[Solved] Verizon + GPS + DCD 3.0.1 + Let Sprint Customizations Run

[etexter]

I'm back in a similar boat on GPS and I'm not able to get any GPS Sats to track at all.

I made a mistake and let the Sprint Customizations run from the Sprint ROM and I know that screwed some items up. I went back and reloaded the VZW ROM to get everything back by letting the VZW customizations run. Verified my Internet, etc and everything was fine.

Then, I reloaded the new radio/kitchen. Everything works flawless from Internet, ActiveSyncing, Bluetooth, etc. Except GPS.

I've got Location On, it's set for COM 4, etc.

I'm almost at a loss as to what's breaking the GPS piece since everything else is working fine. I'm perplexed because I've been using Garmin for a few weeks now without issue (minus the lengthy initial sync period).


Edit 3/12 11:43
- I ended up correcting this by going back and redoing the stock VZW Rom, removing battery, hard reseting and pretty much repeating that process all the way through until I got back to 3.5 Radio, same 3.0.1 DCD Rom and I'm back getting 6-7 satellites from my same window spot. Something had to be screwed up from the Sprint customizations, but all is well now.

[Geckotek]

I'm back in a similar boat on GPS and I'm not able to get any GPS Sats to track at all.

I made a mistake and let the Sprint Customizations run from the Sprint ROM and I know that screwed some items up. I went back and reloaded the VZW ROM to get everything back by letting the VZW customizations run. Verified my Internet, etc and everything was fine.

Then, I reloaded the new radio/kitchen. Everything works flawless from Internet, ActiveSyncing, Bluetooth, etc. Except GPS.

I've got Location On, it's set for COM 4, etc.

I'm almost at a loss as to what's breaking the GPS piece since everything else is working fine. I'm perplexed because I've been using Garmin for a few weeks now without issue (minus the lengthy initial sync period).

Are you testing it outside or inside? I have this exact setup working. It started showing me in the wrong location so I had to move around for a minute or so. Depending on weather, buildings, trees, etc.. it may take a few minutes to lock into enough satellites to narrow down your exact location.

Also, did you use Quick GPS? This speeds up the locking in of the sats.

[etexter]

Yep, Quick GPS. Waited for about 20 minutes near my window. Even on the old rom, it used to take 2-3 minutes to sync up with 7-8 Satellites.

[Geckotek]

Yep, Quick GPS. Waited for about 20 minutes near my window. Even on the old rom, it used to take 2-3 minutes to sync up with 7-8 Satellites.

Some have said near a window didn't work for them. Others said it worked in their basement. For good measure I'd go outside away from buildings.

What prog are you using. I think the Holux prog I've seen posted around here or PPCG shows the actual locking in of satellites.

[FZ1]

Attached is the tool I use to see what the GPS is doing. It's very simple and reliable.

After checking "start NMEA messages" you should see a log of GPS info being generated.

I also let the Sprint customizations run (although it quit on it's own and rebooted at about 2%). My GPS has been rock solid on dcd 3.0.0.

[Alex_electro]

i dont'know if-it was told before but i put some additional packages in the dcd 3.0.0 kitchen like wifi-forum (was curious) and it have a gps fonction tath start the gps...it's not a big deal because it's take about 6X the ram of AstroGPSLauncher that i found the way to run with igo...
But if running WI-Fi-Forum anyway you can by-passer GPS launcher to keeps a little 60 k...