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hello,
I have my tp for a while now, but didn't use much gps. now i tried google maps and tt7, but it takes up to 10-15 min. to get a fix. How is this possible?? I updated the latest quickgps, but nothing....??
thnx!
HardSPL your phone
Try another Radio
*huh*?
fireblade63 said:
Try another Radio
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How is another radio supposed to fix this problem?! Afaik, the GPS-Receiption has nothing to do with the GSM-Radio nor its firmware....it isnt even controllable by software.
Radios will make a difference with your GSM/DATA strength, GPS reception, Camera smoothness, WiFi, and battery life.
This is what I've been living with for the past year with my Kaiser (and alot more members over there too).
Trying out radios along with ROMs to see which is the best mix.
Radios are not only firmware for the radio chip, it is for all what I have mentioned above, even sound in some cases would disappear.
Just don't forget to HardSPL your device.
You could also try GPSGate to aid GPS fast fix.
Monarch73 said:
How is another radio supposed to fix this problem?! Afaik, the GPS-Receiption has nothing to do with the GSM-Radio nor its firmware....it isnt even controllable by software.
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Work around
Hey,
I was reading the tread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=420933
I have the same problem, tt7 takes about 3 mins to get a fix.
Right after i use googlemaps (which gets fix in 10 secs) i start tt7, then it gets a fix in 20 secs.
Now i've installed GPSGate, created a new virtual com port with it and set tt7 to that port. Now I have no issues with tt7
Yeah, GPSGate work like a charm
zSpinner said:
Hey,
I was reading the tread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=420933
I have the same problem, tt7 takes about 3 mins to get a fix.
Right after i use googlemaps (which gets fix in 10 secs) i start tt7, then it gets a fix in 20 secs.
Now i've installed GPSGate, created a new virtual com port with it and set tt7 to that port. Now I have no issues with tt7
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Whats GPSGate? Why do you need to run it with tt7? Not sure what its used for. DOes it give faster connection?
oh great, so in other words. to get a function working reliably that should be doing it out of the box on these pricey phones, we have to spend more dosh to get it working.
my gps also works like cack... yes i have tried all the radios..
guess i am another sucker who has to go buy gps gate...
I bought gspgate, and now? what do I need to do?
RayB said:
oh great, so in other words. to get a function working reliably that should be doing it out of the box on these pricey phones, we have to spend more dosh to get it working.
my gps also works like cack... yes i have tried all the radios..
guess i am another sucker who has to go buy gps gate...
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This is so stupid!!! I'm very angry with HTC. Don't they test in real life their products?!??! Damn it....
i think it is related to powersaving or the gps driver itself is bugging
when you turn off the phone and turn it back on and wait for like 5 minutes to get the gps doing its cold start it works fine. Then i quit tt7 and start it again .. still works fine.. 10 minutes later the phone suspends and i wake it up and suddenly there is no gps. then it finds a gps device and then it finds sattelites and then it got a fix (after way to long time) and then right when it fixes it looses the gps device ..
conclusion: this is has to be some powersaving which makes the gps device doing a cold start again while it is started allready.
i also noticed when you start quickgps and then exit it and go to tomtom it suddenly finds all preloaded sattelites ...
when running advconfig3 the assisted gps is turned off by default and i turned it on. Im going to put it back to default to see if it makes a difference
RayB said:
oh great, so in other words. to get a function working reliably that should be doing it out of the box on these pricey phones, we have to spend more dosh to get it working.
my gps also works like cack... yes i have tried all the radios..
guess i am another sucker who has to go buy gps gate...
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maybe because it is a separate gps receiver... got nothing to do with radio rom nor driver.. the gps has his own..
i also think that, we have to wait for a new gps driver
This really does suck and shame on HTC
yeah, I sold my tytn 2 because of all the problems... now history repeats...
now I do have gps gate, and it sucks even more, what do I need to do, to get it better?
da_jojo said:
maybe because it is a separate gps receiver... got nothing to do with radio rom nor driver.. the gps has his own..
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I just stuck the bit in about trying the radios etc because that is what so many people seem to think has an effect on the operation of the handset. If it has nothing to do with the GPS then so be it.
Does not change the fact that it works like cack....
da_jojo said:
i think it is related to powersaving or the gps driver itself is bugging
when you turn off the phone and turn it back on and wait for like 5 minutes to get the gps doing its cold start it works fine. Then i quit tt7 and start it again .. still works fine.. 10 minutes later the phone suspends and i wake it up and suddenly there is no gps. then it finds a gps device and then it finds sattelites and then it got a fix (after way to long time) and then right when it fixes it looses the gps device ..
conclusion: this is has to be some powersaving which makes the gps device doing a cold start again while it is started allready.
i also noticed when you start quickgps and then exit it and go to tomtom it suddenly finds all preloaded sattelites ...
when running advconfig3 the assisted gps is turned off by default and i turned it on. Im going to put it back to default to see if it makes a difference
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Hi,
I had a similar issue with TomTom 6 yesterday.
I had set the Assisted GPS to ON using the AdvancedConfig program. Whilst i was driving, i would get a satellite fix for about 10 secs then it would get lost, resulting in TomTom suspending for about 15 secs, a fix would be found again, TomTom will come back to life, then lose itself after 10 seconds. This cycle repeated itself throughout my journey.
I then set the Assisted GPS back to its default OFF, did a soft reset and started TomTom again and it worked fine after that.
Could some of the issues we are experiencing be related to tinkering with the Assisted GPS setting?
M
BLL1989 said:
yeah, I sold my tytn 2 because of all the problems... now history repeats...
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same here!
beh, still cant pick up a single satellite using tomtom7 the satellite lock page is completely blank, with a wheel spinning saying: "poor gps reception, are you in door?" (duh)
while i can acquire a lock using iGo 8, just takes a long time... in door
So my GPS was working fine for its limited use over the past few weeks that I owned the Inspire.... Now I'm having a rough time.
I downloaded a geocaching app called c:geo and was getting very erratic location locks on coordinates (it would tell me a cache was over 200 feet away when it was literally right on top of me).
Then, yesterday, while trying to use the GPS with google maps in my car, it continually lost signal, and would often not be able to reconnect.
This is rather troubling to me, as the GPS seemed to be working fine as of earlier last week.
exchange it
Update: Just went outside and stood with the GPS and it kept searching for GPS in google maps... I think I might be returning this and getting another.
magnumforce2006 said:
So my GPS was working fine for its limited use over the past few weeks that I owned the Inspire.... Now I'm having a rough time.
I downloaded a geocaching app called c:geo and was getting very erratic location locks on coordinates (it would tell me a cache was over 200 feet away when it was literally right on top of me).
Then, yesterday, while trying to use the GPS with google maps in my car, it continually lost signal, and would often not be able to reconnect.
This is rather troubling to me, as the GPS seemed to be working fine as of earlier last week.
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Try downloading Fasterfix from the Market.
So this is quite weird... after downloading GPS status, I was noticing that I was getting NO satellites... I leave the app on for awhile, just fiddling around with things, and out of nowhere I get a fix on 7 (in my house).
I take the phone out to a nearby cache and it's accurate within 4 meters... ?_?
Don't return the phone yet. Do to settings>location the the very last option listed should let you reinstall / recover the locations app/ Doing this fixed mine perfectly. Also remember some cases interfere with the gps antenna
Went ahead and returned it anyway, may as well while I'm still in the 30 day period. New GPS works like a charm, at first.
Also I was not using a case.
9646gt said:
Don't return the phone yet. Do to settings>location the the very last option listed should let you reinstall / recover the locations app/ Doing this fixed mine perfectly. Also remember some cases interfere with the gps antenna
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For future reference, where is this exactly?
All I see in Settings > Location is
-Use Wireless networks
-Use GPS Satellites
-Phone Finder
That option appears in some of the DHD roms and not available in the stock AT&T rom.
I'm sorry if this is addressed somewhere, but I couldn't find anything solid while searching. I use my G2x every day with SportyPal Pro for my bike rides. I am currently running stock 2.2.2 with root and am having some difficulty attaining an initial GPS lock. It seems like when I go to launch any GPS app, it will not get a lock. To get it to work, I have to open GPS Test, select tools, and clear out the A-GPS data. After doing this, it looks almost instantly and will keep a lock forever.
The next day, however, I must do the same thing, and this happens nearly 100% of the time. The funny thing to me is when I open GPS Test, it will show a strong signal from a lot of satellites, around 7-9, but it doesn't use these signals to find the lock. Again, after resetting the A-GPS data, it works every time almost instantly.
I have just dealt with this but it is getting more frustrating. Today, GPS Test wouldn't load, just kept showing a blank screen and force closing eventually, even after fix permissions, clear data, uninstall and reinstall. Only after another reboot, would GPS Test even load. I can't explain because I don't know well how the inner software works, but the GPS seems to have a hard time relocating itself when using the cached A-GPS data. Any fixes that anyone knows of, or things I could try?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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I'm sorry if this is addressed somewhere, but I couldn't find anything solid while searching. I use my G2x every day with SportyPal Pro for my bike rides. I am currently running stock 2.2.2 with root and am having some difficulty attaining an initial GPS lock. It seems like when I go to launch any GPS app, it will not get a lock. To get it to work, I have to open GPS Test, select tools, and clear out the A-GPS data. After doing this, it looks almost instantly and will keep a lock forever.
The next day, however, I must do the same thing, and this happens nearly 100% of the time. The funny thing to me is when I open GPS Test, it will show a strong signal from a lot of satellites, around 7-9, but it doesn't use these signals to find the lock. Again, after resetting the A-GPS data, it works every time almost instantly.
I have just dealt with this but it is getting more frustrating. Today, GPS Test wouldn't load, just kept showing a blank screen and force closing eventually, even after fix permissions, clear data, uninstall and reinstall. Only after another reboot, would GPS Test even load. I can't explain because I don't know well how the inner software works, but the GPS seems to have a hard time relocating itself when using the cached A-GPS data. Any fixes that anyone knows of, or things I could try?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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I dont know how to help but wheres tools in the gps test app? Ahhhh I see gps status not gps test...
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I dont know how to help but wheres tools in the gps test app?
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When you launch the app and go to the satellite view screen, press menu, and it is one of the options.
jimbo831 said:
I'm sorry if this is addressed somewhere, but I couldn't find anything solid while searching. I use my G2x every day with SportyPal Pro for my bike rides. I am currently running stock 2.2.2 with root and am having some difficulty attaining an initial GPS lock. It seems like when I go to launch any GPS app, it will not get a lock. To get it to work, I have to open GPS Test, select tools, and clear out the A-GPS data. After doing this, it looks almost instantly and will keep a lock forever.
The next day, however, I must do the same thing, and this happens nearly 100% of the time. The funny thing to me is when I open GPS Test, it will show a strong signal from a lot of satellites, around 7-9, but it doesn't use these signals to find the lock. Again, after resetting the A-GPS data, it works every time almost instantly.
I have just dealt with this but it is getting more frustrating. Today, GPS Test wouldn't load, just kept showing a blank screen and force closing eventually, even after fix permissions, clear data, uninstall and reinstall. Only after another reboot, would GPS Test even load. I can't explain because I don't know well how the inner software works, but the GPS seems to have a hard time relocating itself when using the cached A-GPS data. Any fixes that anyone knows of, or things I could try?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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Sadly, I am having the same problem
I think I'm having the same problem too: I can pick up plenty of satellites (more than the 3-4 required for a lock), and they turn green, but I don't actually get positioning data available.
andrewNY said:
I think I'm having the same problem too: I can pick up plenty of satellites (more than the 3-4 required for a lock), and they turn green, but I don't actually get positioning data available.
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Well, I guess if you are seeing the same problem, it could be a software failure. Why can't Android phone makers release a phone with GPS that works out of box? Do they not test these things? Hopefully the Gingerbread update addresses this issue.
I have GPS issues often as well.
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I don't have this problem but I have heard of others that do. My device locks in literally 3 seconds and is accurate to 5 feet. I have to say it's the best GPS I have ever used.
I think this problem is an android issue not hardware. I have to load gps test on my vibrant before being able to get a lock also. Wont lie the lock time on this phone is considerably longer but when finally does lock its strong and accurate.
via LG G2x
It takes me forever to get a GPS lock too. However, once it finally gets one, it's fairly strong and accurate.
Gps is way crap now.my vibrant beats the crap out of it... I'm getting like 40000 feet accuracy. It eventually works itself out but still crap..
In gps status in tools deleting the a gps stuff it takes a long time (5 seconds) vs my vibrants agps data. Vibrants clears instantly almost like the lg remembers too much causing conflict....
I cant find my location via gps in google maps. In the gps status app, it appeard to be locking as fix/sats shows 3/3. Ive cleared agps data and also tried to download agps data. Does anyone experience a similar issue? Any suggestions as what elsd i can try?
I dont think its the hardware because it did work the last time i tried about 2 weeks ago. Since then I tried to use a location spoofing app (that has since been uninstalled and mock locations disabled).
On the O2X the mongs at LG left out the gps.conf file, adding it manually sped up lock time no end. I guess it's possible they did the same on the G2X?
I actually exchanged a G2x yesterday that was having problems with GPS
Regardless of whether it was on stock or not, rooted or otherwise, my phone would not find any more than 4 satellites, and would never lock. Factory resets did nothing. My fiancee's phone, however, would find 8 or more within 10 seconds when both phones were set right next to each other. Both phones had a 4/05 manufacture date.
Because of that, I was pretty sure my issue was hardware, as I was never able to get the GPS to work properly. The phone they gave me yesterday (4/12 manufacture date) does seem to work ok, though the screen bleeding a bit worse (but that doesn't bother me *that* much)
ok guys i been seen that the new beaseband jul1511 suppost to fix the gps and some other have web problems or something.
i need help is it the rom that im using or my phone is bad?
i am running CM7 124 and my gps give me a accuarred location when im on wifi
but still navigation takes a while sometimes not to work it stays on searching for gps
but when im on tmobile network it give me a few blocks away from my location
and sometimes navigation still search for gps but in the map it gives me right where i am.
ok i did the gps fix from gps.conf but didnt help so i went back to where it was.
its getting on my nerves but i was wondering if it was the rom fault or my phone.
and about the web not working? mine works fine
first lock usually takes about 5 minutes or so, if you leave the gps on then its usually instant for about a full day or so. if you turn the device off then on later it takes about 2-3 to relock. tested on both tmobile and google supl servers.
thank you man. it dever did work when i was inside my house but as soon i went outside it picked up the right location fast. and navigation fast
gypsy214 said:
thank you man. it dever did work when i was inside my house but as soon i went outside it picked up the right location fast. and navigation fast
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GPS typically doesn't work inside unless you are near a window. It detects satellites orbitting the earth so the receiver needs a clear view of the sky.
On Froyo
- doesn't work out of box (can see 2-4 satellites but no fix)
- used lbstest menu, changed mode to MS assist, 10 starts 5-7 fixes within 3 seconds
On Gingerbread
- doesn't work out of box (can see 2-4 satellites but no fix)
- no way to get into lbstest menu
- tried different roms, best case is getting a fix in minutes with Valhalla but not stable (drifting, losing fix, not accurate, etc.)
So I'm thinking, to fix this on GB, if only someone can figure out a way of changing the mode (standalone vs MS based vs MS assisted) or better have full access to lbstest or its equivalent on GB.
cheers
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Forgot to mention, I tried GPS Aids paid version as well (on Valhalla)
Purchased, tried the auto fix option, nothing happens;
Downgraded to V2 (read somewhere that it works better than V3 which is the current version in Market), tried clearing GPS folder (or something alike), phone suddenly rebooted.
Then it takes forever to verifying license.
Then upgraded back to V3, noticed that I need to uninstall V3 before intalling V2.
Did that, and instantly got email from Market telling me I have been refunded cuz I uninstalled the app...
GPS Aids worked perfectly fine for me.
Here's what I do:
1) I use GPS Doctor, which is supposed to cause you to reboot.
2) I download the GPS Aiding Data for Forced Method. Native Method doesn't seem to work for me, but there hasn't been a difference in my GPS performance.
3) Use GPS Status, which detects the satellites around you. You should be able to see some at the bottom. They are white at first, but once enough satellites are around and you're connected, they should turn green (not all, just some).
4) Use your GPS like you normally would.
I hope you're using your GPS outdoors, instead of trying to fix it indoors. It's very likely that it won't work when you're indoors. I practically get instant locks when I'm outside.
hummmmmmmmm
bkoon1218 said:
GPS Aids worked perfectly fine for me.
Here's what I do:
1) I use GPS Doctor, which is supposed to cause you to reboot.
2) I download the GPS Aiding Data for Forced Method. Native Method doesn't seem to work for me, but there hasn't been a difference in my GPS performance.
3) Use GPS Status, which detects the satellites around you. You should be able to see some at the bottom. They are white at first, but once enough satellites are around and you're connected, they should turn green (not all, just some).
4) Use your GPS like you normally would.
I hope you're using your GPS outdoors, instead of trying to fix it indoors. It's very likely that it won't work when you're indoors. I practically get instant locks when I'm outside.
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By outside you mean walking on the street? I'm trying to get a fix while driving my car, you know, to get turn by turn directions. I hope a car qualifies as "outside". Anyway, I get a fix after several (lots of) minutes. I'm not going to paid for gps aid donate version. I paid a lot for my phone! (i'm not being cheap, it's just that where I live it isn't easy to get us dolars).
I think on froyo I had less waiting time for fix. But can't really tell. It's been so long since I moved to GB.
I think I'll end up selling my phone or giving it to my gf and get a sgs2 or galaxy nexus for myself.
have u tried a diffrent rom?
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By outside you mean walking on the street? I'm trying to get a fix while driving my car, you know, to get turn by turn directions. I hope a car qualifies as "outside". Anyway, I get a fix after several (lots of) minutes. I'm not going to paid for gps aid donate version. I paid a lot for my phone! (i'm not being cheap, it's just that where I live it isn't easy to get us dolars).
I think on froyo I had less waiting time for fix. But can't really tell. It's been so long since I moved to GB.
I think I'll end up selling my phone or giving it to my gf and get a sgs2 or galaxy nexus for myself.
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Have the same problem here
...try every app In the market to fix it and nothing ..until I was driving and I let the GPS sit for 4 mins and start working since that day I start doing the samething and works but just take long to start working ...I think it ain't the rom cuz I have flash to almost every rom to fix this and stills the same ...but everyphone different urs mite work with another rom try it out ..!!
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Outside, open space with literally no tall building around, actually the same spot where I got a fix in 2 seconds on froyo.
Finally decided to check mine and it sucks too. Turned on sensor aiding and it zeroed in on my local instantly.
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some types of window tint will block gps signals, so keep that in mind if you have tinted windows in your car.