does gps work on fb21 build? thanx
the first time i flashed it didnt. so i went back to el29, got a gps lock, left gps on and shut down phone then reflashed fb21 and gps worked. i've read others have success doing this too. so bottom line.... before flashing get a lock with your current rom and leave gps on
thanx i wll try that
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ejbmvp said:
the first time i flashed it didnt. so i went back to el29, got a gps lock, left gps on and shut down phone then reflashed fb21 and gps worked. i've read others have success doing this too. so bottom line.... before flashing get a lock with your current rom and leave gps on
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I do this same method regularly if i find my GPS wont lock... ICS Roms included
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Hey All,
Long time listener, first time caller. I tried searching the forms for my exact issue but came up dry. My GPS still isn't grabbing a lock on Google Maps or Navigating after flashing the GPS fix; if I have to reflash the whole shabang again, so be it, but i'm trying to avoid taking that route.
Does anyone have any convoluted steps on helping my phone grab a GPS signal? after the flash i obviously rebooted and got nothing, so rebooted again and still got nothing. I've tried using GPS Fix in the app store but to no avail.
Phone: Epic 4G
ROM/Kernel: Swiss Cheese Samsprint EE03
Flashed: EC05 Modem and GPS Fix.
Please feel free to hammer down on me if I didn't write this post to spec, i'm just trying to get this figured out while i'm out golfing.
This site has saved me numerous times, so thank you in advance.
This was an issue with the old DK28 release. If the other fixes didn't work and you show no satellites with GPStest from the market, then you probably should try Odin the EC05 tar, get a lock there and leave it locked, then boot into your CWM and flash the EE03 stuff. But remember it is a beta release and all phones are not created equal.
That didn't do the trick, but thanks for giving it a shot anyway.
Good rule of thumb when upgrading a modem is to get a GPS lock on your known good ROM or on the stock ROM first before you flash your new ROM. This is the best advice I can give on the topic.
Running Swiss Cheese using the EE03 modem. First time I upgraded to Swiss Cheese the EE03 modem would not lock. Restarted from stock EC05 ODIN, upgraded modem to EE03, booted up and got a GPS lock. Flashed Swiss Cheese and all is well.
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That didn't do the trick, but thanks for giving it a shot anyway.
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So you Odin'd back to EC05 and still no lock while on EC05?
I haven't had gps since before dk28. Lost it sometime during 2.1. Rooted and tried everything available at the time. Still nothing went to dk28 and stll nothing nd left it there for a while. When I first odined to ec05 I followed all direction except for the gps lock and when I went to ee03 istill had no gps. I reflashed eco5 and the ee03 modem and got the lock, flashed ee03 and gps still works. I'm about to flash to something solid tho my battery life is crap. Dunno if its the theme I fashed or the rom, I really think its the theme but idk definitively. Ayways I digress.. try and redownlod and get a gps lock every step of the way. Btw I couldn't see any sats either.
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So I've been running cm7 for a while now with no problems at all with my GPS after the sense GPS fix. Today I updated my radio prl pri combo thing and my GPS only locks for 1 second or so then even the icon dissapears. So I flashed cm7 over itself and its still broke. Anyone know a good combo for the GPS or a fix?
Have you tried the re-doing the "sense GPS fix" you mentioned? You can asking try shutting down your device, pulling the battery, reinserting the battery and then powering up your device to see if that helps.
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Yeah I've pulled the battery more then once. Does anyone know if updating radio combo ect... would make me need to do the sense fix again?
Because that's a giant pain in the ass.
Hi, did you ever got your radio to work again? I have the exact same problem now. I tried an old rom (Floyo 1.2) and thought I might as well update the radio. I did a full wipe and everything went fine, but I can never get a GPS signal. I have tried GPS status and toolbox -> reset -> download assist data but to no luck. Then I tried six different radio versions (old and new), the Floyo Euro GPS zip, the Salsa rom and Elelinux' 2.3.4 rom but none of them works. If I try to let GPS status keep running for a minute or so, the phone will eventually do a hard reboot :/
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So I've been running cm7 for a while now with no problems at all with my GPS after the sense GPS fix. Today I updated my radio prl pri combo thing and my GPS only locks for 1 second or so then even the icon dissapears. So I flashed cm7 over itself and its still broke. Anyone know a good combo for the GPS or a fix?
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Try and flash back to a sense based rom and reflash the updated radio and then update your prl reboot and update your profile do that twice should clear up your issues.
miui-us I'm having issues with GPS on CM7 as well, but I never got it to work with a sense fix or anything...I'm going to see if I can get it working when I flash a sense rom first. If it works then I'll try what you said.
Same thing happened to me after updating the radios. Looks like it's time for the PITA Sense and back fix.
Trying it now, but it takes about an hour, I will get back to you....
My GPS in miui doesn't work,even after I use GPS test to clear and update GPS. I have 29 modem should I try different modem?
I'm on the EL26 modem with the latest build of MIUI and the GPS is also having an issue locking my location.
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My GPS in miui doesn't work,even after I use GPS test to clear and update GPS. I have 29 modem should I try different modem?
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I'm on the EL26 modem with the latest build of MIUI and the GPS is also having an issue locking my location.
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Ok, I had the same problem when I first flashed MIUI, but people in MIUI thread told me to backup my MIUI, then restore to your touchwiz rom and get a GPS lock. As soon as you have a lock, then restore back to MIUI, without wiping cache or dalvik cache. That's the key. Try the GPS then. It locked immediately for me.
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I've had similar problems. There's a rain dance or two I've seen people post but I haven't gotten around to it since GPS isn't hugely important for me right now.
Some say to flash "TW" first.
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Ok, I had the same problem when I first flashed MIUI, but people in MIUI thread told me to backup my MIUI, then restore to your touchwiz rom and get a GPS lock. As soon as you have a lock, then restore back to MIUI, without wiping cache or dalvik cache. That's the key. Try the GPS then. It locked immediately for me.
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^^^^If you want GPS fix you got to do that... Simply it works... We been doing this trick since way back in the OG Evo days....
playya said:
^^^^If you want GPS fix you got to do that... Simply it works... We been doing this trick since way back in the OG Evo days....
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Works like a charm. Thank you
Yep, yet another GPS issue.
I flashed a few JB roms with correct modems and all was well (had good GPS lock). Went back to ICS for the batti life. Flashed a new ICS modem, and ROM - no GPS lock. Flashed multiple ICS modems - no GPS lock. Used multiple "GPS fix" recommendations from XDA - no GPS lock. Flashed multiple ICS roms - no GPS lock. Flashed stock FF18 - no GPS lock with stock. Flashed stock FI27 - no GPS lock
Just wondering if it has something to do with going from JB than back to ICS??? or if anyone else has had issues coming from JB to ICS too?
I'm in the same boat and have really been working on this for a couple of weeks too. I've also tried every application and .conf mod there is. Tried going back to an ICS ROM too and got the same thing - no GPS except in Google maps.
What happens for me is that I can get what appears to be a good lock (ONLY with Google Maps and NOT any other of the 6 applications I've tried!) but then after some time I get the 'searching for GPS location' thingy. To stop this I have to long press on that notification/App Info then force close the UI. And of course loose my wallpaper. OR simply reboot.
It sucks 'cause' up till this point I"ve never really had any issues at all.
I'm going to make one last attempt over the next few days. Going to PC Odin EL29 stock rooted check GPS. Then PC Odin Stock FF18 again check GPS. Then PC Odin FL16 and check there too.
I suspect it has something to do with the /preload and partition changes with JB. I do know that TD just put up a new FormatAllX2 he's created for JB ROMs. That may help for tose of us moving between ROMs. I'll check that out first.
But I don't know yet.
Really don't like having to spend the whole day, or more restoring all my settings and stuff but I guess it's necessary now that I can't reliably use my navigation on which I actually depend.
Hopefully someone with way more knowledge can jump in.
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Yep, yet another GPS issue.
I flashed a few JB roms with correct modems and all was well (had good GPS lock). Went back to ICS for the batti life. Flashed a new ICS modem, and ROM - no GPS lock. Flashed multiple ICS modems - no GPS lock. Used multiple "GPS fix" recommendations from XDA - no GPS lock. Flashed multiple ICS roms - no GPS lock. Flashed stock FF18 - no GPS lock with stock. Flashed stock FI27 - no GPS lock
Just wondering if it has something to do with going from JB than back to ICS??? or if anyone else has had issues coming from JB to ICS too?
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Honestly I think it is something hardware related. I used to have a SGS1 and it had the same flaky GPS. Some fixes would work, most wouldn't but if they did they didn't last long and it would be back to the drawing board.
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I'm in the same boat and have really been working on this for a couple of weeks too. I've also tried every application and .conf mod there is. Tried going back to an ICS ROM too and got the same thing - no GPS except in Google maps.
What happens for me is that I can get what appears to be a good lock (ONLY with Google Maps and NOT any other of the 6 applications I've tried!) but then after some time I get the 'searching for GPS location' thingy. To stop this I have to long press on that notification/App Info then force close the UI. And of course loose my wallpaper. OR simply reboot.
It sucks 'cause' up till this point I"ve never really had any issues at all.
I'm going to make one last attempt over the next few days. Going to PC Odin EL29 stock rooted check GPS. Then PC Odin Stock FF18 again check GPS. Then PC Odin FL16 and check there too.
I suspect it has something to do with the /preload and partition changes with JB. I do know that TD just put up a new FormatAllX2 he's created for JB ROMs. That may help for tose of us moving between ROMs. I'll check that out first.
But I don't know yet.
Really don't like having to spend the whole day, or more restoring all my settings and stuff but I guess it's necessary now that I can't reliably use my navigation on which I actually depend.
Hopefully someone with way more knowledge can jump in.
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Tried the new JB format allx2----no luck
and i agree, may have something to do with the preload...have not tried going back to JB yet to see if GPS locks there...may try tonight
Full flash of JB with modem... No lock there now... Damn!
I've read that it's a hardware issue on a previous post. It's tough getting a GPS lock from JB to ICS. As well as ICS to ICS. Or JB to JB.
The only solution to this for me was Mobile Odin Kernel Flash EL26 safe recovery. While in recovery wipe cache x3s, wipe dalvik x3s, format user data x3s.
Then flash whatever you are looking for. Immediately open Maps. With 3G and GPS ON. Locate and lock.
Or simply get a nandroid of a working EL26 GB ROM and flash it before you flash the ROM you want even if it's a nan(GB)droid to nan(JB)droid.
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The only thing I have not tried is to one click EL26 full restore rom (tried with FF18 and fi27)
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The only thing I have not tried is to one click EL26 full restore rom (tried with FF18 and fi27)
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Me too.
Going to have to wait on the full EL26 till later this week. Or hopefully FL27 will drop and I'll try that.
Anyone with solid leads on getting a lock?
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Anyone with solid leads on getting a lock?
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Yes... Go back to stock GB or any stock tw ROM works for me, get a GPS lock, then reboot and flash your ROM.
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I'm not sure what happened but at some point a month or so ago my GPS stopped working on my phone. Using google maps is uesless and it keeps losing gps signal and cannot find where I'm at.
I've tried a full wipe and insall of the latest CM11, changing to different modems, wiping cache and nothing seems to help. I'm very frustrated as for work I need GPS. Please help me!
Can you get a GPS lock when using a stock ROM?
No it will figure out where im at initially but when I move it does not move and track me even on stock 4.1 cdlk3 Modem
You were running CM11 with an LK3 modem? I read other posts where people were having problems getting data with the 4.1 modem and CM11.
No I was running cm11 but went to stock last night. Im on 4.1 with lk3 modem and it cannot locate me or track.
Is there a utilty to completely wipe the phone and put it stock or id there something else I can do?
I thought the latest version of CM11 required the latest bootloader and modem.
What bootloader is on your phone?
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No I was running cm11 but went to stock last night. Im on 4.1 with lk3 modem and it cannot locate me or track.
Is there a utilty to completely wipe the phone and put it stock or id there something else I can do?
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Have you tried an app like GPS status to reset and re-download GPS data. I've had that fix issues in the past for me. Also I've heard the screws on the back of the phone may get loose and negatively affect the GPS so you could try tightening them(gently).
Yup I tried a couple programs and nothing pics up a gps signal whether outside or in a car.
Is the gps linked to the modem?
This should solve any GPS issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211690
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I found a backup from back in april and flashed it just to see if it fixed it. GPS lock worked great so something in the wipe/flash/radio combo got screwed up.
A week ago I dropped my phone and the lcd screen broke but I figured i'd update the thread in case someone else has issues
Thanks for the help guys the apps were awesome!