Hello,
when I flash a custom ROM GPS doesn't work. I have tried MildWild CM 3.7/3.8 and dGB. There were 2 similar Threads but 1 of them was ROM specific and the other was a hardware problem.
I know my GPS works because it works on stock sense.
Somewhere on the forum I found this:
1) Perform a nandroid backup of your previous rom.
2) Flash a stock rom ( it doesn't matter what one; as long as it is working )
3) Then your going to need to go to Google Maps and activate GPS - let it find you ( wait 15-60 seconds outside ).
4) Once it has a fix on you, restore your previous CM7 ROM using nandroid and GPS should work.
I tried but it doesn't work for me.
I also tried installing latest radio and AGPS fix, none seems to work.
Can anyone explain me in detail how to solve this? I have been trying for over 10 hours Y;Y
How can my GPS work on stock ROM but not on custom?
PLEASE CLOSE THIS THREAD THE ISSUE SOLVED ITSELF!
I would like to share how I solved this but I really dont know it suddenly just worked!
agps fix
have a look at this, it worked for me on Mildwild 3.5 (oxygen based version):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466516
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Hello everybody.
I tried a lot of ROM (from 1.5 to 2.1) and i never had problem (exept the know bugs of each of them).
But now I have a problem : GPS doesn't work at all.
I tried everything :
in last action :
I unformated my SDcard (remove swap and ext partition)
full wipe
Install modaco3.2
Still the problem : GPS switched on (no force close or error) I can't find any satellit. I tried, GPS software, Compass, GPS statut...
If it's a soft problem, is there a "stronger way" than a full wipe to recover the initial state of the phone?
In case of there was not a soft problem, could it be a failure of the GPS chip ? because I didn't let fall my phone, took underwater or something else...
Can someone help me ?
There seems to be a common bug with the 2.1 ROMs and GPS - one temporary fix (using VillainROM 3.4 anyway) is to switch GPS on then reboot the phone which will have it enabled.
If you are going back to 1.5 then reflash your radio image.
yan74s said:
Hello everybody.
I tried a lot of ROM (from 1.5 to 2.1) and i never had problem (exept the know bugs of each of them).
But now I have a problem : GPS doesn't work at all.
I tried everything :
in last action :
I unformated my SDcard (remove swap and ext partition)
full wipe
Install modaco3.2
Still the problem : GPS switched on (no force close or error) I can't find any satellit. I tried, GPS software, Compass, GPS statut...
If it's a soft problem, is there a "stronger way" than a full wipe to recover the initial state of the phone?
In case of there was not a soft problem, could it be a failure of the GPS chip ? because I didn't let fall my phone, took underwater or something else...
Can someone help me ?
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I think I had the same problem as you have. Try re-flashing your radio. Worked for me.
kerzo said:
There seems to be a common bug with the 2.1 ROMs and GPS - one temporary fix (using VillainROM 3.4 anyway) is to switch GPS on then reboot the phone which will have it enabled.
If you are going back to 1.5 then reflash your radio image.
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Thanks a lot !
It works !
kerzo said:
There seems to be a common bug with the 2.1 ROMs and GPS - one temporary fix (using VillainROM 3.4 anyway) is to switch GPS on then reboot the phone which will have it enabled.
If you are going back to 1.5 then reflash your radio image.
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Phew, thought I was gonna have to send my phone back!!!
latest RA fix mine too! cheers
i can also confirm that flashing the radio image again fixes the gps.
After flashing the radio image i had a fix under 5 seconds
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.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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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.
Hi everybody,
I got a problem which i've spent days searched all over the internet and tried so many different methods but still no hope. So posting this thread here is the only last hope, please anyone help me?
I recently got a problem with GPS service. Whenever i open the map search for a direction, it works, but it only give me the direction list but not navigation because the phone can't not be located.
And here is the point: I'm using different roms nothing works except LiquidSmooths Roms, But my favorite one is Frosty JB v6.
Please anyone?!
Had a similar problem after flashing 10.1 GPS wouldn't show in the left hand corner I had to get a new phone through warranty although I managed to fix it before returning it by Odin back to 4.0.4
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I had a similar problem. There have been a couple of fixes posted. It generally happens when you downgrade from a 4.2 ROM back to 4.1. This is what I did to fix it:
1. Flashed a CM10 ROM (ex. LiquidSmooth)
2. Verified that GPS was working in that ROM (it should be working!)
3. ODIN to stock JB Touchwiz firmware (UVDLJA for TMobile users)
4. Once flashed and on stock firmware, verify the GPS is working (it should be working!)
5. Rooted the firmware and flashed to desired 4.1.1 ROM (ex. FrostyJB)
6. GPS should still be working!
Hope this helps!
I just started having that issue myself. I flashed back to original firmware via Odin. Still not working. Is there an issue with the GPS radia and possibly a fix?
limpexowns said:
I had a similar problem. There have been a couple of fixes posted. It generally happens when you downgrade from a 4.2 ROM back to 4.1. This is what I did to fix it:
1. Flashed a CM10 ROM (ex. LiquidSmooth)
2. Verified that GPS was working in that ROM (it should be working!)
3. ODIN to stock JB Touchwiz firmware (UVDLJA for TMobile users)
4. Once flashed and on stock firmware, verify the GPS is working (it should be working!)
5. Rooted the firmware and flashed to desired 4.1.1 ROM (ex. FrostyJB)
6. GPS should still be working!
Hope this helps!
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I will confirm that moving from a 4.2 ROM to a 4.1 ROM (with all the necessary steps and wipes in between) will leave you without GPS. As discovered from scouring the various ROM threads, this also appears to be a hardware inconsistency problem (different factories use different distributors to build the same phones) and not everyone has this problem. This might be a problem with all T999 S3's but I do not have multiple phones so I am unable to test or confirm.
Has anyone flashed from a 4.2 back to a 4.1 and still had GPS?
I have done this with multiple 4.2 and 4.1 ROMs. So far, I have done this twice (from different 4.1 and 4.2 ROMs) and I always lose GPS.
Has anyone found a fix or is this a problem that we just have to deal with on our phones?
kpraytor said:
I will confirm that moving from a 4.2 ROM to a 4.1 ROM (with all the necessary steps and wipes in between) will leave you without GPS. As discovered from scouring the various ROM threads, this also appears to be a hardware inconsistency problem (different factories use different distributors to build the same phones) and not everyone has this problem. This might be a problem with all T999 S3's but I do not have multiple phones so I am unable to test or confirm.
Has anyone flashed from a 4.2 back to a 4.1 and still had GPS?
I have done this with multiple 4.2 and 4.1 ROMs. So far, I have done this twice (from different 4.1 and 4.2 ROMs) and I always lose GPS.
Has anyone found a fix or is this a problem that we just have to deal with on our phones?
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This what I did to get my GPS back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2111306
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
Sent from HOX
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
Sent from HOX
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Many thanks for read this
I flashed JellyTime 4.2 R11 on my htc desire hd. All work perfectly, but Gps dosen't work.
Please, what I have to do?.
Thanks.
P.s. I follewed this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563226
Downloaded this file.
Download the Google Specific No-SSL v3.1 build here
Replaced gps.conf with root explorer, but nothing.
I am a noob. I tried to search but someone said that need a "Radio". But I don't know what it mean and waht version I need.
I found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266525.
But I don't know how flash it....or maybe can I use root explorer?.
Use the search
This is the Radio threat
Radio basically is the software that made connection between your phone hardware and your phone OS. It is kind of like a BIOS on your PC
The latest radio is 29_26.17.14.11_M in the post #3 ! But I strongly advice you to beware what you doing since flashing radio is a dangerous operation and there is high possibility to brick your phone if something goes wrong.
You can try something else which is a little less dangerous:
- turn on gps
- reboot into recovery and make a backup
- then wipe and install a stock rom
- boote and turn gps on again
- install GPS test app form G play store
- check trough GPS test app, that GPS is working
- reboot into recovery, wipe again and restore backup that previously made