Help GPS warkaround doesn't work in Froyo?

[hydralisk]

The old method of fixing the GPS seems to be missing from the Froyo build I have. I used the update.zip method to go from 2.1 to 2.2. Everything seems to be pretty smooth... but now my GPS will take 40 minutes to lock on unless I reboot my phone.

I used a workaround I found on this forum to fix it. You dial *#1472365# and that brings up a testing menu... but it no longer works.

Is there any way to fix the GPS in Froyo?

 

[droid newb]

I just did a battery pull and that fixed it for me.

 

[hydralisk]

I just did a battery pull and that fixed it for me.

That is not a fix. That is a pain in the ass. I don't want to reboot my phone every time I wish to use my GPS.

The workaround for this on 2.1 was to set the GPS starting mode to cold start, essentially making it so that your GPS functions as if you just restarted your phone EVERY TIME you use it. But that method isn't working in 2.2.

 

[droid newb]

That is not a fix. That is a pain in the ass. I don't want to reboot my phone every time I wish to use my GPS.

The workaround for this on 2.1 was to set the GPS starting mode to cold start, essentially making it so that your GPS functions as if you just restarted your phone EVERY TIME you use it. But that method isn't working in 2.2.

I did a battery pull once and it permanently resolved the issue.

Sounds like a fix to me.

You're welcome. Have a great day!

 

[hayzooos]

The old method of fixing the GPS seems to be missing from the Froyo build I have. I used the update.zip method to go from 2.1 to 2.2. Everything seems to be pretty smooth... but now my GPS will take 40 minutes to lock on unless I reboot my phone.

I used a workaround I found on this forum to fix it. You dial *#1472365# and that brings up a testing menu... but it no longer works.

Is there any way to fix the GPS in Froyo?

I haven't seen a new dialer code for GPS in Froyo, sorry. Did you happen to have a GPS lock when you shutdown your phone the last time in 2.1? Did you still have it set to "cold start"?

I did the same thing on 2.1, but when I was updating to 2.2, I made sure I put it back to "warm start" and I never had the issue on 2.2 before I made the jump to root and really start using my phone.

I'm wondering if you might have a problem because you possibly left it on "cold start" when upgrading to 2.2. I don't know if the install would overwrite this type of setting or not, but it's probably at least worth noting.

 

[anticitizenone]

I had GPS problems with 2.1 - when I updated to 2.2 DK28 I couldnt get it working at all

then I used the samsung software and updated to the 2.2 EB13 and I have no such problems

 

[tbenson81]

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