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juanito157

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I have a non rooted Charge. It will not grab a GPS signal. Before i have my phone replaced, is this a common issue with this phone? I've been reading the threads and seems like rooting with a specific Rom is the only solution? Can't seem to find this topic on a non-rooted device. Any input is appreciated. Thanks
 
That sucks! This phone is so so laggy and now gps doesn't work? Why is everyone so in love with this phone? Have we just come to accept inferior tech as Android lovers? I'm so so tired of this crap! I'm willing to root if it's a real fix but with all the available roms... I'm just not sure which is the best and most reliable one and which one will cure the gps issue? Thanks for your response
 
GummyCharged 2.0, by far the best ROM. All I have to say is that this ROM seriously kicks ass and takes names!

If you need help doing the flash, I have a step-by-step guide that someone gave me to help me flash my phone and I have a perfectly working phone now.
 
Thank you... Absolutely I'm interested, I have no choice. I've already tried the Thunderbolt (failed) and Verizon isn't getting the Galaxy S II.... and I hear the Bionic will Not be an lte device, so I guess I'm stuck with my Charge for now. Any drawbacks? Hiccups? Instability? Thanks Again
 
No drawbacks with GummyCharged that I can see but I've only been running it since 2.0 launch which was two or three days ago.
 
juanito157 said:
Thank you... Absolutely I'm interested, I have no choice. I've already tried the Thunderbolt (failed) and Verizon isn't getting the Galaxy S II.... and I hear the Bionic will Not be an lte device, so I guess I'm stuck with my Charge for now. Any drawbacks? Hiccups? Instability? Thanks Again
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Whoever said the Bionic isnt an LTE device is a moron. ALL the marketing for it has been that it IS an LTE device. That's the big selling point of it, it will the the first dual core LTE device for Verizon.

As for crappy Charge, yes... It's got some big issues that I tried to work with Verizon on and they told me to shove it. Thanks! I pay outrageous prices for a service and even more for your crap phone and I get what? Nice

For the GPS, something that helped me, SOME, not a ton, but some... Download and install "GPSfix" from the market. It will use a little battery because it polls the satellites every so often, but it has helped MASSIVELY with getting a signal. I still have issues from time to time, but it has made it about 80% better.
 
executor485 said:
Whoever said the Bionic isnt an LTE device is a moron. ALL the marketing for it has been that it IS an LTE device. That's the big selling point of it, it will the the first dual core LTE device for Verizon.

As for crappy Charge, yes... It's got some big issues that I tried to work with Verizon on and they told me to shove it. Thanks! I pay outrageous prices for a service and even more for your crap phone and I get what? Nice

For the GPS, something that helped me, SOME, not a ton, but some... Download and install "GPSfix" from the market. It will use a little battery because it polls the satellites every so often, but it has helped MASSIVELY with getting a signal. I still have issues from time to time, but it has made it about 80% better.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try and see how it does but more than likely I will root my device. As far as the Bionic is concerned, I read the latest article on engadget and I can see that it will indeed be an LTE device :) not sure where I picked up that bad info from but i read it somewhere :-/
 
I've had the same problem.I found that going into settings and deselecting and the reselecting the three GPS options fixes the problem.A pain in the neck to be sure,but....

Verizon tech told me that this is an issue and my method is a reliable remedy.:confused:
 
I flashed with Gingerbread yesterday, and so far, it takes phone roughly a minute or so to go from "searching gps" to voice guidance. checked on this 3 or 4 times, same consistent result.
 
ok, last update. just installed GPSfix. I have connection and voice directions right by the time map screen loads. basically, instant.
 
i am interested in the step by step root-ing process, i am not tech-savy and scared to root it, but i cant deal with this lag anymore and my navi works fine but my gps (maps) is ALWAYS worng......
 
There are a lot of posts around these parts that explain how to root and ROM your phone. I have one located here.
 
I run two apps in sequence: GPS Test and GPS Status. It takes a couple of minutes to get an accurate GPS fix, but that's not very different from my experience with a Garmin stand-alone.
 
I just installed an EP4-based ROM that was recently released and I'm happy to say that GPS locking is near instantaneous! I opened up GPS Status and it locked onto the GPS system in less than ten seconds!
 
I can confirm what trparky said. The EP4P leak has a great GPS. I typed in my work address from home using the navigation app and it instantaneously locked on. Never worked that well before.

It's also much faster. Scored a 1405 in Quadrant. Up from what I believe was around the 900s on stock.
 
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