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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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[Q] gps issue on juggernaut 4.1

Sorry in advance if someone has asked this already but its hard to go through all the posts on your phone lol. Anyway, when i first got my galaxy s2 i was impressed at the vast improvement that was made to the gps from the vibrant that i had but since i rooted and flashed the juggernaut Rom onto my phone i seem to be having the gps issues again. Either the phone won't find my location or it'll locate me but then sit on the "searching for gps" screen forever and never get to the turn by turn directions. Has anyone else experienced this? Any known ways to fix this issue? Any insight would be great. Fyi, I've tried using the app "faster fix" and it did nothing.
Thanks
Josh

have you tried factory wipe then reflashing juggernaut ? and leaving it for 10 mins? also ur tryin gps outside?

djtease37 said:
Sorry in advance if someone has asked this already but its hard to go through all the posts on your phone lol. Anyway, when i first got my galaxy s2 i was impressed at the vast improvement that was made to the gps from the vibrant that i had but since i rooted and flashed the juggernaut Rom onto my phone i seem to be having the gps issues again. Either the phone won't find my location or it'll locate me but then sit on the "searching for gps" screen forever and never get to the turn by turn directions. Has anyone else experienced this? Any known ways to fix this issue? Any insight would be great.
Thanks
Josh
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+1!
I've noticed this issue. For me it just takes a LOT longer than it used to to connect. I used GPS test and it finds PLENTLY of satellites just for some reason it takes around 3 minutes to connect to them whereas before it would be an almost instantaneous connection.

Download the app fasterfix (need root access) and then just select your regin it will work better and lock almost immediately
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Jugg is so boring...cm7 hybrid by darkside...check it out....

dislplin01 said:
Download the app fasterfix (need root access) and then just select your regin it will work better and lock almost immediately
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Still not instantaneous like it was with stock but not bad at all with fasterfix.

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.

GPS not switching on

Hello
On liquid smooth rom 1.4
Franco stock kernel that came with the rom.
I9250xxla2 baseband
Here is where my problem lies.
The phone is marugo bought from Google play running stock ics 4.0.4.
When I first got it, I never got a lock on GPS, having tried gmaps and GPS status and toolbox.
I thought it was a rom issue, so I rooted my phone and tried slim ics, cm9 nightly and liquid smooth rom finally settling on lsr because I found performance to be better; I'm sure there are better roms out there.
My GPS icon NEVER blinks. It just sits there saying "searching for GPS". I have gone up to the roof and sat there 30+ minutes but the icon never blinks, let alone showing satellites and locking.
How do I find out whether the GPS module is busted or not? I have gone through a few agps patches and fixes by replacing or flashing from cwm recovery.
The phone has only been used 2 weeks so I'm covered by warranty I suppose.
Now who out there can give me a solution or point me to some forum that has some.
I had no problem with my old phone, i5700. Side by side, that finds and locks gps in 2 seconds from my balcony.
The phone is otherwise great, just that the GPS issue is giving it and Google a bad name
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Have you tried GPSFixLiquid125.zip?

No I have not. Would it be possible to post a link?
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niamul said:
No I have not. Would it be possible to post a link?
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I've moved on from Liquid. Just Google file name, or try rootzwiki http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20429-aospliquidsmooth-ics-v14-rom-5182012/

GPS icon blinking is AGPS right?

No it is not blinking at any time.
I got hold of the GPS fix liquid 125.zip and flashed it, formatted cache and dalvik just to make sure. Was out 1 hour and nothing, no activity at all.
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nope. the patch has not worked. gps has been on for the last 45 minutes. no satellites.
anybody else with any other solution?

try the GPS fix patch, AND the FasterFix app to select your location
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix

I have tried that too and no luck with that too. Is there a secret code for GPS test?
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sorry to state the obvious - have you tried it outdoors?

If after all this it isn't working I'm sure it is safe to assume it is busted.
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."

yes I have. On the roof, in my car. At the same time i have another Samsung phone, Spica which happens to lock in 3 seconds.
What happens now, is that the icon blinks, but no satellite
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