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[FIX] Updated: GPS Tracking Issues (Optional FIX)

Team,
boodies posted this in the General section and thought it should be here as well, due to its nature.
Props goes out to boodies, Great Find!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728611
I tried this and all GPS and compass issues are now fixed. GPS locks on accurately in just a few seconds.
***This fix may not work if you live outside of USA.***
##You can play with the settings if you want to. If you FUBAR your GPS a simple factory reset will return your setting to default. You can do this without going into recovery buy going to Settings / Privacy / Factory data reset.##
Edit:
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Tested Procedure:
1 - Disable "Use Wireless Networks" - Settings / Location & Security
2 - Dial *#*#1472365#*#*
3 - Under "Application settings" Change "Operation Mode" to MS Based
4 - Under "SUPL/CP Settings" Change the SERVER & PORT to supl.google.com and port 7276 [ Do not use www. in front of supl]
5 - REBOOT
6 - Turn back on the "User Wireless Networks"
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Original settings:
Operation Mode: Standalone
Server: www.spirent-lcs.com
Port: 7275
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Optional New Fix:
1 - Dial *#*#1472365#*#*
2 - Go outside to get an unimpeded GPS fix.
3 - Choose Delete GPS Data button.
4 - Choose Get Position Test button. Let it run for 3 min or until you have 10 to 12 Sat locks and back out.
Thanks goes to Onlyloki for this method.
Haven't had time to test it thoroughly. You may want to do this in conjunction with the first procedure and then do the optional if the first procedure did not work for you. I did both and my GPS is locking even faster. Let me know what you think...
Just some more info I dug up:
Quote from http://www.vzwdevelopers.com/aims/public/menu/lbs/LBSFAQ.jsp
"In MS-Based mode, the network provides the satellite information to the device, based on a rough estimate of where the device is located, and the device acquires the GPS signals from the satellites and calculates its location. After the initial fix, the device operates like an autonomous GPS receiver, until the satellite information must be refreshed, at which time the device goes back to the network to update the satellite information. MS-Based mode is appropriate for applications that require the device location to be updated rapidly, such as a navigation application. Can the GPS work in autonomous mode? No, the GPS receiver requires the assistance of the network elements to acquire its initial location fix."
With the rapid updating we could see an increased drain on the battery. I have not confirmed that yet. If anyone can let us know.
Edit #2:
I was informed by a sales rep at T-Mobile that Samsung is aware of the issue and is going to fix the GPS and the compass issue in their first update.

Mine seems to be working fine after flashing back to stock firmware.

I wasn't able to get a lock before or after the original fix above. After performing the second fix I was able to get a lock but the phone only picked up 8 satellites.
Any idea if I'll have do the second "fix" every time I want a GPS lock?

I was finally able to get a lock using both procedures, but it couldn't track me if I moved.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

rabydanimal said:
I wasn't able to get a lock before or after the original fix above. After performing the second fix I was able to get a lock but the phone only picked up 8 satellites.
Any idea if I'll have do the second "fix" every time I want a GPS lock?
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Should be pernament 8 sats is ok, good enough. Reboot and test in Google maps, should be set.

polarbee said:
I was finally able to get a lock using both procedures, but it couldn't track me if I moved.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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reboot phone and go for a car ride. Use g-maps to get lock and the switch to nav app.

designgears said:
Mine seems to be working fine after flashing back to stock firmware.
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Same for me. I flashed the stock rom in the other thread, went outside and had a gps lock at 5m in less than 30 second. It locked at 30m in less than 10 seconds. Before this, the best I had was 30m after a long time and it wouldn't track me in my car hardly at all. I will test further tomorrow on my way to work.

Thanks! This worked great, I'm glad I have working GPS now.

Can anyone post what the settings in Application Settings are supposed to be? I might have changed something in there that makes my GPS off by ~150 yards consistenly...

abuthemagician said:
Can anyone post what the settings in Application Settings are supposed to be? I might have changed something in there that makes my GPS off by ~150 yards consistenly...
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You can do a factory reset and reset all the settings to stock

Blarg. I am really not in the position to do a factory reset after I just got my phone the way I like it... Anyone else?

I wrote them down before I started...
“Application Settings” change “Operation Mode” to Standalone & “Skyhook” to OFF
“SUPL/CP Settings” change “Server” to www.spirent-lcs.com “ServerPort” to 7275

what about the others under application settings? I think it was one of those.

Samsung GPS fix is coming in September
This is cool :
"Samsung is testing software to optimize GPS on Galaxy S phones. Look for updates in September. Details & download instructions to follow."
Source: Samsungservice twitter

meatrocket said:
I wrote them down before I started...
“Application Settings” change “Operation Mode” to Standalone & “Skyhook” to OFF
“SUPL/CP Settings” change “Server” to www.spirent-lcs.com “ServerPort” to 7275
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Click to collapse
Thanks for the info!

This is old info and does not fix tracking issue. It only helps lock times. This is already posted in general 3 or 5 times.

not sure if anyone else has addressed this issue but the AGPS is disabled according to the settings.db file. maybe thats the problem?

[SOLVED][GUIDE] Samsung B7320 Omnia Pro - FAST GPS - Google Maps OPTIMIZED settings -

I have been using this phone over a year now, and I have re flashed it at least 10 times, every time to get a taste of a new rom for this phone(currently running 6.5.3), although this phone is cool, but gets sluggish, some time, though I managed to tweak it to work fast, which I will be discussing in later threads, in this thread I am going to answer a simple problem, where the users are unable to use GPS with Google maps to get exact pin-point directions. I found a flaw in the settings, and this generated either "GPS signal too weak" or did not get the right lock. After this setting, you will gain a lock on the satellites almost instantaneously, when you're under the open sky.
SO HERE IS THE TWEAK:
START GOOGLE MAPS APPLICATION.
GO TO MENU (RIGHT SOFT KEY)
ENTER SETTINGS
SELECT "GPS SETTINGS..."
NOW HERE BY DEFAULT IT SAYS "MANAGED BY WINDOWS" CHANGE THIS TO "SET MANUALLY"
SET COM PORT TO "COM3:" AND BAUD RATE TO "9600"
SELECT OKAY, CLICK ON "USE GPS" (SO THAT THE TICK BECOMES GREEN.)
RESTART GOOGLE MAPS, ENJOY.
Google knows everything even on the roads, even in cities like New Delhi, which are densely populated, there was ever this incidence that this device and this awesome technology failed me, it is great to have such tool in your pocket.
PM me for any other queries for this phone.
Cheers

can install any other os on it ?
wrongnumber said:
I have been using this phone over a year now, and I have re flashed it at least 10 times, every time to get a taste of a new rom for this phone(currently running 6.5.3), although this phone is cool, but gets sluggish, some time, though I managed to tweak it to work fast, which I will be discussing in later threads, in this thread I am going to answer a simple problem, where the users are unable to use GPS with Google maps to get exact pin-point directions. I found a flaw in the settings, and this generated either "GPS signal too weak" or did not get the right lock. After this setting, you will gain a lock on the satellites almost instantaneously, when you're under the open sky.
SO HERE IS THE TWEAK:
START GOOGLE MAPS APPLICATION.
GO TO MENU (RIGHT SOFT KEY)
ENTER SETTINGS
SELECT "GPS SETTINGS..."
NOW HERE BY DEFAULT IT SAYS "MANAGED BY WINDOWS" CHANGE THIS TO "SET MANUALLY"
SET COM PORT TO "COM3:" AND BAUD RATE TO "9600"
SELECT OKAY, CLICK ON "USE GPS" (SO THAT THE TICK BECOMES GREEN.)
RESTART GOOGLE MAPS, ENJOY.
Google knows everything even on the roads, even in cities like New Delhi, which are densely populated, there was ever this incidence that this device and this awesome technology failed me, it is great to have such tool in your pocket.
PM me for any other queries for this phone.
Cheers
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Hi,
How can we replace its windows OS ?
I want to use whatsapp on it , but cant use it .
I can try anything , cant use that phone at present.
Phone is working properly , but If u can suggest is there any OS we can install on it ?
( Like nokia or any other samsung os)

[APP]Quick Wifi Switcher (now with widgets and Eclair support)

Quick WiFi Switcher is an app to quickly switch between your (configured) APs.
This is useful, when you're in an area where more than one configured AP is available. Sometimes Android decides to switch between them for different (unknown to me) reasons. Reconnection to the AP of your choice is now fewer clicks away than through the settings.
You start it by long-pressing your search button, or via shortcut.
Info shown on top:
Current SSID
Current IP
Current Signal (bar and RSSI)
In the selection list you have the following info:
SSID
Signal strength (Icon and RSSI)
Encryption settings
Configuration state (Green -> configured, Red -> unconfigured)
Connection state (connected AP is selected in the list)
The list contains all discoverable APs in range.
The following functions are implemented to date:
Enable/Disable WiFI
Scan for surrounding APs (automatically on startup / manually via button)
Connect to previously configured AP
Reconnect current AP
Open WiFi Settings for unconfigured APs (for now)
User Setting for closing on selection
Widgets
There are two widgets implemented for now:
Info Widget (1x2)
Switcher Widget (1x1)
The Info Widget shows information about the currently connected network:
SSID
IP-Address
signal level (RSSI and Icon)
For the Switcher Widget you have to choose a configured network. This will be monitored. Whenever the system scans for APs, the widget will update itself with the current info about the chosen network.
A network in range has a signal level icon
If the network is the current one, the text will be gray, else red
Touching the widget will automatically connect to the chosen AP
Changelog
Version 0.6
support for Eclair (2.1) added
widgets added
Version 0.5
Initial Version
Android 2.2 is needed for now, will check if 2.1 is possible.
Android 2.1+ is needed.
Screenshots
INFO:
If you downloaded Version 0.6 before and can't install, please redownload. The manifest error has been fixed.

Hi,
I'd really appreciate any feedback.
Tell me what you think, what you like/dislike and what is missing...
slow23

I would really love tasker integration. I have 2 wireless networks at home, a public one, and a backup one. I have to remember to switch ssid at night so the phone can do it's rsync thing. Programatically selecting the right said at the right time would be hugely beneficial.

Hi,
looks nice.
What do you think about checking every configurable seconds if a better known Wifi is available and switch then automatically?
Have 2 routers at home, android does not switch automatically even if its the same ssid. Tried with different ssid too, android doesnt switch. You have to manually reconnect, then it takes the better one.

just DL'ed your apk-file, upon install, it says (in details view of app manager): Could not open as apk file.
When I click your QR code link in the topic, there's nothing there either...

slow23 said:
Quick WiFi Switcher is an app to quickly switch between your (configured) APs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice app..just what I was looking for. As for my two cents, I think it would be great to create widgets assigned to particular ssids that can be shown on the home screen. This would prove to be a quick way to select the ssids.

slow23 said:
Quick WiFi Switcher is an app to quickly switch between your (configured) APs.
This is useful, when you're in an area where more than one configured AP is available. Sometimes Android decides to switch between them for different (unknown to me) reasons. Reconnection to the AP of your choice is now fewer clicks away than through the settings.
You start it by long-pressing your search button, or via shortcut.
Info shown on top:
Current SSID
Current IP
Current Signal (bar and RSSI)
In the selection list you have the following info:
SSID
Signal strength (Icon and RSSI)
Encryption settings
Configuration state (Green -> configured, Red -> unconfigured)
Connection state (connected AP is selected in the list)
The list contains all discoverable APs in range.
The following functions are implemented to date:
Enable/Disable WiFI
Scan for surrounding APs (automatically on startup / manually via button)
Connect to previously configured AP
Reconnect current AP
Open WiFi Settings for unconfigured APs (for now)
User Setting for closing on selection
The initial version is 0.5.
Screenshots
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Click to collapse
Nice tool ..

bodger_uk said:
I would really love tasker integration. I have 2 wireless networks at home, a public one, and a backup one. I have to remember to switch ssid at night so the phone can do it's rsync thing. Programatically selecting the right said at the right time would be hugely beneficial.
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I'll look into it, but I'm not familiar with tasker integration for now. Consider it listed.
walda said:
Hi,
looks nice.
What do you think about checking every configurable seconds if a better known Wifi is available and switch then automatically?
Have 2 routers at home, android does not switch automatically even if its the same ssid. Tried with different ssid too, android doesnt switch. You have to manually reconnect, then it takes the better one.
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This is the feature I intended to implement, but for the beginning I chose the manual approach. Surely will be done...
hdurina said:
Nice app..just what I was looking for. As for my two cents, I think it would be great to create widgets assigned to particular ssids that can be shown on the home screen. This would prove to be a quick way to select the ssids.
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Also a thing I already thought about. No Widgets done so far, but shouldn't be that hard.
Wobstar said:
just DL'ed your apk-file, upon install, it says (in details view of app manager): Could not open as apk file.
When I click your QR code link in the topic, there's nothing there either...
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Did you try to d/l from my site? I just downloaded and everything was fine. The QR-Code is not from me, but the new killer feature of xda. Please report if d/l from my site worked. We'll have to find another way if it does not. BTW I sometimes face the issue that I'm not able to open apk's from the browser download notification, but only from a file explorer (but that may be my ROM). Did not find out a pattern in this though.
@all: Thanks for the feedback. Good to see that there is demand and the needed functions are mainly those I initially thougth of.
slow23

Good work mate, im not near Wi-Fi so cant test right now but will tomorrow hopefullly,im using Galaxy S2.

This is exactly what I need.
I have 2 routers at home too and I can be sitting 2 feet from one but my phone still hangs on to the weaker of the two.
As mentioned above it would be great if it could be configured to switch to the strongest authorised access point automatically.
Downloading now and will report my findings.

OK. Problems here.
Desire S, S-Off, Rooted, running Virtuous Unity 1.29.
First issue I noticed was that as soon as I installed it I couldn't access any of my access points in the house.
It was finding them but wouldn't connect even if was sitting right beside it.
The next problem I had was constant forced closures. Almost every app that I opened would force close.
Now I understand that both of these could[/c] be rom issues, since this is a new revision, but seeing as both happened right after installing your app I suspect it's not.
Both of these issues happened as soon as I used you app.

slow23 said:
Did you try to d/l from my site? I just downloaded and everything was fine. The QR-Code is not from me, but the new killer feature of xda. Please report if d/l from my site worked. We'll have to find another way if it does not. BTW I sometimes face the issue that I'm not able to open apk's from the browser download notification, but only from a file explorer (but that may be my ROM). Did not find out a pattern in this though.
@all: Thanks for the feedback. Good to see that there is demand and the needed functions are mainly those I initially thougth of.
slow23
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I tried to download from your site, but get the same issue.
I downloaded directly from my Android browser and once from my computer and transferred to the phone.
I'm on stock 2.1 ROM (rooted)

stonedandhappy said:
OK. Problems here.
Desire S, S-Off, Rooted, running Virtuous Unity 1.29.
First issue I noticed was that as soon as I installed it I couldn't access any of my access points in the house.
It was finding them but wouldn't connect even if was sitting right beside it.
The next problem I had was constant forced closures. Almost every app that I opened would force close.
Now I understand that both of these could[/c] be rom issues, since this is a new revision, but seeing as both happened right after installing your app I suspect it's not.
Both of these issues happened as soon as I used you app.
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Wow, that sounds bad. Could you send me a logcat of when this happens. I can't really imagine any function of the app cause such trouble, but I will look into it, why it would not connect.
The force closes cannot come from the app, since it does nothing to the system aside scanning wifi APs and connecting to them. Maybe it's really ROM related.

Wobstar said:
I tried to download from your site, but get the same issue.
I downloaded directly from my Android browser and once from my computer and transferred to the phone.
I'm on stock 2.1 ROM (rooted)
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First of all, what device are you using.
Second, the app has a min sdk level of 8, so Froyo is required, will update first post to reflect that. I 'll see if I can get it running on Eclair.

slow23 said:
First of all, what device are you using.
Second, the app has a min sdk level of 8, so Froyo is required, will update first post to reflect that. I 'll see if I can get it running on Eclair.
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I'm using an Xperia X10, I suspected that it would be due to OS compatibility.
That's why I asked in my first reply.

slow23 said:
Wow, that sounds bad. Could you send me a logcat of when this happens. I can't really imagine any function of the app cause such trouble, but I will look into it, why it would not connect.
The force closes cannot come from the app, since it does nothing to the system aside scanning wifi APs and connecting to them. Maybe it's really ROM related.
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OK, for some reason the app seems top have changed my wireless security on the phone to WPA instead of WEP, so the phone was trying to connect with the wrong security protocol.
Managed to sort that out pretty easily once I knew what was wrong.
I still had terrible problems with FCing apps so resorted to reflashing my rom.
I'm going to give it another try and if I encounter any issues I'll let you know what happens and post a log.

OK, here is a little update.
Since I reflashed my rom and reinstalled the app it has worked fine.
Only 1 minor bug but it wan't a problem.
On a few occasions when I used it yesterday, rather than opening the app GUI when pressed, it took me straight to the android wifi configuration page.
It only happened on a few occasions and hasn't happened at all today but I thought that you should know. Didn't bother me but someone will surely have issues with it.
Anyway, thanks for a great addition to my Desire S

stonedandhappy said:
OK, here is a little update.
Since I reflashed my rom and reinstalled the app it has worked fine.
Only 1 minor bug but it wan't a problem.
On a few occasions when I used it yesterday, rather than opening the app GUI when pressed, it took me straight to the android wifi configuration page.
It only happened on a few occasions and hasn't happened at all today but I thought that you should know. Didn't bother me but someone will surely have issues with it.
Anyway, thanks for a great addition to my Desire S
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Good to hear your Rom is working correctly again.
For the error you got: Did you start the app via search key? I could imagine since the desire s has no hardware buttons you accidently selected an unknown AP, immediately after the app started.
Would you be so kind and try and verify that?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

No, I have it on my home page so that if I need to change AP I just press my home button to get to it.
My wifi only picks up my 2 APs and none of my neighbours so no chance of selecting an unknown AP.
As I said it only happened a few times and hasn't happened since. It's working great now.
I don't know if, because I let my phone fully discharge yesterday after it happened, that it may have reset the app. A sort of reboot.
It has been working fine since though.
I've yet to try it with public wifi but should get a chance at the weekend so will post my results for you.

Hi,
back from vacation. New version with widgets and Eclair support.
Version 0.6
support for Eclair (2.1) added
widgets added
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

GPS Fixer (GPS + Glonass) (download mirror added)

GPS Fixer - GPS + Glonass
First of all i never found issue in GPS fixing, but y'day was just free and surfing XDA for some good stuff. I have seen many threads regarding GPS fix on various device. so I have downloaded them and checked for curiosity. Also I have plenty of ROMS there on my PC so I have explored SGS1/SGS2 (Non Glonass) device and look for GPS config. Surprisingly all I have found in flashable zip OR aroma installer was all having old configuration which was used in Non Glonass device.
Samsung using only one conf that is for north america.(this what i have seen on many ROMs I have explored). But still samsung stock conf are different on glonass devie and are better.
Who are not knowing about Glonass, just to add in note series we have GPS + Glonass system for better and speedy position tracking. Glonass (Global navigation satellite system) is differenet from GPS )Global positioning system) and launched by Russia. So if you use older configuration there won't have benefit of glonass on your device.
So really I do need to use GPS fix?
No, Really I never have any issue with stock settings. But if you have any issue with fixing you can try this. Also if you have fixed with other tool that may have old configuration then you can try this.
What is difference from other GPS fix
As earlier I have said many i have downloaded from different forum on XDA have old non glonass config. Which really won't get any benefit but worsen fixing time. Also someone have asked me about known tool on market Faster Fix, So I have downloaded and tried that but surprisingly that also having non glonass settings. I have took some screenshot and will post here at end of post.
How I can know My setting using Glonass setting
Just install GPS test from market and check satellite number you are getting (I will add image at end of post). If you are not getting/rarely getting view of satellite number >65 then your setting are using non glonass conf.. Also when you select satellite position view in GPS Test app, Glonass satellite you can see in symbol of Triangle while GPS are round.
How do I test new Settings
-If you applying new setting with other tool/Application then you should clean data of GPS (data/gps - remove all files from here), bcoz your old data may help new setting to fix bit faster depending on location history but it won't catch new when you move to different place and give you false result. first apply new settings then clear data from data/GPS and reboot device. After Rebooting open GPS test application and look for time taken to fix (satellite postion view will show you time)/Number and type of satellite as well accuracy.
So best way to test
-In case you want to test this tool, simply flash it with aroma, this tool auto erase old data. After rebooting check with GPS test as said above.
Some results
Ok so here screenshots with Non Glonass configuration 1.With Non glonass continental setting 2. Non Glonass country setting
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
So what we can interpret here is with this setting none of glonass satellite used to FIX GPS. First image showing satellite number is between 02-25 and second image between 03 -32 but none of it having number more than 65 which indicates Glonass. Also you can see accuracy is also not good. select country setting it was bit approved but time was same on both.
Using This tool with 1.Continental setting 2.Country settings3.stellite position view
You can see here in first image there are 5 glnass satellite there (representing between 65-87) while second image have 3 glonass satellite (72-86)
Also you can see accuracy are much better than non glonass setting. third image is satellite position view with continental setting, you can see there are many triangle symbols which represents Glonass satellite. Also note time took to fix was just 8sec. Again to remind you i was in side Room not under sky directly throughout all tests.
Faster Fix result
Here satellite position view with using faster fix with country settings
Here you can see there is no glonass satellite used to fix position and time took to fix also longer.
Conclusion :
- If you don't have any issue on stock default setting then no need to do anything.
- If you are using custom setting, then clean data from data/GPS folder (remove all files under it) reboot device and carry out test. If it doesn't use glonass satellite to fix, you should update your settings with attached tool.
- I don't find much improvement in continental and country setting, Best result I got is with my continent. so no meaning to make different settings for every country, remember samsung using only one continental setting for all (north-america). But if you are not happy with your continent settings you can try others, it may depends on pool server.
Hope this may help to understand GPS fixing better way !
No need to post lots of screenshot unless you unable to interpret it bcoz I don't wish this thread to be screenshot repository like on battery/score statistic. I have attached here for just better undertandings. Though your result sharing will be highly appreciated and will help to others.
PS : Not disrespect for tools i have tested but I like to credit them for their great work, just issue is database used was old and for non glonass device and samsung also no more using it on glonass device.
Download
DrKetan_GPSFix_Aroma
Mirror http://d-h.st/5gG

Some useful information about GPS and Glonass
GPS stands for Global Positioning System and is a satellite based positioning system owned and maintained by the US Air Force. The GPS system currently contains 31 active satellites transmitting signals. GPS is used by millions of civil devices to calculate the position.
GLONASS stands for Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema and is also a satellite based positioning system but is owned and maintained by the Russian Space Forces. GLONASS development started in 1976 but it was not until October 2011 that full global coverage with modern satellites was achieved with 24 active satellites. Hence the number of GLONASS-only devices is very limited.
How GLONASS improves positioning
It’s simple math – by supporting both systems in a receiver, the number of available global satellites increases from 31 to 55. Therefore, more geographic locations are able to receive four or more signals from satellites, which in turn means more successful position calculations and also better accuracy of the calculated positions in challenging environments.
To save power, the GLONASS receiver is only activated in problematic locations, such as in an urban environment with high rise buildings. Therefore, if you are in an open sky environment where there are enough GPS satellites available to calculate a good accuracy position, GLONASS will automatically be switched off temporarily to enhance the battery lifetime.
the region of coverage of GLONASS is at upper northen hemisphere & lower southern but not good near equator due to inclination of satellites.

What is the difference with FasterFix?

I have just installed faster fix and checked, i can't believe this also using same pool like I said above. Yes it does have also old pool settings and may worsen than stock.
I have captured screenshot of faster fix test too. It took 46sec while this tool with my continent setting took just 14sec.
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

OP Updated now.

I presume that this would work on N7105 as well?

I have check on N7100 conf file and it's bit different than on N7100.
So before using better make backup. Path of files is same but settings are different, so in case it doesn't work then you can restore it.

Works fine on my t0lte with android 4.3. Earlier i had problem to lock GPS and now it seems to lock as it should. :good:
Edit:I was too early. Still searching GPS. Weired, GPS test app locks almost right away but system just searching.

If gps test fixes correctly then may be other issue on system. Have you not used application/setting to restrict location for some app.?
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Yes i think it`s caused by a system cos every GPS software i use works just fine (i`we got FIX almost immediately). I have lot`s of system applications witch uses location, but is it a-gps or GPS, i don`t know. I wonder, you mean something to folder /data/gps. I checked that folder and it`s empty.

Any app using location uses A-GPS when GPS is off, You need not to wipe data/gps folder if you have used tool in OP, as this script itself wipe it and that's why your folder is empty. As you have stated every app fixes it immediately then when you getting issue (searhing)?

dr.ketan said:
Any app using location uses A-GPS when GPS is off, You need not to wipe data/gps folder if you have used tool in OP, as this script itself wipe it and that's why your folder is empty. As you have stated every app fixes it immediately then when you getting issue (searhing)?
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Every now an then. When i take phone out of my pocket and unlock it, there is in notificationbar GPS icon and notification says searching gps signal. So it must be related to system. The problem is that i think searching eats lot of battery.
I can solve issue by disabling GPS and enabling that again. But it come back in a moment.

clean your system by factory reset , if you have lots of data then use taker for auto GPS ON/Off for certain application(which you want to have GPS ON) only. This will auto ON GPS when your defined app open, and auto off when you exit that app. This also save battery as GPS will remain ON only when you needs. also you have not to do it manually everytime.
I am using it and if you need profile i will give you.

I do factory reset every time i flash new Rom, and this is only android 4.3 issue. I searched on the net for "searching for gps android" and find multiple similar problems.
I installed app Gsam, and it shows that android system was using gps for 7 hours and some minutes. So it is system related.
I read somewhere that problem occurs only indoors. That might explain why navigation apps works, cos i use those only outdoors. I have to check if android gps cannot get fix in outdoors.

I did some more researching. When that "searching GPS signal" appears in notification panel i went outdoors and launched GPS test app (phone was idle). App didn`t get FIX at all. So i go settings and disabled the gps and right away i enabled it and then launched the gps test app. And, bam. FIX right away.
So that must be something about system.

This are a few screenshot showing how fast my phone's GPS locks. I just used FasterFix once and set it to Europe. I'm indoors by the way, above me is the ceiling and the roof.

Delete data /gps folder contents and check.
If your old data have glonass satellite saved then you can see. I have tried more than 5 times but no glonass satellite was used to fix gps on faster fix.
This thing I have mentioned in op too.
Basically our note2 gps is really nice and unless we have issue we don't need fix.
Also you can check your gps.conf file, it will have same settings as it was used on non glonass device.
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So, I deleted the gps.conf content and cleared a-gps data but still was able to get lock and see the glonass satelites. Am I doing something wrong or what?
I installed your zip after that and didn't see any difference.
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Use faster fix - manually delete contents of data/gps folder - Reboot
check
screenshot showing you applied from faster fix.
What files you can see in data/GPS folder?

I have Re Tested again and result is same as i have stated in OP.
I have installed faster fix and 4 time tested and not single time it get fixed with glonass. I have used same europe setting like you. Also it took long time to fix.
And after using Europe setting with tool. you can see glonass satellite here.
So may be data have not been cleared (also needs reboot after deleteing gps folder contents) Can you check again what files you have deleted to clear contents.

[Guide] Ultimate Pokemon Go GPS Spoof Setup

Everyone knows about Pokemon GO; most will know about spoofing your GPS too.
I have spent quite a while tweaking the more generic guides available online to get a setup that is perfect for my LG G3 and think it would help to share my findings.
Requirements
Rooted Android Device (Any ROM)
Disable Service
Pokemon GO
FakeGPS (£2.99)
/system/app mover
Instructions
Open DisableService
Go to System
Search for "Location"
Select "Fused Location" & disable "FusedLocatonService"
Select "LocationServices" & disable everything inside (This might not be present on AOSP roms)
This will stop the phone jumping between your actual and spoofed location.
Install FakeGPS as a System App
Using /system/app mover, simply select FakeGPS and move it to system followed by a reboot.
Open FakeGPS
Enable "Expert Mode"
Disable "Enable auto close"
Select a location
Open Pokemon GO and see your location has changed!
Tips
Don't change your location to be very far away from your initial location, doing this may result in a softban
Don't frequently jump between many locations, find a good spot and stick to it for a bit, close the app and then chamnge location
You can emulate walking by selecting "Move around fake location" in FakeGPS, this will help eggs hatch (Currently testing this myself, when I have good figures I will post my results)
If you get a softban, leave your location where it is and try again in an hour or so (normally 1-3 hours)

Reserved

Thank you for this guide mate! But my location is always changing from real to spoofed one. I neither have 'location' nor 'LocationService' in DisableService. Any advise? Any Further nformation required?
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I work tech support and I can't play at work because the town I work in is so small. I try to make it go to a town over which is where I live which has all the gyms and my saved locations for pokestops to do XP runs but when I do that it won't let me do anything at that location. It doesn't snap me back and fourth it just doesn't work pokemon run and no pokestops work. Doesn't seem like a ban or a Softbank because once I move it closer it works fine. For example if I wanted to move to new York for the night you're saying I have to wait for an hour in that location to get it going?
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Gh3ttoKiLL4 said:
Thank you for this guide mate! But my location is always changing from real to spoofed one. I neither have 'location' nor 'LocationService' in DisableService. Any advise? Any Further nformation required?
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Go to your location settings and turn off wifi scanning and go GPS only see if that helps

Still not working it dosent show the fake location on game if i used only device gps i got on the game no gps signal found if i used wifi gpa it show me my real location

mido1122 said:
Still not working it dosent show the fake location on game if i used only device gps i got on the game no gps signal found if i used wifi gpa it show me my real location
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I know this may sound basic but have you disabled FusedLocation followed by a reboot? It won't work correctly until you reboot.

ZeKade said:
It doesn't snap me back and fourth it just doesn't work pokemon run and no pokestops work. Doesn't seem like a ban or a Softban because once I move it closer it works fine. For example if I wanted to move to new York for the night you're saying I have to wait for an hour in that location to get it going?
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Changing location appears to be proportional i.e. the further you move from your original location, the longer you may have to wait before being able to interact with the map.
For example, if I move a three miles or so, I can use pokestops straight away. If I jump cities, without closing the app fully, I may have to wait or at the very least restart the game.
This is what I would do in your situation.
Force stop Pokemon GO
Clear cache
Set locaton to wherever you wish to grind XP/items
Open the game
Let me know how it goes; send me a pm if you get stuck

Gh3ttoKiLL4 said:
Thank you for this guide mate! But my location is always changing from real to spoofed one. I neither have 'location' nor 'LocationService' in DisableService. Any advise? Any Further nformation required?
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Do you mean you don't have FusedLocation? Check again because that's an integral part of your device so should be there.

Zibbsy said:
Do you mean you don't have FusedLocation? Check again because that's an integral part of your device so should be there.
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I have FusedLocation inside these both services
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I think these two services are the only location services (searched for "location", "Standort"[German])
But there's no other service like you were describing which prevents from snapping back to my real location.

Gh3ttoKiLL4 said:
But there's no other service like you were describing which prevents from snapping back to my real location.
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Try changing accuracy to 10, update interval to 50 (in FakeGPS)
Also in location settings set it to device only

Hey can anyone help me?
I've a problem, after moving the FakeGPS app using the /system/app mover, I'm stuck in a bootloop.
"Optimizing system..." (Device: Honor 5x)

Camirlot said:
Hey can anyone help me?
I've a problem, after moving the FakeGPS app using the /system/app mover, I'm stuck in a bootloop.
"Optimizing system..." (Device: Honor 5x)
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I've never had a problem moving an app to system.
Try wiping cache/dalvik in recovery
Connect phone to usb when booting and see if you have abd access
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though you say a boot loop, how long have you actually left it to run "optimizing apps"?

Zibbsy said:
Try changing accuracy to 10, update interval to 50 (in FakeGPS)
Also in location settings set it to device only
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I have the same problem as him....when i set it to 10-50 its jumping back to my location every second and i cant even attack anyone.. i also cant find location to disable it (aosp rom tho)
I'm using sgs6

MrHellBlazer said:
I have the same problem as him....when i set it to 10-50 its jumping back to my location every second and i cant even attack anyone.. i also cant find location to disable it (aosp rom tho)
I'm using sgs6
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You'll need to find out how to disable FusedLocation on your phone. I am running pure AOSP and have FusedLocation as a service; disabling that will resolve the problem.
Take a screenshot of DisableService when searching "Location"

Zibbsy said:
You'll need to find out how to disable FusedLocation on your phone. I am running pure AOSP and have FusedLocation as a service; disabling that will resolve the problem.
Take a screenshot of DisableService when searching "Location"
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FusedLocation is the only thing i can find when i search and i have it disabled. The problem is when i search "location" ,Fused Location is the only thing showing and i have it disabled and same

Zibbsy said:
I've never had a problem moving an app to system.
Try wiping cache/dalvik in recovery
Connect phone to usb when booting and see if you have abd access
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though you say a boot loop, how long have you actually left it to run "optimizing apps"?
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I did "wiping cache/dalvik" - After that my phone booted and moved into the "Optimizing system..." thing
"though you say a boot loop, how long have you actually left it to run "optimizing apps"?" - Like a hour.
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The phone is not listed under adb devices.
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I fixed it with a factory reset, it wasn't the fault of the app mover, I don't really know why.

MrHellBlazer said:
FusedLocation is the only thing i can find when i search and i have it disabled. The problem is when i search "location" ,Fused Location is the only thing showing and i have it disabled and same
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That's the same with my AOSP rom.
Could you tell me EXACTLY what you've done and what your settings are in FakeGPS?

failed to detect location
when ever i open pokemon app i get failed to dectect location, what did i do wrong? lol

Very good guide. This is working great on my Note 4! Thanks!

Zibbsy said:
You'll need to find out how to disable FusedLocation on your phone. I am running pure AOSP and have FusedLocation as a service; disabling that will resolve the problem.
Take a screenshot of DisableService when searching "Location"
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Hey I have the same thing. I have s6 edge+ and everything works awesome but it jumps to my current location. I do have custom rom.see pictures how my stuff looks like.
When I look for location I do have only 1 item on list and is disable.