gps acting flaky - myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

ever since i flashed cm7,gps has been real flaky for me. whenever i use maps,it never locates me to exactly where i am,just the general location.. I have 'use wireless networks' and 'use gps satellites' checked on.
When as i was in stock, i would always use the navigation feature,so this is important for me.
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Why is A-GPS dissabled by default and how to enable?

Does anybody know the reason why the assisted gps is disabled by default?? And how can it be enable. When I enable with advanced configuration it is not working.
My previous phone was a nokia e71, and there was the a-gps working perfect. I used sygic McGuider, and there was an option to use a-gps. When that option was checked you got a fixed in the middle of your house. That worked perfect. You got immediately a fix, almost instantanious.
Why do you think it is disabled?
On my TP2 I go to 'All Programs > Quick GPS' and it tells me when it last downloaded info, how long it is valid for and I can configure settings under Menu.
Quick gps is something else than assisted gps. Assisted gps uses network triangulation to support the gps position. If there are some obstacles that block some of the gps signals, and the network coverage is still okay then your signal is still okay with assisted gps.
I alse read somewhere that some costs are charged when you use a-gps, but I have never notioned that with my nokia e71. Even in a foreign country no costs were charged for using a-gps.
esseff said:
Why do you think it is disabled?
On my TP2 I go to 'All Programs > Quick GPS' and it tells me when it last downloaded info, how long it is valid for and I can configure settings under Menu.
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you can use the rhodium settings tool
it is "must to have". A.

So does anyone have their wifi become "disabled" with CM6?

I notice sometimes that my wifi will disconnect, and when I go to view the network list my home network will say "disabled" under it. I can connect easily by clicking it again, and it doesn't happen that often, but it can be a real battery killer if I don't catch it due to poor service at my house.
yep! same issue here. Every single version so far including RC1.
Yay. Someone else has the same problem as me!
I don't have this issue, I flash the nightlies (well, nightly). I only have my phone associated with one WiFi spot and that's at my house. I use JuiceDefender so that WiFi is automatically disabled when I leave, and enabled when I'm home (location based).
Bump! I'm still getting this problem with my school's wifi network, and it's a necessity that this works for me becuase I have terrible coverage in my apartment.
I have this issue as well. When the phone sleeps, WiFi will disconnect and the connection will show as "disabled." I, too, am using CM 6.1 and I have the WiFi sleep policy set to "never."
I get this issue a lot at work. I always assumed it did it because I'm usually on the edge of the WiFi network, and so after jumping on-and-off enough, it just disables the network.
EDIT: Here's the word from #CyanogenMod on Freenode:
[11:09] <DrMacinyasha> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740773 <--Can anyone/any dev comment on this? WiFi networks get marked as "disabled" sometimes on 6.1RC and Nightlies.
[11:11] <@pb> DrMacinyasha: happens when the phone can't register on the wifi network - for instance, you walk into range just enough for it to try, and then in the middle of it trying to get an IP address, you walk out of range again...
[11:11] <DrMacinyasha> Does it re-enable after a certain period of time?
[11:12] <@pb> DrMacinyasha: generally speaking, no
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I'm glad someone actually figured this out. I don't have the problem as much on CM6.1, but it does happen occasionally. I usually just disable and re-enable wifi, but sometimes I have to completely forget the network and re-add it.

[Q] Epic Touch Network Location (aGPS) vs GPS

Hello, I just upgraded from an Evo Shift to the Epic Touch and absolutely love my phone. However, one thing has not been working as expected. On my Evo Shift, I was able to obtain a coarse location fix solely using the mobile network (e.g. GPS is turned off, and I get a 2000ft accuracy general network location). This was great to use along with tasker so that I wasn't having to consume so much battery to get a general location.
However, with my Evo Shift it seems as if whenever I attempt to obtain a coarse general network-based location, it either does not give me a fix at all (your current location is temporarily unavailable) or gives me an incorrect location. When I turn on the GPS itself, it gives me pinpoint fine location, but I'd rather not have to keep GPS on all day in order to have tasker turn on my wifi. As far as settings/mods, I am running stock EL29, rooted (with no modifications), have "Use Wireless networks" checked in location and security settings, and normally turn off wireless when I'm not home.
Thank you in advance for any thoughts or comments.
Bumping this in hopes of an answer or at least some insight.
I know that there are a lot of threads that provide GPS solutions, but those seem to be regarding how to get a GPS lock, not necessarily issues with aGPS.
Thanks in advance.
I just checked maps quickly.
GPS on: 10m accuracy
GPS off, wifi on: 20m accuracy
GPS off, wifi off: 1800m accuracy
Seems like it's working as it should. I'm on Caulkin's EL29 Rom, with EG30 modem. Hmm.. why am I on EG30 modem.. all this flashing back and forth I never checked last time I went back.
my aGPS shows 2700m accuracy.
the center point is also 15 miles southeast from my current location.
WAAAAAAAY to inaccurate lol
The other day I drove 30 miles away and Llama never changed my cell mast. I also work 10 miles from home and my cell mast never changes. So Llama is unusable for me as well. (Since my phone evidently stays on the same cell tower no matter where I go in the salt lake valley)
Hello, thank you for your responses. Since my last post, I followed the fix specified in this thread, which resolved the issues I was having even on a stock rom. IN addition, it did not seem to negatively affect fine gps location, which was ok before.
With that resolved I actually moved to Caulkin's EL29 rom (for battery reasons), and still was able to pull both coarse and fine network location, so all is good.
I guess the resolution is if you can not pull coarse network location via cell tower triangulation (essential for either Llama or Tasker), either use the fix at the following link, or try another ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448015

[Q][SOLVED] Use as a dedicated GPS device?

Searched the forums and couldn't find what I was looking for so I pose this question to you all: Is there a way to use my deactivated Epic as just a dedicated gps device? I have no data connection (being deactivated obviously) and while wifi will still help the agps I wouldnt have a nice wifi signal following me everywhere.
I also think i remember seeing, once upon a time, there was a way to disable it as an agps device and just use gps only. I could be wrong. Thanks in advance.
tl;dr: how do i turn my old phone into a gps unit?
solved by disabling "use wireless networks" in location settings. thanks kenny
To disable the data part of the GPS Settings>Location and security> Uncheck Use Wireless networks and check use GPS satellites and see if it works.
that method should work.
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To disable the data part of the GPS Settings>Location and security> Uncheck Use Wireless networks and check use GPS satellites and see if it works.
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This did the trick! thanks a bunch. works great using aura sygic.

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.

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