Fascinate gps problem

[ivierkelberry]

I had just noticed that people complained of the fascinates gps not working or just being inaccurate. I didn't see anything showing a fix though. I had this same problem before ever rooting my phone and today it seems to be fixed.

Not saying it will fix anyones gps but I reverted back to stock using Odin. This fixed the gps... I have since went back to EB01 2.2.1, not sure on the exact Ron, but gps still works when it wouldn't even show me within 1/4 mile of where I was before.

Maybe this will help someone somewhere. As for going back stock, its simple to find searching the forums.

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*edit* You can pick up the stock odin file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204&page=38
Hope it helps someones gps... It was pretty annoying not being able to use some of the gps based apps...

 

[Jamis0n]

Ec01 is the best ROM for gps

ec01 debloated
enderst special kernel
uv50 oc1.2

 

[prenedo]

My GPS is hit or miss. It usually cannot find my location. It was like this on eb01/ec10 and now on ec01. GPS Aids will not successfully d/l XTRA mode (only successful on the forced LTO). I read up on it a little bit and don't fully understand it (GPS Aids). I also use GPS Status to no prevail.... Could I have a corrupt GPS file or something? I figured it would have been resolved after I followed the 'just a suggestion' thread to the T. Everything else works awesome, just cannot find my location.

 

[ivierkelberry]

Yeah that was the problem I was having. Sometimes it would pull me up on Google maps about a quarter mile away. But navagation or anything else with gps just could not find my location. That was until I went back to complete stock again. It works perfect. I then reloaded the rom I wanted and it still works perfect. I was thinking maybe somehow I corrupted a file to do with gps and since reloading stock, maybe it replaced or fixed it? Not really sure but all my gps apps work flawlessly every since.

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[ivierkelberry]

Strangest thing I guess is that my gps stopped before ever even rooting I do believe. I think that's why I rooted and explored other roms and stuff hoping it would work again with a more updated one or something. Which failed in every way Lol.

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[dktk75]

download and install "gps status & toolbox" from the market. It helps GPS work.

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[prenedo]

I have GPS Status and GPS Aids, neither work. I may try going back to stock and see if it works, but I'm pretty sure that it was messing up when I was stock also. I'm gonna try flashing the [mod] GPS fix and I'll report back with my results

 

[fordee11]

i'm on superclean, and lock in under ten seconds no matter what.. if its essential i would use sc

 

[tfotos]

i'm on superclean, and lock in under ten seconds no matter what.. if its essential i would use sc

Same here. Super Clean works like a champ for me and my gps. Anyone try EC01 Radio yet? I hear it makes the gps work even better. I'm going to install it tomorrow hopefully.


Tapatalked from my ComaVolted Fascinate running SC 2.9.2

 

[ivierkelberry]

Well I've tried sc before too and it didn't work. Got a link to the exact one your using? Cause id love not to use this bloated one. I hate my ram running under 110 free all the time rather than 170+

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[fordee11]

Well I've tried sc before too and it didn't work. Got a link to the exact one your using? Cause id love not to use this bloated one. I hate my ram running under 110 free all the time rather than 170+

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its right here..
[ROM][3.23.2011] Superclean 2.9.2 *Retired* - xda-developers

flash in clockwork (i'm assuming you know how)

 

[TAPOUT27]

Might help...this is for EC01....it has the best overall GPS on the Fascinate to date...

[video=youtube;y8MkZjMZqvs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8MkZjMZqvs&feature=youtube_gdata_player]YouTube - GPS issues and how to fix them + GPS Mod from calebv2 over at XDA...[/video]

 

[Chubbydog]

Might help...this is for EC01....it has the best overall GPS on the Fascinate to date...

YouTube - GPS issues and how to fix them + GPS Mod from calebv2 over at XDA...

Is that only for the rooted phones? I'd really like to get the GPS working without rooting.

 

[Smartypants]

My Fascinating history: I was pursuaded into buying it in October, partly on the promise of Froyo coming "very soon". GPS was very slow to lock. The partial update, which I nicknamed 2.1 Service Pack 1, fixed the lag. 21 hours ago I did the ol' "Settings/About Phone/System Updates/Check New" trick, not expecting anything. Wrong! 15 minutes later I was running stock Froyo 2.2. Nice. Was it worth the worth wait? Who knows. Anyway, today I needed navigation and it never locked on. Son of a gun. Guess I am rooting finally. Before I did that I did a search in the Forums and found this fix in the Thunderbolt area. Download "GPS Status" from Market, install it, then tools/manage A-GPS/clear data, finally download data. GPS lock is now faster then ever.