GPS not working anymore

Tlaloc · 07/05/2009, 07:31 PM

The first time I used the GPS everything worked fine. Then on my way back from work the second time I used it the sprint navigation coulnt find my location. I tried google maps and it showed me either 1 mile west or east from my current location. Anyone know what could be the problem?

ChemEngr · 07/05/2009, 07:33 PM

do a reset.

Tlaloc · 07/05/2009, 07:51 PM

I turned the phone off and it still dint work. I did a reset with the orange + sym + R and that dint solve the problem.

ChemEngr · 07/05/2009, 08:23 PM

interesting. take it to sprint store for diagnostics or try one of the interactive tests on your Pre.

Sky Nazi · 07/05/2009, 09:38 PM

I had to reset mine 3 times to get it to work.

CHEEZM03 · 07/05/2009, 10:03 PM

I haven't had any major problems unless I was in a building that was a fair distance from the road. It would still pick up the general neighborhood though. Just get the exchange.

Tlaloc · 07/06/2009, 01:01 PM

After several restarts, the gps was still not working. I was thinking of exchanging it when I turned wifi on for the web. Then I tried using the gps and it worked. Weird.

jbg7474 · 07/06/2009, 01:04 PM

Sprint Navigation failed to get my location when I had location services turned off (yes, of course on starting the app I allowed it to use location services). When I engaged Google Maps first (and allowing it to turn on location services), then it worked.

So if you were getting this problem when you had location services off, you might try it with location services on.

jducey · 07/06/2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tlaloc

After several restarts, the gps was still not working. I was thinking of exchanging it when I turned wifi on for the web. Then I tried using the gps and it worked. Weird.

Just had the same experience. Turning on wi-fi corrected my location and reduced the size of the error circle in Google Maps. May some kind of antenna interaction?

stubbs · 06:30 PM

Mine just quit finding my location in any app, with all location services and wifi on. ?????

edit: after turning wifi OFF, it still wouldn't get a fix, then back ON, and it works. What's going on?

Rhihan · 07/30/2009, 09:08 PM

My Sprint Navigation will find my current location but then totally jump around wildly or completely stall. It keeps telling me I'm off track, even when I'm standing still. Google maps is better though, it actually shows my location. Anyone else have this problem?

reyalsnik · 08/01/2009, 04:57 PM

I just started having an issue; my gps is placing me in NY, just south of Laguardia. All of my location apps are doing this. Maybe it's not the GPS and it's the cell tower location service?

Buzzard Jr · 08/01/2009, 05:17 PM

i got mine on release day. it took about two weeks or so and the same thing happend to me. i took mine back and am waiting for them to get more bugs worked out. i did have some other issues like poor reception.

i think its a hardware issue not a software. i did not want to get a device and have to deal with the issues. the problem is i really really liked the phone. i dont want to wait any longer but i dont think they have the problems solved.

i will keep an eye on this thread to see though. i use my gps often.

i wonder if someone can create a homebrew app that will do routes for you. like maybe upto ten or so. or is that something the mfg will have to do
.

joselito1976 · 08/01/2009, 05:21 PM

remove the battery that does it for me.The same think happen to my BB 7100I.

SpeedBrkr · 08/02/2009, 03:40 AM

The GPS has been flaky for me the past month; mostly saying that it can't find my location despite doing a reset and having all location services turned on.

I'll try removing the battery tomorrow and turning WiFi on and off.

noshooz · 08/02/2009, 10:25 AM

I've also been having GPS issues where for no reason the GPS just stops working and I have to do a restart. Very frustrating! Especially since it takes nearly two minutes to do a reset.

taiguy · 08/02/2009, 01:41 PM

Yea it's aggravating. It happens every once in a while and is fixed by just restarting the device. I hope Palm fixes this sometime in the next firmware update.

phantasm · 02/26/2011, 09:55 PM

Old thread, but still a problem. Did a luna restart, device restart, and pulled the battery for a restart. Auto locate is off, and when I do ##gps# I get the prompt to turn location services on. I click yes, but then when I click on "get fix" it says GPS Error Position Unavailable. When I try to open foursquare it says that its already awaiting a GPS response and asked for another, and to restart the phone (EC7). If I turn autolocate on, everything works.

Any ideas for a permanent solution? Is there something that is set when the palm tries to get a GPS fix?

Pre+ on Verizon with latest OS version.

BTW only the ##gps# would ask to turn location services on, other apps do not (4sq, google maps, etc).

geeksquadkid · 02/27/2011, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phantasm

Old thread, but still a problem. Did a luna restart, device restart, and pulled the battery for a restart. Auto locate is off, and when I do ##gps# I get the prompt to turn location services on. I click yes, but then when I click on "get fix" it says GPS Error Position Unavailable. When I try to open foursquare it says that its already awaiting a GPS response and asked for another, and to restart the phone (EC7). If I turn autolocate on, everything works.

Any ideas for a permanent solution? Is there something that is set when the palm tries to get a GPS fix?

Pre+ on Verizon with latest OS version.

BTW only the ##gps# would ask to turn location services on, other apps do not (4sq, google maps, etc).

believe that is verizons fault. they cripple the gps.

jcmarcos · 07/29/2011, 08:07 AM

This was turning me absolutely mad! My GPS stopped working a couple of days ago, and NOTHING remotely related to GPS was ever touched in my 2.1 original GSM Movistar Pre. It worked great until then.

More precisely, the GPS itself indeed works, but some apps can't obtain data. I've enabled location services so they don't have to ask permission to me, because in other threads some say it helps. The thing is that, when I had it set to ask permission, applications didn't ask...

The funny thing is that GPS indeed gave a fix to the nice MojoTracker app, while both NDrive and Navit were unable to get that information. Why? Is MojoTracker magic? And why did it happen two days ago?

07/05/2009, 07:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tlaloc Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: RGV, Tx Posts: 10 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GPS not working anymore The first time I used the GPS everything worked fine. Then on my way back from work the second time I used it the sprint navigation coulnt find my location. I tried google maps and it showed me either 1 mile west or east from my current location. Anyone know what could be the problem?
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07/05/2009, 07:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
ChemEngr Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 2,235 Likes Received: 13 Thanks: 158 Thanked 97 Times in 90 Posts	do a reset. __________________ Palm III > Palm V > Palm Vx > (Sprint) Kyo 6035 > Handspring Treo 300 > Handspring Treo 600 Oct.'03 > Palm Treo 700P May'06 > Treo 755P Aug.'07 > Pre(-) June'09 + TouchPad July'11 LONG LIVE webOS!!!
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07/05/2009, 07:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tlaloc Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: RGV, Tx Posts: 10 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I turned the phone off and it still dint work. I did a reset with the orange + sym + R and that dint solve the problem.
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07/05/2009, 08:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
ChemEngr Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 2,235 Likes Received: 13 Thanks: 158 Thanked 97 Times in 90 Posts	interesting. take it to sprint store for diagnostics or try one of the interactive tests on your Pre. __________________ Palm III > Palm V > Palm Vx > (Sprint) Kyo 6035 > Handspring Treo 300 > Handspring Treo 600 Oct.'03 > Palm Treo 700P May'06 > Treo 755P Aug.'07 > Pre(-) June'09 + TouchPad July'11 LONG LIVE webOS!!!
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07/05/2009, 09:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sky Nazi Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 99 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 24 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	I had to reset mine 3 times to get it to work.
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07/05/2009, 10:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
CHEEZM03 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 138 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	I haven't had any major problems unless I was in a building that was a fair distance from the road. It would still pick up the general neighborhood though. Just get the exchange.
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07/06/2009, 01:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tlaloc Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: RGV, Tx Posts: 10 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	After several restarts, the gps was still not working. I was thinking of exchanging it when I turned wifi on for the web. Then I tried using the gps and it worked. Weird.
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07/06/2009, 01:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
jbg7474 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 3,858 Likes Received: 92 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 1,061 Times in 715 Posts	Sprint Navigation failed to get my location when I had location services turned off (yes, of course on starting the app I allowed it to use location services). When I engaged Google Maps first (and allowing it to turn on location services), then it worked. So if you were getting this problem when you had location services off, you might try it with location services on. __________________ Palm III-->Handspring Visor-->Sony Clie PEG-NR70-->no PDA -->Palm Treo 755p-->Palm Pre-->HP Veer
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07/06/2009, 06:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
stubbs Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 435 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 60 Thanked 38 Times in 29 Posts	Mine just quit finding my location in any app, with all location services and wifi on. ????? edit: after turning wifi OFF, it still wouldn't get a fix, then back ON, and it works. What's going on? Last edited by stubbs; 07/06/2009 at 06:30 PM.
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07/30/2009, 09:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
Rhihan Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 7 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My Sprint Navigation will find my current location but then totally jump around wildly or completely stall. It keeps telling me I'm off track, even when I'm standing still. Google maps is better though, it actually shows my location. Anyone else have this problem?
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08/01/2009, 04:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
reyalsnik Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 33 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I just started having an issue; my gps is placing me in NY, just south of Laguardia. All of my location apps are doing this. Maybe it's not the GPS and it's the cell tower location service?
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08/01/2009, 05:17 PM	#13 (permalink)
Buzzard Jr Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 343 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 46 Thanked 31 Times in 20 Posts	i got mine on release day. it took about two weeks or so and the same thing happend to me. i took mine back and am waiting for them to get more bugs worked out. i did have some other issues like poor reception. i think its a hardware issue not a software. i did not want to get a device and have to deal with the issues. the problem is i really really liked the phone. i dont want to wait any longer but i dont think they have the problems solved. i will keep an eye on this thread to see though. i use my gps often. i wonder if someone can create a homebrew app that will do routes for you. like maybe upto ten or so. or is that something the mfg will have to do .
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08/01/2009, 05:21 PM	#14 (permalink)
joselito1976 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 134 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 55 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	remove the battery that does it for me.The same think happen to my BB 7100I.
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08/02/2009, 03:40 AM	#15 (permalink)
SpeedBrkr Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 88 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 9 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	The GPS has been flaky for me the past month; mostly saying that it can't find my location despite doing a reset and having all location services turned on. I'll try removing the battery tomorrow and turning WiFi on and off.
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08/02/2009, 10:25 AM	#16 (permalink)
noshooz Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 40 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I've also been having GPS issues where for no reason the GPS just stops working and I have to do a restart. Very frustrating! Especially since it takes nearly two minutes to do a reset.
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08/02/2009, 01:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
taiguy Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yea it's aggravating. It happens every once in a while and is fixed by just restarting the device. I hope Palm fixes this sometime in the next firmware update.
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02/26/2011, 09:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
phantasm Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 11 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Old thread, but still a problem. Did a luna restart, device restart, and pulled the battery for a restart. Auto locate is off, and when I do ##gps# I get the prompt to turn location services on. I click yes, but then when I click on "get fix" it says GPS Error Position Unavailable. When I try to open foursquare it says that its already awaiting a GPS response and asked for another, and to restart the phone (EC7). If I turn autolocate on, everything works. Any ideas for a permanent solution? Is there something that is set when the palm tries to get a GPS fix? Pre+ on Verizon with latest OS version. BTW only the ##gps# would ask to turn location services on, other apps do not (4sq, google maps, etc).
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07/29/2011, 08:07 AM	#20 (permalink)
jcmarcos Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 538 Likes Received: 24 Thanks: 176 Thanked 23 Times in 17 Posts	This was turning me absolutely mad! My GPS stopped working a couple of days ago, and NOTHING remotely related to GPS was ever touched in my 2.1 original GSM Movistar Pre. It worked great until then. More precisely, the GPS itself indeed works, but some apps can't obtain data. I've enabled location services so they don't have to ask permission to me, because in other threads some say it helps. The thing is that, when I had it set to ask permission, applications didn't ask... The funny thing is that GPS indeed gave a fix to the nice MojoTracker app, while both NDrive and Navit were unable to get that information. Why? Is MojoTracker magic? And why did it happen two days ago?
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