Does GPS ever just 'go bad'?

[sfhub]

Read over this post:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...85#post1290785

If you update to the new Sprint Maintenance Release ROM from 9/25/09 that will automatically upgrade your radio and the GPS problem should go away. Doing it this way though, installs a new OS so you will need to reinstall all your apps, which might not be a big deal if you have good complete backups. Also the new Sprint ROM adds a process that essentially breaks tethering by reseting the tethering registry entries. You'll need to run a .cab to resolve that if you care about tethering.

If you just update the Radio (also in the post referenced above), then that should resolve the problem, while preserving your existing install. You basically do an activesync, then run the .exe in the Radio upgrade package. It'll give you instructions and is relatively easy to do. I haven't run it on an stock locked ROM, but since it originally came from Sprint it'll probably be signed and work fine.

You can also try downloading the older xtra.bin file. Instructions are in the post referenced above.

[funkja]

I've havent been able to get my gps to work on my verizon touch pro @ all since moving to mighty6. i used to run stock with llbored's fix and it was very temperamental sometimes taking 5mins to find a lock but after that it worked fine. about a month+ ago i flashed to mightyrom6(love it, no issues so far) and with both googlemaps and bing i am unable to secure a lock @ all. i did NOT install llbored's fix because i believe the rom has it cooked in. i'm using radio 1.03.09v. any ideas?

[ucfbeta92]

I should add that for me QuickGPS seems to be working fine - even just now, I did a fresh download from QuickGPS without any problem.

[liquidy]

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

[mswlogo]

Reloading stock ROM did not work (this time, did last time)

Disabling Quick GPS [Factory default is no update anyway]
Installing old xtra.bin
Soft reset

Did not work for me either.

This is not looking good.

What I think I may have to do is Reload ROM and NEVER run QuickGPS (which I did do).

[psiphi]

Originally Posted by mswlogo

Reloading stock ROM did not work (this time, did last time)

Disabling Quick GPS [Factory default is no update anyway]
Installing old xtra.bin
Soft reset

Did not work for me either.

This is not looking good.

What I think I may have to do is Reload ROM and NEVER run QuickGPS (which I did do).

I should add the bin file will only work for those using Version 1.0 of QuickGPS (this is the version in the Mighty ROM) I've read other versions of QuickGPS use a file called "packedephemeris.ee" instead of xtra.bin and I don't know if simply renaming the file will help... Found good info on QuickGPS here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=292178

[jkobe]

Originally Posted by psiphi

I should add the bin file will only work for those using Version 1.0 of QuickGPS (this is the version in the Mighty ROM) I've read other versions of QuickGPS use a file called "packedephemeris.ee" instead of xtra.bin and I don't know if simply renaming the file will help... Found good info on QuickGPS here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=292178

Well, then that's good news for anyone running the MightyRom such as myself. At least we know that adding the bin file for anyone with MightyRom will allow their GPS to work again. Not a true fix but the easiest for some. I know someone's going to figure this out. Lots of knowledge on this forum

[psiphi]

For those that the BIN file did not fix the issue:

Here is another thought to see if DST is the problem...
Update QuickGPS
Disable time updates from the cell towers (Start, Settings, Personal, Phone, Services, Time Synchronization)
Change the time back an hour
Soft Boot
Timezone is correct and Time is 1 hour earlier than it really is
Test GPS

What are the results? Please report back...

[joeward]

Originally Posted by psiphi

Update QuickGPS
Disable time updates from the cell towers (Start, Settings, Personal, Phone, Services, Time Synchronization)
Change the time back an hour
Soft Boot
Timezone is correct and Time is 1 hour earlier than it really is
Test GPS

What are the results? Please report back...

Thank you for the inputs, yes I have tried this in the same order, (even tried it again) or in different order... still the same results.... but maybe this could work for someone else
I tried this with stock bell and NRG rom ... reading previous posts I should maybe try Mighty rom...

[nhvoltagenh]

im on bell running llbores rom.. since it was bare bones.

and when this issue happened i switched to verizon radio.