I'm running stock and my GPS is incredibly slow. Using GPS Fix can never get a fix within 15 minutes. Any ideas? Should I just return the phone? I bought it at a tmobile store over a month ago. Would they even accept returns this far out?
You only have 14days to return but I would go plead a case how your not satisfied with the product
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Bspence415 said:
You only have 14days to return but I would go plead a case how your not satisfied with the product
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30 days in California.
I'm having this problem too. Nothing seems to fix it!! arghhhhhhhhh
I think installing a Gingerbread build breaks the GPS.
strung said:
I'm having this problem too. Nothing seems to fix it!! arghhhhhhhhh
I think installing a Gingerbread build breaks the GPS.
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That's when my problems started.
Hopefully the official GB update provides some fixed GPS drivers.
I noticed that it goes back and forth for me. Sometimes it locks right away, other times I have to close and reopen slash turn off and on GPS. Do remember though there are always areas that are hard for any GPS to fix a location on. I know some of them here in the twin cities.
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unique77 said:
I noticed that it goes back and forth for me. Sometimes it locks right away, other times I have to close and reopen slash turn off and on GPS. Do remember though there are always areas that are hard for any GPS to fix a location on. I know some of them here in the twin cities.
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That's what I thought...at first.
But I have 2 G2xs. One that has never been flashed, and one that was flashed to CM7 and back to stock.
Never been flashed picks up GPS everywhere, indoors, outdoors in under 5 seconds. It's perfect.
Flashed one hardly works. Sometimes never gets any GPS satellites. Other times it gets them but never locks, even with 9 or more satellites in view. Before flashing, it worked fine.
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My G2X periodically loses all data connection, and the up arrow on the top gets stuck. It usually comes back after 15-20 seconds, but lately it has been happening more frequently. It happened while I was on stock, so I thought maybe a new rom would fix it. I've tried cm7, and I'm currently running the leaked gingerbread rom, I even went to t mobile and got a brand new sim card, but it's only getting worse. At first it happened once every few hours, but lately it had been happening 3-5 times an hour, and it's getting very annoying. Is this happening to any body else?
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Yeah I had the same problem with my o2x running cmx-11. I think its fixed now. What I did was flash modaco fr15 and that seemed to fix it. One of the bugs I guess :/
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Used to do that on froyo on my n1. Gingerbread fixed it. In the meantime, switch into airplane mode and then turn it back to normal mode. Used to work for me.
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Used to do that on froyo on my n1. Gingerbread fixed it. In the meantime, switch into airplane mode and then turn it back to normal mode. Used to work for me.
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That works for me too, but it's only a temporary fix, and it only shaves off like 5 seconds on the waiting. Then it will happen again within the hour.
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Man im not going to lie to you, this problem seems to be a quirk with tmobiles network or maybe gsm data as a whole. I have been having this problem on every single 3g phone ive had on tmobiles network since the g1 (then another g1, then cliq, then n900, then n1, then vibrant, g2, g2x...in certain areas its worse..and the ish can be really annoying.
Yup same here, mt4g, n1, now g2x data gets stuck all the time, customer service is a joke, i probably know more about phones than them, all they have you do is reboot phone, this problem is very very annoying.
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It happens to my G2x also...it's very annoying!
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Used to happen alot on my mt3gs. Experienced it a few times on my G2x. Only quick fix I use is task killing which I try not to do. Another way is calling my voice mail and let my network kinda 'find and reset' itself. Worked for me majority of the time lol.
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Used to happen alot on my mt3gs. Experienced it a few times on my G2x. Only quick fix I use is task killing which I try not to do. Another way is calling my voice mail and let my network kinda 'find and reset' itself. Worked for me majority of the time lol.
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Yeah all those work arounds do the job but its bull caca, it should work good, im pissed off radio gets cut off all the time, i say we flood theyr phone and demand to speak with tecs!!
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Also me have this problem.....in a P990 (Lg Dual)
The only solution that i have found is to go on "settigns" and Tap again on the APN....after 5 sec it will works....
Ops: i forgot....i got the stock ROM (V10b)
Used to happen alot on my mt3gs. Experienced it a few times on my G2x. Only quick fix I use is task killing which I try not to do. Another way is calling my voice mail and let my network kinda 'find and reset' itself. Worked for me majority of the time lol.
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Yeah all those work arounds do the job but its bull caca, it should work good, im pissed off radio gets cut off all the time, i say we flood theyr phone and demand to speak with tecs!!
G2X
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True that homie,...but technology can only go so far ya know -_-
I wonder if other networks experience this as well?
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True that homie,...but technology can only go so far ya know -_-
I wonder if other networks experience this as well?
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This also been happening to be since I got the g2x I tried everything ... hopefully the gingerbread update will fix everything till then we will see ..
Happens on my vibrant, G1, and just about every single android phone on T-Mobile. I'm curious to know if this happens on other networks also, or if it is an android problem. I have very little tolerance for this kind of bs and if I can confirm this is a tmo problem then I'm bailing.
i get the same stupid problem
Ditto. I cringe to say it but my data connection was way more solid on my Vibrant (and it's replacement) than my g2x (and it's 2nd & 3rd replacements)... I'm praying it's the drivers... I'll be kicking myself if I picked another lemon. >=\
About the other networks...I had an epic 4g. .and it didn't do that
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Hi, I had this problem with my P990 also and adjusted slightly the APN-Settings: I set APN-Type to "default" and APN-Protocol to "IPv4/IPv6". Seems to work now. koem
I am noticing a trend now... Each morning the GPS wont start. I startup maps in the morning, and I get no GPS icon. (AGPS still works) When I turn GPS off, GPS won't turn on again... A reboot is required to fix the problem.
2nd phone now with this issue... starting to wonder if its related to charging all night...
I don't think it is related to charging, randomly my GPS will get stuck, either when I first try to use it, or after it has been in use for a while, the GPS icon just sits there, and it won't lock on, and I have to reboot.
Annoying to reboot when you're driving in an area where you're actually relying on the nav to be working!
I've had this issue too. I really hope they come out with an update soon. Love this phone besides the small nuances.
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Weird, I don't have this problem but I do have a problem if I leave my WiFi on all night while it's charging. If I do, in the morning when I take it off the charger, the WiFi icon is gone and my 4G icon just keeps flashing every 5 seconds. It won't stop flashing and my phone will not have data until I reboot. Now I just turn off WiFi before going to bed since it doesn't happen any other time.
The easiest way to fix that is reconnect your wifi then while connected to wifi turn wifi off. Boom.
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Weird, I don't have this problem but I do have a problem if I leave my WiFi on all night while it's charging. If I do, in the morning when I take it off the charger, the WiFi icon is gone and my 4G icon just keeps flashing every 5 seconds. It won't stop flashing and my phone will not have data until I reboot. Now I just turn off WiFi before going to bed since it doesn't happen any other time.
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The easiest way to fix that is reconnect your wifi then while connected to wifi turn wifi off. Boom.
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Cool, I think I'll try that tomorrow morning. I'll let you know what happened.
kangxi said:
I've had this issue too. I really hope they come out with an update soon. Love this phone besides the small nuances.
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Did you guys get this GPS issue resolved with the new ROMS? I have the same problem and it doesn't seem to change if I use the stock Froyo or latest CM7.
Reboot and the GPS locks pretty quickly.
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Did you guys get this GPS issue resolved with the new ROMS? I have the same problem and it doesn't seem to change if I use the stock Froyo or latest CM7.
Reboot and the GPS locks pretty quickly.
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Do you have new baseband?
That has been giving me instant locks
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I had this problem with the bionix rom but none other than that rom.
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Try updating your baseband.
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Try updating your baseband.
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My GPS is "better" with the new baseband, but that is a highly relative term. It still takes 5 minutes or more to connect usually. The oddest thing though is when I go into GPS Status, I can see it is locked onto 7 or 8 satellites, but still doesn't have a lock, which is dumb because at least 4 should have a perfect lock. I will NEVER buy another LG phone in my life. Wish I'd have just waited for the Sensation, ugh.
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Do you have new baseband?
That has been giving me instant locks
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My phone was from Wind Canada which has a baseband from Jun 7, 2011. If I am correct, there is no way I can even try the new T-mobile basedband that came with the GB update. LG updater says my phone is up-to-date, and I have not been able to find on the forums here a flashable file for the new baseband.
We're not sure when the Wind version of the GB update is coming. Hopefully soon, but the phone only launched here about 5 weeks ago.
Any other ideas?
This was the last thing I was expecting from this phone. Did they finally fix it or am I an anomaly?
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i dont know about fixing it because this is my first android phone but it works well for me too
today, I tried it out for the first time.. and omfg. it was fine for about 3 seconds, then it started jumping around on the map like I was teleporting or something.
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today, I tried it out for the first time.. and omfg. it was fine for about 3 seconds, then it started jumping around on the map like I was teleporting or something.
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That's what samsung gps usually does and what my gf's captivate always did. That was the reason I got her the inspire.
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Phateless said:
That's what samsung gps usually does and what my gf's captivate always did. That was the reason I got her the inspire.
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gps has been working perfectly for me since out of the box
I can't complain. Mine has always been perfect.
Same here. Never had a gps issue. Even at street level. Must have been fixed with the first ota maybe?
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I get 15 sec cold locks with 9ft. accuracy all the way down to 4ft. after a min or so. my vibrant takes 45sec to lock with 20-40ft accuracy. (and thats with gps mods). id say they fixed it.
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I get 15 sec cold locks with 9ft. accuracy all the way down to 4ft. after a min or so. my vibrant takes 45sec to lock with 20-40ft accuracy. (and thats with gps mods). id say they fixed it.
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I agree. GPS was always my biggest reservation with Samsung phones. That and lack of a stable cm7.
When cm7 finally comes out for this phone I might sell my mt4g.
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First post in this forum, coming from both HTC Desire HD and Motorola Defy forums.
Just got a Atrix 2 from the market place and I like it. I was having issues with reception on my HTC phones in my basement. Someone suggested I try a Motorola because of they get great reception. I bought a Defy and sure enough 15 -20 dbMs better in my basement.
I just couldn't get use to the smaller screen on the defy so I picked up this phone to try it out.
My issue is that the GPS works, no issues with maps, nav or GPS status and tools. However, faster fix and my golfing app won't work? Faster fix just sits there with a white screen and my golfing GPS app tells me that my settings for the GPS are wrong?
Anyone else with these issues? I have my phone rooted but haven't flashed any new roms yet.
Thanks in advance.
Wow, over 200 views and no response! Am I the only one with this issue?
Would be nice to know if flashing a different rom solved this issue as I'm still on the original. I thought I would wait a couple of weeks before I started flashing again as it's been a nice break, lol.
I am having the exact same issues but with my jogging apps. None of them can get a location for me.
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I am having the exact same issues but with my jogging apps. None of them can get a location for me.
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Thanks for the reply, now I know its just not me.
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Nope.. my GPS is perfect... actually so good that when I zoom to maximum and walk around my apartment it shows accurate movement... I mean accuracy is within 3 to 4 metres... and ya.. usually fixes within a few seconds.. I m running rooted stock Indian rom...
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Ravikirancg said:
Nope.. my GPS is perfect... actually so good that when I zoom to maximum and walk around my apartment it shows accurate movement... I mean accuracy is within 3 to 4 metres... and ya.. usually fixes within a few seconds.. I m running rooted stock Indian rom...
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Can you try using an app called fasterfix and see if it works, much appreciate it.
Hi,
Any one noticed bad GPS reception after upgrading to latest ICS? Usually it takes Maps 2 to 3 seconds to lock to GPS, not it takes 2 minutes.
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Abdul
gps is great here on uclf6
No problems here, try deleting the caches
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GPS locks in within seconds for me and the signal is great.
Read somewhere that turning off Google location services helps with gps lock, might give it a try.
2 things to try
Flash agps fix
Download gps status and do this
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droid512 said:
2 things to try
Flash agps fix
Download gps status and do this
CM9 Skyrocket
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don't flash and mess anything...It depends on the location ..
I had that problem a while back, flashed AGPS and now my GPS are instant. :good:
More info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21242781
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don't flash and mess anything...It depends on the location ..
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Umm why wouldn't you flash the gps fix it's not harmful at all
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I use my GPS everyday for work. I have noticed from 2.3.6 that it takes longer to locate my position and it says "follow the route" instead of starting the directions. If I start driving it kicks in and works fine. At least it hasn't crashed on me. I had something wrong with 2.3.6, it would want me to set it to manual network time in the middle of driving somewhere. I will try those fixing and let you know.
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I use my GPS everyday for work. I have noticed from 2.3.6 that it takes longer to locate my position and it says "follow the route" instead of starting the directions. If I start driving it kicks in and works fine. At least it hasn't crashed on me. I had something wrong with 2.3.6, it would want me to set it to manual network time in the middle of driving somewhere. I will try those fixing and let you know.
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I had the same problem and assumed it had to do with location etc and just a bad signal.. Flashed the agps fix and haven't looked back..
Now I lock within a few seconds and everything is perfect
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yes sometimes works sometimes dont.
Same problem here after the ics update, using the procedure everyone before with GPS status fix the problem but for limited area as soon I move 10 or 20 miles the problem starts again
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I did the aGPS fix and rebooted, and still getting strangements.
I'm have the problem where I am always located at Tonopah, Nevada, but I live in the Bay Area, CA . The thing is i dont have a SIM card for the phone, is that the reason?