I know there are a few threads out there but, no real help. GPS wont lock any longer. I have flashed a few ROMs none of them are working with GPS. I have done full wipes restored 4 different backups none of them will lock with GPS any longer. I went all the way back to stock prior to newest OTA update still nothing. Please help!
Well it looks like they fixed it I am now getting locked on to. Thanks Verizon I guess.
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On Stock/TW or AOSP?
I can get locks on all my ROMs, but signal is extremely weak. On the stock ROM, I could a rock solid lock on 7 satellites in my car below the radio. On AOSP ROMs, I have to move it to the window to get a weak lock, and then it will bounce in and out of lock after I move it to below the radio.
Manwthgun said:
Well it looks like they fixed it I am now getting locked on to. Thanks Verizon I guess.
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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.
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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.
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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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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?
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
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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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Blue1173 said:
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?
First, let me start by saying how much I love liquids work and how great the ROM is. I understand there has been a ril fix implemented and have been running it for the past few days. I've noticed several occasions where data would drop and require a toggle to get it back. My question is whether this ril fix is in other AOSP ROMs and if others have noticed similar drops. Does it take a while for some phones to adjust or is it a network compatibility issue? Just wondering..
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First, let me start by saying how much I love liquids work and how great the ROM is. I understand there has been a ril fix implemented and have been running it for the past few days. I've noticed several occasions where data would drop and require a toggle to get it back. My question is whether this ril fix is in other AOSP ROMs and if others have noticed similar drops. Does it take a while for some phones to adjust or is it a network compatibility issue? Just wondering..
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I've been running liquid as well but have never had to use a toggle to get data to turn back on. I know sometimes it'll drop from 4G to 3G but that's due to where i live. But the handoff is usually pretty quick for me, and i've never lost data completely and had to toggle it back on.
Just curious what radio are you using?
Neverendingxsin said:
I've been running liquid as well but have never had to use a toggle to get data to turn back on. I know sometimes it'll drop from 4G to 3G but that's due to where i live. But the handoff is usually pretty quick for me, and i've never lost data completely and had to toggle it back on.
Just curious what radio are you using?
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I hate to sound stupid but could you point me to where I might find the radio #?
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pmdied said:
I hate to sound stupid but could you point me to where I might find the radio #?
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Settings ---> About Phone ----> Baseband version
I still get an occasional data drop on eclipse that requires airplane mode toggled on/off to get data back...although the 4g to 3g handoff seems much better now.
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Settings ---> About Phone ----> Baseband version
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I535VRLG7. Is there an updated radio?
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pmdied said:
I535VRLG7. Is there an updated radio?
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There is a leaked one, but im using LG7 and haven't had any issues what so ever. Did you try reflashing the rom?
I cannot get a GPS lock on any rom that I've tried. Scott's, butter and jelly, paranoid android. I've tried using GPS test to clear the settings and no matter what I Cannot get a lock. Maybe the gps is defective on my phone.
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are you using the newest radios and rpm file and newest vzw leak?? with that combo, I get an, almost, instant lock.
I always have issues too I just tried this app
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app and it ran for a while and it seems to have fixed my GPS now. Although every time I get it fixed its only a matter of days before it breaks again https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlab.gpsfix
cell128 said:
I always have issues too I just tried this app
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app and it ran for a while and it seems to have fixed my GPS now. Although every time I get it fixed its only a matter of days before it breaks again https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidlab.gpsfix
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Thank you so much. On my gs3, stock I couldn't even get a gps lock until I installed this app. Took about 2-3 mins to fix it and then bam. Got a gps lock. Thanks a bunch for the tip. It worked.
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Flashing back to stock generally works as well. Just flash back, get a fix, then flash your Rom again
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Flashed latest radios. Seems a bit ridiculous to have to flash back to stock, does not make a whole lot of sense. Will give the app a go then revert to stock I guess.
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My experience with GPS has been that its completely random. Somehow I feel that if I leave GPS on it tends to get locks quicker, but honestly its a crap shoot.
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I'm traveling and I want a rom where the gps locks quickly and stays locked. Any suggestions?
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If you don't mind Touchwiz, Synergy is great. I use it and have never had any GPS issues nor read about any in their thread. Locks very quickly even inside.
darkhawk3383 said:
If you don't mind Touchwiz, Synergy is great. I use it and have never had any GPS issues nor read about any in their thread. Locks very quickly even inside.
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Thanks. I will download it now.
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achandler2 said:
I'm traveling and I want a rom where the gps locks quickly and stays locked. Any suggestions?
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I hate to break the news but gps issues, at least for me, were not ROM related. Sometimes it seems that they have more to do with hardware than the ROM you choose. I use Synergy and I absolutely love it so I recommend that you flash it and stick with it. However, If you do still have gps issues try this link and read ALL of the OP. I did and I no longer have any issues. 5 seconds and I'm locked everytime!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880411&highlight=agps+patch