I've got a Galaxy S for 3 years almost, I don't remember any time that this crappy gps worked well. I'm from Europe, and i've tried a lot of ROMs such like CM9, CM10, MIUI, Slim ROMs etc... Any suggestion?
Thanks
Chesterblue137 said:
I've got a Galaxy S for 3 years almost, I don't remember any time that this crappy gps worked well. I'm from Europe, and i've tried a lot of ROMs such like CM9, CM10, MIUI, Slim ROMs etc... Any suggestion?
Thanks
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Its a hardware fault and there is a fix here on the forum how to do it the thread is called gps final fix just do a search youl find it
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Recommended: and with years passing by, the antenna connectors must be even more faulty.
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Which apps have you been using? I used sygic with my I9001 and it worked fine.
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I did search the forum but nothing match my case.
I'm using P1000N, gingerbread homberos kernel custom ROM Overcome Hermes.
For one week after flashing custom ROM my GPS work perfectly until it someday it can't lock location anymore. I try GPS test and found that my GPS can't catch any satellite.
I tried flashback to GB stock rom and it works.
Reflashing overcome and again it refuses to lock the sattellite.
Any idea what idea going on guys?
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Try flashing the newest version of overcome, kratos, and tell me if it works.
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Ok. I flashed kratos and now it works. Thank you..
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Sometime works, sometime doesn't..
Damn..
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Might be a hardware problem... Never had any problems with mine and I tend to use it a lot...
Try checking the Overcome website under tips and tricks. There is whole section on gps settings. It made a night and day difference on mine.
I've been using Kratos 4.0.0 for some time, and my GPS is good one week and then the next week it's completely gone.
It's hit or miss from day to day.
Today I did a complete reload with Safe V5 GB, Pit, and T mobile modem only.
Then the Kernel
Then the Rom.
Angry GPS setting reset and the GPS is just not working. I use my GPS all day ever day, the Tablet sits right on my dash.
any help is good help. Thanks & Happy Holidays!
Im having trouble keeping satellites locked, not having a lock/getting a fix. Any hjelp appriciated.
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I also have problems with GPS. However it also seems my compass is not exactly correct and unstable. There seems to be some correlation. How accurate is your compass?
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gdroos said:
I also have problems with GPS. However it also seems my compass is not exactly correct and unstable. There seems to be some correlation. How accurate is your compass?
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Haven't tested compass yet.
Progress with gps testing:
Tried several radios without wiping the cache first (no help with gps, wifi&data ok)
Now using nexus radio kb3, seems to work , have to test some more
KB3 (and KF1) also fixed the "always roaming" problem.
To get kb3 to function, had to (wipe cache +)flash kf1 first, reboot, (wipe cache+) flash kb3
At this point, the key for successful gps is to wipe cache prior flashing radio (modem)
Hi, tried your way also but no luck so far. Still think that the compass is of influence. Sometimes GPS works and then suddenly compass becomes unstable and is deviating and at the same time the GPS looses fix but still has satellites in view. I am getting desperate. will try some more.
Btw I am on titanium rom
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gdroos said:
Hi, tried your way also but no luck so far. Still think that the compass is of influence. Sometimes GPS works and then suddenly compass becomes unstable and is deviating and at the same time the GPS looses fix but still has satellites in view. I am getting desperate. will try some more.
Btw I am on titanium rom
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ok, too bad . I'm not totally satisfied in the way things work just now but at least i can drive with waze on for 10km (the longest i drove today). Tomorrow more test while driving to the cottage almost 300km away.
I have had it working on some older versions of ics roms, but really don't want to go back there..
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Try JVK,JVT,JW4,JVU modems (from Rom Manager it's easy)
Toivottavasti joku noista toimii kunnol myös gps:s!
Muute, lisää mut google talkis [email protected]
laehtis said:
Try JVK,JVT,JW4,JVU modems (from Rom Manager it's easy)
Toivottavasti joku noista toimii kunnol myös gps:s!
Muute, lisää mut google talkis [email protected]
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Tried. Only with some luck.. GPS gets fix, keeps it for a while then loses fix and doesn't seem to get it back. Sigh.
Think I'm going totally stock or Darky's and test there. And then if things work like they used to, come back to ICS roms.
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I'm getting good results with JVT. GPS locks pretty well( tested on bus yesterday).
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All modems worked as badly.
Then I changed kernel to semaphore and was able to drive 160 km with only few times losing fix.
More testing needed though..
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laakkus said:
All modems worked as badly.
Then I changed kernel to semaphore and was able to drive 160 km with only few times losing fix.
More testing needed though..
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nice, try also glitch kernel=)
Hi!
I had tried different modems but none of them worked so the only solution I found was to open up my SGS and then do some hardware fixes....had to bend the connection "wire" of GPS. Now the contact between GPS and antenna is good, so this means I get the satellite lock in few second, even indoors!
Just search Google or Youtube and you will find how to do it.
Cleared all GPS stuff with GPS aids (yes I payed 2€ for it but was getting desperate)
and now it has been working just great for about 4 days.
I also flashed another ROM prior to clearing, and it (gps) worked ok after the flash. I'm not sure which or both did the trick but now it's working..
I'm currently on slim ICS and my modem is JW4.
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GPS AIDS is a great app to improve your signal.in settings u can NTP server,its usually set to world or north America.change to your region.this will improve your signal significantly.
Hi all,
Strange issue here. My GPS performance has always been great, but a couple of weeks ago it has suddenly bexomevunusable. Google navigation looses my position constantly and is extremely inaccurate. I downloaded GPS test and my accuracy is never below 150 feet or so.
I have tried factory resetting the phone and even tried installing rocket rom, no change.
Any ideas?
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what rom u on?
check your kernel version.. lpt is known to be stable .. different rom use different kernel.. could be your kernel issue
Thanks for the responses, I first had issues under LPY, the thing is...I had been running it for over a month no issues, the GPS just started acting up one day.
Now I'm on the latest rocket rom, which uses a different kernel. So I'm having the issue with two different kernels.
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My friend's samsung galaxy mini, running on cm9, sometimes reboots automatically... this heapens every time when he preforms an action wich takes some cpu. (Like whatsapp, playstore or sometimes even when just unlocks the screen. We tried a clean cm7 rom and a heavily tweaked cm7 rom. So they are very different roms, but still same problem.
Is this a common problem and does somebody know a solution for this?
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My friend's samsung galaxy mini, running on cm9, sometimes reboots automatically... this heapens every time when he preforms an action wich takes some cpu. (Like whatsapp, playstore or sometimes even when just unlocks the screen. We tried a clean cm7 rom and a heavily tweaked cm7 rom. So they are very different roms, but still same problem.
Is this a common problem and does somebody know a solution for this?
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Yea still CM9 is buggy and is stil nt gud for daily use. N rest of the roms are working fin like CM7 stable version or Cyanmobile experience or new experience by autoradio
Coz we nvr experienced des probs. These probs wil b in the initial versions of certain roms. So try stable versions of roms and you shouldn't get reboot probs..
Hit thanks if that helped u:thumbup:
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rickvrolings said:
My friend's samsung galaxy mini, running on cm9, sometimes reboots automatically... this heapens every time when he preforms an action wich takes some cpu. (Like whatsapp, playstore or sometimes even when just unlocks the screen. We tried a clean cm7 rom and a heavily tweaked cm7 rom. So they are very different roms, but still same problem.
Is this a common problem and does somebody know a solution for this?
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Well that is not common, maybe he should not overclock his phone. try Cm7 by mebitek or creeds 4.0 rom. Maybe apps force close as he is doing heavy multi-tasking. If u think its hardware defect, u can flash a stock rom and play the dumb at service centres.
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Well that is not common, maybe he should not overclock his phone. try Cm7 by mebitek or creeds 4.0 rom. Maybe apps force close as he is doing heavy multi-tasking. If u think its hardware defect, u can flash a stock rom and play the dumb at service centres.
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haha. good idea . but its a pitty according to my friend, but phone is very old, no free services anymore. to make sure it isn't an hardware fault. i adviced him to install latest gb miui rom. so we will see if the fault lies in the hardware.
will post results later
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okay. now phone running on android 2.3.8. so far so good. no probs anymore... i think problem solved. but still strange he does this on android 2.3.7....
anyway. thanks for advice and thanks for your time.
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rickvrolings said:
okay. now phone running on android 2.3.8. so far so good. no probs anymore... i think problem solved. but still strange he does this on android 2.3.7....
anyway. thanks for advice and thanks for your time.
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Ur welcome, glad it turned out well.
Hello!
I want to buy a used Galaxy Tab P7300and I wanted to know if there are some specific problems for this device: some touchscreen issues, some display rendition issues, anything. Something similar like "black clipping" specific for galaxy note and galaxy nexus...anything
I'm waiting for your answers..
I do think it is worth highlighting the lag/smoothness which sometimes occurs when swiping between screens in TouchWiz. Other launchers help and hoping this will be addressed with ics update. This was my only concern with it out of the box. Search lag or similar in these forums and will see a few hits.
Btw, I still love mine and reckon this is the best form factor (few products in its league).
With the ics update the 7310 it is quite perfect. Super smooth and fast. Zero lang switching between homes.
I believe that the ics for the 7300 will work just like that.
The only thing that you should consider would be the nexus 7 vs the 7300.
Cheers.
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Thank you for your answers. I appreciate.
I don't take the Nexus 7 in consideration because of the size (I have already a Galaxy Tab P3100), because it doesn't have a camera, a LED flash and the 3g facility.
Thanx again!
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peslap said:
Thank you for your answers. I appreciate.
I don't take the Nexus 7 in consideration because of the size (I have already a Galaxy Tab P3100), because it doesn't have a camera, a LED flash and the 3g facility.
Thanx again!
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The con of the nexus 7 is indeed the size... although I just find it small when it comes to video... to the rest is quite great.
The pro is the update... it already runs JB... We are just getting ICS... a OS that came out almost a year a go...
Your choice
I just found out samsung all share and I'm overwhelmed! #win