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GPS & EB13????

Can anyone who's flashed the new EB13 already and has actual knowledge of the GPS problems (not just experiencing them but knows a bit about how it works and the problems we were facing) care to report on the "GPS fix" that came with the update. Appreciate it!

It doesn't work for me

works for me !!!

Worked for me pretty much. One street away (and I'm at a corner, so it's like only 20 ft off or so)

Hum I rebooted mine and still it wont lock on should I try and downgrade then upgrade again or is there some kind of simple fix for it?

Hi im jay. You could do a ##786# then enter your msl hit reset then go outside and try again. Remember nandroid back up first
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Na what I did flashed back to 2.1 my gps was still dead left it on flashed it to 2.2 through the samsung website and a stroke a luck most have occurred cause the gps now works flawlessly

Mine is dead too! flashed back to 2.1, still dead, flashed to 2.2.1 with samsung updater. Still dead. hmmm what should I try next?
Thanks all!

Gps is flawless for me
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EB13 Killed my GPS HARD!!!!
Was on stock DI18. Complete stock, have been for months. GPS was fine.
Used Samsung tool to flash to froyo.
GPS DEAD
Flashed back to DI18
GPS DEAD
Flashed back to Froyo
GPS DEAD
Tried GPS Toolbox trick
GPS DEAD
Tried the ##786# Trick with MSL
GPS Dead
Screw You Samsung!!!! Looks like its gonna be a refurb phone for me....

yea updating to froyo definitely broke your gps. Fried some chips on your phone for sure. Getting a new one will definitely make gps work for you. Its obviously Samsungs fault, lets blame them.
P.S.
A) are you trying INSIDE or OUTSIDE
B) works for me

GPS is working flawless for me, both inside and out. Lock in 5 seconds outdoors and 10 seconds indoors and accurate to 3 meters.

1st try locked on within 6 meters.

Glad to hear most of your gps are 'fixed'. Coming from the Captivate section... lol

I went to the market and got "GPS status" and ran the program and now I get lock in a few seconds even indoors.

Gps works same.as it did.in dk28 for.me. its very accurate
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My collegue who got the OTA froyo confirms that his GPS lock is better.

I've always had an easy time locking onto sats from DI18 to DK28.
What I'm interested in is that it KEEPS the locks. DK28 would randomly drop satellites after a few minutes of constant use. It would be really annoying when using navigation, but after about a minute or 2 it would relock.
Try actually using your nav for a few trips and then you'll see if the GPS was actually fixed or not.
I know a couple of people who had the same issue and I'm really hoping the official froyo fixed this.

Before update:
Running rooted DI18
GPS by satellite was "ok", but not perfect.
aGPS was non-existent - didn't work at all.
After EB13 update/root:
GPS by satellite hasn't been thoroughly tested - results to follow at a later time.
aGPS is flawless! Beautiful Widgets' weather & Foursquare both working now.

tps70 said:
Before update:
Running rooted DI18
GPS by satellite was "ok", but not perfect.
aGPS was non-existent - didn't work at all.
After EB13 update/root:
GPS by satellite hasn't been thoroughly tested - results to follow at a later time.
aGPS is flawless! Beautiful Widgets' weather & Foursquare both working now.
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Thank you so very much for specifying.
My GPS was horrible for DI18, better for DK28 (would lock up after 20+ minutes, though, and cause a reboot) and seems to be working for EB13.
I do not use network locations at all.
GPS works with Airplane mode on, it seems. Using MapDroyd, I received a lock and location in seconds.
I will run this while driving home to see if the GPS locks up and stops working as it did in DK28.

gps issues

Ok so my gps used to work fine and then I tried a bunch of different themes and now it won't turn on. I push the button in the pull down bar and it looks like it is on but the gps symbol never shows up. Anyone have a clue what to do.

I dont know much about it but this may help. If your using a custom rom you may have to reflash it. Im using StarskyRom and gps has constantly worked good for me.

I know that the 2 Epics in my household worked fine as far as GPS goes on Froyo, but after the OTA to GB, they each would only lock onto 4 sats out of 10 and it take a very long time to do it. This problem is a known GB bug. But if you root like I did, you can quickly flash the GPS fix and wow! It will lock on to 8, 9 or 10 in just a few seconds. Other people were complaining that they had noticed that the Navigation apps would also lock up after about 30 minutes. I suspect this was due to only locking on 4 and losing one or 2 of those.
Go ahead and root and get the GPS fix kernel. Also, there's one other kernel flash you must do to get your root to stick (otherwise you'll lose it on your next reboot) and that kernel also fixes the missing keyboard key strokes when you text too fast.

GPS issues
I too am having new GPS issues. I flashed Legendary 4.01 and it is working great other than my GPS constantly polling. It is probably some app but I cannot figure out what app is doing it. I have uninstalled my weather app. I have fewer apps installed now, then when I was on Bonsai ROM and this is a new issue. No new app from my Bonsai install. Any suggestions or tips for determining the cause would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

I am on froyo eco5. I am using srf 1.2 genocide 2.0 and emotionless beast theme. Everything was working great then I wanted to try some different themes. So I tried 4-5 of them wiping cache and dalvik three times each everytime I flashed each theme. After all the different themes I ended up with a whole bunch of different parts of each theme. So I wanted to go back to emotionless beast so I wiped everything and flashed rom, kernal, and theme all over again and my gps stopped working. Is there any fix for it?

Ok so found out that my gps does work if I launch a program that uses gps then go into the settings and turn it on. So the only thing that does not work is the gps button in the pull down bar. Any idea why this would happen?

Led4lyf said:
Ok so found out that my gps does work if I launch a program that uses gps then go into the settings and turn it on. So the only thing that does not work is the gps button in the pull down bar. Any idea why this would happen?
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It does sound like a theme issue. I'm not sure exactly why that's happening. I would try re-installing the theme to remedy that.

Ok so I reflashed my theme and still nothing. The gps button just seems like it is not connected to turn on the gps on. I don't know what to do. Anyone else.

Led4lyf said:
Ok so I reflashed my theme and still nothing. The gps button just seems like it is not connected to turn on the gps on. I don't know what to do. Anyone else.
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Reflash the ROM without the theme and try it.
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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 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.