In case this is useful to others...
After I updated my N97 to V12 firmware, I could not get a GPS lock at all. Either in Maps or Location. I tried several times standing outside for more than 5 minutes at a time without getting a single lock. I was able to get (weak) signals with V11 so I knew something was wrong. I was going to send it in for repair when I decided to have another go at it today.
I first turned on Assisted GPS, then went back to Location>GPS Position and I started getting signals. I then went to Maps and managed to get a signal there aswell. Grand.
So I turned off A-GPS again to see if I could get a lock without it (again). When I went into GPS Position I managed to get an excellent signal and accuracy of 10-20 meters. I tried Maps too and within seconds I was getting a good, solid signal. I can now even get a signal indoors in Maps.
It seems that turning on and off A-GPS solved my problem. Perhaps something messed up the GPS in the phone with the update and cycling the A-GPS returned it to normal. So, thankfully, my problem was a simple software glitch.
This might help anyone else who is in my position.
At a guess, the phone might have cached the position/satellite information, hence the quick lock.
There are several user reports , as well for different devices as for the different Symbian Firmware Updates , after booting up , reinstalling , etc. and then trying the GPS , it will fail . (BTW : not allways ! )
A Firmware Update in general , causes wiping out files from memory .
I believe also , that the GPS settings will be deleted .
I have been reading two ways of getting the GPS to work :
1) Go straight after the Firmwareupdate and reboot , to the GPS and get it work . Before anything else .
2) Also possible after step 1) : right after Firmwareupdate do a Hard Reset or Vulcan Death Grip , and get GPS work .
3) It is surprising . Now it looks like there is a third solution : take your time and after some patience you can be successfull too .
Of course : always with the aGPS ON , for the first fix . It saves several minutes and cost only 3-4 kB's .
😊 Regards jApi NL
Maximus434 wrote:In case this is useful to others...After I updated my N97 to V12 firmware, I could not get a GPS lock at all. Either in Maps or Location. I tried several times standing outside for more than 5 minutes at a time without getting a single lock. I was able to get (weak) signals with V11 so I knew something was wrong. I was going to send it in for repair when I decided to have another go at it today.
I first turned on Assisted GPS, then went back to Location>GPS Position and I started getting signals. I then went to Maps and managed to get a signal there aswell. Grand.
So I turned off A-GPS again to see if I could get a lock without it (again). When I went into GPS Position I managed to get an excellent signal and accuracy of 10-20 meters. I tried Maps too and within seconds I was getting a good, solid signal. I can now even get a signal indoors in Maps.
It seems that turning on and off A-GPS solved my problem. Perhaps something messed up the GPS in the phone with the update and cycling the A-GPS returned it to normal. So, thankfully, my problem was a simple software glitch.
This might help anyone else who is in my position.
How do you turn aGPS on and off? I don't use Ovi/Nokia Maps - I use Garmin and it doesn't allow me to turn it off...
This is a try . Like to be corrected : for S60 v 3 it goes like this :
Menu > Settings > General > Position > Methods
I have got 4 selections : Bluetooth , aGPS , default GPS , Network .
😊 Regards jApi NL
jApi NL wrote:This is a try . Like to be corrected : for S60 v 3 it goes like this :
Menu > Settings > General > Position > Methods
I have got 4 selections : Bluetooth , aGPS , default GPS , Network .😊 Regards jApi NL
Thanks! I get a signal, but my accuracy is about 100m-150m... Its pretty bad. Whenever I drive I am actrually 0.5miles ahead of what the GPS is telling me. It does show 5 bars worth of signal, so why such bad accuracy? I know US GPS data is supposed to be less accurate due to the whole security military thing, but 100m-150m is horrible...
It seems you have been missing this thread ?
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/88981/
😊 Regards jApi Nl
jApi NL wrote:It seems you have been missing this thread ?
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum//forum/thread/88981/😊 Regards jApi Nl
Nokia could not fix my GPS and I live in the US. So, I went ahead and messed with antennas on my own, voiding warranty, and 3 weeks later I find out Nokia started replacing GPS antennas, but won't replace mine due to void warranty... I guess I am f*cked.
MonarchX,
Even if your warranty is voided, you could still pay the repair center to do the fix for you. One poster on another thread said that they paid �63 for their repair. Don't give up hope yet.
rdcinhou wrote:MonarchX,Even if your warranty is voided, you could still pay the repair center to do the fix for you. One poster on another thread said that they paid �63 for their repair. Don't give up hope yet.
There are no repair centers in Ameica and for that amount of $ Nokia should also offer oral sex to customers. I mean why should I pay for something Nokia couldn't do when a customer needed them, CAUSING the customer to do it himself/herself?
All I need are those two new tiny antennas that I can attach myself and they cost less than $1.
MonarchX wrote:There are no repair centers in America ...
All I need are those two new tiny antennas that I can attach myself and they cost less than $1.
I beg to differ...I'm in America and I just received mine back from an authorized repair center in Alabama (see my reply in another post!).
It's MORE than just the two new tiny antennas--there is some shielding that is required internally as the motherboard can interfere with the GPS signal.
*** SIDE NOTE...if you want, you could spend ~US$30 to get a keychain BT GPS to be paired with your N97. Other have reported this as working while sorting out the GPS problems.
rdcinhou wrote:I beg to differ...I'm in America and I just received mine back from an authorized repair center in Alabama (see my reply in another post!).It's MORE than just the two new tiny antennas--there is some shielding that is required internally as the motherboard can interfere with the GPS signal.
*** SIDE NOTE...if you want, you could spend ~US$30 to get a keychain BT GPS to be paired with your N97. Other have reported this as working while sorting out the GPS problems.
What was the turn-around time? 3 weeks since the day you shipped it?
Sent it via Priority Mail on a Tuesday. Got it back by UPS 2nd Day Air the following Tuesday.
One week turnaround.
See other post to you earlier: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showpost.php?p=443817&postcount=24
rdcinhou wrote:Sent it via Priority Mail on a Tuesday. Got it back by UPS 2nd Day Air the following Tuesday. One week turnaround.
See other post to you earlier: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showpost.php?p=443817&postcount=24
Nice! I might do the same then. I wonder where I can get a temporary 10 days phone rent that allows SIM cards...
Maximus434 wrote:In case this is useful to others...After I updated my N97 to V12 firmware, I could not get a GPS lock at all. Either in Maps or Location. I tried several times standing outside for more than 5 minutes at a time without getting a single lock. I was able to get (weak) signals with V11 so I knew something was wrong. I was going to send it in for repair when I decided to have another go at it today.
I first turned on Assisted GPS, then went back to Location>GPS Position and I started getting signals. I then went to Maps and managed to get a signal there aswell. Grand.
So I turned off A-GPS again to see if I could get a lock without it (again). When I went into GPS Position I managed to get an excellent signal and accuracy of 10-20 meters. I tried Maps too and within seconds I was getting a good, solid signal. I can now even get a signal indoors in Maps.
It seems that turning on and off A-GPS solved my problem. Perhaps something messed up the GPS in the phone with the update and cycling the A-GPS returned it to normal. So, thankfully, my problem was a simple software glitch.
This might help anyone else who is in my position.
Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.