[Trick]Speed Up Satelite Fix for GPS on Android Devices

[Die2mrw007]

This trick not only to speedup the satelite fixing. Some also found that it increase the reception (strong signal even during cloudy, light raining, and inside building's window).

Requirements:

Rooted Device

File Manager: e.g. Root Explorer

1. Searching for NTP server information

Visit Here

At the right side of webpage, there is "Active Servers". Go in and look for the setting of your 1) region and 2) country

For example, one's region is Europe then you write down the NTP server for that: 0.europe.pool.ntp.org; 1.europe.pool.ntp.org; 2.europe.pool.ntp.org; 3.europe.pool.ntp.org

Then the servers for your country from the list down there and click the link(Example: Switzerland —ch.pool.ntp.org; 0.ch.pool.ntp.org; 1.ch.pool.ntp.org; 2.ch.pool.ntp.org; 3.ch.pool.ntp.org

3. Modify the gps.conf file

Download Modified gps.conf file from here to your device / OR As a alternative way, you can copy the codes in grey box (in first post) to a notepad, then change the extension name from .txt to .conf then copy to your phone

Use file manager to copy to this location: /etc/gps.conf and replace the original gps.conf

Open and Edit the gps.conf using rootexplorer or others file managers

Change the COUNTRY and REGION in following lines with the info you got from the website just now. Keep other values unchange unless you know what it is. Example of REGION such as NorthAmerica, Asia, Africa, Europe.

Your new gps.conf should look as below:

NTP_SERVER=COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=0.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=0.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=1.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=2.REGION.pool.ntp.org
NTP_SERVER=3.REGION.pool.ntp.org

XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

# DEBUG LEVELS: 0 - none, 1 - Error, 2 - Warning, 3 - Info # 4 - Debug, 5 - Verbose DEBUG_LEVEL =0

# Intermediate position report, 1=enable, 0=disable INTERMEDIATE_POS=0

# Accuracy threshold for intermediate positions # less accurate positions are ignored, 0 for passing all positions ACCURACY_THRES=0

# Report supl ref location as position, 1=enable, 0=disable REPORT_POSITION_USE_SUPL_REFLOC=1

# Wiper (wifi positioning), 1=enable, 0=disable ENABLE_WIPER=1

################################ ##### AGPS server settings ##### ################################

# FOR SUPL SUPPORT, set the following SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com SUPL_PORT=7276 SUPL_NO_SECURE_PORT=3425 SUPL_SECURE_PORT=7275 SUPL_TLS_HOST=FQDN SUPL_TLS_CERT=/etc/SuplRootCert

# FOR C2K PDE SUPPORT, set the following C2K_HOST=c2k.pde.com C2K_PORT=1234

CURRENT_CARRIER=common DEFAULT_AGPS_ENABLE=TRUE DEFAULT_SSL_ENABLE=FALSE

# TRUE for "User Plane", FALSE for "Control Plane" DEFAULT_USER_PLANE=TRUE

Make sure the permission of the file is rw-r--r--

4. Reboot

Go setting, turn on your "use GPS satelites" and "Integrate Google Navigation"

Restart the device (normal restart)

5. Use "GPS status & Toolbox"

Tool available in market for free

Open app> tools> manage A-GPS state>Reset

Open app> tools> manage A-GPS state>Download

Optional restart device

Use GPS status to start fixing satelites

Your satelite fixing speed should VERY FAST now