I have recently replace my Moto X pure battery and everything is working except the GPS is not work anymore. Before replacing the battery, the phone can lock satellites but not after the battery replacement. It is now only get location from wi-fi or Cellular Data. The phone can't lock satellite anymore. When I run the GPS Testing app, it can't locate any satellites. My must broke the phone's GPS antenna during battery replacement. Can someone point to me where the GPS antenna point located for this phone so that I can solder a wire to fix this problem.
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I am finding it very difficult to to get the Fortuna GPS to lock on to staelites, bluetooth bonding fine, (I have the lates rom) but the fortuna never locks on, even though it sees 6-7 satelites. Could this be the London Weather (Heavy grey coverage) Has anybody else had this and is there a GPS testing tool besides tomtom gps 3.03 in case it is a software issue?
Living in London, it onlyh works in Xtract mode, never in the ST, does anyone else have this problem?
It could be your windscreen, have you tried it outdoors. I have a fortuna gpsmart and it is brilliant at locking on to sats. Some windscreens have an ingredient that blocks signals, try it in the back of the car instead of the front too. I have driven in London and the only time I lost lock was when I mistakenly drove into a bus terminus which had a roof.
No windscreen yet
I walk around town for now. COuld that be it? lack of motion?
Lack of motion shouldnt affect it, but accuracy is increased if moving as far as I know.
How long are you giving it to lock? If the batteries die I think it resets and has to download a whole new almanac, if you still arent getting a signal after an hour then it may be a faulty unit, I had a faulty haicom gps that displayed the same problem.
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On Xtract it's fast, on the other mode, barely ever, this is the second one I get w/ the same problem from Vivo/ off ebay...Beginning to wonder. Is this a GPS issue or a TomTom one? WHat would you guys guess?
try this
This one doesn't work, only com ports 1-4?
I tried to use this but it only offers com ports 1-4, and I was unable or could get the Fortuna to work with these. right now, it only works on three ports, either :
-com 5
-BT Port
-the Fortuna Clip On Port
Yesterday, it worked very well on ST mode, then i turned it off and came back an hour later, it couldn't get a fix again. This morning it got a fix in 5mins. Could this be London weather???? Or thdo these things reset in some way that causes them to need to relaod an 'Almanac'???
My gps system stopped working today. Is there any way of diagnosing to see if its the connector on the phone thats gone tits-up?
I don't know anyone else with an XDA2 you see...
When you say it has stopped working, do you mean no signal, gps not found error or light not illuminating?
I run Tom Tom with a cabled GPS receiver which doubles as a charging cable.
I still get the green charging light, but no GPS signal.
It was working fine. Go into a service station for a bite to eat, and unplugged the receiver. Come back after being fed and watered plug it in again - nothing... No settings have changed, which makes me think its something to do with the connector - either the XDA or the gps receiver.
...but how do I rule out one or the other?
Hi, I've got TomTom Navigator 6 installed on my Trinity and it all works fine, except it takes about 5 minutes before it picks up any satellites when I run it - does anybody know if there's a fix to enable to gps chip to pick up satellites a bit quicker than this? Even when I'm outside and away from tall buildings it's the same. Any help or suggestions would be great.
Thanks
Seagee
Did u try that software?
keep QuickGPS updated.
tjw2007 said:
Hi, I've got TomTom Navigator 6 installed on my Trinity and it all works fine, except it takes about 5 minutes before it picks up any satellites when I run it - does anybody know if there's a fix to enable to gps chip to pick up satellites a bit quicker than this? Even when I'm outside and away from tall buildings it's the same. Any help or suggestions would be great.
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it will save a couple of minutes
aquiring a satellite regardless of whether you're using an internal gps antenna or an external bluetooth antenna usually takes a few minutes when you are booting it cold (ie.. turning it on initally) There really isnt any way around this that I know
Aaron McCarthy said:
gps antenna or an external bluetooth antenna
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Try your GPS antenna with an other software or with a GPS diagnostic.
I am 99% sure your GPS antenna does not work properly or at least try your tom tom with an other antenna.
Info : GPS antenna have to connect with 3 or more satellite to determine the position.
Is there anything I need to do except turning GPS on in settings to get GPS working? My Nexus 7 can never find GPS signal, even when I am outside. Any APP to test it?
Apparently rebooting nexus 7 worked. Not sure why though, I didn't change anything settings either.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
GPS Status is a good app to see what the GPS is doing.
Sent from my Nexus 7
The nexus 7 have no data connection do download AGPS data, be sure to connect to a WiFi network and try using apps like GPS status to try and get a lock. And as long as you are near a windows, no need to go out, the gos chip in the nexus 7 is pretty sensitive.
Will the next nexus have a longer screen?
Hello, i found the "Bug" on my Nexus 7 - and it was Hardware.
There was simple no Connection between the GPS Antenna in the Backcover and the GPS Receiver on the Mainboard.
How to fix this? Pull off the Backcover, locate the GPS Antenna. Then locate the GPS Antenna Contacts on the MAINBOARD, and bend them upwards a bit, so that they will connect to the Metall Pads in the Backcover.
Have Fun!
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Hello, i found the "Bug" on my Nexus 7 - and it was Hardware.
There was simple no Connection between the GPS Antenna in the Backcover and the GPS Receiver on the Mainboard.
How to fix this? Pull off the Backcover, locate the GPS Antenna. Then locate the GPS Antenna Contacts on the MAINBOARD, and bend them upwards a bit, so that they will connect to the Metall Pads in the Backcover.
Have Fun!
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Thank you! My GPS had been so reliable up until a few weeks ago that I figured the radio was damaged. Never thought to check those contact pins... I could see sattelites and get a fix, but the signal was so noisy that it wouldn't detect any movement, and it usually placed me a half mile away from my actual location.
Saw this post last night, popped the back off, gently bent all of those contacts up a degree or two, and BAM! All my radios are working very well again. :good:
Last week, I tried to use the GPS during a flight, but as the windows were very small it was difficult for gps to find satellites.
I'm wondering where the GPS antenna is located on mother board or elsewhere.
I found the info for my Nexus 4, but not for 10.
Do you know that ?
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