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I have noticed that my GPS hasn't worked on the past few roms that ive installed. Even when restoring a Rom that previously had working GPS, the GPS no longer works. Anyone know a fix for this? I am currently running the tpc stock rooted optimized v2.
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Have you tried to reflash your radio?
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I would also say make sure your doing a proper wipe when your flashing. And also that your using the recommended radio for the rom your using.
My gps works fine, using coredroid ... I did a full wipe though before installing
I full wipe before each install or restore. Gonna try radio reflash and see if that helps.
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jadewolf05 said:
I have noticed that my GPS hasn't worked on the past few roms that ive installed. Even when restoring a Rom that previously had working GPS, the GPS no longer works. Anyone know a fix for this? I am currently running the tpc stock rooted optimized v2.
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doesn't turn on at all, or can't get a decent lock? If can't get a decent lock, trying GPSFIX / GPS essentials n all that? Just looking for clarification what the loss of functionality is.
Hi meiguoguizi..
Try "GPS scripts" .. it fixed my similar issue with latest Radio. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036253
Thanks!
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Hi meiguoguizi..
Try "GPS scripts" .. it fixed my similar issue with latest Radio. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036253
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But I'm not the OP . I am into GPS stuff tho this is cool . I am on my way to work but will check this out.
I have found that when my historical GPS data is wiped I have to use market apps like GPS Fix or GPS Essentials as an aid to getting lock again. I don't know if these really do anything...what it does do is have you watching the screen standing outside with open sky for 10 or so minutes as the # of satellites increases until it gets me within a 7 or so meter accuracy radius (lock). Then GPS behaves much better going forward with quicker acquisition times and such.
I had the same issue, reflashing the stock radio worked for me. This happened across several ROMs so I am not sure when the problems started. The ROM I am using now works best with the stock radio, flashed it and all problems were gone. I used GPS Status to lock, now I lock within seconds.
Alteros said:
I had the same issue, reflashing the stock radio worked for me. This happened across several ROMs so I am not sure when the problems started. The ROM I am using now works best with the stock radio, flashed it and all problems were gone. I used GPS Status to lock, now I lock within seconds.
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My gps stopped working on my first Inspire. Got spotty, then died completely, no matter what ROM. I restored to stock with s-on, same issue. Brought it to a warranty center and exchanged it. The new one locks better than the.old one ever did (and I thought the old was great) and has worked fine ever since. Might just be a bad chip.
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vibhma said:
Hi meiguoguizi..
Try "GPS scripts" .. it fixed my similar issue with latest Radio. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036253
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Since this was developed for Gingerbread, and I'm still stock, I think I will wait either until I root, or get the OTA if not rooted, then try this out .
I have noticed, or seem to have, that when I am not toggling my GPS on and off as much over time the more accurate and quick it gets. I had profiles toggling it based on conditions. I started getting rid of those conditions vs. GPS, and I get locks much quicker. Of course it sucks the battery big time, but I am plugged in a lot. And I have a quick toggle I just have to keep in mind if I'm out and don't really need it and need the battery instead.
After changing several Roms I lost my GPS as well. First I did a full wipe, factory reset, all cashe, ect. Did a clean install (with certain roms I found having a clean reboot between installing add-ons helps). I then Installed the GPS Script for US ran the GPS Test App free from the market and get a lock on 9+ sats in under 25 sec.
no one mentioned this when they brought up reflashing hte radio, but make sure you have a matching RIL for the radio. i've had so many headaches over gps that were fixed by making sure i have the right RIL lol. for an easy way to download and flash RIL, check out the gtg4556 (i think thats right) section in ROM Manager and look for the RIL flasher. AWESOME tooL
Finally got around to fooling with this thing... lol... GPS is working again. I decided to go ahead and unroot to make sure it wasn't a hardware issue and it wasn't. Started working again when put back to stock. So, I rerooted and its still working. I'm assuming it was a radio mixup between roms or something. Thanks for all the responses.
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jadewolf05 said:
Finally got around to fooling with this thing... lol... GPS is working again. I decided to go ahead and unroot to make sure it wasn't a hardware issue and it wasn't. Started working again when put back to stock. So, I rerooted and its still working. I'm assuming it was a radio mixup between roms or something. Thanks for all the responses.
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Since I flashed the radio / ROM combination in my sig my GPS is behaving like one would expect. I had an HTC Tilt1 one and the GPS was good. I have been disappointed with the performance of the Inspire's GPS, but no longer. Locks under 10 seconds and sometimes under 5. Good. I like it when things like this are resolved.
If your gps stops working altogether, you can usually fix it by just re-flashing the radio. You don't need to unroot and go back to stock.
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This is the first time I'm completely stumped.
I cannot get a lock on my GPS. No matter what ROM I put on my phone, it will not connect to the satellites. It will fix to about 3 or 4, not connect, then lose the connection to all and start over to find more fixes.
I was running CM7 when I first realized tthis problem. I have had GPS working before on that ROM. I still got the symbol in the status bar so I didn't think I needed to do he sense fix. But I did anyways. And I can't even get a lock on sense! Same issue!
I looked at the GPS file in system/etc but even at us.pool instead of north-america.pool I'm still getting the same results.
I have also tried downloading new AGPS data from GPS status and still no luck.
This also happened on the stock radio as well as the newest leaked radio.
I need my GPS. Any help is appreciated!
I am having a problem with the two newest leaked radios connecting to GPS. It will just say "searching for GPS" and never connect when trying to use navigation.
Try GPS Essentials and put a waypoint on your location. That should help. I am running the latest radio and have no problems getting a lock.
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Try running https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en
Thanks,
After downloading that it seems that the conflict is not with the GPS but with Google Maps Navigation App because I was picking up a location.
Navigation just still says "searching for GPS" and wont give me directions.
I downloaded Map Quest and that works so it has to be some sort of Google Maps thing.
I used MapQuest and it locked on my address in secs. I does try auto wfi and worked with out it. Gps must be Google issue however gps status and others haven't work. Kinda confused !
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brownsfan said:
Thanks,
After downloading that it seems that the conflict is not with the GPS but with Google Maps Navigation App because I was picking up a location.
Navigation just still says "searching for GPS" and wont give me directions.
I downloaded Map Quest and that works so it has to be some sort of Google Maps thing.
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Make sure you can lock w/Navigation and not just w/Map Quest or Google Maps. The latter two use a different network than your actual GPS. When I used CM7 I found I could lock w/Maps and still not having a working/locking GPS in my navigation app.
Another test is try a weather app w/a "My Location" feature (e.g. Weather Bug) and see if it actually gives you your location or some other remote locatio.
Weather bug works fine.
So you are saying that Google Maps, Mapquest, and Weather bug use something different then the Navigation app does?
Ok so if that is the case then the newest two radio leaks that came out have conflict issues with the navigation.
I found this for a fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035665&page=2
Ok so I read through that thread, did the fix and still nada. I installed the leaked RUU and it still didnt work. The fix didnt work for everybody so maybe its just an outage in my area.
The VZW 3G and 4G updates they are working on all around the country are causing a lot of the GPS problems from what a vzw rep told me. They were working on a site 200 miles from where I live and all I could get yesterday afternoon was a 1X signal for several hours.
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NY is having a problem as well.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3b0a8b1c97a9ea23&hl=en&start=40
http://androidforums.com/incredible...g/399357-gps-stopped-working.html#post3103668
Thanks for the info...
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It definitely could be unrelated to anything on your phone. I experienced the East Texas outage several months ago, and nothing that we did ever fixed it until one day supposedly they sent engineers down and did something, and everybody's phones started working again and we never had another issue.
Wish I had a better explanation for it, but unfortunately it does seem possible for Verizon to do something with their antennas that can affect GPS. Sounds like the OP's phone is behaving just like mine was at that time. Hopefully you are in a more populated area where they will fix it more quickly than they did for us.
Try using GPS Status to clear the cache, download aGPS, etc. (there are many threads where this is described) and if that doesn't fix it, complain to Verizon and wait for them to fix it. Don't drive yourself crazy like I was for several weeks!
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NY is having a problem as well.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3b0a8b1c97a9ea23&hl=en&start=40
http://androidforums.com/incredible...g/399357-gps-stopped-working.html#post3103668
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Thanks gfro. Im in Buffalo so this applies to me. Unfortunately both of my phones are having this issue.
brownsfan said:
Thanks gfro. Im in Buffalo so this applies to me. Unfortunately both of my phones are having this issue.
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Yeah , I have a friend in NY and he said vzw has got the wi-fi all screwed up now, working on 3 & 4G towers.
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brownsfan said:
Thanks gfro. Im in Buffalo so this applies to me. Unfortunately both of my phones are having this issue.
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No prob. I'm in Buffalo too! [:
It's definitely all on Verizon's end cause I have checked 3 androids including mine with the same issue.
Nothing to do with radios or being rooted or not.
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Yeah , I have a friend in NY and he said vzw has got the wi-fi all screwed up now, working on 3 & 4G towers.
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That's what people are thinking. As for NY, something went wrong with the Albany, Syracuse, and Ithaca 4g installations.
Just got a fix!!! [:
Mine locks in 3 seconds now. Wow I went back to stock and the rerooted with revolution . OK so if something goes wrong im screwed Cuz i can't unroot now.
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I have tried running a few different ICS roms and had very bad luck with the GPS working. Is there something I should be doing prior to flashing a a new rom or after flashing that would help get the gps to work?
I have tried GPS Status, GPS Test and GPS Fix but nothing seems to work.
I have read tons of posts and nothing seems consistent in gettting the gps to work.
I have used AOSP 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 and vhgomez roms.
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I have tried running a few different ICS roms and had very bad luck with the GPS working. Is there something I should be doing prior to flashing a a new rom or after flashing that would help get the gps to work?
I have tried GPS Status, GPS Test and GPS Fix but nothing seems to work.
I have read tons of posts and nothing seems consistent in gettting the gps to work.
I have used AOSP 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 and vhgomez roms.
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this will be moved into a different forum. dont post questions in development...but to answer your question, if you use those gps apps you sometimes gotta wait a while for it to pick up gps, u cant just hit clear agps data, redownload agps data and boom gps works. sometimes u gotta wait a little for it to find a signal. I've never in my whole history of owning an android phone have had gps issues that i couldnt fix by using those programs. and i've run the aosp oICS rom and had perfect gps.
If your GPS is not working at all, and you've tried everything. Try un-rooting your phone, go back to stock rom, see if that gets GPS to work. Then try to root again. I read on a Google forum that this guy did not have GPS working at all. He though he had a bad GPS chip or something. He un-rooted to return phone to Sprint and for some odd reason the GPS started working again. My GPS does not work also. It did prior to rooting. Im wating for the official OTA to un-root then root in hopes of getting it to work. I dont use GPS much so its not a issue for me at the moment. Good luck.
GPS seemed to be off for all the ROMs I was using, mostly in apps outside of the Maps app. I went back to 2.3.7 stock since I figure ICS OTA should be arriving soon.
Good to know I'm not the only one. I love ics too much to go back. But at least its a known issue. Anyone have any idea why?
How bad of GPS are we talking about here? This was done indoors just now...
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Dialer: *#*#GPSCLRX#*#*
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Try the QBANIN GPSFix app if you haven't already, otherwise try using your GPS in different areas.
For the longest time I would rage because I had no GPS (or so I thought) when I attempted to use google maps or anything. Tried all the GPS fixes with zips and various apps, unrooted, same thing.
A month later I was on a trip out of state, opened up google maps and got a lock instantly! When I got back home checked gps again, still wouldn't lock.
Turns out for whatever stupid a** reason... about a 1/2 mile radius around my house GPS will not work but as soon as I get out of that area, its almost instant haha. Hopefully you have the same issue as I did
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try this. this worked for me. I was having the exact same issues as you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22088356#post22088356
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How bad of GPS are we talking about here? This was done indoors just now...
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What GPS app is that your using? Looks like GPS Status but not quite.
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Dialer: *#*#GPSCLRX#*#*
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Thanks I will try that next time.
At the moment I have a working GPS all the time again.
On another thread a user indicated he shut all the location services off, then used GPStest or Status to clear the GPSA and then request a GPSA download. They he went back and turned all the location services back on. Sounds strange but it got my GPS working.
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try this. this worked for me. I was having the exact same issues as you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22088356#post22088356
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I did try this and thought it didn't work but once I waited longer on the first gps fix now its working all the time.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Try messin with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1165482
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Thanks I will try that next time.
At the moment I have a working GPS all the time again.
On another thread a user indicated he shut all the location services off, then used GPStest or Status to clear the GPSA and then request a GPSA download. They he went back and turned all the location services back on. Sounds strange but it got my GPS working.
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How long did you wait? I've tried this several times to no avail.
Lately my phone's WIFi started to have issues. It will work for few minutes and then will stop receiving any data. The only way to temporarily fix it is to toggle WIFI off and on. But then again it will only work for few minutes, anyone has an idea what's wrong?
This issue I experienced on these roms:
Stock ICS Leak #1.
SCV7
Team Shogun's ICS rom 1.2
MIUI by team shogun.
MIUI by rdavict
Does it sounds like a hardware issue? Any troubleshooting tips?
Did you have the WiFi issues when you are stock which mean the first time you get your phone?Maybe it's your base ROM problem.
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No, I had this phone for about one month, but the WIFI started acting up about one week ago.
Just did a fxz back to 2.3.6 and updated to ICS. Seems to be working without issues so far.
May not matter now (I'm downloading ics as we speak) but I "solved " this problem by also keeping my Bluetooth turned on all the time. Once I did that, the wifi disconnects (which started about 9 months after I got the phone) stopped. But I'm hoping the update has a fix.
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The WIFI issues started again. Will try what jacindc suggested.
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Nope, enabled BT and WIFI, rebooted, WIFI stopped working within 2 minutes. It stays connected but doesn't receive any data until I reconnect.
Maybe delete and recreate your WiFi profiles too?
My wifi has been solid since upgrading, with Bluetooth turned off.
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What do you mean by deleting and recreating WIFI profiles?
Been running CM10, and WIFI works great here.
I downgraded to ICS and the problem started again. Figured out what it was when my bro started complaining that his RAZR started having WiFi problems.
The problem was that the router gave out same IP address to both phones. :facepalm:
EDIT: Both phones have identical MAC address.
Recently got a one plus to replace my iPhone 6 which I was more than a little bored with.
I see to have a problem with Bluetooth destroying WiFi speed only seems to effect 2.4Ghz networks
Anyone else had any problems like this?
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Michaelnuk said:
Recently got a one plus to replace my iPhone 6 which I was more than a little bored with.
I see to have a problem with Bluetooth destroying WiFi speed only seems to effect 2.4Ghz networks
Anyone else had any problems like this?
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I've also had the same problem. I just keep bluetooth off unless I absolutely need it. I haven't found an alternative.
glwilliams4 said:
I've also had the same problem. I just keep bluetooth off unless I absolutely need it. I haven't found an alternative.
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Thank you!!! I was having some serious WiFi issues, but only on my home WiFi, the WiFi at work was fine. I've tried just about every modem/radio firmware from 44S to the current trying to figure out the issue. Of course, the one thing I've done the past few days is leave BT on, which I never had done in the past. Just ticked WiFi off, and boom, no problem now at home! Very odd bug, but it most definitely is very, very real.