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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
Based on this, looks like I'm going to be making a call to have AT&T take care of their screw-up given that my GPS is a necessary piece of my phone and be reliable. The last time this happened was with my skyrocket with the last update making the phone unreliable. With the stores unable to flash backward and being a company purchased phone, I'm going to take nothing but a brand new phone, if not an upgrade to something that is up to date and working properly. Last time, they upgraded my skyrocket to the note. Was going to go back to the skyrocket, but that has the exact same GPS issue (go figure given the phone is identical except for screen size). SO that's not an option.

AT&T / Samsung are doing a great job of jerking their customers around and making them feel like they don't care about reliable & first class products.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] roadster92:
I went straight and contact Samsung. It's look like that they did not even know there are issue with GPS in the new ICS. The tech went through the same story line of "factory/data reset, exchange for a new one blah blah". I told him that I have been there done that and told him that I flashing the ginger bread radio solved the issue in my case. He went and forward the my email to "whoever" for evaluation of the 2 radios. Just did a follow up email today. Let's see where this will go.

I have been flashing back and forth with UCLE2, UCLF6 and Ginerger Bread A1 radio. Each of them at least 2 days testing and it is the Ginger bread Radio that could provide the GPS extremely fast and some what stable (even indoor). UCLF6 or UCLE2 were just painful to acquire the signal .. especially came out of sleep. The best GPS lock for any of the ICS radio is to make sure that when you are using any apps that required GPS location is to run them outside (not indoor), even that sometime I could not get GPS lock (even reboot).

Try to do the test with any ICS Radio after every few hours using GPS Status and see what happen...I swear 1 out of 10 times you might get lucky to get a lock.

My opinion is people need to start bombard them with this issue so that they can be aware of it, otherwise they are not aware of it.

Sorry... if my English is not that well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JGuinan007:
Is it possible that other apps maybe conflicking with the GPS I can't get gps to work when I use navigator yet I get differnt apps with different offers for me in different cities.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] roadster92:
It could be that your other apps using location feature only use Google location service (mobile network or wifi) when it could not get gps going. I have a few apps do so.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
I actually contacted Samsung and they said "it's AT&T, they are the ones that are pushing the update and finalized it" and AT&T's response "It's Samsung because we don't do any programming for the devices, it is whatever Samsung gives us". So I pushed for the supervisor because I have to have the reliable GPS for my job (I go on-location all over the country and don't know my way around, so GPS is necessity that I must have working). I was going to have my wife over-night me the Skyrocket I also have at home, but after some research, that ICS has the same issue as the Note (basically it's the same phone, just smaller). So I was on the phone with AT&T, used my politically correct discussion skills and have a new phone on the way, I opted for the HTC One X simply because, well, this is the 3rd Samsung device I've had that ultimately had software issues FROM Samsung updates, and I'm sick of that company's half-baked attitude towards it's customers. Best response I got from Samsung after having issues when the updates take place "You can always buy the <whatever the newest phone is at the time> and the problems are resolved". Well, that's not an option when I'm not even a year in a contract. Reinforces my position that Samsung is more interested in pushing out new devices than supporting the products in customers hands.

So now I'll be rocking the Skyrocket, Note, AND a One X, all at the expense of AT&T for not making sure everything on the devices works properly.

Be polite, stand strong, and you'll also get results from AT&T at least. I had a data support tech from AT&T searching online and found multiple android forums that are showing issues with the GPS on the ICS update for the Skyrocket & Note. So it is a well documented problem, it's just if Samsung decides to do anything about it & doesn't try to get you to either send the phone back to them for up to a month or more for "repair" or stick you with purchasing a new phone (or paying for warantee replacement if that's on your acct with AT&T). Because it's not MY issue that the software they push/recommended for updating my device makes it unstable, or features unusable when that's a key feature that is used just as much, if not more, than the phone itself.

Just my $0.02 on it. Tired of the customer having to take it and smile because the manufacture/service provider doesn't properly support the devices or send out 1/2 baked updates that break functionality. I say Epic-fail on Samsung development & AT&T quality control for letting it through.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JGuinan007:
So there is really no fix on the way for the GPS issue? That makes 2 BIG issues for me with my Note I have the Black Crush and now no working GPS. I didn't have these issues with HTC Inspire 4g but now HTC makes non-removable batteries and no expandable memory what do I do now?

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Anyone know how well AT&T Navigator works on our Note perhaps AT&T broke GPS to only work on it's Navigation so you have to pay to use it?:cowboy:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tx Redneck:
Flash the UCLA1 modem from GB, you'll get working GPS back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Korrupt1:
Could it be a poor LTE service? Mine is taking about 5 minutes driving time for it to lock in as well. Same time frame on last 2 custom roms. Was faster when I used my old Sim card, before our city got LTE...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tx Redneck:
Flash ucla1 and enjoy GPS again.

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Barry (NJ):
Would you please point me to a source for the file I'd need to flash?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tx Redneck:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28683752

Dl the one that says Gingerbread Modem Download

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] StarLog:
Flashed UCLAF1 yesterday and ran with it today. Worked fine for 20 minutes, and then it started to show +- 5 mph, then stopped working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Barry (NJ):
That's disappointing...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kiltedthrower:
Strange how some have bad GPS and some of us have flawless GPS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Barry (NJ):
My GPS was actually a bit wonky before the upgrade to ICS. I think it happened after an upgrade to Google Maps/Navigator. I do seem to get faster/more consistent GPS lock with Navfree, so I wonder if it's an app issue and not a hardware or OS issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mrstone77:
Has anyone tried faster fix from the market? Under servers select custom and put supl.google.com.....worth a try.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jc2464:
GB UCLA modem good, but still no GNSS

After trying this for 4 days so far, the GB (UCLA1) modem is working OK for me on ICS (UCLF6).

One gripe (more like quibbling at this point) is that total satellites is always around 10, rather than the 18+ I'd always get on GB. Reason is, it never manages to lock on to more than 2 GLONASS satellites. I've also tried leaving it on for a few hours, but still no luck. It's not a big issue, but those extra satellites definitely help in cities and densely wooded areas.

Aside from the modem, are there other parts of ICS that can interfere directly with GLONASS?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] roadster92:
That's what I got too. But still better than UCLF6 modem. I have call ATT and Samsung and kept complain. They kept telling me to exchange the Note.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pTeronaut:
I have gone back to a UCLE2 ROM, and have my GPS back. (19 in view, 12 in use, Accuracy 10ft, courtesy of GPS Test installed on a clean install.)

I originally thought that it was something to do with the kernel, but I have installed h0tw1r3's latest kernel, and still have my gps.

So, at the moment, until I find more evidence, (I intend to re-install Electron's stock UCLF6 deodexed & rooted rom, along with a UCLE2 Modem) it is a combination of ROM & modem which is killing the GPS.

UPDATE:

GPS working with Electron's UCLF6 & a UCLE2 modem, Accurate to 10 ft, 20 satellites in view, 10 in use. Next to try OC kernel.

Update #2

Still working, now to mess with OC settings.

Update #3

Overclocked to 1.78Ghz, and undervolted by 50mV, GPS still functional.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] motobiz:
official ICS update broke GPS and LTE speeds

got the phone rooted and flashed the GB modem to fix the GPS, but LTE speeds is still an issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sdc177:
Going to start watching this thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pTeronaut:
GPS still working after an app + data backup using titanium backup.

However, over an hour later, GPS was still seeing 20 satellites, but only using 1 -3 of them.

Wiped system & data, re-installed Electron's ULCF6 ROM & UCLE2 Modem, GPS working again.

Will leave phone this way for a couple of hours to test modem before restoring most used apps one by one to test GPS interference.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sag7392:
I've been using the GB modem with FJ's ICS ROM without issue. I get good consistent locks and I haven't seen any effect on LTE speeds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] carhigh:
2 notes of the 3 I've played with area funky. Have to reboot a few times after rebooting for any reason to get GPS to work good. After the initial time to grab sats its always locks quick. If I have to restrart for any reason I always try locking with GPS test and some times it won't lock. So reboot a few times until GPS test grabs a lock..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mtucker:
GB modem fixed it for me

I was getting intermittent GPS locks (sometimes fast lock, sometimes no lock after five minutes). I tired some of the suggested changes to the GPS config file and thought it was fixed, but on the 2nd day I got no lock with open sky. Then I flashed the GB modem ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28683752 ) and have been locking great for about 10 days now. That is enough time (based on previous experiences) to call it definitely fixed. I normally get locks in <20 seconds with my longest lock taking about one minute. It sure is nice to have consistent locks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ZaidSenall:
I've been very frustrated since the ICS update because of a number of things, and GPS not working properly was one of the bigger ones. I've been following this thread for a while now and this morning I flashed this modem from this thread and I walked out of the office and opened the maps and I got a GPS lock within five seconds.

To put things into perspective, GPS was so bad that I would leave my house and drive for 30 to 40 minutes to work without getting a GPS lock. The weird thing is that sometimes it worked right and sometimes it took forever. Some times it worked after a reboot, sometimes not even a reboot worked. I know that it's too soon to say that this is the definitive fix, but I will monitor it for the next few days and report back with any issues.

Cheers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mastaofdacat:
Guys I got off the phone twice with ATT for warranty cuz of ICS GPS issue. They said I'm the first person to complain about it. We all need to contact ATT also (not Samsung) and try to get the issue escalated to major issue. The said enough people complain about the same issue that's when as a company they can work on a fix!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tx Redneck:
That's a bold faced lie. I had a replacement shipped to me but returned it after finding the ucla1 fix. This was within days of the official release.

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
Don't believe AT&T!!!

I called and complained about the ICS update and the GPS issues on the Note. I was sent a BRAND NEW phone. I chose to change phones, since this isn't the first time Samsung updates crippled my phone. So I bailed and went HTC One X. Figure it's better than 1/2 baked updates that cripple features and the response from Samsung is "Buy the S3! It was designed for ICS".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mastaofdacat:
Yea I told them about this site too lol. I said go look how many pissed off customers you got ! I know It was bunch of crap I was loaded with when the "care" agent said this is the first they heard of it! I have a replacement phone on standby ready to be shipped but does anyone know if it comes stock gb or ics update? ATT couldn't answer that question and I want gb back till there's a fixed update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] khaytsus:
Yep, GPS is still working fine here...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ZaidSenall:
Everything working fine with the GB Radio for two days now! GPS is locking in less than 10 seconds every time!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rajendra82:
I was one of the people whose Note was having periodic GPS issues after installing the Samsung ICS ROM update. On a whim, I decided to switch to CM9 this week, as I was getting tired of looking at the pesky remnants of Touchwiz, that I couldn't remove. Along with seeing all the other good effects of moving to a more AOSP based ROM, I am also seeing the GPS acting way better under the latest nightly. It is no longer struggling to lock onto satellites like it did.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] schtuka:
Confirmed. I was seating in my living room where I always would get a lock and my ICS FJ UCLF6 was just using 1 satellite out of 20 visible. I was reading this topic and immediately downloaded flashable GB modem, rebooted and got 6 in use instantly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] StarLog:
Called ATT today and they said it is a Samsung issue. They said call Samsung at 888-987-4357. So Monday I will call.

Get on twitter and bombard ATT about their GPS. Then Samsung.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jamesc:
Lte issue

I live in a area that doesnt have lte, and have never had a problem after updating to ics. I went to Los Angeles for a vaction and had gps problems when I was getting a lte signal. When I came home gps has been working perfectly, I am wondering if it is a problem when connected to lte?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alvin408:
Are they letting you keep the Galaxy Note in addition to the One X? (You mentioned you'd be rocking all three)

If not, how do they handle the price difference, if at all?

Curious as to how they handle this transaction
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] freekquency:
Not to sound like a broken record but who told you you sbould get gps signal indoors? Lol.... Its a line of sight thing too guys. You might not get gps indoors. Plain and simple.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tx Redneck:
No one said to expect GPS indoors, however, when in original form (GB ROM) it did obtain a solid, quick, accurate lock, the level of expectation is then set that it can and should continue to do so.

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] motobiz:
[update] back to bad GPS performance.

Hi,

I had posted on this thread with a positive feedback after flashing GB modem from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1769255

This worked fine for a few days and now GPS is back to square 1. it won't lock.

I recently flashed UCLE2 modem and that did not fix the problem.

now i am seeing another thread in the General section - GPS fix for ICS ROMs - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771612

and user budco2000 is reporting flashing UCLA1 radio fixes the GPS issue.

I have a question here, are the words 'radio' and 'modem' being used here interchangeably?

The UCLA1 radio link redirects to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1506212, which is a tar file to be flashed via ODIN as compared to the SGH-i717 Modems CWM Flashable thread in the DEV section, which as the name indicates has CWM zip files.

are these the same?

Also, anyone on ICS (UCLF6) modem tried editing the gps.conf file (specifically un-commenting the NTP server locations) and tested if that improves anything?

All this is leading to a very bad UX, this is my first samsung phone, i've been seeing/reading GPS issues from the Captivate days.

I really don't want to go back to GB as i am getting better battery performance on ICS, but i depend a lot on the GPS feature which is a hit or miss affair right now.

ICS upgrade has also affected my LTE speeds (i apologize, i digress...)

I don't want to replace/return the current handset as i don't think this GPS issue is h/w related - i mean, it was working fine with GB.

Can we have a poll and figure out what (tweaks) have worked so far, do we have a clear winner of a solution?

Thanks in advance for all who are constantly flashing (and reporting back) roms/modems/radios to test/troubleshoot the ICS upgrade GPS debacle.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dhll010:
gps

I am running ics and have tried modems for gingerbread , 2, 5, and 6.The server is set to google but not sure that matters. if you can ever get it to lock by clearing caches for the programs, changing servers etc., turn your gps on only when you need it. it may take a few minutes to lock when you first turn it on but so far this has worked. The gingerbread modem worked the longest without an issue and I never turned the gps off. Someone mentioned deep sleep may be causing the problem on the ics modems and this may be the case. Also turning on gps only when needed was posted earlier and so far so good. good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pTeronaut:
Using the GB modem firmware, I find that apps (GPS Test, & UlysseSpeedometer) fail to get a lock from time to time.

To remedy it, I drop into Settings > Applications, and 'Clear Data' of the app that is not locking onto GPS.

I don't know why, but it is working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] motobiz:
thanks dhll010, resetting AGPS cache and toggling GPS is exactly how I am getting by ATM.

ICS GPS issue is a PITA!

On a separate note, i am going over the gps.conf file and i see the entire AGPS section commented out, this does not look right.

I do not understand GPS tech (yet :)) but i plan to google everything i don't understand in the gps.conf file to figure **** out.

Also, user lunadomain (post # 26) has posted a gps.conf file, i have yet to try that - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771612&page=3

lots of work to be done.

feels like a second job :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
I've played with dozens of Notes, and it always seems to happen on custom ROMs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sdc177:
I went back to one of FJs GB ROMs with the GB modem and am still having GPS issues. Seriously considering moving back to HTC.

Other than GPS this is phone is perfect. But GPS is a huge deal for me. Pisses me off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] StarLog:
I am back on GB STOCK, went thru the process of using Keis to factory reset and download install GB.

Yesterday, GPS was awesome, today, it did not lock the entire 35 minute trip.

Gonna hound Samsung and ATT for a new phone. after my trip to Barksdale next week.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deadman_raziel:
Yes, I got to keep my Note, the Skyrocket my wife was using (my old one) was replaced with an HTC One X (and we kept the Skyrocket) and now we are both rocking the One X. So there is a Skyrocket & Note as backup devices for my tinkering with.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] arsonizt:
GPS Fixed

I was having GPS lock on issues as many of you are until I flashed the UCLA 1 Radio http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1506212

after 2 weeks of using it Its been working flawlessly

I flashed with ODIN

after reboot I used GPS Status app and cleared AGPS cache GPS Status

rebooted

and it has been working great ever since I get lock-ons in under 10 seconds

Hope this helps some of you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigmout:
Had to exchange my Note because of display issues. I'm back to Gingerbread and getting GPS locks in seconds again. Won't be upgrading to ICS at this point.

Here's what I don't get: the T-Mobile version of the Note was just released with ICS, yet nobody's complaining about poor GPS performance that I can find. The reviews specifically mention locks in seconds like we get on Gingerbread.

It's the same phone and presumably similar software. So, what gives?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] smartbean:
AT&T exchanged mine

I've been struggling with the same issue for a few weeks. AT&T confirmed that there were widespread problems with ICS on the Note and referred me to Samsung tech support, but it was useless. I spoke with three or four different people in level 2 support. I didn't get the impression that they knew anything about this particular problem. The last person I spoke with said there was nothing they could do until Samsung issued a patch. He had no idea when that might be. He also said that Samsung didn't offer any official path to put GB back on the phone.

Based on this, AT&T gave me a refurbished phone running GB. The GPS locks with jaw-dropping speed, as before.

If you are having trouble, I suggest calling AT&T and insisting on a replacement. Maybe that will encourage them to do something to get ICS working. The warranty on my refurbished phone lasts for the full warranty period of the original phone, and it looks new.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] simbill:
same problem here on flapjaxxxs last rom put out. gps was useless while inside of an LTE area, despite two reboots and clearing agps data
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Ditto .....

Great post ....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] roadster92:
This is what everyone who flashed UCLA1 modem or radio must do. "Clear GPS cache, Download AGPS data" then Reboot. It has been working flawlessly for me. Once in a long while it will have a hard time locking, just repeat the steps in quote above and it will work fine again. Just make sure that you are outdoor to acquire the lock initially after reboot.

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Did you use GPS Status to clear internal GPS cache and download AGPS data?

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There must be issue with the new ICS radio. The Gingerbread radio works fine for me with ICS rom with LTE connection. I am in LTE coverage area.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rotohammer:
With the new T-mobile Note I get a lock indoors like on my AT&T Note.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bigmout:
And is the AT&T Note running GB or ICS?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mtucker:
It has been about three weeks now since I flashed the GB modem. Great locks ever since. I was heavily using GPS the last few days while I vacationed in the L.A. / Hollywood area (almost always getting LTE coverage). I had problems in the hotel room getting locks, but as long as I was in a place where I should get locks (vent mount in the car or standing outside) I got locks in <10 seconds.

My usual area is north San Diego (also LTE). I was hit and miss before flashing the GB modem. I never knew if I could rely on GPS once ICS was on the phone (leaks or official). ICS with the GB modem is the winning combo for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rnp614:
GPS for me is totally gorked with ICS. Which GB modem are you guys using?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mtucker:
I got the GB modem at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1769255 select "Gingerbread Modem Download".
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sdc177:
Found my solution: got a HOX.