Cursed Sation GPS fix
The cursed Satio GPS Problem
So, I’ve had the Sony Ericsson Satio U1i since it came out last year. Unfortunately I took out the 24 month contract… Doh! Aside from it’s many flaws (like so many other phones out there), the GPS issue is by far the most frustrating.
After giving away my Sat Nav, after realising how useful Orange Maps App was on the Sation, I soon came to regret it.
Like so many other Satio owners out there that benefit from having GPS dependant Apps on their phones, they soon came across this problem…
No Satellites Available!
One way of fixing this problem was to plug the Satio into the PC Suite software and running a Factory Reset, which was annoying due to backing up issues, time and convenience.
So I’m about to do a 2 hour drive tomorrow and the GPS has been down for a while. But before I went through the annoying procedure of factory resets and backing up, I though I’d do another Google search.
Tada!! I found another way of fixing this irritating problem from anywhere you might be! From the main screen (the one with the wallpaper), press in this sequence ‘red, green, red, red, green, red’. A service Menu comes up:-
- Service information
- Service tests
Choose service tests > GPS > Purge assistance data (or Clear GPS cache)
Problem solved. This may need to be done once or twice with a reboot of the phone. However, mine worked first time. Even strong enough signal to pick satellites from indoors.
There are many more cool service tests to run inside, such as:-
- Display
- Camera
- Touch Screen
- Speakers
- etc…
Hope you find this as useful as I did
Regards,
Monters
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