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Using Supernova/Phoenix GPS fix with Gingerbread - My trials

Thanks to a lead from soccer_dad, I have found that the Adam_GPS_fix can be installed MANUALLY and with a huge improvement in GPS.
The original files are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959671
I have been obsessed with the GPS on Captivate and my old post tested GPS on a large variety of Froyo custom ROMs. IN MY OPINION, this fix gave me the best results on Froyo ever....but GB never came even close.
I USE NAVIGON, IGO8 and CoPilot 8 TO VERIFY THE GPS "QUALITY", and driving in NYC (a perfect test city !!!). So this is no Google Maps thing.
1. You need to use a Froyo based modem. True Gingerbread modems do not appear to work in my hands. I am using T959TLJL3. Again, Aries bases modems work much better in NYC, USA, ATT for me. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391
This is a guess: I think GB modems look for the files elsewhere, while the file structure in the fix is a Froyo one and so Froyo modems can find it
2. Extract Adam_GPS_Fix to wherever you like. Open the folder and you should have these files.
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3. I used RootExplorer. Change mount from R/o to R/W (read/write).
4. MAKE A COPY OF FILES IN THE FOLDERS BELOW FROM the GB ROM:
*** Copy and save and folder "gpsd" in system:bin:
*** Same with any files with names "gps.conf" and "jupiter.xml" in :system:etc
*** Same with file "libgps.so" in :system:lib:
5. Copy files as follows: (all files in respective folders). If folder does not exist just recreate by copying entire folder.
bin/gpsd ---->SYSTEM:bin:gpsd
etc/(2 files) ---->SYSTEM:etc: (copy and replace)
lib ---->SYSTEM:lib
5. Do not worry about META_INF.
6. Flash the Froyo modem.
7. reboot and check GPS. ( I have AngryGps).
RESULTS: From 4-5 satellites to 8 satellites with 6 constant lock.
** Navigon which would constantly drop GPS and 'recalculate' over a 30 mile route now stays fixed.
** CoPilot runs very smoothly and recalulates nicely.
** Interestingly, in Froyo Navigon was a super good gps lock, but in GB it is still not absolutely perfect. CoPilot with this fix is wotking much better. So clearly the GPS ability depends not just on what kind of "satellite locks" you get but also on the software that interprets this data. Please try one or two other GPS software programs before giving up on your GPS in any scenario !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope this helps someone, and input is welcome !!!!!!
My current config:
&& Apex 8.2
&& Talon 0.4.1

Thanks. I have been trying to do something like this, and I think this will help.

aintwaven said:
Thanks. I have been trying to do something like this, and I think this will help.
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Yeah, I just hope this is not special to my phone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Q] Desire S - no GPS fix on GB 2.3.5, works well with MIUI

Hi All,
Having some issues with GPS fix and tried almost every app supposedly helping with it I decided to S-Off my DS and try different ROMs.
First flashed it with GB 2.3.5, went out, GPS Essentials was showing 2 max 3 satellites and no fix.
Tried latest MIUI - although there were some reported PGS issues with custom ROMs - mine seems to be working fine!
Has anyone experienced similar situation?

Just started to look into the problems with GPS with the DS from my girl. Where I have a fix with my Desire (root access) within seconds, the DS takes a lot of time (think in 10 minutes or more). Considering root accessing the DS to load a custom ROM. What ROM are you using?

Have you tried editing the gps.conf file found in /etc?
You will need a file editor that can edit system files such as this one and change the first line to:
NTP_SERVER=uk.pool.ntp.org
This solved my problems getting a decent GPS fix.
Peace

i have the same problem with gps
changing the ntp server doesn't help at all
tried updating a-gps data, also didn't help
any ideas?

Hi,
with this tweak : gps antenna tweak here is the result :
[edit]*The rom is the last miui from superKid
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And this is my gps.conf :
NTP_SERVER=0.fr.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.fr.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.fr.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.fr.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
DEBUG_LEVEL =0
INTERMEDIATE_POS=1
ACCURACY_THRES=5000
REPORT_POSITION_USE_SUPL_REFLOC=1
ENABLE_WIPER=1
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276
SUPL_NO_SECURE_PORT=7276
SUPL_SECURE_PORT=7276
# FOR C2K PDE SUPPORT, set the following
CURRENT_CARRIER=common
DEFAULT_AGPS_ENABLE=TRUE
DEFAULT_SSL_ENABLE=FALSE
DEFAULT_USER_PLANE=TRUE
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This thread might help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233359
Sent from my HTC Desire S

try latest radio you can find like this one
then wipe cache and dalvik cache from recovery and check again with gps status

Here's what I did to fix my DS GPS
I also had GPS problems till couple of days ago. It took me a long time to get the first satellites (even after gps.conf changes), and after I got the satellites, I used to get very bad accuracy no matter what. Nothing like GPS Doctors & GPS Status helped, it was a bummer.
It got solved in two steps:
Step 1 - Update to the leaked modem + VoidU1.1a
Not sure if it was the new modem or the ROM, but I started getting the satellites really fast, but still had bad accuracy.
Step 2 - Removed my barely-there phone cover! The Barely there cover by Case Mate causes GPS issues. After removing it, I get more satellites (up to 9/10 instead of 5/6) and accuracy went back to normal of ~10m.
Enjoy,
gb

I have no GPS problems with GB 2.3.5.... did you made Full wipe before install??

[Q] ICS Gps not locking on?

Hi all. Was wondering if anyone out there is having GPS issues on 4.0.3?
I did the update just before I left home to go to Indonesia and now I'm here the GPS won't get a lock particularly when using google maps. Says it has sattelites in range but even with 4 or 6 won't get a lock. However did manage to get a lock a couple of nights ago using SkEye astronomy program.
Any feedback appreciated.

I experienced the sameproblem with Nexus S locking on GPS days ago. Usually when I'm in Italy, I'm always connected to internet and GPS lock very fast, helped by the network.
But days Iago I went to London, with pre-cached map of the city and in 3 days the phone NEVER locked on the GPS system unless a wireless connection. All it said was "Trying to get current position..." and after a few seconds "Impossible to get the current position. Retry later".
While trying to get the position on googlemap in the status bar I noticed the empty GPS-circle never started to blink...
Exactly the same thing happened to my brother device (also a 4.0.3 Nexus S).

What worked for me.
So Im using the Galaxy s2.
Leaked ics.
Gps bug.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/gps-doctor/com.epekware.gpsdoctor
It said it worked and now maps finds me as does 'places'.
Facebook now gives me places nearby but still says not found.
I zoomed in on maps and its pretty much got me to within a few feet. So it has to be gps. Towers gets you w/in a few states. (jk)

I have the same issue. With ICS my phone can't get a GPS lock.
I'm back on GB though.

Ive been meaning to come and debunk my own thread.
False alert everyone. It doesnt work. When I was on wifi it took my info from there and 'injected' it. For whatever reason maps etc took that as well enough.
On 3g it would seem to only triangulate my position and get it right to within hundreds of yards.
However I hope that the thread helps developers develop a bug fix. I saw qbking post a new ics vid today so maybe the latest leak is gps corrected. Well see.

flash a stock GB rom, Pete's for instance. Lock on to GPS in Maps. I use GPS test from Market also and Clear and update GPS with app. Reboot, then Flash ICS rom and benefit

GPS Test worked for me
Thanks for that. I had the same issue after updating to ICS - Glympse couldn't find where I was, Maps wouldn't use GPS, etc.
I installed GPS Test by Chartcross Limited (I haven't posted enough to post links, so I've replaced the forward slashes with back slashes "https:\\play.google.com\store\apps\details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jaGFydGNyb3NzLmdwc3Rlc3QiXQ..").
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All I had to do was to use the menu to get to Settings, and use the buttons at the top of the settings to Clear AGPS and Update AGPS (I don't know whether both of these were necessary), and everything started working. I didn't need to reboot.
Julie

[Q] Phone thinks I'm in... Nashua??

For about the last two weeks anything on my phone that uses the cell tower positioning to figure out location keeps saying I'm in Nashua, in New Hampshire... I live in Dallas, Texas. A little ways off for sure.
My biggest problem with this is I have a weather widget on my homeacreen that I let be set based on geolocation because I live and work in two different cities. But as I said, recently it just shows Nashua.
I haven't done anything to my phone since or right before this started, so I don't even know what to look at. Any help or advice would rock.
:: Beamed Up From My Hacked Up Mobile Computing Device ::

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maybe there's something wrong with the gps locating on the current rom your on, or maybe whatever app your using for the weather doesn't read the gps data correctly....have you tried finding your location with google maps and see if it locates you correctly??

Are you running the mock location option in settings/developer options, which I think is right with the rom you have listed.

Have you tried using this gps patch?
www.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438129
Works pretty well for me, flash it everytime I flash a new rom...

I live outside of Atlanta Ga and mine tells me I'm in Warsaw occasionally. I've lived in Georgia almost twenty years and don't think there's a Warsaw around here. Poland seems like a long distance to have the weather from though. Kinda funny
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

I'm from Nashua NH !!!!!!!! Lol

rkub said:
Have you tried using this gps patch?
www.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438129
Works pretty well for me, flash it everytime I flash a new rom...
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+1 on the GPS patch...
I flash it after every ROM update.

Google Maps not able to find exact location (Solved)

I am not able to find a correct location with GMaps, it shows a approximate location as you can see in the screenshot, with a very large error radius, maybe a few km. I tested my GPS with GPS test and I'm able to lock up to 8 satellites. Why can't Maps find my location with GPS and uses instead the network antennas?
Is this normal behaviour?
P.S I was outside while testing and my GPS was on of course, I could see the GPS sign trying to find signal. If I turn off Google location service Maps doesn't finf my location, while GPS test says it's workink ok.
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You might want to try GPS fix. It's an application that helps lock on to you're exact location. When I used it it actually pin pointed my exact address from there use the GPS after fix. It worked for me, hopefully it also will work for you. You can find GPS fix in the market. It takes awhile to lock in but it does work. At least it does for me. You should give it a try. Best of luck

realsis said:
You might want to try GPS fix. It's an application that helps lock on to you're exact location. When I used it it actually pin pointed my exact address from there use the GPS after fix. It worked for me, hopefully it also will work for you. You can find GPS fix in the market. It takes awhile to lock in but it does work. At least it does for me. You should give it a try. Best of luck
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Thanks man that works. Very strange though. Am I supposed to do this every time I use GPS, cause it takes at least 5 min? If I change location do I have to do it again?
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