Did anyone else experience this? The GPS was decent in open areas only really bad in downtown cuz of the tall buildings. Now I cant get it to hold any signal? Is there anyway to correct this?
One of the components of the GPS "equation" is the modem. The modem changed from 2.1 to 2.2, and the GPS did seem to suffer with stock settings. You can try this-
[FIX] PlumbBob GPS Fix 1.0 [UPDATE 3/10/2011] - xda-developers
One of the components of the GPS "equation" is the modem. The modem changed from 2.1 to 2.2, and the GPS did seem to suffer with stock settings. You can try this-
[FIX] PlumbBob GPS Fix 1.0 [UPDATE 3/10/2011] - xda-developers
You can try some of the configuration changes if you install Launcherpro to get at lbstestmode... but the bulk of the "fix" requires you flash a zip from Recovery, which probably means you need ROOT to install ROM Manager and Clockwork. So if you are not root, you are probably up the creek with no paddle.
Don't feel too terribly bad, as this fix seems to only get it as good as it was before... which is barely usable, but at least it IS usable.
I paid $40 for an external Bluetooth GPS receiver to resolve this problem for me. I still fix the internal GPS so it is as usable as possible without the BT unit, so I can say that this fix DOES help. It does not get the less than 1m accuracy that the external unit gives me, but it is "good enough" to only get a wrong turn on occasion, so long as you are used to the drift. Which I assume we all are by now.