[Q] GPS Stopped Working (after flashing custom ROM) - HTC Wildfire S

My GPS stopped working after flashing a custom ROM. I restored a nandroid backup with CWM but my GPS on my nandroid backup isn't working now either. Before I flashed the custom ROM, I did clear my system partition. I don't know what to do - how can I fix my GPS? Everytime I open Google Navigation, it's always searching for GPS.

gps doesn't work for marvelc on anything but stock or something stock based. sorry.
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simple question , Just Flash cm7.1 about GPS

I wonder about gps notification , when I opened a GPS (reflash radio , wifi,edge, all worked).
when I open a IGO , there is no any notification about gps is working (in froyo stock rom has).
Is that normal or not ? o should have a notification in task bar.
the icon will appear if gps is been used by a app, try google maps or other app that uses gps
yes, I use IGO, but not GPS indicated, but when I turn it off, It's show that I didn't open GPS.
but I haven't try google map yet.
If u can't see gps icon in status/notification bar then it means that your gps is not working and this is a very common problem in cm7.
Try google maps and see if gps icon blinks on status bar. If it does then all is fine but if it doesn't then let me know, ill help you out coz I had the same problem
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sorry for belate reply, it's doesn't even google map.
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Ok here is what u need to do...
a). Make a nandroid backup of your current cm7.
b). Then go to recovery wipe everything. Then install any Rom which has gps working. Like stock rom or any other in which gps works, Here you can also select the rooted stock roms. Then turn on your gps and open Google maps, let gps fix/lock your location with this rom n wait for 5mins.
c). Then go to recovery and again wipe everything. Now restore the cm7 nandroid backup. Now your gps will work and you'll even see the icon in status bar.
So, in place of stock nandroid backup you can use any rom with gps working. The point is just after locking the position with gps, you need to do a nandroid restore of cm7.
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hmm, when i installed a CM7.1, I did MTD partition too, seem like partition is too small for stock rom about 145M, can u suggest any suitable rom with working GPS for me ?
Do i have to do a MTD partition step again ?
Pretty sure your partition should return to stock, mine did when I just flashed a fresh copy of cm7 this afternoon, not sure but when you restore the nandroid backup run the bravo boot zip after and your mtd should be fine.
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I try to do that step , but seem like got error when restore back from nandroid backup.
Ps. I decide to use 13.55.55.24H_3.35.19.25 but when restart still show a 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10.
Currently I have CWM 3.00.6.
1. flash 2.50.7
2. flash 13.55.55.24H_3.35.19.25
3. restart
4. still got 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10
may be file not correct ? or me

gps not working anymore please help

my gps suddenly stopped working.
whenever i open a gps app such as maps , the gps does not work. even the gps icon in the status bar does not appear.
i am rooted and running a stock rom only flashed ockernel.
bootloader unlocked at htcdev
s-on
rooted
What kernel? What model phone (cdma or gsm)?
Without those, the best i can tell you is to backup your apps and flash a new rom.
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I'm using jikantru overclock kernel and my model is gsm.
I also tried to restore the last backup but gps did not worked.
Does flashing a new rom can solve this problem? If yes then which rom i should flash ???
Try flashing a different kernel.
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Update:::::
I fixed my gps by agps patch v1.2
Now my gps is working fine

[Q] GPS not working in CM 7.1 stable. Please help

Hi all,
I'm not able to let the GPS work with CM 7.1 Stable.
Here's my story:
I had CM 7.1 fully working, about 3 weeks ago.
I had battery issues then and I tried to upgrade to CM 7.2 RC1, but I did not test the GPS.
As battery charging issues still raised, I had to bring my mobile to HTC restoring to the stock ROM.
Once battery was fixed, I restored the backup with CM 7.2 RC1 and discovered that GPS was not working.
I read some posts here to downgrade CWM to 2.5.x and flash an older radio. I tried that and installed GPS Test with no luck. I re-flashed latest radio with no luck. I found a post telling to re-flash gapps, but not working.
As last step I formatted system, cache, data and installed CM 7.1 stable version, re-flashed latest radio, but GPS is still not working.
Do you have any idea of how I can fix it?
Thanks.
Try fastboot method for flashing radio. For some reason cwm method never worked for me.
Edit: Alternatively you can flash older radio. Just remember to check the radio version changes in your settings or not.
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saadislam said:
Try fastboot method for flashing radio. For some reason cwm method never worked for me.
Edit: Alternatively you can flash older radio. Just remember to check the radio version changes in your settings or not.
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Thanks. I'll try that. What do you mean to check radio changes?
Try in settings/about phone and look for baseband version I think, it will most likely end in 20.10 and that's the most recent radio version.
The version before it ends with 19.25 (I think, it's been a while since I needed to flash the radio)
By "radio changes" he means check the version before flashing and after to be sure it flashed correctly.
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Ah, ok. I always check after flashing and everytime I flash I get correct version in settings
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Is there any log file I can check why GPS is not working?
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It's not working because of the radio, it's an old bug. Something seems to stick in the radio partition when flashing cm7.
Another method that works is to flash any sense rom that has gps working, download Google maps, go outside and let Google maps get a good fix on your position then without touching any settings power off and flash cm7 again or restore a nandroid.
The log is called a logcat, either type adb logcat into a command prompt or Google qtadb for another method I know nothing about.
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Scratch0805 said:
It's not working because of the radio, it's an old bug. Something seems to stick in the radio partition when flashing cm7.
Another method that works is to flash any sense rom that has gps working, download Google maps, go outside and let Google maps get a good fix on your position then without touching any settings power off and flash cm7 again or restore a nandroid.
The log is called a logcat, either type adb logcat into a command prompt or Google qtadb for another method I know nothing about.
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So, is any sense ROM valid? Should I wipe/format anything before or after flashing ROM or restoring my backup?
Thanks.
Ideally you should wipe system and data before flashing any rom.
There are a few sense roms available here like kwbr, rempuzzle (requires sd-ext) and older ones like jokerdroid. Alternatively you can flash a safe zip of stock rom. You can find all this info and related in the wildfire index in the development section.
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Any sense rom with known working GPS, rempuzzle will work fine.
Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache.
Flash sense rom.
Download/open Google maps then let it get a good fix on your position.
Pop out the battery and reboot to recovery.
Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache.
Flash cm7 again.
All should be fine then. I've used all 3 of the methods for fixing the gps and have found flashing the radio by cwm method the most unreliable, fast boot and using the sense way seems to work everytime.
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Scratch0805 said:
Any sense rom with known working GPS, rempuzzle will work fine.
Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache.
Flash sense rom.
Download/open Google maps then let it get a good fix on your position.
Pop out the battery and reboot to recovery.
Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache.
Flash cm7 again.
All should be fine then. I've used all 3 of the methods for fixing the gps and have found flashing the radio by cwm method the most unreliable, fast boot and using the sense way seems to work everytime.
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Hi all,
I confirm that everything is fully working, by flashing kwbr ROM, running GPS and restoring my CM7 backup.
that seems a little bit weird, but thanks for your support, really.
It's because the radio partition is separate to the rest, it can't be wiped like the others and a particular setting seems to stick which is incompatible with cm7. I think. Anyway glad you got it working mate! Enjoy.
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scratch0805 said:
Any sense rom with known working GPS, rempuzzle will work fine.
Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache.
Flash sense rom.
Download/open Google maps then let it get a good fix on your position.
Pop out the battery and reboot to recovery.
Wipe data,cache and dalvik cache.
Flash cm7 again.
All should be fine then. I've used all 3 of the methods for fixing the gps and have found flashing the radio by cwm method the most unreliable, fast boot and using the sense way seems to work everytime.
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dcamanni said:
Hi all,
I confirm that everything is fully working, by flashing kwbr ROM, running GPS and restoring my CM7 backup.
that seems a little bit weird, but thanks for your support, really.
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That method didn't work for me.
I flashed Rempuzzle, then launched Google Maps, but nothing happened. So I decided to downgrade radio using the method described in the Wildfire index. Launched Maps and... TaDa! GPS was working. Then installed aGPS patch by crypted and now is running like hell.
Hope this helps.
Had the same problem. Reflashed radio and it works like a charm. Thanks guys.

running last cm9 nightly...still no gps...tried some fixes...

Am running CM9 nightly (9.16) and everything works great except I can't get GPS to lock on..just sits there with "searchign for GPS"...
What I've done so far:
- "GPS Fix" flashed from CWM....no help
- "nexusmodempatchcm9.1" flashed from CWM...no help
- "ns4g-radio-KL2" flashed from CWM...no help
- tried the temporarty boot method here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2r7anSiI5I but that was for the Epic Touch and it didn't work or maybe I didn't do something right....it would just hang and couldn't get into CWM after reboot
- finally Odin'd back to stock, ran the GPS fix from the App store and got GPS to lock
- flashed my saved CM9 image from the day before, downloaded the GPS fix from the App store and still got no GPS lock
Is my image from the day before the problem? I thought the GPS fix done from stock would've carried over to the GPS in CM9...at least that's what I thought was the point of that...
Would just flashing CM9 again work? (but then I'd have to restore my apps from Titanium Backup..also from a day before saved)
*confused*
Thanks
Yes. Your image has bad GPS data. From stock with GPS on and locked flash CM9 and do not restore anything and test GPS.
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thanks for the reply....a couple of more questions pls:
- when i flash back to stock, will i lose root and/or cwm? am assuming no
- if i titanium backup my apps again now, can i restore without a problem since i am backing up from within cm9 and not any cm7 rom
antmon said:
thanks for the reply....a couple of more questions pls:
- when i flash back to stock, will i lose root and/or cwm? am assuming no
- if i titanium backup my apps again now, can i restore without a problem since i am backing up from within cm9 and not any cm7 rom
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Yes when you Odin to stock you will not have root but you are only testing your GPS. Then leave it on with a lock, Odin cwm 5.0.2.7 with reboot unchecked, when it completes pop battery out and in, 3 finger to CWM and flash CM9 and gapps. Start phone and test GPS. If it works then yes you can restore Titanium Backup stuff but no system data.
GPS works on CM10 without GPS Fix.
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yep, i'm about to go straight to cm10
kennyglass123 said:
Yes when you Odin to stock you will not have root but you are only testing your GPS. Then leave it on with a lock, Odin cwm 5.0.2.7 with reboot unchecked, when it completes pop battery out and in, 3 finger to CWM and flash CM9 and gapps. Start phone and test GPS. If it works then yes you can restore Titanium Backup stuff but no system data.
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i want to give CM9 one more shot before going to CM10....
antmon said:
yep, i'm about to go straight to cm10
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This. Went from various Gingerbread updates straight to CM10 mainly for GPS stability actually. Had trouble keeping lock on GPS all the time and used phone heavily for multihour navigation; for like 2 years.... Since CM10 have had 0 issues. It was almost a religious experience.

[Q] No GPS Lock after Rumrunner

After using Rumrunner to unlock I installed Mokee 4.3 Rom everything seems to work fine other than I cant get a GPS lock. I tried Beanstalk ROM also and its the same deal. Before I flash the roms I factory wipe, wipe data,wipe system, and cache's. Any ideas?
I hat CM installed Sunday night and was able to use GPS. Back to NOS Sense ROM and all is working fine. I also unlocked using Rumrunner. Hope that helps.
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Thing with aosp is sometimes GPS has issues. To fix this is to do a backup flash a sense ROM once up and running open maps and once you get a lock boot directly to recovery. Then flash your aosp backup and your GPS should work. Don't ask me why it does as I don't have a clue. Its how we did it on the bolt and rezound.
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