I didn't even do the GPS Status thing and my GPS works great. I flashed a GB ROM turned GPS on, got my location, then typed in an address for directions and went into navigation. When it started speaking the directions I hit the home button and booted into recovery and restored my backup. Has been working perfectly through multiple AOSP ROMs every since.
pretty much doin the same thing. its getting a fix on satelites,then when it has enuff it starts directing... i like gps status cause i can see it working,lol. as it finds satelites they pop up one by one on the little grid. as soon as it stops finding them,and the ones that are there stay for a couple minutes i call it good.
if i check location after that its usually accurate to 3m or less.
The sense to AOSP trick works, but I've been using another method that has been working perfectly, for me at least.
Run GPS status in an area unobstructed by a roof, should get to within 3-4 meters. Back out, Immediately run maps, should find you almost instantly, back out, immediately run weather or navigation or whatever you were trying to use GPS for in the first place.
In that order, one after another has worked everytime for me, might be worth a shot.. YMMV of course..
youre doig this in a sense rom,then going back to AOSP? or just doing that in AOSP?
i tried to get a lock outside on OMGB on the replacement phone... wouldnt lock for nothin
thot it was a rom issue,so i restored cm7 backup where it worked fine. still no lock
at this point i thot my rep phone was broken and the decision wich one to keep would be easy! i tried the sense thing not expecting it to work,and damned if it didnt. it either worked or was an amazing coincidence
2 satelites popped up right away on gps status,then slowly but surely it found 7 more,and it was fine all the time after that.
When I run GPS Status, I have it set to auto download A-GPS, so that would definitely make sense.
My thought process was; GPS Status gets a lock, Google uses that lock for Maps. Nav, Weather, whatever, uses that Google lock to assist in it's own lock.
my thots as well,i have mine set the same.
I was thinking a little more and instead of flashing a Sense based rom prior to CM7...
After rooting the phone, couldn't you flash the MR2 OTA or MR3 radio, boot into the stock OS, get a lock with GPS Status (A-GPS download as well) and then flash CM7 from there?
prolly so... i got my gps lock on mr2 when i did the sense to aosp trick.
after some more thinking on this... i think i can see how it works. i have noticed that if i set my lte switch on something,it is still on that after a reboot,restore,or a new flash. matter of fact it was still that way even after flashing the modded mr2 RUU,IIRC. there must be some part of the phone that hardware interface layers store it various settings and such that is not affected by the OS.
or maybe its just voodoo magic,i dunno
