Team,
boodies posted this in the General section and thought it should be here as well, due to its nature.
Props goes out to boodies, Great Find!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728611
I tried this and all GPS and compass issues are now fixed. GPS locks on accurately in just a few seconds.
***This fix may not work if you live outside of USA.***
##You can play with the settings if you want to. If you FUBAR your GPS a simple factory reset will return your setting to default. You can do this without going into recovery buy going to Settings / Privacy / Factory data reset.##
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Tested Procedure:
1 - Disable "Use Wireless Networks" - Settings / Location & Security
2 - Dial *#*#1472365#*#*
3 - Under "Application settings" Change "Operation Mode" to MS Based
4 - Under "SUPL/CP Settings" Change the SERVER & PORT to supl.google.com and port 7276 [ Do not use www. in front of supl]
5 - REBOOT
6 - Turn back on the "User Wireless Networks"
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Original settings:
Operation Mode: Standalone
Server: www.spirent-lcs.com
Port: 7275
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Optional New Fix:
1 - Dial *#*#1472365#*#*
2 - Go outside to get an unimpeded GPS fix.
3 - Choose Delete GPS Data button.
4 - Choose Get Position Test button. Let it run for 3 min or until you have 10 to 12 Sat locks and back out.
Thanks goes to Onlyloki for this method.
You may want to do this in conjunction with the first procedure and then do the optional if the first procedure did not work for you. I did both and my GPS is locking even faster. Let me know what you think...
Just some more info I dug up:
Quote from http://www.vzwdevelopers.com/aims/public/menu/lbs/LBSFAQ.jsp
"In MS-Based mode, the network provides the satellite information to the device, based on a rough estimate of where the device is located, and the device acquires the GPS signals from the satellites and calculates its location. After the initial fix, the device operates like an autonomous GPS receiver, until the satellite information must be refreshed, at which time the device goes back to the network to update the satellite information. MS-Based mode is appropriate for applications that require the device location to be updated rapidly, such as a navigation application. Can the GPS work in autonomous mode? No, the GPS receiver requires the assistance of the network elements to acquire its initial location fix."
With the rapid updating we could see an increased drain on the battery. I have not confirmed that yet. If anyone can let us know.
Edit #2:
I was informed by a sales rep at T-Mobile that Samsung is aware of the issue and is going to fix the GPS and the compass issue in their first update.
Rooted USERS:
Go Here and flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748821
TGA_Gunnman said:
Team,
boodies posted this in the General section and thought it should be here as well due to its nature.
Props goes out to boodies, Great Find!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728611
I tried this and all GPS and compass issues are now fixed. GPS locks on accurately in just a few seconds.
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does everyone have the gps problem or just some cause to me it doesnt seem like i have it just wondering
Mine were working ok, but compass was all over the place. After fix it was alot faster locking in and compass was fine. Noticed it using skymap, layer, etc...
fix worked great for me. All I need it to be semi close and this makes the lock within seconds. Before I couldnt even get a lock.. Awesome XDA
TGA_Gunnman said:
Team,
boodies posted this in the General section and thought it should be here as well due to its nature.
Props goes out to boodies, Great Find!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728611
I tried this and all GPS and compass issues are now fixed. GPS locks on accurately in just a few seconds.
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My gps takes awhile to lock. But before i try this.
What is the orig settings? Can someone post?
I dont want to do this and then if it doesnt work i cant revert
Don't you lose out on better accuracy by disabling wireless networks?
hah2110 said:
Don't you lose out on better accuracy by disabling wireless networks?
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You turn it back on, on step 6.
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skater4690 said:
does everyone have the gps problem or just some cause to me it doesnt seem like i have it just wondering
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i don't either, i used navigation all yesterday and lock was fast... just lucky???
hah2110 said:
Don't you lose out on better accuracy by disabling wireless networks?
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WOW my bad!
diaa08 said:
i don't either, i used navigation all yesterday and lock was fast... just lucky???
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What are your settings set to?
Also check out a compass app and skymap are they throwing you all over?
I'm curious.
This is a shining example of what makes it great to be an Android phone owner, the outstanding community support that XDA has is second to none in my opinion, even to carrier/vendor support. My Vibrant should be arriving Tuesday or Wednesday (can't wait). I used to have Sapphire, then switched to the HD2 because I'm bound to T-Mobile and Windows Mobile was more horrible than I could have imagined. I can't wait to see CM6 with Froyo on the Vibrant...makes my mouth water thinking about it. Thanks again for the great work.
TGA_Gunnman said:
What are your settings set to?
Also check out a compass app and skymap are they throwing you all over?
I'm curious.
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compass and skymap ARE acting strange... guess the nav was working because i happened to get a quick gps fix? i'll choose to believe that over the possibility i could have jinxed myself by saying i had no problems...
i have noticed that the battery drain is much higher (like abnormaly so) if you have the gps toggled on through tw and have something like beautiful widgets on...
would something like the QuickGPS app on HD2 solve some of these problems? anyone familiar with that app and what it does?
I did this *fix* and it killed my GPS.
so, I have reverted back to normal.
I noticed I'm getting a much better GPS lock in maps. The problem with skymap appears to be unrelated to GPS and appears to be something with the compass. On my G1, it tracked as I turned it with fairly precise accuracy. With the vibrant, it has a 5-6 second delay on tracking movement on the horizontal (up and down tracking in near perfect). However, the compass app seems to function just fine in that regard, oddly enough.
kusotare said:
I noticed I'm getting a much better GPS lock in maps. The problem with skymap appears to be unrelated to GPS and appears to be something with the compass. On my G1, it tracked as I turned it with fairly precise accuracy. With the vibrant, it has a 5-6 second delay on tracking movement on the horizontal (up and down tracking in near perfect). However, the compass app seems to function just fine in that regard, oddly enough.
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Same here. The compass was not affected by this fix, it is still acting like garbage.
The GPS does lock faster now, but before this it was working reasonably.
unxconformed said:
Same here. The compass was not affected by this fix, it is still acting like garbage.
The GPS does lock faster now, but before this it was working reasonably.
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I will remove compass fix from my title. I saw an improvement but can not prove this fix will correct the compass issue.
Thought I'd chime in here.
With the default settings my GPS and compass seemed to be working fine, but I thought I'd check these new settings out. I have since reverted back to the original settings b/c the change actually made my GPS less accurate and my compass seemed to get a little funky.
GPS: Original settings is showing my exact location; down to the actual room in the house. New settings I wasn't even on the correct street!
Compass: Original settings in Skymap the compass is steady. Once it finds it self it sits there. New settings the map was rotating without me moving.
Figured this would be helpful to those out there who's GPS/compass seems to be working fine with the stock settings!
BradBot said:
Thought I'd chime in here.
With the default settings my GPS and compass seemed to be working fine, but I thought I'd check these new settings out. I have since reverted back to the original settings b/c the change actually made my GPS less accurate and my compass seemed to get a little funky.
GPS: Original settings is showing my exact location; down to the actual room in the house. New settings I wasn't even on the correct street!
Compass: Original settings in Skymap the compass is steady. Once it finds it self it sits there. New settings the map was rotating without me moving.
Figured this would be helpful to those out there who's GPS/compass seems to be working fine with the stock settings!
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Just out of curiosity what are your original settings set to?
The same listed by the OP. I checked them before I made any changes.
Operation Mode: Standalone
Server: www.spirent-lcs.com
Port: 7275
The Sony Xperia white paper says that the SP does not have a magnetometer.
However, the compass seems to work according to this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtO07kJUzO4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It can't be the gyroscope as the compass responds to the magnet. If a magnetometer is not necessary for the compass to work, then why do all the other phones have one?
Can anyone else repeat the test? Preferably with a compass app, Google sky map and Google maps, all three of which are dependent on a compass.
If it does work, how is that possible? What black magic is this?
I'm very interested in this phone but I absolutely need a compass, especially since I'm coming from a phone that doesn't have one and that's very annoying...
Maybe it's not the same, but CPU-Z (free on the play store) show a Magnetic Field sensor...
My current HTC explorer definitely does not show either the magnetic field or the gyroscope using the CPU Z s app - my phone has neither of those sensors.
Someone should post this evidence on Sony mobile's talk forums and ask them to confirm again that the white paper is still correct. Maybe a certain variant of the phone has it? But others don't? What variant is your phone?
PS. My phone's running CM 10.1. That's why I can use CPU-Z, in case anyone's wondering
My phone variant is C5303, bought it from my carrier (Orange France).
nukeblitz said:
The Sony Xperia white paper says that the SP does not have a magnetometer.
However, the compass seems to work according to this video.
It can't be the gyroscope as the compass responds to the magnet. If a magnetometer is not necessary for the compass to work, then why do all the other phones have one?
Can anyone else repeat the test? Preferably with a compass app, Google sky map and Google maps, all three of which are dependent on a compass.
If it does work, how is that possible? What black magic is this?
I'm very interested in this phone but I absolutely need a compass, especially since I'm coming from a phone that doesn't have one and that's very annoying...
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Hi,
i've asked it to sonymobile here:
talk_sonymobile_com/thread/140587 (replace _ with .)
Bye
Shywim said:
My phone variant is C5303, bought it from my carrier (Orange France).
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I can confirm that C5302, unlocked, Indian version has a working compass. A friend bought it recently
Well the compass work inside the maps app. And every other navigation apps working without a problem.
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I have a C5303, and I can confirm that it has a magnetometer. There is an app on the Play Store called "Metal Detector" which uses a phone's magnetometer to measure magnetic fields. By placing magnets near my phone, the metal detector app began showing in increase in the magnetism levels around the phone. I believe the magnetoneter is in the top right corner of the phone, can anyone confirm this?
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Hello,
I have the HTC One, rooted, Super-CID, S-OFF running SinLessROM GPe v6.4.0.
Today I noticed that the compass is not working. The compass stays constantly in the north direction and Smart Tools shows a message that there is no compass or that it is not working correctly.
Google Maps or Ingress also don't provide compass functionality. Could this be a software/ROM problem or is it likely that my compass is broken on hardware side?
I already restarted the phone. What can I do?
Thanks
Christian
I upgraded to SinLessROM GPe 6.5.0 with full wipe, but still no compass detected from Smart Tools. Google Maps and Ingress also no compass after upgrade.
I just got a Droid Maxx and I noticed when trying to play a gps based game that the gps is way off. My question is...are there certain settings I am missing, or does this phone just have a bad time with gps?
Would there be an app that would help with the gps accuracy? I need it to be spot on, and if this phone just isn't capable of handling that then I will have to go with a different phone.
Hi All,
I have a brand new Z1 from China.
I had Android 4 something. I have user USB cable and PC Companion to flash the latest system 5 something.
To be honest with you I have not tested compass on the previous system, but the device is not even detected in Service Menu.
I can see that gyroscope is working fine, but compass is like non existent.
I have noticed that first when I could not use my Google Navigation. I thought that it will work using GPS coordinates, but compass seems to be one of the essential components of this software and there is no backup engine.
Please advise what should I do next as this is weird. I have a Motorola Goto and this phone works flawlessly comparing to surprises I have with Xperia.
Thank you
Kardell said:
Hi All,
I have a brand new Z1 from China.
I had Android 4 something. I have user USB cable and PC Companion to flash the latest system 5 something.
To be honest with you I have not tested compass on the previous system, but the device is not even detected in Service Menu.
I can see that gyroscope is working fine, but compass is like non existent.
I have noticed that first when I could not use my Google Navigation. I thought that it will work using GPS coordinates, but compass seems to be one of the essential components of this software and there is no backup engine.
Please advise what should I do next as this is weird. I have a Motorola Goto and this phone works flawlessly comparing to surprises I have with Xperia.
Thank you
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yea i dont think the xperia z1 has a compass, i brought mine like that, i try to go to google maps and the nav arrow dosent show up, only blue dot, i assumed that google removed the blue arrow. even using various testing apps nothing works no compass testers or calibrators work. and even on miui v7 the compass app dosent even move
xdarkmario said:
yea i dont think the xperia z1 has a compass, i brought mine like that, i try to go to google maps and the nav arrow dosent show up, only blue dot, i assumed that google removed the blue arrow. even using various testing apps nothing works no compass testers or calibrators work. and even on miui v7 the compass app dosent even move
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Thank you for your answer.
In all the specs I have checked it is showing that the compass is included and sensor-wise it is not different from Motorola I have both were released roughly in the same time.
I come across a forum discussion where people say that they lost compass after upgrade from Android 4 to 5 possibly due to firmware issue.