For some reason my gps isn't working correctly, I can only occasionally get a solid gps lock when i'm moving around outside but the majority of the time it won't work and my cell signal the only form of location. Am I the only one that has this? I have never updated my radio so i'm wondering if that's the issue...
If it helps, I flashed from skyraider to cm6 rc3 and then upgraded to 6.0.1
Thanks,
Justin
edit - not sure if I tried GPS or not. I'll try it later tonight if a nightly comes out.
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there have been pletny of GPS threads, obviously. but im wondering what you guys did to fix yout GPS on cm7? my gps worked in the past, but recently when i flashed RC4, the GPS stopped working. and i flashed the latest nightly and it is not working as well. i just baffles me because it worked in earlier builds, and you would figure it would work in more stable builds.
so.
what have you guys done to fix your GPS/what nightly are you on?
As an avid Foursquare user I use GPS every day, several times a day, these GPS issues are the main reason I'm still on the stock ROM.
i know what you mean. my GPS works on sense based roms, which is great. im not sure whyyyy its not working on CM7.
PatrickHuey said:
there have been pletny of GPS threads, obviously. but im wondering what you guys did to fix yout GPS on cm7? my gps worked in the past, but recently when i flashed RC4, the GPS stopped working. and i flashed the latest nightly and it is not working as well. i just baffles me because it worked in earlier builds, and you would figure it would work in more stable builds. so. what have you guys done to fix your GPS/what nightly are you on?
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First things first: No indicator on notification bar when starting GPS traffic assist application?
Then you are living under a rock or having bad reception. Go outside. Using some kind of widget which uses GPS also and has a on/off switch in it? Try switching off and reboot. It simply should work with the latest nightlies. Try reflashing and fix permissions. Do not wipe your entire phone before flashing.
Doesn't work for me either with RC 2 or RC 4. I've tried some of the fixes out but no joy. I know how to use it and it works fine when I go back to stock. Issue is definitely with my CM 7 install. I'm hoping for a solution soon as this my only issue, but it's a big one for me.
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GPS works for me (screen shot included)
I don't use the navigation much but if I understand the program gpsstatus, it is working for me. I have used CM7 RC2 and RC4 (which is what I am on).
-brad
bradley_e_smith said:
I don't use the navigation much but if I understand the program gpsstatus, it is working for me. I have used CM7 RC2 and RC4 (which is what I am on).
-brad
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That's right, yours is working fine. If the GPS is "broken", you won't have any activity on GPS Status. No green dots for the satellites on the round display, and no bars on the bar graph below that. Those will be blank, and you never get lat/long coordinates
It's still working for me on RC4, but locking takes about a minute, whereas it was almost instant on stock.
CM7 definitely does something to gps, very weird how everyone is getting different results.
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had problems with gps locking on stock radio with cm 6.1.1 after flashing .27 i get almost instant lock in the house, that did not happen with stock rom or radio.
but my wifes with stock radio and rom did that from the box
both g2
GPS doesn't work at all for me in CM7-RC4 (I mean nothing, no signals or indicators or anything). Works fine in CM6.
I believe I'm currently running the "stock" T-mo OTA radio 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M and haven't tried a different one. Think changing that might help? I don't understand why some people have it working with this radio but not others.
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OK, I got it working. I had first installed CM7-RC4 using clockwork recovery (in the boot menu) after wiping out the stock ROM. GPS didn't work so I installed CM6 using ROM manager. GPS worked. I then installed CM7-RC4 using ROM manager and voilà, GPS works in CM7-RC4 now. I have no idea what the difference is.
Try .27 worked for me on cm 611 , just flashed the new one, works great, satellites get higher value on GPS test
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Sorry, didn't see your post after mine. I edited mine to show that I got it working simply by downgrading to CM6 then upgrading to CM7. Could be a ROM Manager thing or maybe something left over from how CM6 configured the hardware, or who knows.
I do wish CM7 was more stable though, seems kind of wonky.
I had the same problem with CM7. Download gps.vision.so from either nightly #4 or nightly #34. Open up adb:
adb remount
adb push gps.vision.so /system/lib/hw
adb reboot
GPS should work after that.
Radio .26, CM7 RC4, flashed also the "auto-patcher" that patches files to your ROM based on what radio you have.
I am having a very odd problem with my GPS and cannot think of any reason why.
The GPS works fine for the most part but fails 100% of the time when I get to a "Bermuda triangle" type area of my home city which spans roughly a mile square. Both Google Maps and Waze drop the location and navigation stalls. I downloaded the GPS test app and it confirms that there are no satellites in view during this time. However GPS units on my Nokia N900, Nokia E75 and iPhone all continue unabated! This is a fairly recent problem (roughly 6 weeks) and the device had no problem before this. It prompted me to move from LeeDroid 2.3d to Cyanogenmod 7 but the problem persisted!
What possible reason could there be for this but more importantly how can I resolve it?
Update your radio to the latest version, 5.14.05.17
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I have the latest radio, 32.56.00.32U 5.17.05.08 and the matching RIL, have tried 4 kernels, currently with the latest Coutts one.
That might be your problem. That radio is just a beta and isn't stable and a RIL can also mess up signals. It did with me anyway.
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I've only just uploaded this radio/RIL. The problem still existed under the .49 radio
I don't often use bluetooth but I don't ever recall having interference issues with WIFI until I got to CM7 and flashed the latest radio.
It's WIFI thats causing the issue, if I turn wifi off while I'm on a call the noise is gone.
Is my headset on the fritz, am I loosing my mind, or is this new with this radio version? Or all of the above.
Sidenote: Anyone know of an app that will automatically disable wifi while I'm on a BT call?
MT3GS, CM 7.0.2, Radio 7.9.35.10
hello good sir ok here it goes your running cm7 stable i see with the latest raido and that is great the problem is not with your phone more than likely could be but are you one of the unfortanate folks that has wifi connectivity issue ??? or does wifi work great for you as it does for me never had issues. the reason i ask is cm7 running the latest radio and latest everything lol is flawless however there is a licencing issue from google with android 2.3 cyanogenmod 7 with the wifi apk file meaning cm mod is using the wifi apk from 2.2 because there is no licence restrictions but for whatever reason on 2.3 they have that wifi apk file under licence for a one year period so that being said that may be the issue. or it could be your phone i have 3 mytouch slides mine wifes daughters and they all running cm7 stable clockworkmod and s-off and i have no issues with any i hope this helps and not just rambling good luck if need any additional info lmk thanks
No, that does make sense..
My wifi is a little whacky, but not nearly as bad as some folks describe. I've actually considered going back to CM6 a few times now.
My fiance has a MT3GS with CM6.11 and the older radio, I need to test my headset with that later.
I am having some issues with the GPS on both my EVO and my Wife's. Basically about 90% of the time It wont lock on using GPS, but rather using the cell network. Now when it does lock on using GPS it is almost scary how accurate it is, but usually the GPS wont lock on.
We are both running:
CM7 nightly
Tiamat v4.0.6 SBC
Radio 2.15.00.05.02
WiMAX 27243
PRI/NV 2.15 003
Both phones are on MetroPCS, fully working with 1x data, and have flashed the MetroPCS Evo AOSP MMS & Web Script v4. Also I have done the ##GPSCLRX# Fix using the Sprint lovers rom.
Is it possible that the recent radio update has anything to do with it? Or could the kernel be affecting it?
you need to look into flashing the Visions GPS driver that Galandy fixed up for us.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412&highlight=aosp+gps
the top one, the qualcomm vision gps driver 1.1
should be good
If you read the faq's for cm7, you would know that the gps is flaky with that rom. I ran that rom for 3 months and always had problems. Some phones will have the gps work fine with that rom, but most just dont work at all.
This could be better placed in Q&A or CM7 discussion.
I am not familiar with Metro, however, you can get GPS status from market. I highly recommend it and it clears data plus downloads assistance data to get even better results.
Also, check out these fixes:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412
I recommend qualcom v 1.1
Ok so I am flashing the Qualcomm driver as we speak. oddly enough my GPS works fantastic at home, so I wont be able to post my results until I go to work tomorrow. But I will post back as soon as I am home. Thanks, I had no idea there was a driver update. I have my fingers crossed.
Ok, wow! of course I wanted to test it before I left in the morning. Now before flashing the driver my GPS would place me almost dead center of my apartment complex. Now its actually pinpointing my unit. So I haven't been able to do a big test yet, but that's pretty impressive already. Will post back tomorrow after really trying it out.
Horrible. Unfortunately, there was no difference.
Looks like im on the hunt for a new rom. I've had it with cyanogen anyway ever-since the issue with my screen not coming on when i get a call.
Any suggestions?
SalvageMod, easy
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Hi guys,
I rooted and flashed CM7.2 a few weeks ago, and I was hooked so last weekend I flashed CM9 RC1 and this morning I flashed CM9 RC2.
Two issues I'm having: Adaway worked perfectly on CM7.2 whether I was using wifi or mobile data. Now, it only works with wifi in CM9. I get that it's not supposed to work as well with connections like 3G but is there a way to get the perfect track record back that it had in CM7.2? I've checked the log for suspicious DNS requests and there's nothing showing up other than google and my carrier.
Also, Fast for Facebook http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1581371&highlight=fast+facebook only works now when I have a wifi connection
Are these two issues radio related (I'm a noob, so I have no idea) now that I've upgraded to ICS? My radio as it reads in the bootloader is 26.03.02.26_M (I'm with Bell). Should I be looking at the .19 radio I've seen people mention?
Thanks!