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Old 10-30-2009, 02:33 PM
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Re: Does GPS ever just 'go bad'?

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Originally Posted by stimpson View Post
Strange that mine at least sometimes got an accurate fix before it crashed.
Me too, I always get an almost instant accurate fix(within 80 meters) but this is just for 2.5 sec.. then crash, com4 becomes unresponsive and no satellite found until I soft reset... very frustrating....

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Originally Posted by psiphi View Post
In that case, here is a copy on my expired xtra.bin (you will need to unzip it)... After you disable updates in QuickGPS, copy this to your \windows directory and soft boot...
Thank you ! My last file was from early September so I guess a bit too old... unfortunately still no success for me.

are these problems unheard of on a GSM point of view ?... is this an isolated CDMA situation ?

I tried putting to test my DST theory and tried all kinds of time zone spoofing and combination of time.... again no succes ....

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Originally Posted by ucfbeta92 View Post
This has got to be more than a coincidence.
I agree we're still trying to pinpoint the big WHY ?

anybody tried to contact their service provider about this issue ?... I personally did and got the standard automatic answer (hard reset, if nothing go to a store for bla bla bla....)Tried to reach a second level tech and they've never heard of this (for bell anyways)

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Originally Posted by liquidy View Post
Just an update replacing the bin file solved my problem, I did not updtae any radios or anything just replaced the xtra.bin from this post solve my problem, thanks a million to the poster for sharing the file
I'm very glad it worked for you... is this a new phone ?or you've had this phone for a little while ? (maybe newer radios react better with this workaround)

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Originally Posted by mswlogo View Post
What I think I may have to do is Reload ROM and NEVER run QuickGPS (which I did do).
I did this as well with Stock and Nrg rom even leaving the phone off all the time... not even a glimpse of hope.... nothing...

this is very frustrating as I need this GPS badly for tomorrow... I guess i'll have to wait for sunday morning 2 am.... for a big maybe
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