[Q] Enable GLONASS/ГЛОНАСС on HTC Sensation XE running CM9

[LiSrt]

[Q] Enable GLONASS/ГЛОНАСС on HTC Sensation XE running CM9

I downloaded the "GPS Test" app to see if my phone can use GLONASS as well as GPS.

Answer is, it can't, for whatever reason. It's an HTC Sensation XE which I've put CM9 (9.1.0-pyramid) on.

I know that GLONASS satellites are available where we live as my wife's Galaxy SIII (as purchased, no ROM or firmware changes, same network as me) can use them alongside GPS.

What I want to know, is if there's anything I can change to enable GLONASS, or if I just have to install a different ROM?

 

[boomboomer]

GLONASS is not enabled in the radio firmware, there is nothing you can do about it.

 

[LiSrt]

GLONASS is not enabled in the radio firmware, there is nothing you can do about it.

So, to check I've got this right, someone would have to create a version of the radio firmware which did have GLONASS enabled, which would then have to overwrite the version on the phone?

(I don't think I'll do this, just in case it bricks the phone - at least I know to avoid HTC in the future.)

 

[usaff22]

Avoid HTC because of GLONASS?

 

[LiSrt]

Avoid HTC because of GLONASS?

Not just because of that, but refusing to enable it even though the chip supports it is indicative of a company showing a lack of customer care.

 

[ypsmav]

Any reason for your extreme need of using GLONASS?

Understand that its accuracy is slightly worse than GPS. Only in high latitudes (very north or south) it works better than GPS.

 

[LiSrt]

Any reason for your extreme need of using GLONASS?

Understand that its accuracy is slightly worse than GPS. Only in high latitudes (very north or south) it works better than GPS.

No extreme need, I'd just like more satellites available (as far as I understand it, using both sets of satellites is more accurate than just one) as it seems my wife's phone (which has both) gets more accuracy than mine.

I certainly don't want to stop using GPS.