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[Q] Did v2.2 fix your GPS?

I was really hoping it would, but after installing Cognition v2.2 BETA5.5. my GPS is no better. I really miss this feature.
If others are having this fix theirs than I need to see about getting new hardware. If not, then ... I don't know.... Start shopping for another (not a Samsung) phone?

Phredeee said:
I was really hoping it would, but after installing Cognition v2.2 BETA5.5. my GPS is no better. I really miss this feature.
If others are having this fix theirs than I need to see about getting new hardware. If not, then ... I don't know.... Start shopping for another (not a Samsung) phone?
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2.2 helped my GPS immensely though it was already decent before hand.
and not to be a PITA but the really shouldn't be in the dev forum, shoulda posted it in the Q&A one.

This belongs in general.
That aside, froyo is better than stock but not fixed.
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cropythy said:
This belongs in general.
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I put it here since froyo is not official yet. Thus a development topic.
Thanks for the response.

Phredeee said:
I put it here since froyo is not official yet. Thus a development topic.
Thanks for the response.
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Google maps still can't get a fix very well, but its a software issue, my tracks shows that my gps has near perfect accuracy, sensor assist in settings does not work, it only makes the run on arrow, and driving through the woods worse.
Once you get a good fix in google maps you should then get fixes faster but the initial fix may take a while. Getting a fix with other software first seems to help, but may be coincidental.
Before you go trading in the phone make sure you do a clean install, master clear in odin one click, then odin flash jf6, then upgrade, either with odin or via clockwork mod recovery.
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Didn't really fix it for me. It takes a long time to get a fix and once I get it, it would lose the fix within a few seconds.
I'm not using a window mount so the GPS signal has to go through the roof of my car. That may or may not affect it.

Didn't fix it at all for me. Very frustrating.
-Can't get a lock while moving
-Can't get a lock inside
-When I do get a lock it will lose it If I start moving
-Accuracy is waaay off.

2.2 broke my GPS It pretty much worked fine before I updated... now I cant even get a lock!!!

Mine will lock fine if I'm not moving but will not work once I'm moving, so still no navigation. I've heard it works for some so I wonder if there are just alot of hardware issues or what

My advice to you guys is to learn how to tweak lbstestmode settings. You can make your gps a lot better or a lot worse with these settings. Read up on the best settings and apply them to your phone.
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I gave up on my gps ... I am now "hoping" that the official release fixes it for everyone

update, i previously reported that it had more or less fixed my gps, that was with beta 4. beta 5.5 cant seem to get a fix, bad install im guessing. any number of things could be responsible. and no lbs test mode settings do not fix the gps. i almost wonder if it has something to do with titanium backup which i did not use before. its all purely speculation though.

Using Cognition Froyo 2.2 b5, GPS works almost 100% out of all the apps, google (Nav mostly)is the one with issues but very few now. It just looses me sometimes, usually when going under 20 mph but it does find me again in seconds.
I don't have a dash mount yet (due to questionable GPS) so it sits on the seat next to me in a truck, not the best. My trick is to run GPS test for a minute before I use Nav, seems to work every time. I lock on 7-10 sats in 6 or 7 seconds and they stay locked which never happened before, A lot of the time I'll be locked on 9 to 10 while moving with gps test reporting my speed within 1 mile an hour. I've also noticed that I get very few mistakes from Nav if I turn on the satellite layer, don't know why but works solidly for me when I do that.
This phone couldn't do a thing with gps before I flashed Cog's froyo and I had flashed a lot of different fixes, files, and roms almost bricking the phone a few times but nothing worked like the cognition froyo. I haven't used the jupiter v 006 files neither, no need with the gps working well.

GPS
I'm hoping that there was some parallel development going on and Samsung hasn't included a GPS fix in the leaked Froyo ROM. The GPS is pretty bad now - it's taking forever to obtain a fix again.

With 2.2, mine works fine. It takes a full minute to get a lock that status solid while in motion, but it gets a usable lock in twenty seconds. It's not as good as an iphone, but it's usable. In eclair, it's useless. Most of the time I can't get a lock at all, even if I let it try for a half hour. It will see 8 satellites and not lock a single one. In short, 2.2 has fixed my gps.

Mine has yet to have the GPS functioning well enough to use it.

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No, not at all.
My old ancient TMO G1 running Edge on ATT had lock on GPS 100% of the time. It was dead accurate and GPS was always on point. Can't say the same about my Captivate.
I'm on my second Captivate. I exchanged my first one thinking it was a hardware issue but alas I've given up. I flashed my phone with a couple different versions of ROMS (but not before trying the OTA Official fix before flashing any customs or rooting) it updated successfully but the GPS was still hella slow.
I'm not sure what's going on but these workarounds and everything absolutely do not work for me at all.
The only time the GPS works is when I turn Wi-Fi on, which defeats the purpose of having a wireless device in my opinion since you won't ALWAYS be around a Wi-Fi network (especially on a highway connected between the middle of nowhere) ...

I drove 450 miles with the GPS on my Captivate using Google Nav. It was pretty darn accurate. Only lost me 3 times the entire trip and by that I mean it went off onto the sideroads that ran parallel with the highway and then immediately came back. I'd have to say that 2.2 definitely fixed my GPS without a doubt.

I recently was having the crazy compass issue where it jumps back and forth. But my gps had always worked well as long as I wasn't moving to fast... I know I know. But cog 5.5 fixed my compass and improved my gps as well. Note I said improved not fixed, lol.
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GPS problems thread

I know this has been discussed some, but i can't seem to find a solution. This is a great phone, but the gps really makes me mad.
My OG Droid and inc would get a position lock pretty fast. about 15 seconds. the thunderbolt on the other hand sucks... Never have i even seen before the shrinking (or sometimes not) circle around your position arrow in google maps.
This is a big deal to me because i use the gps as the main navi in my truck, i assume lots of others do too. I also use it for marking fishing spots so pinpoint accuracy is a must.
I know and for those who don't, you can download GPS status and see the fix its getting and also reset or update your GPS. This kind of works for a while, but still doesn't get the most accurate fix (but ok for driving) and is a PITA. Also takes a minute.
I have a feeling this is software/radio related, and hopefully can be fixed. But just a hunch as i know nothing about the matter.
Anyone have any other ideas??

I should add i just got 12/12 in gps status. not too bad. and maybe the circle around the position arrow was MAYBE just added in a new version of maps. but still it takes multiple trys when i hit navigate to find my position.

GPS is awful on both my and my wife's Thunderbolts too. Can't get a lock standing outside even after 5 minutes; completely unusable. And, we shouldn't have to download another (non-official) app just to get GPS to work.

Glad it's not just me. My GPS takes forever to lock (has taken up to 10min before).

ntguru said:
Glad it's not just me. My GPS takes forever to lock (has taken up to 10min before).
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my pgs sucks as well. I didn't use it much before rooting and flashing roms, so I can't really compare pre and post ROM flashing. Either way, it sucks, can't lock on my location, it get "waiting on location" then "location unavailbale at this time". However, it seems to work when I on pgs navigation after waiting for a while. Hopefully we can get a fix for this soon.

i didnt try GPS much before root either. Don't think that would make a difference. I was on the stock rom just until yesterday and was having the same problems with it.
BUMP

I'm having the same issues. I love my phone but this is very aggravating. I would like to know if this is just isolated to a few of us( ie our particular phones are defective) or is the a phone wide issue.
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GPS issues..
I've been having the same issues with GPS. I posted about this in another thread but i'll post again.
I get three different locations from three different apps using GPS. Google maps is off by a few blocks, but at least it shows me in downtown houston (my actual location). My time widget pulls the time based on location, and currently, its somewhere near a lake in Russia right above mongolia. Foursquare thinks i'm on the coast of Lithuania and gives me locations in that area to check into.
I called VZ tech help and breezed through to the L2 support. The lady put me on hold to grab a thunderbolt phone to help me troubleshoot. When she came back on the line, she said her google maps was showing her location as blocks away from where she really too!!
Long story short - she gave me a call back later that day and said HTC is aware of the problem and is currently working on a fix for the issue , but gave no timeframe for when it would be fixed

My thunderbolt is fine. Just did a maps test and it found me in about 10s. I have two thunderbolts and the other one took about 1 minute to lock. Both tests were done from inside my house.

having the same problem with my gps...im going head to a verizon store today!

magnafides said:
GPS is awful on both my and my wife's Thunderbolts too. Can't get a lock standing outside even after 5 minutes; completely unusable. And, we shouldn't have to download another (non-official) app just to get GPS to work.
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"non official"
you shouldn't be on this forum, if you don't like "non official" stuff, btw if you use GPS status you can clear the cache, and download the assistance data. maybe that'll help you guys

Mine gets a lock indoors, away from all windows, under 2 minutes. Not the most accurate, 60ft, 6 satellites. But hey I'm in the frikkin house. Outdoors I get a lock instantly. 12+ satellites.

Gps status helps, but doesn't fix it. So chill dude.
But I just downloaded das bamf 1.3.1 and now its working like normal! In the change log it says edited some gps settings in the build prop!
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Damn my gps doesn't work at all...
Das bamf 1.3.1

Varelse said:
Damn my gps doesn't work at all...
Das bamf 1.3.1
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Sucks. I assume you tried updating thru gps status? Maybe it will work after awhile or a reboot.
Anyways since mine works good now I am at ease cause I know its not HW. I'm sure there will be a patch one of these days.
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I am using Das Bamf 1.3.1 and have no gps problems

Running Das BAMF 1.3.2. No problems at all with GPS, indoors, outdoors, or in car -- pre- and- post-root.

headcheese said:
Sucks. I assume you tried updating thru gps status?
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Dumb question, but where do I find this option?

So it's just not me, mine takes minutes to lock on, after that it's no problem, but that initial lock is a PITA, 3-5 min...

I've also noticed subpar gps performance compared to my incredible from the first day I got the phone.
The Gps status app seems to have helped and the time to get a lock has improved even more with bamf 1.3.2. Even still it doesn't seem to get a lock as quick as I was used to with my incredible. Takes anywhere from 30s to 2min, but on the lower end of that.
Would still like to see this addressed by HTC/vzw. I'm sure there's other people out there having this issue and I know they can do better.

New to XDA

Downloaded a few ROMs and have been searching around here for a little while now, decided to join. Right now I'm using LeeDroid 3.3.1 (BFS) with Sense 3.0. GPS has been spotty on pretty much every other ROM so I just downloaded angeldeath's northeast USA zip file and I'm going to see how it works later. I still can't figure out why some places within a 15 mile radius I'll have 10 satellite fixes and other places my phone seems to be completely ineffective at locating even 1. I'm curious how the battery is going to last with this ROM.
Thanks for all of the posts and ROM's on here to get this phone operating 50x better than stock

Well, I have no gps signal still. I'm getting irritated. It found a max of 3 satellites but lost them just as soon as finding them. Signal switching between 3g and H constantly which is interesting. I love the format of this ROM but this GPS problem is not making me happy.
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Have you tried "Faster Fix" from the market? Also, this worked for me in Android Revolution, but I don't know if it'll work for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12764930&postcount=1
If you do decide to try it, I'd go with method 1...

Interestingly enough I downloaded that app from the market and set it at north America then noticed GPS Status and GPS Test both were recording between 3-5 sat fixes while Navigation (google) status was stuck at "searching for GPS". Seems like the problem is with Google not the phone, but I have no idea how to get it to recognize a signal.
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Could the "locations" or "car panel" apps cause a problem with Google nav? If so how the heck can you delete them?
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Try clearing the cache for maps. Then get a fix with gps status before opening maps.
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Caught a signal, had it lock on up to 8 sats on my drive home, opened Google maps and popped up navi through it and had everything working perfectly ... For 10 seconds. Then it lost everything. I'm less than 30 miles away from Detroit so its not like I'm in a rural area with no signal. I don't get it.
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Well, I just switched radio/ril from:
Radio: 26.09.04.11_M2
RIL: HTC-RIL 2.2.0160HM
To:
Radio: 26.06.06.30
RIL: HTC-RIL 2.2.0079HM
Already one thing I notice is that my signal is back to "H" instead of the 3G it was getting with the previous radio.

FX4 said:
Downloaded a few ROMs and have been searching around here for a little while now, decided to join. Right now I'm using LeeDroid 3.3.1 (BFS) with Sense 3.0. GPS has been spotty on pretty much every other ROM so I just downloaded angeldeath's northeast USA zip file and I'm going to see how it works later. I still can't figure out why some places within a 15 mile radius I'll have 10 satellite fixes and other places my phone seems to be completely ineffective at locating even 1. I'm curious how the battery is going to last with this ROM.
Thanks for all of the posts and ROM's on here to get this phone operating 50x better than stock
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Well I rolled with the Inspire stock for about a month after purchase, and GPS was the suck up to the last day. Not so since flashed my first custom ROM. GPS is back to what I expect from an HTC handset. That's just my experience. For me, really, stock vs. GPS = the suck.

FX4 said:
Well, I just switched radio/ril from:
Radio: 26.09.04.11_M2
RIL: HTC-RIL 2.2.0160HM
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Radio: 26.06.06.30
RIL: HTC-RIL 2.2.0079HM
Already one thing I notice is that my signal is back to "H" instead of the 3G it was getting with the previous radio.
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You're now using the updated stock radio/RIL matched combo. It seems to work well for many ROMs, particularly Sense based ones.

henrybravo said:
You're now using the updated stock radio/RIL matched combo. It seems to work well for many ROMs, particularly Sense based ones.
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2.1mbps download/1.5mbps upload and consistant service inside my house so far -- haven't been able to check the gps though. I accidentally downloaded and flashed the "GPS Libraries and AGPS support for HD2 Gingerbread" file last night at 2am when I was about to fall asleep, thought it was angeldeath's file and just didn't pay attention. I was hoping it wouldn't hurt anything and reinstalled the backed up ROM from 2 days previous just to be safe, still hoping it didn't hurt the phone at all :/

Driving right now. If I leave the phone on the dash it picks up 6-8 sats, navi starts workin, everything good....pick the phone up for a second and it all goes to hell. What the hell is goin on?
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I'm just a little bit outside Detroit too!
Using CM7 nightly 134 with inspiremod0.5 and I just get lock in about 30 seconds to 9 sattelites.

Jake33108 said:
I'm just a little bit outside Detroit too!
Using CM7 nightly 134 with inspiremod0.5 and I just get lock in about 30 seconds to 9 sattelites.
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My last lock was in 55 seconds, found 8 sats, then lost them as soon as I picked the damn phone up. I'm about to lose my mind with this crap, no idea what else to do considering it finds the GPS Satellites, fixes on them, then loses them for no reason. Changed ROMs, radios, RILs, wiped cache from MAPS, used GPS Status, GPS Test...

FX4 said:
My last lock was in 55 seconds, found 8 sats, then lost them as soon as I picked the damn phone up. I'm about to lose my mind with this crap, no idea what else to do considering it finds the GPS Satellites, fixes on them, then loses them for no reason. Changed ROMs, radios, RILs, wiped cache from MAPS, used GPS Status, GPS Test...
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I really reccomend trying this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953630
My GPS travails with the Inspire are: Stock; sucks bad! Rooted and a few custom ROM's; pretty good no real issues. The aforementioned + the solution contained in the above post? Wow. I get locks...indoors now. Let me say that again. I get locks, indoors. If not locks it often picks up some satellites, indoors. I haven't tried it as a nav with the car though yet.

I guess I'm really lucky. The longest mine has ever gone before a lock indoors is two minutes.
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Yeah, I think there's something seriously wrong with the phone, which I will spend the next few hours attempting to figure out. I finally got the nav to work relatively well and now it just shuts down whenever it feels like it (the entire phone). I tried unrooting and turning S-on. it unrooted but it's still set on S-off so I'm rooting again to see if I can't get it to set it back on. This is just pissing me off lol.

Followed ace-hack and had the software version 1.32 or something on the phone after I was done, back to s-off. Backing up that ROM right now. I pulled up the GPS with that old radio, RIL, and software package in my house and it fired up and got a lock within less than 30 seconds...no other apps necessary. I took the phone off the charger, didn't shut down on me so wish me luck! I'm going to flash ClearDroid and start from there I guess...with the newest software update for that phone and the newest radio from ATT...

GPS accuracy problems with newer radios

I've discovered that apps that track your movements via GPS and require fine GPS coordinates do not work well with new radios on Sensation. RunKeeper is a prime example. A running app that tracks your running, including speed, distance covered etc. The problem is the accuracy is bad enough to make it appear as if you've run an additional 1/4 mile per every mile or so. throwing off speed and distance calculations by a great deal. So far the 11.69A radio seems to function properly, with a side effect of taking a long time for the initial GPS lock , the newer radios lock faster but lose all accuracy.
Does anyone have insight as to when this will be fixed so I can start using newer otherwise better radios? Or maybe there's a way around this without it being fixed by HTC in the radios code.
Thanks

Turns out there are other bugs when using 11.69A with latest ROMs. .. one was a stuck wifi bug, I left my house and wifi usually drops out and 2g/4g takes over but nope, it just stuck there claiming full signal. ugh.
jd603 said:
I've discovered that apps that track your movements via GPS and require fine GPS coordinates do not work well with new radios on Sensation. RunKeeper is a prime example. A running app that tracks your running, including speed, distance covered etc. The problem is the accuracy is bad enough to make it appear as if you've run an additional 1/4 mile per every mile or so. throwing off speed and distance calculations by a great deal. So far the 11.69A radio seems to function properly, with a side effect of taking a long time for the initial GPS lock , the newer radios lock faster but lose all accuracy.
Does anyone have insight as to when this will be fixed so I can start using newer otherwise better radios? Or maybe there's a way around this without it being fixed by HTC in the radios code.
Thanks
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Nothing?
jd603 said:
Turns out there are other bugs when using 11.69A with latest ROMs. .. one was a stuck wifi bug, I left my house and wifi usually drops out and 2g/4g takes over but nope, it just stuck there claiming full signal. ugh.
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So.. to make things more confusing this also happened with 11.69A in the first 1/4 mile of my run today, but then it corrected itself. great, so now I have no idea why the accuracy is so broken.

11.76A seems to be working fine even using my GPS, I've not ran into any issues! Perhaps give that one a try its 11.76A 3504.00P, I know what works for some might not work for others depending on area, but its worth a try. If its not working just reinstall the working radio. I've had no issues with GPS and this radio . Hope this helps.
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Other people are having this issue. Do you have sensation 4g? Are you saying GPS is fine while tracking running/distance/speed etc?? GPS works fine for geolocation, thats not my issue. it's accuracy when running/biking with apps that track it.
One thing I haven't tried is wiping EFS.. is there an efs wipe tool for Sensation?
realsis said:
11.76A seems to be working fine even using my GPS, I've not ran into any issues! Perhaps give that one a try its 11.76A 3504.00P, I know what works for some might not work for others depending on area, but its worth a try. If its not working just reinstall the working radio. I've had no issues with GPS and this radio . Hope this helps.
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Serious GPS Problems.

Ok I have looked everywhere for a fix.
On Stock and stock based ROMS my gps works great, no problems, however in any CM/Aokp/Slimbean/etc. My gps is wayyyyyy off. Its not using the gps satellites but the cell towers, it marks me as 1500+ feet away from where I really am. Re-flashed tweaked and it worked perfectly,
I have downloaded every GPS app to calibrate, fix, re lock, you name I have done it but it still will not use the GPS satellites, just the cell towers, This is in Google Maps mind you. 4 different versions of Google maps did nothing.
With WI-Fi on it works perfectly, but I drive for a living and cant be on WiFi all the time. Sucks. Any ideas?

chjema said:
Ok I have looked everywhere for a fix.
On Stock and stock based ROMS my gps works great, no problems, however in any CM/Aokp/Slimbean/etc. My gps is wayyyyyy off. Its not using the gps satellites but the cell towers, it marks me as 1500+ feet away from where I really am. Re-flashed tweaked and it worked perfectly,
I have downloaded every GPS app to calibrate, fix, re lock, you name I have done it but it still will not use the GPS satellites, just the cell towers, This is in Google Maps mind you. 4 different versions of Google maps did nothing.
With WI-Fi on it works perfectly, but I drive for a living and cant be on WiFi all the time. Sucks. Any ideas?
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Did your phone ever go to full stock ICS before you went on to the AOSP based roms? I'm asking because I wonder if maybe there's something with the ICS versions of the firmwares, or maybe the lack thereof.
EDIT: Btw, if you install the full stock rom (including all the firmware partitions) and then try the AOSP roms, and it works, please let me know via PM... I've been thinking about specifying that people have come from the stock ICS rom just to make sure they have the latest firmwares on the phone.

chjema said:
Ok I have looked everywhere for a fix.
On Stock and stock based ROMS my gps works great, no problems, however in any CM/Aokp/Slimbean/etc. My gps is wayyyyyy off. Its not using the gps satellites but the cell towers, it marks me as 1500+ feet away from where I really am. Re-flashed tweaked and it worked perfectly,
I have downloaded every GPS app to calibrate, fix, re lock, you name I have done it but it still will not use the GPS satellites, just the cell towers, This is in Google Maps mind you. 4 different versions of Google maps did nothing.
With WI-Fi on it works perfectly, but I drive for a living and cant be on WiFi all the time. Sucks. Any ideas?
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Have you tried messing around w/ the gps.conf file in /system/etc/ ? This thread has got some stuff that (at least by the reports of others) has achieved some amazing improvements across a number of different phones/roms/carriers/etc. Not sure it'll help, but worth a shot

No...I have not been on full stock in a long time.
Right now on CM10 GPS not working right. Will do a full wipe and install Tweaked 2.0 and it works on that perfectly.
I will check out that thread and see what I can do.

chjema said:
Ok I have looked everywhere for a fix.
On Stock and stock based ROMS my gps works great, no problems, however in any CM/Aokp/Slimbean/etc. My gps is wayyyyyy off. Its not using the gps satellites but the cell towers, it marks me as 1500+ feet away from where I really am. Re-flashed tweaked and it worked perfectly,
I have downloaded every GPS app to calibrate, fix, re lock, you name I have done it but it still will not use the GPS satellites, just the cell towers, This is in Google Maps mind you. 4 different versions of Google maps did nothing.
With WI-Fi on it works perfectly, but I drive for a living and cant be on WiFi all the time. Sucks. Any ideas?
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I just started using Mytracks a few days ago for my bike rides/dog walks and mine is pretty accurate on CM10. The only thing I notice goofy with my Google Maps is sometimes when I take a break and look at my phone, the compass doesnt always show the correct direction I am facing til I start moving again. This may be cause I have the phone in my pocket or on the dog but fixes as soon as I move. Lock on is under 20 secs as well. Did you change the min/max values in the settings?

dwitherell said:
Have you tried messing around w/ the gps.conf file in /system/etc/ ? This thread has got some stuff that (at least by the reports of others) has achieved some amazing improvements across a number of different phones/roms/carriers/etc. Not sure it'll help, but worth a shot
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FFS man. You alone have pimped my phone out more than I can say. Thanks man. This worked. It is now accurate to within 2 meters. Hell it shows what room I am in. lol
Thanks again!!!
To all flashing a non-stock ROM I highly recommend the ADB Push Installer seen here
You have to use the ADB Push file...it took me 20 secs.