Sprint PRI UPDATE - 5 second GPS locks - cab attached

[bigfloppydb]

Ok, I've always been hard pressed to use the GPS in my Mogul because it would take a min of 3 minutes of being stationary to get a lock and I've never gotten it to lock in my office. I installed this update and within 6 seconds I had 8 locks while sitting at my desk with GM. This works. THANK YOU!

What program are you using to test you gps connection?
Google Maps?

[scruppo]

sanjsrik - from first post:

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Unzip and install the cab file below on your device

2) Navigate to \windows and run PPST.exe and follow the prompts

Notice it says \windows - not \Program Files\Tools

[sanjsrik]

Originally Posted by scruppo

sanjsrik - from first post:

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Unzip and install the cab file below on your device

2) Navigate to \windows and run PPST.exe and follow the prompts

Notice it says \windows - not \Program Files\Tools

I'm doing exactly this, and when I start EPST not PPST by the way, I enter my code, go to update PRL, and click browse and there is NO PRL file found. Which is why I'm wondering where exactly IS the PRL file? I've looked for it myself and it's nowhere.

So, what exactly am I doing wrong? Running EPST from \Windows does absolutely nothing. Nothing runs at all.

[Gilliland]

Originally Posted by BigRedGonzo

Enough said about that. Does anyone have any idea about undoing the mess that I have caused?

Have you updated your PRL? That may be all it takes to fix it. Several people (myself included) have found that this update wipes out the PRL, requiring an update to fix it. The symptom of a faulty PRL is that the phone will appear to be roaming at all times.

[holo]

Originally Posted by sanjsrik

I'm doing exactly this, and when I start EPST not PPST by the way, I enter my code, go to update PRL, and click browse and there is NO PRL file found. Which is why I'm wondering where exactly IS the PRL file? I've looked for it myself and it's nowhere.

So, what exactly am I doing wrong? Running EPST from \Windows does absolutely nothing. Nothing runs at all.

PPST, not EPST! You're updating your PRI NOT your PRL....

[holo]

Originally Posted by gxnext

this cab made my gps less accurate and slower to lock on....... oh well.

using original sprint 3.49 test rom.

as said this is ripped out of the 3.49 test rom, so if you already have 3.49 test and have ever let customizations run before you already have this and it did absolutely nothing....

[holo]

Originally Posted by BigRedGonzo

I did read, but thought that I read that someone else had tried it on another network and it worked. Hopefully, one day, I'll get to the point where I don't make mistakes too!!

Enough said about that. Does anyone have any idea about undoing the mess that I have caused?

BigRedGonzo

Originally Posted by Gilliland

Have you updated your PRL? That may be all it takes to fix it. Several people (myself included) have found that this update wipes out the PRL, requiring an update to fix it. The symptom of a faulty PRL is that the phone will appear to be roaming at all times.

This updated your PRI (and probably your PRL as well). What you need to do is either flash to a default alltel rom and let the customizations run (and possibly then run \windows\ppst.exe again), or find a PRI update ripped out of an alltel rom and run this. I had the sprint only in red for a reason

See if that fixes it, you may also need to update your prl if it doesn't do it on it's own from http://www.corolada.com/prl

Let this be a lesson to all non sprint users

[mrgeoff]

Originally Posted by mindfrost82

Look in the Vogue Upgrade forums, this is already discussed over there and there is a PPST file for the Vogue out there already. I ran it weeks ago and GPS is working flawless.

Are you talking about this?

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=26410

I didn't get good results (if any) from that. If there is something I have missed, then I'm a n00b lol

[Nickles]

Originally Posted by jimnutt

For those on other carriers, this fix might help. It doesn't seem to have improved things much for me on Verizon, but your mileage may vary.

Thanks jimnutt -- and for everyone else having trouble reading the 'THIS IS FOR SPRINT ONLY' in this thread, i encourage you to check out the link from this jimnutt's post..... I am VZW, and this 'fix' doubled my sats from 4, to 8... same lock time though, between 30 secs to a minute.
Check out my comments HERE.