[Q] HUGE GPS issues with Captivate Glide - please help!

[Lisali]

Hi all,

I am having huge GPS issues with my Samsung Captivate Glide.

The GPS will take forever to lock, or will not lock at all. If I use FAKEGPS app to set a mock location, it does not seem to acknowledge that at all.

I am rooted on the stock ROM. I have tried the GPS Status app, and the fix here. Still nothing!

As I am completely lost without GPS, I would really appreciate some help here.

Many thanks!

 

[dudejb]

I found the first time can take long but if you leave GPS on the next time it needs it, it will be fast. So I just leave GPS on all the time. Seems like a cold start issue. Is that what you are having?

 

[Lisali]

I found the first time can take long but if you leave GPS on the next time it needs it, it will be fast. So I just leave GPS on all the time. Seems like a cold start issue. Is that what you are having?

Hi - thanks for your reply.

No, my GPS is on all the time, as I use it all the time. It will either not lock, or lock on a HUGE area. Also, FAKEGPS app does not seem to be working now.

 

[dudejb]

Hi - thanks for your reply.

No, my GPS is on all the time, as I use it all the time. It will either not lock, or lock on a HUGE area. Also, FAKEGPS app does not seem to be working now.

Do you have Data enabled? As this is an agps I believe it uses Data to help it lock.

 

[Lisali]

Yes, data and wifi enabled.

 

[dudejb]

Yes, data and wifi enabled.

Did it work before Rooting? Just wondering as Maybe it may be hardware? I am using Osimood latest and it seems to work fine for me. If you do try another Rom that is known to work and still have issues. I would try to bring it back to stock as much as possible and take it to your Service provider for some Warranty Service.

 

[Lisali]

Did it work before Rooting? Just wondering as Maybe it may be hardware? I am using Osimood latest and it seems to work fine for me. If you do try another Rom that is known to work and still have issues. I would try to bring it back to stock as much as possible and take it to your Service provider for some Warranty Service.

I am not sure, but I think it worked before root. I did not have the time to use it that much before rooting it. I will try another ROM and see if that helps.

I am in the UK, so can't take the phone back to the service provider easily - a friend brought it over.

 

[antonyfirst]

I have the same problem as the op. I live in Italy. Looks like there is something else to enable other than replacing the GPS Conf. Formerly I have owned Droid 2 Global, imported from North America like the Captivate Glide... In that case, GPS fixes worked. I don't think our phones need to be sent back to any customer service.

 

[Lisali]

I have the same problem as the op. I live in Italy. Looks like there is something else to enable other than replacing the GPS Conf. Formerly I have owned Droid 2 Global, imported from North America like the Captivate Glide... In that case, GPS fixes worked. I don't think our phones need to be sent back to any customer service.

Glad to hear it's not only me. I also had Motorola Milestone 2 (aka Droid 2 Global) before this phone, and had GPS issues initially, but one of the fixes worked there eventually.

So wee need a fix for the Glide now, a one that works in Europe.

Thanks!

 

[antonyfirst]

Still haven't found a solution. Did anyone put Gps to work in Europe? If so, how?

 

[Lisali]

Still haven't found a solution. Did anyone put Gps to work in Europe? If so, how?

Still nothing!

 

[3essawe]

Same GPS issue

Well, I face same issue in Egypt , i m athletic, so I run with endomondo and it takes ages to establish connection to GPS , even if 3G is enabled and clear sky view .. O.S 2.3.5

 

[antonyfirst]

We need some developers to notice us

 

[ajt1995]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

Try this

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I927 using XDA

 

[antonyfirst]

Already tried, failed.

 

[killerskincanoe]

i'm not positive but i believe when you take NAM phone to EU you need to change something in build.prop in order for it to realize it's looking for EU sats ..... not positive however i know a few devs in the FLYER forum had to do this when they had NAM tablets shipped to them in the netherlands.... then when they made roms they had to give us a fix to switch build.prop back to NAM sats.... if any of this makes sense to anyone awesome... lol sorry for the ****ty explanation... i'll dig around and see what i can find. i'm picking this phone up for my mom today. her first smartphone.. so once she's had a bit to play with it i'll root it and dig around and see what i can find. btw feel free to do the same if you are already rooted

 

[santimaster2000]

i'm not positive but i believe when you take NAM phone to EU you need to change something in build.prop in order for it to realize it's looking for EU sats ..... not positive however i know a few devs in the FLYER forum had to do this when they had NAM tablets shipped to them in the netherlands.... then when they made roms they had to give us a fix to switch build.prop back to NAM sats.... if any of this makes sense to anyone awesome... lol sorry for the ****ty explanation... i'll dig around and see what i can find. i'm picking this phone up for my mom today. her first smartphone.. so once she's had a bit to play with it i'll root it and dig around and see what i can find. btw feel free to do the same if you are already rooted

Thanks, but, 2 things:

1) I live in Argentina, we use NAM, I have the same issues as the OP.

2) I don't think the bands have something to do with a problem that's only related to the Internal GPS, I mean, we are talking about GPS Navigation, not Navigation using a Data Plan/Internet Conection.

 

[Lisali]

i'm not positive but i believe when you take NAM phone to EU you need to change something in build.prop in order for it to realize it's looking for EU sats ..... not positive however i know a few devs in the FLYER forum had to do this when they had NAM tablets shipped to them in the netherlands.... then when they made roms they had to give us a fix to switch build.prop back to NAM sats.... if any of this makes sense to anyone awesome... lol sorry for the ****ty explanation... i'll dig around and see what i can find. i'm picking this phone up for my mom today. her first smartphone.. so once she's had a bit to play with it i'll root it and dig around and see what i can find. btw feel free to do the same if you are already rooted

Hi there,

Thanks for the response.

There's an app that will change the GPS server for you, but that did not help at all. So I'm also waiting for a fix.

 

[dudejb]

With OSIMood Mine is working fine in Canada. Are the people that are having issues all outside of Canada and US? Is it working for anyone outside of Canada and US?

 

[antonyfirst]

Yes, apparently. Darkyrom's fix is not working at all, so it must be something different than just putting up European servers.

---------- Post added at 06:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:51 PM ----------

Hey guys,

I have fixed Gps for myself. I have changed gps.conf manually, it now works like it should.

This is what you have to do:
Copy the following, make a text file, save it as gps.conf, replace it under /system/etc (first, mount R/W, you need to be root). Reboot. Try, and please report me. To me it's the only way it works, no app helped.



NTP_SERVER=europe.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=0.europe.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.europe.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.europe.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.europe.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

DEBUG_LEVEL = 0

INTERMEDIATE_POS=0

ACCURACY_THRES=40

REPORT_POSITION_USE_SUPL_REFLOC=1

ENABLE_WIPER=1

SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276
SUPL_NO_SECURE_PORT=7276
SUPL_SECURE_PORT=7276

ENABLE_WIPER=1

CURRENT_CARRIER=common
DEFAULT_AGPS_ENABLE=TRUE
DEFAULT_SSL_ENABLE=FALSE

DEFAULT_USER_PLANE=TRUE

---------- Post added at 06:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:01 PM ----------

If you aren't in Europe, just change the first 8 lines with your local servers (they can be found online, and links are around XDA as well). The rest should stay the same.

Don't mess around with GPS tool apps, they aren't needed here.

If it works for you, please hit the thanks button.