I was hoping to find some information about alternative methods on correcting my GPS. I know android gps is not 100% accurate and i have tried everything to get dam close but i cant seem to make any progress back to the way it was when i first flashed CM 10.2. Everything i have tried sometimes seems like it worked but later proved wrong once i actually get out and drive around.
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Things i have tried:
1) Reload stock based rom aquire lock and revert back to current rom.
2)reload stock based rom aquire lock and reboot and clean flash 10.1/.2
3)Navigated to system/etc and edited my gps.conf
4) Used GPS ToolBox to clear a-GPS data/download a-GPS data.
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I notice on Google maps while driving i zig-zag on the map while moving. - _ - _ - _ - kind of pattern.or somethimes i am not even in the road but infact driving through peoples houses.
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When i load up GPS Tool box get a lock i notice something odd about my speed(mph). At idle i am consistantly moving up and down from 0.0-->0.6-->1.1 mph. My accuracy is usually <30ft while idle. Moving its all over the place. Its also hell trying to drive in Dowtown areas with one way streets. My GPS will tell me to make a right as soon as im about to make the right it quickly will tell me to goto the next street and make a left now im in the wrong lane. I tried to find a place in St Pete and i ended up in Clearwater at a simlar street name.
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i have not tried any other Roms other than CM 10.1 10.2. I did have this same problem on 10.1 but when 10.2 was an availavble optoion i quiclky upgraded and my GPS issues were gone. Something has happened in the last week or 2 and my gps state never seems to change no matter what i do to try to correct it.
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The only thing i did not try is flashing a new radio. I have not seen any available radios to flash if there are please point me in the right direction.
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I also play Ingress on the side and i notice the same problems translates over the game as well. Most of the time if i stop at an intersection and load up the game or have it already open im consistantly shifting around foward/back/left/right. i cant stay still. This is where the drifting is more present. Im always shifting around drifting off the road into houses or stores or whatever is on that particlar road while driving. Alot of the times i wont even move for a few seconds and then the GPS catches up but is usually lagging behind me. For instance ill pass through an intersection and my gps will pass through the same intersection a few seconds later. I also cut corners. What i mean by this is if i make a left onto a new road instead of my gps turning with me its lagging behind and cuts the corner of the turn instead of following me on the road making the left.
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Im not sure what else i can do. The phone has only suffered 1 drop and it was from my lap to a raised floor sitting in a booth at a restaurant. I find it hard to belive that how rugged this phone is that a single drop could jar the gps out of wack.
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Any help would be appreciated
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Does this happen on stock as well? Sounds almost like a hardware issue to me. If it's on multiple programs especially.
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Yes it happens on stock and just about any ROM or app using the GPS. Have you heard of others having hardware issues? I'm still under warranty, any suggestions?
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If it happens on stock rom, then it´s very, very likely a hardware issue. Try to reset everything with GPS Status from the Play Store, if it still doesn't work then make sure to be smart quick about making the most of your warranty, and get it fixed asap!
GPS works perfectly in my xt925 on CM10.1-10.2
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Interesting.. Mine was also except it recently stopped on 10.2
Hmmm??
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Thanks for the replies. I am the OP from droidRzr.com forums. I am currently running nexusesque and I have the same problem. No matter what ROM I flash there is no change to my GPS state. I am starting to think its a hardware problem. I have tried every GPS app and it makes no difference. Stock OEM was the worst GPS experience BY FAR which is why I rooted. Google maps always shows me off of the road while driving or stopping at an intersection I'll be in the grass or a building. GPS status shows my altitude is never solid. I live in Florida and I find incredibly hard to believe I am 200+ ft MSL sometimes 400+. Its constantly moving up and down as well as my MPH alternates between 0.0-2.9 MPH while sitting stationary. I might might have to unroot and return the phone. I feel there is no fix due to it being a hardware problem. I will try a few more things but I think they will yield the same results.
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ajape said:
If it happens on stock rom, then it´s very, very likely a hardware issue. Try to reset everything with GPS Status from the Play Store, if it still doesn't work then make sure to be smart quick about making the most of your warranty, and get it fixed asap!
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It´s a hardware issue because of a faulty unit most likely, if it´s happening with the Stock ROM. This phone has one of the most accurate GPS units I´ve ever had in any phone. This was taken, for example, at 34,000 feet going at 600 miles per hour. Check it out:
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Well quick update.I reloaded my cm10.2 10/28 nightly which is the ROM/release I had the best luck with and I removed every app that requires GPS permissions( i did have a few) and it has seemed to improve it slightly. Not sure if it's the placebo effect or what. I am however locking on to more available SATS then I previously was( 5-8 out of about 21 SATs). Now locking on to about 11-14 SATs. My altitude is still jumpy though and my mph still fluctuates but not as bad. The gps signal strength has also seemed to improve. My error is usually around 10m. I'll give it a few more days and see what happens.
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Well i let it run for a few days and it's back to what it was doing before. I'm just going to drop root and get a replacement. This has to be a hardware problem there is no other explanation to why the GPS can't track my location. I zig zag on and off the road.
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I took some screenshots in 1 to 2 second intervals of me standing in my driveway. One is me driving with the app scanner open(as you can see im not even on the road). As you can see my elevation is non stop climbing. Speed seems stable(except the pic i lose a bunch of aval. SATS). This is running the Pac-Man roms latest nightly. I start at 6 MSL and climb all the way up to 42MSL and i begin to lose locked SATS. Note 1 picture my speed is 1.1 MPH and im standing totally still. Even when i think its working properly i am proven WRONG once i start driving. The zig zaging begins to show. Stop at an intersection my GPS just keeps moving. This i think is due to my elevation not being stable. Then begins the MPH dance of 0.6 up to 1.1 and back down. Its completely unstable
GPS Compass on CM11 appear to not be working
Hi,
I was hoping to post it directly in the Android Development CM11 thread but my post count is too low at the moment.
I've tried installing CM11 twice now, full factory reset/wipe. It appears that the compass was completely disabled - no direction indicator on Google Maps, just location dot. No dynamic direction control on Ingress.
Has anyone else noticed any compass issues on AOSP 4.4 based ROMs or CM11 in particular?
Regards,
Marek
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In all the threads I've been reading about the issues with the GPS, I keep seeing a few people chiming in that they have no problem, and other saying that the GPS is so bad it is unusable. Since I'm still up in the air about what phone to get (b/w the Aria and Captivate), I'm wondering how many people have 'working' GPS units vs. not.
In addition to voting in the poll, add a post if you can saying where you are and what kind of environment you're in (urban/rural, indoor/outdoor etc.).
EDIT: Make sure to vote if you post! I see a few posts already claiming good reception, yet the poll still shows 100% unusable.
Mine sucks. If I do get a lock, it takes about 2-5 mins to get one.. I have tried the tweaks posted but did not work for me
I live in the suburbs, (not exactly urban) and it does not work at all. However, upon doing diagnostics in the hidden GPS settings I found more then 7 satellites are in view leading me to believe this is a software problem. Since it will get fixed later this year (and the Samsung Captivate is a far better spec-ed phone) I'd go with the Captivate
I don't think I have any issues. when I'm out in the open the app typically takes less than a minute to acquire my location and I'm off. Even inside my house if I am next to a window I can usually get a signal, which is something I didn't think was possible with GPS. I live in the bottom floor of a two story apartment building and my old phone could just forget about trying to acquire a signal inside any building, and I thought that GPS was pretty solid. I also have not performed any GPS tweaks.
Mine works fine. Gets a lock on 7 sats while inside my house within a minute. Its rooted, but I have done no tweeks to the GPS at all.
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I'm n the suburbs. I get 9 satellites and lock in under 30 secs. most of the time. Under 10 secs some times.
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Mine's working amazingly. Connects within 10 seconds and is only off by about 5-10 ft.
I'm rooted and I did the gps.conf hack and these are my current Application and supl/cp settings:
APP>Operation Mode>MS Assisted
APP>Accuracy>20
APP>Use SkyHook>ON
supl>Server>supl.google.com
supl>Server Port>7276
supl>supl Secure Socket>OFF
Crappy. I get 7 sat, but they come and go and never fully lock. Only time it seems to work is when im standing outside in an open field.
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if I'm driving around (when its important) i'll get a lock. I usually have to restart maps or copilot though.
in my house though...forget it haha
TWiG420 said:
Mine works fine. Gets a lock on 7 sats while inside my house within a minute. Its rooted, but I have done no tweeks to the GPS at all.
(Sent from my Captivate with XDA app)
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I'm n the suburbs. I get 9 satellites and lock in under 30 secs. most of the time. Under 10 secs some times.
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Screenshots or pictures please. I no longer trust anyone. I've seen too many videos of people claiming they have x number of locks when in fact they are confusing the number in view and the number actually locked to. You're probably telling us the number of sats in view, not the number of locks you have.
I had 5 within 10 seconds, 7 at 30secs and 9 after ~90secs. I'm assuming they are locked, correct me if i'm wrong.
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I had 5 within 10 seconds, 7 at 30secs and 9 after ~90secs. I'm assuming they are locked, correct me if i'm wrong.
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You have 9 satellites in view but are only locked to 3 (denoted by *). That is the whole problem with the Galaxy S phones. They have no problem seeing satellites, but they never lock to very many.
Compare to the Aria I had for 28 days, the GPS sucks on the Captivate. It usually take 1-5 min to get a lock while it never took more than 1 min on the Aria. I use RunKeeper to keep track of my walks and I usually lost the first few minutes of tracking.
Voted unusable. Over the weekend on a road trip to the beach I think I was able to get a lock ONCE the entire time.
Right now I'm in GPS Test and I have 8 satellites in view and 0 in use, 6 of which have a signal of 30+. It's been running for about 1-2 minutes. I've never seen that many satellites with that high of a signal and no lock. And just now while I was typing this, it lost all the satellites and dropped to 0 and is only picking up 4 (in view of course, not in use) now after 30 seconds or so.
This needs to be fixed. Messing with those settings isn't fixing the real issue, IF it's doing anything at all.
I am experiencing some bizarre wifi issues, without any reason my transformer has begun some sort of loop..
Basically it keeps turning wifi on and off constantly and the only way to stop it is to turn the device completely off..
Does anybody else know of this issue ?
And hopefully how to fix it.. :/
I'll film it next time it happens just to show exactly what is going on.
mine seems to be fine after updating to 3.2
maybe its compatibility issues with your wifi router.
try disabling wireless N mode in your wifi router, because if i am not mistaken the TF does not implement full wireless N mode over all bands.
wifi N
I have a dual band, I am broadcasting on both 5GHz and 2.4GHz and none of my other units seems to have any issues.
Also not an automatic channel, I've set it up to be the channel with the least interference..
There doesn't really seem to be a reason for the issue.
Only new addition to my devices is a popcorn hour, but that is cabled and has no cause to be an issue for a wifi unit.
Same here
Wifi power is turning on and off and on and off...
It happens when i wake up my TF, but after 2 min it is ok.
I'm having this issue as well, I'm using the latest stock 3.2, the only way to break the loop is to shut the TF down and then reboot.
Its random, but seems to be happening more after a wake up from standby.
At home or on my friends WiFi.
Im having this issue too...seems to happen after sleep . Only way to stop it for me is a reboot...very annoying
I know its a pain but have you tried a factory reset. I'm not seeing this issue with any rom. I have in the past but it was from not wiping when changing roms
The issue was created in the most recent update of Google Maps. If you go to "My Apps" and uninstall the Google Maps Update, you will no longer have the WiFi Issues. This fix has been confirmed with tests.
She be posted as a "sticky"
eeisner said:
The issue was created in the most recent update of Google Maps. If you go to "My Apps" and uninstall the Google Maps Update, you will no longer have the WiFi Issues. This fix has been confirmed with tests.
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Thank you very much! I was searching all over the forums for this. One post mentioned about wireless signal channels but had no effect. Not until I came upon this post did it resolve the problem. Has someone notified Google about this? Also, I think this should be placed as a "sticky" so everyone can find it at the top of the Q&A list.
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This problem was driving me nuts..
Used up 40% battery life on nothing other than that crap :/
Impressive that Google once again releases such a buggy update, sometimes I wonder if they ever test what they release..
Just started happening to me yesterday. I upgraded awhile ago, so it may have been happening all along, but I just noticed it yesterday.
I had to change my settings to no longer turn off wifi, so I just leave wifi on constantly and this stopped the problem. I'm sure I'm draining the battery faster, but the wifi on/off loop was annoying me. Hopefully the bug will be fixed soon.
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Thanks, I've now set mine too, to wifi always on. Where are bugs like this reported?
I too have this weird wifi on/off loop after coming out of standby both at home and at work. 3.2 updated and happily used with no problems. This started in the past 5/6 days or so. I like the sound of blaming Google Maps updates though. Will give it a try.
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It worked. Now how do I make sure maps doesn't auto update as it has done in the past? I can set that option for stuff I've downloaded but not maps.
Noticed this problem as well. I thought the transformer had gone bonkers.
Bug raised
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=20076
What version of Google maps? I just bought my TF and I have v5.2.0 installed on the device, with no options to downgrade. My WIFI won't even turn on and recognise any networks.
I am again experiencing the problem, even after removing the maps update.. :/
Workaround
I have a solution posted to my blog, but I cannot link to it. It's a simple fix, no patch or anything like that.
Google can probably find it as it's a Blogger site.
My link to my blog was flagged as spam.
I have just a teensy problem with the definition of what's spam here and what's not.
I don't like creating content all the time for someone else's site and increasing their traffic through my work. I help out here a little here and there as it is on this site.
This one, I'm keeping.
It's jerdog's right to control this board, but if I come up with something original, or at least something I hadn't been able to find myself, I think I should at least get the traffic for giving it away.
So, I hope this is enough of a gray area post to not get it flagged again.
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I have a solution posted to my blog, but I cannot link to it. It's a simple fix, no patch or anything like that.
Google can probably find it as it's a Blogger site.
My link to my blog was flagged as spam.
I have just a teensy problem with the definition of what's spam here and what's not.
I don't like creating content all the time for someone else's site and increasing their traffic through my work. I help out here a little here and there as it is on this site.
This one, I'm keeping.
It's jerdog's right to control this board, but if I come up with something original, or at least something I hadn't been able to find myself, I think I should at least get the traffic for giving it away.
So, I hope this is enough of a gray area post to not get it flagged again.
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Yep - your posts are spamming XDA with redirects to your own site. Against the rules. Contribute to XDA - don't spam XDA. Enough said.
Ok maps it locks on, GPS status app shows sats but no fix on any of them even outside. Tried flashing the sgs3 GPS fix, the Google universal fix, and still nothing. I mean it says lock in status when I open maps, and has me in the general area, but no luck with nav. I've tried restoring backups, no dice, even with fixes. Never installed an aosp Rom. So Idk what happened this weekend worked on my way to the hotel for this trip, and I go today to set it for home and it wouldn't lock on and has nav stuck in that parking lot. Even after restores, or a full wipe and new Rom install, uninstall maps, everytime I reopen nav it's still I'm that lot and I'm not even in the same town.
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Please call Verizon and report your issue. I just got off the phone with Tier 2 support today and they claimed to have zero reports of this problem. I told them that I had seen "many, many reports" of this problem on XDA.
But see what I don't get us I've never had this problem until this weekend. Same Rom non-stop so Idk
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Unless you are on Verizon's paid navigation app that would be a Google problem and not a Verizon problem. Server may have been down. My Google navigation works.
prdog1 said:
Unless you are on Verizon's paid navigation app that would be a Google problem and not a Verizon problem. Server may have been down. My Google navigation works.
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I'm still having the problem pr. Here's what I've got.
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no fix, but says fix is on or w/e it says by the time. then here's maps loading directions fine ... but here on the nav it still has me in that hotel parking lot lol. I've even let it sit for an hour without screen off no luck. It had to be some service/file somewhere not getting wiped or something Idk. Anyways I just got back from a few hour drive so I'll be checking on this in a few hours after a nap lol. Thanks for any help anyone can dig up.
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Well that's weird, now all of a sudden it's getting a fix on some sats but my compass is reversed. And now with getting the fix the nav has reset itself. I don't get it, that hotel had to have a blocker or something ha ha
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xM Minton Mx said:
Well that's weird, now all of a sudden it's getting a fix on some sats but my compass is reversed. And now with getting the fix the nav has reset itself. I don't get it, that hotel had to have a blocker or something ha ha View attachment 1420709
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Looks like everyone's compass is off.
Yeah I seen that in the jelly bomb thread. Grr Idk Wth is going on. But like I said it all happened Saturday.
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Same issue here I was testing out some new ROMs and thought it may have been a bad flash. I went back and restored 4 backups full wipes and cant get any of them to lock on including stock prior to OTA update recently.
Well it looks like it was magically fixed by Verizon. Atleast for me it did.
Fix that worked for me
I had this issue. I believe I caused it by mucking around trying to make my GPS fix faster. Symptom was simple - GPS knew where I was - just did not register any accuracy (in GPS Status) and thus would not lock. Always searching for GPS in Navigation even though it put my location as pretty much where I was. I had ClearnROM at the time but I don't think that caused it at all.
I tried Faster Fix. GPS Aides (free and paid) and a custom GPS.config file. Nothing worked. Thought for sure I was going to have to exchange the phone. so I set about doing what I would have to do.
Returned phone to bone stock via ODIN (VRALF2).
Rebooted into stock recovery and wiped/data for a clean internal SD card.
Flashed radio via ODIN (VRLF2).
Accepted VZW OTA update (30MB).
Rooted with Root Debug FS.
Put EZ-Unlock and EZ-Recovery apks on my sdcard and installed them.
Unlocked the Bootloader and booted to recovery 6.0.1 once just to verify it worked.
Whalla.
GPS locks and all it back to normal.
Your mileage may vary. I did (in the process of wipe/data for clean SD card- loose all my Titanium Backups but getting Navigation to work again was worth the hassle of rebuilding my apps from scratch.
I have no intention to put any effort into tweaking the GPS settings or file again now that it's working.
I know this topic has been beaten into the ground but I think my problem may be slightly different. Within seconds I get a whole bunch of satellites in view between 22 and 34 SNR but I NEVER get a lock, I can leave it for half an hour and nothing happens.
I know the hardware works because it worked (badly) when I was running Froyo Audiophile. I just flashed Valhalla Black FB Edition and I get the satellites beautifully fast (way better than before) but it just won't lock. I've tried:
http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33463758 (Currently have the Google non-SSL set)
A bunch of sites giving different setting configs.
GPS Aids (Paid) w/ it's own GPS Doctor
GPS Doctor (Paid)
One thing I did notice is that in GPS Aids it won't do XTRA data, just LTO, and it's own GPS Doctor couldn't fix it. Another thing I noticed is that in GPS Test, it won't show the satellites on the map, it shows them on top of each other above the map (in the SNR scale box). Below I have a picture and video of this happening.
Picture (numbers a bit lower than they should be, drops when I shake the phone to activate the screenshot)
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I know this topic has been beaten into the ground but I think my problem may be slightly different. Within seconds I get a whole bunch of satellites in view between 22 and 34 SNR but I NEVER get a lock, I can leave it for half an hour and nothing happens.
I know the hardware works because it worked (badly) when I was running Froyo Audiophile. I just flashed Valhalla Black FB Edition and I get the satellites beautifully fast (way better than before) but it just won't lock. I've tried:
http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33463758 (Currently have the Google non-SSL set)
A bunch of sites giving different setting configs.
GPS Aids (Paid) w/ it's own GPS Doctor
GPS Doctor (Paid)
One thing I did notice is that in GPS Aids it won't do XTRA data, just LTO, and it's own GPS Doctor couldn't fix it. Another thing I noticed is that in GPS Test, it won't show the satellites on the map, it shows them on top of each other above the map (in the SNR scale box). Below I have a picture and video of this happening.
Picture (numbers a bit lower than they should be, drops when I shake the phone to activate the screenshot)
Video as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip23sCSUMmw
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Did you do Note 26 per my thread? Did you uninstall all of those APPS you discuss for GPS assistance BEFORE using my patch? Did you try another ROM such as STOCK deoxed to ensure it isn't a bad ROM?
crypted said:
Did you do Note 26 per my thread? Did you uninstall all of those APPS you discuss for GPS assistance BEFORE using my patch? Did you try another ROM such as STOCK deoxed to ensure it isn't a bad ROM?
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I've been manually copying the files in, and ya I copied them in again after trying all the fixes. I read through the notes thoroughly now, tried the cache wiping, battery out, etc...
Currently I'm trying out a whole bunch of different versions of the file(s), and then I'll try flashing a different ROM. Is there one you can recommend? This is the list I'm going off:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V/List_of_ROMs
I'm not sure if I should switch back to Froyo or not, and the only stock Gingerbread one I see doesn't seem to be deodexed.
Thanks for the response.
Alright, well after flashing back to stock gingerbread then stock froyo I got it back to its slow self. Then flashed back up to valhalla and working but slow. Added in google 3.1 no ssl and hasn't done too much, but at least I have GPS again and I can go through all the notes and see if I can get it working a bit faster. At this point it still waited for 9 connections (5-10 minutes) to lock 4 of them.
ScottyDoesKnow said:
Alright, well after flashing back to stock gingerbread then stock froyo I got it back to its slow self. Then flashed back up to valhalla and working but slow. Added in google 3.1 no ssl and hasn't done too much, but at least I have GPS again and I can go through all the notes and see if I can get it working a bit faster. At this point it still waited for 9 connections (5-10 minutes) to lock 4 of them.
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If stock and/or stock plus this patch cannot resolve your problem, I would venture a guess that you have a weak GPS receiver.
Hi friends.
I know that
Many of us mtk 6577 based phones users are having issues on using
Gps issues
Like not locking on satellites or gps takes forever to get a lock
Try this and u will be amazed.
Ju st found a great fix for gps Instant lock in 10 seconds Who are facing gps problems Just do as following and u will be amazed how fast u get locks on ur gps U have to be rooted must.. U have to be rooted must..
1.transfer the given gps.conf to ur system/etc folder backup old one
2.change permissions like this rw-r-r and restart.
3.install gps status from market. 4.now open gps status.
5.open setting of gps status and tap on tools/manage agps stats tools/manage agps stats And then tap on reset.
Repeat step 4 and tap on download
Now go to open space or near open window and it will start to pickup satellites in 20-30 seconds U will
U will see dramatic improvement in satellite picking up speed.
Before doing this i hardly locked to 2-3 satellites. After this i can get lock inside my house near window. near window. The following is indoor satellite lock snap
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Link to gps.conf
http://db.tt/ytrZCxdh
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hi,
i'm using MTK6577 S720e One X from China.
not able to lock on to the GPS according to the supplier he said it works there but i could not resolve this issue.
can i try your method is it save to do on this machine.
please guide me on how can i transfer the file & change the permission according to your info.
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The following is indoor satellite lock snap
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Wow, the picture says you're moving at 36 mph 750 meters UNDER sea level: either you live inside a submarine, or MTK GPS is pretty unreliable isn't it?:laugh:
Btw, I tried the procedure on a firend's phone and it worked almost good, it didn't fix at all before but now even if it fixes, loses GPS signal very often, requiring 3 to 15 minutes to have GPS back!
I also tried Engineer functions with test and reset operations, but GPS is always unreliable (1 hour trrip it lost GPS for more than half an hour, making navigation imposssible!)
I think the GPS hardware is really unstable and/or buggy. Any idea?
Yeah the hardware is really crap
And i was undersea and was sleeping there...
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What's the point of having fast lock when precision suck?
:banghead:
Bumping accuracy threshold from zero to 3000 likely report hyper sonic speed way off sea level
My MTK Phone
Same frustrating GPS issues here.
Hi my MTK phone from china has a file under something like gps-profiles-config. should I delete this and replace it with yours? or do i just paste it along with that one?
Engineer code MKT6577 phone
Hi I found a code for the engineer mode.
Here you can also change the settings for the GPS and test it.
Looks like my GPS is not working because it doesn't show any satelites.
The code is *#*#3646633#*#*
You have to use the phone dialer.
Hope this wil help to find a sollution for the GPS problem.
Jan,
Thanks, the fix help me too in a Jiayu G2S with MTK6577T. Locking in 10 secs.
Here is a screen indoor:
And outdoor:
He guy I have a Vowney V5 MT6589 phone, its working pretty well, except my GPS which isn't working, I tried another method but it didn't work, would this guide work for MT6589 phones?
Ezio i95 - mtk6589
Hi guys
I was having issues and tried multiple solutions including the one posted here in this forum. I believe it helped me the most, because it resurrected a non working GPS. However it was still taking 3-5 minutes to get a lock. I came across the following video post and after applying it the lock time is sub one minute... which is great. I thought I'd share it here
Basically the answer is to delete/ rename the mtkgps.dat file from data/misc and then recreate it with the mobile uncle tools .apk which can be got from the play store.
The youtube video makes it easy.
youtube.com/watch?v=NsUSvd-SlVo
Of course your phone needs to be rooted as well. I can take no responsibility for what happens if you try it. But it's worked for me.
Also as said before, This only worked in conjunction with the fix discussed here in this forum.
Hi,
I tried to use your solution in the video, my phone did not open the gps fix app but in the end I found a gps signal thx!
kemalo said:
Hi guys
I was having issues and tried multiple solutions including the one posted here in this forum. I believe it helped me the most, because it resurrected a non working GPS. However it was still taking 3-5 minutes to get a lock. I came across the following video post and after applying it the lock time is sub one minute... which is great. I thought I'd share it here
Basically the answer is to delete/ rename the mtkgps.dat file from data/misc and then recreate it with the mobile uncle tools .apk which can be got from the play store.
The youtube video makes it easy.
youtube.com/watch?v=NsUSvd-SlVo
Of course your phone needs to be rooted as well. I can take no responsibility for what happens if you try it. But it's worked for me.
Also as said before, This only worked in conjunction with the fix discussed here in this forum.
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€: Now I have the problem that I have to do all the steps above every time when I want to use GPS...can you please help me to fix this problem?
The Real GPS Fix
To all members with GPS not getting a fix on the satellites with the V1277 (6577) in a reasonable time I have the answer and it does not require anything but a screw driver and cleaning fluid.
No rooting is required or messing about with the gps config.
Firstly remove the back cover.
There are 4 screws holding the housing remove them and unclip the rear housing .
Take anti static precautions i.e ground yourself.
Use alcohol or another circuit board cleaner and clean all the contacts on both the main body of the phone and housing, Job done.
Before I did this I could not even get a fix on the gps satellites outside , I can get a fix in the living room.
I think the problem lies with the production environment of these phone not being as clean as the major manufacturers dirt and oxides in the air, I use to work as a debug engineer on mobile phones at Motorola, well at least its came in handy.
Probably a fix for most china based phones
This method does not work on my device. I start wondering if there a gps antenna in my phone, maybe they cut cost and remove the antenna :laugh: