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GPS fix?

My GPS wont fix and is terrible! I'm using the latest cyanogen mod nightly
I'm thinking about going to a older froyo sense rom, what's the best to go to if there isn't a fix available?
If there is a fix could someone point me in the right direction I can't seem to find it
Thanks
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What radio are you using?
I am using 12.28e.60.140fU_26.04.02.17_M2 iirc.
I had a bit of trouble getting the initial fix once, but I just switched GPS off then back on, then opened Maps and waited for it to get that initial fix. After that, it was fine! Locks on really fast

radio 12.35d.60.140fU_26.08.03.07_M
Just flashed it but GPS never worked properly on any of the cm7s, when it did fix it would lose it every so often

Have you tried this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989578

No luck still

here's what's worked for me on cm7 (i'm currently using 26.04.02.17_M2_SF but i've tried several different radios, they all work fine):
assuming that you have the correct country selected within gps.conf...
1. wipe delvik cache in recovery and reboot
2. ensure that you have either wifi or mobile network on. and of course, turn gps on.
3. download gps status from market and run it
4. within gps status, menu>tools>manage a-gps state>reset
5. within gps status, menu>tools>manage a-gps state>download
6. wait for it to get a fix (it can take anywhere between 10 seconds to a couple of minutes). the important thing here is to keep an eye on "Fix/Sats.". you should see this number start to increase as your gps starts to get a fix on different satellites. if you don't see any change in this, your gps is not getting a fix. reboot and try again.
forgot to mention...every time i reboot the phone, i have to run gps status again to get a fix. kinda annoying but better than the alternative (i.e. no gps). i hope this helps.

Cm7 GPS

Just installed cm7 on my wildfire however GPS is not working. How do I get it working (and how do i get the HTC ime back)
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Reflash the radio. Radio can be found in the WildPuzzle thread (Or in my Index thread). Also, there's a thread in Dev having the HTC IME, which works on CM7. (No Enter key though)

Ok. Also how do I get the notification led working
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I don't know about 3rd party apps, but, Notification LED works fine for me. :/

Edit: the notifications was me being a idiot

brilldoctor said:
Just installed cm7 on my wildfire however GPS is not working. How do I get it working (and how do i get the HTC ime back)
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Hi, today I did the same...and I've the same problem: GPS icon does not appear, i try to install Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10 in recovery mode (recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.0), but it says "Amend scripting is no longer supported"
Where can I find a working package to fix GPS?
Thanks, kind regards.

cage81 said:
Hi, today I did the same...and I've the same problem: GPS icon does not appear, i try to install Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10 in recovery mode (recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.0), but it says "Amend scripting is no longer supported"
Where can I find a working package to fix GPS?
Thanks, kind regards.
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Install ROM Manager (Or, it is already installed by default). Open it, Select "Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery". It will install CWM v2.5.0.7 on the SD Card. (Technique called FakeFlash). Then, select Reboot into Recovery from within ROM Manager. This will take you to recovery 2.5 which will support flashing the Radio.

Hi I've the same problem. I have latest CM7 stable build. I installed the latest 2.5 clockworkmod, and flashed the latest radio package. Still no GPS on my Wildfire Any ideas anyone?

nickm321 said:
Hi I've the same problem. I have latest CM7 stable build. I installed the latest 2.5 clockworkmod, and flashed the latest radio package. Still no GPS on my Wildfire Any ideas anyone?
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Flash the radio package which ends with 19.25. Also, in CM7, you do not get the GPS Icon on the status bar as soon as you turn it on. Only when you open an app that actually uses it, will you get the icon. (Apps like Google Maps, Navigation Apps etc)

3xeno said:
Also, in CM7, you do not get the GPS Icon on the status bar as soon as you turn it on. Only when you open an app that actually uses it, will you get the icon. (Apps like Google Maps, Navigation Apps etc)
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yep, that also surprised me
Do you know if there is actually a connection when the image is not shown? (when GPS is not used). Or will the battery only drain if some program is using the GPS? Meaning it would be okay to just leave the GPS option on all the time

wolfway said:
yep, that also surprised me
Do you know if there is actually a connection when the image is not shown? (when GPS is not used). Or will the battery only drain if some program is using the GPS? Meaning it would be okay to just leave the GPS option on all the time
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I think it will still drain your battery out, even if you don't use an app and keep GPS on. I was testing it, and didnt get a lock in my location, so, closed Google Maps and kept the device as it is. But, the battery log showed the whole time as "GPS on"

Thanks 3xeno. 19.25 version radio worked for me. Strange, as it wasn't the latest!

hye my gps still not working..
i have try these steps 1. Go back to your stock froyo ROM turn on GPS and then open Google Maps. Let the GPS find you, wait for a few mins and then go back to your intended ROM after clearing and formatting the data. Have tried this method on 3 cells ( My friends were the victims!!!) and it worked perfectly!!
but the gps still cannot capture mylocation...
so what to do??
should i try flash the radio but my baseband version is already 20.10..

ss_sk said:
hye my gps still not working..
i have try these steps 1. Go back to your stock froyo ROM turn on GPS and then open Google Maps. Let the GPS find you, wait for a few mins and then go back to your intended ROM after clearing and formatting the data. Have tried this method on 3 cells ( My friends were the victims!!!) and it worked perfectly!!
but the gps still cannot capture mylocation...
so what to do??
should i try flash the radio but my baseband version is already 20.10..
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Reflash 20.10. Or, you can try 19.25 also. In some cases where GPS on 20.10 failed, it has been known to work with 19.25

yeah !! thanks...
flashing to 19.25 seems to solve the problem..

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Install ROM Manager (Or, it is already installed by default). Open it, Select "Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery". It will install CWM v2.5.0.7 on the SD Card. (Technique called FakeFlash). Then, select Reboot into Recovery from within ROM Manager. This will take you to recovery 2.5 which will support flashing the Radio.
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It's working, well done, do you suggest to keep the CWM 2.5 or return to the 3.0
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[Q] Radio issue, flashing does not help

Hi xda community, this is my first post here, although im am following the forums for a while now. I have also read similar threads, and googled for about 3 hours now, and still couldnt fix the following issue:
I installed CM7.1.0.1 on the standard HTC Wildfire, and the GPS doesnt work. the radio version was 3.35.20.10, and I downgraded it to 3.35.19.25 but still nothing. problem is i cant get the signal, and there is no satellite icon on the status bar. like nothing is happening. I reverted the radio to 3.35.20.10 but still nothing. what do you recommend? are there any special methods to fix the issue? I did it by downgrading the recovery to 2.0.5 or something and then istalled the zip from the sd card.
edit1: downloaded GPS Test (i am not advertising, some1 might find it useful) and got the icon on the status bar. ill go and test it, and will update the post.
edit2: seems to work, found 7 satellites in 3 seconds with GPS Test. turned off wi-fi, started a popular navi app, locked signal after few seconds. maybe ill set it to solved?
Long story short:
Downgraded Radio
Upgraded Radio
Downloaded and started GPS Test, outside
Found satellites, icon is also there
started a navi app, locked signal

Same problem, still no solution though...
I had, still have the same issue. And I have already tried all that you have done in vain...
Any one else had that issue?
Thanks

Flash a sense based rom, turn on GPS, open Google maps and leave it to get a good fix. Without changing anything pop out the battery and then reboot to recovery and either restore a Cm7 backup or flash the rom again.
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Scratch0805 said:
Flash a sense based rom, turn on GPS, open Google maps and leave it to get a good fix. Without changing anything pop out the battery and then reboot to recovery and either restore a Cm7 backup or flash the rom again.
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Thanks. Trying that now...will edit after.
EDIT: Can't find a proper Sense based ROM. Tried REMPuzzzle but phone stuck on HTC Screen. Downloading DK CustomROM now... If anyone knows whether there is a safe flash Stock ROM around, please do tell. The link in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275680 is dead.
FINAL EDIT
@saadislam and @LucidSomnia: I know, but when I said it takes time, I meant like over 2.5 hours, I think there might have been something wrong in the zip file.
Anyways thank you for all of you there in XDA Community for your support. I finally managed to sort it out by using Scratch0805's advice above and it works fine now.
**The only issue I got was to find a Sense-based ROM. Everything I tried either had an error, could not install, corrupted or took TOOOO LOOOONG to load. So here are the steps I have taken:
1. I used RUU to start over with a Stock ROM. [ available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275680&highlight=rom ]
2. Re-root [ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035 and/or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365159&highlight=rooting+guide ]
3. Flash new Radio (20.10) since rooting goes back to 19.25 or 15.35.
4. Install and run GPS Test (on the Stock ROM)
5. Allow it to lock on couple of satellites.
6. Pop the battery out.
7. Boot into Recovery.
8. Use a Nandroid backup (or you could install a fresh one)
9. Enjoy GPS Working again!!!
Thank you again XDA Community!

Are you sure the radio was reflashed... I am saying this because when I tried to flash radio via recovery, it completed and I reboot.. but Gps wasn't fixed.. I rechecked the radio version but it was the older one so basically radio wasn't flashed...
So I went on to flash via flashboot.. this time all process was completed and Gps worked fine afterwards...
Radio version 20.10 is the one which has always worked for me...
And one thing more.. Rempuzzle Rom takes time to load first time...
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saadislam said:
And one thing more.. Rempuzzle Rom takes time to load first time...
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That happens to all roms because dalvik cache has to be rebuild.
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Yes I know.. I am just trying to tell the person above to be patient with rempuzzle...
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[Q] Help: Gps not working as it should.

Hey guys,
My gps isn't working accurate.
First off it worked pretty good but when I changed to a custom rom (android revolution Hd) it didn't anymore.
When i use google maps, it takes a damn long time to get a fix on my position and when it does it stays accurate for about 5 seconds and then it starts to change to a street next to me then to another side... etc. . Also when i am standing still it jumps for my location to 50meters ahead of me and behind me, changing my speed to 20km/h ... I think you get the problem. Also the same problem on navigon (navigation software) it is constanly rerouting me because of the inaccurate position. So its not an application issue.
I flashed the rom as it should be, with boot.img through fastboot and zip file in cwm. Except for the gps there are no other issues.
Then i flashed the original rom in cwm with boot.img in fastboot, still the same problem.
I then tried CM10 and it became even worse... every 20 seconds it gave me a position update in maps and with navigon there wasn't even a update because it couldn't get a fix.
And i also used fasterfix on every rom except the original one (not rooted) to set my gps to europe.pool.ntp.org or something like that...
Now i am trying to revert to android revolution HD but first my battery has to be charged above 10% and it goes damn slow because of the bricked boot (made a mistake while changing form CM10 to And rev HD) Can't flash the and rev HD yet but does somebody in the meantime know a solution ?

Somebody ??
Could it be a problem with the kernel ? because i didn't flash one separatly

Does somebody has a solution ?

Unfortunately, I also have the same problem with rom coredroid and igo primo aid to some expert please
thanks

I had the same issue when I moved from Stock to the Modaco Ir5 Vanilla ROM, my GPS didn't even go as far as finding my location inaccurately, it didn't work at all. Hence I couldn't use my maps/navigation.
I am now running the Slim Bean ROM and everything is working great. I am no expert, but have you always done the usual 'full wipe data > clear cache partition > clear Dalvik cache' while flashing new ROMs?
For your charging issue, maybe try this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646135

My phone is now allright but you i'll try the rom you are speaking about and see if the gps works better.
and... Also tried another kernel (eternity) but it still didn't work

I had this issue and had it fixed after sending my phone to service 3 times.
The first time they only did a reset, didn't help.
Second time they changed the wifi, GPS module, didn't help.
I sent them a recording of the problem on the third time. This time they changed the motherboard and it finally got fixed.
Remember to tell them that the issue is specially visible when GPS and WiFi are both on.
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waterscent said:
I had this issue and had it fixed after sending my phone to service 3 times.
The first time they only did a reset, didn't help.
Second time they changed the wifi, GPS module, didn't help.
I sent them a recording of the problem on the third time. This time they changed the motherboard and it finally got fixed.
Remember to tell them that the issue is specially visible when GPS and WiFi are both on.
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There isn't any diffrence when wifi is enabled and like i said, with stock rom everything was fine.

Just for now i can't flash another rom but other solutions are welcome...

kefjeuh93 said:
Just for now i can't flash another rom but other solutions are welcome...
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Tried the agps patch (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595800) still no solution

Tried some other roms and still nothing...
I will try to go back to stock with RUU but which one do i need to choose ? Based on what info ?
i know i have to choose HTC_E11 (dutch)

kefjeuh93 said:
Tried some other roms and still nothing...
I will try to go back to stock with RUU but which one do i need to choose ? Based on what info ?
i know i have to choose HTC_E11 (dutch)
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This may help - GPS Fix.
It worked for me, but not for the faint hearted.

Wifi 'error', Bluetooth & GPS dont work. Plz help me!

Hi,
I have big problem with Wifi, Bluetooth & GPS on my phone.
10 days ago, my phone work very great with ViperX 3.3.3 (stock kernel of the ROM). But, when i trying download the Maps offline via Wifi Network (5% downloaded), wifi automatic turn-off, i try turn on it in the Settings, it show 'error' message (Bluetooth & GPS also not work, cant turn on it). While Mobile network work fine.
I was flash more ROM another (stock kernel), & custom kernel (include module), with full wipe & erase cache. But still not fix it
Is this a hardware issue? Can i fix it for myself? HTC's service in my country is bad i dont want send my phone for them.
Plz help me!
Many thanks for read my post.

Which rom did you try?
However, is a kernel issue and i don't think this is an hardware issue.
But is strange...

I tried more rom ViperX, ARHD, Balde, MIUI, ... (all full wipe, erase cache & stock kernel), i also tried flash a custom kernel (include module) when stock kernel dont fix my problem, but still not fixed!
And, i think if it is a kernel issue, i have that problem when my phone boot a first. As i said, i have problem when my phone using normal (with wifi, bluetooth, gps on), after i downloaded a Map offline 5%, all is down
Thanks you, for reply this thread!

And mobile network, 3G work fine. If is kernel issue, mobile network fail too, i think so!

Usually, the error message of wifi, is a problem with kernel because i had this error yesterday with my rom for evo 3D.
I reflashed the kernel and all works fine.
So, it's really strange that may be an hardware issue, did you try to flash a CM based rom? Or AOKP?
And did you try to open maps app?

I tried this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013506, but still not work. Why do you think CM based rom or AOKP can fix this problem? i have not tried it!

I was open maps again, after have this problem, and i know gps not work (dont see gps icon in the status bar).

R: Wifi 'error', Bluetooth & GPS dont work. Plz help me!
Because have a different kernel respect sense rom...
But, if you've tried this rom is possible that is an hardware issue, but i don't know why and how did it happen
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Guich said:
Because have a different kernel respect sense rom...
But, if you've tried this rom is possible that is an hardware issue, but i don't know why and how did it happen
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Many thanks for read this