GPS and Navigation Outage in East Texas

[Caddoview]

GPS and Navigation have been out in East Texas for over a month now. When I call the local store manager her blames it on Google but can

 

[WA_Bob]

What part of East Texas? I've used it from Houston through Cleveland and Beaumont. It's also worked for me up around Crockett/ Houston County.

 

[Caddoview]

From Lufkin to Texarkana and Gun Barrel City to the Louisiana State line.

 

[gorilla2k]

Caddoview is dead on. Mine starts working as soon as I get to Vivian, LA. It also begins working between Alto and Nacogdoches. The Nacogdoches towers are different I suspect because another phone I have goes into Roaming at about the same point my HTC Droid GPS becomes functional. Mine also works fine in Dallas and Little Rock. I vote we rename this thread GPS OUTRAGE East Texas!!

 

[WA_Bob]

Strange - I wonder if it's related to the bad weather up there lately?

 

[gorilla2k]

Allegedly due to tower updates, I hear some phones were updated to Android 2.2.1 and are back to working again. I will hopefully be able to validate that info soon. I'm stuck at 2.2 for now.

 

[gorilla2k]

Just confirmed a friend's Droid Pro started working about a week ago. His GPS problem began same time as mine. He is at 2.2.1. In his household he also has a Droid 2 and a Samsung Fascinate, both with GPS still non functional.

 

[Caddoview]

Still no GPS or update from Verizon.

 

[Caddoview]

Ok, just got a call back from Latoya at the regional Verizon office. Once more I got the “it’s a Google problem and we don’t support third party apps” line. She talked me into trying VZ navigator and gave me a $10 credit to try it out. Here is the result. VZ navigator found my location with GPS when I went outside. I closed it and opened Google maps and it found me to the spot. When I came back inside where there is no GPS signal, it lost me and is putting me at a tower location. I really despise Apple and AT&T has poor coverage here, but I never had this lack of customer care when I was with them.

 

[moondrius]

Ok, just got a call back from Latoya at the regional Verizon office. Once more I got the “it’s a Google problem and we don’t support third party apps” line. She talked me into trying VZ navigator and gave me a $10 credit to try it out. Here is the result. VZ navigator found my location with GPS when I went outside. I closed it and opened Google maps and it found me to the spot. When I came back inside where there is no GPS signal, it lost me and is putting me at a tower location. I really despise Apple and AT&T has poor coverage here, but I never had this lack of customer care when I was with them.

This is the same thing they are doing to me in Baltimore. I filed a complaint with the fcc. If Verizon wont look into it I am sure they will. I tried out att last month and had no gps issues at all. Even with the poor coverage in my area gps was instant and accurate.

 

[Caddoview]

Latest update - VZ navigator worked for a short period of time and after opening VZN, Google maps also worked fine and tracked me as I drove. However, once I went inside a building and came back out a few hours later, neither VZN nor Google maps could get a GPS lock. I am getting rather feed up. It really appears that Verizon is absolutely refusing to take any responsibility for this. I tried to tell Latoya that VZ navigator would not work any better than Google maps and that others had already tried it, but it seems that Verizon customers are idiots and don

 

[gorilla2k]

Found myself in Nacogdoches again today. No GPS in the Nac but once again, halfway to Alto got a GPS lock, 8 to 10 satellites, lasted until I left the "extended network" then somewhere close to Alto GPS quit again.

 

[WA_Bob]

Have you tried a third party applications like GPS Status? That may help kickstart Google maps tracking number by independently running and fine tuning. your GPS in the backvround.

 

[gorilla2k]

I have tried using GPS status to reset / download GPS data hundreds of times in dozens of locations in our outage area. Has not worked even once for me.

 

[Caddoview]

VZ Nav had me in the Pacific this morning.

 

[wtherrell]

VZ Nav had me in the Pacific this morning.

Well, Bing had me in East Africa instead of North Carolina! Oh, wait. It must be a Google problem!

 

[Caddoview]

Well, Bing had me in East Africa instead of North Carolina! Oh, wait. It must be a Google problem!

Glad to see Verizon is not just picking on us Texans.

 

[Hrethgir]

How can you have a GPS outage? Verizon has nothing to do with the GPS satellites that send out the signal the phone receives, those are run by the government.

 

[gorilla2k]

I see this question pops up from time to time: Assisted GPS

 

[gorilla2k]

Regarding the Western border of our GPS outage area, I can get GPS lock between Corsicana and Dawson on TX Hwy 31, it continues to work as I travel West towards Waco. GPS does not work in Corsicana, or anywhere to the East.

 

[WA_Bob]

Regarding the Western border of our GPS outage area, I can get GPS lock between Corsicana and Dawson on TX Hwy 31, it continues to work as I travel West towards Waco. GPS does not work in Corsicana, or anywhere to the East.

As someone said, Verizon has nothing to do with GPS itself. But there may be something from Verizon's network that's knocking your phone's GPS for a loop. In your "Location and Security settings" Un-check VZW location services but leave the Google and Standalone ones checked. Maybe that'll help?

 

[gorilla2k]

VZW location disabled was my original configuration when the outage started. I have tried it with VZW both enabled and disabled, it does not work in NE Texas either way. GPS works great in Waco, however.

 

[gorilla2k]

GPS has been working all morning in Tyler for the first time since I don't remember when.

 

[lashby]

Odd. I use Latitude every day in Longview. it loses GPS tracking if I'm inside, but usually picks right back up as soon as I get outside again.

Occasionally, I'll show up as being in some odd places, but it self-corrects within 30 minutes or so.

Using an Incredible. Other friends on my Latitude list have an X2 and a Fascinate. They've never mentioned any long duration outages.