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giladgaron

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Hi,

Since I've installed MustyMod my GPS stopped working.
The problem is, to be more precise, is that my Galaxy isn't seeing any satellites at all.
When using an app like GPS Test, I can see that the GPS icon is flashing, and GPS status is on and everything seems to be in working order but no satellites are in view, even after hours of leaving the device in the open under clear sky.

At first I thought it was a bug in MustyMod, but then I installed Galaxo 1.6.2 and the problem remains.

Any ideas? or did I somehow managed to brick my GPS?
 
Since I did the 1.6 upgrade, GPS has massive trouble getting a signal if the USB cable is plugged in. It's unusable with the cable.
 
informale said:
That is a good guide you've followed. Have you tried using GPS in different locations? My TomTom does not pick-up the signal under clear sky near my home, although it is not a heavily build-up area.
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Tried quite a few locations...

beitinsw said:
Since I did the 1.6 upgrade, GPS has massive trouble getting a signal if the USB cable is plugged in. It's unusable with the cable.
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No usb cable connected...
 
I bought my phone six months ago, and i dint actually use the gps but when i tried it couldn't get a fix not even a single satellite.I wanted to have 1.6 so i flashed i7500XXJB2 (my previous firmware was i7500XXIG7).
But the stupid problem remains.After a month or two i wanted to root my phone so i flashed the Galax0 1.6.2 but the stupid problem is STILL HERE:mad:.
Now i don't know what to do.Can someone help me?
And im so frustrated right now:mad:, i want to sell this peice of junk and buy a htc hero.
Sorry for my English its not my native language.
 
Try "GPS Test" application from the android market and see how many satellites are in your range.There are total 32 satellites. For GPS fixing we need signals from atleast 4 satellites.(There is very beautiful mathematics behind it).

Sorry for my English its not my native language.
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Don't mention it buddy. We are a community. We are here to help one another
 
I had a windows moblie phone before this one. There was a "gps satellite data" update program. I had to run it about once a week, otherwise I'd never get a signal. Is there a need for something like that in Android? Seems weird considering you don't have to update dedicated GPS units weekly. Maybe it was a weak or finicky GPS chip/system in the XDA Orbit 2?
 
beitinsw said:
I had a windows moblie phone before this one. There was a "gps satellite data" update program. I had to run it about once a week, otherwise I'd never get a signal. Is there a need for something like that in Android? Seems weird considering you don't have to update dedicated GPS units weekly. Maybe it was a weak or finicky GPS chip/system in the XDA Orbit 2?
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Yeah :) I had also used winmo for 4 months and I used to keep "gps satellite data" always on.

There is no such thing in Android. Just enable GPS from settings menu.
 
dsyzug said:
Try "GPS Test" application from the android market and see how many satellites are in your range.There are total 32 satellites. For GPS fixing we need signals from atleast 4 satellites.(There is very beautiful mathematics behind it).
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I tried gps test,and not a single satellite:eek:, i also tried NDrive, still nothing.My friend tried to connect to gps ,while he was standing right next to me using his Sony ericsson c702 and his phone connected to gps in about 30 sec. Mine didnt even find a single satellite.
 
nicholas said:
I tried gps test,and not a single satellite:eek:, i also tried NDrive, still nothing.My friend tried to connect to gps ,while he was standing right next to me using his Sony ericsson c702 and his phone connected to gps in about 30 sec. Mine didnt even find a single satellite.
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Can you see GPS icon in notification bar ??
 
its a little complicated to prepare, since you have to repack a ...-phone.tar file, but if you wait a little i will post my basebands collection ;-) then just use odin, uncheck "single package" and select one of the files in this package for "phone"...
 
Problem,tried the CoPilot Live 8 and he didn't find any satellite in range, so the google maps, can't find my location, i got the galaxo 1.6.2, any idea??
 
try the various test people have advised in this post
also try it outside as i find it hard to pickup a signal indoors
 
FadeFx said:
its a little complicated to prepare, since you have to repack a ...-phone.tar file, but if you wait a little i will post my basebands collection ;-) then just use odin, uncheck "single package" and select one of the files in this package for "phone"...
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Hi i tried to flash one of the basebands but odin keeps saying ''Check image files'' How can i flash the baseband only, pleas help.
I tried on Odin 3.95 and 4.03
 
wich one did you try, maybe i have one or two defect in there... did you uncheck the "one package option" in odin?
 
FadeFx said:
wich one did you try, maybe i have one or two defect in there... did you uncheck the "one package option" in odin?
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I think the files are ok, maybe Odin wont flash without every image file path filed in. Is there anyway to bypass this?
 
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