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Inc2 gps

I'm having the same issue with the Inc2 that I had with my fascinate with gps not locking. Does anyone know what souls be wrong, or know of a fix?
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Haven't had issues until I installed GPS Status Toolbox. My error/accuracy went to crap after I installed GPS Status. It went from about 20-30 ft error, to 140+ft. I uninstalled it and it's back to 20-30 ft. No other issues either, locks on very quick, much quicker than the Vibrant.

Mine did the same thing when I first got it. I downloaded GPS Fix from the market and it's been working fine ever since. I guess I didn't check the accuracy, though. It will at least get the GPS to lock.

GPS Fix for Epic 4G Touch?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049
Could we use this GPS fix for our phone? It has really good reviews but I just wanna be careful about flashing stuff :/
Can any knowledgeable developer look into this file and see if it is compatible with our phones?
GPS issue is very prevalent among Epic 4G Touch users and I hope this file could fix our problem.
Thanks!

I hope so.. GPS is crap
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Well the fix seems to be for all Gingerbread phones, so it should work, right? Can any developers shed some light into this?

i gave it a try, but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

dunebuggydude11 said:
i gave it a try, but it doesn't seem to make any difference.
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Thanks dunebuggy. i wish a dev can come across and open the file and compare with our values..
Its threads full of people getting better lock ons!

Has anyone else tried it? I'm pretty desperate as I've tried everything.

I just picked up my replacement the gps works perfect. That is the only real fix. Some work some don't
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Doubt it will do much.. uses the s5pc110 hw library... Can't open up the vendor daemon and compare it tho at this computer.

I honestly didnt even realise that the epic touch had a GPS problem going on. Mine always locks in less than 10 seconds and says accurate within 6-2m. It usually says 2m but on occasion 4 or 6. what are the symtoms of bad gps? I know it will either not lock on quickly or it wont the correct location. But what tecknically is a slow GPS lock on time to within 6m? Like 30 seconds to a minute? And what is considered not being accurate? Like within 15-30m? Im oretty curious. Maybe my 5-10 second lock on time and 2-6m accuracy is considered a GPS malfunction? I just never use it so i cant really know what is considered good or bad. I know mine uodated my position every half second to tge longest taking a full second when i used the car navigation app after putting in my desired address. Please e, plain

GPS never locks on indoors, and it takes at least a minute to lock on outdoors. Also my gps never locks on in a moving car.

matase said:
GPS never locks on indoors, and it takes at least a minute to lock on outdoors. Also my gps never locks on in a moving car.
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GPS should lock outside in a few seconds, it should lock or almost lock indoors within a minute, and it should definitely follow you while driving so that google maps navigation works.
if it is not doing that, take your phone to sprint and get a new one. my GPS was fine when i first got the phone, then a month later it started doing what people complain about, slow lock or no lock, and not following when moving. i complained to sprint twice, paid $35 and got a new phone and now GPS works fine.
the gps tool kit, flashing drivers from the wrong phone, and editing files never gave me a permanent fix. go exchange your phone.

^This except I didnt have to pay anything (tep)
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I've had a lot better results by using GPS Status. Before I use anything that requires GPS, I let GPS Status lock on, and I have a lot better results.

elingreen said:
GPS should lock outside in a few seconds, it should lock or almost lock indoors within a minute, and it should definitely follow you while driving so that google maps navigation works.
if it is not doing that, take your phone to sprint and get a new one. my GPS was fine when i first got the phone, then a month later it started doing what people complain about, slow lock or no lock, and not following when moving. i complained to sprint twice, paid $35 and got a new phone and now GPS works fine.
the gps tool kit, flashing drivers from the wrong phone, and editing files never gave me a permanent fix. go exchange your phone.
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Speculative on indoors.... Multiple factors to account for to get an accurate and true lock...

Well I've flashed it and it actually works in my experience. I've let me phone sleep for hours and it has been an improvement over previous fixes.
Still intermittent gps though.
How is everyone going about getting a replacement E4GT? I bought mine on launch day if that changes anything.
Is this something I can do over chat?

For those of you with GPS "problems"...try the following fix next time you have issues. Not sure what causes it, but anytime my GPS starts to suck I do the following and it fixes it instantly.
Menu->Settings>Applications>Manage Apps>
Click on the "All" tab
Click on "Maps" -> Clear cache
Back to list of programs
Click on "Network Location" -> Clear cache
Exit back to home and all should work much fast....at least it does for me
Let me know if this works for you guys...

I am not sure if it is a hardware problem or software but I rooted my phone within the first 24 hours of owning it. I run Calkulins ROM V2.6 [EL13 Kernel] and EL13 modem.
I have no problem locking indoor/outdoor fairly quickly. I did notice the indoor accuracy is slightly less accurate that the Evo 4g I had, but when it comes to locking time, and outdoor accuracy or moving "target" accuracy/lock I have ZERO complaints as of now **knock on wood**

mkuehn10 said:
I've had a lot better results by using GPS Status. Before I use anything that requires GPS, I let GPS Status lock on, and I have a lot better results.
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That really helped. Thanked

GPS not turning on

I rarely touch the gps function of my phone so the gps is always disabled, but it comes a time after some days of uptime (cannot give an exact number cause this is the second time I experience this), now I have 227 hours, that I enable the GPS but in fact it isn't enabled. How I know this? Well, all the gps using apps like navigation software (igo) and GPS Test aren't fixing location even after 1-2 hours and the gps icon in the notification bar isn't appearing. "GPS Test" says that gps is ON but it won't connect to any sat. If I restart the phone GPS works like it should so no problem there, but I am really curios as why this happenes and how could it be fixed without reboot.
ROM: BlackICE 1.27. (running CM since ...... forever so if I experienced this before it was also with CM rom)
Regards,
Ivan.

Try to push and hold the antenna cover on the behind and see if the signals gets better, if not download the AGPS patch from here on xda. If the problem was the antenna cover then you will have to buy another one and replace it (YouTube) or unroot, S-ON and get it back to stock and then send it back to get it repaired.
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I do not have signal or hardware problems. It's software thing. After some uptime when I enable the GPS switch the gps apps see that gps is on, but gps funktions do not work. ALso the GPS icon in the notification bar is not appearing. Only device reboot fixes it, and then ofcourse gps works like a charm ! But I do not want to reboot, that is why I'm asking for a posibile solution.

ivanlaszik said:
I rarely touch the gps function of my phone so the gps is always disabled, but it comes a time after some days of uptime (cannot give an exact number cause this is the second time I experience this), now I have 227 hours, that I enable the GPS but in fact it isn't enabled. How I know this? Well, all the gps using apps like navigation software (igo) and GPS Test aren't fixing location even after 1-2 hours and the gps icon in the notification bar isn't appearing. "GPS Test" says that gps is ON but it won't connect to any sat. If I restart the phone GPS works like it should so no problem there, but I am really curios as why this happenes and how could it be fixed without reboot.
ROM: BlackICE 1.27. (running CM since ...... forever so if I experienced this before it was also with CM rom)
Regards,
Ivan.
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I had similar problem on cm 7.
Found it if i turn on the gps by a widget it wouldnt fix location or show up in the notification bar. Try switching it on by using the settings -> locations.
Gps fix was horrible on cm7 anyway and camera was grainy, switched back to sense rom (rev hd 7).

Tried that with the settings -> Locations didn't help. For this little issue I won't change to Sense. I do NOT have any problems with gps fix, it does it in 10 seconds max as long as it turns on. The camera indeed isn't the best but I don't give a rats ass about pics because I have a professional camera. And because of the performance and batterylife of CM I will never change back to Sense.
Thanks for the advice thou.

When you say not turning on and not showing in the status bar, I'm wondering if the location settings are correct.
Since a reboot helps but after running the phone a while you can't fix sats.
1. Have you tried clearing igo data and cache? That seems like it should work since rebooting does.
2. Are your GPS locations set correctly? --would think so, but then it wonks out later.
When I initially had problems I got GPS status and downloaded agps assistance but still had problems, rebooting didn't help and push some other file.
Let me know about 1 and 2 see if that helps or what to get GPS on for you all the time (when you want it)
--willm
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Before I go into IGO I always make the first gps check with gps test plus. And the gps icon is not appearing on status bar, and ofc no sats are found by GPS test. Now gps works because i had to reboot because of another installation. So now everything works great. (gps related)
I also did all the things with agps assitance.... but I am very shure that these things have nothing do to with it, because gps works very good when it is runing.
I am pretty sure it's ROM related.

Yeah sounds that way, just gotta check those simple (we do them) but overlooked tasks.
Good to know everything is working now. Sometimes I just wait for that next update if I don't use a feature that is not working right.
--will'm
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Same thing has happened to me, too. I'm a CM nightly user.
So far the only solution I have found to work is rebooting the phone.
I've found out it seems to happen mostly when I turn the GPS on using the Power Control widget and most of the times it's working fine if I turn the GPS on using the Notification Power Widget.
I have the same issue with the Data connection: when trying to turn it on using the Power Control widget it's a hit and miss situation. I reported this in the CM7 thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22459809&postcount=7352
but no one could offer an explanation or a solution except full wipe.
I always do a full wipe and this still happens.
It's been a few days since I've been using the LorD ClockaN's latest kernel and the issue seems to have gone away.
Here's the kernel thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085725
and I'm using the kernel from here:
http://blackice.omca.co.uk/download/icecoldsandwich/UE-ginger-kernels/
The kernel file is lordmodUEv8.9-CFS-b2-gpu.zip
Try it, see if it makes a difference for you, too.

Hy,
I am always using the latest LC kerrnel, and tried to activate GPS from everywhere.
I mostly use the notification Widget and still same behavior. Never had problems with the data switch and I do use that one alot. At the moment GPS works because I rebooted few days a go.
Thanks for the reply.

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ivanlaszik said:
Hy,
I am always using the latest LC kerrnel, and tried to activate GPS from everywhere.
I mostly use the notification Widget and still same behavior. Never had problems with the data switch and I do use that one alot. At the moment GPS works because I rebooted few days a go.
Thanks for the reply.
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hey have you solved the problem ? i also encounter this on my phone (other brand). it works a few times then no incon shows up so i have to reboot to make it work again.
the same. when in works it works fast an nice.. but i hate to reboot when i`m on the point to leave with the car......
answer please

gps help

im not sure whats going on with my phones GPS, i can never get it working. i've flashed to/from AOKP, CM9, Stock ICS Leaks, and back to EL29. Even back at EL29 I get a lock initially the first time I run GPS Test, the next day however it never locks. Ive tried to update AGPS within GPS Test and also ##GPSCLRX# to no avail. I've also flashed stock using the EFS Clear option on Odin as suggested in another thread. I still can never get a lock. I know its a problem with my phone, because I've ran GPS on my dad's E4GT side by side with mine, he get 8 satellites and locks instantly.
Any suggestions?

On my last replacement epic touch, GPS was great on gingerbread. Then I put ICS and GPS worked for a day. Then I put back EL29 and GPS only locked after 10 minutes. 40 meter range max. ICS killed my GPS and I got it replaced again. This time my phone works well with ICS
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ajaholic said:
im not sure whats going on with my phones GPS, i can never get it working. i've flashed to/from AOKP, CM9, Stock ICS Leaks, and back to EL29. Even back at EL29 I get a lock initially the first time I run GPS Test, the next day however it never locks. Ive tried to update AGPS within GPS Test and also ##GPSCLRX# to no avail. I've also flashed stock using the EFS Clear option on Odin as suggested in another thread. I still can never get a lock. I know its a problem with my phone, because I've ran GPS on my dad's E4GT side by side with mine, he get 8 satellites and locks instantly.
Any suggestions?
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It's known that EL29 GPS dies after the phone sleeps for a while. There is a fix though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466561
It won't make your GPS perform better, it will only prevent it from not functioning after sleeping. I would suggest trying all modems. FE10 has been spectacular for me, but it may not be that great for you. I would stick to gingerbread and keep trying different modems until you find one that works well. Don't be afraid to try older modems such as EG30.

Can't seem to get a GPS lock on any 5.1 rom

Ever since the transition from kk to lp, I've been struck on my GPS never locking on properly. Even tho the rom says it works, it hasn't for me. What have any of my other brothers and sisters with a note 2 done to fix this problem?

People read this and can't seem to respond. Hmmmm
Great community

Same problem here... GPS dead even after going back to 4.4. Did you fix this?

note2usr said:
Same problem here... GPS dead even after going back to 4.4. Did you fix this?
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same thing here, GPS won't lock, I even unrooted and went back to stock and it's still not working for me after installing custom roms.

tenacres said:
same thing here, GPS won't lock, I even unrooted and went back to stock and it's still not working for me after installing custom roms.
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It actually fixed itself for me. I have no idea how this happened but after ca. 2 weeks without GPS it started working.
It's not working reliably, though: I used to be able to get a fix every time i turned on my Note, now sometimes I don't get fix for hours. On other times, the fix happens immediately.

For me, i find a this way helps, not sure why it suddenly become like that :
- reboot phone
- after rebooted, turn off location first
-run "gps test" app with location off
-turn on location and let gps test do is thing to get 3d fix
-once you can get 3d fix on location, exit the apps and you can start using Google map, Waze or any by other gps apps
-as long as you dun turn off location after this, the GPS lock should work
-repeat step 1 if gps lock is not working again
Hope this helps, it's not a permanent fix... hope someone can come up with a permanent one.