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GPS Problem SOLVED after 1 week of testing!!!

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.

xavierdemon said:
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

ninja_pimp said:
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

G1 GPS

Hi, i had problems with my GPS, i had enabled the two option avaliable in the location settings. However i am able to find my location using the cell tower, but my gps sign just keeps on flashing and it was not able to lock to satellites. May i know if it is hardware issues or software?
I am able to lock to satellites before, however now it takes forever. Thank You.

Are you trying outside? It's difficult to get a signal inside.
"GPS Status" free from the market shows you some good data, like how many birds it can see.
BTW "flashing", the icon itself is appearing and disappearing or the icon is animating? Also what ROM are you on and in which application(s) are you trying.

This may not help that much but I damaged my long coax to the gps chip while I changed my housing. Since then it acts the same as you described, so you could be experiencing a hardware issue. The parts for the gps can be found online for about $40 if you determine its a hardware issue.

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Hi, i am on KB7SQI's Rogers Mod 2.3, hmm i did tried it outdoor before and it refuses to lock on to the satellite. The icon of the gps will come on and off, it does not stay fixed, i have also tried on Google Maps App. It cannot detemine my location. Locking onto the satellite should take a few seconds, however mine took forever.
I am hoping it is not a hardware issue, importing parts would be very very expensive for me. I believe if it is a hardware issue,the icon will not even appear. Is there anyway i could test out whether my gps chip is working? Thank You.

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Hi, i am on KB7SQI's Rogers Mod 2.3, hmm i did tried it outdoor before and it refuses to lock on to the satellite. The icon of the gps will come on and off, it does not stay fixed, i have also tried on Google Maps App. It cannot detemine my location. Locking onto the satellite should take a few seconds, however mine took forever.
I am hoping it is not a hardware issue, importing parts would be very very expensive for me. I believe if it is a hardware issue,the icon will not even appear. Is there anyway i could test out whether my gps chip is working? Thank You.
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did you try a factory wipe/reset?

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I have just upgraded from v2.1 with a wipe, thus this is a wierd problem for me. Any Idea, besides hardware problem? Thanks

Problem with GPS sometimes..

I make Geocaching and before with HTC one X the GPS work very good with tolerate error Max 4meters, now with HTC one have 10-14meters,anyone have problems too?
Sent from my amazing HTC One!

I play Ingress and i too have issues with GPS and my HTC ONE.

Maybe a issue in the kernel... :/ hope when i root the phone this can be solve..

GPS 'lag'
I've been using HTC One for about a week and noticed when using navigation (e.g. Sygic) in my car the current location is not accurate but it sometimes points even 200m away. The GSP seems to be very laggy, especially when moving (drivig), but if I stand still it gets better - then the error is only 2-3m.
This is unrooted, unmodified stock phone. I've tried with the GPS Status to fix the location, but no success. Any hints what else I can do? Thanks.

domenm said:
I've been using HTC One for about a week and noticed when using navigation (e.g. Sygic) in my car the current location is not accurate but it sometimes points even 200m away. The GSP seems to be very laggy, especially when moving (drivig), but if I stand still it gets better - then the error is only 2-3m.
This is unrooted, unmodified stock phone. I've tried with the GPS Status to fix the location, but no success. Any hints what else I can do? Thanks.
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I can confirm the above. GPS is not reacting as fast as my Sensation and is sometimes way off qua location. This is on a rooted, S-off phone with ARHD 11.0.

[Q] HTC one GPS not locking

Hello, I've tried everything to make it work, I installed the GPS apps and everything, even flashed two different roms and still not working.. Is it a kitkat problem?

Ashk91 said:
Hello, I've tried everything to make it work, I installed the GPS apps and everything, even flashed two different roms and still not working.. Is it a kitkat problem?
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I have the same problem I cant even get the phone to search for a GPS signal. my bootloader is unlocked and rooted. Im thinking of reverting back to stock to see if this fixes anything

disaster999 said:
I have the same problem I cant even get the phone to search for a GPS signal. my bootloader is unlocked and rooted. Im thinking of reverting back to stock to see if this fixes anything
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I reverted to stock and it didn't work as well, tell me if it helps you please

I tried restarting my phone and that got the GPS to turn on. But it wouldnt turn off itself whenever you exit an app like Maps or a GPS status app. The icon will continue to flash on the tool bar for a while and eventually turn of by itself. If you try to activate the GPS again you need to restart your phone.
Im not sure if this is a 4.4.2 problem or a unlocked/rooted problem. Ill try to revert my phone back to stock tonight

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I tried restarting my phone and that got the GPS to turn on. But it wouldnt turn off itself whenever you exit an app like Maps or a GPS status app. The icon will continue to flash on the tool bar for a while and eventually turn of by itself. If you try to activate the GPS again you need to restart your phone.
Im not sure if this is a 4.4.2 problem or a unlocked/rooted problem. Ill try to revert my phone back to stock tonight
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my gps doesnt have that problem..download an app called gps status, it shows how many satellites are in the field, then click on agps reset, then download then reboot..some people report this method fixes their gps, but doesnt fix mine ..keep me informed

I'm having the same issue lately after sending my phone to service to fix camera... My gps doesn't want to fix satellites. I tried reverting to stock (keeping s-off and unlocked bootloader) installed a guru reset rom and applied otas but no way till now. Last chance will be flashing a ruu, didn't have time yet but I'll do it in a couple days. I will keep you guys informed, if anyone succeeds in fixing it, please post how you did it!
Gps status sometimes sees satellites but signal is too low and never grows. I even tried tweaking gps.conf file a lot but no way...
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Update: i tried with a RUU zip with android 4.1.2 and applied otas till 4.3 (that was the last one i received) on one of this upgrades camera was unable to launch but on the next one it came back. And no way to get gps working with any one of these upgrades. Gps status sees a number of satellites (weird thing, after every new flash glonass satellites appear with some sort of signal -- snr <= 1.18 --, until i reset gps data and download new agps files, then they never come back until i flash some other version/rom) but never gets an acceptable signal enough to lock..
Really don't know what else to try, i think i will send back to service..
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Update: i tried with a RUU zip with android 4.1.2 and applied otas till 4.3 (that was the last one i received) on one of this upgrades camera was unable to launch but on the next one it came back. And no way to get gps working with any one of these upgrades. Gps status sees a number of satellites (weird thing, after every new flash glonass satellites appear with some sort of signal -- snr <= 1.18 --, until i reset gps data and download new agps files, then they never come back until i flash some other version/rom) but never gets an acceptable signal enough to lock..
Really don't know what else to try, i think i will send back to service..
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Any update on this?
Im having issues with my GPS as well. I use the ViperOne ROM (latest) with the ElementalX firmware. When I try to use Google Maps the following will happen:
1) GPS will find my location ok and calculate a route ok.
2) I start driving and the blue arrow in google maps does not move OR it thinks im on a different road than I actually am. When it thinks im on a different road the arrow may or may not move...more often than not it just stays still.
3) I have driven for over 10min hoping it will eventually start to work but it doesn't.
4) The only way I have got it to work is to pull over, stop nav, close maps and try again. Generally on the 2nd or 3rd try it will start to work correctly.
My GPS was working fine before I rooted and installed a custom ROM. I will try wiping and flashing ViperOne tonight and use the stock firmware instead of ElementalX. Will report back to see if this works.

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Any update on this?
Im having issues with my GPS as well. I use the ViperOne ROM (latest) with the ElementalX firmware. When I try to use Google Maps the following will happen:
1) GPS will find my location ok and calculate a route ok.
2) I start driving and the blue arrow in google maps does not move OR it thinks im on a different road than I actually am. When it thinks im on a different road the arrow may or may not move...more often than not it just stays still.
3) I have driven for over 10min hoping it will eventually start to work but it doesn't.
4) The only way I have got it to work is to pull over, stop nav, close maps and try again. Generally on the 2nd or 3rd try it will start to work correctly.
My GPS was working fine before I rooted and installed a custom ROM. I will try wiping and flashing ViperOne tonight and use the stock firmware instead of ElementalX. Will report back to see if this works.
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So the 2nd post in this thread has solved my issue...for now.

froggy88 said:
So the 2nd post in this thread has solved my issue...for now.
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Nop no good still. If anyone has a fix for this it would be appreciated!!!

Same issues here after sending in for repair. GPS sees about 18-20 satellites per the gps status apps, but only fixes on 3-4 with weak signals. Tried a few gps.conf tweaks which help but seems that they're just using more of the AGPS data and not actually the GPS chip.
EDIT: Have tried a few fresh wipes and different ROMs, GPE edition, etc. - all the same. This never happened in the past :/

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Same issues here after sending in for repair. GPS sees about 18-20 satellites per the gps status apps, but only fixes on 3-4 with weak signals. Tried a few gps.conf tweaks which help but seems that they're just using more of the AGPS data and not actually the GPS chip.
EDIT: Have tried a few fresh wipes and different ROMs, GPE edition, etc. - all the same. This never happened in the past :/
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I have tried updating the firmware to the latest version and different ROMS but that did not help. However I discovered that in google maps if I select the walk mode my navigation will work! Unfortunately thats no help as I need the car mode to work.
I installed GPS Status and it locks on to plenty of satellites so im not sure why Google Maps (or any nav apps) will not work.
I came to the same conclusion as you. It seems like the phone is using AGPS and not the GPS data.

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I have tried updating the firmware to the latest version and different ROMS but that did not help. However I discovered that in google maps if I select the walk mode my navigation will work! Unfortunately thats no help as I need the car mode to work.
I installed GPS Status and it locks on to plenty of satellites so im not sure why Google Maps (or any nav apps) will not work.
I came to the same conclusion as you. It seems like the phone is using AGPS and not the GPS data.
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I did a little research the other day ...I can't find the link but I remember most of it..
Apparently one of the Google+ and/or playstore silent background updates mess up gps on google maps for HTC One.
Using the 'GPS essentials' and 'Gps status' apps you can actually lock on to all the gps satellites fine.
Also using navigation,like you did...also locks on fine.
Its the standard google maps over view and a few other apps that use it (like my bus map app) that are affected.
One work around is apparently (didn't work for me though) going into the google settings app and tinkering with Google+ settings. turning it off or clearing it or something.
This is a software issue. I'm on untampered pure stock.

So I have resolved the GPS issue on my device. I tried a whole bunch of things so im not totally sure what fixed it. I:
Removed HTC Backup using root uninstaller
Using Faster GPS set my location and added the TRUE flag to AGPS_Enable
Using GPSFix I waited until it locked onto a satellite.
Rebooted my phone then tested with GPS Test. My phone locked onto about 8 satellites.
Tried Google maps navigation and it worked.
So far its been 3 days, 2 reboots and counting. Hopefully something similar works for you.

If you're rooted editing the GPS.conf file fixes it perfectly. The default setting are just totally crap

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So I have resolved the GPS issue on my device. I tried a whole bunch of things so im not totally sure what fixed it. I:
Removed HTC Backup using root uninstaller
Using Faster GPS set my location and added the TRUE flag to AGPS_Enable
Using GPSFix I waited until it locked onto a satellite.
Rebooted my phone then tested with GPS Test. My phone locked onto about 8 satellites.
Tried Google maps navigation and it worked.
So far its been 3 days, 2 reboots and counting. Hopefully something similar works for you.
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And GPS has stopped working again. What a pain.

Go here. This is how I fixed my HTC one. It works on all android phones. The default GPS.conf file is rubbish
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953630

I tried the gps.conf file in that link. It seemed to be slightly better at first, locking onto 3 satellites with yellow SNR in GPS Test. But then I tried resetting and downloading the AGPS data with GPS Status and after it doesn't even detect satellites anymore.

Question to the posters in the thread. Have any of you dropped your phone before this started happening? I've gone through 2 M7s and the GPS stopped working properly after taking a nasty spill and have been unsuccessful in remedying the problem.

shalpp said:
Question to the posters in the thread. Have any of you dropped your phone before this started happening? I've gone through 2 M7s and the GPS stopped working properly after taking a nasty spill and have been unsuccessful in remedying the problem.
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I have dropped my phone several times however it is in a protective case. My issue started out of the blue: one day it was working just fine, the next it was highly erratic...and has been since.

gps problem

Hi im having problem with gps it freezes and sometimes it just looses track of where i am and thinks my car on another street.i tried google maps and tomtom both do that.I tried pure nexus and cataclysm rom and this happens also.

I'm having the same issue. Hopefully someone figures this problem out, and passes the solution to us.

eman630 said:
I'm having the same issue. Hopefully someone figures this problem out, and passes the solution to us.
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Without a logcat of the issue there is almost no way to fix it. Many things can effect the gps. Some you can do something about and some you cant. Its not always the device/rom that has an issue.