[Q] Best GPS Wildfire S Roms - HTC Wildfire S

Hi,
Since I've installed my first (and only) rom (iH8ra!n's CM10) last Christmas, although it's every bit better than stock, the last few months I've realised how good the GPS works in the stock rom. GPS barely works for me any more. I have tried a few fixes with no luck.
So what are the best GPS roms to try for the Wildfire S?
Thanks

speeding up gps
ghttg said:
Hi,
Since I've installed my first (and only) rom (iH8ra!n's CM10) last Christmas, although it's every bit better than stock, the last few months I've realised how good the GPS works in the stock rom. GPS barely works for me any more. I have tried a few fixes with no luck.
So what are the best GPS roms to try for the Wildfire S?
Thanks
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if you need stock roms you can try my stock roms..check my signature and about gps.
use fasterfix from playstore and set your location and gps will lock more faster.(mostly default ntp servers are north america and all locations so it take time to fix on location so with this app you can change your gps.conf file and gps will locked faster)
good luck:good:

crossfire77 said:
if you need stock roms you can try my stock roms..check my signature and about gps.
use fasterfix from playstore and set your location and gps will lock more faster.(mostly default ntp servers are north america and all locations so it take time to fix on location so with this app you can change your gps.conf file and gps will locked faster)
good luck
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I can't believe I didn't find fasterfix earlier after all the googling I've done. GPS about as quick as my Nexus 7 now. I did try messing with gps.conf after I found some guides on here but I didn't do it right or they didn't work.
Thanks crossfire77!

ghttg said:
Hi,
Since I've installed my first (and only) rom (iH8ra!n's CM10) last Christmas, although it's every bit better than stock, the last few months I've realised how good the GPS works in the stock rom. GPS barely works for me any more. I have tried a few fixes with no luck.
So what are the best GPS roms to try for the Wildfire S?
Thanks
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try GPStest.APK

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[Q] Move CM7.2 Lockscreen to 7.1

I like the Lockscreen and new styles of CM7.2,
but my some software can't work well in CM7.2, just 7.1
someone help me ?
First tell us what doesn't work or what's the problem in 7.2. It isn't too easy to backport features from newer rom versions. 7.2 has a slew of new features. If its an issue with apps not showing on the market that may be easily fixable.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
The google maps and Careland Navigation gets gps for a while,lose the signal soon.
In the GPS source of settings
if i chose the use internal gps ,then the problem is happenning.
default---no chose
when I first use CM7.2.
I think the gps source use the external so i change it.
and i can‘t change it back.
Today i flash it again,
after i installed all the software ,don't change anything,
try the Careland Navigation,it works well.
but sometime later, the problem happens again,
The google maps and Careland Navigation
Sorry my english!
I've not had a GPS issue that I know of on cm 7.2. I also use Google navigation but didn't have any weird GPS drops while using the incredible.
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I've never tried it because I don't want to pay all the money for it but Widget locker would probably work. I've used Go Locker and it worked fine, so it should work as well. Like tiny said though, I've never had any problems with cm7.2 and Google Navigation so I don't see why you would unless you had some sort of conflicting app on there. CM7.2 is full of fixes from 7.1 though so logically it wouldn't make sense for you to experience problems in 7.2 that didn't exist in 7.1. That being said, the 7.2 Stable release became available on 6/16 so you may want to give it a run, if you haven't already

about AOKP 4.1.2 JB

hi @all
i'm new to all this stuff.
i still own a Gio but would get a better performance. so i looked arround and found this site. i got the AOKP rom from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075310 and it works great. only two little things are not working correctly. after a few minutes my wifi is disconnected. and i can't connect again unless i reboot the phone. and bluetooth isn't working.
may be some of u know how to fix it? would be great.
btw: it's an amazing work u all do here.
kallmas said:
hi @all
i'm new to all this stuff.
i still own a Gio but would get a better performance. so i looked arround and found this site. i got the AOKP rom from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075310 and it works great. only two little things are not working correctly. after a few minutes my wifi is disconnected. and i can't connect again unless i reboot the phone. and bluetooth isn't working.
may be some of u know how to fix it? would be great.
btw: it's an amazing work u all do here.
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That stuff is probably the drivers fault, but have u tested to change the Wifi Scan Interval? That can be done with the Pimp My Rom app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269
Androguide.fr said:
A high value will save more battery, a low value will help if your wifi disconnects often.
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Please, change your rom, because aokp haven't completed for now and still have more bugs. You can use gingerbread based rom or cm 10.1(fully working JB rom)

[Q] no AGPS on stock 4.0.4

Hello,
My phone is currently on Stock i927UCLJ3 with root, wifi teher and keyboard light fixes added.
The issue is that AGPS is not functional, location detection takes very long, every GPS start is like a cold start.
I have tried several times to sniff any network communication during GPS start, but only NTP packets, no requests to xtragps or google.
See attached image for my /system/etc/gps.conf file listing.
Is there any way to get it working with my current firmware?
I wonder if anybody has the same issues.
the problem is that you're on stock samsung rom, and not on AOSP. to tell you the truth, you wont get a fast gps lock until you flash a new rom, but it's worth it! for example cyanogenmod 10 is waaay faster in every details. gps, boot time, scrolling smoothness, etc. you really should flash it.
soadzoor said:
the problem is that you're on stock samsung rom, and not on AOSP. to tell you the truth, you wont get a fast gps lock until you flash a new rom, but it's worth it! for example cyanogenmod 10 is waaay faster in every details. gps, boot time, scrolling smoothness, etc. you really should flash it.
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Anything not reliable on cyanogenmod 10 ?
Bluetooth is mentioned in the Dev forum.
Can the /etc/gps.conf and sirfgps.conf from cyanogenmod 10 be used on stock, or that wont work ?
Maruzko said:
Anything not reliable on cyanogenmod 10 ?
Bluetooth is mentioned in the Dev forum.
Can the /etc/gps.conf and sirfgps.conf from cyanogenmod 10 be used on stock, or that wont work ?
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you can use the gps.conf from cm10, but I think it's not related to the problem,because it contains the same as on stock. The source of the gps issue is much deeper I think.
There are a few things that don't work on cm10. On skype, or viber (any similar progs) sound gets slow and it's not understandable. Also "face unlock" feature doesn't work, but who uses it anyway? With the keyboard and kbbacklight fix, it has no other issues I think.
cm10.1 is a different story, it has all the issues as cm10 has , plus keyboard backlight is not so good (it's related to the capacitive keys' lights, therefore it lights also when keyboard is closed. not so battery-friendly, but some fellows are already working on it). WiFi tethering also doesn't work, and correct me if I'm wrong,but I think there are some problems with bluetooth as well.
Long story short I (would) use cm10 with the related fixes (keyboard stuffs). I use the original version of dman's, because it contains the original kernel and I hated the "deep sleep bug" on thegreatergood's kernel, but I think it's already fixed (not uploaded though).
mr.Scamp said:
Hello,
My phone is currently on Stock i927UCLJ3 with root, wifi teher and keyboard light fixes added.
The issue is that AGPS is not functional, location detection takes very long, every GPS start is like a cold start.
I have tried several times to sniff any network communication during GPS start, but only NTP packets, no requests to xtragps or google.
See attached image for my /system/etc/gps.conf file listing.
Is there any way to get it working with my current firmware?
I wonder if anybody has the same issues.
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Searching you will find many have this issue, not just on the Captive Glide but those also on ICS.
Have a look at this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24763092
This thread may help too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029120
I personally have fiddled with gps.conf and sirfgps.conf to try and get a faster lock, in particular from cold boot.
For me:
gps.conf = nothing seems to effect first lock time.
sirfgps.conf = some changes bring the first cold boot lock time from 4 mins down to 1 min (no amount of changes has ever brought the cold boot lock fix to faster than 1 min, if anything it made it longer the more changes I made), after the initial lock, it locks in 15 secs.
** Correction, if the GPS has not been used for more than a day, its goes back to taking 1 min to lock. **
My current gps.conf is default, I even left the NTP server to Canada, even though I'm in Australia, since it made no difference.
I've got no AGPS reference in there either, as again didnt seem to make a difference.
These are the changes I currently have in sirfgps.conf. They are slightly different to melvatron's in the other thread I've mentioned, as it seems that different options are better for some and not others.
SIRFGPS.conf (truncated, changed options only)
###
EXTERNAL_LNA=0
FREQUENCY_AIDING=1
SENSOR_AIDING=1
SSL_ENABLED=0
ATT_NETWORK_OPERATOR=0
ICS_NETWORK_OPERATOR=1
###
Maruzko said:
Searching you will find many have this issue, not just on the Captive Glide but those also on ICS.
Have a look at this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24763092
This thread may help too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029120
I personally have fiddled with gps.conf and sirfgps.conf to try and get a faster lock, in particular from cold boot.
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Thank you for the links,
they helped me much.
I have tweaked my gps.conf and sirfgps.conf using the fixed files as examples.
Seems, it works for me, fix is much faster now.
I wonder why the default values are almost unusable in 4.0 Official ROM.
mr.Scamp said:
Thank you for the links,
they helped me much.
I have tweaked my gps.conf and sirfgps.conf using the fixed files as examples.
Seems, it works for me, fix is much faster now.
I wonder why the default values are almost unusable in 4.0 Official ROM.
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Can u tell me what settings you have changed in both files that have helped the most ?
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app
Maruzko said:
Can u tell me what settings you have changed in both files that have helped the most ?
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My current files:
Code:
# diff -urw /sdcard/sirfgps.conf /system/etc/si>
--- /sdcard/sirfgps.conf
+++ /system/etc/sirfgps.conf
@@ -23,16 +22,16 @@
EXTERNAL_LNA=1
REF_CLOCK_26MHZ=1
UART_BAUD_RATE=0
-FREQUENCY_AIDING=0
-SENSOR_AIDING=0
+FREQUENCY_AIDING=1
+SENSOR_AIDING=1
SET_ID_IMSI=1
DEBUGGING_FILES=0
-SSL_ENABLED=1
+SSL_ENABLED=0
CERTI_VERSION=0
CP_RESPONSETIME=2
CONTROL_PLANE=1
ATT_NETWORK_OPERATOR=0
-ICS_NETWORK_OPERATOR=0
+ICS_NETWORK_OPERATOR=1
SGEE=0
EMC_ENABLE=1
LOG_PATH=/data
gps.conf differences attached as image, because of URL posting restrictions
Those tweaks did not work for me.
GPS fix was fast not because of new configs, but because of cache.
When I tried to use GPS some days later, time to fix was around 2 minutes.
Did you try FasterGPS from the market + reboot?
sbiricuda said:
Did you try FasterGPS from the market + reboot?
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Tried, with no effect.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029120&page=2
10 days later gps locks in 17 seconds... ics4.0.4 uclj3
GPS works great on CyanogenMOD 10.1, so I suppose it was a firmware issue.
Some stats:
stock 2.3.5 - GPS ok
stock 4.0.4 - GPS very slow, looks like receiver sensivity is too low
cyan 4.2.2 - GPS ok

[Q] Does any ROM have a fully working GPS?

Ive noticed that in all the Jellybean ROMs listed for the captivate glide, there seems to be a problem where the GPS will only report any two given satellites at any time, and it also never reports how many satellites it has a fix on. Are there any workarounds? besides that, what JB ROM is the most stable?
JonMohr said:
Ive noticed that in all the ROMs listed for the captivate glide, there seems to be a problem where the GPS will only report any two given satellites at any time, and it also never reports how many satellites it has a fix on. Are there any workarounds? besides that, what ROM is the most stable?
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did you do a search ? ..this has all been covered.. ics uclj3 has a gps fix..
Yeah I did a bunch of searches, and I didn't come up with anything. My Op wasn't specific enough. I was asking about jellybean ROMs with the fix. I have the official 4.0.4 update that you mentioned, rooted it myself and didn't like it very much, so i am looking for alternatives.
http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/
xtacb4 said:
http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/
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I didn't have any issues w/ pacman v18 .. you'll need to apply keyboard light fixes, bln fixes, .. some other fix i can't remember
As well, some apps will have to be copied to SDCard or they will vanish on reboot. (frozen bubble and pocketcloud were the ones that disappeared for me)
same issues apply (bluetooth audio on phone calls, skype audio).
ICS is the only fully working one next to jellybean.. the modded GB and ICS just aren't pretty as JB so I feel ya ... I ran w/ the ICS for quite some time before the new M2 and M3 builds of cm 10.1 came out. I used the rooted Dman's deodex, added 14 toggle mod and was rocking w/ stability for quite some time.
You quoted me because...?
That wasn't on purpose..chill
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app
xtacb4 said:
You quoted me because...?
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Want to breakdance fight about it ?? :highfive:

[Q] GPS woes

Hey ya'll,
I've tried many different AOSP and CM-based ROMs on my S3 and I can't get the GPS to work correctly. I can search for stuff and get a vague location most of the time, but it won't lock in at all and is useless for navigation. It works fine on stock and Touchwiz ROMs. I've tried various nightlys and stables of CM and several others. Pretty much the same behavior no matter what. Any suggestions on what the problem might be?
Pariah24 said:
Hey ya'll,
I've tried many different AOSP and CM-based ROMs on my S3 and I can't get the GPS to work correctly. I can search for stuff and get a vague location most of the time, but it won't lock in at all and is useless for navigation. It works fine on stock and Touchwiz ROMs. I've tried various nightlys and stables of CM and several others. Pretty much the same behavior no matter what. Any suggestions on what the problem might be?
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I too have noticed poor GPS on the latest three M builds of CyanogenMod 11. It works well enough for driving but not geocaching. Also, the compass seem to be off as well. When standing toward north it points claims I am in the low 200degrees area... very odd. Like there is a bad driver being used.
Thanks for the input. I'm gonna flash back to NDC rooted stock and see what happens.

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