GPS not working on GB 2.3.6!

Mine locks faster and more accurately with out all the services on, I just have on googles services and not verizons or standalone gps. Try different combinations with wifi, 3g, 4g, google services, standalone gps, and verizon services on/off. Having all on could be interfering with locking on.

JerryF

DC5,

Besides Google's GPS services being on you may also have the Standalone services on because if you pulled down the Notification Bar and touched GPS at the top of the display screen that turns on the Standalone services.

I just noticed this by accident while using my GPS.

JerryF

DC5_K20Z1

Lately I just have google services enabled, and not the stand alone gps our vzw services and it locks fast, same with wifi. I'm just trying out different combinations, its possible having so many services up at the same time are interfering with the lock on for gps.

hifialan

My GPS simply wont lock on now no matter what I do. Before the update it would take 2 to 3 minutes, but now it never, ever does. Does anyone have any suggestions?

JerryF

hifaalan,

Read this post carefully: http://community.vzw.com/t5/DROID-Charge-by-Samsung/GPS-amp-Gingerbread-2-3-6/td-p/741706

Then run their A-GPS "thing-ee-do."

JerryF

hifialan

Thanks for the advice. I have that app, and it makes no difference. My phone is perpetually trying lock down the GPS location without success.

UMFootball1989

so does anyone know what perhaps the best combo is?

UMFootball1989

Standalone GPS and Google Services seems to lock on pretty quick

JerryF

UMFootball1985,

You have it, Standalone GPS and Google Services. When you turn on the GPS in the notification bar you get Standalone GPS so that's a given. Then Google services seem to be needed too. Maybe because the MAPS and Navigation I use are google's.

But I am getting 6-21 seconds to lock on inside the house. That's faster than my Garmin Nuvi 5000 GPS.

JerryF

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jbrookley

Another thing I've noticed is that loading Facebook enables the GPS (not sure why Facebook needs your gps data . . . not cool . . .) and it has caused problems with google maps (at one point, it caused me to be off several streets and showed my location moving sideways on the map). I found that killing the facebook app can fix the gps (though restarting the phone works too). Not sure if that helps but it helped me.

That said, I do have that app that JerryF recommended and found it to lock on a lot quicker (not to be confused with "quick" because it's still pretty slow, as you had described). So yeah, I'd kill the facebook app and run that program before I wanted to get a gps signal. I haven't tried only using google and ignoring the GPS standalone as someone had suggested though. I might have to give that a try.

Anyone else have any combinations that work?

JerryF

Jbrookley said: Another thing I've noticed is that loading Facebook enables the GPS (not sure why Facebook needs your gps data) . . . not cool

The very last thing I would want is a social network (Facebook) tracking me everywhere. I would be out of Facebook immediately if not sooner.

JerryF