I haven't seen any new updates on this in a while so am I the only one still having problems with the GPS not working?
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phantasybm said:
I haven't seen any new updates on this in a while so am I the only one still having problems with the GPS not working?
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Mine is acting up as well... Google maps seems to be working, but I tried using the speedtest.net app, and it failed to acquire location... hmmm....
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I haven't seen any new updates on this in a while so am I the only one still having problems with the GPS not working?
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The GPS issue has been "fixed". Most people's A-GPS got updated and they're getting locks again.
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The GPS issue has been "fixed". Most people's A-GPS got updated and they're getting locks again.
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what does that mean has been fixed? by google? by an app? i am having bad GPS issues as well wont get a damn lock especially in Navigation app
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what does that mean has been fixed? by google? by an app? i am having bad GPS issues as well wont get a damn lock especially in Navigation app
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have you tried the fix (toggling Google location services)?
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have you tried the fix (toggling Google location services)?
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I have, speedtest.net isn't working.... but maps seems to lock on.... not quite sure what's going on.... maybe it's the speedtest app??? idk...
edit: just tried speedtest.net on my i..... err.... "other" phone.... and speedtest.net isn't finding a location server either.... so it's not my nexus.... maybe the GPS is working after all...
The "fix" does nothing for me and I've tried GPS test GPS status and faster fix. Have reset the a GPS setting and still nothing. The GPS icon doesn't flash or fill in it just stays empty until after about 30 seconds then tells me unable to get a location
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what does that mean has been fixed? by google? by an app? i am having bad GPS issues as well wont get a damn lock especially in Navigation app
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Google fixed A-GPS data that they were serving phones. People are now reporting that they're able to get locks again. Mine's been a bit shaky still, but I do lock eventually.
Try another rom. I was using cm10 alpha and was starting to blame my gnex. But then I tried jelly bean stock, liquid ics, and some other rom. And GPS started to work like a champ. Instant GPS lock. And while I was on edge too! Try another rom.
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i cant get NAVIGATION app to lock at all -- on the OTA deodexed JB rom from the forums -- did full data wipe re-install still cant get a lock
Try liquid ics. I'm using he GSM nexus with T-mobile. This would help determine if its a software issue or hardware. Yesterday I put liquid ics and stock jb.to the test by driving around my city and they both locked on and responded very fast.
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What are the GPS issues everyone has had? I'm on GSM and has always had a great GPS performance for as long as I can remember...
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What are the GPS issues everyone has had? I'm on GSM and has always had a great GPS performance for as long as I can remember...
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Last week, some bad A-GPS data got pushed out to Nexus devices, and people were unable to get a GPS lock for several days.
I had no issues when everyone was reporting GPS issues but today my GNex took at least 3-4 minutes to lock onto GPS. I'm not confident it isn't ROM issue, I'd have to run some other tests to isolate it, but there is definitely something weird going on with GNex's GPS.
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Anyone else having GPS lock issues? I was on 4g with my GPs on trying to find the nearest Starbucks and it totally wouldnt lock on.
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Same
I've asked a few times
Help
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Anyone else having GPS lock issues? I was on 4g with my GPs on trying to find the nearest Starbucks and it totally wouldnt lock on.
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If you do a search, there are many threads attempting to fix the GPS lock issue. Samsung seems to always have problems with the GPS on their phones.
What works for me the best is first getting a lock by running the "GPS Status" app, then running Google Maps or whatever program.
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If you do a search, there are many threads attempting to fix the GPS lock issue. Samsung seems to always have problems with the GPS on their phones.
What works for me the best is first getting a lock by running the "GPS Status" app, then running Google Maps or whatever program.
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+1 on this.
I drove to my cousin's house last night and the GPS was giving me fits. Once I got there, I searched up a fix and came across the "GPS Status" program. I installed it, ran it, and then google navigation worked perfectly afterwards.
i flashed many 4.1.1 rom , most of them can't detect my GPS location(GPS enabled).
the rom which i can't get the location is
Android Revolution HD 6
fitsnugly CM10
Black Jelly Bean
Jelly Belly!!! w/ AwesomeBeats
i'm using XenonHD now, but still got same problem. anyone can list a rom without gps problem or method to fix it??
yeah I'm completely stock not even rooted and only got installed official gapps on the phone.. and gmaps won't detect my location... it says I'm at work lol when I'm at home...
it worked perfectly in ics tho
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I have used quite a few JB roms, my GPS works perfectly. It gets locked very quickly.
I have had some GPS problems after jellybean. Read about GPS status app and fast fix app. Installed both. Locks faster than ever.
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GPS working perfectly fine on my stock 4.1.1 GSM model.
Just noticed this today. Stock GSM Nexus from the Play store. Worked fine on ICS, but after the OTA no GPS lock.
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I am stock 4.1.1 no root and I lock to 5m in less than 10 seconds.
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Hmmm. I have never had issues with my GPS but today for some reason I can't even get a lock outside. I see up to 11 satellites but they don't lock on. This just started happening.
I'm in Texas if that matters.
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Hmmm. I have never had issues with my GPS but today for some reason I can't even get a lock outside. I see up to 11 satellites but they don't lock on. This just started happening.
I'm in Texas if that matters.
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Same here, never had problems with GPS until today. So weird. I even wiped and reflashed stock ROM and it still doesn't lock
This is weird. I didn't just recently move to jelly bean either. Are you in Texas as well?
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This is weird. I didn't just recently move to jelly bean either. Are you in Texas as well?
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No, California. I got it to work again. Get faster fix and GPS test. Set faster fix to North America and use GPS test to clear agps
That worked. What's odd is that its still not locking on to as many satellites as usual
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I rebooted my phone and the issue is back . Wtf
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must be something wrong with the gps servers then...
On stock 4.1.1 currently and using maps or navigation my gps lock has been incredibly slow. It also doesn't locate my location very well any more. Was perfect on ICS.
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On stock 4.1.1 currently and using maps or navigation my gps lock has been incredibly slow. It also doesn't locate my location very well any more. Was perfect on ICS.
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Same here. Tried the fixes described above, no success.
I'm having problems with GPS on 4.1.1 as well. Worked perfectly on 4.1
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Same here, never had problems with GPS until today.
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Same here, and I've had the phone (on 4.1.1, unrooted) since Monday. It's always locked quickly before today. It only finally locked on a handful of satellites after more than a half hour of searching.
I'm in Minnesota; maybe it's a CDT thing?
I am having GPS issues today too, been working fine until today. I'm in chicago
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First of all I'm on AOKP 715 m6. My gps was nonexistent even though it was good on earlier versions. I was running a modded vle radio which i don't remember the source. Anyways, i flashed tdj's modded vle radio in one of his threads and gps initial locked on in less than 5 mins. It then locks on in less than a min after that.
At first i thought it was the kernel, so i flashed different ones, but no changes. however the radio definitely fixed it for me on AOKP.
So to those with gps problems try flashing tdj's modded radios. Sorry for being lazy on my phone and not linking them.
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This was discussed months ago. Its the basic reason modded radios were made. Apparently the RILS break GPS. So yes GPS won't work unless you flash one of the modded radios, as you found out by accident lol.
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I am not using a modded radio I am using the one that came with the ics official update uvle1. And I am running AOKP M6 7-15. My GPS is the best it has ever been I get instant locks even indoors. And It is accurate too. I have also used other roms and had the same results.
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I am not using a modded radio I am using the one that came with the ics official update uvle1. And I am running AOKP M6 7-15. My GPS is the best it has ever been I get instant locks even indoors. And It is accurate too. I have also used other roms and had the same results.
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I find that hard to believe. With every rom flash on this phone gps breaks on me and I have to fix it every time.
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I find that hard to believe. With every rom flash on this phone gps breaks on me and I have to fix it every time.
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My GPS works fine to on Telus LLE4 w/ Cyanogen 9.
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This was discussed months ago. Its the basic reason modded radios were made. Apparently the RILS break GPS. So yes GPS won't work unless you flash one of the modded radios, as you found out by accident lol.
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yeah i remembered that discussion, and I flashed a modded radio and it worked for most ROMs. I was then really bothered that my uber great locking GPS was no more... I seriously thought I flashed TDJ's radio because I had a file with the same name in my sd card. So I was bummed and decided to test kernels because thats like testing 2 things at once lol. But yeah I ended up checking the md5 of the modded radio i had on my sd card and it turns out it wasn't the same. Must have gotten it from a different thread even though the file name was the same.
But yeah it's just a little reminder to those who have GPS problems, that even though you may think you have a perfectly working radio... you should just flash TDJ's radio mods just in case.
Just flashed TDJ's modded UCLE1 radio...still no luck with GPS
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What do you guys mean when you say "breaks GPS"? I am trying to determine if my problem is similar to yours.
My problem is not really an issue with the GPS but an issue with Google Maps. When I use navigation from point A to point B, say Schaumburg to Chicago, it'll always speak directions as if it's going from point B to point A, although all the on-screen directions are correct.
I uninstalled the app and reinstalled, but have not yet tested to see if that fixed it.
Have any of you tried the agps fix for cm and aokp ROM?
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Have any of you tried the agps fix for cm and aokp ROM?
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I have. I don't know why, but running CM9, my GPS doesn't work no matter what. Maybe the GPS chip broke or something.
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Have any of you tried the agps fix for cm and aokp ROM?
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Yes this is what I have to do every time I flash a ROM and GPS breaks. I made a thread about it and there are also 2 more threads. Its a zip file you flash through cwm. Also people don't forget that if you're on cyanogenmod that you have to go into location services, GPS source and tick "use internal GPS". Or else GPS will barely work.
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I have. I don't know why, but running CM9, my GPS doesn't work no matter what. Maybe the GPS chip broke or something.
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Read my post above. Enable internal GPS in GPS source/location settings.
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Yes this is what I have to do every time I flash a ROM and GPS breaks. I made a thread about it and there are also 2 more threads. Its a zip file you flash through cwm. Also people don't forget that if you're on cyanogenmod that you have to go into location services, GPS source and tick "use internal GPS". Or else GPS will barely work.
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Yeah after doing what you said I've never had an issue. Except lock times seem to take awhile.
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Just flashed TDJ's modded UCLE1 radio...still no luck with GPS
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didn't know he had a ucle1 radio, he has a uvle1 radio though maybe try that one.
If it is the first time you're trying to lock on, it might take a while, you should turn off wifi and data while leaving your GPS on. Stand outside with it on for 5-10 mins or so, it should get a lock on. After that your GPS locks quicker the more frequent you use it.
I think a lot of people would expect GPS to lock on right away, this only happens if your phone has recent locks to the GPS. I find it best with wifi and data off and to just leave the gps on and google maps on.
btw i've tried the AGPS patch before, but if you have a crappy radio it still won't connect lol.
Here's the screenshot without data or wifi. This is inside my house. Notice the gps signal has a constant dot in the middle, i know for aokp this means i have locked on.probably the same for cm, not sure about tw, haven't been on that for a month.
Anyways it has went as low as 4m, so pretty good. This is without apply the patch.
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Here's the screenshot without data or wifi. This is inside my house. Notice the gps signal has a constant dot in the middle, i know for aokp this means i have locked on.probably the same for cm, not sure about tw, haven't been on that for a month.
Anyways it has went as low as 4m, so pretty good. This is without apply the patch.
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Download GPS status. Its free in the market. Will tell you how many satellites you're locked onto just for kicks. 4m is very accurate.
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Download GPS status. Its free in the market. Will tell you how many satellites you're locked onto just for kicks. 4m is very accurate.
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4m is amazing! and when i used GPSStatus, it said i had 20+ sats available, but only locked onto 1 maybe 2? WHY!? Grrrr...
Lol just tested it, 7-8/19-20 sats. This is inside my house. I'll check it out when I'm out and about
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GPS status apk
I installed GPS status APK.. These easy steps worked for me!!!!
Under tools 1) Manage GPS state
2) Reset
3) Download new data
I'm not getting a good GPS lock after updating to JB from stock ICS. I tried Waze, Google map, and Navigon. None of these work. This happens sporadically not on a consistent basis. I also found that resetting the phone helped briefly but then I lose signal again later. My lte icon is at full bar.
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Same here, using rooted JB from rooted ICS. If I go to gps status, no satellites.
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Same here, using rooted JB from rooted ICS. If I go to gps status, no satellites.
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+1 on the no satellites
my gps works fine on jb
Which app is that screenshot from?
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I just updated (downloaded from sammobile then Odin) on stock unrooted AT&T device. My GPS locks in just fine, sitting still in my house. Not sure what its like while moving...
I just tested mine using GPS Test. I stepped outside of my office building, started the app, and the GPS locked on in about 1-2 seconds. This is better performance than I was getting before on ICS (it would usually take 8-10 seconds to lock on). FWIW, I updated to JB using the pre-rooted file from Mr. Robinson's thread via Odin.
Gps not showing sats is discussed in development forum.
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G3 on Rogers here. I flashed my update with Odin and I've rooted. My GPS locks on in 1 to 2 seconds.
Navigon worked fine w/ gps the past couple of days. Have had no issues after upgrading to jb
I am completely stock on jb and get great lock. I am sitting inside a building and get a gps lock.
I am loosing gps even after wiping after the update. It locks fine after about a 15 mile drive it dropped amd would show the gps icon anymore. Had to reboot. And it started working again. Maybe 4.1.2 will fix it
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I am loosing gps even after wiping after the update. It locks fine after about a 15 mile drive it dropped amd would show the gps icon anymore. Had to reboot. And it started working again. Maybe 4.1.2 will fix it
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This is exactly what I'm experiencing. Only rebooting will fix the problem but it would lose the lock again in a few minutes/miles later.
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I am completely stock on jb and get great lock. I am sitting inside a building and get a gps lock.
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I'm sitting in my living room and get a GPS lock faster than I can type an address in my navigation app.
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I used to use the FasterGPS app to set my GPS servers based on NTP with ICS. In JB, I actually find it locks faster if I don't use FasterGPS to update gps.conf. Stock rooted JB AT&T (Mr. Robinson).
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I'm having difficulties now as well. AT&T, just got the 4.1.1 upgrade yesterday. I checked my GPS this morning and nothing. No satellites, no lock, nothing. Loaded up GMaps an it is only getting a triangulation off the cell towers, no satellite lock either.
I'm going to test again this afternoon when I'm outdoors and try again.
4.0.1 had lightning fast GPS locks, so this is very odd for it to be so slow. Previously, I'd simply press GPS and before I could get into Maps I'd already have a lock.
It happen again today. It seems to be around every 15 miles or so. Its spot on leading up to the dropout.
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Anybody figure out how to fix the gps issue? I downgraded to ics and updated to jb again and no luck. Also I am having WiFi dropping out and data dropping only can be fixed by enabling and disabling airplane mode. When the GPS is working the locks are instant and spot on.
There are no posts in here about it, so am I the only one with issues? Signal loses lock about every 5 seconds, and bounces me all over the place in Google maps, and Navigon. I'm completely stock. I downloaded a gps app, and it's locking on to 12 or so satellites.
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There are no posts in here about it, so am I the only one with issues? Signal loses lock about every 5 seconds, and bounces me all over the place in Google maps, and Navigon. I'm completely stock. I downloaded a gps app, and it's locking on to 12 or so satellites.
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i just use the one installed and it works fine. GPS works great as I use it for my cycling apps...spot on
Hmm thanks. I may have to get this one replaced, I use gps daily for my business.
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i just use the one installed and it works fine. GPS works great as I use it for my cycling apps...spot on
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Just to clarify, what app is pre installed that you are using?
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Just to clarify, what app is pre installed that you are using?
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the google maps - it has navigation built in
try to clear data and cache settings
just a "duh" note, make sure GPS is on and not just network location, I'm sure you all have but it never hurts to triple check also check your powersave mode, not sure if they may have an effect on it.
My gps is terrible too. Not sure why... Looking for a solution.
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Mine works perfectly with Waze and Trapster. Haven't tried with Google Maps Navigation though.
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Try using faster fix.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix
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Try using gps status form the market
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I used TopNTP from the playstore and GPS status gets a lock in 2s every time. Before it would take 30 seconds
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I used TopNTP from the playstore and GPS status gets a lock in 2s every time. Before it would take 30 seconds
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Faster fix and top ntp do the same thing it changes the GPS server from a generic one to one to what part of the world you live in
Then use GPS status/GPS test to update agps. Bam good to go. As long as it's not a hardware problem
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(sorry for bad english )my gps having fixing problem also but its irratic ...may time its dosent locate any available settalite and many times its available but cant fix it....and its happens all theway and tried many gps fix softwares.......is it my antinna problem or hardware problem? i dont see any gps hardware problems issue on foums yet....so i am so confused where is the exact problem?
I have used both and Faster fix and top ntp on my rooted phone and neither one works to fix my GPS. Got to love T-Mobile.
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I have used both and Faster fix and top ntp on my rooted phone and neither one works to fix my GPS. Got to love T-Mobile.
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Same here. I also tried bending the "leaf contacts" on the phone so the antenna makes a good connection.
My phone can see 25 satellites but it can't get a GPS lock, any ideas?
I have had serious problems with GPS on custom ROM's (among other issues). They would show the satellites, but it worked like garbage.
I did a full wipe, and ODIN'd to stock, and it's been great ever since then.
Have you tried making a nandroid, and doing a factory reset and full wipe, to see if it works well after? That should allow you to rule out if it's hardware related or software.