Sprint still having GPS problems? Try this!

[matthew23]

all i know is that I have flashed the leaked sorint ROM more than once (and then fkashed JD'd lite ROM over it and my PRI was still at 1.XXXXX. This morning I d/l'ed the cab above, ran it and then went into windows/ and taps PPST and it was updated to 2.XXXXXX. Now, now joke, I am getting satalites all over the place and quickly too...even in my office downtown I am getting 5=6 signals when before I couldn't get a lock at all (even with my BT puck!). So, this is definately the trick (fingers crossed its not a fluke but I've soft reset a few times and continue to get good performance...

[rodmann98]

I did the same thing as you MAT23 and I am getting the same results. I had originally flashed to the leaked rom when it first came out. I then cooked my own rom with the kitchen and that is what I have been using. Today I have not been able to get a lock at all, until I ran this cab, it updated my pri and now I have a lock on six sats.

[clockcycle]

Originally Posted by matthew23

all i know is that I have flashed the leaked sorint ROM more than once (and then fkashed JD'd lite ROM over it and my PRI was still at 1.XXXXX. This morning I d/l'ed the cab above, ran it and then went into windows/ and taps PPST and it was updated to 2.XXXXXX. Now, now joke, I am getting satalites all over the place and quickly too...even in my office downtown I am getting 5=6 signals when before I couldn't get a lock at all (even with my BT puck!). So, this is definately the trick (fingers crossed its not a fluke but I've soft reset a few times and continue to get good performance...

Thanks for the confirmation matthew. That makes it easier on folks that are happy with their phone as is and don't want to go thru the trouble of re-setting up.


-CC

[matthew23]

Well, its still early (and I have gotten excited before only to feel let down when the GPS didn't perform) but so far, so good. Thanks to Boggsie for posting that cab b/c I swear I had been trying to get my PRI to update and nothing worked until I ran that cab and went into the windows/ folder and tapped PPST....not sure what changed it (if just installing the cab did the trick) or if tapping PPST did it after I installed the cab...

One thing: after you tap PPST, you will lose radio reception. Then, I went into comm mananger, went into airplane mode and then turned the radio back on and I had radio again. You may need to soft reset to get radio again but mine was fine (no problems with roaming or anything else and my PRL was still 60612).

[Red49er]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding matt's post, but I flashed the leaked rom, updated to pri 2.03, and then flashed jd's rom and my pri stayed at 2.03. I'm pretty sure that will only get overwritten if you run ppst or update the radio.

[matthew23]

Originally Posted by Red49er

Maybe I'm misunderstanding matt's post, but I flashed the leaked rom, updated to pri 2.03, and then flashed jd's rom and my pri stayed at 2.03. I'm pretty sure that will only get overwritten if you run ppst or update the radio.

when I flashed the leaked ROM my PRI did not update for some reason. I was still at 1.XXXX. I don't know why (maybe it had to do with flashing JD's lite ROM on top, I don't know, I never check PRI status in between flashing the leaked Sprint ROM and going to JD's rom. But I know that as of yesterday when I started investigating PRI issue, I had 1.XXXX not 2.03_003. Then this morning I flashed Boggsie's cab and tapped PPST and it was at 2.03_003 and my GPS is (knock on wood) perfect....

So maybe some people have had better luck flashing the leaked sprint ROM, I am not sure why mine did not initally update on its own....

[clockcycle]

Originally Posted by matthew23

when I flashed the leaked ROM my PRI did not update for some reason. I was still at 1.XXXX. I don't know why (maybe it had to do with flashing JD's lite ROM on top, I don't know, I never check PRI status in between flashing the leaked Sprint ROM and going to JD's rom. But I know that as of yesterday when I started investigating PRI issue, I had 1.XXXX not 2.03_003. Then this morning I flashed Boggsie's cab and tapped PPST and it was at 2.03_003 and my GPS is (knock on wood) perfect....

So maybe some people have had better luck flashing the leaked sprint ROM, I am not sure why mine did not initally update on its own....

Because after the customizations run the patch on the ppst.exe it doesnt run it, that is why after it reboots you have to run it manually.. It's what this thread is all about.

-CC

[CMeys]

Why can't I find the PPST.EXE file on my phone (using Touch Commander which I thought shows hidden files)?

[boggsie]

Originally Posted by CMeys

Why can't I find the PPST.EXE file on my phone (using Touch Commander which I thought shows hidden files)?

If you didn't run customizations, it may not have been extracted from the compressed installer "PPST_080407_7500_SPCS_2.03.sa.CAB".

Did you run the leaked sprint rom that included a radio update?

"RUU_Vogue_4350_PPST_SpeciallNBH_SPRINT_WWE_3.02.6 51.2_Radio_435011_3.37.15_AM_NV_SPCS_1.33_0823_Tes t.exe"

If so, did you let customizations run to completion?

[boggsie]

Well, I can't say for sure what folks have or have not done and what PRI results from flashing A vs. flashing B, but I can say this for certain as I just confirmed the following, by going through the process, step-by-step ...

Flash the leaked sprint rom:

"RUU_Vogue_4350_PPST_SpeciallNBH_SPRINT_WWE_3.02.6 51.2_Radio_435011_3.37.15_AM_NV_SPCS_1.33_0823_Tes t.exe"

... if you DO NOT run customizations

RESULT: There is NO PPST.exe in your windows folder.

... if you DO run customizations

RESULT: autorun.exe uses/executes commands in config_PT.txt

Line 14: CAB: \Windows\PPST_080407_7500_SPCS_2.03.sa.CAB is installed
Line 15: EXEC:\Windows\PPST.exe is executed

Best regards,
-boggsie

EDIT: clockcycle reminds of an important point. when PPST.exe is executed, it prompts the user to approve the update to the radio. well, if it is being executed via autorun.exe, the user cannot respond to this prompt. at some point, autorun.exe will continue, but I DO NOT KNOW what happens to the execution of PPST.exe. This is why, as clockcycle suggests, it is a reasonably good idea (IF YOU ARE A SPRINT CUSTOMER) to manually execute PPST.exe and then ensure that your PRI.