GPS not working on GB 2.3.6!

[dirge80]

Still not working!!!! Argh! Help!

[dirge80]

ugh, got it working... sort of... the accuracy is still a bit off... but it works.

[Red98]

Mine seems to be locking on much slower than before the update.

[JerryF]

dirge80,

Try this...

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

JerryF

[DC5_K20Z1]

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

[JerryF]

hifialan,

I hate it when folks say I have that APP because it leaves me wondering what else can I say and quickly ends any chance of further diagnosis.  One more try...

Did you reboot your phone before trying?

Did you run the A-GPS tune up? 

Did you try your GPS with all three GPS's turned on:  Standalone, Google, and Verizon?

Did you try it outside with a clear sky or inside?

Do you you Juice Defender Battery saver, if so turn if off and try again.  Is your battery >50% charged?

Are any other GPS related APPs running.

Try the GPS with Bluetooth, Mobile Data and WiFi turned OFF. 

JerryF 

[UMFootball1989]

It takes 4-6sec to get a GPS lock of me in my house and its almost my exact location in my house...kinda freaky

[bluestar]

JerryF, what is A-GPS tune-up?  Mine hasn't locked in at all since the update.

[JerryF · Accepted solution]

Bluestar,

Go here and read this post.  It explains it all and saves me a lot of slow typing my friend.

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

JerryF

[hifialan]

JerryF, i will try all you suggest and report back. i can say that nothing changed on my phone other than the update, and immediately i noticed a problem. also, i am utilizing gps no differently than i did before. i also otherwise love the phone.

[bluestar]

Thanks, JerryF. I had installed the app awhile ago but never utilized the "Manage A-GPS state" function. Once I did, cleared the GPS cache, etc., I have surprisingly locked in. Though it took about 7 minutes, still feels like great progress.

[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?