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Help needed v poor satellite reception in US

I'm in major US cities eg- Harrisburg and moving onto Washington and I'm getting poor satellite reception on my XDA Orbit - can anyone suggest a solution?
USual things checked Com 4 at 4800.. etc..
I'm using the Cube rom, and the visual reception guide shows 10-12 sats but the bars show no reception.
USing Tom Tom 6 there is sometimes one or two bars only.
Is it due to using a particular US phone company? The XDA has automatically selected Singular - the other is T Mobile but it seems the same..
Help!
Thanks
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Wtf is wrong here??

Why does Android System and Standby eat more battery juice then the display itself??
Due to the crappy battery life I even opted to turn off network locations... but this phone is still eating up the battery...
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

i noticed the same thing today, i was reading that the g2 uses network location a lot so that could be the reason, could also be a 3rd party app

-FuRBz- said:
i noticed the same thing today, i was reading that the g2 uses network location a lot so that could be the reason, could also be a 3rd party app
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Yes, turn off network location (GPS is OK to leave on; it will only engage when you run maps or related app). network location runs 24/7 and kills your battery FAST.

Weaseal said:
Yes, turn off network location (GPS is OK to leave on; it will only engage when you run maps or related app). network location runs 24/7 and kills your battery FAST.
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Network location *should not* run full time. If it IS, then there is a serious bug in the firmware or you are running some program that is constantly asking for it. Network location should only run when something is asking for the location.

lbcoder said:
Network location *should not* run full time. If it IS, then there is a serious bug in the firmware or you are running some program that is constantly asking for it. Network location should only run when something is asking for the location.
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Logcat shows notification activity once per minute. I haven't figured out if this is actually getting a location fix every time or just reading a stored setting, but it's keeping the CPU fairly active during sleep.

Getting all the same answers...
Just so its clear, Network Locations is OFF.
I just want to know why Android System and Standby use up more power then the display itself!
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well if we are strictly talking in terms of LOCATION, than it would make sense to use GPS instead of networks loctions because GPS gives you the EXACT location coordinates, as oppose to network location TRIANGLUATES your location by calculating how far are you from the towers.
KEEP IN MIND: Just because you can turn OFF network locations in the phone doesn't mean its actually off. Federal authorities can have access to your location by remotely turning on the feature and locate you. That's ofcourse if you've been a bad boy (or girl?) but yea... big brother is watching....

3G Location

Hi guys. Simple question here:
Always thought it was strange but never had the time to check if it was actually a Apple service only. Is it possible to obtain "My Location" through Google Maps app or Latitude, whatever, only with 3G on. I mean having Wi-fi and GPS disabled, wasn't it supposed to 3G be enough to obtain my phone's location?
Yesterday my brother who owns an Iphone4 did it and i thought "how come i never couldn't with my xperia arc"?
Is it any wrong configuration on my phone, or a google configuration or is it just a service xperia arc/xperia/android phones don't have?
Thanks.

Google Maps - works over GPS or 3G(HSDPA,EDGE)
Latitude also can work like one above..
But, if you have wirelles, and GPS disabled...accuracy will be around 300-500m.
while GPS accuracy is 2m

I always use Google maps with the data switch on. I usually have the GPS switch on also. Using just the mobile phone tower to use google maps doesn't accurately represent your true location, only the closest mobile phone tower the phone is receiving the signal from.
I have done this in the past, meaning using Google maps while using only the mobile phone network, since my phone at the time did not have built-in GPS.
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Thanks, electrash, you are spot on!
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No problem, try it and let me know.
P.s (sometimes it takes longer to get your location max 1-2min)

So meaning that something is wrong in my phone. I have it updated and non root. I have 3G (HSDPA) on and the phone is unable to obtain "My Location" and asking me to turn wireless or GPS on. What can i do to fix it?

but do you have 3G MB packet (pay for 200mb or etc) or you have flat internet on phone like me?

I have a 300mb per month subscription. Is there a difference here? The 3G or data connection isn't the same in both cases?

yes, but sometimes if you run out of MB Packet this wont work, i dont know why.
I have to go now, when im back i will find some app to test your phone (market seacrh)
Till then, have a nice day

Everything is working now. I needed to check in the location configuration the use of wireless and data connection to obtain position. LOL My bad! Thanks for all the help anyway! Cumps

Glade to hear that

[Q] Location Settings from network

Hello, i am using the Sprint LG G3 and have an issue with my location services.
Setting are set to High Accuracy:Network,Wifi and gps.
However, in some areas my location is off by 10miles or more.
I used the Sprint Zone diagnostics tool and it shows my network location accurate to within 95000 ft and GPS accurate to within 65ft.
Changing network from LTE to CDMA did not help, but changing location settings to Device sensors only (GPS) fixes it (however i cannot use Google Now with only GPS enabled.)
It seems my phone is only using the network location even though GPS is more accurate, shouldnt the phone use the most accurate reading if it is set to use all 3 types of location settings?
This occurs in the stock weather app, Google+, Google Maps etc...
Any advice?

I can say I have similar issue instead of GPS not working the location service through 4G service seems not working since v10l firmware, for 3G seems working intermittently, even now I am using v20a it is still acting like on v10n

Problems with GPS signal loss

Good afternoon.
Guys, I've been very angry with Google Maps.
When using turn-by-turn navigation, inside the urban perimeter works fine, but when I move to the rural area I have constant problems of "GPS signal loss".
I noticed that by losing the data signal (4G / 3G), Maps stops navigating. Do you have any way around it? Having a GPS dependent data signal is very infeasible.
Thank you.

Have you tried putting the location mode to "High Precision" or "Device only" in the location settings pane? Sounds like you're not using GPS, but cellular location....

I have already tried both modes and in both the problem is the same.
This problem comes from the time I had a Nexus 5, at the time thought was problem in his hardware, but start to be a bug of the Android itself.

Did you install the app GPS status? If not, please do. It will show an overview of your GPS receiving, and download the latest A-GPS library's.
However put the setting of location on Device only. That's important, it will use the internal receiver instead of network masts.