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.
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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)
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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?
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You don't have a nandroid backup?
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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.
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I'm been running the stock rooted Rom for about a day now my gps doesn't work. I get no icon in the status bar either. I wiped everything and reflashed the Rom and still no gps icon or gps status.
Do anyone know of a fix for this?
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Have you tried downloading GPS Test? Download that software and see if you are getting a GPS lock on some satellites. If you are, then I am guessing you are having problems with Google Maps, if so, uninstall Google maps then reinstall it from the market. For whatever reason that application seems to get corrupted during the rooting process for a lot of people (including me) and stops working. Once I did this I had everything working again, and I can lay the phone in my cup holder in the car and it tracks me perfectly.
Loading Radio 26.05.05.27_M3 - (Orange UK 1.84.61.2) did the trick for me.
Thanks but I got it working it again. I used a fix that's for the Evo that I remembered that was posted a while back. Which was to go into recovery, wipe everything, flash another rom (I used Core Droid), get a GPS lock, go back into recovery, rewipe again and reflash the rom that had the gps issues. After logging back into everything, I opened maps and immediately got a lock. And the icon was displayed in my taskbar.
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Thanks but I got it working it again. I used a fix that's for the Evo that I remembered that was posted a while back. Which was to go into recovery, wipe everything, flash another rom (I used Core Droid), get a GPS lock, go back into recovery, rewipe again and reflash the rom that had the gps issues. After logging back into everything, I opened maps and immediately got a lock. And the icon was displayed in my taskbar.
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For future reference, all I needed to do to get it working again was repeat step 5 of the hack kit.
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For future reference, all I needed to do to get it working again was repeat step 5 of the hack kit.
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Cool...I'll check that out too.
Thanks
Repeating step 5 worked for me too. Easy fix, annoying when I found out I managed to mess up my GPS earlier today when showing the phone to some friends.
i don't have gps icon in the status bar, and gps can't get any locking at all. it worked once before i flashed a new rom a few days ago, now it just doesn't seem to work anymore. is the gps module broken? i tried reflashing the radios and different roms, nothing worked.
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i don't have gps icon in the status bar, and gps can't get any locking at all. it worked once before i flashed a new rom a few days ago, now it just doesn't seem to work anymore. is the gps module broken? i tried reflashing the radios and different roms, nothing worked.
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Have you tried following the instructions here? --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12437647&postcount=5
kirk123 said:
Have you tried following the instructions here? --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12437647&postcount=5
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strange, i followed your instruction got into the bootloader, but it did not recognize any PC10IMG.zip that's on the sd card....
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strange, i followed your instruction got into the bootloader, but it did not recognize any PC10IMG.zip that's on the sd card....
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nevermind 10chars
Edit: replied in wrong thread.
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Worked for others. Not sure why it wouldn't work for you. Try again. Downloaded file might be corrupt. Download the file again.
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I had something similar to you but I did see the flashing GPS icon, but it just wouldn't lock. Like in GPS test app it would not see any satellites. It didn't matter what ROM i was on, or even if I tried to flash a backup where the gps worked, it wouldn't change anything. I tried the before mentioned re flashing the radio and it didn't find it on my sd just like you, so what I did was redid step 5 in the hack kit. This essentially does the same thing that you were trying to do with the PCIMG.zip file. Give it a shot it should be easy if you rooted with the hack kit, just plug your phone in with debugging enabled, set as charge only, change the directory (cd) to wherever you saved the hack kit, and then run the sh hackerize-ace.sh setup-radio, then run the sh hackerize-ace install-radio(for me because I was on a mac I had to use the sh hackerize-ace.sh install radio), then follow the instructions in HBOOT. It worked for me when nothing else would.
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I had something similar to you but I did see the flashing GPS icon, but it just wouldn't lock. Like in GPS test app it would not see any satellites. It didn't matter what ROM i was on, or even if I tried to flash a backup where the gps worked, it wouldn't change anything. I tried the before mentioned re flashing the radio and it didn't find it on my sd just like you, so what I did was redid step 5 in the hack kit. This essentially does the same thing that you were trying to do with the PCIMG.zip file. Give it a shot it should be easy if you rooted with the hack kit, just plug your phone in with debugging enabled, set as charge only, change the directory (cd) to wherever you saved the hack kit, and then run the sh hackerize-ace.sh setup-radio, then run the sh hackerize-ace install-radio(for me because I was on a mac I had to use the sh hackerize-ace.sh install radio), then follow the instructions in HBOOT. It worked for me when nothing else would.
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I have been having this exact problem, no matter what ROM I use GPS will not see any satellites. I have tried everything, including redoing step 5 of the hack kit. Is going back to factory settings my last resort? I would really rather not have to do that, but I will if it's the only thing that will fix GPS.
chuckwalla said:
I have been having this exact problem, no matter what ROM I use GPS will not see any satellites. I have tried everything, including redoing step 5 of the hack kit. Is going back to factory settings my last resort? I would really rather not have to do that, but I will if it's the only thing that will fix GPS.
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I thought my gps was back to normal but today on the road it was hard to get a lock again. It would see like 3-5 satellites, but wouldn't obtain the lock. I don't know what to do now, after re flashing the radio from the hack kit, I have a feeling one of the roms is breaking the gps for some of us. My guess is that it is changing something in the gps module which cannot be fixed easily. Will be looking forward to a real fix for this as gps is something I really need.
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I thought my gps was back to normal but today on the road it was hard to get a lock again. It would see like 3-5 satellites, but wouldn't obtain the lock. I don't know what to do now, after re flashing the radio from the hack kit, I have a feeling one of the roms is breaking the gps for some of us. My guess is that it is changing something in the gps module which cannot be fixed easily. Will be looking forward to a real fix for this as gps is something I really need.
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That's probably what's happening, this seems to be happening others other than me, hopefully the problem will be solved at some point.
chuckwalla said:
That's probably what's happening, this seems to be happening others other than me, hopefully the problem will be solved at some point.
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Update: after a few days my gps seems back to normal, I can even get a lock to 30m inside. Hopefully it stays this way. The best answer for me is redoing step 5 of the hack kit. And for me it was getting a weak signal at first but after a few days it seems to have stabilized.
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OK, so I've dug around the forums and have yet to really find anyone who had a similar issue and wasn't able to fix it with either FasterFix or GPSStatus so thought I'd start a new thread. If anyone knows this answer and knows it's in another thread then let me know and I'll shut this one down...
Anyways, the issue in a nutshell is that Maps refuses to work without "Wireless Networks" being checked (it throws up an error that tells me to turn on My Locations or to turn on either "Wireless Networks" or "GPS satellites" even though GPS sats is checked in the settings) and even then the accuracy is horrible (on tower-based, which is more or less to be expected since it's a triangulation, I believe), Navigation/Locations will both get a location but it appears to be "Wireless Network" based, GPSStatus shows a max of only 3/3 sats even outside on a clear day but no other app sees those even those 3 sats. I basically think my GPS chip is locked up. (Is that even possible?)
The GPS issues started one night on CoreDroid's V5.0 after working for quite some time on CD's various builds, including working on 5.0, so I flashed up to 5.1 and still no-go. Wiped everything, reflashed 5.1 and still nothing. Moved over to RCMixHD 5.9 and it still acts up. It used to be that I could uncheck "Wireless Networks" and it would just bounce off of the GPS sats but now nothing seems to see the chip. I've wiped everything, reflashed numerous times, flashed a new radio (the latest Mar leaked GB radio), gone inside, outside, around the house, around the town, etc etc etc, cleared the Maps cache, uninstalled/reinstalled Maps, reinstalled Locations several times, reset the GPS state with GPS Status, redownloaded the GPS data w/ GPS Status, changed out the gps.spade.so file in CoreDroid 5.0/1 with one from the Inspire Dev Forum (I think, may have been General) that modded files based off of FasterFix files that were supposed to fix the GPS if FasterFix doesnt (the files worked for a whole one test...then everything quit working right again) and I've reset the NTP to North America's server via FasterFix and STILL nothing. I'm getting rather frustrated at this point and any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys!
How about flashing back to stock Rom?
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What would the advantage be? I mean I've already flashed different ROMs and gotten the same issue so part of me doesn't care to flash another couple of times but another part of me wonders why it'd help any since it's just going to be overwritten when I flash back to RC or any other custom. Will flashing to stock somehow reset the GPS. I know flashing to stock is generally one of the first suggestions but I've always wondered how it actually helps. Guess I'm off to hunt down the stock on my computer while I wonder lol...thanks
Did you use RUU to get back to stock Rom and radio? RUU does more than just flash the Rom. It flashes the radio to stock. Only reason I'm saying this is cause someone else had Gps issues and when they went to stock unrooted, everything worked as it should.
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Do a forum search for inspire RUU. Should come up.
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Awesome, thanks. I was unaware that the Inspire had an RUU. Well, most RUU's I've run across have been packaged into a program like ODIN but I think I can do the RUU manually via ADB. Hopefully they have a program out, though. Think all my stock stuff has been done via ADB and the Hack Kit so I'll dig around for an all-in-one program. Thanks!
Sadness...no such luck even on RUU stock.
Just curious, what method did you use to do this?
Is this the same one you used?
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b50...60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed.exe
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I have been having similar GPS issues on my stock Inspire. After a long HTC customer service call, I was advised to do a factory reset on the phone. Voila, the problem appears to be solved. I now get 8 or 9 satellites and lock in about 30 seconds. Also, after this reset, my battery life is much better. So, I am not sure what bug I eliminated in the factory reset, but I accomplished something. What would affect both battery and GPS? I know this is not the same as for a rooted phone, but perhaps there is some connection. By the way, just what SNR do users with solid GPS performance get on GPS Test? I never get SNR over 25 on any satellite, whether indoors or out...
HtcOmega,
I helped another person with an inspire, so maybe it might work for you too, Try the link in my sig and see if replacing the gps.conf with one of mine may help you. It has been very successful so far, it might help with your dilema as well. And if your going to ask whats different about mine then fasterfix app, the answer is alot.
Let me know.
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HtcOmega,
I helped another person with an inspire, so maybe it might work for you too, Try the link in my sig and see if replacing the gps.conf with one of mine may help you. It has been very successful so far, it might help with your dilema as well. And if your going to ask whats different about mine then fasterfix app, the answer is alot.
Let me know.
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I was having the same issue as HtcOmega and decided check out your link. I must say that my GPS is working as it should now. Takes at most 30 seconds for a lock without the case on. I flashed the north america zip instead of choosing the north east version. Is there any reason why you wanted people to choose their specific region?
Primarily the reason is I broke up the USA into 6 regions and made a script for 62+ individual countries because I am not using the generic ntp servers from the pool, these are ntp servers specifically for that location, and by narrowing down the location and not using a general ntp it should make lock times faster. If you read the thread for the most part quick reading you will see that the NA script is made primarily for people who travel to many places frequently and do not want to keep changing scripts, as well as people in the common wealth countries would use the NA script.
I am currently testing out 1.2 with a handful of beta testers to see if the new script can be a little more consistent, there are new commands in the new script, which is phase one at least for the HD2 since the HD2 is a prt and lacks the support for true agps.
Hello,
I upgraded to CM 7.0.2 and can't get lock on GPS when using google maps navigator. I tried using GPS Status and reseting GPS data, using MSL Reader does not work since Inspire is not CDMA which reader seems to work with. GPS Status and GPS Test work at locating GPS satellites.
Did anyone have the same issue and found fix for this?
thanks!
Try search please.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11342772&postcount=1
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Try search please.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11342772&postcount=1
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Try being less of a jerk please.
While those scripts do help some, it's not the end all be all fix.
I was in your situation... somewhere along my happy flashing i lost my gps capabilities. I decided on cm7 but still had a broken gps. I flashed that script using cwm and now my gps is perfect, better than any gps from my previous phones. I do suggest downloading gps status after you flash those scripts. It'll download some agps data and hopefully your gps will lock on flawlessly from than on. Good luck.
Thanks guys! Will try using the script.
For the person that said he flashed the script and it worked flawlessly on CM7, which one did you actually flash? South East or North America...
I was in the same position before with CM7 and GPS acting up....did both of those and nothing changed really...
now i just freshly re-rooted my phone after having my parachute savior of going back to ATT STOCK completely...(saved it since i know if all else fails i can always go back and go back to the drawing board)...
I want to carefully chose my roms and also i would like to go back to radio that i originally had...so that's my next step.
Hey guys is me again lol. I just flashed the newest SynergyROM update ( 1.7 ) and my gps doesnt show me at the correct location. It keeps moving around my area, mostly 3 to 4 blocks away from me. i didnt mind that however when i go on navigation, the directions are incorrect due to the location being wrong. Is there a fix for this? I did a full wipe before installing just like instruction on the thread and i installed it after going back to stock and rooting.
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Hey guys is me again lol. I just flashed the newest SynergyROM update ( 1.7 ) and my gps doesnt show me at the correct location. It keeps moving around my area, mostly 3 to 4 blocks away from me. i didnt mind that however when i go on navigation, the directions are incorrect due to the location being wrong. Is there a fix for this? I did a full wipe before installing just like instruction on the thread and i installed it after going back to stock and rooting.
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Have you tried the Synergy thread? A lot has been discussed about GPS issues.
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Have you tried the Synergy thread? A lot has been discussed about GPS issues.
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i did check it and tried going to stock and then back to synergy and still same issue.
Edit: I just started reading many of the comments and i guess i will wait for the next update. Battery life is too good to quit the rom.
Thanks for the reply
From what I read about it, and I've been following the thread because I use Synergy, its possible that it is a hardware issue. Or its possible that you need to Odin back to stock and start over. I've been flashing and reflashing Synergy since 1.0 (or maybe it was 1.1) and haven't had much in the way of issues, GPS works fine.
I'm on one of the nightlies right now, have you tried using the current nightly? Not sure what else I can suggest, I'm pretty new to it all really.
hope this gets fixed
If you flash back to stock does GPS work fine
Ive seen a few posts that gps doesnt work and they have been told flash back then flash rom, but my question is when back to stock does gps work then? if not maybe its the phone its self
I have not had any problems even VZW can find me if i turn gps off
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Hey guys is me again lol. I just flashed the newest SynergyROM update ( 1.7 ) and my gps doesnt show me at the correct location. It keeps moving around my area, mostly 3 to 4 blocks away from me. i didnt mind that however when i go on navigation, the directions are incorrect due to the location being wrong. Is there a fix for this? I did a full wipe before installing just like instruction on the thread and i installed it after going back to stock and rooting.
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This may not the best route, but it has worked for me so far:
I'm also on v1.7 (Odined back to stock unrooted; rooted via GS3_debugfs-root_r2; CWM 6.0.1.0; clean v1.7 install with data/cache/dalvik wipes) and this is what I did when I initially flashed and noticed GPS locking issues:
1. Toggled GPS
2. Went outside & launched GPS Test
3. Updated AGPS
4. Once the "In Use" # of satellites in GPS Test showed 2 or more I launched Google maps and got an immediate lock.
Since the initial flashing of v1.7 when I have GPS locking issues:
1. Toggle GPS
2. Go outside and launch GPS Test.
3. Once the "In Use" # of satellites in GPS Test show 2 or more I launch Google maps. I usually then get an immediate lock. I also verify with Waze.
I noticed that if I keep GPS on, then I don't have to launch GPS Test to get a lock. However, if I turn GPS off and toggle it back on right before I need it, my GPS lock takes longer. If I'm waiting past 30 secs for a lock, I just launch GPS Test and wait for the "In Use" number to populate before going back to Maps or Waze
Is your Wifi on? Sounds strange but the same thing was happening to me and it said turn the Wifi on and I locked in after being 3 blocks off
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I actually got my gps problem fixed. I odin back to root66 and did a factory reset there and ran maps, the gps was working fine. Then i upgraded to the newest synergy and gps is working fine as well. I did a full wipe before going to synergy.