Steps to get back GPS on your T-Mobile Galaxy S3

flipq88 · Feb 7, 2013

dodgefan67 said:
so maybe i missed something, how do you loose GPS? are TW roms loosing GPS? ive been using AOSP roms and have no issues with GPS at all

I've gone thru both types of roms and my gps worked great. Then I had been on Frosty for a while when suddenly it just stopped working. I found out one time when I was trying to use navigation but the "searching using gps" never showed up in the notification bar and I had just used it a few days before. Tried a bunch of roms and it didn't work. Only until I flashed synergy rom did it start working again

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DsturbD · Feb 7, 2013

elflip88 said:
I've gone thru both types of roms and my gps worked great. Then I had been on Frosty for a while when suddenly it just stopped working. I found out one time when I was trying to use navigation but the "searching using gps" never showed up in the notification bar and I had just used it a few days before. Tried a bunch of roms and it didn't work. Only until I flashed synergy rom did it start working again

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hmmmm, well knock on wood, nothing like that has happened yet

LLCoolWas · Feb 11, 2013

Following steps 1-6 in post 1 was the only way i was able to get GPS working again. I tried other T-Mobile original firmwares and none of them fixed the GPS issue. Instead of step 7, I restored my CWM backup, and it is still working.

Xx_silenzer_xX · Feb 15, 2013

I'm in download mode but I can't seem to find the option to install a zip .

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bikrame · Feb 15, 2013

Xx_silenzer_xX said:
I'm in download mode but I can't seem to find the option to install a zip .

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Download mode is for odin ; there is no zip install option.

Xx_silenzer_xX · Feb 15, 2013

So I booted into download mode do I have to place the zip in a certain directory do I plug it into a computer kuz all I get is android is downloading do not power off

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bikrame · Feb 16, 2013

Xx_silenzer_xX said:
So I booted into download mode do I have to place the zip in a certain directory do I plug it into a computer kuz all I get is android is downloading do not power off

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No open odin. Select pda. Choose base file and click start. Make sure you dont unplug unless it says passs on odin.
Make sure ur phone is connected well .

Don_Perrignon · Feb 17, 2013

dodgefan67 said:
so maybe i missed something, how do you loose GPS? are TW roms loosing GPS? ive been using AOSP roms and have no issues with GPS at all

From what I'm seeing, it's when people go from 4.2 back to 4.1 on a AOSP variation.

MrSpinch said:
I had the same thing- GPS ate it, started working again randomly, then ate it again, even after following the steps in this post. I got my RMA'd replacement today, and I'm not about to load anything custom on it until the warranty is long out and whatever is causing this problem is resolved.

I've been flashing ROMs. It's just now that about a week after I got my replacement, the issue that I didn't want to deal with in 4.2 have either been solved or been smoothed over well enough. Since it seems from what I see that going from 4.2 back to 4.1 breaks it, I have since stayed on 4.2 since the issues I care about have been solved now.

jmerlos · Feb 17, 2013

My GPS was broken after downgrading to 4.1, this fixed it. Thanks!

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nickstopo · Feb 19, 2013

I've already done this twice and it's a lengthy process each time. Expect to do it every time going to a 4.1 ROM from a 4.2. Hopefully, we can get an official 4.2 soon so we can clear up file issues.

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bobolinko · Feb 19, 2013

Thanks! All my WORKING backups were unable to restore the functioning GPS even if the NAV WAS WORKING at the time of Nandroid backups!
IDK why, but this did the trick. Granted, it's a long way from here to where I was, but at least the phone is again fully functional, and I can build the system back to where I was!

Aloha!

limpexowns · Feb 19, 2013

Sounds promising, only thing is, what steps to take for Wind? Do I just odin back to stock Wind?

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Towle · Feb 21, 2013

To save a lot of time, I don't see why it wouldn't work to use the root66 file for step 3. That way you would be on the latest firmware with root.

egren58 · Feb 21, 2013

Please help I have jo GPS on my rom please help? Idk how to Odin or anything I'm new to Samsung etc..

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r3a1ist · Feb 21, 2013

egren58 said:
Please help I have jo GPS on my rom please help? Idk how to Odin or anything I'm new to Samsung etc..

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LoL

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---------- Post added at 12:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 AM ----------

You had to flash a ROM to get in this position so you have to have some knowledge. Odin is the Samsung windows program used with the samaung boot loader. How to access that is defined in original post. You need to download, unzip and then flash the stock t mobile system file. Takes your phone back to its first factory setting and boot up. Be careful using Odin it can brick your phone. If your phone connects you will see com in green in the far left box. Click PDA button to load file and click start and allow to finish. Dont touch anything else. Hope that gives you the guidance you need good luck.

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bobolinko · Feb 22, 2013

I did it differently and faster

tthaz777 said:
You just need to do the following steps to get back GPS on your T-Mobile GS3

1. Do Nandroid backup (I used CWM)
2. Install TriangleAway here. Thanks to Chainfire.
3. Open TriangleAway, reset flashing counter (you must have root access)
4. Download original unrooted firmware for T-Mobile Galaxy S3 (T999UVALEM) here. Thanks to SamMobile
5. Boot your phone into Download Mode (Volume down + power + home) and flash the firmware above via ODIN
5a. If you have bootloop after flashing, remove battery, boot your phone into Recovery Mode by holding volume up + power + home (should be stock recovery because custom recovery will be lost), wipe data (factory reset) + wipe cache
6. When your phone finishes rebooting, you will see the GPS has been fixed and worked perfectly.

Then rather than re doing all the stuff to get to where you were, I just restored the nandroid backup and all was good. it took minutes instead of many hours!

contriver12 · Feb 22, 2013

Towle said:
To save a lot of time, I don't see why it wouldn't work to use the root66 file for step 3. That way you would be on the latest firmware with root.

I tried that but it wasn't successful for me. When I used the newest root66 file for step 3 it didn't fix the GPS. I had to go back to the T999UVALEM firmware first which fixed the GPS and then used the root66 file to get myself to the latest version. It doesn't really make sense to me why one works and the other doesn't but I'm not going to complain about results.

Towle · Feb 22, 2013

contriver12 said:
I tried that but it wasn't successful for me. When I used the newest root66 file for step 3 it didn't fix the GPS. I had to go back to the T999UVALEM firmware first which fixed the GPS and then used the root66 file to get myself to the latest version. It doesn't really make sense to me why one works and the other doesn't but I'm not going to complain about results.

Did you do anything differently when you flashed UVALEM? Such as wipe data?

contriver12 · Feb 22, 2013

Towle said:
Did you do anything differently when you flashed UVALEM? Such as wipe data?

Wiped directly after both. I ran Titanium Backup beforehand so I really didn't care about the data and figured it would make things less complicated if it was completely clean. I didn't start restoring until after I tested GPS.

egren58 · Feb 22, 2013

Okay I got GPS back but now it takes a whole to find GPS...

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