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[FIX] GPS Fix for Froyo firmwares based on JM9's Drivers

I heared a lot of opinions saying that the GPS on eclair JM9 is very good, near perfect. As you know, we can't say that on JPO, WJPA and all froyo versions.
So, It's just seems obvious to me to ask - why Samsung went back with the GPS performance?
And is it possible to create a fix for the GPS for Froyo, based on the firmware from JM9' so the performance of the GPS on Froyo will significantly improve?
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I have asked from PilotX to create this kind of fix for me. Thanks to him (post#9) for creating a flashable zip via ClockworkMod recovery with JM9's GPS files inside.
http://www.multiupload.com/C90PAO39WX
***Using this is at your own risk but in no way will you generate the same result as some did. Although people have been reporting on better GPS after applying this "fix", it's still your own decision to make. A backup is recommended, as allways.***
Tutorial
Download the file and put it in your sdcard.
Go to ClockworkMod recovery, choose "Install from sdcard" and browse to that zip file, then flash it.
After that, download an application called "SGS Tools" from the market.
Run SGS Tools. Browse to Secret Codes > GPS Test and Settings > Delete GPS data.
Then try out your GPS, don't panic, as the first fix takes a bit.

opinions doesnt mean much unless they are backed up with some real data. you can browse the forum and find a lot of opinions about different gps fixes along the way.
few months have passed since first signs of trouble with gps, more then enough to find 100% fix.

My GPS Seems good enough when driving around with JPA...

Please change the thread title, you making it sound like you have a GPS fix for Froyo. When you are really just asking questions and inquiring.

lpsi2000 said:
Please change the thread title, you making it sound like you have a GPS fix for Froyo. When you are really just asking questions and inquiring.
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That's why I have used the question mark icon. Still, I will change it.
mike, As many people here, I inquire the GPS subject for a long time. The information about JM9 is based not only on XDA users, but on people that I trust, Who have tried many firmwares and tested the GPS tens of hours. I would have tried it myself, but It will be a big problem for me to go back to eclair.
Is it even possible to create such a fix for Froyo? (based on eclair)

Yep, based on my experience no other ROM has matched Eclair JM8, when it comes to Google Navigation accuracy. I'm on JPO and the voice directions go hay-wire "turn left in 30 yards" nope, wait, "carry on straight and cross the junction" and it constantly puts me on the opposite traffic flow. But I wouldn't flash back to JM8 just cos of reliable satnav since I'd miss so much of the Froyo goodness

GPS navigation really depends on a lot of factors incuding hardware revision and physical location ( and probably luck )
I have 2 SGS's here and side by side the other one locks to 7 sats and its very accurate on a drive basis while the other one barely locks to 4 and takes over 5mins to even find 1.. both have the same firmware installed.

EarlZ said:
GPS navigation really depends on a lot of factors incuding hardware revision and physical location ( and probably luck )
I have 2 SGS's here and side by side the other one locks to 7 sats and its very accurate on a drive basis while the other one barely locks to 4 and takes over 5mins to even find 1.. both have the same firmware installed.
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gps.conf set to the right region?

I make for Doron the JM9 GPS update he asked.
You can try it yourself
I already mannaged to put it in my next rom and i think its the best Gps for now.
http://www.multiupload.com/C90PAO39WX
Pilotx

As pilotx said, he made the JM9 fix for me. I can also confirm the GPS have vastly improved on my device! Althogh It's not perfect, It's the best GPS I have seen on my device. Try installing it on FROYO.
Don't forget to clean the GPS data after installation! be patient, first time fix may take some time.

[email protected] said:
I make for Doron the JM9 GPS update he asked.
You can try it yourself
I already mannaged to put it in my next rom and i think its the best Gps for now.
http://www.multiupload.com/C90PAO39WX
Pilotx
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How do we install this?

coradux said:
How do we install this?
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probably flash via recovery

[email protected] said:
I make for Doron the JM9 GPS update he asked.
You can try it yourself
I already mannaged to put it in my next rom and i think its the best Gps for now.
http://www.multiupload.com/C90PAO39WX
Pilotx
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How to Install?

Can you guys be more acurate?
Should I rename the zip to update.zip then install the update files from recovery mode?
How to to clean gps data after the update?
A small tutorial is needed...
Thanks!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

I recognize that gps is better without sensory support on jpo

can some budy make short tut about the instaltion ?

I'm sorry, thought it was obvious :
1. install the file using clockworkmod, no need to rename.
2. clear the GPS data (using a program called "SGS tools", you can find it on market. enter :
secret codes--->GPS test and settings--->delete GPS data.
again, be patient for first time fix!
share your results, me and pilotx had big improvement.

What kind of improvement do you see? Faster GPS lock or better accuracy?

doronkdoron said:
I'm sorry, thought it was obvious :
1. install the file using clockworkmod, no need to rename.
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install the update files from recovery mode (rename to update.zip)
is not possible ?

if this file make some problem where i can find the original version for jpo?

[GPS] Test and Report please

I've been testing some GPS fixes from around the forum. Some of them have helped, some have not. This gps.config file has helped me quite a bit. I live outside EL Paso and on stock EG30 could not ever get a lock. I tried several fixes until I put my head right and realized my EVO4G could get an awesome lock. So, I incorporated some of the data there into my E4GT and got great results. My setup is currently EL26 kernel/modem with EL13 uNnamed rom.
MUST BE ROOTED
To try this file unzip in home folder and:
Use Root Explorer (or whatever file manager you prefer) and navigate to system/etc. Mount as R/W and rename you current gps.conf to gps.conf.old.
If you use adb just push the new file from whatever directory it's in to system/etc. (should be ~/***, so the following command should work on Ubuntu. Sorry, no windows instructions because I don't use Windows)
adb push gps.conf system/etc
adb reboot
Alternate Installation:
Unzip file to your SD card. Rename gps.conf as before. Navigate to the SD card and copy the file to system/etc. Reboot.
Use GPS Test from the market to get an indication of any change. Leave feedback for me. I was able to go from one satellite in view to 8-9 while using most of them.
I did not write any of the script, just collected it from other places and got it to work for me. If you see any of your work here and want credit, let me know and I'll edit the OP. I know there's somebody but I don't remember who.

That worked amazingly 9 in view, 9 in use. Before I could only get 1 or 2 indoors.
Thanks.

Fin745 said:
That worked amazingly 9 in view, 9 in use. Before I could only get 1 or 2 indoors.
Thanks.
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We're still testing. Seems like the sleep state kills the GPS. There might be another update so stay tuned. Let me know if you can join us on irc.freenode/#gtab for some testing. Thanks for trying my junk.

interloper said:
We're still testing. Seems like the sleep state kills the GPS. There might be another update so stay tuned. Let me know if you can join us on irc.freenode/#gtab for some testing. Thanks for trying my junk.
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Installed will give full feedback after 24hr of use & yes sleeps a gps killer.

Sleep does in fact kill GPS. I have to reboot in order to get it to work again...not all the time though

Just uploaded. I did so on windows using android commander btw. (if you care )
On stock i was viewing 1. To be honest thats the first time I ran a test on it, but I had noticed general GPS issues in the past.
I'm now showing 8 in view. I'll keep track of it over the week and post if anything changes.

I'll give it a shot since mine suffers from GPS issues after time.

not much improvement on my end.

i do connect faster when im outside. but no go while indoors. ill replace my phone before my trip at the end of jan

thanks for the replies. Please include modem/kernel/rom info if possible.

GPS is working great after script. I also installed the s GPS driver about a week ago from different phone and it seemed to make the most difference.

i retract my previous post. it takes a couple minutes to get a lock (8/9) indoors, but at least it gets a lock indoors. this **** is ridiculous. same thing happened when i had the samsung moment and intercept, and my friend's galaxy nexus. seems to only be a problem with samsung cdma phones.
caulk's 2.7 rom and kernel, el26
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puch0021 said:
GPS is working great after script. I also installed the s GPS driver about a week ago from different phone and it seemed to make the most difference.
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what is this "s GPS driver"? :X

puch0021 said:
GPS is working great after script. I also installed the s GPS driver about a week ago from different phone and it seemed to make the most difference.
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+1 I am looking into the driver on my Galaxy Tab. It locks wicked fast all the time, but I don't know of the hardware is different. If you have a driver I can test, I would be very grateful. Send me a link to your source, or link the file.

Sorry forgot to post ROM.
Caulkins ROM and kernel, el26 modem.

i360 said:
I'll give it a shot since mine suffers from GPS issues after time.
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I'm using stock rooted EL26 ROM....
This thing hardly ever locks indoors where as my Galaxy Tab 10.1 does with no problems.
These radios just don't transmit as good apparently.

Never had a problem with GPS on this phone. Download GPS Test from the market and then clear and re-download agps within the app. After that you will be golden.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356865
flash this it works like a charm. Wipe cache/dalvik

After updating to EL26 I am having fewer problems than with other versions. I checked the drivers mentioned here, even the fix mentioned by puch21, and they are indeed different. The driver files from EL26 are more thorough, there are a couple more files in the directory. The fix from puch21 is a driver from another Samsung device, but I don't know which one. Anyway, If anyone wants to stay with an older ROM I can provide downloads for the drivers, but I can't make flashable zips today. Maybe tomorrow. I use adb for almost everything, but I know not everyone does. I'll work on them as time permits. If I do make zips they will contain the best reported drivers, libs and gps.conf files. I suppose I will provide a stock setup in case anyone wants to revert.

This was the driver I was referring to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049
I've tried the supersonic driver, it didn't lock as well as the above driver.
Sorry for the late update!

Thanks for getting back. There are more than a few threads about GPS fix. With so many people working on it it will get fixed. I'm pretty impressed with the EL26 all stock setup right now. Seems to have been the best for me, but still there are conflicting reports. I have not been able to try EL29 yet...cheers!

[GUIDE/FIX] For GPS issues in AOSP CM7 MIUI Roms

Since about January, all the CM7 based roms have had flaky GPS for me. Basically it loses the signal after about 5 minutes. A quick GPS on/off cycle usually fixes the problem. However, I really don't like the distraction
(and the danger) of messing with the gps when driving 70 mph.
I spent quite a bit of time searching for a solution on this and other forums, but found nothing helpful. Yesterday, I got the idea to try out one of the Sense GPS drivers in the AOSP roms. I extracted the attached file from one of the Stock roms and replaced the AOSP driver.
The good news is it appears to work. In the 4 times I've driven I didn't have to do any GPS cycling.
Steps:
1) Extract the attached gps.glacier.so.zip file.
2) Using Root Explorer or ES File Explorer (with the root option checked) copy the attached gps.glacier.so file into your system/lib/hw directory replacing the current file.
3) Reboot.
4) You may want to clear out the A-GPS state using the GPS status app, but I don't know if this is necessary or not.
or
1)Use clockworkmod to install the GPS_Fix.zip file.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else. I am thinking of developing zip you can flash if there is interest in it. But in the meantime I wanted to post the fix, since I know there have been other people with the same problems I had.
I hope this helps!
EDIT-
I have also added the gps_update.zip that has the gps.conf file, the supl.root.cert and the gps.glacier.so all put together by tnpapadakos

testing now
have you tried the gps.conf by crypted? the gps lock is way quicker/better than the stock/aosp gps.conf file
just wondering if you tried it

tnpapadakos said:
testing now
have you tried the gps.conf by crypted? the gps lock is way quicker/better than the stock/aosp gps.conf file
just wondering if you tried it
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No, I haven't tried it. My lock time hasn't been bad... I usually have a lock in the time it takes me to pull out of my garage. That being said, I am always tweaking things so I will definitely give it a try.

Gadianton said:
No, I haven't tried it. My lock time hasn't been bad... I usually have a lock in the time it takes me to pull out of my garage. That being said, I am always tweaking things so I will definitely give it a try.
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use this one
these work for glacier but are in other threads, you'll notice
in any case, this is the one to use if you wanna save yourself some reading
also, the guy's a fricking genius or something, open up the file in that zip and see what he's doing...he's hosting his own gps servers

tnpapadakos said:
use this one
these work for glacier but are in other threads, you'll notice
in any case, this is the one to use if you wanna save yourself some reading
also, the guy's a fricking genius or something, open up the file in that zip and see what he's doing...he's hosting his own gps servers
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Thanks. I just finished reading through his notes.

tnpapadakos said:
use this one
these work for glacier but are in other threads, you'll notice
in any case, this is the one to use if you wanna save yourself some reading
also, the guy's a fricking genius or something, open up the file in that zip and see what he's doing...he's hosting his own gps servers
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Do you flash this in recovery?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA

Supamike88 said:
Do you flash this in recovery?
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA
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The gps.conf by crypted file can be flashed in recovery. You can also just open up the zip and copy it using root explorer, etc.

Gadianton said:
The gps.conf by crypted file can be flashed in recovery. You can also just open up the zip and copy it using root explorer, etc.
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somtimes I just add it to the rom before flashing, and you have to also add the SuplRootCert to system/etc, but if he comes up with an update in between roms, i just flash from recovery....

Gadianton said:
Since about January, all the CM7 based roms have had flaky GPS for me. Basically it loses the signal after about 5 minutes. A quick GPS on/off cycle usually fixes the problem. However, I really don't like the distraction
(and the danger) of messing with the gps when driving 70 mph.
I spent quite a bit of time searching for a solution on this and other forums, but found nothing helpful. Yesterday, I got the idea to try out one of the Sense GPS drivers in the AOSP roms. I extracted the attached file from one of the Stock roms and replaced the AOSP driver.
The good news is it appears to work. In the 4 times I've driven I didn't have to do any GPS cycling.
Steps:
1) Extract the attached zip file.
2) Using Root Explorer or ES File Explorer (with the root option checked) copy the attached gps.glacier.so file into your system/lib/hw directory replacing the current file.
3) Reboot.
4) You may want to clear out the A-GPS state using the GPS status app, but I don't know if this is necessary or not.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else. I am thinking of developing zip you can flash if there is interest in it. But in the meantime I wanted to post the fix, since I know there have been other people with the same problems I had.
I hope this helps!
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Don't forget to check the permissions on the file. I am not sure if it was because I backed up the old one first and copied in the new one after, but I had to change the permissions to rw-r--r--.
This, I learned the hard way. I always forget something...

G8351427 said:
Don't forget to .....change the permissions to rw-r--r--.
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definitely....i always check the permissions of the file i'm replacing and match that on a new file, or, if i'm inserting one thats not there, i look at the permissions of the surrounding similar files, and match it to those
otherwise, rw-r--r-- is usually the fallback

Yea I have noticed that the best GPS experience I have had was when the phone was completely stock the GPS worked great, locked on quickly, and never lost signal. After I flashed it and such the GPS has been a pain to get lock when I needed it the most.

I've found that any of the radios after the official Froyo version causes the GPS to fail after a few minutes as described by the OP. However, with some of the newer ROMS I've found that the newest radio doesn't completely lose the GPS signal but it does still seem to temporarily lose it but it then it comes back by itself (causes navigation to get stuck at a location for a minute or two every now and then).
I tried the driver and agps mod from this thread. At first it completely killed my GPS then someone posted about the required permission changes which fixed that. I haven't tried navigation so I can't say whether it prevents the temporary position loses, but it does seem to still be pretty slow to lock on and after it does lock on may take several minutes before the accuracy gets to a useful level.
I think I'm going to go back to the Froyo radio as that one seems to work the best for GPS and I'm not convinced it makes much of a difference for voice/data. Perhaps the Froyo radio with these mods would be the best?

tmagritte said:
I've found that any of the radios after the official Froyo version causes the GPS to fail after a few minutes as described by the OP. However, with some of the newer ROMS I've found that the newest radio doesn't completely lose the GPS signal but it does still seem to temporarily lose it but it then it comes back by itself (causes navigation to get stuck at a location for a minute or two every now and then).
I tried the driver and agps mod from this thread. At first it completely killed my GPS then someone posted about the required permission changes which fixed that. I haven't tried navigation so I can't say whether it prevents the temporary position loses, but it does seem to still be pretty slow to lock on and after it does lock on may take several minutes before the accuracy gets to a useful level.
I think I'm going to go back to the Froyo radio as that one seems to work the best for GPS and I'm not convinced it makes much of a difference for voice/data. Perhaps the Froyo radio with these mods would be the best?
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I have noticed the "stuck position" before. I haven't paid attention to that with this mod before. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

I have updated the OP to include a CWM flashable GPS_Fix.zip file. It worked for me, but if anyone wants to test it, I'd appreciate it.
The thing I am most curious about is if the file is copied with the correct permissions.
thanks.

Gadianton said:
I have updated the OP to include a CWM flashable GPS_Fix.zip file. It worked for me, but if anyone wants to test it, I'd appreciate it.
The thing I am most curious about is if the file is copied with the correct permissions.
thanks.
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I flashed the update and after that the GPS locked on pretty quick. I haven't tested for navigation yet.

here's one with the gps.conf file, the supl.root.cert and the gps.glacier.so all put together if anyone would like to test it
quick satellite fixes and continuous GPS lock
(hopefully)

It worked on MIUI... Thanks...Its been losing signal for the longest time and now it locked in and never lost it again...
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

spyderman33 said:
It worked on MIUI... Thanks...Its been losing signal for the longest time and now it locked in and never lost it again...
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm glad it helped you out!

Thanks best thing we needed yet. Works perfect wit miui.us.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

I updated the OP to include the gps_update.zip put together by tnpapadakos and updated the thread title to include MIUI.

Problem with GPS

Hello.
I have problem with GPS on my Wildfire. What's the problem ? The GPS doesn't work. I have flashed the radio but it's still doesn't work. Can you help me to solve this. My ROM is CyanogenMod 7.
I had similiar situation a few months ago, and I flashed Radio and it worked.
Please help me

Hi there
When activating GPS on your Wildfire on CM7 it doesnt show up in the status bar until you open an app like Google Maps to get your location.
You may not have a problem with your GPS but just cannot seem to find it i had the problem with mine when ifirst rooted.
To test if it is working download GPS Test from the Play store and when you open the app and turn GPS on the symbol for GPS should appear!
Hope i can help

Depends upon which version of CM7 you flashed. Some radio's work with a particular kernel and some don't.
Flash the correct radio it will work.

Or just try to flash another kernel
For me it works fine with latest radio and nFinity kernel on CM7.2

Try to flash another kernel. Sometimes kernels are involved in malfunction of services like GPS or WiFi. If that doesn't work, reflash the radio but make sure that you don't have a custom mtd partition. If you do, revert the mtd size back to stock and then reflash the radio. I had the same problem with you and tried to reflash the radio but it didn't work because i had custom mtd partitioning.

I had the same problem
Someone suggested me the AGPS patch.. it worked for me..
In fact its a charm..
Here the link.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447591
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED YOU

Following this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678580 I reflashed my RADIO 3.35.20.10 from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Support_Downloads with fastboot and now GPS works.
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Good luck

DMarzal said:
Following this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678580 I reflashed my RADIO 3.35.20.10 from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Support_Downloads with fastboot and now GPS works.
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Good luck
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Just as a hint: you can also find all the Wildfire stuff in The complete Wildfire index (partly with short descriptions)
You could also flash a new/different radio with Clockworkmod but you'd need Clockworkmod 2.5.x for that, newer versions won't do.
I also knew of other people who flashed the "older" radio and got it to work. The aGPS patch is just a speed improvement - if your gps.conf isn't corrupted accidentially it won't help if GPS doesn't work at all

Rather than trying to install any CWM flashable GPS fix.zip, go to the Play store and install FasterGPS:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5mYXN0ZXJncHMiXQ..
It is working great for me on my CM 7 install on Wildfire S. I get 9-10 locks in 10-15 seconds.
Good Luck!

sikander3786 said:
Rather than trying to install any CWM flashable GPS fix.zip, go to the Play store and install FasterGPS
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If his GPS doesn't work at all I doubt this will help.
Just for clarification: radios aren't just flashable GPS fixes they're the lowest system layers on your phone and responsible for more than just GPS.
I get 9-10 locks in 10-15 seconds.
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for improving GPS lock speed you don't need an app. I just replaced my gps.conf with the same result (link in my sig)

eventcom said:
If his GPS doesn't work at all I doubt this will help.
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If "GPS doesn't work at all" means that it doesn't lock successfully, then it is the same state that I was experiencing with CM 7. FasterGPS worked for me that is why I suggested it. No harm in giving it a try anyways.
Yes I know, FasterGPS doesn't do anything else rather than replacing the default gps.conf. The app isn't such a feature-rich app rather it just simply allows tweaking some gps.conf parameters. And it backups your original gps.conf in case you want to un-install it.

sikander3786 said:
If "GPS doesn't work at all" means that it doesn't lock successfully, then it is the same state that I was experiencing with CM 7. FasterGPS worked for me that is why I suggested it. No harm in giving it a try anyways.
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of course. Since this was his first and only post and he didn't answer to one of the responses for about a month I guess we won't find out what exactly "don't work" means
Regarding FasterGPS: one of the reasons I rooted my phone has been to gain more RAM, space and control. Anytime I have an easier way to adjust settings than to use an app I'll try to do so as this saves space - but this is just my personal opinion and I've also used apps to adjust only one tiny setting in the phone - luckily if we own a rooted device we can decide ourselves.
I'd like to quote forum member slymobi who found the best of all words for it:
slymobi said:
This is the beauty of android?... MAKE YOUR PHONE YOUR OWN
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[Q] Sprint LG G2 GPS issues with 4.4.2

I recently flashed to cyanogenmod 4.4.2 now my GPS is totally inaccurate. Anyone got any ideas what went wrong?

Himay85 said:
I recently flashed to cyanogenmod 4.4.2 now my GPS is totally inaccurate. Anyone got any ideas what went wrong?
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I've had the same problem when flashing to cm11. The only way I could get it to work properly was to flash back to my stock backup and get a gps lock, then reflash cm11 again and try locking with gps. People recommend running an app called GPS status too, it shows the number of satellites available and the number of satellite connections.

roper15 said:
I've had the same problem when flashing to cm11. The only way I could get it to work properly was to flash back to my stock backup and get a gps lock, then reflash cm11 again and try locking with gps. People recommend running an app called GPS status too, it shows the number of satellites available and the number of satellite connections.
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Thank you I'll give it try. I'll have to find the stock ROM for my phone. I didn't back it up like a newb

I have been reading that the GPS issues are hardware related and it can be due to the lack of contact on the connector which is causing this issue. Most people were able to fix it by opening up the phone and putting some electrical tape to make a nice contact on the connectors.

ericdabbs said:
I have been reading that the GPS issues are hardware related and it can be due to the lack of contact on the connector which is causing this issue. Most people were able to fix it by opening up the phone and putting some electrical tape to make a nice contact on the connectors.
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I don't think it's primarily hardware related when most of us didn't have issues before 4.4.2.

I've tried numerous roms for the Sprint LG G2 that did not have GPS, but I think I've found a sort-of solution to it... I basically stole the gps ".so" files from the only rom that I know had working GPS... Paranoid Android. This was over a month ago however, and I've been reusing the same files over CM and Mahdi ever since, so I'm not sure if their updates could have broken GPS, but if that's the case I can share the files that I've been using with CM. Not sure how to make it into a flashable zip however, so they have to be replaced manually.

Hakukoru said:
I've tried numerous roms for the Sprint LG G2 that did not have GPS, but I think I've found a sort-of solution to it... I basically stole the gps ".so" files from the only rom that I know had working GPS... Paranoid Android. This was over a month ago however, and I've been reusing the same files over CM and Mahdi ever since, so I'm not sure if their updates could have broken GPS, but if that's the case I can share the files that I've been using with CM. Not sure how to make it into a flashable zip however, so they have to be replaced manually.
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Can you share these files? Would they work on a stock based ROM?

ledvedder said:
Can you share these files? Would they work on a stock based ROM?
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I don't mind sharing them, but not sure if they work on a stock based ROM as I haven't tried it. All the ROM's I've been testing have been AOSP-based... CM/PA/Mahdi/Omni/PAC/etc. I don't claim to know or understand how or why it works... but if it works for you too, great! If not, please don't blame me if it causes a brick or something.
Additionally, I don't know how to make this flashable... my method has been to extract the files, then reboot into Phil's CW Recovery and manually copy the files over with the Aroma File Manager. I included a GPS.conf file that I've modified to improve gps for my region, you may wish to exclude it.
[Edit] If this "does" work, be sure to thank the Paranoid Android team for whatever voodoo they did to make GPS work on their ROM.

Hakukoru said:
I don't mind sharing them, but not sure if they work on a stock based ROM as I haven't tried it. All the ROM's I've been testing have been AOSP-based... CM/PA/Mahdi/Omni/PAC/etc. I don't claim to know or understand how or why it works... but if it works for you too, great! If not, please don't blame me if it causes a brick or something.
Additionally, I don't know how to make this flashable... my method has been to extract the files, then reboot into Phil's CW Recovery and manually copy the files over with the Aroma File Manager. I included a GPS.conf file that I've modified to improve gps for my region, you may wish to exclude it.
[Edit] If this "does" work, be sure to thank the Paranoid Android team for whatever voodoo they did to make GPS work on their ROM.
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Thanks, but it didn't work. Gave me a bootloop