[awaisuk]

Not getting any signal on N97...Help

I got this new phone and for the past 2 days i am trying to get a signal but cant...and the yellow thing just blinks and blinks and nothing.

I have waited over 30mins for it to catch, but doesnt work.

Any help please.

[adrianhughes]

are you sure that you have Assisted GPS enabled? 

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[awaisuk]

How do you check if its enabled or not?

[navio1973]

it is in the positioning setting of gps data options

[awaisuk]

Everything is enabled, still not working...

[therev]

The colored ring is for the compass and for this to work you need to turn the screen rotation off as it only works in portrait mode, Settings phone sensor settings turning control and unchecked the auto screen rotation. It worked for me so give it a try and please don't tell me your indoors?

[awaisuk]

I have tried outdoors and indoors..still doesnt work.

[therev]

Have you turned the screen rotation off

[awaisuk]

Yes i have and it still doesnt seem to work.

Just the YELLOW LIGHT keeps flashing.

[therev]

Check settings then phone then application settings then positioning and positioning methods and make sure you have assisted GPS integrated GPS and network based ticked

[therev]

Also go to applications and select location then GPS data and select options then satellite status and see if it shows it is picking up satellites

[awaisuk]

Done all that still nothing. And it shows no satellite in status.

[therev]

I notice in a previous post you say that the handset rattles and ask if this is normal.Well its not normal so I would return it for a replacement ASAP.

[syahrudin]

My N97 gps is having difficulty getting a fix on my position.

i was side by side with my fiance E71, and hers gets  a fix in less than 20 secs. Whereas my N97 takes a long time, and after that, It just say unable to get a fix on the locatin, GPS works poor in enclosed area.

all my settings are the same as my fiance's one.,.

i'm phone to phone with hers, yet hers get a fix in less than 10sec..

even inside our house..

i am wondering is it due to the network..??

where is the gps antennae receiver in N97..???

quite getting **bleep** at this gps thingy..

[mdevji]

Funny I have the same problem with my E71 after software update although it does eventually get a lock when I am out and about.  But I am wondering before the software update my location used to be on the top right corner of my homescreen, after update its gone.  Anyideas what happened here?

[mariachi4]

Make sure to enable this:

App > Location > Postioning > Position server > Positioning server use > automatic

Map 3.0 really need a internet connection to enable the GPS sat, I disabled the above before, but cant get any gps signal, when turned on, its ok. Very strange!

[syahrudin]

nope..

ain't getting anything.

[matthiashorn]

same here. Got my N97 last week. Most of the time i just get "waiting for GPS". 

Sometimes, without apparent reason it gets GPS signals, but usualy just for a few km 

And, it frequently requests I should close Connections as the maximum had been reached,  

although theres no othe App open, and i had just restartet my phone.

I wonder if this is a hardware or a software problem. 

Any hints ? 

regards 

Matthias

[syahrudin]

I have found out something..

dunno whether it applies to other country (i'm in singapore btw)

contrary to my earlier post..

i have this niggling feeling that the reason why my fiance's E71 managed to picked up the signal fast is due to the network. She is using post-paid 3G (M1) whereas i'm using a prepaid (M1 too).

Her setting are A-Gps, Intergreted Gps and Network based.

So i switched her sim to my N97..

Voila..

Less then 10 secs, it manged to pick up my position via A-Gps or network based (w/out going online).

Accuracy is around 100m +/-

But sattelite is still not picked up..

but its better then nothing.

So.. u have to check whether ur telco supports A-gps network.

I figure my prepaid does not support it.

Cheers

[alizaid]

I am comparing GPS of the N97 with the N96, the N96 picks up the signals of the correct satellite, but N97 keeps looking for the wrong ones, is this a HW or a SW issues? keeping in mind that both phones use the same operator, the same package and the same configuration.