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Help GPS Will just not lock on

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Slewman

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Anyone have this issue? I noticed it a few weeks ago, but, havent needed my GPS recently, so it wasnt a priority. Had some free time today and decided to test it out. I just cannot get a GPS lock. Ive tried everything, rebooting phone, turning GPS on/off, walking around outside, holding the phone to the sky and screaming bloody hell the the GPS gods... still, nothing.

could there be something wrong with my phone hardware? is there a setting that I have unchecked that could be causing this? Im getting ready to just bring it in to a store and try and get it replaced (I also have random reboots), but would rather not have to do that.

Any help/similar experiences would be of great help! Thanks!
 
mh68 said:
Same here, mine has never locked on. I think there are several threads here about that.
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Yea i have checked the other threads... tried them all... im not in the situation where my GPS takes a long time to lock on, or, i get sporadic results. I dont think i have EVER seen my phone get a gps lock on. was wondering if anyone had that, and, if they did, was it a hardware malfunction or just poor design on the gps radios?
 
I'd call Verizon and ask for a replacement battery cover. The GPS antenna is in there and it's either that or the phone itself that's causing your problem.
 
I was having the same problem. I never noticed my gps wasn't working because I didn't need it until recently.

I called tech support tonight and the tech had me go into location services and make sure all the options under E911 were checked. When I first got the phone, I had denied Verizon Services access to the gps (call it a fit of paranoia mixed with "why does Verizon need to know where I am?") so it was unchecked. The tech told me to check the box next to it and now the gps works fine.

Not sure if that will help but I figured I'd share.
 
When I use the Google Maps Navigation or Foursquare it takes a few minutes to get a lock, but when I use other apps that need GPS data like SkyDroid it gives me a very quick lock.
 
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