GPS not Locking

[dmbatcofc]

Is anyone else having trouble getting the GPS to lock on? Tried GPS status, no dice.

 

[skier8735]

I got mine on launch day and have had zero problems with the GPS. In fact it locks on generally in seconds and even locks on in my apartment with 2 floors above me where neither my magellan handheld gps or droid charge could even see more than 1 or 2 satellites.

 

[dmbatcofc]

Still can't a lock half of the time. Maybe I got a bad device? May exchange for another one.

 

[maxxhd]

If it's not a signal issue or something trivial, I'd exchange it if I were you. My GPS also locks in seconds.

 

[dmbatcofc]

Well I'm finally getting a lock, however, the location is way off. I think I got a lemon. I wish you all the best of luck!

 

[Kaos2flo]

Mine locks fine 97% percent of the time. There was 2 times where my location couldn't be determined, and it kept having the "searching for location" notification in the pull down. I had to restart the phone both times for the notification to go away.

 

[dmbatcofc]

Alright... I couldn't rid my device of the GPS issues, so I swapped it out for a new one... SAME ISSUE! Is nobody else having issues with your location not locking in or, in Google Maps, your location moving all over the place?

 

[Super1]

Mine worked great til updated Ics. After update it would take around 5-10 minutes to lock on. Downloaded GPS Doctor from the market - $1.99. I had my doubts, but works great now. Locks on in 2-3 seconds, very accurate as well.

 

[dmbatcofc]

Interesting... I may have to give this a shot. When I look at my location on any application, I look like a jumping bean!

 

[doctboo]

I'm having a similar issue. Sometimes if I reboot, it will lock immediately, and other times no joy. I've been using GPS Test to see what the device is doing. What's frustrating is that the GPS Status = On, and In View are 18 satellites, but In Use = 0. Of course, I don't know that 18 are really in view or if 18 should be in view based on Assisted GPS.

I'm expecting this to be an issue for a lot of people in the near future. It can't be a coincidence.

Either way, I'm headed back to the Verizon store this afternoon.

 

[Super1]

Lol, been there - done that. They'll tell you to do a factory reset. I did it twice, didn't make a difference for me. The GPS Doctor fixed my phone, well worth the $1.99 from the market. Good luck.

 

[TisMyDroid]

GPS essentials, free from the play store has worked great for me also.

 

[dmbatcofc]

Thank goodness I'm not the only one... thought I was going crazy!

 

[doctboo]

I figured the first thing they would have me do is a factory reset so I did that yesterday. So far it hasn't crapped out on me.

I haven't reconfigured all of my stuff and thought I would do so slowly to see if there's a particular app/config that's interfering.

 

[Bacchus224]

WiFi Seemed to help

I was having this same problem today. The GPS was searching for close to 10 minutes. As I was messing with the phone, I recieved the prompt that tells you that turning on your wifi can enhance your location services. While I do not understand the relationship, I relented and turned on my wifi. The phone immediatley locked on to my location and so far today has continued to do so. I have no idea if this is coincidental or not. As I said before, I do not understand how having wifi on would effect GPS locking, but in this case it seemed to.