GPS Fix (revised)

[swenpro]

Has anyone on here talked about using the app called GPS Status? Opening this app first and doing a compass calibration can often result in better lock times if your unrooted GPS seems "broken".

Droid Charge - Tapatalk

 

[cmgeek]

swenpro, I tried that first, but had very little luck. Lock times decreased a little, but still took minutes to lock on. There's another one called GPS Lock that is suppose to decrease your lock time by locking on to satellites frequently, but still, no luck.

 

[ups2525]

I was sucessful at manually changing the etc file but have wiped my phone and Im attempting to do the same thing but everytime I click on the file provided by the op I am directed to a site containing the commands rather than the file...pls help me locate and save the file to my sd card once again PLEASE and thank you!

 

[Anderain]

I was sucessful at manually changing the etc file but have wiped my phone and Im attempting to do the same thing but everytime I click on the file provided by the op I am directed to a site containing the commands rather than the file...pls help me locate and save the file to my sd card once again PLEASE and thank you!

As Halo posted earlier in the thread:

Open it with Dolphin Browser. Then I go to More > Save Page > Save As: gps.conf

 

[cmgeek]

As Halo posted earlier in the thread:

Open it with Dolphin Browser. Then I go to More > Save Page > Save As: gps.conf

The other option is to do this from your computer. Right-Click > Save As> then place on your SD card from your computer.

 

[ups2525]

Thx for the responses...worked like a charm!

 

[cmgeek]

Glad it working for you ups

 

[rbess1965]

It appears that others already know that LTE may be an issue for the GPS. LightSquared Says It Has Cheap and Easy GPS Fix (Phone Scoop)

 

[NIUHuskie]

It appears that others already know that LTE may be an issue for the GPS. LightSquared Says It Has Cheap and Easy GPS Fix (Phone Scoop)

My understanding was that LightSquared has a specific problem because of the frequency they'll be operating their LTE network on, not that all LTE is incompatible with GPS. Am I incorrect?

 

[cmgeek]

My understanding was that LightSquared has a specific problem because of the frequency they'll be operating their LTE network on, not that all LTE is incompatible with GPS. Am I incorrect?

That was my understanding as well. LightSquared has an issue. Verizon's LTE has nothing to do with this (or the Droid Charge).

From LightSquared: GPS Industry

 

[anon(94115)]

That was my understanding as well. LightSquared has an issue. Verizon's LTE has nothing to do with this (or the Droid Charge).

From LightSquared: GPS Industry

Thirded

 

[Midnight_Ninja]

Sorry to bump this, but I tried using the FasterFix Program, and have had little luck with this. Is there a way to do this manually without purchasing Root Explorer? Also, what server should I set in fasterfix? I have been using supl.google.com

 

[tefca]

ES File Explorer will do this if you are rooted. You have to remember to mount the system r/w in the options. Holding down the star gets you to the root directory.

ES File Explorer is free in the market place.

 

[Midnight_Ninja]

Thanks! I will try it out once I can unplug my phone

 

[basscadet]

None of this crap worked for me.

I got so sick of dealing with the SLOW SLOW SLOW GPS of this phone I flashed a stock EE4 ROM (unrooted) back onto my phone in order to sell it.

Lo' and behold, my phone locks onto GPS within 10 seconds every time now without fail. I'm using the same GPS settings (everything but standalone turned off) as I did before.

 

[Landshark]

Sorry to bump this, but I tried using the FasterFix Program, and have had little luck with this. Is there a way to do this manually without purchasing Root Explorer? Also, what server should I set in fasterfix? I have been using supl.google.com

Your server should be set to either us.pool.ntp.org or northamerica.pool.ntp.org (might be namerica)

 

[Landshark]

None of this crap worked for me.

I got so sick of dealing with the SLOW SLOW SLOW GPS of this phone I flashed a stock EE4 ROM (unrooted) back onto my phone in order to sell it.

Lo' and behold, my phone locks onto GPS within 10 seconds every time now without fail. I'm using the same GPS settings (everything but standalone turned off) as I did before.

I always have all three location services activated and get GPS locks within 10 seconds. This is because all three use different sources to identify your location. So using all three gives me my best results.

 

[Midnight_Ninja]

Your server should be set to either us.pool.ntp.org or northamerica.pool.ntp.org (might be namerica)

Hmm...when I tried using the stock setting for north america--I think that's the one you referred to , it gave me a horrible accuracy rate-I got a radius of 3400 meters. On a droid incredible( completely stock) in the same place, it was about 5 meters. When I changed it to supl.google.com, I got the accuracy to be around 20 m.