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GPS settings?

Howdy,
I've just upgraded to the O2 Orbit phone, and am trying to get the GPS working, however, I can't seem to. In settings, all I can see is external gps, but this phone should have an inernal one (it even has the antenna in the back).
For the life of me, i can't seem to find out how to get the GPS working... anyone could help?
a.

Hi Adam.
Which GPS software are you using on your device?

At the moment, none, as before I bite the bullet and buy one, I wanted to see how good the GPS receiver was... so I tried the TomTom GPS driver, that includes a testing thing that shows locks on sats, and so far, after about 10 minutes, still nothing...
Having said that, I tried Google Maps, and that can't get a GPS lock either.

Try making sure the settings are setup for the default configuration before using GOOGLE MAPS.
Start>Settings>External GPS>GPS PROGRAM PORT = COM4
Then try google maps using try MENU>Track Location and see if the GPS starts working flashing AMBER LED and you should get a text message at the top of the screen saying initializing GPS and searching for sats.
Good luck, I found this Artemis to work beautifully with TOMTOM6 and a 2GB mSD card.

I've added a program called GPS Viewer, this gives you GPS gives some handy GPS details.
As for the GPS settings:
Programs
GPS program port:COM4
Hardware
GPS hardware portNone)
Baud rate:115200
Access
I have 'Manage GPS automatically' ticked.
My deveice always seems to want a vertically sight of the sky to locate the satellites but once connected i can take it indoors no problems.

Interestlingly, when I make the change to Baud Rate in hardware, and click ok... if I go back, it has reset itself to 4800?
A.

quickGPS
in my HTC3300, I've found QUICKGPS ? I've tried to run it, but after a few minutes it send a message so it cannot make the connection
Anyone can help me
thx a lot
michael

quick GPS is just to speed up the process the phone neesd to locate the sattelites.
well but if i were you i would check the baudrate. the default setting is at 4800

thank you very much really nice tip i spend about 3 hours try to get it working but now done it in 1 minuts and working but keep saying no valid signals whats that mean???
bex said:
Try making sure the settings are setup for the default configuration before using GOOGLE MAPS.
Start>Settings>External GPS>GPS PROGRAM PORT = COM4
Then try google maps using try MENU>Track Location and see if the GPS starts working flashing AMBER LED and you should get a text message at the top of the screen saying initializing GPS and searching for sats.
Good luck, I found this Artemis to work beautifully with TOMTOM6 and a 2GB mSD card.
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[Q] Nexus won't see GPS satellites

I've had the nexus toro (LTE) for 5 days now and have had issues with the GPS since the start. It simply says 'searching' all the time and will not lock. I've installed GPS status, and it shows that it rarely if every sees a satellite (one might pop up, be gray for a second, then disappear).
Here's a pic comparing my OG droid to the nexus right next to each other:
imgur.com/VFc3s
(sorry i'm not allowed to post links yet)
Anyone have any ideas? I've turned GPS on/off, reset the gps cache using GPS Status, and can't think of anything else.

I have the same problem gps locks less than 50% of the time.
Galaxy nexus s LTE.

Its the same on the GSM version. Not much you can do about it unfortunately.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387263
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1393678

I feel like a dolt because I chatted with Samsung support and they had me soft-restart which fixed the issue.

thespot84 said:
I feel like a dolt because I chatted with Samsung support and they had me soft-restart which fixed the issue.
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Don't; that is not a solution. On my Samsung Fascinate soft restarts would help get a lock on, but shortly after the GPS would lose connection to satellites.
Having to restart your phone every time you need to use GPS is a ridiculous inconvenience. This seems to be a major flaw in the chips / radios that Samsung chooses for GPS.

i get gps locks in 2-3 seconds.works fine.

I'm glad to see others are noticing this problem. I posted a thread in another forum complaining about this:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/ga...ssions/189067-problem-nexus-locating-gps.html
Does anyone know if this is definitely a hardware issue? Is it possible that it's a bug in Google Maps that's causing the problem with ICS?

It doesn't have to be Google Maps it self. I have it in other apps as well which use the GPS.
Might be hardware, might not.

One of the main reasons I upgraded from the Galaxy S (fassy) was that it's GPS chip went from working not very well to not working at all. If I'm paying for a smart phone, I would like a to have GPS and maps.
So far I have not been disappointed with the GNex's GPS at all. Maybe I lucked out. Try downloading GPSfix from the market and see if that helps.

I have the exact same problem here in Sweden, went for a run and it would not lock on to any satellites at all during half an hour. Really disappointing, thinking of returning it due to this...
Has anybody found a solution to the problem maybe???

was having same problem
Hello fellow GNex users having the GPS issue.
I was having a GPS problem as well where when using Google Maps or Navigation, the GPS status would say 'searching for GPS' forever.. maybe after 10 minutes it would get a lock and operate normally after that.
I downloaded an app from the android market called GPS Test to try to get some better idea of what could be going on.
When I ran the app, I noticed my phone would pick up a few satellites (satellites in view) usually 4 or 5 satellites, but it would never use them, they would just appear as in view without being used for a location, and the GPS test app was never able to report my location. From within the GPS app settings I was able to clear aGPS and update aGPS, but the same behavior would reoccur where the satellites would be in view but would not be used for location.
I tried toggling Wi-Fi, clearing out other location methods, and even going into airplane mode to use GPS only, but same behavior.
What I finally did was clear aGPS once more and then immediately power off the phone, pull the battery, wait a couple minutes and then replace battery and power back on.
Upon going back into GPS test, I did an update aGPS, and then I started to immediately pick up satellites and use them for location. Toggling all the same data connectivity settings (Wi-Fi, location using towers, airplane mode etc) I was continuing to get the same positive response.
I have tried to use google maps and google navigation again and am getting near immediate GPS locks. Comparing this to my Nexus One, the lock is much faster and with about the same accuracy.
This seemed to solve my problem for now, I hope it might help anyone else.
Phone information:
Verizon Galaxy Nexus
Stock Android ICS 4.0.2 Build ICL53F

subsonicbug got it right...
I had the same problem of never syncing GPS, I follow the suggested method and voilà 2 secs GPS sync...
You save my day
Thank you

My gnex was having similar issues, after reboot it would lock quickly, but after a while it would take forever and never lock
Been using this to reset / download agps and it helps a ton!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

subsonicbug's method was the only thing that got my GPS back to usability after several very frustrating days during which my GNex could barely see two or three satellites (and not get a fix on any of them) even under an open cloudless sky.
He or she is clearly on to something...now let's hope that we (and by "we" I mean people way more knowledgeable than me) can figure out why a significant number of Galaxy Nexus devices get so far out of whack that only a soft GPS state reset followed by a battery pull can get GPS working again.

there's actually an easier way that doesn't involve a battery pull. download the app "gps status & toolbox", press menu, tools, "manage a-gps state", reset, after a soft reboot go back into the app, follow the same process but instead of pressing "reset" press "download" after the download you should be good to go. hope this helps!

FasterFix works for me, make sure you have busybox installed.

The unit I'm currently using says location unavailable after resets, pulls, wipes. Hardware problem? I do get intermittent flashes of use.

Here is a fix that may work. I had the same problem and this worked for me, got a gps lock with gmaps in less than a minute. I have the VZW GNex, rooted bootloader unlocked, works with any rom.
Conditions needed:
1. Phone needs to be rooted, I believe, if you have success with out root please share.
2.file explorer, I use root explorer
Now follow these steps:
1. Open root explorer, or any other file explorer
2. Navigate to /etc
3. Ensure the system is mounted r/w, if using root explorer press mount r/w
4. Open gps.conf with text editor
5. The first line will say NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org. Where it says north-america it could list a different continent depending on your location.
6. Edit this line by removing the north-america
7. It should now read NTP_SERVER=pool.ntp.org
8. Save the file and exit
Now open open any app requiring GPS and you should get an instant lock, or pretty close to instant.

hmm my issues seems sorta wiered too -.-
http://g.co/maps/apn3k
tracks seem always loosing lock and so does navigation and other tools

[Q] GPS no signal

When I turn on gps app (google map, navigation, gps test, navigon etc) , they all show 'searching for gps' something, and there is not a gps icon on the top left status bar.
I used to have the same issue on 4.1.1 , then I googled it and uncheck and recheck the 'let google use location' something in settings, the gps is back. But the other day, I upgraded to 4.1.2, and the issue came back and I can not solve it using the same way.
Could anyone help?
Thanks.

[Q] Can't skip Google Maps prompt to turn wifi-on when locating my position

Curiosity got the best of me this morning and I updated to the latest Google Maps update (v 9.6) from 9.3. Well, upon opening, whenever I try to locate my position, I am prompted to "improve location accuracy" by turning on wifi. I can click cancel but the prompt returns EVERY time I try locating my position. Google Maps literally is unusable in this manner unless I turn on wifi.
I remember in the past, there's an option to disable it. But I can't find it anywhere.
To my horror, after I used Titanium backup to go back to v9.3, the prompt showed its ugly face upon first opening. It never did that before the update to 9.3. I had been running 9.3 for a while, since the updates after all take very long to cold start - I wonder if it's because I am still running the original 4.2.2 stock rom (I intentionally denied any OTA update). I've tried the following:
-clearing data/cache
-uninstalling/reinstalling 9.3
The prompt still shows on a cold start. I guess fortunately, if I hit cancel, v9.3 will then proceed to locate my location without further prompting. But I have to do this every time I open Maps now, which I didn't have to do before.
Any ideas/suggestions?

dashbored said:
Curiosity got the best of me this morning and I updated to the latest Google Maps update (v 9.6) from 9.3. Well, upon opening, whenever I try to locate my position, I am prompted to "improve location accuracy" by turning on wifi. I can click cancel but the prompt returns EVERY time I try locating my position. Google Maps literally is unusable in this manner unless I turn on wifi.
I remember in the past, there's an option to disable it. But I can't find it anywhere.
To my horror, after I used Titanium backup to go back to v9.3, the prompt showed its ugly face upon first opening. It never did that before the update to 9.3. I had been running 9.3 for a while, since the updates after all take very long to cold start - I wonder if it's because I am still running the original 4.2.2 stock rom (I intentionally denied any OTA update). I've tried the following:
-clearing data/cache
-uninstalling/reinstalling 9.3
The prompt still shows on a cold start. I guess fortunately, if I hit cancel, v9.3 will then proceed to locate my location without further prompting. But I have to do this every time I open Maps now, which I didn't have to do before.
Any ideas/suggestions?
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have you tried uninstalling it, turn on wifi, install it get a lock on your location, turn off wifi, then try the app to see if the popup comes back?

Just tried and nope, still the same I remember before the upgrade to maps 9.6, that prompt had a checkmark for "never ask again". I guess somehow the latest Maps version removed that checkmark. I am hoping that's a bug and not Google forcing people to waste their battery by turning on wifi so they can gather more data :-/

dashbored said:
Just tried and nope, still the same I remember before the upgrade to maps 9.6, that prompt had a checkmark for "never ask again". I guess somehow the latest Maps version removed that checkmark. I am hoping that's a bug and not Google forcing people to waste their battery by turning on wifi so they can gather more data :-/
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I'm glad you posted this because I'm really surprised no one seems to know how to fix this. It's been bugging me a lot . As student on campus I don't like leaving on wi-fi because the connection comes and goes as I move around, I'd rather just use the mobile network.
The one workaround I found is just to double-tap on the blue location pin to zoom in manually. Not a real fix but it helps.

GPS disappeared

My installed apps that use gps are now failing: they are always "waiting for GPS". I installed the app "GPS test" with the same result: there are 23 satellites "in view" but zero in use. I have the strong feeling that I'm the culprit messing something around.
Any hint/suggestion about how to proceed to find the cause of the GPS failure ?

try to cut internet (wifi and data) and reboot. After that, launch GPS TEST and see if you still have 20 satellites in view.
I'd got the same problem and when i did that i was 0 satellities in view.
For me it was after change motherboard, so i deduced it's a hardware problem. Hope it's not the same for you

I did the test you suggested and I'm happy...but not so much: GPS TEST continued to show me the nearly 20 satellites, it shouldn't be an hardware problem but I don't find the software solution.