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I got my first WM phone HTC pro2 recently from Vodafone UK. Everything is good except GPS. I read this forum carefully. I did hard reset, soft reset, set different port and baud, download QuickGPS, I also try some tweaks, buy GPS still not working. when I open Google Maps, clicked the use GPS, after “seeking satellite…” near ten minutes and Google Maps told me I have GPS problem. HTC GPS tool show me GPS signal was 0 and only a red spot on the top of circle. Other GPS programs such as “GPS test” and BeeLineGPS had same result like HTC GPS tool. Open Garmin, always said “searching satellite …” and Tomtom told me “Poor GPS receptions—are you inside the building?”
My questions are, based your guys experience what happened? It is hardware problem or the setting’s problem? When you guys talking about the GPS cannot get fix, do you have GPS signal on the GPS program (like signal strength, some red and green spots on the circle etc)? If I flash hard-SPL and other Radio Rom can resolve my problem? Are there other solutions? Warranty.
I used destinator 7 on a small trip, and was able to work.
However, looking at the settings screen where the signal for each satellite was displayed, I cannot say I am impressed. The signal strength was extremely low...
Can you install destinator and try also yourself?
Apologies if this is very basic, but I assume you are outside with a clear view of the sky when trying it out?
sparobin said:
Hi guys
I got my first WM phone HTC pro2 recently from Vodafone UK. Everything is good except GPS. I read this forum carefully. I did hard reset, soft reset, set different port and baud, download QuickGPS, I also try some tweaks, buy GPS still not working. when I open Google Maps, clicked the use GPS, after “seeking satellite…” near ten minutes and Google Maps told me I have GPS problem. HTC GPS tool show me GPS signal was 0 and only a red spot on the top of circle. Other GPS programs such as “GPS test” and BeeLineGPS had same result like HTC GPS tool. Open Garmin, always said “searching satellite …” and Tomtom told me “Poor GPS receptions—are you inside the building?”
My questions are, based your guys experience what happened? It is hardware problem or the setting’s problem? When you guys talking about the GPS cannot get fix, do you have GPS signal on the GPS program (like signal strength, some red and green spots on the circle etc)? If I flash hard-SPL and other Radio Rom can resolve my problem? Are there other solutions? Warranty.
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yes , i am in open field, far away from building, several times, more than 40 minutes. thanks I will try it. but I am wondering why signal strength is 0. low strength, hard to fix and no signal strength is totally diferent issue, i guess.
I am proposing the destinator, because it has a function that detects the port & some settings of the gps...
I am on Sprint in the US, but this worked for me. I am not sure if you did this.
If you have TouchFlo enabled go to the Settings Tab, then go to All Settings.
In the all settings, click the Personal then click Phone. In there click GSM/UMTS services (I am assuming you have a GSM phone, I don't know). Select Location Setting and then Get settings. Make sure it is turned on.
Then this part you said you did, but I will tell you my settings anyway. Go back to the all settings. Now go to system and then external gps. Then go to programs and select COM port 9. Under hardware it should be None and the baud rate is 4800. Then under access check the box to have manage gps enabled.
Now, when you use google maps, go to the settings in google maps and click gps settings. Change the option from let windows mobile manage my gps to manual and pick com 9 and 4800.
Then enable the gps and get a clear view of the sky and see if it works. It might take about 20 seconds for it to get some satellites the first time.
Did you notice there is a firmware update to enahnce gps fixes? Might be worth giving it a try
Thanks all.
there is not locaiton at setting, personal, phone , services.
this phone is vodafone branded, i think I need hard-SPL first to flash firmware.
sparobin said:
Thanks all.
there is not locaiton at setting, personal, phone , services.
this phone is vodafone branded, i think I need hard-SPL first to flash firmware.
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Hi,
I have been experiencing the same problem. Have read many posts. It normally happens when phone your phone displays H or 3G. For some reason the triangulation and the Gps stops working.
Try it when you have E or G showing on the phone it will work like a charm.
This is my second TP2 first one never had a problem and was vodafone branded as well. Will try and find a solution and will let you know. I have tried different radios though!
Hi
I had the same issue with my T mobile branded TP2. Sometimes (after houres) I had a fix and then it dropped again. I discovered that when you switch WIFI off, it all works like charm. WIFI somehow jams the GPS receiver.
Same Issue
I have the Sprint Touch Pro2 and have tried every patch available, several registry edits, different settings and quick GPS settings to get my GPS running properly. Just before my 30 day return/refund period had almost lapsed I decided to exchange my device. Sprint tried to talk me into some drawn out process of dealing with advanced tech support and starting a ticket on the issue which would have gone way beyond my 30 day period to exchange the phone. To make a short story long, exchanging the phone couldn't have been more convenient and upon setting up Quick GPS and trying out the installed Live Search application, my phone found 9 satelites within seconds. I guess it was the device. Just a cautionary tale that if you think you've tried everything to get your GPS working, there's no harm in getting another Touch Pro2.
I have this rather annoying issue on the Desire. The phone is brand new, i bought it upon release. The problem is that whenever i enable GPS on the phone the Mobile Network connection gets killed. Attempting to reactivate it by switching mobile network on and off does nothing.
The only way to get the mobile Network back up again is to switch of GPS and reboot the phone.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? (i searched the forums, only found one user on these forums)... It could help me figure out if this issue is limited to my device...
Regardless, I already contacted HTC on this matter, i will post their response here as soon as i get it.
Thanks!
Odd. The only thing that springs to mind is that somehow the A-GPS is messing with your network. Try disabling A-GPS.
Is the phone bought from the network provider? If so, any network incompatibilities is their responsibility. Or even if it was store bought, you have reasonable expectations from HTC that it should work with local networks. If its gray import however, you're probably on your own.
Yep same issue with my HTC: When GPS enabled -> No more data transfer.
I'll also send a mail to HTC.
I reset the phone to factory settings today and to problem is now gone. My best guess is that the issue was caused by a third party app i installed (i'm not sure however, since all apps are sandboxed).
I installed two apps that made use of location services: GPS Status and Trapster. I'll download them again to see if they are the cause of this problem.
Please post back here if the factory reset works for you. This could help other people that experience this problem.
BTW, does anyone know of way to read error logs of the device? The OS must have software errors logged somewhere...
Thanks for the replies!
Received an answer from HTC (sent a mail about my Data Connection Problem few days ago):
"Thank you for contacting us in regards to connectivity on your Desire, I can help you with that. This issue has been reported to our developers for investigation and we hope to have a solution available soon. I trust that this resolves your query"
Hope also this "solution" will be available soon...
Guys,
I did a hard reset (return to factory settings ) on my Desire today and guess what:
Both my Data problems (no data after use of Wifi and or GPS) are gone !
Tested several times Wifi & GPS , also did a reboot and tested again, all seems working again, no more 3G data problem anymore.
So I guess one of the extra apps I installed caused the 3G Data Connection issue.
I'll reïnstall them one by one to see if I can catch the "guilty" one.
I also hope that problem doesn't return after a while without a cause.
Hi to all,
I have just officially Mango updated my LG Optimus 7 four days ago. Overall I'm very pleased with this new OS version, despite that in my country (Mexico) some services don't work yet (bing vision, artist art in lock screen, turn by turn navigation with bing maps app, etc.).
I started to think that WP 7.5 was almost perfect, until i discovered a 3G connection issue that didn't have before. Since yesterday I have noted that sometimes my 3G connection doesn't work after i turn it on: the 3G logo doesn't appear near to to the signal bars and, of course, i can not navigate in internet using internet explorer. I also found that this issue gets temporary fixed if i reboot the phone.
Using the search tool in this great forum, i've found that very few people had this same or similar issue , but it was before Mango update!. Since it appears that nobody got a solution at all (other than rebooting the phone or turning on-off airplane mode), i would like to know if anybody here have had this issue after Mango update and if there is a better solution than rebooting.
Thanks in advance for your help, have a nice day and keep enjoying this wonderful new OS.
P.S. Sorry for any writing misspell, English is not my native language
Hi, I was in Mango before and now i have received the official update as well. I also saw that the Bing search page does not fit the screen and also does not contain the bing audio to identify songs. Does it happen to you as well? Regards and thanks
Coatl35 said:
Hi to all,
I have just officially Mango updated my LG Optimus 7 four days ago. Overall I'm very pleased with this new OS version, despite that in my country (Mexico) some services don't work yet (bing vision, artist art in lock screen, turn by turn navigation with bing maps app, etc.).
I started to think that WP 7.5 was almost perfect, until i discovered a 3G connection issue that didn't have before. Since yesterday I have noted that sometimes my 3G connection doesn't work after i turn it on: the 3G logo doesn't appear near to to the signal bars and, of course, i can not navigate in internet using internet explorer. I also found that this issue gets temporary fixed if i reboot the phone.
Using the search tool in this great forum, i've found that very few people had this same or similar issue , but it was before Mango update!. Since it appears that nobody got a solution at all (other than rebooting the phone or turning on-off airplane mode), i would like to know if anybody here have had this issue after Mango update and if there is a better solution than rebooting.
Thanks in advance for your help, have a nice day and keep enjoying this wonderful new OS.
P.S. Sorry for any writing misspell, English is not my native language
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reseat yr sim card if u have connection issues...
Castrow,
The bing screen fits well on my phone, however, i don't have bing audio service too. I hope this feature (and others) to be available soon on our countries.
Magpir,
Thank you very much, i'll try your suggestion, maybe it's the sim card altough i never had this problem until i upgraded to Mango version.
I'll post again if this solution works.
Best regards,
I had this issue in the past, until the NoDo Update was released!
After NoDo, ISSUE SOLVED! Internet connection outside Wifi perfect, and it managed perfectly. BBBUT
Now mango is launched! WTF! The problem is here again! After mango, the 3G connection is wooooooooorrse! Who else feel the same situation? Anyone that felt, could solve it somehow? It seems that drivers are not updated, I don't know. Please, don't say that it may be my Carrier! IT IS NOT! =)
Let's find together the solution guys!
Hi ralex3000,
Let me tell you that i've followed the Magpir's suggestion and it has worked at least during a day. I haven't used the 3G connection very much but i can tell you that every time i turned it on, always had a clean and quick connection.
This is what i did:
1.- Turned off the phone and pulled out the sim card.
2.- Turned on the phone without the sim card. (Why?, eerr...i don't know!)
3.- Turned off the phone again and reinstalled the sim card.
4.- Finally, turned on the phone.
Please let us know if it worked for you. I'will update if anything else occurs (i hope not).
Regards
i don't know if this is a feature or a bug, but:
when the phone's ringing, you can hang up by pressing the volume rocker up or down.
Bad news guys, the issue appeared again, so reseating the sim card is not a solution.
I'll keep searching forward.
Boredtoday
I'll try to test the bug/feature that you are experiencing, it must be a feature, maybe we should go to the official wp7 page to learn more about it.
Best regards
is your optimus sim unlocked? i have some issues in my sammy focus, and to fix it, i just enable ADC flag , reboot the phone and all works fine. Here is a thread to made this in LG Optimus 7
bing voice
change the regional settings to see more options on bing search. i still hate some delay when answering. and still hate to see my phone without skype
Coatl35 said:
Hi ralex3000,
Let me tell you that i've followed the Magpir's suggestion and it has worked at least during a day. I haven't used the 3G connection very much but i can tell you that every time i turned it on, always had a clean and quick connection.
This is what i did:
1.- Turned off the phone and pulled out the sim card.
2.- Turned on the phone without the sim card. (Why?, eerr...i don't know!)
3.- Turned off the phone again and reinstalled the sim card.
4.- Finally, turned on the phone.
Please let us know if it worked for you. I'will update if anything else occurs (i hope not).
Regards
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i found that by doing this the battery indicator act funny, before puling out thhe sim card i had like 9% battery, after turning on the phone without the sim, i had like 31% battery. WTF?...IS the sim card imposing a parasitic load on to the battery? like constantly searching??
inserted the sim card, now have 31% battery
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anyway i foind something similar in android
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772571&page=4
icemanjs4 said:
WOW, I tried your fix and my TWS went from 52% as well down to 0% last night. My battery, which previously drained >30% while I slept, now only drained about 9%. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I think you may have found the fix.
Now for a more permanent solution... Do you think we should contact Samsung about this?
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I don't have the problem with the 3G connection on my LG Optimus 7, but other than mails and some random search I don't really use the data connection too often to assure that I don't have the problem.
Coatl35 said:
Hi to all,
I have just officially Mango updated my LG Optimus 7 four days ago. Overall I'm very pleased with this new OS version, despite that in my country (Mexico) some services don't work yet (bing vision, artist art in lock screen, turn by turn navigation with bing maps app, etc.).
I started to think that WP 7.5 was almost perfect, until i discovered a 3G connection issue that didn't have before. Since yesterday I have noted that sometimes my 3G connection doesn't work after i turn it on: the 3G logo doesn't appear near to to the signal bars and, of course, i can not navigate in internet using internet explorer. I also found that this issue gets temporary fixed if i reboot the phone.
Using the search tool in this great forum, i've found that very few people had this same or similar issue , but it was before Mango update!. Since it appears that nobody got a solution at all (other than rebooting the phone or turning on-off airplane mode), i would like to know if anybody here have had this issue after Mango update and if there is a better solution than rebooting.
Thanks in advance for your help, have a nice day and keep enjoying this wonderful new OS.
P.S. Sorry for any writing misspell, English is not my native language
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When I had the same problem on my omnia 7 I solved changing my Network Operator and then resetting it. To do that Samsung has an app called Network Profile.
Hey guys,
FIrst of all: Thanks for maybe helping me.
So my problem is that I have a really annoying WiFi issue with my Galaxy Tab Pro. I installed a cm13 build (Link in that style because I am not allowed to share links...)
Code:
download[B]DOT[/B]cyanogenmod[B]DOT[/B]org/?device=mondrianwifi
a month ago and have one big problem with it. Whenever I want to use WLAN to connect to the internet (or use it on my local network, whatever) it just keeps flapping. It turns on and off and on and off and so on. I thought that it would be related to my home network at first (so that it doesn't get a IP or something like that), but after I checked my DHCP and general network settings and came to the conclusion that it can't be related to that. All other devices in my network are able to get a IP (and go online). When I turn on the WiFi on the tablet and check the network settings I see that it gets a IP but looses it after 1-2 secs. The thing which makes absolute no sense to me is that after a while (turning WiFi off and on again, 3-4 times) it often is able to get and keep a IP address. After that everything works fine - often for 1-2 hours until it looses the IP again and I have to begin with the game of randomness. I checked in the known bugs and could not finde that issue listet there. So I think it is maybe not related to the cm13 build I am using..? Or not even to the device? I don't know. Maybe you can help me - would be helpful enough if someone could tell me which logs I have to check when having a WiFi issue. I am quite new to such problems and don't know how I should start the troubleshooting.
So thanks in advance and greetings,
Maik
Hello All,
I have searched this excellent forum and the web for days, and already tried what seems to be the best solutions but I am still having issues.
I have a stock UK LG G3 running LG G3 D855 30B_EUR_XX available http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/lg-g3-android-marshmallow-discussions-t3216143 - I recently travelled through the Uk and France and was having a nightmare with my GPS losing it's location every couple of minutes.
From my research I amended the gps.conf like mentioned http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/lg-g3-d855-gps-fix-mm-stock-rom-one-t3386836 - it improved slightly but it still looses its position at least every 4/5 minutes.
Any assistance or idea would be ver welcome.
Looking forward to your replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58405832&postcount=8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/gps-low-gps-signal-signal-indoors-poor-t3415639?nocache=1
It worked for me.
Thank you for your answer.
I saw the thread but since the issue started when I upgraded to Marshmallow it must be a software/settings issue.
Thanks.
A quick update.
Whilst searching for a solution I came about https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=190376#c207
I obviously want and made the changes to the battery optimiser for Copilot, Waze, Fused Location - will report back once tested.
Finger crossed!
SweetthD3ViL said:
A quick update.
Whilst searching for a solution I came about https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=190376#c207
I obviously want and made the changes to the battery optimiser for Copilot, Waze, Fused Location - will report back once tested.
Finger crossed!
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Right,
So i tried on 2/3 very small drive and I was still loosing the gps position.... Maybe less than before but still not what it is supposed to be...
Another update.
Today I used waze on my motorbike and it did not drop a single time!! Could it be something to do with the strength of the signal the GPS chip is getting?
The reasoning is that on the bike there is no widescreen/metal ...