• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Help GPS not locking

S

suttoc

Newbie
I can't seem to get a lock better than 1500 meters in Google Maps - and this is consistent across all apps that use GPS. I tested my wife's Shift standing in the same spot and hers locked with no problem, so it's not the towers or view of the sky. Also, the satellite icon just keeps blinking. Are there any tricks to fixing this problem? Or could this be a phone problem?

Thanks!
 
homescreen -> Menu -> Settings -> Location -> Use wireless networks (check) along with Use GPS satellites (check)

These phones use aGPS and get an initial location from the cell towers, then use that to get a precise GPS lock.

Without an initial seeding, an aGPS system can take 15, 20 minutes or more trying to square itself away.
 
Could using Juice Defender contribute to the problem? I just rebooted, and disabled Juice Defender and my location came up in seconds.
 
suttoc said:
Could using Juice Defender contribute to the problem? I just rebooted, and disabled Juice Defender and my location came up in seconds.
Click to expand...

Yep it might - as I recall, you can inhibit services to save power - maybe check how that beastie is configured. I'm not a JD user, so - that's all I got for you.

Just glad it wasn't hardware!!
 
Me too! I'm gonna keep JD disable for a while and see if the GPS problems comes back. If not, JD gets dumped! Thanks!
 
Sorry...one more thing I noticed and wanted to throw out there. It asks to turn on Wifi when I open, say Google Maps. If wifi is off, no location lock. If on, it locks. Do you know how this works? Obvisouly if I'm in a car I don't have a wifi connection.
 
Yes, 3G is on. And I just tried GPS test and I don't get anything on the map. My GPS status is a yellow dot. I would assume that is bad. :-(
 
Yep - run through yours and your wife's settings - all - for wireless and location, and ensure they're identical (and using the towers).

Wait - btw - just try a reboot - maybe it wasn't juice defender and that was coincidental?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom