GPS Not Working

[REARless]

I woke up this AM and suddenly my GPS is not working. I turned it on off with the power widget serveral times. Then did a Shift-Alt-Delete reboot. Then did a battery-wait a few minutes pull. Still nothing, the GPS just spins.

I am not travelling, so the Droid is home where it usually resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

WiFi and BT are working fine and so is 3G and voice calls.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[Vulcan1600]

Sounds like you might have to take it in to get looked at then. As long as you've verified all the settings for the GPS are on. Are you inside a building or outside? Your GPS might be blocked if you are inside.

P.S. - Go Penguins!

 

[RW-1]

Yesterday my GPS was taking some time to lock in, I did a batt pull and I was good to go after that.

If not, you may have an issue.

 

[hookbill]

Sounds like you might have to take it in to get looked at then. As long as you've verified all the settings for the GPS are on. Are you inside a building or outside? Your GPS might be blocked if you are inside.

P.S. - Go Penguins!

I second this. If you're indoors that could be why, I rarely get a signal in my house.

 

[REARless]

Thank you for the replies.

I am not indoors. (I stood on my deck at 5AM for five minutes then I drove to work for 45 minutes constantly checking.)

I think I may be screwed. I am going to try a factory reset and see if that helps.

BTW this is a non-rooted phone. (I work with LINUX enough at my job, I need a break from it on my phone/pda!)

 

[djo56md]

Gps

You might want to try

*228 SEND Option 1

before you do a Factory Reset. Worked for me.

 

[brochaos]

when my gps stops working, a restart of the phone fixes it.

that is also my theory as to why the *228 works, because after it resets the phone, which accomplishes the same thing.