Android Car Radio - General Questions and Answers

Hi all,
Hope someone might share some ideas.
I have a Hyndai ix35 (Tucson) 2011, I bought an android radio which has been working great, except for 2 things.
1) The ipod app kees closing it self, not FC just the UI dissapears, I think this has to do with how android auto closes the apps that are just sitting idle, but I don't know how to stop that from happening.
2) out of the blue the radio won't lock into any GPS sat, so I have no GPS which was one of the main reasons of why I bought this radio.
I have tried faster fix, gps aid and a whole bunch of apps that should help on locking position.
The radio is rooted via Z4root and has stock recovery.
I think my /system folder is messed up that is why my GPS is no longer working but that is just what I think, I have done Factory Reset but that won't touch the /System folder.
Radio is running Android 2.2.1
any help would be great
Thanks

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GPS Lag on Sprint Touch Pro 2

Hi,
Let me say out of all the WM phones I used over the pass years, this is the best of the best. I love everything about this phone. The only thing I dislike is the lagging of the GPS, I used, Garmin and IGuidance 4.0 and there is at least a few second delay in making turns. I even used the tweaks, to disable GPS logging etc. and still not much improvement. Can any one help. Thanks in advance, you guys rock.
no one has any ideas on how to fix this? THanks
You mean external GPS ? Or built-in GPS? I'm on Verizon and using the built-in gps there is very little if any, lag.
QuickGPS
Try running QuickGPS if you haven't already. It comes preinstalled on the Sprint Touch Pro2.
ya im sprint...use garmin agps off... use it daily m-f 8hrs plus..never had a issue...
I know this is an old thread, but I'd like to share what fixed my problem in case others are still having this problem with GPS lag.
I tried everything people suggested, modifying the registry, turning off logging, etc.
I flashed the radio rom to the latest Sprint Radio. The VZW radio was what was causing my GPS lag problem. I had a similar issue back when I had my touch diamond too. a new radio flash fixed things.
flacoman91 said:
I know this is an old thread, but I'd like to share what fixed my problem in case others are still having this problem with GPS lag.
I tried everything people suggested, modifying the registry, turning off logging, etc.
I flashed the radio rom to the latest Sprint Radio. The VZW radio was what was causing my GPS lag problem. I had a similar issue back when I had my touch diamond too. a new radio flash fixed things.
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What version of the radio did you install? Are you saying the Lag is completely gone(no delay any more) ????
This and the FM radio, would make it one of my best phones yet.... (I had my titan maxed out when I had it)

GPS not working

I am having a tough week ! my ppc has started doing hardreset instead of softreset and at some point it has stopped booting. I have been able to revamp the ppc reinstalling wm6.1 (wow! It has been so long ...). So far seems to work except the gps: the driver seems to be detected but no gps signat at all (neither igo nor amigo do detect it). Any ideas on how to revive the gps or check if it is alive or not??
Try changing your radio some new radio's don't work well with old os's and vice versa.
I will try but both the radio and the gps have been working for months with no problems. thanks and any other suggestion is welcome
Hyper Terminal and Radio 1.59.44.02 for Touch Cruise
Uhm...
yes, try to fix installing another radio version...
like the one I attached to this post...
but..if It doesn't fix..
.. you can see if your gps is working properly with
Hyper Terminal for Pocket pc...
this program...can display the INFO coming from your internal port COM.
...it's quite a long explication...but you can LOOK for info coming from ANY COM and if you find some data coming from GPS (usually COM 4 as default) you should be able to recognize them....
write here if you need more help...
bye
good luck
same problem for me!
Gps always work fine but when i flash to wm6.5,it start to not working...
So i return to the old rom and...not working again..
flashing various rom and radio but nothing...
Now i try to test it with htc gps tool but no satellites fix..
In "satellite" tab, i can see only 1 satellite in the north...it changes number,but no the position...
Any idea?
I was lucky and everything came back to normality,
do not know why, I flashed 6.1 and gps was taking no signal, again 6.5 and it only got two satellites for a long time. then when I was starting to read about wm7... It is working again.
I have three theories:
1) flashing and reflashing does not completely erase all memories, so sometimes thinks mess up
2) a fatal combination of timedate and timezone somehow messed gps quickgps files, which combined with 1) resulted in a fatal combination
3) my wife was pissed off with me, the polaris, or both.
No idea what happened and why it works now !!
cruiserrr said:
I was lucky and everything came back to normality,
do not know why, I flashed 6.1 and gps was taking no signal, again 6.5 and it only got two satellites for a long time. then when I was starting to read about wm7... It is working again.
I have three theories:
1) flashing and reflashing does not completely erase all memories, so sometimes thinks mess up
2) a fatal combination of timedate and timezone somehow messed gps quickgps files, which combined with 1) resulted in a fatal combination
3) my wife was pissed off with me, the polaris, or both.
No idea what happened and why it works now !!
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i think it's the 3)....now,what are your rom and radio?

GPS isn't functioning

I realize there are a plethora of GPS related threads, I searched and skimmed through what I could without finding an answer.
I am running Android Rev 1.1.5 rom, and have no GPS lock when using navigation, or trying to get directions of any kind. When using maps, it does lock to my location fairly quickly. However directions or navigation won't lock. I've waited as long as 15 minutes. I've uninstalled maps and reinstalled, checked my etc/gps file to make sure it was the north america map. I've done a full wipe twice using super wipe and reinstalled the rom. I've changed between stock radio and the recommended radio for the rom.
Basically, I have no idea why my gps refuses to lock when using navigation or even just for "print" directions.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I have exatly the same situation mine locks after about 20 minutes 15 minutes or so ... this is something I used on a daily basis I need help
I have the same problem I need the gps :/
have you tried gps fix from the market? worked for me
thank you for your answer suwu10
I just tested gps fix. Unfortunately no improvement so do not work
yup GPSfix worked for me also
Not for me.GPS enabled , i opened gpsfix and finds nothing or google maps. HelP!
yep, ever since I s-off'ed and rooted my phone, my GPS will not lock.
My GPS stopped working with i downloaded the Custom Firmwares.
So i reverted back to the original one and got it working again,
I guess its a driver problem in the CFWs
bsaridar said:
My GPS stopped working with i downloaded the Custom Firmwares.
So i reverted back to the original one and got it working again,
I guess its a driver problem in the CFWs
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the same with me, but I can't go back to stock t-mobile anymore.
I hate that I have to choose between working GPS and running a custom rom
This issue is sometimes caused by not matched radios.
Try installing the correct RIL for your radio or flashing the recommended radio for the custom ROM.
claudenegm said:
This issue is sometimes caused by not matched radios.
Try installing the correct RIL for your radio or flashing the recommended radio for the custom ROM.
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+1
I had the same issue a month ago. Turned out that the RIL and Radio needed to match in order to gps lock in navigation. I went through flashing diff roms even reverted to my stock setup and I had the same no gps lock issue.
What I did was made sure I had the correct RIL that matched my radio. Then if I needed to reflash the ril because of the different roms, I just referred to this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14589319&postcount=1 to toggle on the radio to "wake" it up. Went to a gps locker app and made sure it locked on before going to google nav to test if it worked or not. Of course you need to be in an open area to see if the gps locks .
Try that I hope that helps!
My GPS wouldn't lock either until I installed a free app from the market called GPS Status & Toolbox. As soon as I ran that app it picked up a bunch of satellites and it now locks on instantly.
I've matched RILs to my radio, used GPS toolbox, and turned the radio off and on to "wake" it up with absolutely no luck.
The GPS worked absolutely fine when it was stock, but once I flashed a rom, or any rom for that matter, the GPS wouldn't work.
I would greatly appreciate any help, as I am lost without GPS (literally)
doctor xylophone said:
I've matched RILs to my radio, used GPS toolbox, and turned the radio off and on to "wake" it up with absolutely no luck.
The GPS worked absolutely fine when it was stock, but once I flashed a rom, or any rom for that matter, the GPS wouldn't work.
I would greatly appreciate any help, as I am lost without GPS (literally)
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You don't have a nandroid backup?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
claudenegm said:
You don't have a nandroid backup?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
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I do, but reverting it back did nothing for me.
Have you tried fasterfix?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix&feature=search_result
Requires root which you already have. From there you can tell what server you are trying to connect to.
Me being from the US, my server props do nothing for you.

htc hd mini - workaround to fix GPS on 4.0.4. ICS from munjeni

hi! today i've found a working solution for all users with non working GPS!
I know, my GPS has worked unter WM and the android SD Version update-cm-7.2.0-RC0-photonic-KANG-signed.
After the switch to 4.0.4. munjeni's ICS and the latest GPS Patch, on my phone GPS will not work!
after my search for a reason for a corrupt GPS i've tried some workarounds.
also to reinstall WM6.5!
the interested thing, also under WM, GPS is no more working. (windows is seaching and seaching ...... )
i've found a interesed note: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498693
it seems GPS was blocked from an older andriod version!!!!!
in my case - the SD version you can see in the first line.
now i've reactived the saved SD version, start the GPS in google maps, it takes some secounds to found my location via GPS.
in this active state and working GPS, i've removed the battery!
flash back to the new LK and restored my whole saved ROM include the GPS fix!
after the boot, start your navi-software or google maps - now your GPS should works fine - you can see the icon in the left corner!!
also the sw tells me, my location was set by GPS!
thats great!
I hope, i could help all other users with munjeni's great custom rom 4.0.4. ICS!
PS: not working is his blue camera fix! -
I use the solution to modify the file to get the right result (but blue preview). that is ok for me!
also i can live with the 3G bug! If i want to google, I activate 3G and after browsing, i switch back to 2G.
bad is the mono audio! i hope, we will get an update soon!?
howto
mini howto:
to check, if your GPS blocked, save your current ROM!!
flash your original WM to your fon and look in google maps, if GPS find any satellites.
in my case, it does not found any satellites. (but it activated the GPS Modul).
the device was there, but it seems blocked!
now you have to flash to the Android ROM as you know, your GPS works correctly!
start that ROM and activate the GPS with an application (like google maps or an navigator software)
in my case, gps founds satellites during some seconds (10 or 20 seconds)
also the ROM tells me, my location was set through GPS.
in this state, you have to remove the battery!!!!
flash back to the latest LK and restore your ROM from the first!
boot, start google maps or navi and you will see the GPS in the left upper corner on your hd mini.
have fun and be happy
Thank you!
Thank you very much, dear pinky999!
Your solution helped me to re-enable GPS on my mini!
After reading your post I first tried the latest sdcard version I used - photonic CM 7.2 (this had no effect),
and then tried another sdcard android that I used before photonic - r175 with sense - AND THIS DID THE TRICK! HOORAY!
Thank you once more

Huawei Ascend P1 - GPS Issue

A friend of mine recently bought the Ascend P1 and has been having issues with getting accurate GPS locks on it. I've double checked the location settings and everything is set right. She uses the GPS mainly in fitness apps to track her runs. In Runkeeper, the tracking is very off and the phone never seems to get a solid lock. She tried a different running app, Endomondo, just to compare and the results were similar. The route mapping is way off and overstates the runs significantly. She had no issues on her HTC Wildfire S prior to this.
All apps are up to date and the phone has been updated to the latest version pushed out by the carrier/Huawei. Any thoughts on what's happening here or if there is a setting somewhere in 4.0 that I'm not familiar with? Thanks!
try fasterfix and see if it gets better
I've got similar issues. I partially solved it by using those kinda bracelets which let you hang your phone on your arm. But anyway I guess the GPS sensor or the antenna are not really optimised.
theninjasquad said:
A friend of mine recently bought the Ascend P1 and has been having issues with getting accurate GPS locks on it. I've double checked the location settings and everything is set right. She uses the GPS mainly in fitness apps to track her runs. In Runkeeper, the tracking is very off and the phone never seems to get a solid lock. She tried a different running app, Endomondo, just to compare and the results were similar. The route mapping is way off and overstates the runs significantly. She had no issues on her HTC Wildfire S prior to this.
All apps are up to date and the phone has been updated to the latest version pushed out by the carrier/Huawei. Any thoughts on what's happening here or if there is a setting somewhere in 4.0 that I'm not familiar with? Thanks!
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Guys ... can anyone confirm me one thing from stock ROM 4.0.3 ICS that if you have a rooted rom and not touched the /system/etc/gpsconfig_viva.xml , then in data/gps folder , does the lto.dat exists after the gps is fixed with data on?
Huawei Ascend P1 gps proble is fixed in the jelly bean version Emotion 1.6
Only the GPS log bug still exists and needs to be rectified manually by rooting and unrooting
After the fix, it fixes extremely fast , faster than the s3
The gps bug is solved from the post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45424819&postcount=188

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