{"id":107,"date":"2011-06-06T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicks-software.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/htc-desire-hd-gps-problem-always-searching-for-gps-satellites\/"},"modified":"2013-07-16T20:59:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T12:59:31","slug":"htc-desire-hd-gps-problem-always-searching-for-gps-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicks-software.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/htc-desire-hd-gps-problem-always-searching-for-gps-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"HTC Desire HD GPS problem – always searching for GPS satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like my HTC Desire HD and I quite depend on it, with all the apps installed on it and sync-ed calendar and phone book, so when it broke….I was sad.
It worked fine for a while and then GPS stopped working.<\/p>\n

As many other did, I searched forums and installed all GPS Test Apps from Markets – all gave me very consistent results – your GPS is not working<\/b>.
But it has been working before, my HTC DHD is not one of the factory faulty ones.<\/p>\n

What can be wrong then – I asked myself?<\/p>\n

It could be:
1.  Any dodgy software upgrade – Navigation or Radio
2. Internal GPS IC
3. The GPS Antenna<\/p>\n

1.  Any dodgy software upgrade – Navigation or Radio<\/b>
<\/b>
I tried to uninstall the Navigation <\/b>Pro (recently purchased) and flash latest RADIO – didn’t help.
Factory Reset – didn’t work. <\/p>\n

2. Internal GPS IC<\/b>Too bad then, it is still under warranty, I will go back to my Crazy John guys and surrender the phone…but let’s do one more thing…<\/p>\n

3. The GPS Antenna<\/b>
Then I have found that GPS antenna is quite accessible and has few design issues that could give it contact problems<\/b>. It is assembled together with the flash-light near the camera and the entire panel is not soldered in place, it is just clipped in place and it contains the GPS antenna also. <\/b><\/p>\n

Then, I have found this movie, that solved my mystery:Change GPS Antenna – HTC DHD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you believe that GPS antenna is faulty,  first thing, just press down the dual LED flash panel with your thumbs and then try the Navigation software again – if it locks on satellites in few seconds, then you have solved the issue – your GPS antenna just had an imperfect contact, it was moved a bit from its connection.
If this trick is not working, then follow this movie<\/a> to change the antenna or if the phone is still under warranty just let them do it.<\/p>\n

 <\/b>
 Luckily, in my case was just a contact issue and it was solved by  pressing down the flash-light panel with my thumbs, all around its edges. <\/b>
Then, I tried again the Navigation software and it locked the GPS satellites very quickly, few seconds everything looks fine now and if symptoms reoccur I will try to get a spare GPS antenna handy… just in case.<\/b><\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/b><\/p>\n

Nick<\/a> <\/b>
 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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