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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.
So i was looking for way to fix the gps on my Evo 4g running CM7 RC4 and i came across this fix:http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/fzqnc/evo_cyanogenmod_7_gps_fixprls_and_htc_sense/
If i back up my rom and then flash the Fresh Rom fix the gps and then flash back to my back up, will i lose my apps? More importantly i do not want to lose my progress in Angry Birds. Thanks
yeah you can use nandroid for this fix. Just warnen ya though, that's what I did initially and I've been having trouble recently. I just fresh formatted everything today.
Nandroid backup your current setup, flash the Sense Rom, do the fix, then nandroid restore. You can always use Titanium Backup to backup your apps + data in any situation. As long as you backup Angry Birds with TB, you can restore your progress.
Also, try GPS status in market. I'm running cm7 rc4 and get perfect lock after doing this.
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scottspa74 said:
Also, try GPS status in market. I'm running cm7 rc4 and get perfect lock after doing this.
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What's strange is that GPS Status has worked for me so far, but it doesn't work at all for my brother running an Evo, exact same parameters.
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Also, try GPS status in market. I'm running cm7 rc4 and get perfect lock after doing this.
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I can confirm that GPS Status did not work for me. I'm running CM7 final and I'm still getting flaky GPS. It locks for a second, then turns off. It will turn back on after a few minutes, lock, and turn back off.
So I tried GPS Status and cleared the GPS cache and downloaded the A-GPS data, etc. Same thing. Even in the GPS Status app, the GPS turns on, find a lock, then turns back off.
Therefore, I grabbed MSL Reader, wrote down my MSL code, flashed Sprint Lover, and while in Sprint Lover, turned on GPS, got a lock, performed ##GPS fix and entered MSL code, rebooted, tried GPS again and it worked, updated PRL while I was in Sprint Lover, and everything worked. Then wiped everything, flashed the new CM7 final and can confirm (though limited testing) that GPS is working now as it should. It doesn't flake out on me anymore. I'll test it on my way home tonight.
Hope this helps...
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I can confirm that GPS Status did not work for me. I'm running CM7 final and I'm still getting flaky GPS. It locks for a second, then turns off. It will turn back on after a few minutes, lock, and turn back off.
So I tried GPS Status and cleared the GPS cache and downloaded the A-GPS data, etc. Same thing. Even in the GPS Status app, the GPS turns on, find a lock, then turns back off.
Therefore, I grabbed MSL Reader, wrote down my MSL code, flashed Sprint Lover, and while in Sprint Lover, turned on GPS, got a lock, performed ##GPS fix and entered MSL code, rebooted, tried GPS again and it worked, updated PRL while I was in Sprint Lover, and everything worked. Then wiped everything, flashed the new CM7 final and can confirm (though limited testing) that GPS is working now as it should. It doesn't flake out on me anymore. I'll test it on my way home tonight.
Hope this helps...
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Yep, this works. The GPS Status app never worked for me, but flashing back to SL, performing the GPS fix, and back to RC4 worked. Now on CM7 Final, GPS is working OK.
When you restore your nandroid backup, everything will be exactly like it was, but you can backup your apps with titanium to be sure.
worked 4 me mahalo
Running decks 1.1 and tiamat 4.0.1. GPS status fixed all my problems.
Excuse me im sorry if im ignorant, but what is Sprint Lover?
Thank You!
It is a Rom that looks just like the factory Sprint rom with some tweaks. Here is a link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153
Hi folks,
I am running CM7 stable and I had the GPS problem big time. It wouldn't work at all.
I read this post and tried out the fix.
I flashed Koni Elite III ROM, booted it using amon ra, updated prl, then profile, did the ## Gps fix as linked above, checked GPS on the sense rom and it was working, went back into recovery and reflashed CM 7 from nandroid backup, didnt wipe anything, and all is absolutely great again, the GPS locks instantly and Google maps and navigation works fine and dandy....... easy 10 minute fix.
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Hi folks,
I am running CM7 stable and I had the GPS problem big time. It wouldn't work at all.
I read this post and tried out the fix.
I flashed Koni Elite III ROM, booted it using amon ra, updated prl, then profile, did the ## Gps fix as linked above, checked GPS on the sense rom and it was working, went back into recovery and reflashed CM 7 from nandroid backup, didnt wipe anything, and all is absolutely great again, the GPS locks instantly and Google maps and navigation works fine and dandy....... easy 10 minute fix.
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+1 yup, this works all the time.
All I did was turn off "allow mock locations" and rebooted the phone. GPS Status now gets a near instant fix and Google Maps works again. Not sure if it will work for everyone but it sure is easier than having to fiddle with the software.
Hello, I have already searched the threads and cyanogenmod website. It seems it must be hardware issue or drivers, from what I can gather. Although my gps used to work perfectly before. I was on cm7.03. gps worked perfectly to 2m. Then flash sprint lovers. Then back to cm7, I had dowbgraded prl in sprint lovers, but updated before going to cm7, as well as sense gps fix, ##clrgpsx# fix. I would get the 1000meters gps reading. Rebooted back to sense and did fix 5 times no change. Even after dalvik and reflash. I then turned on wifi and it reached to 20m and sometime 10m. So I went back to cm hoping it would be better. I did and when on gps only 1000m and with wifi (not connected) 10-15m. I used to get 3m with only gps, not sure what happened. Any ideas? Thanks in advance
Netflix, I had netflix working on my evo with cm7 and sprint lovers, went back to cm7 and now I get device is not activated. I went to netflix and deactivate 3 evos and nook color. But now I still get same error. I cannot activate it because there is no code to enter online and netflix app doesnt provide one. Any ideas?
Napster, I have 2 phone using this account, but Everytime I reflash I am not able to download to phone, after 3. Is there any way to prevent this. Last time I had to call them and they reset it. Its just that I flash alot. I tried restoring with Titanium and keeping data still needed to call.
Thanks again.
Hello seems that a lot of people have this problem in 7.1 release. I read a lot about how to fix it but nothing works on my DHD, Should I downgrade to the previous stable release of Cyanogen? Can someone recommend a rom that is good out of the box? Thanks
The GPS problem usually happens when the ROM is not properly flashed or flashed without Wiping data properly, You can use FasterFix and GPS status aps from market to test and see if you get any GPS signal.
I'm using RCmiX 4.0 Gingerbread 2.35 with sense 3.5, the GPS lock works good in this, previously I was using ARHD 6.3.1 This rom was locking GPS under 5 seconds for me [ When I was outside and there was a clear sky view ].
If you are going for any of these two above ROM make sure you Wipe data properly / Factory Data Reset.
Maybe the antenna contacts are oxidized (another very common DHD issue).
Solution here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101066
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The GPS problem usually happens when the ROM is not properly flashed or flashed without Wiping data properly, You can use FasterFix and GPS status aps from market to test and see if you get any GPS signal.
I'm using RCmiX 4.0 Gingerbread 2.35 with sense 3.5, the GPS lock works good in this, previously I was using ARHD 6.3.1 This rom was locking GPS under 5 seconds for me [ When I was outside and there was a clear sky view ].
If you are going for any of these two above ROM make sure you Wipe data properly / Factory Data Reset.
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I never managed to get a good gps signal on cm 7, or a good (non-grainy) camera. I use it daily when running, keeping track by cardiotrainer. Tried everything i could find. Switched to ARHD; problem solved. I hope it will be fixed some time, i liked cm.
Yeah the gps is a problem with cm7. You can usually use faster fix, gps status and gps fix to get a lock, but then if you are using it for navigation or similar gps tracking apps, the lock is lost after a few minutes.
The solution is to quickly switch the gps on and off whilst in the application that requires the lock and after having gained a lock, and then it should stay locked for the duration of your journey or whatever you are using it for.
So about 4-5 months ago, I became frustrated with the GPS woes on my otherwise perfectly operational Evo 4g and went ahead and bought a "refurbished" Epic 4g instead. I miss my Evo 4G like crazy and with work slow for the next couple weeks, I decided to revisit the issue to see if i can maybe fix the problem and re-activate my Evo 4G.
I am a relative n00b but know enough to have exhausted every possible solution I could find using the "search" function. GPS Status AGPS resets, ##GPSCLRX# fixes, as well as pretty much every single driver fix listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412
thinking back to when the issue began, I think what I did was install a CM7 AOSP ROM over my then stock-rooted ROM, when the GPS didn't work, I kinda freaked out and nandroid flashed back to what i had before but the GPS issues persisted.
I thought about unrooting completely back to stock but if the GPS is the only thing not working, I'm wondering if that would even fix the problem.
It could be a kernel issue perhaps? I'd be more than happy to provide any info/screenshots/logs that might be helpful.
Any thoughts/suggestions would be very very much appreciated
*Edit : in the time since I made the post, I decided to follow this thread and install everything anew, ROM, kernel, GPS drivers/fix (AOSP all the way, CM7 + Savagezen + CM7 N39 Driver ). Still nothing with the GPS, the GPS Status app just will not lock on to a satellite.
ankur079 said:
So about 4-5 months ago, I became frustrated with the GPS woes on my otherwise perfectly operational Evo 4g and went ahead and bought a "refurbished" Epic 4g instead. I miss my Evo 4G like crazy and with work slow for the next couple weeks, I decided to revisit the issue to see if i can maybe fix the problem and re-activate my Evo 4G.
I am a relative n00b but know enough to have exhausted every possible solution I could find using the "search" function. GPS Status AGPS resets, ##GPSCLRX# fixes, as well as pretty much every single driver fix listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412
thinking back to when the issue began, I think what I did was install a CM7 AOSP ROM over my then stock-rooted ROM, when the GPS didn't work, I kinda freaked out and nandroid flashed back to what i had before but the GPS issues persisted.
I thought about unrooting completely back to stock but if the GPS is the only thing not working, I'm wondering if that would even fix the problem.
It could be a kernel issue perhaps? I'd be more than happy to provide any info/screenshots/logs that might be helpful.
Any thoughts/suggestions would be very very much appreciated
*Edit : in the time since I made the post, I decided to follow this thread and install everything anew, ROM, kernel, GPS drivers/fix (AOSP all the way, CM7 + Savagezen + CM7 N39 Driver ). Still nothing with the GPS, the GPS Status app just will not lock on to a satellite.
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there might not be a fix. i once did something similar of flashing a rom over another rom and my gps also stopped working so i got another evo
alexandroid5 said:
there might not be a fix. i once did something similar of flashing a rom over another rom and my gps also stopped working so i got another evo
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that would be very sad indeed. Did you try going back to stock completely (unrooted) to see if that would help? that's the one thing i've not tried and I guess i'm just wondering if anyone thought/knows whether that would make any difference in this case.
(in the meanwhile I flashed miui's ice cream rom on the evo 4g using it mostly as music/media device and it's so freaking gorgeous...looks like i'll have to go get an S3 after all)