GPS is terrible now

[Seaner]

On my droid incredible it work immediately. it was great for nav and mytracks. then i got the razr. worked fine on that until ics. now i wait 5 minutes in my car for it to find the satellite or whatever sometimes longer sometimes less. when i used mytracks it didnt work at all. i turned it on 15 minutes before my run i was out in the open on a street in a suburb and it wouldnt find it. its really frustrating since i love the gps feature of android.
sooo
is this an ics problem? or just my phone? or something i can do?
thanks

 

[elbow75034]

i thought it was just my phone someone help

 

[bubbasmith58]

I noticed this as well! I notice it mainly when I use foursquare. Very irritating.

 

[Nicktyelor]

I noticed it about a month ago when I started to use navigation more often. Sometimes it can be painfully slow to locate the device. It will usually just pin point me some random area in a couple mile radius of my actual location and lock me there while it searches. VERY annoying. I assume it's an ICS problem.

 

[rza49311]

Same here. GPS lock takes alot longer in ICS. I read some info on clearing/resetting the A-GPS data but that didn't seem to help. I haven't tried a factory reset though.

 

[Seaner]

I have done a factory reset for a different reason doesn't make a difference

 

[FoxKat]

Folks, there are plenty of problems with .211 ICS, but the leaked .215 fixes virtually all of them. Go HERE (http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-razr-support/217843-mattyps-215-leak-classroom.html), jump on board with the update and you'll be quite happy with the results. Just a word of advice, make sure you do a FULL FACTORY DATA RESTORE after the update, and it's a good idea to do a wipe of the Cache before the update as well.

 

[mysticalmalissa]

^^^^^ what he said.

It fixed mine.

 

[MattyP]

^^^^^ what he said.

It fixed mine.

You were one of the first ...

 

[94lt1]

An app like GPS tools can also help with your GPS issues... it did mine..

 

[Seaner]

An app like GPS tools can also help with your GPS issues... it did mine..

which app is this? i only see "gps status & toolbox" and "gps test"when i search it..

 

[rza49311]

which app is this? i only see "gps status & toolbox" and "gps test"when i search it..

yeah, its "[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]gps status & toolbox", however, it didnt' work for me. You have the option in the app to clear the A-GPS data like i mentioned before.[/FONT]

 

[bubbasmith58]

I did the leaked update with no luck helping the GPS. Battery seems to be improved though!