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GPS isn't functioning

I realize there are a plethora of GPS related threads, I searched and skimmed through what I could without finding an answer.
I am running Android Rev 1.1.5 rom, and have no GPS lock when using navigation, or trying to get directions of any kind. When using maps, it does lock to my location fairly quickly. However directions or navigation won't lock. I've waited as long as 15 minutes. I've uninstalled maps and reinstalled, checked my etc/gps file to make sure it was the north america map. I've done a full wipe twice using super wipe and reinstalled the rom. I've changed between stock radio and the recommended radio for the rom.
Basically, I have no idea why my gps refuses to lock when using navigation or even just for "print" directions.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I have exatly the same situation mine locks after about 20 minutes 15 minutes or so ... this is something I used on a daily basis I need help

I have the same problem I need the gps :/

have you tried gps fix from the market? worked for me

thank you for your answer suwu10
I just tested gps fix. Unfortunately no improvement so do not work

yup GPSfix worked for me also

Not for me.GPS enabled , i opened gpsfix and finds nothing or google maps. HelP!

yep, ever since I s-off'ed and rooted my phone, my GPS will not lock.

My GPS stopped working with i downloaded the Custom Firmwares.
So i reverted back to the original one and got it working again,
I guess its a driver problem in the CFWs

bsaridar said:
My GPS stopped working with i downloaded the Custom Firmwares.
So i reverted back to the original one and got it working again,
I guess its a driver problem in the CFWs
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the same with me, but I can't go back to stock t-mobile anymore.
I hate that I have to choose between working GPS and running a custom rom

This issue is sometimes caused by not matched radios.
Try installing the correct RIL for your radio or flashing the recommended radio for the custom ROM.

claudenegm said:
This issue is sometimes caused by not matched radios.
Try installing the correct RIL for your radio or flashing the recommended radio for the custom ROM.
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I had the same issue a month ago. Turned out that the RIL and Radio needed to match in order to gps lock in navigation. I went through flashing diff roms even reverted to my stock setup and I had the same no gps lock issue.
What I did was made sure I had the correct RIL that matched my radio. Then if I needed to reflash the ril because of the different roms, I just referred to this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14589319&postcount=1 to toggle on the radio to "wake" it up. Went to a gps locker app and made sure it locked on before going to google nav to test if it worked or not. Of course you need to be in an open area to see if the gps locks .
Try that I hope that helps!

My GPS wouldn't lock either until I installed a free app from the market called GPS Status & Toolbox. As soon as I ran that app it picked up a bunch of satellites and it now locks on instantly.

I've matched RILs to my radio, used GPS toolbox, and turned the radio off and on to "wake" it up with absolutely no luck.
The GPS worked absolutely fine when it was stock, but once I flashed a rom, or any rom for that matter, the GPS wouldn't work.
I would greatly appreciate any help, as I am lost without GPS (literally)

doctor xylophone said:
I've matched RILs to my radio, used GPS toolbox, and turned the radio off and on to "wake" it up with absolutely no luck.
The GPS worked absolutely fine when it was stock, but once I flashed a rom, or any rom for that matter, the GPS wouldn't work.
I would greatly appreciate any help, as I am lost without GPS (literally)
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You don't have a nandroid backup?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

claudenegm said:
You don't have a nandroid backup?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
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I do, but reverting it back did nothing for me.

Have you tried fasterfix?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix&feature=search_result
Requires root which you already have. From there you can tell what server you are trying to connect to.
Me being from the US, my server props do nothing for you.

Non-Sense rom GPS fix [Evo Style]

I was helping my brother trouble shoot his Inspire's inability to get a GPS fix when using MIUI. He told me he had tried all the driver swaps and other methods that are commonly prescribed, and that nothing had worked. However, in CM7 and sense based ROMs the GPS worked fine.
In EVO circles, this is a common problem on MIUI as well. The work around that has been developed is as follows:
1) Install a [near]stock ROM. Anything sense based should work.
2) Turn on the GPS radio
3) Leave it on, and reflash your favorite ROM (MIUI/CM7/etc)
That should fix it. It worked great on his phone, and he is happily navigating in MIUI with full accuracy and a very short acquisition time.
Enjoy!

sounds more like it was a bad flash or bad agps data left behind. but then i dont use miui. There is a bit more involved with the 'evo gps fix' and you havent done any of that. I havent seen any problems thus far with gps that wasnt fixed with the proper methods for cm. miui has its own set of problems and isnt really supported here.

Darunion said:
sounds more like it was a bad flash or bad agps data left behind. but then i dont use miui. There is a bit more involved with the 'evo gps fix' and you havent done any of that. I havent seen any problems thus far with gps that wasnt fixed with the proper methods for cm. miui has its own set of problems and isnt really supported here.
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Well this was the method that worked for his phone, after all the other inspire fixes had failed. He'd flashed, cleared, reflashed, MIUI (various releases) and continued to have the same GPS problem. I figured I'd share in case anyone else was in a similar boat.
Cheers,
Kyle

No sync after radio update

My adventures with the HTC One S just dont seem to end. Here is a short history:
First thing I did when I got the phone was flash over CM9 as I dont like Sense
All was good until the home button issue popped up, this was at that time my only issue and sync worked just fine
I flashed over CM10 when it was stable enough, this didnt fix the home button issue though
I then flashed over the new RUU with radio 2.21 and directly after that CM10 again (I still dont like Sense)
After the first flash I had a lot of grey signal bars (either bad signal or no connection with Google servers) so I flashed CM10 again.
The signal bars where blue after that and the new radio (2.21) has improved the signal a lot and therefor minimizing the home button issue
But since the new radio I'm experiencing a new problem, just as much annoying. My phone wont sync when the screen is off or wont sync at all unless I do it manually.
This is what I have tried so far:
First cleaned cache from Gmail, Google Services Framework and Market -> no fix
Rebooted the phone with airplane mode on and enabling data connection afterwards -> no fix
Factory reset from recovery, flash CM10 again and restore apps with TB -> no fix
Factory reset from recovery, flash CM10 again and no restore of apps but just vanilla CM10 -> no fix
I have ran out of options so I could use some help here. Why are emails not pushed to my phone when the screen is off?

I had all kinds of sync issues with that radio until I flashed Trickdroid 7.1 which is built off the base which included that radio. Can't figure out how, but it's like they work best together though my best guess is that TD just maintains more free memory, so whatever process syncs the phone doesn't get killed. You can even desense TD as part of the tweak pack if you want to try it
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app

el_smurfo said:
I had all kinds of sync issues with that radio until I flashed Trickdroid 7.1 which is built off the base which included that radio. Can't figure out how, but it's like they work best together though my best guess is that TD just maintains more free memory, so whatever process syncs the phone doesn't get killed. You can even desense TD as part of the tweak pack if you want to try it
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Hmmm ... thanx for this info. I hoped the problem was not related to the radio and I missed something stupid. When I have some time I'll make a nandroid backup of CM10 and will give Trickdroid 7.1 a go, see if it fixes things.
Another solution I was thinking of was buying Tasker and schedule a sync job. When set up right it might even save me some battery juice.

el_smurfo said:
I had all kinds of sync issues with that radio until I flashed Trickdroid 7.1 which is built off the base which included that radio. Can't figure out how, but it's like they work best together though my best guess is that TD just maintains more free memory, so whatever process syncs the phone doesn't get killed. You can even desense TD as part of the tweak pack if you want to try it
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I tried Trickdroid 7.1 today but spent no longer then 5 minutes on this ROM. Although I selected all options of going back to stock and removing anything related to Sense in the Trickdroid Tweaks it was no where near the AOSP feeling I like best. So I didnt like Trickdroid at all.
Didnt properly test the syncing but in the one test I did I received my email instantly. So I guess there is indeed a problem with the new radio and CM10. I'll report this in the CM10 support thread.

Wonky GPS on Skyrocket

Hey all - most recently I used Embryo (ICS) and as of yesterday I'm on R4INS' AOKP JB build and with both I've had issues with my GPS. I haven't actually used it successfully with this install yet, but this stretches back even to a few of the more vanilla CM9/AOSP/AOKP ROMs I've tried. I've seen the "aGPS fix" thread which I'll try tomorrow, but has anyone else had this issue?
With Embryo, Facebook would never know where I was although the map could usually lock on after a few seconds. So far with this JB ROM, I have absolutely nothing working with GPS, no Facebook, Friendcaster, Maps, etc.
Thanks all...loving the new ROM but the lack of GPS is disconcerting.

[Resolved] [SOLVED] Maps issues on AOSP Roms HTC One m7 Sprint

Title should be GPS issues on AOSP Roms HTC One m7 Sprint. I tried a different map app with the same results.
So, there I was having a grand time with an awesomely awesome custom ROM (LiquidSmooth) and Kernel(SlipperySlothAOSPv.2), overclocked and with sweep2wake and t2w functioning perfectly and a **** eating grin on my face. Then I had to go somewhere I had never been before. Busted out Google Maps app, got a signal and a very inaccurate "lock," and then I hear "GPS signal is lost." Numerous restarts, hard resets and even trying a different Kernel and custom ROM (Beanstalk) yielded the same results: GPS is busted on all AOSP Roms for this guy. Not sure why.Any ideas on how I can get this important feature working on Liquid or BeanStalk? I tried GPS Fix and another app that erased the GPS data and downloaded updated data, but that didn't work either. Is there something out there I could try flashing after I flash one of the custom ROMS?
My device is the Sprint HTC One m7. Radios don't have anything to do with GPS do they?

MarkBell said:
Title should be GPS issues on AOSP Roms HTC One m7 Sprint. I tried a different map app with the same results.
So, there I was having a grand time with an awesomely awesome custom ROM (LiquidSmooth) and Kernel(SlipperySlothAOSPv.2), overclocked and with sweep2wake and t2w functioning perfectly and a **** eating grin on my face. Then I had to go somewhere I had never been before. Busted out Google Maps app, got a signal and a very inaccurate "lock," and then I hear "GPS signal is lost." Numerous restarts, hard resets and even trying a different Kernel and custom ROM (Beanstalk) yielded the same results: GPS is busted on all AOSP Roms for this guy. Not sure why.Any ideas on how I can get this important feature working on Liquid or BeanStalk? I tried GPS Fix and another app that erased the GPS data and downloaded updated data, but that didn't work either. Is there something out there I could try flashing after I flash one of the custom ROMS?
My device is the Sprint HTC One m7. Radios don't have anything to do with GPS do they?
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OK. So the fix for this is to enable GPS (with High Accuracy mode selected in the sub settings) in a stock sense-based ROM before rebooting to TWRP, wiping and flashing your new ROM. I don't take credit for the fix, as I read about it somewhere else. Just can't remember where since it has been a few days.