Could you provide more detailed instructions on what you did? I'm still pretty new to this stuff.
More detail? what are the steps you did, or think you did wrong, or how far did you get before you had issues?
..otherwise im shooting in the dark...
But ill try.
GPS was messed up....couldnt figure it out...maybe a bad flash..? its happened before, though not with GPS, system service. mostly with user apps.
But i reflashed...still nothing, went back to default, theme, i had CTNAKD (laggy as hell) then another Ets16(i think) its called ICS theme....not bad, but still slow...
so i flashed back,before those....still no go.
So i thought, well, maybe i can copy my friends GPS files/folders from his phone, so THAT got me thinking on HIS...whats different..?
his was straight internal, NO ext. NO kouma mod settings..etc
Mine was on DATA MODE...
So i went from there...
Now, people say, "when you first load google maps, a PERMISSION will popup in the taskbar, as a Triangle icon, you click those ( IN ANY ORDER, DOES NOT MATTER, NO MATTER WHAT THE "EXPERTS" say) soome said, in order, some said last one first...blah blah, i was uninstall,re-installing maps, trying all these combinations...NOTHING.
Now, no matter wat combination, as soon as i accepted them, FOR a SPLIT second, id see the GPS icon...but then go away....thtas why i though it was a hardware issue (it wasnt)
So, i started back to basics....
Flashed my phone to the 3.6 (3.68 is out and gps works w/o modifying)
after flashing, i did NOT restore anything, just tested the gps, sure enough it worked.
then i went into the kouma mod settings, VERSION 1.5, before that version, its stuck on SSM mode (i use DATA mode)
i saw that box at the bottom, " disable internal/data" was unchecked
..so i checked it. -CLICKED SAVE SETTINGS-
next, i went to the next screen, the swap settings, NOW...
it had 2 LOCATIONS
1.(my current one,working) /data/swapfile0
priority was set at 100%
2. this location was pointed to somewhere, BUT...had NOT priority
...so i deleted this location...just by selecting the text filed,pressing backspace till it got erased.
after the settings for swap, i CLICKED SAVE SETTINGS.
...of course you need to REBOOT for changes to take effect.
................NOW since i did that..i booted into CWM to flash a zip..
Before, i had downloaded from THIS thread ( i think), someone...kouma?maybe...too lazy to scroll up, they had a FLASHED .ZIP of a custom GPS config file...its a file that sits in your system folder, called, like, GPS config file...in there , it tells What to communicate with, and the address..
well, we changed the address, which WAS, north-america.com (not really dot com, the IMPORTANT part is the north-america part)
so we changed the north-america part, to just "us"
..after that flashed to the system
I rebooted....back to desktop.
Now (make sure your running, Kouma Mod Settings 1.5 -VERY IMPORTANT-
this was my problem...because i was,iam on DATA mode, and previous version would just stick to SSM mode.
so, i clicked on maps...NOW..at this point, it MIGHT take minutes to locate you using GPS...eventually it will LOCK on and show your location.
...Now, there are a FEW apps, that are FREE, but they pop out ads on your phone, so use ONCE and DELTE them...trust me, youll want to.
these apps are as follows in a quote.
I use 3 apps to fix GPS, based on others recommendations.
Run
fasterfix and pick your location. Then delete app
**IMPORTANT*** you shouldve flashed that custom GPS flash fix. using this, will reset it to another location, IT "COULD" work...or not.i wouldnt, and didnt USE this app, i just flashed that custome gps fix
Run
gpsfix
This gets GPS to fix on location faster. basically, youll see it searching, for satellites,showing 1 icon, for ONE,satellite,then 2..etc.
this could take 10 minutes or 10 seconds. this just Refreshes your location, so its faster to find...keep pressing the button to find, each time should be faster and faster, eventually, finding your location, the SECOND you hit the button again.
....so i did all of that...
loaded google maps, whala! its working...tested on navigation, WHALA!
its working..
i hope this helps. if it does say thanks so i know. if not, explain what,where,when..you fudged up.
But, CTMOD 3.68 JUST came out, which fixed this issue...and includes the update, Kouma Mod v1.5 as well, so you can now have a functioning gps.