GPS stopped working completely

larcin · #1 (**permalink**) 11-08-2008, 03:47 PM

Resolution: Make sure location is on.

Has anyone else had their GPS completely stop working? It worked a few days ago with the first 3 in the list below. I have checked the GPS settings in the windows manager and they are correct.

I have tried in several programs and they all never connect to the GPS.
Tested it with

Google Maps
Live Search
iGuidence
Last resort Sprint Nav

None of them could connect at all to the GPS.

Any thoughts?

Marty · #2 (**permalink**) 11-08-2008, 03:53 PM

Have you recent installed the .NET 3.5 program on your phone. I did and while it did not cause my GPS to completely stop working, it did cause the TP to randomly reboot when using GPS (usually after a few seconds). I removed the .NET 3.5 program and GPS is once again stable, no more random reboots.

holo · #3 (**permalink**) 11-08-2008, 03:54 PM

.net works fine for me so I suspect something else is causing the above posters issues

have you soft reset? and ran quickgps?

larcin · #4 (**permalink**) 11-08-2008, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holo

.net works fine for me so I suspect something else is causing the above posters issues

have you soft reset? and ran quickgps?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marty

Have you recent installed the .NET 3.5 program on your phone. I did and while it did not cause my GPS to completely stop working, it did cause the TP to randomly reboot when using GPS (usually after a few seconds). I removed the .NET 3.5 program and GPS is once again stable, no more random reboots.

Nope I haven't installed .NET 3.5 on the Touch pro as of yet.

I did softreset and then try connecting again. There was no change.
I also did try softrest and the quick GPS before

I'm not thinking the GPS is connecting at all since when using GPS in Google Maps the Sats never show up and stay at zero. Before on my Mogul even if it took a while to get a location it would still show connection. At the moment it stays saying 0 and the errors saying there is no GPS receiver.

Here is what I have done in the past few days

Set SMSNoSentMsg to 1
installed Nue power dll
replaced the power icon to show the color one
installed wmwifirouter
installed S2U2
installed Total Commander
PHM Regedit
Remote Desktop App

Nothing that I have done has been in my experience related to the GPS

I'm no PRO but I do know my way around.

My last resort will be a hard reset but it took me a while to get the phone the way I like it. So I am trying to avoid a Hard reset so any help is greatly appreciated.

adrian2pm · #5 (**permalink**) 11-08-2008, 04:48 PM

did you check if your location is on?

larcin · #6 (**permalink**) 11-08-2008, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adrian2pm

did you check if your location is on?

That was the issue. I didn't turn it off that i know of but it was off.

Thanks all for your responces!

#7 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 03:27 PM

I had this issue as well, I will now try the above suggestion with Location settings, I will report results,
you're great guys, Thanks!

**Darkjedi** · #8 (**permalink**) 02-06-2009, 03:35 PM

Wow thats weird, try downloading GPSViewer? It's a GPS test that feeds you the raw data that it sends back. When I had the Mogul, the GPS would sometimes stop working after I forget to turn it off and put the phone in standby. It would stop feeding information and wouldn't list anything until I soft reset. When you don't have a signal it would just say a bunch of zeroes.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...3&d=1210164325

//nvm i just read that you fixed it with Location On, hahah oops!