gps when traveling

[x51]

I have verizon wireless. My GPS works great at home (CT and NY) I have also traveled to Atlanta Georgia and had no issues. I was in Houston Texas this weekend and at no point could I get the GPS to work. I did not see any indicator telling me I was roaming or anything....

Anyone have any ideas on why my gps would not work in Texas?

[drewcam888]

Look at the last few pages of the following link if you are using agps for ip address changes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424387

If you are using standalone gps, what are your current settings because you should have no problems.

[Woovie]

I live in Houston and believe me, I lose GPS all over the city. It is odd though. I live in the Clear Lake Area. If I pick up signal before I leave my house, it will not drop as long as Google Maps stays open. If I try to get GPS signal nearly anywhere, it doesn't work. I am using a custom 6.1 ROM, Verizon, built in GPS. I don't know the specifics on my ROM but I can get details. What area of Houston did you stay in out of curiosity ?

[x51]

What area of Houston did you stay in out of curiosity ?

From George Bush airport to Reliant Stadium... and about a 20 mile radius of the stadium.

[Woovie]

The suburbs I find I can get a much better signal. The inner city and rural areas it is hard to connect.

[x51]

Well.. now GPS isn't working at all... I will need to look for that AGPS IP change.

Ever since the AGPS ip was discovered several months back, my GPS has been 100% fast and reliable... I used it from CT to Laguardia airport last Friday, got to Houston and .... nothing. As soon as I was back in NY (3 days later), I used it to get from the airport home.. no problem. After that, it will no longer work. Been trying for a few days now.

[x51]

An update for anyone who reads this....

My GPS is working again. 10 - 30 second locks.

I fixed it by using QPST and changing my Verizon AGPS IP to the Telus AGPS IP.

The post I used was located here:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=793028&postcount=43


Run the QPST fix and subsitute these settings:
PDE IP Address = 216.198.139.92
PDE Port Number = 8889
PDE Transport = IP
Position Calculation = PDE

Change/add these registry settings:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\SUPL AGPS]
"GPSMode"=4
"EnableAGPS"=1
"EnableGPSSmartMode"=1


My original IP and port were 66.174.95.132 Port 8888
Changing to 216.198.139.92 Port 8889 is working great.