Hi All,
when i download satellite , it expires after 7 days.
is there any fix to keep the satellite for longer period ?
or any other method to never expire the satellite .
thanks
You don't download satellites
What you're talking about is QuickGPS which is meant to support a faster GPS-fix.
YOu can set within the options of QuickGPS, that your data is updated either after a certain period automatically or always when you connect it to your PC.
It needs you internet-connection.
de Wolfe said:
You don't download satellites
What you're talking about is QuickGPS which is meant to support a faster GPS-fix.
YOu can set within the options of QuickGPS, that your data is updated either after a certain period automatically or always when you connect it to your PC.
It needs you internet-connection.
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yes it is QuickGPS which i was trying to refer to.
it expire after 7 days... then my tomtom does not work.
can you please give me some tips how can it be fixed ?
thanks
Just enter QuickGPS, click menu and alter the update settings to fit your needs.
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Just enter QuickGPS, click menu and alter the update settings to fit your needs.
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i could not able to go settings..
I really don't see your problem. When I enter QuickGPS I see this screen:
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There you just have to check the box within the red rectangle. Then you'll never have to care about QuickGPS anymore - updates work automatically then.
thats just quickGPS data to help u lockon to data faster
He thinks that his tom tom doesn't work anymore after 7 days. correct me if i'm wrong.
I really don't see what your problem is here. The QuickGPS data is simply there to get a faster GPS fix. The data will automatically download every 7 days, and you can change the settings. It's very simple.
If TomTom is the problem, then contact them. But I highly doubt that QuickGPS is the problem.
he wants the data not to expire after seven days!
i think he's not asking for an automated update.
like the others said: quickgps is just for getting a FASTER satellite-fix. if the data is expired, the fix might take (a lot) longer. tomtom will work with expired data, but taking a long time to get fix might let you think it doesn't work.
as far as i know, there's no way to "keep" the satellite data longer. it needs to be refreshed after a max of seven days (du to the satellites moving around in orbit and changing their position maybe).
well tecnically the data never realy exspires if you tick all the boxes becouse when ever you connect to your pc or wifi the data will update automatically, so there is no problem?
also i have been using tomtom since my wizard days and yes sometimes you do get the delay in getting signal lock but i have never had any issues with my hd2
thank you guys.
so basically if its expires, my tomtom will work without any problem ?
if thats the case then i think i need to update my hd2. and clear any registry leftover,
thanks again for all your help
QuickGPS Just help GPS fix sooner but GPS can still work without it, In that case TomTom take you longer time to get an acurate fix. I usually start Gmap first, it work with both AGPS(almost get a fix at once, based on your 3g connection), and GPS, when GPS fixed, I start my navigate program. Hope these help.
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QuickGPS Just help GPS fix sooner but GPS can still work without it, In that case TomTom take you longer time to get an acurate fix. I usually start Gmap first, it work with both AGPS(almost get a fix at once, based on your 3g connection), and GPS, when GPS fixed, I start my navigate program. Hope these help.
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i do not have 3G connections.. i bought this phone @ full price.
is there any possible way out there to get quick gps signal ?
i do not have 3G connections.. so its a problem for me if the satlite expire after 7 days..
Another advice is to stand still in open ground in order to get better GPS signal (when your HD2 start searching for GPS), usually take me about 40 seconds to 1 minute and a half to get an accurate fix without AGPS or QuickGPS data. It's very quick even compared with professional navigate device.
Satellites don't expire after 7 days but need to be refresh !
Check the activesync box and connect your phone to your PC just before using TomTom then satellites will be update.
I have never downloaded quickgps anyway . my HTC finds me on GARMIN XT
between 2 and 6 SECONDS . I have signal inside my 2 story house . I used to have pharos traveler 127 with gps and if I lay it down it loses signal . This HTC
has Kickass GPS . I dont even think there is any use for quick gps on this device .
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I have never downloaded quickgps anyway . my HTC finds me on GARMIN XT
between 2 and 6 SECONDS . I have signal inside my 2 story house . I used to have pharos traveler 127 with gps and if I lay it down it loses signal . This HTC
has Kickass GPS . I dont even think there is any use for quick gps on this device .
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Thank you guys.. it HD2 gps works without QuickGPS download. i had some different issue. eversince i updated Energy ROM, it works great.
Isn´t it a miracle how many people are breathing precious air and walk over the planet Earth without knowing what they are doing and without any will to research what´s behind an issue ???
Reminds me to the iPhone vs EVO - cartoon everytime I read posts like this
- Change HKLM\Software\HTC\QuickGPS "ExpiredTime" from 10080 to whatever value you want. value is in seconds, i.e 1440 for 24hrs.
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After FINALY finding a working way to get TomTom nav 2 working on my XDA2
(with the Lead from the XDA.1)
I was Driveing arround and Thourt to myself...
Is there a way to Transmit my GPS Map refrence point Via GPRS
Back to my home PC where the Map refrence can be Linked
to an on screen map at home?
Much the same way the GPS plotting is linked to TomTom Maps
for navigateing.
been thinking about this more today.
shurely the data from the GPS isnt too big,
If there was a way to relay the data onto a IP address (home pc)
and have a Map program like TomToms understand that data
in the same way TomTom maps do, then you (or ya missus)
could track your position.
ok mebe not in real time, but im not a Tech so i have no idea how much
Data is involved in GPS plotting but a 5 second delay wouldnt be bad would it?
this is kinda the way GPS tracking works in tracking stolen cars i guess
but now we have GPS on our lovley XDA2's we to can transmit that data
Via GPRS couldnt we ?
I think you can have a look at this solution:
http://www.geocities.com/gps2sms/
It's using SMS, GPS to track your current coordinate. It's free. You could tailor it if you want.
Sorry I forgot to mention that currently it works with Nokia or Siemens phone with a laptop. The Nokia phones are there to act as the modem.
It doesn't work with XDA but I was just thinking about thse app's idea of using the phone to send the current coordinate. the O2 can replace the laptop and send using SMS or GPRS to a central location (your server) and updates it real time
I am doing a program for the XDA II that will send your GPS location back to a given number i will post a few screen shots if you like.
You will be able to select any com port that you like it works at the moment with All TOMTOM devices.
Paul J
DA Systems & their Nexus/NX product for the XDA1 & 2
I have done simillar using area codes and also with fixed GPRS/GPS units.
You need to send Lat/Long & ID to specific IP/port via GPRS, then add that to a database, which can be parsed by a mapping program such as MapPoint.
Cheaper than SMS
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I am doing a program for the XDA II that will send your GPS location back to a given number i will post a few screen shots if you like.
You will be able to select any com port that you like it works at the moment with All TOMTOM devices.
Paul J
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Yes please post a few screen shots!
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This is the Com port Bit and the GPS bit
I will post more later
Wireless Delivered (www.talecom.net) has been doing this for over a year using the XDA I!
It even has an real-time map online where you can go and look at where your XDA is! 8)
Richard
Ah! But has it being working for over a year?
Sorry - couldn't resist
intresting stuff
but is there a simple app that i can hunt the net for ?
no thats why i am doing one
I work for a company that uses tracking (GPS) phones and we have looked for a system for the ipaq and the xda that we could use in our software.
I use http://www.mapamobile.co.uknot very accurate though
but can u still use your gps?
if I understand you correctly, if your code is running, my wife can
see where I am from home, but I can't run my moving map
what we really need is to "install" a new COM5 etc port,
so that TomTom reads COM5, our program reads COM4
where the real GPS is installed, and send it over SMS/GPRS.
Scheme
GPS -> COM4 -> sent to home
-> also copied to COM5 -> local GPS(tomtom) display
I'm not sure how to setup a "virtual COM" on PPC. It is pretty
easy to implement on UNIX (virtual tty).
Ideally, someone should write a "dblCOM" utility.
it takes COM4 and copies its output to COM5 and COM6 ...
it takes input from either COM5/6 and copies back to COM4 ...
(com# are configurable of course)
this way we can run TWO DIFFERENT GPS SOFTWARES at the same
time. this is far more useful than you might think... one could be
a visual display of your speed/acceleration/etc, the other moving map.
serial+gps+camera+voice record+gprs in one fast computer box
is a mighty powerful machine.
think of connecting it to the engine monitor in the car and having
a complete monitor, not to mention a blackbox, for every car
on the planet ... you can even pinpoint drunk driving in real time
using special intuitive software ... and the government will probably
make it mandatory in every car before 2020 ... yak.
Did you know that the first matrix was a perfect human world?
It was a disaster...
Get the TomTom SDK & you can do most/all of the above.
The SDK has the ability to make GPS positional data available to another program as well as TomTom. You then just need to create a vehicle for sending the data back to a remote location.
The real question should be - "Do you really want your wife tracking where you are?" 8)
I have been doing this for some time now:
1. Use Oziexplorer for navigation on XDA1 / XDA 2
2. Use Net GPS to send GPS data to a web server through GPRS (Or GSM) (you can use it alone or with Oziexplorer on the XDA)
3. Use Oziexplorer for PC on remote PC, connected to the webserver through Internet
http://www.oziexplorer.com
http://www.gpsvehiclenavigation.com/GPS/netgps.php
Another quite similar project
I like to share this URL of not too dissimilar project by one person which I happened to stumble in the newsgroup:
http://www.brains-n-brawn.com/default.aspx?vDir=nosink
Some source code samples are given to give some idea.
*** Tracking your XDA using GPS ***
Hey you guys
I cant believe that your trying to reinvent the wheel
Have you not heard of Co Pilot Live 4
It does exactly what you want, despite being a better SatNav Program anyway IMHO having street names as well as road numbers read out verbally it also allows you to log on to their website and see EXACTLY where you are and even your direction of travel from your home PC. AND it even allows you to communicate by sending text messages to the PPC with custom design responses.
Imagine the wife can now ask you
What time will you be home from work? [6pm] [7pm] [8pm] [9pm]
Can you pick up little johnny from the School Play? [YES] [NO]
Oh what Joy!!!!
As some poster said "Do you really want your wife to be able to pinpoint the car 24/7
Check out their website
www.alk.eu.com
Hope this helps
In all the threads I've been reading about the issues with the GPS, I keep seeing a few people chiming in that they have no problem, and other saying that the GPS is so bad it is unusable. Since I'm still up in the air about what phone to get (b/w the Aria and Captivate), I'm wondering how many people have 'working' GPS units vs. not.
In addition to voting in the poll, add a post if you can saying where you are and what kind of environment you're in (urban/rural, indoor/outdoor etc.).
EDIT: Make sure to vote if you post! I see a few posts already claiming good reception, yet the poll still shows 100% unusable.
Mine sucks. If I do get a lock, it takes about 2-5 mins to get one.. I have tried the tweaks posted but did not work for me
I live in the suburbs, (not exactly urban) and it does not work at all. However, upon doing diagnostics in the hidden GPS settings I found more then 7 satellites are in view leading me to believe this is a software problem. Since it will get fixed later this year (and the Samsung Captivate is a far better spec-ed phone) I'd go with the Captivate
I don't think I have any issues. when I'm out in the open the app typically takes less than a minute to acquire my location and I'm off. Even inside my house if I am next to a window I can usually get a signal, which is something I didn't think was possible with GPS. I live in the bottom floor of a two story apartment building and my old phone could just forget about trying to acquire a signal inside any building, and I thought that GPS was pretty solid. I also have not performed any GPS tweaks.
Mine works fine. Gets a lock on 7 sats while inside my house within a minute. Its rooted, but I have done no tweeks to the GPS at all.
(Sent from my Captivate with XDA app)
I'm n the suburbs. I get 9 satellites and lock in under 30 secs. most of the time. Under 10 secs some times.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
Mine's working amazingly. Connects within 10 seconds and is only off by about 5-10 ft.
I'm rooted and I did the gps.conf hack and these are my current Application and supl/cp settings:
APP>Operation Mode>MS Assisted
APP>Accuracy>20
APP>Use SkyHook>ON
supl>Server>supl.google.com
supl>Server Port>7276
supl>supl Secure Socket>OFF
Crappy. I get 7 sat, but they come and go and never fully lock. Only time it seems to work is when im standing outside in an open field.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
if I'm driving around (when its important) i'll get a lock. I usually have to restart maps or copilot though.
in my house though...forget it haha
TWiG420 said:
Mine works fine. Gets a lock on 7 sats while inside my house within a minute. Its rooted, but I have done no tweeks to the GPS at all.
(Sent from my Captivate with XDA app)
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I'm n the suburbs. I get 9 satellites and lock in under 30 secs. most of the time. Under 10 secs some times.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
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Screenshots or pictures please. I no longer trust anyone. I've seen too many videos of people claiming they have x number of locks when in fact they are confusing the number in view and the number actually locked to. You're probably telling us the number of sats in view, not the number of locks you have.
I had 5 within 10 seconds, 7 at 30secs and 9 after ~90secs. I'm assuming they are locked, correct me if i'm wrong.
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I had 5 within 10 seconds, 7 at 30secs and 9 after ~90secs. I'm assuming they are locked, correct me if i'm wrong.
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You have 9 satellites in view but are only locked to 3 (denoted by *). That is the whole problem with the Galaxy S phones. They have no problem seeing satellites, but they never lock to very many.
Compare to the Aria I had for 28 days, the GPS sucks on the Captivate. It usually take 1-5 min to get a lock while it never took more than 1 min on the Aria. I use RunKeeper to keep track of my walks and I usually lost the first few minutes of tracking.
Voted unusable. Over the weekend on a road trip to the beach I think I was able to get a lock ONCE the entire time.
Right now I'm in GPS Test and I have 8 satellites in view and 0 in use, 6 of which have a signal of 30+. It's been running for about 1-2 minutes. I've never seen that many satellites with that high of a signal and no lock. And just now while I was typing this, it lost all the satellites and dropped to 0 and is only picking up 4 (in view of course, not in use) now after 30 seconds or so.
This needs to be fixed. Messing with those settings isn't fixing the real issue, IF it's doing anything at all.
After trying every rom, modem and so on and so on... i got damn sick of it and went to the store and grabbed myself an Blue-GPS-S3 with SIRSTAR III supporting 20 channels...
You know.. the difference of gps quality is shocking. 12 sattelites at good performance and unbelievably stable. Navigation for four hours straight and not ONE mistake or recalculating required... amazing.
My advise is... get one for those 20 euros and stop wasting your time on trying to get your gps to work.. cause on top of this.. using bluetooth uses less battery then using internal gps asfar i noticed.
Hope this helps someone making this step, you do lose being able to see gps status in navigations progs but Sygic Aura + CoPilot worked flawless, il make an list of working apps
[update]
Okay drove over 800km in two days and what a trip and for once.... yes for once i didnt feel stressed about my galaxy abandoning me somewhere, altought i must admit my gps has not the greatest name and reputation it did its work excellent no matter where i came.
Some info.
APPS:
Bluetooth GPS mouse = GREAT. worked flawless with my external GPS
Bluetooth GPS Provider i didnt have a chance to test with yet, i will soon and report about it. One thing i must add, it remembers your dongle/mouse/external gps and with its simple ugly widget you can quickly turn it on and let it connect with the dongle. unlike gps mouse you gotta open it and turn it on and choose dongle.
NAVIGATION:
Sygic Aura = working great, it was however required to switch GPS on first and wait 15-30 sec to make sure it had atleast 1 signal before starting aura navigation, else it wouldnt pick up the signal
CoPilot = just awesome, worked directly wether i loaded gps mouse after or before.
Google Navigation = no idea, I assume it works as google maps works to with it.
Waze = no idea, I still have to try it but as waze worked most flawless on internal gps i assume no problems at all with external gps
KNOWN PROBLEMS
Programs do not see the GPS status.. signal, altitude etc etc. weirdly enough the navigations work flawless and they do not complain about having no signal either.
SHOPS:
My shop does only send in the netherlands, however... mine is a Qtrek Blue GPS-S3 with a SIRFSTARIII chip. Basicly ANY bluetooth gps mouse works with your phone.
could you please give me a link to where you bought the item?
I've looked, but couldn't find cheap ones..
i got a co-pilot bluetooth gps unit £8 from amazon and its great. a bit tricky to set up but well worth it.
re
800km in two days.. man am i exausted but what the heck.. that thing works briljant! il update first post with info
Cheers. This is great to know. Too bad Amazon UK has horrible bluetooth GPS seller reputation. I will have to find one on ebay instead.
I use the Nokia LD-3W gps module and it is fantastic. Easy to set up (takes seconds). I use the bluetooth mouse with "bluetooth GPS provider" which is a free download from the market. Very accurate with google maps, copilot etc.
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sean2476 said:
I use the Nokia LD-3W gps module and it is fantastic. Easy to set up (takes seconds). I use the bluetooth mouse with "bluetooth GPS provider" which is a free download from the market. Very accurate with google maps, copilot etc.
Bluetooth GPS provider/ market
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Where did you buy this from? Amazon UK?
is it really helpful to use usb bluttooth
re
Im using bluetooth gps now as its free and works great however it said that Sygic Aura wouldnt work due it doesnt support mock locations... bummer as its the best gps out there. however the Bluetooth gps mouse app does work with it but then again i noticed that application turns on internal gps... not sure wether it fakes that or actually turns on internal gps... guess only one way to find out. wait for a next trip
Hi friends.
I know that
Many of us mtk 6577 based phones users are having issues on using
Gps issues
Like not locking on satellites or gps takes forever to get a lock
Try this and u will be amazed.
Ju st found a great fix for gps Instant lock in 10 seconds Who are facing gps problems Just do as following and u will be amazed how fast u get locks on ur gps U have to be rooted must.. U have to be rooted must..
1.transfer the given gps.conf to ur system/etc folder backup old one
2.change permissions like this rw-r-r and restart.
3.install gps status from market. 4.now open gps status.
5.open setting of gps status and tap on tools/manage agps stats tools/manage agps stats And then tap on reset.
Repeat step 4 and tap on download
Now go to open space or near open window and it will start to pickup satellites in 20-30 seconds U will
U will see dramatic improvement in satellite picking up speed.
Before doing this i hardly locked to 2-3 satellites. After this i can get lock inside my house near window. near window. The following is indoor satellite lock snap
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hi,
i'm using MTK6577 S720e One X from China.
not able to lock on to the GPS according to the supplier he said it works there but i could not resolve this issue.
can i try your method is it save to do on this machine.
please guide me on how can i transfer the file & change the permission according to your info.
\Sat
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Wow, the picture says you're moving at 36 mph 750 meters UNDER sea level: either you live inside a submarine, or MTK GPS is pretty unreliable isn't it?:laugh:
Btw, I tried the procedure on a firend's phone and it worked almost good, it didn't fix at all before but now even if it fixes, loses GPS signal very often, requiring 3 to 15 minutes to have GPS back!
I also tried Engineer functions with test and reset operations, but GPS is always unreliable (1 hour trrip it lost GPS for more than half an hour, making navigation imposssible!)
I think the GPS hardware is really unstable and/or buggy. Any idea?
Yeah the hardware is really crap
And i was undersea and was sleeping there...
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What's the point of having fast lock when precision suck?
:banghead:
Bumping accuracy threshold from zero to 3000 likely report hyper sonic speed way off sea level
My MTK Phone
Same frustrating GPS issues here.
Hi my MTK phone from china has a file under something like gps-profiles-config. should I delete this and replace it with yours? or do i just paste it along with that one?
Engineer code MKT6577 phone
Hi I found a code for the engineer mode.
Here you can also change the settings for the GPS and test it.
Looks like my GPS is not working because it doesn't show any satelites.
The code is *#*#3646633#*#*
You have to use the phone dialer.
Hope this wil help to find a sollution for the GPS problem.
Jan,
Thanks, the fix help me too in a Jiayu G2S with MTK6577T. Locking in 10 secs.
Here is a screen indoor:
And outdoor:
He guy I have a Vowney V5 MT6589 phone, its working pretty well, except my GPS which isn't working, I tried another method but it didn't work, would this guide work for MT6589 phones?
Ezio i95 - mtk6589
Hi guys
I was having issues and tried multiple solutions including the one posted here in this forum. I believe it helped me the most, because it resurrected a non working GPS. However it was still taking 3-5 minutes to get a lock. I came across the following video post and after applying it the lock time is sub one minute... which is great. I thought I'd share it here
Basically the answer is to delete/ rename the mtkgps.dat file from data/misc and then recreate it with the mobile uncle tools .apk which can be got from the play store.
The youtube video makes it easy.
youtube.com/watch?v=NsUSvd-SlVo
Of course your phone needs to be rooted as well. I can take no responsibility for what happens if you try it. But it's worked for me.
Also as said before, This only worked in conjunction with the fix discussed here in this forum.
Hi,
I tried to use your solution in the video, my phone did not open the gps fix app but in the end I found a gps signal thx!
kemalo said:
Hi guys
I was having issues and tried multiple solutions including the one posted here in this forum. I believe it helped me the most, because it resurrected a non working GPS. However it was still taking 3-5 minutes to get a lock. I came across the following video post and after applying it the lock time is sub one minute... which is great. I thought I'd share it here
Basically the answer is to delete/ rename the mtkgps.dat file from data/misc and then recreate it with the mobile uncle tools .apk which can be got from the play store.
The youtube video makes it easy.
youtube.com/watch?v=NsUSvd-SlVo
Of course your phone needs to be rooted as well. I can take no responsibility for what happens if you try it. But it's worked for me.
Also as said before, This only worked in conjunction with the fix discussed here in this forum.
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€: Now I have the problem that I have to do all the steps above every time when I want to use GPS...can you please help me to fix this problem?
The Real GPS Fix
To all members with GPS not getting a fix on the satellites with the V1277 (6577) in a reasonable time I have the answer and it does not require anything but a screw driver and cleaning fluid.
No rooting is required or messing about with the gps config.
Firstly remove the back cover.
There are 4 screws holding the housing remove them and unclip the rear housing .
Take anti static precautions i.e ground yourself.
Use alcohol or another circuit board cleaner and clean all the contacts on both the main body of the phone and housing, Job done.
Before I did this I could not even get a fix on the gps satellites outside , I can get a fix in the living room.
I think the problem lies with the production environment of these phone not being as clean as the major manufacturers dirt and oxides in the air, I use to work as a debug engineer on mobile phones at Motorola, well at least its came in handy.
Probably a fix for most china based phones
This method does not work on my device. I start wondering if there a gps antenna in my phone, maybe they cut cost and remove the antenna :laugh:
Hi Everyone
I've had a Huawei P30 for about 3 months now and apparently I can't use the GPS. I have tried Google Maps
and Navigator and both only updates my location every few minutes.
I used GPS Status and according to it I only get 2 satellites IF I'm lucky. Most of the time I don't get any.
I tested GPS Status with another Huawei P Smart phone and it picks up about 10-15 satellites.
I have tried and checked everything except factory resetting the phone. Does anyone else
have this problem? Is there a fix?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
kingsushi001 said:
Hi Everyone
I've had a Huawei P30 for about 3 months now and apparently I can't use the GPS. I have tried Google Maps
and Navigator and both only updates my location every few minutes.
I used GPS Status and according to it I only get 2 satellites IF I'm lucky. Most of the time I don't get any.
I tested GPS Status with another Huawei P Smart phone and it picks up about 10-15 satellites.
I have tried and checked everything except factory resetting the phone. Does anyone else
have this problem? Is there a fix?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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I used to use this app to check how many satellites I could see
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest
Also which case are you using, possible the case is blocking the GPS radio, try without a case
*Detection* said:
I used to use this app to check how many satellites I could see
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest
Also which case are you using, possible the case is blocking the GPS radio, try without a case
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I am using the case that came with the phone.
I tried the app you suggested, this is what I get:
https://youtu.be/QLYWeGv9xFE
First minute is without the case and second minute is with the case.
kingsushi001 said:
I am using the case that came with the phone.
I tried the app you suggested, this is what I get:
https://youtu.be/QLYWeGv9xFE
First minute is without the case and second minute is with the case.
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Actually seems slightly better with the case, it is locating you within 18m which isn't terrible but no lock
Indoors will obviously be worse, and cloudy days can cause problems too
Make sure you have all the high accuracy location settings enabled too, WiFi/BT (In settings search for "Scanning") and location high accuracy enabled in the location setting itself (Location access > Google location Accuracy)
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Actually seems slightly better with the case, it is locating you within 18m which isn't terrible but no lock
Indoors will obviously be worse, and cloudy days can cause problems too
Make sure you have all the high accuracy location settings enabled too, WiFi/BT (In settings search for "Scanning") and location high accuracy enabled in the location setting itself (Location access > Google location Accuracy)
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As seen in these images, all those settings are enabled
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Other things I have tried was disabling any and all power saving options. Even tried it on Performance Mode. Still the same issue.
The signal is much worse when driving. It literally only updates when I'm standing still.
kingsushi001 said:
As seen in these images, all those settings are enabled
Other things I have tried was disabling any and all power saving options. Even tried it on Performance Mode. Still the same issue.
The signal is much worse when driving. It literally only updates when I'm standing still.
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Not having owned this phone very long I'm out of ideas of what else to try other than a reset now, and if it's still the same after a reset I'd return it as faulty and get a replacement, possible it's hardware related if the antenna is damaged
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Not having owned this phone very long I'm out of ideas of what else to try other than a reset now, and if it's still the same after a reset I'd return it as faulty and get a replacement, possible it's hardware related if the antenna is damaged
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So I first tried Safe Mode. Was a waste of time seeing as I can't use any app to test the gps.
After that I factory reset the phone. Unfortunately the issue persists. So guess I'll be sending
the phone back.
Thanks for all your help
kingsushi001 said:
So I first tried Safe Mode. Was a waste of time seeing as I can't use any app to test the gps.
After that I factory reset the phone. Unfortunately the issue persists. So guess I'll be sending
the phone back.
Thanks for all your help
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Good luck hope the replacement works properly :good:
I have had very similar, and very strange issue on my new Oneplus 7. In my case (probably) helps when I switched to another SIM card and next come back to my original one.
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Good luck hope the replacement works properly :good:
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what happened, im having the same issue after screen replacement