CM team played with the gps files), it won't work at all.
Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? because right now the only solution that I'm think about is getting a nexus 5 or something =\
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How about changing your baseband to v10x?
deepmanu said:
Try this... Might help.
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thank you. Works for me
deepmanu said:
How about changing your baseband to v10x?
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Thought about it, but changing the baseband to a lower version means to compromise on lower quality phone calls and these kind of stuff.
And I'd rather have a terrible gps signal with great phone calls quality, than the other way around.
SimonTS said:
I managed to get my GPS working better by tweaking the gps.conf file, but nothing wonderful. If I am sat in my car I get almost no signal, yet my Nexus 7 is high-quality, 13 sats and almost instant lock. The GPS chip/receiver is crap in our device and that is why I will never buy an LG again. Apart from the GPS I love my phone, but that is too important a part for me.
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Maybe it's not the best chip, but still good enough. Samsung Galaxy S2-series phones all have a way worse receiver, I was barely getting any signal without network.
Problem with custom roms is that nearly all of them only include the very basic necessary configuration. See CM gps.conf and stock gps.conf (included in Omni), there's a big difference. I don't say this switch did wonders (it wasn't bad at all before too), but surely stabilizes signal.
Well, i try a lot of things, but, to play ingress is not working. How can i connect gps via Bluetooth?
s1ck82 said:
Well, i try a lot of things, but, to play ingress is not working. How can i connect gps via Bluetooth?
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You can't. To connect to an External GPS source is an immediate violation of the Ingress ToS and the app will refuse to launch. This is to assist, at least partly, in stopping players from spoofing their location to cheat.
So, you can connect to an external GPS source, but you can't play Ingress while doing so.
SimonTS said:
You can't. To connect to an External GPS source is an immediate violation of the Ingress ToS and the app will refuse to launch. This is to assist, at least partly, in stopping players from spoofing their location to cheat.
So, you can connect to an external GPS source, but you can't play Ingress while doing so.
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Sure? **** my gps doesnt work like it should... Try a lot of roms, kernels, gps fix and configs... i don't want to spoof, i only want to use a very good gps signal...
s1ck82 said:
Sure? **** my gps doesnt work like it should... Try a lot of roms, kernels, gps fix and configs... i don't want to spoof, i only want to use a very good gps signal...
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I know, I have the same problem with mine no matter what I do. I normally just end up using my N7 tethered instead.
SimonTS said:
You can't. To connect to an External GPS source is an immediate violation of the Ingress ToS and the app will refuse to launch. This is to assist, at least partly, in stopping players from spoofing their location to cheat.
So, you can connect to an external GPS source, but you can't play Ingress while doing so.
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SimonTS said:
I know, I have the same problem with mine no matter what I do. I normally just end up using my N7 tethered instead.
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i really cannot play this way... Its really bad now with the regional scores and the checkpoints, Last night i made 89km(+89 back to home, key distance) and i have to wait 19 minutes to capture the portal... (overpass the checkpoint limit of course)
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i really cannot play this way... Its really bad now with the regional scores and the checkpoints, Last night i made 89km(+89 back to home, key distance) and i have to wait 19 minutes to capture the portal... (overpass the checkpoint limit of course)
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The best thing I have found is to make sure you fully close the Ingress app (Sign out and clear it from memory) when you get to the new location, then restart it and see if it works - that sometimes seems to force the app to acquire a GPS location quicker. Other than that, buy a different phone - not ideal I know.
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The best thing I have found is to make sure you fully close the Ingress app (Sign out and clear it from memory) when you get to the new location, then restart it and see if it works - that sometimes seems to force the app to acquire a GPS location quicker. Other than that, buy a different phone - not ideal I know.
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:laugh: thanks anyway for the help! (nexus 5 in mind)
I rooted my H8 and installed AICP (Android Ice Cold Project), but I'm a bit confused. There isn't a toggle for turning GPS on/off. There is an option for "Location", but it doesn't seem to be the same thing. I can set Location to "High Accuracy", but Waze still says there is no GPS.
Can someone help point me in the right direction? Does AICP just not have a GPS toggle? Am I looking in the wrong place?
Thank you!
On AOSP ROMs (at least some of them) "High accuracy" in the Location toggle is indeed GPS, while the other 2 settings (forget what they are called, I think one is Powersave?) are WiFi/cell tower location, and Off (no location services).
Did you check the AICP thread to see if others have had GPS lock issues?
You can also install the app "GPS Status & Toolbox" to see if the phone is at least trying to get a lock (reading any satellites) and just taking a long time, or if not satellites are even being read.
I installed GPS Status & Toolbox, and it says "Looking for GPS Location" even when I have it set to "High Accuracy".
Where would I find the AICP thread? I looked for one, but I'm still pretty new to navigating the forums.
Thank you so much!
redpoint73 said:
On AOSP ROMs (at least some of them) "High accuracy" in the Location toggle is indeed GPS, while the other 2 settings (forget what they are called, I think one is Powersave?) are WiFi/cell tower location, and Off (no location services).
Did you check the AICP thread to see if others have had GPS lock issues?
You can also install the app "GPS Status & Toolbox" to see if the phone is at least trying to get a lock (reading any satellites) and just taking a long time, or if not satellites are even being read.
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uvuriel03 said:
Where would I find the AICP thread? I looked for one, but I'm still pretty new to navigating the forums.
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By using the search function in the Development forums ("international M8" forum has more ROMs):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2746712
Looks like recent nightlies have had some issues (sound, camera), although I don't see a mention of GPS problems.
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uvuriel03 said:
I installed GPS Status & Toolbox, and it says "Looking for GPS Location" even when I have it set to "High Accuracy".
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Do you see any bars on the graph, just below the circle display? When working properly, this will indicate signal strength for each satellite, and some bars will turn green when that satellite is locked. Similarly, a dot with number in gray/orange/green will appear on the circle display to show the relative location of the satellites.
If you see none of this, and those displays are blank, the GPS is not connecting to the app or activated properly (which may be your issue).
Also, make sure you are outdoors, with a clear view of most of the sky. Seems obvious enough, but you'd be surprised at how many folks will post about GPS lock issues, and it ends up they are trying indoors (although you might get a lock indoors, its far from ideal conditions).
Yeah, I have a Release version, not a nightly. (Really need sound! =P )
I like to think I'm quite Google Search Suave, and I can't find any single thing about a GPS problem. =/ Maybe it's just me.
redpoint73 said:
By using the search function in the Development forums ("international M8" forum has more ROMs):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2746712
Looks like recent nightlies have had some issues (sound, camera), although I don't see a mention of GPS problems.
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Do you see any bars on the graph, just below the circle display? When working properly, this will indicate signal strength for each satellite, and some bars will turn green when that satellite is locked. Similarly, a dot with number in gray/orange/green will appear on the circle display to show the relative location of the satellites.
If you see none of this, and those displays are blank, the GPS is not connecting to the app or activated properly (which may be your issue).
Also, make sure you are outdoors, with a clear view of most of the sky. Seems obvious enough, but you'd be surprised at how many folks will post about GPS lock issues, and it ends up they are trying indoors (although you might get a lock indoors, its far from ideal conditions).
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As to the second half of your question... No. It just keeps searching. I noticed it on my way to work this morning, so I was outside and travelling quite a ways. (I stepped outside just to check--still no good.) I've not ever had issues getting the GPS on my phone with the Stock GPS, so I'm inclined to believe it's ROM related.
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...the GPS is not connecting to the app or activated properly (which may be your issue).
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I suspect that's it right there. Got any ideas on how I can handle this?
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I've not ever had issues getting the GPS on my phone with the Stock GPS, so I'm inclined to believe it's ROM related.
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I'm inclined to think the same (ROM issue). On the stock (or at least Sense) ROMs I can get a lock within a few seconds. Is this your first time trying to use the GPS on this ROM? Maybe try to re-flash with full wipe (data, cache and Dalvik) or try a different AOSP ROM.
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I'm inclined to think the same (ROM issue). On the stock (or at least Sense) ROMs I can get a lock within a few seconds. Is this your first time trying to use the GPS on this ROM? Maybe try to re-flash with full wipe (data, cache and Dalvik) or try a different AOSP ROM.
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Yeah, it is. I just finally got it rooted this weekend, so this morning was like my first full daily run with it. I'll probably just try a different ROM until then. Cyanogenmod isn't on the M8 yet, last I checked... I'll have to look into some alternative ROMs.
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Cyanogenmod isn't on the M8 yet, last I checked... I'll have to look into some alternative ROMs.
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You're not looking in the right place. CM11 has been on the M8 since the phone's release in May: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743579
These are the places you want to be looking:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/orig-development
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development
*removes foot from mouth*
So much for being Google search suave. -__-
Thank you very much for your help. =)
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You're not looking in the right place. CM11 has been on the M8 since the phone's release in May: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743579
These are the places you want to be looking:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/orig-development
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development
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You're not looking in the right place. CM11 has been on the M8 since the phone's release in May: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743579
These are the places you want to be looking:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/orig-development
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development
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I figured out why I didn't see CM11 for the M8--I was using their installation app and the M8 is not supported on it. You have to download the files from their actual website. =P
So, I just realized that this isn't even under the right thread as my phone is on Sprint, not AT&T. :silly: (Can I call upon a moderator to move this to the correct thread, perhaps?)
Hopefully you don't mind trying to help me out anyway. I flashed CM11 onto my phone... and got the same exact problem. I'm learning quite a lot quite fast on how to not brick my phone... =P
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So, I just realized that this isn't even under the right thread as my phone is on Sprint, not AT&T. :silly: (Can I call upon a moderator to move this to the correct thread, perhaps?)
Hopefully you don't mind trying to help me out anyway. I flashed CM11 onto my phone... and got the same exact problem. I'm learning quite a lot quite fast on how to not brick my phone... =P
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I'll report the thread to the mods to move to the proper device subforum.
Did you install the AICP and CM11 versions specific to the Sprint version? Or did those ROMs indicate that the Sprint version was supported? Reason being, the CDMA (Verizon and Sprint) versions of the M8 are actually different hardware from the other (GSM) versions. Flashing a ROM meant for the GSM versions can even brick your phone. Or at least be the cause of your GPS issues.
I would suggest you RUU and start fresh...you may have borked the partitions if AICP is not made for Sprint.
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I'll report the thread to the mods to move to the proper device subforum.
Did you install the AICP and CM11 versions specific to the Sprint version? Or did those ROMs indicate that the Sprint version was supported? Reason being, the CDMA (Verizon and Sprint) versions of the M8 are actually different hardware from the other (GSM) versions. Flashing a ROM meant for the GSM versions can even brick your phone. Or at least be the cause of your GPS issues.
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CM11 was confirmed OK for Sprint, but I actually couldn't find anything definitive about AICP.
BD619 said:
I would suggest you RUU and start fresh...you may have borked the partitions if AICP is not made for Sprint.
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Heheh, borked. Yeah you're probably right... But I'm not familiar with "RUU". Can you clarify what that is?
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Heheh, borked. Yeah you're probably right... But I'm not familiar with "RUU". Can you clarify what that is?
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Click the second link in my sig and scroll down to the RUU section.
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Click the second link in my sig and scroll down to the RUU section.
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Awesome, thanks for the direction. I shall do that and take it from there.
Saw this mentioned by another user: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55738371&postcount=12331
Seems that Verizon GPS files are needed to make that version's GPS work on ARHD. So maybe a similar issue exists for Sprint on the ROMs you tried?
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Saw this mentioned by another user: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55738371&postcount=12331
Seems that Verizon GPS files are needed to make that version's GPS work on ARHD. So maybe a similar issue exists for Sprint on the ROMs you tried?
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Entirely possible--I'll have to look into this tonight, since I can't do much about it at work. =)
Throwing this out there for folks having issues with GPS on AOSP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2818660