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cmsjr123
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« on: July 14, 2010, 05:38:04 PM »
My gps is no longer working. I was wondering if it could be settings or if it could be the gps chip in my phone..

Does anyone know where i can find the appropriate settings that should be in the eginnering menue thingy or post the vital ones that you find on your phone\?

I just got my replacement xenon in and this replacement GPs is working sooo im kind of bummed out
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« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2010, 02:59:54 PM »
If you're on AT&T, does the Yellow Pages app read the GPS?  It make take a while to get a fix, especially if GPS reception is not good.
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2010, 03:41:59 AM »
nope it stops just before the last one and hangs for a bit than gives a weak GPs signal even though i have full bars and in an open area. even tried different cities
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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2010, 09:28:00 AM »
Sometimes rebooting the phone will help . Try turning it completely off the back on .
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« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2010, 12:09:58 AM »
GPS signal strength and 2G/3G signal strength are completely separate.

GPS requires line-of-sight to the satellites in the sky, so that's why it works poorly or not at all indoors.

thumpsounds has good adivce - try rebooting.  If that doesn't work, pull the battery for 30 seconds.
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« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2010, 10:24:30 AM »
hahah the gps chip was gone or something in the replacement i was sent i recieved another and it works 100% now. and yes the xenon has a standalone gps chip if im right. unlike most phones that use GPRS or something that uses 3 cell towers for gps
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« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2010, 11:44:33 AM »
Wow weird.

Correct, the Xenon has an actual GPS unit.  It doesn't fake it with cell tower triangulation.
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