GPS Fix v3
I've noticed in the past few days that some people are having gps lock issues. Namely lock speed and lost signal. I found a script mod that makes adjustments to my gps.conf which makes my gps use different gps/time servers than what Sprint or LG uses. I get instant locks and I lost signal only once. But I moved 15 feet and relocked. I use both my gps and bluetooth for about 8-10hrs a day.
There are multiple sources for this "fastlock" fix all across the internet. I can't say that this is all me. This is from other dedicated android users and developers. All I did was make it flashable.
Version 3 has the same gps.conf. I've added a gps directory to /data and added secgps.conf and a gps "helper" file called lto.dat. I didn't have too far to drive today, only 5 stops, so I can't honestly say that the new files helped. But they didn't hurt my usage in any way, either. This is a "try it if you want, no guarantees" version and should also be the last version.
The gps.conf file:
If you decide that you would rather copy and paste everything into your gps.conf, then remember to:
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I've noticed in the past few days that some people are having gps lock issues. Namely lock speed and lost signal. I found a script mod that makes adjustments to my gps.conf which makes my gps use different gps/time servers than what Sprint or LG uses. I get instant locks and I lost signal only once. But I moved 15 feet and relocked. I use both my gps and bluetooth for about 8-10hrs a day.
There are multiple sources for this "fastlock" fix all across the internet. I can't say that this is all me. This is from other dedicated android users and developers. All I did was make it flashable.
Version 3 has the same gps.conf. I've added a gps directory to /data and added secgps.conf and a gps "helper" file called lto.dat. I didn't have too far to drive today, only 5 stops, so I can't honestly say that the new files helped. But they didn't hurt my usage in any way, either. This is a "try it if you want, no guarantees" version and should also be the last version.
The gps.conf file:
Code:
NTP_SERVER=0.north-america.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.north-america.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.north-america.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.north-america.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
# DEBUG LEVELS: 0 - none, 1 - Error, 2 - Warning, 3 - Info
# 4 - Debug, 5 - Verbose
DEBUG_LEVEL = 0
# Intermediate position report, 1=enable, 0=disable
INTERMEDIATE_POS=1
# Accuracy threshold for intermediate positions
# less accurate positions are ignored, 0 for passing all positions
ACCURACY_THRES=0
################################
##### AGPS server settings #####
################################
# FOR SUPL SUPPORT, set the following
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276
SUPL_NO_SECURE_PORT=7276
SUPL_SECURE_PORT=7276
# FOR C2K PDE SUPPORT, set the following
# C2K_HOST=c2k.pde.com or IP
# C2K_PORT=1234
################################
# EXTRA SETTINGS
################################
CURRENT_CARRIER=common
DEFAULT_AGPS_ENABLE=TRUE
DEFAULT_SSL_ENABLE=FALSE
# TRUE for "User Plane", FALSE for "Control Plane"
DEFAULT_USER_PLANE=TRUE
If you go about the manual way, be sure to chmod the file to 644 or rw--r--r and chown it back to root.
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