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[Q] a different GPS problem

Ok, so I've searched on this and haven't been able to find anyone with the same problem. This is so annoying!
Phone specs:
HTC Evo, rooted
Cyanogen 7.0.3.1
PRL 01115
not sure what else you might need to diagnose this.
Around the time that Sprint released their stock gingerbread rom for the Evo, my GPS went on the fritz. All of a sudden, google maps would only get a fix maybe once every few minutes. Useless for navigation! Sometimes the GPS icon wouldn't even flash, like it wasn't even trying to get a fix, meanwhile, Maps is "waiting for location."
I tried the usual "fix" that you hear about, by flashing back to a sense rom and typing ##gpsclrx##, and then the MSL number when prompted. No success.
I finally figured out that if I go into recovery and clear the dalvik cache, and then run GPS Status after it reboots, the gps works again, but a few days later, I have to do that all over again.
Any idea what's causing this or how to fix it?

I get similar problems. I just started using Cyanogen when Sprint came out with their first Gingerbread update and broke everything. I love Cyanogen, and I have managed to get everything working except for the GPS.
A lot of times it takes a long time to turn on when I start up google maps, and then it will get a fix, and then after a minute it will loose the fix and won't be able to get gps lock again. I tried flashing back to a stock rom and doing the ##gpsclrx# thing, but it just clears the call screen and never even asks for a MSL number, so I don't know if that works or not. I love Cyanogen, but don't know if I can live without the GPS working.
Has anybody else figured anything out? Does anyone know if this is a know problem that is being worked on or not?

I get no fix on gps and no voice

a question for the OP since you dont make any mention of it.
Have you tried flashing the Galandy fix for GPS? Using the Vision GPS driver makes a world of difference.
the first one, at the top of the list.
found here in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412&highlight=gps+fix
use the flashable zip that corresponds to your recovery type. i've used the Fix_2 on several devices with CWM recovery.

I was able to solve it using the drivers here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14534313&postcount=2478
Not sure if this is the same thing as what drdrewdown posted... sounds like it is.

secretspy711 said:
I was able to solve it using the drivers here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14534313&postcount=2478
Not sure if this is the same thing as what drdrewdown posted... sounds like it is.
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galandy made that post you are referring to lol... so yea its the same

Bumping this thread with a question: Will the Vision GPS driver (Galandy) work on a near-stock Sense ROM (GB)?
I'm running Jiminy, which is mostly a debloated stock ROM with a few changes made for ease of use on the Cricket network.
Currently my GPS is doing what the OP of this thread is describing- my current workaround is to do the following every single time I want to use nav:
1) Open GPS Status. Clear AGPS data. Download new AGPS data.
2) Open GPSFix. Hit "Start Fix", then hit the Map button.
3) Do my Navigation. It works fairly well after that.
This is an annoying procedure!!! I want to load the Vision driver but don't know if it will screw something up- it seems like most of the people running it are on CM7 or some other AOSP custom ROM.
Will it work with my setup?

mpsantiago said:
Bumping this thread with a question: Will the Vision GPS driver (Galandy) work on a near-stock Sense ROM (GB)?
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In theory, they should work fine on Sense roms as well. However if your stock Sense GPS drivers are not working then the Vision drivers might not work either, but it doesn't hurt to try. Just backup your gps.supersonic.so file in /system/lib/hw/ folder before flashing the driver.
I posted new drivers HERE today btw

galandy said:
In theory, they should work fine on Sense roms as well. However if your stock Sense GPS drivers are not working then the Vision drivers might not work either, but it doesn't hurt to try. Just backup your gps.supersonic.so file in /system/lib/hw/ folder before flashing the driver.
I posted new drivers HERE today btw
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Oddly enough, my phone does not have that file. And installing it seems to do nothing
The closest thing I have is /system/lib/libgps.so
Being the daring sort, I renamed that file and replaced it with the a renamed copy of the Vision gps.supersonic.so; my phone did not like that at all- no boot, had to reflash

drdrewdown said:
a question for the OP since you dont make any mention of it.
Have you tried flashing the Galandy fix for GPS? Using the Vision GPS driver makes a world of difference.
the first one, at the top of the list.
found here in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412&highlight=gps+fix
use the flashable zip that corresponds to your recovery type. i've used the Fix_2 on several devices with CWM recovery.
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I flashed the vision driver and then the new one posted last night, and neither worked. my GPS is useless right now, for the first time ever...
Gonna try the GPSFix app now...
Another thing I notice is that I don't even get the GPS Icon when I'm trying to use GPS Status or navigator

HipKat said:
I flashed the vision driver and then the new one posted last night, and neither worked. my GPS is useless right now, for the first time ever...
Gonna try the GPSFix app now...
Another thing I notice is that I don't even get the GPS Icon when I'm trying to use GPS Status or navigator
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you'd have to tell us a little more about your config if you want us to help diagnose it, as well as a little back history

galandy said:
In theory, they should work fine on Sense roms as well. However if your stock Sense GPS drivers are not working then the Vision drivers might not work either, but it doesn't hurt to try. Just backup your gps.supersonic.so file in /system/lib/hw/ folder before flashing the driver.
I posted new drivers HERE today btw
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You are the frickin man!!!!
Before that driver I'd see 3 satellites and could rarely get a lock. Now I see 10 and it locks quick!!!
Thanks.
BTW, in case it helps anybody else, I used that latest Vision driver from galandy along with the PRI/Radio/NV combo found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128135 and could not be happier with the results.

well, it worked great for a while, but now it's back to only working when it wants to (which is never when I need it)
Has anybody ever heard of undervolting breaking GPS? I ask because that's the only thing I've done aside from rooting/installing the ROM.

I had a problem with GPS. So I got off 28 nightly and went to the 100s lol works great.
World peace with no regard for human life.

mpsantiago said:
well, it worked great for a while, but now it's back to only working when it wants to (which is never when I need it)
Has anybody ever heard of undervolting breaking GPS? I ask because that's the only thing I've done aside from rooting/installing the ROM.
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nope, i undervolt quite a bit & gps works great.

mpsantiago said:
Bumping this thread with a question: Will the Vision GPS driver (Galandy) work on a near-stock Sense ROM (GB)?
I'm running Jiminy, which is mostly a debloated stock ROM with a few changes made for ease of use on the Cricket network.
Currently my GPS is doing what the OP of this thread is describing- my current workaround is to do the following every single time I want to use nav:
1) Open GPS Status. Clear AGPS data. Download new AGPS data.
2) Open GPSFix. Hit "Start Fix", then hit the Map button.
3) Do my Navigation. It works fairly well after that.
This is an annoying procedure!!! I want to load the Vision driver but don't know if it will screw something up- it seems like most of the people running it are on CM7 or some other AOSP custom ROM.
Will it work with my setup?
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Thank you a lot
It works for me @ Cyanogen 9 on my Nexus S !

[GPS] Test and Report please

I've been testing some GPS fixes from around the forum. Some of them have helped, some have not. This gps.config file has helped me quite a bit. I live outside EL Paso and on stock EG30 could not ever get a lock. I tried several fixes until I put my head right and realized my EVO4G could get an awesome lock. So, I incorporated some of the data there into my E4GT and got great results. My setup is currently EL26 kernel/modem with EL13 uNnamed rom.
MUST BE ROOTED
To try this file unzip in home folder and:
Use Root Explorer (or whatever file manager you prefer) and navigate to system/etc. Mount as R/W and rename you current gps.conf to gps.conf.old.
If you use adb just push the new file from whatever directory it's in to system/etc. (should be ~/***, so the following command should work on Ubuntu. Sorry, no windows instructions because I don't use Windows)
adb push gps.conf system/etc
adb reboot
Alternate Installation:
Unzip file to your SD card. Rename gps.conf as before. Navigate to the SD card and copy the file to system/etc. Reboot.
Use GPS Test from the market to get an indication of any change. Leave feedback for me. I was able to go from one satellite in view to 8-9 while using most of them.
I did not write any of the script, just collected it from other places and got it to work for me. If you see any of your work here and want credit, let me know and I'll edit the OP. I know there's somebody but I don't remember who.

That worked amazingly 9 in view, 9 in use. Before I could only get 1 or 2 indoors.
Thanks.

Fin745 said:
That worked amazingly 9 in view, 9 in use. Before I could only get 1 or 2 indoors.
Thanks.
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We're still testing. Seems like the sleep state kills the GPS. There might be another update so stay tuned. Let me know if you can join us on irc.freenode/#gtab for some testing. Thanks for trying my junk.

interloper said:
We're still testing. Seems like the sleep state kills the GPS. There might be another update so stay tuned. Let me know if you can join us on irc.freenode/#gtab for some testing. Thanks for trying my junk.
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Installed will give full feedback after 24hr of use & yes sleeps a gps killer.

Sleep does in fact kill GPS. I have to reboot in order to get it to work again...not all the time though

Just uploaded. I did so on windows using android commander btw. (if you care )
On stock i was viewing 1. To be honest thats the first time I ran a test on it, but I had noticed general GPS issues in the past.
I'm now showing 8 in view. I'll keep track of it over the week and post if anything changes.

I'll give it a shot since mine suffers from GPS issues after time.

not much improvement on my end.

i do connect faster when im outside. but no go while indoors. ill replace my phone before my trip at the end of jan

thanks for the replies. Please include modem/kernel/rom info if possible.

GPS is working great after script. I also installed the s GPS driver about a week ago from different phone and it seemed to make the most difference.

i retract my previous post. it takes a couple minutes to get a lock (8/9) indoors, but at least it gets a lock indoors. this **** is ridiculous. same thing happened when i had the samsung moment and intercept, and my friend's galaxy nexus. seems to only be a problem with samsung cdma phones.
caulk's 2.7 rom and kernel, el26
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puch0021 said:
GPS is working great after script. I also installed the s GPS driver about a week ago from different phone and it seemed to make the most difference.
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what is this "s GPS driver"? :X

puch0021 said:
GPS is working great after script. I also installed the s GPS driver about a week ago from different phone and it seemed to make the most difference.
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+1 I am looking into the driver on my Galaxy Tab. It locks wicked fast all the time, but I don't know of the hardware is different. If you have a driver I can test, I would be very grateful. Send me a link to your source, or link the file.

Sorry forgot to post ROM.
Caulkins ROM and kernel, el26 modem.

i360 said:
I'll give it a shot since mine suffers from GPS issues after time.
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I'm using stock rooted EL26 ROM....
This thing hardly ever locks indoors where as my Galaxy Tab 10.1 does with no problems.
These radios just don't transmit as good apparently.

Never had a problem with GPS on this phone. Download GPS Test from the market and then clear and re-download agps within the app. After that you will be golden.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356865
flash this it works like a charm. Wipe cache/dalvik

After updating to EL26 I am having fewer problems than with other versions. I checked the drivers mentioned here, even the fix mentioned by puch21, and they are indeed different. The driver files from EL26 are more thorough, there are a couple more files in the directory. The fix from puch21 is a driver from another Samsung device, but I don't know which one. Anyway, If anyone wants to stay with an older ROM I can provide downloads for the drivers, but I can't make flashable zips today. Maybe tomorrow. I use adb for almost everything, but I know not everyone does. I'll work on them as time permits. If I do make zips they will contain the best reported drivers, libs and gps.conf files. I suppose I will provide a stock setup in case anyone wants to revert.

This was the driver I was referring to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049
I've tried the supersonic driver, it didn't lock as well as the above driver.
Sorry for the late update!

Thanks for getting back. There are more than a few threads about GPS fix. With so many people working on it it will get fixed. I'm pretty impressed with the EL26 all stock setup right now. Seems to have been the best for me, but still there are conflicting reports. I have not been able to try EL29 yet...cheers!

[GUIDE/FIX] For GPS issues in AOSP CM7 MIUI Roms

Since about January, all the CM7 based roms have had flaky GPS for me. Basically it loses the signal after about 5 minutes. A quick GPS on/off cycle usually fixes the problem. However, I really don't like the distraction
(and the danger) of messing with the gps when driving 70 mph.
I spent quite a bit of time searching for a solution on this and other forums, but found nothing helpful. Yesterday, I got the idea to try out one of the Sense GPS drivers in the AOSP roms. I extracted the attached file from one of the Stock roms and replaced the AOSP driver.
The good news is it appears to work. In the 4 times I've driven I didn't have to do any GPS cycling.
Steps:
1) Extract the attached gps.glacier.so.zip file.
2) Using Root Explorer or ES File Explorer (with the root option checked) copy the attached gps.glacier.so file into your system/lib/hw directory replacing the current file.
3) Reboot.
4) You may want to clear out the A-GPS state using the GPS status app, but I don't know if this is necessary or not.
or
1)Use clockworkmod to install the GPS_Fix.zip file.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else. I am thinking of developing zip you can flash if there is interest in it. But in the meantime I wanted to post the fix, since I know there have been other people with the same problems I had.
I hope this helps!
EDIT-
I have also added the gps_update.zip that has the gps.conf file, the supl.root.cert and the gps.glacier.so all put together by tnpapadakos

testing now
have you tried the gps.conf by crypted? the gps lock is way quicker/better than the stock/aosp gps.conf file
just wondering if you tried it

tnpapadakos said:
testing now
have you tried the gps.conf by crypted? the gps lock is way quicker/better than the stock/aosp gps.conf file
just wondering if you tried it
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No, I haven't tried it. My lock time hasn't been bad... I usually have a lock in the time it takes me to pull out of my garage. That being said, I am always tweaking things so I will definitely give it a try.

Gadianton said:
No, I haven't tried it. My lock time hasn't been bad... I usually have a lock in the time it takes me to pull out of my garage. That being said, I am always tweaking things so I will definitely give it a try.
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use this one
these work for glacier but are in other threads, you'll notice
in any case, this is the one to use if you wanna save yourself some reading
also, the guy's a fricking genius or something, open up the file in that zip and see what he's doing...he's hosting his own gps servers

tnpapadakos said:
use this one
these work for glacier but are in other threads, you'll notice
in any case, this is the one to use if you wanna save yourself some reading
also, the guy's a fricking genius or something, open up the file in that zip and see what he's doing...he's hosting his own gps servers
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Thanks. I just finished reading through his notes.

tnpapadakos said:
use this one
these work for glacier but are in other threads, you'll notice
in any case, this is the one to use if you wanna save yourself some reading
also, the guy's a fricking genius or something, open up the file in that zip and see what he's doing...he's hosting his own gps servers
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Do you flash this in recovery?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA

Supamike88 said:
Do you flash this in recovery?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA
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The gps.conf by crypted file can be flashed in recovery. You can also just open up the zip and copy it using root explorer, etc.

Gadianton said:
The gps.conf by crypted file can be flashed in recovery. You can also just open up the zip and copy it using root explorer, etc.
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somtimes I just add it to the rom before flashing, and you have to also add the SuplRootCert to system/etc, but if he comes up with an update in between roms, i just flash from recovery....

Gadianton said:
Since about January, all the CM7 based roms have had flaky GPS for me. Basically it loses the signal after about 5 minutes. A quick GPS on/off cycle usually fixes the problem. However, I really don't like the distraction
(and the danger) of messing with the gps when driving 70 mph.
I spent quite a bit of time searching for a solution on this and other forums, but found nothing helpful. Yesterday, I got the idea to try out one of the Sense GPS drivers in the AOSP roms. I extracted the attached file from one of the Stock roms and replaced the AOSP driver.
The good news is it appears to work. In the 4 times I've driven I didn't have to do any GPS cycling.
Steps:
1) Extract the attached zip file.
2) Using Root Explorer or ES File Explorer (with the root option checked) copy the attached gps.glacier.so file into your system/lib/hw directory replacing the current file.
3) Reboot.
4) You may want to clear out the A-GPS state using the GPS status app, but I don't know if this is necessary or not.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else. I am thinking of developing zip you can flash if there is interest in it. But in the meantime I wanted to post the fix, since I know there have been other people with the same problems I had.
I hope this helps!
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Don't forget to check the permissions on the file. I am not sure if it was because I backed up the old one first and copied in the new one after, but I had to change the permissions to rw-r--r--.
This, I learned the hard way. I always forget something...

G8351427 said:
Don't forget to .....change the permissions to rw-r--r--.
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definitely....i always check the permissions of the file i'm replacing and match that on a new file, or, if i'm inserting one thats not there, i look at the permissions of the surrounding similar files, and match it to those
otherwise, rw-r--r-- is usually the fallback

Yea I have noticed that the best GPS experience I have had was when the phone was completely stock the GPS worked great, locked on quickly, and never lost signal. After I flashed it and such the GPS has been a pain to get lock when I needed it the most.

I've found that any of the radios after the official Froyo version causes the GPS to fail after a few minutes as described by the OP. However, with some of the newer ROMS I've found that the newest radio doesn't completely lose the GPS signal but it does still seem to temporarily lose it but it then it comes back by itself (causes navigation to get stuck at a location for a minute or two every now and then).
I tried the driver and agps mod from this thread. At first it completely killed my GPS then someone posted about the required permission changes which fixed that. I haven't tried navigation so I can't say whether it prevents the temporary position loses, but it does seem to still be pretty slow to lock on and after it does lock on may take several minutes before the accuracy gets to a useful level.
I think I'm going to go back to the Froyo radio as that one seems to work the best for GPS and I'm not convinced it makes much of a difference for voice/data. Perhaps the Froyo radio with these mods would be the best?

tmagritte said:
I've found that any of the radios after the official Froyo version causes the GPS to fail after a few minutes as described by the OP. However, with some of the newer ROMS I've found that the newest radio doesn't completely lose the GPS signal but it does still seem to temporarily lose it but it then it comes back by itself (causes navigation to get stuck at a location for a minute or two every now and then).
I tried the driver and agps mod from this thread. At first it completely killed my GPS then someone posted about the required permission changes which fixed that. I haven't tried navigation so I can't say whether it prevents the temporary position loses, but it does seem to still be pretty slow to lock on and after it does lock on may take several minutes before the accuracy gets to a useful level.
I think I'm going to go back to the Froyo radio as that one seems to work the best for GPS and I'm not convinced it makes much of a difference for voice/data. Perhaps the Froyo radio with these mods would be the best?
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I have noticed the "stuck position" before. I haven't paid attention to that with this mod before. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

I have updated the OP to include a CWM flashable GPS_Fix.zip file. It worked for me, but if anyone wants to test it, I'd appreciate it.
The thing I am most curious about is if the file is copied with the correct permissions.
thanks.

Gadianton said:
I have updated the OP to include a CWM flashable GPS_Fix.zip file. It worked for me, but if anyone wants to test it, I'd appreciate it.
The thing I am most curious about is if the file is copied with the correct permissions.
thanks.
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I flashed the update and after that the GPS locked on pretty quick. I haven't tested for navigation yet.

here's one with the gps.conf file, the supl.root.cert and the gps.glacier.so all put together if anyone would like to test it
quick satellite fixes and continuous GPS lock
(hopefully)

It worked on MIUI... Thanks...Its been losing signal for the longest time and now it locked in and never lost it again...
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

spyderman33 said:
It worked on MIUI... Thanks...Its been losing signal for the longest time and now it locked in and never lost it again...
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm glad it helped you out!

Thanks best thing we needed yet. Works perfect wit miui.us.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

I updated the OP to include the gps_update.zip put together by tnpapadakos and updated the thread title to include MIUI.

Problem with GPS

Hello.
I have problem with GPS on my Wildfire. What's the problem ? The GPS doesn't work. I have flashed the radio but it's still doesn't work. Can you help me to solve this. My ROM is CyanogenMod 7.
I had similiar situation a few months ago, and I flashed Radio and it worked.
Please help me

Hi there
When activating GPS on your Wildfire on CM7 it doesnt show up in the status bar until you open an app like Google Maps to get your location.
You may not have a problem with your GPS but just cannot seem to find it i had the problem with mine when ifirst rooted.
To test if it is working download GPS Test from the Play store and when you open the app and turn GPS on the symbol for GPS should appear!
Hope i can help

Depends upon which version of CM7 you flashed. Some radio's work with a particular kernel and some don't.
Flash the correct radio it will work.

Or just try to flash another kernel
For me it works fine with latest radio and nFinity kernel on CM7.2

Try to flash another kernel. Sometimes kernels are involved in malfunction of services like GPS or WiFi. If that doesn't work, reflash the radio but make sure that you don't have a custom mtd partition. If you do, revert the mtd size back to stock and then reflash the radio. I had the same problem with you and tried to reflash the radio but it didn't work because i had custom mtd partitioning.

I had the same problem
Someone suggested me the AGPS patch.. it worked for me..
In fact its a charm..
Here the link.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447591
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED YOU

Following this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678580 I reflashed my RADIO 3.35.20.10 from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Support_Downloads with fastboot and now GPS works.
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Good luck

DMarzal said:
Following this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678580 I reflashed my RADIO 3.35.20.10 from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Support_Downloads with fastboot and now GPS works.
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Good luck
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Just as a hint: you can also find all the Wildfire stuff in The complete Wildfire index (partly with short descriptions)
You could also flash a new/different radio with Clockworkmod but you'd need Clockworkmod 2.5.x for that, newer versions won't do.
I also knew of other people who flashed the "older" radio and got it to work. The aGPS patch is just a speed improvement - if your gps.conf isn't corrupted accidentially it won't help if GPS doesn't work at all

Rather than trying to install any CWM flashable GPS fix.zip, go to the Play store and install FasterGPS:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5mYXN0ZXJncHMiXQ..
It is working great for me on my CM 7 install on Wildfire S. I get 9-10 locks in 10-15 seconds.
Good Luck!

sikander3786 said:
Rather than trying to install any CWM flashable GPS fix.zip, go to the Play store and install FasterGPS
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If his GPS doesn't work at all I doubt this will help.
Just for clarification: radios aren't just flashable GPS fixes they're the lowest system layers on your phone and responsible for more than just GPS.
I get 9-10 locks in 10-15 seconds.
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for improving GPS lock speed you don't need an app. I just replaced my gps.conf with the same result (link in my sig)

eventcom said:
If his GPS doesn't work at all I doubt this will help.
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If "GPS doesn't work at all" means that it doesn't lock successfully, then it is the same state that I was experiencing with CM 7. FasterGPS worked for me that is why I suggested it. No harm in giving it a try anyways.
Yes I know, FasterGPS doesn't do anything else rather than replacing the default gps.conf. The app isn't such a feature-rich app rather it just simply allows tweaking some gps.conf parameters. And it backups your original gps.conf in case you want to un-install it.

sikander3786 said:
If "GPS doesn't work at all" means that it doesn't lock successfully, then it is the same state that I was experiencing with CM 7. FasterGPS worked for me that is why I suggested it. No harm in giving it a try anyways.
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of course. Since this was his first and only post and he didn't answer to one of the responses for about a month I guess we won't find out what exactly "don't work" means
Regarding FasterGPS: one of the reasons I rooted my phone has been to gain more RAM, space and control. Anytime I have an easier way to adjust settings than to use an app I'll try to do so as this saves space - but this is just my personal opinion and I've also used apps to adjust only one tiny setting in the phone - luckily if we own a rooted device we can decide ourselves.
I'd like to quote forum member slymobi who found the best of all words for it:
slymobi said:
This is the beauty of android?... MAKE YOUR PHONE YOUR OWN
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[Q] Sprint LG G2 GPS issues with 4.4.2

I recently flashed to cyanogenmod 4.4.2 now my GPS is totally inaccurate. Anyone got any ideas what went wrong?

Himay85 said:
I recently flashed to cyanogenmod 4.4.2 now my GPS is totally inaccurate. Anyone got any ideas what went wrong?
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I've had the same problem when flashing to cm11. The only way I could get it to work properly was to flash back to my stock backup and get a gps lock, then reflash cm11 again and try locking with gps. People recommend running an app called GPS status too, it shows the number of satellites available and the number of satellite connections.

roper15 said:
I've had the same problem when flashing to cm11. The only way I could get it to work properly was to flash back to my stock backup and get a gps lock, then reflash cm11 again and try locking with gps. People recommend running an app called GPS status too, it shows the number of satellites available and the number of satellite connections.
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Thank you I'll give it try. I'll have to find the stock ROM for my phone. I didn't back it up like a newb

I have been reading that the GPS issues are hardware related and it can be due to the lack of contact on the connector which is causing this issue. Most people were able to fix it by opening up the phone and putting some electrical tape to make a nice contact on the connectors.

ericdabbs said:
I have been reading that the GPS issues are hardware related and it can be due to the lack of contact on the connector which is causing this issue. Most people were able to fix it by opening up the phone and putting some electrical tape to make a nice contact on the connectors.
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I don't think it's primarily hardware related when most of us didn't have issues before 4.4.2.

I've tried numerous roms for the Sprint LG G2 that did not have GPS, but I think I've found a sort-of solution to it... I basically stole the gps ".so" files from the only rom that I know had working GPS... Paranoid Android. This was over a month ago however, and I've been reusing the same files over CM and Mahdi ever since, so I'm not sure if their updates could have broken GPS, but if that's the case I can share the files that I've been using with CM. Not sure how to make it into a flashable zip however, so they have to be replaced manually.

Hakukoru said:
I've tried numerous roms for the Sprint LG G2 that did not have GPS, but I think I've found a sort-of solution to it... I basically stole the gps ".so" files from the only rom that I know had working GPS... Paranoid Android. This was over a month ago however, and I've been reusing the same files over CM and Mahdi ever since, so I'm not sure if their updates could have broken GPS, but if that's the case I can share the files that I've been using with CM. Not sure how to make it into a flashable zip however, so they have to be replaced manually.
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Can you share these files? Would they work on a stock based ROM?

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Can you share these files? Would they work on a stock based ROM?
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I don't mind sharing them, but not sure if they work on a stock based ROM as I haven't tried it. All the ROM's I've been testing have been AOSP-based... CM/PA/Mahdi/Omni/PAC/etc. I don't claim to know or understand how or why it works... but if it works for you too, great! If not, please don't blame me if it causes a brick or something.
Additionally, I don't know how to make this flashable... my method has been to extract the files, then reboot into Phil's CW Recovery and manually copy the files over with the Aroma File Manager. I included a GPS.conf file that I've modified to improve gps for my region, you may wish to exclude it.
[Edit] If this "does" work, be sure to thank the Paranoid Android team for whatever voodoo they did to make GPS work on their ROM.

Hakukoru said:
I don't mind sharing them, but not sure if they work on a stock based ROM as I haven't tried it. All the ROM's I've been testing have been AOSP-based... CM/PA/Mahdi/Omni/PAC/etc. I don't claim to know or understand how or why it works... but if it works for you too, great! If not, please don't blame me if it causes a brick or something.
Additionally, I don't know how to make this flashable... my method has been to extract the files, then reboot into Phil's CW Recovery and manually copy the files over with the Aroma File Manager. I included a GPS.conf file that I've modified to improve gps for my region, you may wish to exclude it.
[Edit] If this "does" work, be sure to thank the Paranoid Android team for whatever voodoo they did to make GPS work on their ROM.
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Thanks, but it didn't work. Gave me a bootloop