yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RiNo808:
Okay I tried v1.2 and v1 for hawaii and I get no satellites...when I put back my stock conf...i get only 6...any ideas why im getting no satellites?

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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] devank:
u rock

I am a newbee.... i rooted my phone and then my gps stopped working, i already spend 5 hrs trying to fix this and was thinking of talknig to ATT to see if i can unroot and return this phone.

I dont have any issues with the phone but gps, i already tried some conf file edition mentioned in other post and saw your comments of using your scripts, its time to go to bed and i have given up but then something tells me to try your script so i tried it and ............voilla.............. it works, atlest something worked for me and i cant thank enough so instead of going to bed it my moral duty to thank you for taking time out for newbee users like me and developing solutions that HTC or google cannot.

Sincere thanks

Devank
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
No actually I dont have a good answer, you said you tried 1.2 and 1.0, I've attached to this post the 1.1 version, try this out and get back to me with the results.

*EDIT* actually something did cross my mind, I remember someone else had this issue as well in the inspire forum, and another member suggested re-flashing the radio, and apparently it worked after that, I'd say try that too.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Your very welcome, glad I made your night and you didnt go to bed frustrated, we all know how that feels :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jjrumph:
Used the v1.2 fix on Hyperdroid v 12 and NexusHD2 v 2.6 Roms and it works great on both.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] clyder:
I am using 1.2 on Ultimate Droid 3.3 and so far I really don't see much difference then with using 1.1. Fastest lock I had since I put 1.2 was 28s, but usually it is about a minute. On a cloudy day it could go up to 2-3 min. It was like that since I've put first gps.conf from here.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RiNo808:
Thanks angel, 1.1 works without flashing the radio...1.2 still doesn't work...it can't find any satellites...

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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
AngelDeath,

Just letting you and others know that using the gps.conf files found here for a specific region helps quite a bit. Just came back from taking the family to Hawaii and did a comparison. My customized gps.conf file for my home area vs. using your Hawaii v1.2. Felt like it took forever using my home gps.conf file, which took almost 3 minutes to first lock. Hawaii v1.2 took only 67 seconds to first lock. Now that I am back in my home area, first locks using my gps.conf file is under 30 seconds again. Certainly the region of the country and having the correct gps.conf file for the region does help. At least in my case.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
That in itself I think is significant that region specific indeed does help.

RiNo808, I'm glad that 1.1 works for you, just wish I knew why 1.2 isnt, I have to look at 1.2 again But being that slbenz used 1.2 in hawaii now is making me wonder if it might be the rom itself? But dont know if you want to try a different rom for testing purposes. I'd say if 1.1 is working for you, then leave well enough alone :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Claus72:
Is it possible to apply this fix in one sd build?

Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RiNo808:
Thanks angel...it could be the rom...im using di11s sense rom...i even tried to flash the radio with 1.2 and nothing...

Slbenz, what rom are you using?

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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htcvidi:
This fix only modifies the gps.conf file.

So, you only have to download the file corresponding to your country, extract the gps.conf file and put it in root/system/etc directory of your sd rom.

Since my posts one month ago (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12550975&postcount=152 , http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12575449&postcount=166 , http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12577253&postcount=168), my gps.conf file is limited to only ONE line

NTP_SERVER=europe.pool.ntp.org

and all works fine. To have a quick fix, i put the phone on a flat surface and I wait for the fix without moving the phone (so if I'm in my car, I do not start the engine until the fix is done). This way, i have almost the time a cold fix in less than 50 secondes even if my gps has not been used since 3 or 4 days.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stressak:
Hi,

im here again to ask you about that fix, beacause this thread is linked from Inspire 4G forum. Im using cognition rom on my Inspire 4G and im in czech rep. But still cant fix gps :-( Any ideas? I dont want to take cognition off because i like it, so please other ideas, not installing other rom... Thanks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htcvidi:
Your Gps has never worked even with the orignal rom ?

Can you post your gps.conf file ?

Which software do you use to test the Gps ? (Maps, Copilot, Gps Status, Aura, Gps Fix ...) ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
I am using Cmylxgo's Stock Desire HD(2) NAND ROM.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
That was going to be my next question but htcvidi beat me to it. did it work with the original rom?

htcvidi, the gps.conf is the standard one with the ntp pool and the supl pointing to google.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stressak:
My GPS worked with stock rom greatly, with fix V1.1 works it also quite good, but after last fix its total unusable. and im testing it on AURA...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RiNo808:
Thanks slbenz, well I tried again today with the 1.2, flashed the radio again and for some odd reason I got a fix to 12 sattlites...weird...I'm gonna keep testing thanks for all your help guys...

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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
Same here. Got the same amount of satellites while staying at my condo on Waikiki.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
stressak,

If you go back to 1.1 are you having the same results? No locks? if so, you might want to try and re-flash the radio, as you can see above with RiNo808, it seemed to help. Keep me posted.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Vigil_kz:
Prompt, but there is this fix for Kazakhstan? Rom HyperDroid-CM7-v2.0.1!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stressak:
AngelDeath,

today i installed version 1.1 and it works, but first lock in about 5 minutes and next about a minute and must be outdoors without any structure near.... Inside i can just dream about navigation:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
stressak, Well yes its not great, but at least you got a lock, I was getting worried there. Did you try re-flashing the radio or no? Also I dont know if I asked this already, so if I did I am sorry, but what are you using to test your gps with?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stressak:
I said few posts above that im testing it on Aura...But i cant find any czech radio, please send me some link and ill give it a try :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
No I meant what are you using as an app to test the gps locks?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stressak:
Im not sure what do you mean, but i tried GPSFIx
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
GPS fix is for downloading the data xtra.bin, I am talking about like gps test or gps status which most people use to test their gps and the lock times.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] stressak:
Hi today i tried gps test and gpsTest apps. First found 12 sats, but cant lock, all have about 30 points in graph.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Try GPS status as well, because if it found 12 sats, in the HD2 it has to lock to see 12 sats.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Stroid01:
Does anyone have a working link to v1.2 for South East United States?

i cannot seem to connect to any of the files hosted in post 1 and 2.

Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Wish Granted. Just wish I knew why some people cant get the files, it doesnt make sense.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jaedolla:
works!

Hey angeldeath great work. I get a lock in about 30 seconds in new york with your north east zip. I usually have to wait for about 10 minutes on coredroid 1.6. Awesome work dude!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sodycc:
probs with download

does anybody has the Siwtzerland file? no chance to get it from post 1 or 2

THX:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] OCedHrt:
I'll give this a try later today. How is this any different than using GPS Status to download AGPS data and FasterFix to configure the correct servers? I typically get a lock under 30 seconds with that.

Is the GPS lock procedure changed from editing GPS.conf?

Reading the first post it seems this doesn't give instantaneous lock.

I ask because I never had any lock problems in WM6.x when I had the AGPS data up to date. Lock was always instantaneous. I have a TMOUS HD2 though which may differ. Also on WM7 lock was almost always instantaneous as well. Only on Android have I had to deal with waiting for GPS to lock; especially when data connection dies on PPP while trying to get a GPS lock -.-

Edit: Switzerland attached. Downloads working fine in US.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mattfmartin:
@AngelDeath

Is there a florida.zip for v1.2? Or did you just bunch it all together in the southeast.zip?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
No south east would be it, I didnt make individual states.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carl1961:
@AngelDeath

heres a rough regional map for USA if you can use it
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Zupp34:
You've confused East and West on your map carl. Great idea though because the regions can be hard to figure out sometimes.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sbob303:
doesnt work for me, i might doing it wrong. i will try again tonight
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
dlsniper, I tested this on the gpc_hd2_gingerbread_v17.zip, and based on the name this is a gingerbread unless I am wrong. I was able to get a lock on this build within I believe 30s and relocks in the area of 8s-10s. Which rom are you using, I will test it and see.You are also in Romania, I assume you are using the Europe gps.conf. I will be narrowing down the countries so that local will be better then wide range conf files.

I have not tried these roms to see if they work, but I'll add them to the list and see if anything, at least if I getting a running list I have no problems trying out the roms and seeing the results, I can only confirm the ones I stated in post #2. I assume you used the Europe conf file?

Read my response to dlsniper.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
SuplRootCert.zip Added to Post #2 Unzip and install in "system/etc"
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carl1961:
Heres a CWM for installing SuplRootCert
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Thanks, linking to your post.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dung8604:
Thank you so much for your work. Unfortunately, I didn't notice a faster fix, even while driving. If anything it seemed slower. I'm in san diego california if that means anything. Using froyo cyanogen 6.2 (the chef's name escapes me at the moment) will try some of the other ones to see if it makes a difference
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Testing: [14.FEB.2011][CWM] TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 v2.1.3 [kernel=rafpigna v1.7 OC] Standard Edition

Passed, Longest lock in 5 tests 19s. Shortest Reboot lock and subsequent locks on AVG: 7s.

Absolutely no changes were made to ANY file, Installed directly through CWR, added root explorer, GPS Status, and GPS Conf for my location, US Mid-East.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Limited_One:
Hey you are amazing doing all this for us and sharing your work. Just one question hope you dont get mad :\... How to set permissions on the phone to be able to write and replace system files...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Need Root Access and Read & Write access.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carl1961:
Your phone has to be rooted then your good to go.. meaning You replaced Stock Rom with a rooted one
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ray0819:
thanks for the effort you have put on this.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Which file were you using? and being that slbenz is also in Ca. I would think you would be using US Mid-west. And I just tried Cyanogen 7 and it worked beautifully as you can see in the above post.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dlsniper:
Yes, I've used the Europe.zip and for rom I've tested with MDJs CyannogenMod 7 v. 2.6 as the official unofficial CM7 build got wachy with the updates :D

I've tested the config with europe and got no lock in about 3 mins or so.

Then I've edited the gps.conf to match the servers in ro from europe, rebooted and got the lock in about 15 seconds or less.

I'll try a bit later to see what happens with another cold start.

Best regards,

dlsniper
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Alsotry the file I created for you to test in post #2 UK Local, see if that makes a difference at all.

And I found more command codes, will be working on these codes to see f it will improve anything. But try the file I posted for you to test and get back to me. Like I said, not many active open access gps time servers in the UK :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] clyder:
Hi,

I am using UltimateDroid 3 and today I tried this solution from here. First lock was in about 2 mins, then I turned GPS off and on and next lock was in 5sec. I still need to test it further, but it seams to have better lock speed.

Only one thing. I got an error when I tried to install europe.zip in CWM. I had to manualy edit gps.conf.

When editing it, since I am from Serbia, I changed first server to rs.pool.ntp.org.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] augustopacheco:
my wife have a HTC-Desire, rooted, with a rom i installed from here (xda), and she always have 10 to 15 seconds to fix satellite, my son have a HTC-Desire HD, with original rom from HTC, and he always have from 2 to 5 seconds to fix, is very, very fast. all day with gps off, and when he turns on, only 2 or 3 seconds to fix satellite, and with copilot or ndrive. i see is gps.conf and is like mine with configuration made by fasterfix, but, incredible, the first line : netserver was north.america and we are in Portugal/Europe and he works so well, so I don't thing that the problem/solution is that file, I try de configuration that angel give us and I don't see differences
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dkl_uk:
Hi there.

I have a less than 1 year old HD2 running MDEEJAY's Cyanogen Mod 2.6. I'm about to download the localised gps.conf our man here has just posted last night but i'm sure it's nothing to do with gps.conf.

A month or so ago I used the SuperRAM 1.5 and basically had 5 "Android" folders on my PC. For each one I changed something, so I had:

Stock 1.5

Stock 1.5 with changed gps.conf.

Stock 1.5 with changed system files.

1.5 with updated zImage and modules.

1.5 with all changes above.

Now I can't remember which one worked, but one of them did work. I got GPS more than once although it wasn't the best of response times. Also, I did get GPS last night after a lengthy wait, but it told me my altitude was over 3000 feet. I have a Dell Streak, I didn't even have time to set the phone down after starting GPS Info and it had a lock, my altitude was 48 feet.

Basically this is down to system files, it has to be. If you look at your build.prop file in the /system directory, check the "build.ro=" line (I think it's that line). It tends to be bravo or htcleo or qsd8k. Other GPS threads suggest your system files should be named according to what's on this line. With this I renamed my sensors.xxxxx.so and gps.xxxxx.so files under /system/lib/hw but nothing happened. In fact I think renaming sensors fubar'd my build temporarily, so instead I created copies of the files with the only two names it could have been - gps.bravo.so and gps.qsd8k.so. Also the libgps.so file under /system/lib is floating around random boards as a correct file.

I believe this is a system issue. gps.conf may help although some people suggest the NTP servers have sod all to do with how well our GPS reacts. Also you've got people talking about your phone transmitting to gps satellites (wrong) and a-gps storing data on the chip (wrong), how running Windows then Android can help (unconfirmed, wrong for me in any case) and other old wives tales.

I do find it odd that HD2's worldwide with the same ROM are experiencing such different results.

I will report back later with the updated gps.conf information. The old one I used was from my Dell Streak and as suggested before, I got a lock in under 2 seconds last night in the same position as my HD2 which couldn't find one in 20 minutes.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] WarlockW:
For people having problems with CWM Install ..

For people having problems with CWM Install ..

I made a Install Bat .. Just Un-Zip and run: update.bat

this will install the GPS.Conf for you .. then reboot :)

Instantaneous GPS Fixation By: AngelDeath

Installing New GPS.conf ..

Press any key to continue . . .

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

108 KB/s (1001 bytes in 0.009s)

All done!

Please reboot your phone for the changes to take effect!

Press any key to continue . . .

This is For the: US Mid-East Conf ONLY !

More to come ...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Mafioso:
Well that certainly did the trick for me...doing a QuickGPS download and then loading android made the GPS as good as in WinMo and it used to stay like that for atleast 3-4 days before another quickGPS download was required.

Anyway, I tested again with newer CMYLXGO Desire HD build and I got a lock in about 3 minutes inside Boston Subway. Its certainly an improvement, because I wasn't able to get it in subway ever since I moved to NAND, but it still is not as good as WinMo in which I could get a lock within a minute mostly. However, the relock was very fast < 10 secs.

Yesterday I was on Pongster's Hyperdroid Gingerbread build and did not notice any improvement, today I did notice it..it could be due to the build or SuplRootCert file which I installed only later
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kameirus:
ok dumb question unzip this on my sd card correct then run the update.bat
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carl1961:
thanks I'll fix it LOL
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Thanks Carl, Going to add that to the first post so it makes it easier for people to understand how its broken down.

*EDIT* just linked your post for display on the main post.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] consolation:
Can't download New Zealand file, just get a blank page with a redirect message. Could someone please mirror.

Sent from my Atari 600XL using cassette tape and a stamp.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] NIR_Goober:
I also cannot download the south west zip can i get a working link for that please?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carl1961:
It's XDA messing the links up

Right click anyone and select copy link location then paste in browser address bar

http://computer-guardian.net/eugps/New Zealand.zip
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carl1961:
same as above

It's XDA messing the links up

Right click anyone and select copy link location then paste in browser address bar

http://computer-guardian.net/usgps/SouthWest.V1.2.zip
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] NIR_Goober:
Still not working the connection times out every time on my pc and my phone
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] consolation:
Still time outs from all devices, if you can get at it, could you attach it in a post. Cheers.

Sent from my Atari 600XL using cassette tape and a stamp.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carl1961:
ok here it is, link works on this end
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] djsolidsnake86:
in the last cyanogenmod there is finally agps support :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htcvidi:
Have you tested it ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Pingbo:
Hi

I have downloaded your gps-fix for germany and gps-status. I wait around 30 min and my phone didn't have GPS :(

Do anyone know these problem and know how i can fix it?

(Sorry for my english i'm from germany :p )
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] MettlerNikola:
Could you please make a file for LIECHTENSTEIN.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] djsolidsnake86:
i can test normally with the gps program right? what are the differences?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htcvidi:
On your phone, how long the fix took with the previous version of CyanogenMod?

If you use gpsstatus, when you try to retrieve data AGPS (tools / management AGPS / download) do you have a message like 'data will be downloaded as soon as you will have a data connection'?

Can you disable the gps up to tomorrow morning, and tomorrow

inside your house

, download the agps with gpsstatus, go out and measure how long the fix will take. ?

May you post the gps.conf in cyanogenmod ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
What rom are you using? Also did you download the GpsFix 0.1 file and run it as well?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Really? Please link me the post that states that the lib as been updated, because as of right now there is still no support (true support for agps as I know).

The way you can tell that you have agps support (correct me if I am wrong) is when you click gps status you would have on the right something like this: "0/9" which is there are 9 known sats in memory, but 0 locked, if that info is completely blank (showing not even 0/0) then agps does not work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] :
...he means this changes:

http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,4935

http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,5126

But i dont't think, that this minor chnges will help us.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
No it doesnt, because the file that needs to call those is the libgps.so
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] djsolidsnake86:
but will be implemented?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hooutoo:
Pathetic

That's all I can say. With all of the talent and skill on this site, that after all this time no one has been able to fix agps code. Why is it so hard to get the Gauner gps code????
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
djsolidsnake86, Thats what the devs are trying to figure out.

hooutoo, The problem is the one who got the gps to work, never released his source code on how it was done so that the dev's can finish adding the code, and has been contacted numerous times but to no avail.