Hi,
I had my offline maps in Oruxmaps and went on a mountain trip. I tried GPS and it didn´t work, came back to the city, and with phone signal it worked. I tried with gpsfix and fasterfix also.
Is GPS supposed to work without phone signal?
I think I tried it a long time ago in Gingerbread, on airplane mode, and GPS worked perfectly.
Thanks.
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My problem is not the lag or connecting. But its staying connected. I use quick gps, then gps test, then I start up my gps program. I use TomTom, Garmin XT, and tested out google maps. When I connect the gps will work then it drops signal and garmin say lost gps signal. I have turned on gps test and all other programs off to see what happens and it drops signal and says looking for gps unit. Then it starts and drops. I tried soft reset and it happened again. I'm still messing with it to see if I can figure it out or if it is the phone. Does anyone know if there is some kind of software conflict or if something is causing the error. I have tried the gps programs with my bluetooth gps unit I use to use on my 8525 and it worked great. I really want to get this GPS working and be a little more reliable because this is one of the main reasons why I bought this phone.
AGPS is disabled?
No agps is enabled
Does anyone have any idea why this is occurring or anything I can try. I have updated to the latest garmin but it still doesn't work properly. I can connect sometimes and use the gps. But when trying to reconnect it gets satellites then drops them. On gps test it shows 3d like 8 satellite bars and saying starting gps then losses everything and says looking for gps then does the samething again over and over.
I still have a lag problem but:
Check that AGPS is off (Adv.Config. 3.3 is your friend)
Set polling through the COM interface to a lower speed (4800/9600/19200 max.)
Use GPS test
GO OUTSIDE
WAIT
I got lock with ANY radio though it may have taken up to 5 mins.
I get a lock but then it will lose signal. Or if I turn the gps off and try and lock on later it keeps cycling between looking for gps and gps starting but doesn't go to gps running just goes back to looking for gps
I have the same exact problem. Gps test will connect, then quickly lose connection. Tomtom and garmin will get a signal for a few seconds and then lose connection. This is all outside with a clear view of the sky. I've tried two different fuze's with multiple roms and radios and the problem is still there. I finally got fed up and went back to my e71. This is ridiculous in a $500 phone..
I was thinking about returning it but I did a search and I noticed this is a common problem. I thought it was mainly lag but I see there are several problems with this gps. That sucks because I was really looking forward to the internal gps coming from the 8525/herms. If I really need to get somewere I sill have to carry my bluetooth gps reciever. I 'm going to try some of the tweaks people have suggested and see if it helps.
I haven't used my GPS a ton, but the little I have, it has worked, as long as I am in the car or outside. When I am in the house, it rarely finds a signal. I think that the GPS radio is pretty weak, though generally you don't need GPS when inside of a building.
rrider77 said:
When I connect the gps will work then it drops signal and garmin say lost gps signal. I have turned on gps test and all other programs off to see what happens and it drops signal and says looking for gps unit. Then it starts and drops.
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My problem was the same. I tryed 3 roms and 3 radios. Nothing hepled. Then I found this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439002
and this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427888
I tryed only
1. disable A-GPS (didn't help)
2. disable GPS logging (YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS)
Now it works perfect.!!!!!!
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2. disable GPS logging (YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS)
Now it works perfect.!!!!!!
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You mean NO lag?
Isn't GPSLOG = 0 disabling logging? BTW I also changed the registry using adv.cfg. to go to the SD card, not device
rrider77 said:
Does anyone have any idea why this is occurring or anything I can try. I have updated to the latest garmin but it still doesn't work properly. I can connect sometimes and use the gps. But when trying to reconnect it gets satellites then drops them. On gps test it shows 3d like 8 satellite bars and saying starting gps then losses everything and says looking for gps then does the samething again over and over.
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finally a thread about exactly my problem, you are not alone... im going to try disabling AGPS and logging, but i have in the past to no avail.... i have done a hard reset since then.
very annoying for such an expensive device
Hi gurus,
I have been using Cupcake edition LG EVE ( GW620) for quite a time in India. The GPS Works perfectly in India using Google maps or RMAPS..
However ever since I have come to US, it is not working, it just keeps on searching for Satellite.
I tried GPS TEST software, it shows 5-6 satelite but all are gray.
which means the satellites are non position based.
All the seven are non position based. it shows speed altitude etc.
I even tried reinstalling RMAPS but no success.
Any clues on this, One more point im not using any cell service as im using another phone, so the cell network is not used. I tried Airplane mode as well as normal mode...
Any clues?
Niranjan
Hi! I'm having troubles when navigating. I have turned on the two options of location, the GPS and Network Location services. When i start navigating with Google Navigation, i can see the GPS icon looking for signal. When signal arrives, i start navigating perfectly. In aprox 30 seconds, the icon dissapear, in the Google Navigation software i can see: Searching GPS and no more. I need to restart the program again for get another 30 seconds of navigation.
Can somebody help me?
Thanks
P.D: Trying to solve yesterday i flash again the original FW with Emergency mode, but i didn't repair nothing.
The FW is V10_00d VODAFONE SPAIN
Hello,
I have just the same problem. I have previously the firmware 10c and GPS worked fine.
Last week the system was updated automatically to the same firmware than you, "10d Vodafone SPAIN", and now I have exactlly the same problem than you with GPS.
From what I know, there are newer versions of LG firmware for this mobile, but not available yet for downloading officially.
Regards.
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alvyweb said:
Hi! I'm having troubles when navigating. I have turned on the two options of location, the GPS and Network Location services. When i start navigating with Google Navigation, i can see the GPS icon looking for signal. When signal arrives, i start navigating perfectly. In aprox 30 seconds, the icon dissapear, in the Google Navigation software i can see: Searching GPS and no more. I need to restart the program again for get another 30 seconds of navigation.
Can somebody help me?
Thanks
P.D: Trying to solve yesterday i flash again the original FW with Emergency mode, but i didn't repair nothing.
The FW is V10_00d VODAFONE SPAIN
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IMPORTANT:
Try the following, this morning worked for me, I do not know it was a solution or not, but just in case...
- Using the widget on the notification bar, deactivate Data (last button on the right)
- From the same widget, activate GPS (button just on the left of that one)
- Open the google maps
- Try to get GPS coverage (I have tried driving)
- After getting GPS location, the mobile does not loose it never
- Then, try to connect data again, the GPS signal remains
I have tried just this morning twice, driving and walking, and worked fine. I do not know if it is a "workaround" or just worked to me once, I will try again today when I drive back.
Hopefully it will work to you too, let me know.
Good luck.
Have any skyrocket owners run into issues with the GPS? Over the last few days I've found that the GPS radio is very hit or miss, & more often miss than not.
I typically leave the GPS radio off, enabling it when I need maps, navigation, yelp, etc.On my original GS2 this had worked without issue ... after turning on the radio I'd have GPS functionality within a few seconds.
On the sky, though, Google Maps, Places, etc report "waiting for location" for several seconds; then Maps times out with no result while Places errors out with the message "your different location is temporarily unavailable" ... this even after the GPS radio has been on for 30+ minutes! i've had this result whether I'm inside our outside.
Fwiw under location services I have UseWiFi OFF, Use GPS ON, & Sensor Aiding ON.
I should mention that SOME times out does work, though I've not found a pattern.doesn't appear to be battery related, since i've had it not work at full charge, then work later that day at 5% charge.
Too I downloaded the GPS Status app to directly see what result the GPS radio was returning ... that app shows the GPS properly returning a latitude & longitude, but then exciting the app & trying Maps still gets no GPS/location result.
I also get this issue, so is it a map issue or a gps issue? cause I will go down to ATT and return this *****.
My GPS works great locks almost instantly indoors or out. Infact its by far the best of any phone i've had yet.
I've been having the same issue. Mine has trouble locking my coordinates for minutes at times. I will run the GPS Test and it will look for towers for minutes at a time and it takes forever for it to update the clock and get a Long & Lat fix. To fix it, I have to toggle the GPS button and sometimes it works and other times I end up having to reboot. Yesterday while driving and using the maps, it lost the signal while enroute and wouldn't pick up another signal until I rebooted.
It's quite odd ... when I was traveling in Portland last few days, the GPS issues were often and persistent. Get back home to SF, and suddenly GPS has started working w/o issue, try as I can I can't get it to reproduce the problem now ???
I don't seem to have any issues with the GPS on my Skyrocket. It usually locks on within 10 seconds and is accurate.
Hi there,
I have this phone for over a month and no problems here since. But I noticed one thing. When I went jogging today, I turned on GPS (wifi OFF and data OFF) and it didnt find my location (open surroundings, I was letting it "find" me for over 15mins) - no good. But when i turned on data, I got the gps lock in like 5sec and then I could even turn off data again and it kept tracking me. But what if I'm somewhere, where is no wifi nor signal? I can't use just GPS without any of these two (even if it's just for the first lock)?
Or is this some issue and GPS should be able to find me and do the whole tracking without any help from wifi or data?
Thanks a million