[funkadesi]

hey everyone just got my new 8900 last week and everything is working fine except the gps. I have OS 4.6 (but il be upgrading to 5.0 soon)

I try to get my gps coordinates by going to setting > advanced > gps and REFRESH but the phone just sits there and says "scanning for satellites" and nothing happens, after a few mins it shows 00' 00" for the location and thats it.

I do have the Data plan working with t-mobile,

any ideas?

[txt4nk]

are you doing this outside?

[jgodin03]

resend your service book(may help). Did you do a battery pull? In the phone option does the GPS service is on ''location ON'' or ''911 only''?(option-advanced options-GPS)

[fatboy97]

I do have the Data plan working with t-mobile,

any ideas?

YES, you need a Blackberry Data Plan to use GPS... are you saying you don't have one???

[standard_1664]

He said he does have a data plan

[funkadesi]

resend your service book(may help). Did you do a battery pull? In the phone option does the GPS service is on ''location ON'' or ''911 only''?(option-advanced options-GPS)

in the Gps section i have it set to:

GPS Data source: Device GPS

GPS service: location on

Location Aiding : enabled

EDIT: also tried resending service books from Tmo's website, didnt help

[nubgen]

Are you doing this outside? You have to be outside.

[jeffh]

Go outside with an unobstructed view of the sky and try the internal self-test. Go to Options / Status and type test. You won't see the letters on the screen, but you'll be prompted to run the internal self-test. If the GPS fails, you have a problem with your device, assuming you have it configured as you describe above.

[fatboy97]

I have had an issue with GPS under Options a few times in the past... never did say it could find any satellites... still did not worry me when I could download GoogleMaps and IT could find me, within 3 meters of my position, so I knew my GPS did work... and great positioning when I was outside... it's only happened to me a couple times with different OS versions... and it does not always happen... I had one version did not work, but it did work after I reloaded my OS version.

Download GoogleMaps and see if that picks up your position.

[samengland]

Try Google Maps, it will most likely work. Does your carrier provide a mapping service?