Searching for GPS

[CollegePartyBoy]

I only have one issue with my TB, but its a pretty big one. I travel a lot to different cities. When I land, it takes my GPS a minimum of 45 minutes before I'm located. I get the dreaded "Searching for GPS"... It chews up battery life. However, once I'm located, I'm good for as long as I'm in that city. I have tried shutting the phone down and bringing it up, I have tried apps like GPS Status and GPS Fix. GPS Status will show I'm locked onto 9 satellites, but it won't hook me up with the GPS. My local Verizon "expert" said I should dial *228. I've done that and gotten a message that says "A Verizon Wireless SIM card has activated your service and updated your phones roaming capabilities". Nothing. When I arrive back home, it take at least 45 minutes to connect. Sorry, so long, does anyone have any definitive suggestions?

 

[FrankXS]

Have you done both the OTA updates? Do you have build# 1.70.605.0?

-Frank

 

[Rav3nCroft]

You should NEVER call *228 on your Thunderbolt... You're local guy is not an "expert". Are you running stock? Do you have all of the OTA updates installed?

.... man, Frank is fast.

 

[chuckh0308]

228 is for roaming updates, and it doesn't apply to the 4G LTE phones. The "expert" you talked to wasn't much of an expert...

What GPS app are you using? I get the "searching" quite often with Google Nav, but that's the only app I have trouble with. All the other GPS apps I have work flawlessly 100% of the time, including the regular Google Maps. Just the Nav has issues for me and it's really freaking frustrating! If I reboot it will work fine for a time or two, but then it will go all weird again.

 

[CollegePartyBoy]

Have you done both the OTA updates? Do you have build# 1.70.605.0?

-Frank

Frank, I do have1.70.605.0 loaded. It's stock, not rooted.

 

[CollegePartyBoy]

228 is for roaming updates, and it doesn't apply to the 4G LTE phones. The "expert" you talked to wasn't much of an expert...

What GPS app are you using? I get the "searching" quite often with Google Nav, but that's the only app I have trouble with. All the other GPS apps I have work flawlessly 100% of the time, including the regular Google Maps. Just the Nav has issues for me and it's really freaking frustrating! If I reboot it will work fine for a time or two, but then it will go all weird again.

The only service I use is Google Maps. Never had an issue with my Incredible. I got this phone on March 17th, when it went live. Have had problems since.

 

[FrankXS]

Frank, I do have1.70.605.0 loaded. It's stock, not rooted.

You might want to make sure you have all location services selected in Menu | Settings | Location. I dunno... I thought virtually everyone's GPS issues were improved/fixed with the latest OTA updates.

I will say, if you are having any kind of data connectivity issues (data icon disappears for a long period of time) that would cause it too. The maps are downloaded via RF, not GPS.

-Frank

 

[rage151]

Searching works wonders.

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Done this to my TB AND GPS has worked ever since.