Tuesday, 29 September 2015

[GPS] Fix for LTO AGPS



Problem
Start an app that uses GPS (such as Maps), and then use a root file explorer to look in /data/gps/ , you will see the file gldata.sto, but you will not see lto.dat. This contains long term orbit data used to speed up a GPS fix from a cold start. If you see this file, then the fix posted here is not needed.

Cause
If you enable logging and look in the log file, you will see a line like this: LBS: Error resolving address from bcmls2.glpals.com. I have no idea why it can't resolve the DNS, but this prevents the file from being downloaded. This address is stored in the /system/etc/gps_brcm_conf.xml file. You will see the following: LbsServer="BCMLS2.glpals.com"

Fix
Simply change this to the resolved IP address and it should resolve the problem. I have attached a zip that you can install from recovery so you don't need to make the modification manually.

I have tested this on P769. Please give feedback on whether this works for you, and whether this helps for other L9 models.














Attached Files






File Type: zip L9-GPS-LTO-fix.zip -
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