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[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Yeah I uninstall endmondo and try map my ride and it shows that I have GPS but like 2 bars

The Rom I'm using is that nrg Rom
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Install GPS Status and see what it tells you as far as your error range, location, sats available, etc.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
I have that GPS stats but when I use it just loads it shows me the compass

I try both Google patch and the at t 3.1
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
consider doing a full wipe and trying a fresh install out. backup so you can revert back as necessary.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
well im trying this I know it may not have nothing to do with it but the engery byt NRG has the kernel unity and im going to try a different kernel lol Im sure has nothing in common.. I may just try a whole new ROM..again..

But I also posted in the inspire thread about it
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Ok nothing is working flash to a different Rom bindroid but I re flash my restore. I may just have to flash from a fresh start
[HTC Inspire 4G] komputerfreek:
I have tried this patch and although it has helped I still can not navigate with anything other than Waze and even that is lacking. Whenever I use the patch (via ADB or the .zip , both SSL and non-SSL) it locks on but says "accurate within 1500 meters". It thinks I am in a different city (the next town over). Any help? Using the inspire 4g that I got off fleabay running ICS. IT never worked on GB either.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dj sampson:
There is a hardware hack on this site that if your any good at soldering was very helpful. Ill post a link when I get the chance. But make sure you read the whole thread there are more effective ways of doing it posted midway through the thread.

Hardware hack here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18745771

Sent from Soundwave aboard Nemesis.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
You didn't read the notes I assume? Try another rom. Your aGPS isn't even in use at this time.

This is in my notes section.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Well I flash a fresh bindroid v1.6 and a new radio with the at t GPS it worked but with google nav and the endmondo app but when I turned it off the GPS then about an hour later same place it was not locking on .. this is driving me crazy lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
It really sounds like your GPS cache partition(s) ended up corrupt. Look into formatting EFS. Did you do some truly "full wipe" kind of option via a flashable script when you swapped ROM's?
[HTC Inspire 4G] komputerfreek:
I assume you meant, "This works with ANY ROM unless the ROM has aGPS and/or GPS disabled in the code. This happens with CMx nightlies and some betas! I cannot fix this, neither can you.". My rom is not based on a CMx Nightly and has GPS enabled.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
You would be incorrect. There is an issue in your source code OR you have the hardware defect our phones find prevalent at least in older production models.

Just because I said CMx as an example didn't exclude others. It has been the most notorious until late.

You have a classic issue that I've assisted to the same end over 100 times for various phones. You're getting assistance from the SUPL server and/or cell phone towers with improper inject data because your aGPS and your standard GPS portion is not getting a good start-up. This means that the data injected into the other location systems is entirely incorrect.

Case in point as I said in this thread before: there is a cellphone tower here in OKC that projects bad location data stating that it is in NYC, a good 1500 miles or so away. With my GPS not functioning from a bad ROM (not CM), I was unable to get a true lock and only insane positions.

So, do a Nandroid backup and give something like Cleardroid a try with a full wipe first of course.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Well I did do a full wipe like wip user data cache delvik etc.. yes but I know bindroid has a full wip zip that you should do and the link was down

Well I was able to lock on before I left my house. And I used google nav just to make sure it was locked on and I used nav to the gas station and back.. And it works.. Idk whats going on here..
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
I think you should do a full wipe using a script rather than just the two cache partitions because there are more than just those two that should be cleared especially for GPS data.

Also, please consider doing a Nandroid backup and then clearing & flashing Cleardroid to test with.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Use cleardroid script to do a full wipe? Even though I'm on bindroid,bindroid has one just waiting.for someone to post a mirror for it
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
I'm saying that I know Cleardroid works 100% and even has this aGPS patch baked in albeit an older version.

Consider doing a backup of your current ROM. Then, use a full wipe script from any ROM thread and install Cleardroid.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Well thanks for all the replies. But it seems.like everything is working
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
If it just started working, your GPS cache finally cleared on that hidden partition AND it's now caching correct information.
[HTC Inspire 4G] CYRAXDroid:
Yeah its been working fine I hope it stays...

Cause I'm using more of the endmond fitness app
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Thread kind of updated to include a new device:

Asus Transformer Prime

This patch can be useful on devices that need the GPS XML file which is prevalent in non-Qualcomm chipsets. So, it can be used in other devices as well.

The new release has no effect on other supported devices unless it is a non-Qualcomm phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] komputerfreek:
How would I know if a rom has this support in it? That way I can narrow my choices down. Giving Cleardroid a shot (downloading now).
[HTC Inspire 4G] komputerfreek:
Unable to edit my post but crypted idk if it was the rom I am using or if I was just more patient but I took the case off after running agps, installed GPS status and put my phone on my deck outside for about 10 minutes. After that the phones GPS worked fine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ddiehl:
First off, my apologies if this has already been covered..

My phone is a rooted Inspire (obviously) running the latest CM7 (7.1.0). My carrier is AT&T (US).

I installed this patch and have no GPS locking whatsoever.. I've left it for an hour in the car, and it was still "Searching for GPS". I downloaded the Google Specific No-SSL v3.1 build, and installed it using method #3.

I'm pretty sure that I may have screwed something up on my end.. I previously tried another GPS patch that was spotty at best, and am wondering if installing this on top of it made the GPS non-functional.

So here's my questions..

Did I download, and install the correct version? If not, which would you all recommend?

Is there a way to wipe clean the GPS patches, and re-install this one, or should I just do a full restore of the phone? I'm actually upgrading the SD card, and was thinking of wiping it anyway..

Thanks in advance for any advice, and to the developer for all the hard work..
[HTC Inspire 4G] RampageRR:
I'm not 100% sure on all of your questions but I'll try to help... Do you have GPS working on other roms? Try doing a backup of your rom, full wipe, and install a completely different rom. CM7 was always flaky for me when it came to GPS. Probably try a Sense 3.0 or 3.5 rom just to make sure it's not hardware related.

If you can confirm it working on a different rom, then you can at least cross hardware off the list.

Also, try a different radio if you haven already. 13.09.14 or something similar to that is what I am having the best success with.

Last bit of advice would be to change the line in your build.prop to ro...agps=2 to =1 and reboot. Hope that something in here helps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] heathroi:
take your case off too. (if you have one0
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Thanks for jumping in to help guys.

All above is correct to start with.

Read the notes first especially since they will resolve most problems. Review the build.prop note and the notes about CM specifically.
[HTC Inspire 4G] P00t:
download links are all dead.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Problem is on your end. No outages whatsoever on any of my network monitors and I'm able to download to multiple other locations.
[HTC Inspire 4G] P00t:
it works now. before it gave me a bad gateway error.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tomlogan1:
I have recently changed to the CM7 nightly build from Gingerbeast, and was very impressed with the GPS performance. Your gps.conf looked interesting, so I flashed it to see the results.

Surprisingly, the CM7 nightly build was much quicker and got better accuracy and SNR than did your build.

I am quite sure yours was a vast improvement over the stock AT&T build, but just wanted to pass this along. Not meant to be negative, just the results I obtained for your consideration.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
That is not surprising to hear. A lot of ROM's have issues with GPS. However, CM is an entirely different beast. I believe those devs have modified GPS libs and files related to the GPS functionality in general.

Other ROM's do not touch ANY of those libs or inner-workings. This leaves the rest of us in the dark with good functionality. If you drop the CM7 for another ROM, you may want to reconsider trying this patch.

Further, I edited post #2 of this thread. It notes the uniqueness of CM7!
[HTC Inspire 4G] flappjaxxx:
As a CM7 user, I have had completely different results from your config. My phone would sometimes not lock for up to 10 minutes and once it did lock it would drop GPS signal using Navigation within 5 minutes of lock and not lock back on until I turned GPS off then back on.

Using your GPS config I locked in less than 20 seconds today and navigated over 100 miles without a single signal drop.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Fascinating. I've read a before that CM did modify GPS files. If this isn't true, or no longer is, then that changes the game sort of for CM7 users.

It could be possible that the user above did not have adequate time spent building up for his device aGPS "knowledge" after switching to this. I discussed this in the NOTES section because I think it's important to understand.

Case in point, a new test I did took about 30 seconds on the initial locking. After that, I fully rebooted the device and tried again. It took 8 seconds. That sounds still crappy if you're like me and love the 2 second lock. I let the device sit for a good while and did it all over again. Now, I get consistent 2 second locks.

Lots of odd information on aGPS that we have to take into account. And heck, someone might just be in the best damn spot for a bunch of satellites and get a quick lock no matter what.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Jake33108:
Just throwing in my opinion, I use CM7 nightlies and definitely DID see an increase in GPS performance with this. Like you said, experiences are very subjective but I think people with CM7 should still give this a try, just do a backup before and if it doesnt work well restore.
[HTC Inspire 4G] substance12:
Most of my GPS problems have been the GPS not activating in the first place. I have to reboot to get it back. I'm using the angel death fix with good success. I'll be sure to test this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Version 1.1 is posted! I recommend doing the WORLDWIDE version. But, North America is provided as well.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Jake33108:
1.1 working great for me, got locked to 11 sats inside almost instantly, took a little longer for the error to go down but after about 30 seconds I had a 4m lock. It works awesomely!
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Glad to hear it's working out for everyone so far!
[HTC Inspire 4G] smalis:
Superb. Switched to your North America from Angel Death's NA 1.2, just got a fix inside my office on a rainy day in 10-15 seconds. With Angel Death, would take 5-10 minutes with the same location and weather conditions.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Glad to hear it was so successful for you. There are many factors that go into getting a great GPS signal. Hopefully, this patch will overcome some of the more obscure ones that aren't related to physical obstructions or slow networks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cstayton:
Much better GPS behavior thanks for the work it is much appreciated.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cstayton:
thanks to crypted for this patch it provides a phenominal boost to gps performance, i have also been given the ok to include in my ROM's (StarDroid ROM's) for more info on those roms you can visit here.

StarDroid ROM's
[HTC Inspire 4G] skeeter86:
I'm on UV 2.35 and I thought that the GPS was good just flashed this and all I can say is Wow! I Saw an average of 6 sats before now it's 9 or 10 with an accuracy of 5meters thanks for the hard work!
[HTC Inspire 4G] harpo1:
Just providing feedback. I'm running CM7 and tried both versions and for me not as accurate or as many satellites as Angel Death. I did get a lock faster though. Nice job and I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
What's your location? And, did you let it run a while first to get aGPS data learned? After doing this, you can reboot the device and normally will get accurate and locks instantly.
[HTC Inspire 4G] harpo1:
I let it run with both the worldwide and north american version for several minutes. I'll keep playing with it because I like the idea of only needing one patch on my sd card.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sugardaddy1979:
Beautiful on Ninja 817. I get a lock in 5 sec on 4 says inside the building I work in. I used to get 0 or 1 sat and NEVER a lock. Awesome job!
[HTC Inspire 4G] P00t:
This works on any rom? Sense and soap?

EDIT: also how can U tell how many Sats youre locked to?
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Yes you can use it with any ROM. Results could vary for numerous factors, though.

Read the comments, users have mentioned it. But, I personally get 7 inside and 9 outside. If I'm further away from high buildings I get 11. I was getting hardly anything before. This is why I decided to work on the GPS issue many of us face.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Did you immediately retry? While it could have been server related, it doesn't appear to have been for reasons I said above.

502 errors can be created for miscommunications or protocol mixups between the client and the server. Could've been a very random hiccup along the way...
[HTC Inspire 4G] danielvelez:
Hello Crypted.

There´s an issue with the time that the gps is reporting.

Download and install GPS Time - It uses the gps sat time to calibrate the cellphone clock

Then download and install ClockSync - It uses the internet connection to figure out the time on an atomic clock.

On my samsung galaxy tab, the GPS Time and the ClockSync time shows almost the same time with one or two seconds difference. Nevertheless, on the Inspire 4G somehow the sentence of the gps time is being overruled by the system clock, so on gps Time or any other gps application that shows accurated gps time (gps status or gps test or gps essentials) the gps time is actually the same system time, even if you have it intentionally moved it some minutes.

Have you noticed this before? Can you test / compare the time on your gps inspire 4g against an standard garmin gps device?
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
What effect does your time offset have your mapping locale?
[HTC Inspire 4G] danielvelez:
Hello crypter

To explain my problem:

I use gps as a race logger for hanggliding races. I use a nice stand alone gps for it, but I´m also using the phone as a backup. there are nice flying logger for free out there. I use gaggle that also can give you real tracking on a server, and sometimes xcsoar.

The problem with the offset is that all the pilots have syncronized gps devices that shows the start of the race. If you have a wrong time showing then you would start before or after everybody.

The other issue would be that your recorded tracklog will reflect the wrong time, so it can show you winning a task when you came into goal on second place, even for a minute (if the offset is that big by that time).

On standard gps usage, such as google maps, google navigation, sygic, copilot, or anything like it, or even for getting the gps possition for geotagging, the wrong time information is not that relevant. Even then, when you are using the car gps software to be on time on an appointment, and the time is just plain wrong, then your ETA would not reflect the correct time neither.

That´s basically the consecuense, therefor my necessity to have a workaround.

I started a thread on the upper forum with a little more explanation on the problem, and some local tests that I did to be sure that there´s an issue on my gps time on the Inspire 4G.

I´m gonna test it on other Inspire 4G phones, with different roms.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Try this patch with Cleardroid's latest version and the latest stable build of the kernel he recommends. My GPS clock shows to be accurate.

EDIT: Also, consider disabling network time just in case you're getting bad readings that way IF the above ROM and kernel fail to help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] joerolando2701:
hey everyone I'm sure this has been covred before but having trouble finding a solid and answer if there even is one since changing to ics I'm having a problem keeping signal lock using Google maps it seems to be fine on everything else and if I check GPS tools it shows a lock so it must be an issue with Google and ics my other programs such as life 360 seem to work OK except for the occasional wrong location fix anyone with any insight on this who could point me on the wright direction would be a great help
[HTC Inspire 4G] ghostryder12:
For me, it depended on which ICS ROM boils I was using. Right now, I'm using Redemption v1.1 Alpha_8 and I have GPS locking once again. I was using http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3 and it is stripped down for speed and battery but I couldn't keep GPS locked at all.

I'm just an Inspire tweaking junky.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Your post idly helpful. Read the notes section. You don't even indicate that you use this patch.

Lastly ics is alpha and GPS support is minimal.

So do the above and if you're a user of this patch, reply with PROPER information as the thread dictates.
[HTC Inspire 4G] joerolando2701:
sorry I'm using ice cold sandwich from lord 7.4 stripper edition with full wipe using 3.1 no SSL
[HTC Inspire 4G] ghostryder12:
I've been using this patch for several months now. When I was using the other ICS ROM, I couldn't get a GPS lock. Now that I am using the Redemption ICS ROM, WITH this patch, I now get GPS locking as it should.

the patch works well, just not well with some ICS ROMs.

Edit: Sorry I failed to follow your rules. Thank you for this patch. I have been talking it up to different Android users. But as of right now, that will end.

I'm just an Inspire tweaking junky.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Try another ROM with a different base? go for clear droid...

You're fine my friend. I was taking to the other person about the notes and proper posting so we could actually try help should the notes not be sufficient. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ghostryder12:
Thanks crypted for clearing that up for me.

Sent from my Inspire 4G
[HTC Inspire 4G] danielvelez:
Hello again crypted.

I've been looking into Cleardroid rom, but it seems a little outdated in relation to Android Revolution. So before I "somehow" downgrade the rom I was wondering if my gps specific "time" issue (shows the phone clock instead than the gps clock) could be related to the "radio" instead than the rom.

Could you give me your radio info so I can try that approach first before going to another rom?

My actual radio (with corresponding RIL) is 12.65.60.29P_26.14.04.28_M

Thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
I use Cleardroid's latest ROM, the recommended radio, and BD-Ace Kernel's latest safe build.
[HTC Inspire 4G] danielvelez:
Ok.

Somehow I ended up on a bootloop when trying lastest Cleardroid ROM. Installed three times and I'm not sure if I didn't wait enough for the first boot (almost 20 minutes).

Anyway, on another thread one user that had a lot of nandroid backups took the time to check the gps time issue and found out that almost all the gingerbread roms where showing device time instead of gps time. Nevertheless, the ICS Roms seems to work this out, and they stated that the Froyo ROMS did not have this issue. So maybe it's related exclusively to the base ROM and not the customizations.

Finally I decided to try out Ice Cold Sandwich (ICS 4.0.4) since yesterday. First thing that I checked was this GPS issue, and it's gone. ICS, using GPS Time, showed the correct gps clock next to the internal clock, so the gps loggers should be working fine now.

Thanks for all the effort and ideas on this matter.
[HTC Inspire 4G] voyagerfan99:
Very good patch. Finally got my GPS lock down to 10 seconds!
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
There's an issue with 1.3.2 unless you flash it after 1.3.1, if you wish to try in the future, flash 1.3.1 first, and 1.3.2 will boot immediately after. :) sorry about that.

Sent using XDA-funded carrier pigeons
[HTC Inspire 4G] biglittlegato:
Glad you found a rom that works for you.

Sent using the power of the dark side.
[HTC Inspire 4G] SpiderCrow:
Reporting!

HTC Inspire 4G

Region: South America

Country: Colombia

ROM: IceColdSandwich 7.4 AOKP STRIPPER EDITION

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1450962

Radio: 12.65.60U26.14.04_M

RIL: 2.0.0201HM

Patch: Google Specific No-SSL v3.1

Software used to test: GPS Status

Test time after install gps.conf: 10 minutes

Satellites indoor: 5/5

Time to connect indoor: 61 segs, second time 11 segs

Average Satellites outdoor: 5/5

Time to connect outdoor: 8 segs.

Maximum Satellites outdoor 9/9

Thanks crypted, I will invite you an beer next week!

Regards,

Alex.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Gracias! I'm glad it works for you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Duffmantp:
I was looking for a little more reliable app to help lock the gps faster. Sometimes i have issues when using google maps, its takes a while or never locks on to me. So i was wondering if i could try AGPS.

I am running

Ascension 2.0

Andriod ICS AOSPX 4.0.4.0.4.0.4

Radio 12.69a.60.29U_26.17.14.11_M

I was going to use your Google 3.1v for all devices, using Method 3 to install. If I dont like it, or find other issues, I do have a Tool to reset my GPS to stock.
[HTC Inspire 4G] gbeardmore:
I have been flashing this version, after flashing every ROM, since March with excellent results!

http://derekgordon.com/gps-files/agps.patch.google.build.nossl.v3.1.zip

FYI... I have an Inspire 4G also and am currently running Ascension v2.0 with the same radio as you, 26.17.14.11_M.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hdk703:
It appears I'm not necessarily having issues obtaining a sat fix.

It's after I've been running Google Nav/Maps, I ALWAYS lose my GPS signal after anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes.

Not sure if thats more hardware or software.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crypted:
Check power settings or something?

Are you using a case? Take it off. I only recommend one case for inspires. Many tested...

Press gently on the led plate on the back while running gps status to see if there's change in signal.

Sent from my Desire HD
[HTC Inspire 4G] gbeardmore:
I had the same issue when I was running IceColdSandwich 8.5. My GPS would turn off after using Google Maps and I'd have to reboot to get it back . Switched to Ascension v2.0 and haven't had that happen yet.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Duffmantp:
Just flashed the 3.1 google agps. Locked on about 5-7 sats in about 12s. That was outside with pretty open space.

Ascension 2.0 ICS.

Flashed to a different radio, .06.06.30_M, i was using the latest that came out end of July didnt like the way it worked with my phone. So im trying a new one.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Meurdar:
gbeardmore witch case are you referring to? I'm using otter box atm

If you aren't sure then do it twice!