Does anyone have the link to the thread or file for fixing the GPS lock issue with the Mes? My GPS will not get a lock at all. I thought there was a flashable CWR file to resolve this. Any help is appreciated.
Snyperx said:
Does anyone have the link to the thread or file for fixing the GPS lock issue with the Mes? My GPS will not get a lock at all. I thought there was a flashable CWR file to resolve this. Any help is appreciated.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038649
You might also try using something like GPS Status in the Market to clear your GPS cache (in that program, Tools -> Manage A-GPS state -> Reset). That's worked for me in the past.
I had this issue a while back and what fixed it for me was setting>applications>manage applications>maps>clear data. This is probably the same as using the app mentioned but it worked worked for me. Anyway. FWIW
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Thanks for the link. Well just tried that fix and still nothing. My Mes doesn't even see one satellite. I am using the GPA Data app for tacking.
Snyperx said:
Thanks for the link. Well just tried that fix and still nothing. My Mes doesn't even see one satellite. I am using the GPA Data app for tacking.
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Indoors or out?
akellar said:
Indoors or out?
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Outdoors clear blue sky.
Snyperx said:
Outdoors clear blue sky.
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Go to system/etc and open the gps.conf - does it show NTP_SERVER=us.pool.ntp.org? If not, the GPS file didn't work. If so, try rebooting. Mine works great and will pick up satellites from inside my house after this fix.
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Go to system/etc and open the gps.conf - does it show NTP_SERVER=us.pool.ntp.org? If not, the GPS file didn't work. If so, try rebooting. Mine works great and will pick up satellites from inside my house after this fix.
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Yes, this is in the file. I also rebooted. Still no go.
Snyperx said:
Yes, this is in the file. I also rebooted. Still no go.
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No idea then. Try it on another Rom?
Put your phone in the microwave for 30 seconds. It helps. A lot. Do it. Trust me. I'm a professional. do it
akellar said:
No idea then. Try it on another Rom?
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Went back to 57 and GPS is working again. Not sure why my GPS quit after going to CM7.
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My GPS is very slow to get a fix or wont get a fix at all, is there a solution to this issue?
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jorge3687 said:
My GPS is very slow to get a fix or wont get a fix at all, is there a solution to this issue?
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There are no GPS issues with the Charge like there were with the early Galaxy S phones. If you are having GPS issues, you may have a defective phone.
paul25rs said:
There are no GPS issues with the Charge like there were with the early Galaxy S phones. If you are having GPS issues, you may have a defective phone.
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agreed, even with a custom rom humble 1.25 I think. My GPS compared to my old captivate w custom which is way better than stock.... side by side today in LA was night and day difference in favor of the Charge.
Download "FasterFix" from the market
find a nice server in your area or use a custom one like supl.google.com
If you're in Texas, use "tick.uh.edu" you will get a lock almost instantly
after you make the changes, reboot your phone
The GPS on the charge works, but it still sucks. Even in my car I have to damn near hold it out the window to get a lock. Never had this issue with an HTC or Motorola which could easily get a GPS lock inside a building.
It works, but it could (should) be better.
fasterfix freezes my phone
After you have taken the latest ota make sure you wipe data. There was a gps problem up until the ee4 update. The first lock might take a little while but after that it should be almost instant outdoors.
foister82 said:
fasterfix freezes my phone
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really? what Rom are you on? You have to be rooted, sorry I failed to mention that.
and yes GPS was very Samsung Epicish before EE4. It can only get better with the next updates
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really? what Rom are you on? You have to be rooted, sorry I failed to mention that.
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Gummy charged GBE... i havent tried the froyo roms yet but i might switch to one later tonight.
well if you're trying to get better GPS and you can't use fasterfix (still have to be rooted to try this)
/ data/ gps
with root explorer long click and hit "open in text editor"
change port to 7276
server is "supl.google.com" (DO NOT PUT WWW)
Sometimes it can help to change from STANDALONE mode to "MSBASED"
hit menu, save and exit (Don't worry if you're using Root explorer it will automatically create a backup)
Reboot your phone and go outside
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Reboot your phone and go outside
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this is the scary part
foister82 said:
this is the scary part
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Let me know how it works out man. I'd go outside and test using "GPS Status and Toolbox" or "GPS TEST' by Chartcross
Samsuck said:
Download "FasterFix" from the market
find a nice server in your area or use a custom one like supl.google.com
If you're in Texas, use "tick.uh.edu" you will get a lock almost instantly
after you make the changes, reboot your phone
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I get a black screen when i try to run this.
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Samsuck said:
well if you're trying to get better GPS and you can't use fasterfix (still have to be rooted to try this)
go into system/ data/ gps
with root explorer long click and hit "open in text editor"
change port to 7276
server is "supl.google.com" (DO NOT PUT WWW)
Sometimes it can help to change from STANDALONE mode to "MSBASED"
hit menu, save and exit (Don't worry if you're using Root explorer it will automatically create a backup)
Reboot your phone and go outside
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It's actually just /data/gps. Just thought I'd clear that up for some people.
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kvswim said:
It's actually just /data/gps. Just thought I'd clear that up for some people.
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Yes you are correct, oh and I just switched to Humble and got the blackscreen. I guess FasterFix is only working with Eclipse and Gummy charged 1.9 Fe
i tried GPS Status (used the app when i had my fascinate and it worked great) and it's pretty much immediate fix. Then i can go to gnav it pinpoints me pretty well.. it's a few meters off. I think before i flashed gb it was more accurate but a little slower to fix.
Samsuck said:
well if you're trying to get better GPS and you can't use fasterfix (still have to be rooted to try this)
/ data/ gps
with root explorer long click and hit "open in text editor"
change port to 7276
server is "supl.google.com" (DO NOT PUT WWW)
Sometimes it can help to change from STANDALONE mode to "MSBASED"
hit menu, save and exit (Don't worry if you're using Root explorer it will automatically create a backup)
Reboot your phone and go outside
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on the line server is "supl.google.com" (DO NOT PUT WWW)
do u need to put the quotes around the server name?
try using SGS tools and applying the GPS fix.....you have to be rooted though to use it..Im not sure if it helps but mine seems quicker to lock after I do it
I had a problem with the GPS on EF02 and EG22 ROMS in that my GPS would work but would eventually result in a "searching for gps" message at the bottom of the navigator even though my gps was turned on. Today I haven't experienced that problem thanks to the program:
GPS Aids Free - beta (found in Google Market)
Just run the program and allow it to download the proper information regarding your phone...make sure you get passing "green" boxes to show you that each task was completed successfully. Now report back and let me know if this fixed you too.
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Wrong section, but regardless; does this fix the problem with only locking on to ~40% of satellites?
Sorry....I just posted this under development because it regarded developer releases.....not sure on how many are used but this seems to fix problem where gps gets into locked state and stops working
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showmrock said:
I had a problem with the GPS on EF02 and EG22 ROMS in that my GPS would work but would eventually result in a "searching for gps" message at the bottom of the navigator even though my gps was turned on. Today I haven't experienced that problem thanks to the program:
GPS Aids Free - beta (found in Google Market)
Just run the program and allow it to download the proper information regarding your phone...make sure you get passing "green" boxes to show you that each task was completed successfully. Now report back and let me know if this fixed you too.
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XTRA data won't download no matter what I do.
I cant get it to download the LTO or other one data. I have root.
shadowlink217 said:
Wrong section, but regardless; does this fix the problem with only locking on to ~40% of satellites?
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After trying it I can say it doesn't appear to. Still only locking onto 3/7 sats here.
Dulanic said:
XTRA data won't download no matter what I do.
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Same here. However the developer mentions that you only need one or the other (LTO or XTRA).
The 4 satellite limitation appears to be a GB leak issue and won't be overcome until official release and source code.
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kennyglass123 said:
The 4 satellite limitation appears to be a GB leak issue and won't be overcome until official release and source code.
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I'm locked in 5 sats today with GPS status..
this actually worked
I'm on the deodexed EG22 leak, rooted and with chris41g's kernel. My GPS was taking a while to get a lock. Things like FourSquare would take a while to "wake up" and realize my location had changed from one place to another. I'd be in City B and when I would go to check-in, it would still think I was in City A.
Anyways, after downloading and running GPS Aids, the GPS gets a fix much faster for me!
not sure if this is a related problem, but ive noticed that my compass reads my direction backwards... ie: east is west, north is south... anyone else encounter this?
duplissi said:
not sure if this is a related problem, but ive noticed that my compass reads my direction backwards... ie: east is west, north is south... anyone else encounter this?
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Sounds like you need to re-calibrate it.
Electrofreak said:
Sounds like you need to re-calibrate it.
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I have several times. Wave the phone in a figure 8 right?
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tried this, now I have NO gps whatsoever.
How do I set it back, this app broke my gps entirely
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This one's been a big help. It's only temporary, but if I run it every day or two my GPS is actually mostly usable.
duplissi said:
I have several times. Wave the phone in a figure 8 right?
Sent from my gingerbread epic
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No.
Settings -> Display -> Horizontal calibration
Since your compass is reversed you may need to do the calibration upside down. In other words, when you push the calibrate button, be holding the phone a level as possible with the screen facing down on the underside of a table or desk.
Hi All. The Screen Auto-rotation has failed on my Sensation. Everything is set to allow it in Settings but no joy.I've tried everything [almost] inc Battery Removal, Disabling Flip-over Speakerphone & Live Wallpapers, and calibrating G-sensor but it always says Calibration Aborted. Anyone got any other ideas?
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Hi All. The Screen Auto-rotation has failed on my Sensation. Everything is set to allow it in Settings but no joy.I've tried everything [almost] inc Battery Removal, Disabling Flip-over Speakerphone & Live Wallpapers, and calibrating G-sensor but it always says Calibration Aborted. Anyone got any other ideas?
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hmm.. maybe there is a hardware fault.. grab the Bubble level app from the market to test: https://market.android.com/details?id=bz.ktk.bubble&feature=search_result
pakraider said:
hmm.. maybe there is a hardware fault.. grab the Bubble level app from the market to test
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Oh dear. Bubbles not working. That's a hardware fault then?
And how about Elixir2 and its sensor diagnostic utility?
AlexFlexy said:
And how about Elixir2 and its sensor diagnostic utility?
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Installed it. Nothing is working, except the microphone.
Hardware then?
and116 said:
Hardware then?
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Hmm... try to re-flash stock ROM (if you have not done this yet). If this does not solve the problem, then the problem is hardware.
AlexFlexy said:
Hmm... try to re-flash stock ROM (if you have not done this yet). If this does not solve the problem, then the problem is hardware.
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Okay. I'm running Bulletproof at the mo.
Where would I find the stock ROM please?
[I got it in August from Vodafone. Don't remember any branding but it did have all the 360.com bloatware.]
Where would I find the stock ROM please?
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Ok, try to find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
Thanks. Will report back tomorrow
installed original ROM and it still does not work, so sending it back. Glad it wasn't the Bulletproof ROM's fault! Thanks for your help
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Hi. I installed ARHD 5.0.2 on my Sensation 4G. Now auto-rotate doesn't work. It sets screen to horizontal, but it doesn't set screen back to vertical. In other apps sensor works perfect. Calibration didn't help. What should I do?
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Hey guys I also got a same problem.
My phone slipped off my hand and fell off and the last time i use it(not rooted), i swear that the g sensor still worked.After that fall, it didn't work, sensor tools didn't detect it help me.
I can hit cancel and it appears everything including LTE and texting is working fine, but not sure if this is hurting anything? Any idea how to fix this?
trichert said:
I can hit cancel and it appears everything including LTE and texting is working fine, but not sure if this is hurting anything? Any idea how to fix this?
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Fix it by pressing dismiss everytime it comes up.
tonu42 said:
Fix it by pressing dismiss everytime it comes up.
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This sound like an incredibly complex workaround. I suggest a YouTube tutorial video series on this operation. At least half a dozen episodes.
tonu42 said:
Fix it by pressing dismiss everytime it comes up.
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just another reason why XDA is crap...
If you don't have an answer, just don't try to be funny, this is not a humor forum.
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just another reason why XDA is crap...
If you don't have an answer, just don't try to be funny, this is not a humor forum.
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That IS the answer!
Same question, just in case. Choosing dismiss is not a real answer.
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Same question, just in case. Choosing dismiss is not a real answer.
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What happens if you chose to dismiss? Any problems?
I had the same issue, never found a solution. Issues with data and voice so I reflashed stock.
It looks like this GUY was continuously having this same issue.
Get the the Phone Info app from the market and change your Network type to LTE/CDMA/Evdo and see if that helps. If not, back up your data and try a fresh flash on CM10 after.
Marcismo55 said:
It looks like this GUY was continuously having this same issue.
Get the the Phone Info app from the market and change your Network type to LTE/CDMA/Evdo and see if that helps. If not, back up your data and try a fresh flash on CM10 after.
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+1. This will fix your issue.
Marcismo55 said:
It looks like this GUY was continuously having this same issue.
Get the the Phone Info app from the market and change your Network type to LTE/CDMA/Evdo and see if that helps. If not, back up your data and try a fresh flash on CM10 after.
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For the record that is also the setting Phone Info finds my stock S3 running on.
I have a VZ GSIII and I love this phone more than my girl friend but Im very frustrated with the issue of my GPS not working. In Waze it shows "Cant locate GPS" and in google maps the same. I keep seeing the GPS icon at the top of my toolbar constantly searching. Regardless if the app is open or not (not working in the background).
I have tried now over 6 Rom's and having the same issue. Does any one have a solution? A good ROM or a fix?
I have tried so many things and they didn't work.
Try running the app gps fix from market...if that dont work you may have a hardware issue. My gps works flawless on most roms i have tried
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I have a VZ GSIII and I love this phone more than my girl friend but Im very frustrated with the issue of my GPS not working. In Waze it shows "Cant locate GPS" and in google maps the same. I keep seeing the GPS icon at the top of my toolbar constantly searching. Regardless if the app is open or not (not working in the background).
I have tried now over 6 Rom's and having the same issue. Does any one have a solution? A good ROM or a fix?
I have tried so many things and they didn't work.
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Few questions, Was it always a problem? Was it just with JB ROMs or both ICS and JB ROMs? If it was when you switch to JB ROMs, typically a fix is to revert to an ICS ROM, get a GPS lock, and switch back to a JB ROM. But it could be a hardware issue too, try the GPS fix app like above poster said too before you through all the trouble, forgotten about that
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droidstyle said:
Try running the app gps fix from market...if that dont work you may have a hardware issue. My gps works flawless on most roms i have tried
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I had tried this before and it does nothing.. just counts down 15min..
Thank you for your input :good:
HoudiniJr said:
Few questions, Was it always a problem? Was it just with JB ROMs or both ICS and JB ROMs? If it was when you switch to JB ROMs, typically a fix is to revert to an ICS ROM, get a GPS lock, and switch back to a JB ROM. But it could be a hardware issue too, try the GPS fix app like above poster said too before you through all the trouble, forgotten about that
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ok well lets say I have an idea of what your asking but I dont.. Im sort of new to this so not exactly a pro.
I had my phone rooted then learned how to install different roms. I know I had a version of clean rom before and didn't have an issue with it. its only in the last 3 months.
Really the only reason I rooted my phone is to be able to use my phone as a global phone with different sim cards as I travel the world for a living
Any Ideas?
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ok well lets say I have an idea of what your asking but I dont.. Im sort of new to this so not exactly a pro.
I had my phone rooted then learned how to install different roms. I know I had a version of clean rom before and didn't have an issue with it. its only in the last 3 months.
Really the only reason I rooted my phone is to be able to use my phone as a global phone with different sim cards as I travel the world for a living
Any Ideas?
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Which ROM are you currently on?
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I had that exact problem and when I used map quest it could locate me right away when Maps kept timing out and saying couldn't locate. What I did was go under settings and then accounts and select my gmail account and then location services and turn it on. For some odd reason it would never turn on until I did the above. Also if your on a different ROM instead of stock you need to go into location and select which GPS antennae to use which will always be internal. I got my GPS to work after that but it still took a long time to lock on my locations so I just finally Odined back to VRALHD and started over again and went through the unlocking steps and everything again and flashed a ROM. I still had to go into location services under my gmail account and turn it on but it locks almost immediately now.
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Also you may want to d/l GPS Test from the Play Store and step outside and see how many satellites your picking up and it can even clear and update your AGPS.
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HoudiniJr said:
Which ROM are you currently on?
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I'm using galaxy_mod_d2vzw_rls5 4.1.1
by the way thank you for trying to help me +1
synergy714 said:
I'm using galaxy_mod_d2vzw_rls5 4.1.1
by the way thank you for trying to help me +1
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No problem, that's what these forums are for. :thumbup: and what ROM did you have before that? And I believe RLS6 is up already. So you can try flashing up to that to see if it fixes the problem, if not like I said before, I suggest you flash to a ICS ROM not permanently but just so you can grab a GPS lock, just make a nandroid of your current ROM so you can flash right back to it.
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Which ROM are you currently on?
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No problem, that's what these forums are for. :thumbup: and what ROM did you have before that? And I believe RLS6 is up already. So you can try flashing up to that to see if it fixes the problem, if not like I said before, I suggest you flash to a ICS ROM not permanently but just so you can grab a GPS lock, just make a nandroid of your current ROM so you can flash right back to it.
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that didn't work.
can you guide me on how to flash to an ics rom and grab the gps lock?
synergy714 said:
that didn't work.
can you guide me on how to flash to an ics rom and grab the gps lock?
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Just find any ICS ROM, for instance synergyROM is a good one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792499
Click on the older builds link and grab r71, flash that which is an ICS based ROM and grab a GPS lock, if that that doesn't work, its possible it could be a hardware issue since we have tried all hese fixes and still nothing
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Try giving hia a shot first too, see if it helps, possible it can, reports saying it helped alot of people
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5Eb3VibGUuRmFzdGVyRml4Il0
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Faster fix+GPS test is the best when using faster fix set it United states works perfect them Two work great together.
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HoudiniJr said:
Just find any ICS ROM, for instance synergyROM is a good one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792499
Click on the older builds link and grab r71, flash that which is an ICS based ROM and grab a GPS lock, if that that doesn't work, its possible it could be a hardware issue since we have tried all hese fixes and still nothing
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Try giving hia a shot first too, see if it helps, possible it can, reports saying it helped alot of people
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5Eb3VibGUuRmFzdGVyRml4Il0
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By "grabing GPS lock" you mean what? how do I do that?
Hulk0069 said:
Faster fix+GPS test is the best when using faster fix set it United states works perfect them Two work great together.
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thanks . i tried it.. didnt help
synergy714 said:
By "grabing GPS lock" you mean what? how do I do that?
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What I mean is when you flash to an ICS ROM, just go into the maps app it any app that requires a GPS lock and get a lock, if for some reason you can't get a lock, it could be your GPS died out which is possible. Also make sure you have everything checked in location sdevices when you go to do that.
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What I mean is when you flash to an ICS ROM, just go into the maps app it any app that requires a GPS lock and get a lock, if for some reason you can't get a lock, it could be your GPS died out which is possible. Also make sure you have everything checked in location sdevices when you go to do that.
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Awesome!!! thank you thank you .. +50
synergy714 said:
Awesome!!! thank you thank you .. +50
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No problem, let me know how that turned out
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No problem, let me know how that turned out
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Ya it also didn't help.. I'm just going to get a new phone and re try rooting it lol
synergy714 said:
Ya it also didn't help.. I'm just going to get a new phone and re try rooting it lol
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Yeah definitely seems like a hardware issues which sucks, good luck
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