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Gps way off

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.

distortedloop said:
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

GPS Wont Start Daily

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.
jrwingate6 said:
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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mobilehavoc said:
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.

smoothmoose said:
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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FatalityBoyZahy said:
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.

moshe22 said:
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?

Really slow GPS lock

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.

[FIX]Your GPS will work! Update!

Here is a flashable fix for GPS. It will put AngryGPS into your system folder.
This is the only thing that has worked for me with every ROM I've tried.
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/GFYVVOWRB0
Reboot to recovery
Flash Zip
Reboot.
Go outside. Test GPS with an app that requires it. Give it some time to lock on.
I take no credit for this. It was sent to me by a friend. Just passing along.
Update: thanks atb1183
what black magic is this?!
wow, phone use to take 30s to a few minutes to get a lock. this and other roms
then i make a shortcut (add > shortcut > activities > angrygps> ...angrygps)
run that, click on tracking test
another 10s and i get gps lock. now all apps get gps lock almost instantly.
i can actually get gps in my work building that cant even get 3g, 4g, edge, or even voice signal without repeaters running.
I hope other devs include this sorcery in their roms as well. and somehow make it run automatically daily to ensure awesome GPS
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This method will get you a lock inside in seconds with like 5 meter accuracy. You can make the shortcut using launcherpro. Other launchers may work. Thanks again atb1183!
Screenshot of indoor lock

Somairotevoli said:
Here is a flashable fix for GPS. It will put AngryGPS into your system folder.
This is the only thing that has worked for me with every ROM I've tried.
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/GFYVVOWRB0
Reboot to recovery
Flash Zip
Reboot.
Go outside. Test GPS with an app that requires it. Give it some time to lock on.
I take no credit for this. It was sent to me by a friend. Just passing along.
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Thanks, will check it out.

Somairotevoli said:
Here is a flashable fix for GPS. It will put AngryGPS into your system folder.
This is the only thing that has worked for me with every ROM I've tried.
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/GFYVVOWRB0
Reboot to recovery
Flash Zip
Reboot.
Go outside. Test GPS with an app that requires it. Give it some time to lock on.
I take no credit for this. It was sent to me by a friend. Just passing along.
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Did anyone try that?
does it work?

Works for me. GPS lock within 30 seconds or so.
Thanks.
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yea it works great, makes my gps signal lock on much faster thank you

Works on octaine v2 perfectly..thx!
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My GPS still take a long time to get a fix after installing this
I'm using GPS aids free, anyone know why XTRA method fails every time?
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My GPS locked in like 20 secs. Use to take minutes. Good post
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Mine also takes awhile to lock, but at least it does. I'm using simple mobile and can't get the xtra to download either. Went 3 months without GPS until I found this fix.
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Definite improvement, thanks

Not seeing any improvement. Is there some tweaking I should combine with it?

Does your GPS lock on at all?
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> Not seeing any improvement. Is there some tweaking I should combine with it?
Somairotevoli said:
Does your GPS lock on at all?
Yes, with every thing I've ever tried it will lock but it takes 5-10 minutes. I have tried various tweeks that have been suggested with libtestmode, gps aids, and gps status. None seem to make any real difference.
When I saw this thread I just flashed the zip on top of what ever state it was in, and again I don't see a difference.
So I'm wondering if there are optimal settings needed to take advantage of this zip.
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So I'm wondering if there are optimal settings needed to take advantage of this zip.
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I had a semi fresh flash of octaine on my phone before flagging this, nothing special and it worked like a charm. Maybe reflashing to clear all of the other things you tried will help.
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kmandel said:
> Not seeing any improvement. Is there some tweaking I should combine with it?
Somairotevoli said:
Does your GPS lock on at all?
Yes, with every thing I've ever tried it will lock but it takes 5-10 minutes. I have tried various tweeks that have been suggested with libtestmode, gps aids, and gps status. None seem to make any real difference.
When I saw this thread I just flashed the zip on top of what ever state it was in, and again I don't see a difference.
So I'm wondering if there are optimal settings needed to take advantage of this zip.
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This fix was just to make it work. Before this fix I couldn't lock on at all. There are no settings to change.
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Somairotevoli said:
This fix was just to make it work. Before this fix I couldn't lock on at all. There are no settings to change.
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Any idea what it actually does?

meh... no changes for me. maybe is the gps in my location aint good all. thanks for this tho.

for those like me that didn't get any improvement, check this out! worked for me!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341532

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341532 this worked for me.

Somairotevoli said:
Here is a flashable fix for GPS. It will put AngryGPS into your system folder.
This is the only thing that has worked for me with every ROM I've tried.
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/GFYVVOWRB0
Reboot to recovery
Flash Zip
Reboot.
Go outside. Test GPS with an app that requires it. Give it some time to lock on.
I take no credit for this. It was sent to me by a friend. Just passing along.
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is that the cm7 gps fix from the vibrant forum? the one where you could choose no gpsd and so fourth?

[Q] Navigation stuck on "searching for GPS"

Can't get navigation on my g2x to work at all. I can get a gps lock fine in google maps indoors and out but navigation just stays locked on the searching for gps prompt, even when it clearly shows it getting my location fine. For the record, im using Eaglesblood GB 2.8 on faux's 0.50 kernel and the march baseband currently, but I havent gotten it to work with any gingerbread rom ive tried.
Tried all sorts of gps apps, wiping dalvik and other things but every solution ive tried has failed. All the threads ive found on the subject haven't been helpful. Is there any fix for this?

A reboot usually fixes that for me, but for you I guess it didn't, try and reflashing the rom without wiping data.
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There is a gps config zip which you can flash. It helps. You can try that. Its in PAranoidAndroid thread started by tonyp.

noahk423 said:
A reboot usually fixes that for me, but for you I guess it didn't, try and reflashing the rom without wiping data.
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Hmmm, ive tried both of those, though I might try reflashing one more time.
cricketAC said:
There is a gps config zip which you can flash. It helps. You can try that. Its in PAranoidAndroid thread started by tonyp.
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Searched through the thread and couldn't find it. Does it work for GB though? Pretty sure ParanoidAndroid is ICS.
edit: Just tried it and so far it hasn't changed anything

same here, Maps had a Lock, The GPS icon is solid, but when navigation starts, it keeps saying "Waiting for GPS".
THIS IS NOT A GPS LOCKING ISSUE, AFAIK, please someone correct me if i'm wrong.
It appears to me that the navigation app doesn't recognize the lock. I have found that when this happens, no amount of waiting will bring joy. AND if i go back to maps, it has my location perfectly...... reboot normally fixes, but it is REALLY annoying. Hope somebody can shed some light on this.

PrettyPistol555 said:
same here, Maps had a Lock, The GPS icon is solid, but when navigation starts, it keeps saying "Waiting for GPS".
THIS IS NOT A GPS LOCKING ISSUE, AFAIK, please someone correct me if i'm wrong.
It appears to me that the navigation app doesn't recognize the lock. I have found that when this happens, no amount of waiting will bring joy. AND if i go back to maps, it has my location perfectly...... reboot normally fixes, but it is REALLY annoying. Hope somebody can shed some light on this.
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Have you tried uninstalling and the reinstalling Google maps?
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mansa_noob said:
Have you tried uninstalling and the reinstalling Google maps?
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tried this but it didn't fix the issue. anybody having a better luck?

I am having the same issues with my G2X as well, I left a ICS rom because it was too unstable and went back to GB 2.3.7 with HellFire Pheonix Rom. My GPS used to work fine awhile back so I don't why its not locating on Navigation. Where can I find a GPS zip file for GB?