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Give give up on the GPS working right!

I mean WTF is it going to take for my GPS to work right? Tried every freaking tip, trick and app avail. Still takes forever to find my location. I dont live in a freaking cave or a valcano! Trying to get this to work is like trying to find the cure for cancer. I give up >:-(
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darkside79 said:
I mean WTF is it going to take for my GPS to work right? Tried every freaking tip, trick and app avail. Still takes forever to find my location. I dont live in a freaking cave or a valcano! Trying to get this to work is like trying to find the cure for cancer. I give up >:-(
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The Company has even supplied a fix. What does it do? Reset everything back to default. From Samsung itself:
"During online surveillance, there is an abundance of GPS tweaks that impair GPS performance. Often times, no backup is performed to restore values prior to modifications. Samsung has released an application that restores GPS settings to recommended factory defaults for optimum performance."
http://ow.ly/3hEM1

You are not alone op. The GPS on this phone is broken and after taking it apart numerous times and applying every fix known the GPS barely works with a horrible accuracy and then stops working completely after a day or so. Sure, if I do a cold reset I can get it working again for a bit but again the accuracy is so bad it can't be used for navigation in any area with more than one road. You will get some confusing reviews on here from some people in the midwest using there navigation 20 miles from the nearest road or building taller than 2 stories but for those of us that don't have a 360 degree line of sight to the sky are pretty much screwed.
I used GPS on my 4 year old blackberry daily and I can't believe I am debating going back to it.
The GPS on this phone is broken! It is a hardware issue and is not going to be fixed on this forum. Samsung is unable to fix this issue without a recall and don't kid yourself...they are not going to do that.

Recall is such a cute word, consumers like to throw it around when they have a problem... if you think the phone is going to be recalled you've got another thing coming. "recalled" LOL

It sure is a hardware issue. My G1 if left on the flooboard of my car behaves exactly like my S with a clear satellite view. This GPS radio has a poor signal/noise ratio that no software can fix. QA missed this one.

I picked up a HTC G2 yesterday. I ran gps status on it. The gps had never been used before and it locked 9 sat's in less than 5 sec's for 9ft of accuracy. I knew my vibrant wasn't the greatest gps device, but I didnt know it was that bad. on the bright side, I never had any real navigation issues with the vibrant, so it still served a purpose. I understand some people have real lemon gps units, so I guess im lucky.

Mine gets a gps lock as soon as maps gets open and gps was turned off so that was just with cell networks finding me, turn on the gps and boom 9m accuracy, and samsung will not recall these for it.

^ mine too... I really do not understand all of these GPS threads....
well, actually I do.. darkside makes most of them.

s15274n said:
^ mine too... I really do not understand all of these GPS threads....
well, actually I do.. darkside makes most of them.
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Maybe if you had one like I do you would understand.. Makes you want to rip your hair out when some ppl have great gps and you look at yours and say pos

GPS works perfect for me right out of the box, since I bought it, only takes about 5-10 seconds to get a lock, even in bad weather. I also live in the south though which makes me closer to the satelites, so I take it the people with issues live up north?

proresearch said:
GPS works perfect for me right out of the box, since I bought it, only takes about 5-10 seconds to get a lock, even in bad weather. I also live in the south though which makes me closer to the satelites, so I take it the people with issues live up north?
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Locks are one thing, Accuracy is another. Look at this map. Zoom in on it. It rarely has me driving on the road. I even took a train track for a little distance.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=201142930973527917117.0004965a1c506459779a6

When I first got the phone the GPS sorta worked, after JI6 it worked better but not the greatest. Now I've reverted back to Stock JFD and have used GPS in many situations, even used it to drive 1.5hrs to the Cities with Navigation, never lost signal, was dead on (except starting out because I didn't follow it until I got onto the highway) and on my way home I used it too, no loss of signal or anything.
I've used it to check in on FS and have no problems finding my location.
I got my phone maybe a after it was released? Just saying..

My Fascinate takes anywhere from 10-20 minutes to get going. If I don't gave a general sense of direction when starting my trip, I must wait.
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Thanks Lodingi...now I can add the fascinate to the list of phones I won't be buying when I dump this one.
To those of you who can't seem to find anything wrong with the GPS try using it in any densly populated area. Even the mightiest of the GPS fanboys on here aren't getting any better than about 100 feet of accuracy. 100 feet of accuracy is crap and makes the GPS totally unreliable for the majority of the US population that live in dense areas.

Minneapolis/St. Paul is "Heavily Dense" population. I picked up a signal that was dead on in a few seconds.

Lol sure you did. What software were you using and how many feet accuracy? chirp...chirp...

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Lol sure you did. What software were you using and how many feet accuracy? chirp...chirp...
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Wow, you're a little prick aren't you?
I'm using Stock JFD, with GPS/Use Wireless networks checked. Navigation/Maps locks on with in a few seconds.
does it piss you off that it works on my phone and not yours or what?
Just tested accuracy INSIDE my office, connected to 6-10 sats and within 150FT This is inside.

Do you know what use wireless networks checked even means? You also failed to answer the how many feet question. You can keep calling me names but it doesn't mean your gps is working.
I am not the emotional one here.

snowdogging said:
Do you know what use wireless networks checked even means? .
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Yes I do , It uses the Wireless Networks/Towers to Triangulate your location.

@samsungservice told me to do a factory format reset which actually wipes the phone clean...
After the factory format, my phone lag is gone.
GPS is once again locking within 10 seconds, however now when I come to a stop in the car, GPS wonders 100's of yards off causing the MAPS to recalculate the route which totally screws you when you lost.
I also ran run GPSrestrore app which didn't fix the wondering issue.
This GPS issue really bites. STILL

Review of GPS

Any users who already have the phone can do an indepth review of the GPS?
I really don't believe samsung anymore after my Galaxy S1

Gooofy said:
Any users who already have the phone can do an indepth review of the GPS?
I really don't believe samsung anymore after my Galaxy S1
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I can do one thats just as indepth as my review on the screen later today if you want? I can spot even tiny issues very easily.

http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/05/18/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-real-user-reviewpart-twogps/#more-6176
From XDA member NZtechfreak
Much the same as my personal tests of SGS2 but then again i had little problem with SGS1 this GPS is better .
jje

I know that this is in Italian, but you can just see the road test done with mytracks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_84H2gqWyfA
Let me know if you find this useful

GPS is similar to my GPS on my captivate BEFORE I flashed a modded ROM. Side by side with my Atrix it continually underperforns. It is slower to see satellites, sees fewer and has this awful power issue in that if I switch apps it switches off the GPS so has to reaquire and has a delay. I'm dissappointrd about it.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
GPS is similar to my GPS on my captivate BEFORE I flashed a modded ROM. Side by side with my Atrix it continually underperforns. It is slower to see satellites, sees fewer and has this awful power issue in that if I switch apps it switches off the GPS so has to reaquire and has a delay. I'm dissappointrd about it.
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Good to know! The gsmarena guys reported that the Atrix catches the sats quicker(<1min) - however it's not clear it A-gps was active or not. In case of SGS2 they tested AGPS OFF, and still got reasonable fix time and accuracy.

[q] ei22 gps

My GPS still is awful after the EI22 update.
Anyone else?

bodi524 said:
My GPS still is awful after the EI22 update.
Anyone else?
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Did you try the GPS fix (for EH17) available in the development section? That is supposed to fix the GPS.

So with the full EI22 update (including modem) you're still having GPS problems?
That stinks.

Yes Even with the EI22 Modem I still had crappy GPS.
I installed the GPS Fix fro Gingerbread and it works fine now.
Thanks

All these months and samsung couldn't develop a fix when they could just steal ours?

bodi524 said:
Yes Even with the EI22 Modem I still had crappy GPS.
I installed the GPS Fix fro Gingerbread and it works fine now.
Thanks
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When you say "crappy GPS", do you mean it locks up requiring a reboot, or is it not very precise?

mattallica76 said:
When you say "crappy GPS", do you mean it locks up requiring a reboot, or is it not very precise?
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Good point; is it doing the thing it's always done where it only locks on to ~40% of satellites detected?

I get a gps lock in like 5 seconds on EI22. No mod. And its cloudy today where I'm at. And I have wifi and 4g off.
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No reboots. Had view of 6 sats. Wouldn't lock on any.
Flashed the gps fix and it locked on 6 within a second.

I was locking 3/9 with GPS Status on EI22 and flashed the GPS fix here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049 and locked 9/9 within about 4 seconds.

The fix is great but doesn't it kinda suck that we have to apply a fix to an official build. Jeez what else will still be borked
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bodi524 said:
My GPS still is awful after the EI22 update.
Anyone else?
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I had the leaked GB on my phone for a while and the number used vs the number found was always like 3 of 9. BUT the accuracy was still 9 ft. I always thought it was a battery saving measure to limit the number of sats used. Now I have an Epic touch and get 9 of 10 or 10 of 10 instantly, but the accuracy is 16 ft.

Stoney60 said:
I had the leaked GB on my phone for a while and the number used vs the number found was always like 3 of 9. BUT the accuracy was still 9 ft. I always thought it was a battery saving measure to limit the number of sats used. Now I have an Epic touch and get 9 of 10 or 10 of 10 instantly, but the accuracy is 16 ft.
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I can live with the 3 of 9 lock but the big question is when will it start crashing again
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It does suck that they can't get it right considering the files used in the fix are from another Samsung phone but I can live with having to flash it if its that much better. Which it is.
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rgregg504 said:
I can live with the 3 of 9 lock but the big question is when will it start crashing again
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I guess time will tell.

That habit to flash will always be there. I just look for things to flash. It's an addiction.

No Crashing yet!
I have personally have had this running all ready for 20 minutes on Google Tracking, and Google maps in the background and nothing. The google tracking would always shut off on me and my wife in 5 minutes or less when jogging, but no problems yet... Finally, stable.

MikeyLee said:
I was locking 3/9 with GPS Status on EI22 and flashed the GPS fix here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049 and locked 9/9 within about 4 seconds.
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I cannot get my gps to work after updatiing to EI22 (stock). I tried the gps fix in the URL above and got an error:
E:signature verification failed
Any ideas?
Thanks!

This worked great for me.
OK I promised myself that I would not start messing w/ my phone. It is a tool for talking, messaging, email, "emergency network", weather, GPS, data logging for excercise, etc.
SAMSUNG & SPRINT you drove me to it!!!
I was 100% stock. EC05. After updating to EI22 via google and flashing with the stock recovery tool, The GPS would freeze, black screen, and could not be recoved w/o reboot. This would happen in GPS Status and Cardiotrainer. GPS status would never show green bars on more than 2 satellites (I assume the is a lock) where previously nearly all w/ strong signal would be green. Cardiotrained would crash w/ frozen GPS. I could never finish a run w/o a crash. What a mess. My experience is like other descriptions here.
So I followed instructions here. Installed CWM purple, rooted, and flashed GPS fix.
Like magic, the GPS works. At least as well as it ever has. It is usable.
!! THANK YOU !!
Did I really need to root the phone to do this? For me it was more of an act of civil disobedience. (Sprint Store tales omitted.)

Nexus 4 inaccuracy GPS location connecting with 3G network

It seems my Nexus 4 doesn't have a good GPS.
Everytime when I connect network through 3G, I can't get the correct current location (Google map). Sometimes if I wait for a while, it may get the correct location but not everytime.
If I connect network using wifi, the location is correct.
I can't complain my carrier, because when I use my HTC One X and the same carrier, it worked well.
Are there anybody also have the same problem? Or do you have any solution?
Besides the GPS problem I also suffered the screeching sound problem. Nexus 4 disappointed me a lot even it is Nexus.
I won't buy LG phone again.

Solution: Stop trying to use the GPS indoors.

KiNG OMaR said:
Solution: Stop trying to use the GPS indoors.
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Thanks. You are right all the incorrect location happened indoors.
Just don't know why it worked well on my One X?

KiNG OMaR said:
Solution: Stop trying to use the GPS indoors.
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Lmfao
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KiNG OMaR said:
Solution: Stop trying to use the GPS indoors.
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This is a pretty poor answer.....the GPS on my old Vibrant works great indoors, and as some of you may know the Vibrant was notorious for spotty GPS across the board, although I did do a hardware fix on mine.
GPS should work fine indoors unless you are in some solid concrete underground facility. Saying that it only should work reliably outdoors is basically saying that the GPS implementation on the nexus 4 is horse crap.
I'm sick of phones with poor GPS - I have my order in for the Nexus 4 (3 weeks apparently) but if the GPS is indeed crap unless you are in an open field on a sunny day, then perhaps I may cancel my order.

[Q] [GPS] GLONASS Usage

Hi,
on my Nexus 10 GLONASS Sats are always shown as "in sight" but are never "in use". I'm using GPS Test.
How can I enable them?
TIA, Rob

If I understand GLONASS, I thought they only became usable if they needed to be (if your not in a open area with direct sky-view basically)

umbrella42 said:
Hi,
on my Nexus 10 GLONASS Sats are always shown as "in sight" but are never "in use". I'm using GPS Test.
How can I enable them?
TIA, Rob
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I cant seem to get any GPS-signal at all.
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Olaeli said:
I cant seem to get any GPS-signal at all.
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Try GPS Status and Toolbox. It's a popular app that downloads fresh satellite positions, but I can't guarantee it works with the Nexus 10 so it's up to you if you wanna go for it.

umbrella42 said:
on my Nexus 10 GLONASS Sats are always shown as "in sight" but are never "in use".
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Ok, I repeated the test and found some GLONASS birds in use now. But they seem to be second choice only.

I thought mine was using GLONASS sats because behind my window (which is not a particularly large one) i would get a fix with as much as 17 sats in view and like 12 in use resulting in single digit precision, while my ageing HTC Desire is barely seeing 4 at a time if you have the patience and could never get a fix there. I didn't realise i could check if GLONASS sats were in use, will do tomorrow but the GPS on my N10 blew my socks away already when i saw it would even get a fix when using it sitting at my desk 2 meters away from the window with the curtain closed

Olaeli said:
I cant seem to get any GPS-signal at all.
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Did you double-check the "Personal - Location access - GPS satellites" setting?

umbrella42 said:
Did you double-check the "Personal - Location access - GPS satellites" setting?
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Of course, that was my first thought.
But GPS test just shows 0 satellites.
Google maps can get a lock, but I suspect that's through wifi.
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Edit: Tried again now, a day later, and now it works?
I haven't changed anything?
I have to admit, this tablet is making me a bit paranoid...