anyone having a weak gps issue? i am. goog maps or navigate or telenav can't track me accurately. ot can find a location but it sucks finding me and navigating. ive been in every major city from san diego to ny to new orleans atlanta dallas etc... military and on vacation and no matter where i go the gps sucks. it does however have a crack on the top left corner over the front camera if it matters. i have the latest prl update and all
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I think there is an issue if you leave your phone on for a certain number of days, the GPS stops working accurately. Try rebooting your phone
ive tried that. it still sucks.
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i don't get whats wrong with the gps mine locks on with 60 meters acruaccy as soon as i open maps and the gps was actually spot on
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where r u? everywhere i ho it says weak gps. maybe my phone is defective.
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navymoss35 said:
where r u? everywhere i ho it says weak gps. maybe my phone is defective.
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Florida near clearmont/orlando
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ive been in Jacksonville with 4G and it still sucks. in pensacola right now. it finds any address i type in but struggles to navigate me there. i really need it when i get back to diego bcus i have a sweet bluetooth setup in my helmet when i ride my bike and use it for the voice navigation
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yea, I'll try that
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yea, I'll try that
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You might want to exchange it. I use mine in L.A. and Orange County and it is pinpoint accurate. I was actually surprised how well it was working. It was exactly right on when I had to take an offramp to another freeway or during surface street driving. I am using Telenav
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I agree exchange it. Our gps on telenav here in Houston works perfectly, very quick and accurate, beating google maps every time.
download gps status and toolbox it will fix your issues. If not then return the phone is your best bet..
ok, let me try that. i drove through Houston last week and my navigation thought i was onbthe road but i was on the katy toll
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Like playya said,
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2
Download this, reset your GPS, if it still wont work I'd take the phone in for a replacement. My GPS wouldn't lock on last night, I had to use this to get it to work.
I had the issue above but once i reset the phone it seems to be very quick in pinpointing my location
working ok now. lets see when i get into san diego tonight service sucks here in pensacola
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I tried the app but navigation just says searching for gps?
Any ideas?
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that's what mine said constantly. i used the app then restarted the gps and eventually out started working.
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Unless I'm missing something, there's a thread hiding in the Dev section that's supposed to fix GPS troubles. I don't know if it's a different issue from what you're having, but thought I'd put that out there.
I tried searching for it. Can't find it in dev.
My gps sucks! It's useless
I tried the apps and resetting gps cache. Still nothing
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So im used to cdma devices in the recent yr but ive been with tmobile prior!!
Why does the gps fail to determine gps location for google maps? When infact im on open highway with 4g and full signal bars ..
This puts a hault on using navigatio or google maps
Is it a gsm issue or signal issue or just undiscovered bug ?
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same here, gps takes forever to lock, and sometime, it fails altogether!
Mines never failed probably user error.
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Whenever I camp out on WiFi, the GPS doesn't lock. I have to reboot. Try a reboot. It should lock on instantly after..
My gps always works and never fails maybe urs is faulty
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Like someone said above, I need to reboot mine if it doesn't lock but after a reboot it works fine.
with the case on takes me around 5 sec to lock on
with out the case it takes me only 2 sec
Anyone else having GPS lock issues? I was on 4g with my GPs on trying to find the nearest Starbucks and it totally wouldnt lock on.
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Same
I've asked a few times
Help
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PinnerProxy said:
Anyone else having GPS lock issues? I was on 4g with my GPs on trying to find the nearest Starbucks and it totally wouldnt lock on.
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If you do a search, there are many threads attempting to fix the GPS lock issue. Samsung seems to always have problems with the GPS on their phones.
What works for me the best is first getting a lock by running the "GPS Status" app, then running Google Maps or whatever program.
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If you do a search, there are many threads attempting to fix the GPS lock issue. Samsung seems to always have problems with the GPS on their phones.
What works for me the best is first getting a lock by running the "GPS Status" app, then running Google Maps or whatever program.
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+1 on this.
I drove to my cousin's house last night and the GPS was giving me fits. Once I got there, I searched up a fix and came across the "GPS Status" program. I installed it, ran it, and then google navigation worked perfectly afterwards.
Wether you're on Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread or ICS.
Have you guys noticed how Google Maps on Android tends to "jump" to your current location when you're driving around, whilist iPhone users have a smooth moving gps point indicator? I've noticed out location indicator is smooth when you use "navigation" and it seems to be tied down to signal aside from obviously a gps lock.
I wish there was a modded Google Maps that has our location indicator "fluidly moving" on maps while we're moving like the iphone. Thoughts, comments, post away.
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I use Telenav...super smooth. My daughter's iphone uses Telenav as well.
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Yes I Noticed that right away when I got my epic.
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I have noticed it before, but I haven't noticed it anytime the last dozen or so times I've used it. Maybe I've missed it, or maybe it's actually getting better?
I think noticed on my last Android but I hardly ever use good maps because I have a older Garmin nuvi that works pretty good.
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I have even had the same trouble when using navigation. Mostly just recently, and when traveling in new areas. I just figured it was happening because the maps data wasn't cached and there was some delay in retrieving it.
Further, when I switch on 4g while using navigation my whole phone freezes and requires a battery pull to get back on track. Terrible.
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Mj, go into ur google maps app, and see if u can clear the data or uninstall the update , power off ur phone, then turn it back on and reinstall the update.
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Wether you're on Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread or ICS.
Have you guys noticed how Google Maps on Android tends to "jump" to your current location when you're driving around, whilist iPhone users have a smooth moving gps point indicator? I've noticed out location indicator is smooth when you use "navigation" and it seems to be tied down to signal aside from obviously a gps lock.
I wish there was a modded Google Maps that has our location indicator "fluidly moving" on maps while we're moving like the iphone. Thoughts, comments, post away.
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Have u tried updating ur prl and rebooting ur phone?
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Keep in mind, google maps mostly works off of "network position". So if u don't update ur prl every now and then, ur position locking proximity will and could be off.
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I always keep my prl up to date. I switch to 01115 though so I don't think that's the issue. No matter how well your reception is, it seems (so far) that google maps indicator will always be jumpy.
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We'll, google is always working on improving they're products
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It is because Maps caches the map and has to download the next section and that causes the stop and go of the flow. Telenav seems to have a better cache system and does not display this.
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Just an update
I've noticed, that since Beta 1, while having the latest version of Google Apps flashed, it is MUCH smoother on MAPS! that's totally a first for me, I've always seen it jumpy, and smooth only when using Google Navigation! It's these little unimportant things i pay attention to, which I wouldn't even noticed if iPhone's version of Google Maps wasn't so smooth.. Just wanted to keep you guys who cared to post up to date. ;D
I keep losing data randomly and the only fix is to cycle airplane mode. Any idea what's going on?
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Try this man. It will fix your problem make it even better.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freshnetwork
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chuko303 said:
Try this man. It will fix your problem make it even better.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freshnetwork
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I'm having the same issue but the app didn't fix anything. It only started the last week or two, and I've only been using CM10 and nothing else. I've flashed the different radios, including the new one, the L7? Did that today and still haven't noticed any thing different.
Not sure if it's the ROM after a certain date or something.
I have always had roaming on and national roaming on too. Never had issues in getting 4G until the data started cutting out completely.
Any other suggestions? I don't think apps are going to help.
It also seems that I'll have WiFi when the phone is on, but when I put it to sleep, it switches to data. When using data in the car and I put the phone to sleep, then it goes from data to no-data.
Real frustrating.
chuko303 said:
Try this man. It will fix your problem make it even better.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freshnetwork
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That app is just a gimmick... why else would it hide the status bar? It most likely just toggles airplane mode like i have been.
same issue also I am on codefirex 11/11/12 build. for me I will lose 3g after approx 30 mins of use and then no service....so I reboot the pH and I get 3g back.
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My phone wont get a gps lock
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rambo8987 said:
My phone wont get a gps lock
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Download gps test from the market. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=gps+test .. in the app press settings, clear agps, then update agps
Any luck with this? My phone also lost gps function. Im rooted and have been flashing the Jedi roms.
I didnt have any luck....
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I guess it's off to the tmobile store after flashing back to stock.
Why not give some useful info at least. .. is it seeing sats but not connecting or nothing at all
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Mine is not seeing any satellites. When maps is open my location just jumps around based on cell tower data and eats battery. I'll have to find out how to put it back to stock, and maybe I'll get lucky and it'll work.
Odin'd back to stock. Didn't fix it, but I really didn't expect it to. A new device is coming tomorrow.
They are delivering it Thanksgiving day??
That's what the receipt says anyway.