What do you guys mean by GPS lock? Simply showing where you ate on maps? Or the time it takes navigation to start giving you direction s? My GPS will find me on maps almost instantly however....it takes it almost twenty minutes sometimes to start giving me directions
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I think it might be how long it takes your GPS to lock into your current location. I don't know if its CM7 or what but my gps is always off by like a mile.
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It's how long the phone says "Searching for GPS". Sometimes it takes a while.
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Is the gps bad in both cusom roms as well as stock? Tried WiFi fix and north-america to us mod and it is still way off...
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i got a new thunderbolt today to replace my old tb and the gps has the same issue. download gps status from the market and it will fix it
Will try it and will report back. What does that do?
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oneders65 said:
Will try it and will report back. What does that do?
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GPS Status lets you force an update of the "almanac" data, which sort of assists the GPS in figuring out where it's at when it cold starts. The GPS satellites aren't always in the same spot, so the almanac tell the unit where to look for them at any particular data/time.
GPS on my Thunderbolt has been 100% accurate the few times I use it; but I have wifi and vzw positioning enabled, so maybe I'm getting a bit of GPS assist from those.
GPS status will also let you see exactly where the satellites are and how many you're unit is locking on to.
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GPS Status lets you force an update of the "almanac" data, which sort of assists the GPS in figuring out where it's at when it cold starts. The GPS satellites aren't always in the same spot, so the almanac tell the unit where to look for them at any particular data/time.
GPS on my Thunderbolt has been 100% accurate the few times I use it; but I have wifi and vzw positioning enabled, so maybe I'm getting a bit of GPS assist from those.
GPS status will also let you see exactly where the satellites are and how many you're unit is locking on to.
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+1 for GPS Status ran that and i instantly locked on with 5 meters
Any one else have their GPS fail on them? Mine just stopped working yesterday.
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Shagman68 said:
Any one else have their GPS fail on them? Mine just stopped working yesterday.
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you have it enabled?
Shagman68 said:
Any one else have their GPS fail on them? Mine just stopped working yesterday.
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Happened to me to had to reboot. Also find it hard for it to lock 100 % ..
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I used this app GPS status on my mytouch 4g to fix it. Give it a shot.
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Yep, rebooting, non fast boot did the trick. That was really strange. Thanks.
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Never had problems with my GPS, so far so good. It's been finding my locations pretty quick.
Out of the box mine wouldn't see any sats in any of the GPS apps. The GPS antenna icon wouldn't even show up in the notification bar. Yes, GPS was on, but it was dead. Reboot did nothing.
Ended up doing a shutdown, removing battery, and when it booted up everything worked normally. GPS has worked very well since, quick locks and very accurate map location.
Yes, have had as well.
I've had flaky GPS as well. Sometimes fast lock, sometimes 15-second lock, sometimes full shutdown and pull the battery.
I used that GPS check applet (their is a free and paid version). It seemed to help confirm issues, since Maps and such just show that little sat dish at the top.
Seems like it may need a little FW fine-tuning or something.
As I said use GPS status clear your GPS chase then select your region of the world again and you will get fast connection to satellites. The app has a built in compass and you will be able to test
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I've had to do most of the above including battery removal, full power-downs, etc.
I use GPS test and it takes a while but I get up to 10 or so satellites with accuracy to as little as 2-3 meters.
Switching amongst multiple apps like Latitude, Maps, GPS test, etc. seem to take the heaviest toll on the ability of the unit to quickly lock on when I launch the next app.
I can "death grip" it as well and kill the Wi-Fi, cellular radio, and GPS antenna, FWIW.
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I've had to do most of the above including battery removal, full power-downs, etc.
I use GPS test and it takes a while but I get up to 10 or so satellites with accuracy to as little as 2-3 meters.
Switching amongst multiple apps like Latitude, Maps, GPS test, etc. seem to take the heaviest toll on the ability of the unit to quickly lock on when I launch the next app.
I can "death grip" it as well and kill the Wi-Fi, cellular radio, and GPS antenna, FWIW.
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I had an instance of GPS Test (the Mike Lockwood version) not locking yesterday. In the Settings on that app you can Clear Aiding Data. I turned off GPS, did the clear, turned GPS back on, and it locked within 10 seconds. But for the most part the GPS on the Sensation has worked very well.
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
CM9 Skyrocket
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?
I looked around and didn't see anything specific, when using Google navigation, roads disappear for a split second and the little compass jumps to the middle of the screen. This happens every 20 second or so. I used odin to go back to complete stock, still does it. Disabled hardware overlay, no change. Anyone else with this problem?
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I use Navigation on my S III all the time and have never experienced this. Sounds like a hardware problem, probably the GPS radio. You could verify it by using some other app that uses the GPS. Try Ulysse. It's a free speedometer app and if your GPS is wonky, it'll sure show up there.
My Gps was going screwy a lot at one point too. I un installed maps then reinstalled from play store. After that it was navigating fine but the voice guidance constantly told me to make a uturn for everything... Lol. Instead of "in 2 miles, take the exit" it was "make a u turn". Makes me think of the news stories where someone runs into a building because they were doing what the Gps says and not using common sense.. Hmm l think I'm going to flip a u turn in the middle of the interstate.... Lmao... But anyway, I cleared maps data in app management then it has been working fine ever since.
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I had them replace mine for the same reason. No problem through customer service. They agreed it was a hardware defect after having me do a couple of resets.
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Every time I install one, GPS takes forever or never locks. I've tried six or more, but they all seem to hog the GPS. Uninstall it and locks are fast again!? Anyone know one that doesn't on CM9?
If not, I'll keep lookin'.
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