Unable to get NDrive to work properly on FroYo - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone,
I've been a lurker for a little while now but I finally decided to ask you guys for some help regarding NDrive on my HTC Desire after trying all I could think of to fix the issue.
Going straight to the topic: I've had problems with NDrive since I updated to 2.2 (either Sense or plain FroYo). What happens is that when I run NDrive 9 on my desire it quickly finds the satellites with very good signal and displays speed, altitude, coords, etc but it fails to get a fix, always says "Status: No Fix!". The strange thing is, all of the times I started up NDrive it was able to get "Status: Fix 3D" twice and it worked flawlessly until I exited the app and started it up again. Also, any other application that uses the GPS works, photo GeoTagging, Compass, and even google maps navigation. (I would use Google Nav but I don't have a 3G plan)
Here's what I tried... Going back to rooted 2.1 (worked instantly), different 2.2 roms, format and install rom and immediately install ndrive right after flashing and updating Radio.
I'm also asking this to know if it's just me or anyone else has this issue. I've tried looking around the web for something related but no avail.
Also, if it matters, the roms I tried was LeeDrOiD, OpenDesire, DeFroST (which I currently use), and one or two more that I cannot remember...
Baseband: 32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14
Current ROM: DeFroST 5.7
HBoot: 0.80
Thanks.
Cheers.

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Desire Froyo 2.2 update. GPS fix issues.

Hello All.
I know this has been covered a little before through the search but im still after some advice.
I "upgraded" from my n85 to the HTC desire last week. I imediatly got the 2.2 update on there OTA and all was well and good. However i appear to be having issues with regards to getting a gps fix.
A-GPS apears to work fine and i can get a position on googlemaps within a a min. All well and good if it actually showed my proper location. So im sat there waiting for a gps fix. I.e. last night i was sat there for 10 mins on the moors in the car, frweezing my knackers off, and still nothing!
Sooo
if i reboot the phone i can get a gps fix within a min or so. But i have to do this if i want to use the gps which seems a bit rubbish to be frank and ive got the iphone boys laughing at me because theres fixes straight away.
So what am i doing wrong? how can i get a good fix from the off? Its spoiling anotherwise good phone.
I have this problem in Google Navigation also. As you say, after rebooting the phone it finds a fix pretty much straight away.
This is my biggest annoyance with the phone right now and I hope they fix it soon. Prior to 2.2 I didn't have this problem at all so I am sure it is a software problem.
Hmm i'm afraid there is nothing really to fix. My Desire gets a GPS-Fix out of any situation straight away within 3-5 seconds (outdoors of course)...
Maybe a different radio would sort out this problem? I`ve heard talk of different radios being better for some and not for others, Trial and error I supose.
O and my GPS fix seems rather slow too.
I also have significant delays in getting a GPS fix. I do not recall if it was the same behavior before I did the HTC OTA FroYo update.
I also notice that I never get very good "signal strength" (as measured with the app GPS Test) from any of the satellites, even when I DO have a fix.
Hello.
I recently bought a secondhand HTC Desire and I am having the same issue.
It has stock 2.2 on it and it can not get any GPS fix whatsover.
I have tried rebooting, taking sd card out and back in, taking sim card out and back in, etc. without any luck.
I have tried apps such as GPS Status, GPS essentials and GPS Test and they all either are stuck at searching for ever or show 0 visable and 0 used satellites.
How can I fix this issue? It is rather important. If I install one of the various custom 2.3 ROMs will it fix the issue?
There isn't Desire with vanilla Android. If it has stock FroYo, then it's custom ROM.
Terepin said:
There isn't Desire with vanilla Android. If it has stock FroYo, then it's custom ROM.
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Sorry, my mistake.
I meant it has the official 2.2 Froyo with HTC Sense as far I can tell. The previous owner must have upgraded it to that.
Anyway, is there any way to get my GPS working?
Try to root, s-off then update the radio to the latest. Search the forums for info on how to do that. It's rather easy if you're a little versed with computers.
TVTV said:
Try to root, s-off then update the radio to the latest. Search the forums for info on how to do that. It's rather easy if you're a little versed with computers.
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Done. Still doesn't work.
That's weird. It may be a hardware issue, then. Get GPS Status from the Market, install it and see what's going on under the hood. Does the phone "see" the satellites but can't get a fix or does it not "see" any satellites at all?
its not difficult understand if there is an hardware fault or not
run the latest froyo ruu, go out of ur house, enable internet connection, enable gps, open gmaps...after few seconds u should get ur exactly position with a possible error of 1/2 meters
if even after some minutes, and even in different locations/city, it doesn't show ur correct position, call htc and sent it to service with warranty.
solved
0 satellites seen and 0 satellite fixes.
According to the previous owner it didn't have the GPS problem before the 2.2 ota update, which would make me think it is software related.
Never trust the seller. Of course he/she will not admit that the product they've sold you has/has had issues. I would return it, to be honest.

Gingervillain GPS problem

Hi,
I am having trouble with GPS on my desire since installing gingervillain. On both versions 1.4 and 1.5 GPS just doesn't seem to be working at all. I've tried a factory reset from the recovery menu and have tried re-applying the zip file but with no luck. GPS is enabled but I don't even get an icon on the status bar at the top when it is supposed to be searching for a signal.
Thanks,
Chris
Reach for the skies
Go outside of your house. Point your phone to the sky. Your position should should showing on your GPS.
Or it could be the program itself? Try different gps using apps like maps, facebook places etc etc.
Also do post what radio you're currently using on your phone. It could help people diagnose your problem better.
Tried outside and using gpstest off the market with no luck. I don't usually have any problem with gps inside my house anyway. I don't even get an icon in the status bar at the top it's like it's not working at all. And before anyone says yes it is switched on! My current version is:
32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27
Any help would be much appreciated!
12078215 said:
Tried outside and using gpstest off the market with no luck. I don't usually have any problem with gps inside my house anyway. I don't even get an icon in the status bar at the top it's like it's not working at all. And before anyone says yes it is switched on! My current version is:
32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27
Any help would be much appreciated!
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You must have the worlds strongest GPS in your desire. In normal ones, you need to be outside with the phone pretty much able to see the sky. On top of that, ideally it will need to be a clear sky.
Turn on GPS, open up Google Maps / your Navigation software (while outside). On my phone it only used to show the GPS icon in the task bar when a program was running that could use it.
Alternatively download GPS tools from the market (I forget the exact name).
If your GPS is indeed stuffed, take your phone back (if its under warrantee).
My GPS died on my phone. Completely. And before that it kept rebooting the phone. Had to take it back.
mr_norris said:
Alternatively download GPS tools from the market (I forget the exact name)
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Try gps status on the market
Same here too
Hi
very interested in this thread as my GPS worked fine until I installed Gingervillain 1.4 last week and then updating to 1.5 on Friday
Radio : 32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14
I downgraded to GV 1.0 and my GPS was working ok again. I heard there was a known GPS problem fixed in GV 1.6 so I upgraded but the problem returned unfortunately. Any ideas?
Update the kernel with Villain set up, it cured my GPS problem.
GVChangelog:
Version 1.6:
* Fixed GPS problem (Thanks to CM Team)
+ kernel update defo works.
faz1964 said:
Update the kernel with Villain set up, it cured my GPS problem.
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Hi,
Could you advise how I go about that? I thought the Kernel was updated as part of the gingervillain setup anyway?
Well I've had more fun with this! I just couldn't get GPS working on anything other than GV 1.0. I completely wiped my SD card and re-formatted the EXT3 partition. I then installed the stock RUU at which point GPS was predictably working. I then went through the flashing process of GV 1.6 and GPS was working this time. It was fine for a week or so but then the GPS stopped working again! I'm thinking it must be something to do with the dalvik cache now, that's the only reason I can think of for the GPS to stop working. I'm running out of patience with GV now so does anyone have suggestions for another stable 2.3 ROM I can move onto?
Thanks again,
Chris

[Q] Strange GPS problem

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
Sent from CM7
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.
Sent from CM7
I've only just uploaded this radio/RIL. The problem still existed under the .49 radio

[Q] no gps with Cool Sensation on Desire

Hi everyone,
I installed this rom a few days ago and one thing for sure is that it kicks ass (except for battery life, thanx to sense 3) BUT, because there is always a "but", I have no GPS anymore.
I never had troubles before with different roms, last one was crystal kingdom, but I can't activate GPS from widget nor directly from the parameters. If I click the widget for instance it says it's ok almost immediately (always took few seconds when it did really activate the thing) but GPS is still down.
I tried many things, several radio, RIL, reboot without battery,sd and sim but no way...
I've found some "fixes" around the net but seems not to be for Desire so I prefer asking before trying some things I'm not sure.
Phone is HTC Desire with 8go class10 sd.
Thanx
It's most likely the rom. It's prob still in beta and buggy as hell.
ok i've found a way...I go to Leedroid ! lol
So it's a ROM trouble, I noticed that the /lib/hw under Coolsense is gps.htcleo.so. As everything is ok with Leedroid, I tried to get the gps.bravo.so from it and push it to replace the one from Coolsense but unsuccessfully because of read only file.
So I stuck with Leedroid, which is a lot less buggy than Coolsense.
I have tghe same problem. I upgrated to latest Leedroid also but no luck. GPS in not fixing. I tried gps test and it doesn't seem to find any satellites. I previously tried several roms and radios but none worked. Any help?

[Q] Sygic Navigation on stock 5.0.2

Hi there!
This is a question especially to all Sygic users. Since ive got my m8 (which happened just a few days ago), i updated it to 5.0.2. The device is rooted and im using xposed framework.
Do you have problems with Sygic on your device? Mine is crashing all the time, sometimes i cant even download a map or start the app. Ive tried 15.0.9, 15.1.14 and 15.1.15, every version has the same problem. Im in contact with their support, but nothing helpful until now.
Ive read something about Sense 6 related crashes in a few threads, but some say it has already been fix...but not for me at least...
Thanks!
Hi, I got the same problems with Sygic and my HTC M8s,- but I have an additional problem, my GPS is usually frozen after 30 up to 60 minutes! Is there anybody, who has the same problems?

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