Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B

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Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - MayhemVC - 2013-06-26

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - The187Hitman - 2013-06-28

thanks man, ill try this when i have some time

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - Digital Playworld - 2013-07-01

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - Wookash - 2013-07-02

Didn't work for me, with Lenovo S750

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - Wookash - 2013-07-02

EDIT for thoose having chineese firmware, and cannot run GPS or google play store here's a method C solution [Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - MayhemVC - 2013-07-02

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - Wookash - 2013-07-03

(2013-07-02, 20:24)MayhemVC Wrote: [Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

If you have Chinese firmware you should still be able to create a CWM recovery for your phone using this method:
[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

Once you have done this you should be able to flash Google Apps:
[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

Just make sure you flash the correct Google Apps for your version of Android:
[Only registered and activated users can see links Click here to register]

Once flashed you will have access to the Google Play Store and all its goodness contained within!
Maybe it's a stupid question but what will I achieve by CWR recovery?
I managed to run google play store, without the CWR, so do I really need it?
Gapps gives more shit except of playstore, so IMO no need to flash the full gapps.

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - MayhemVC - 2013-07-04

(2013-07-03, 00:18)Wookash Wrote: Maybe it's a stupid question but what will I achieve by CWR recovery?
I managed to run google play store, without the CWR, so do I really need it?
Gapps gives more shit except of playstore, so IMO no need to flash the full gapps.

Not a stupid question. You are correct.
Provided you are rooted and have access to the Google Play Store then you should you should be fine.

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - sjoerd - 2013-07-10

Hi
after doing all of the above I do get an almost instant-GPS fix. So that is good.
What is bad is that I then regularly lose all satellites, and then it takes 5 minutes - half an hour to get a fix again.
Any ideas about that?
Thanks

RE: Get your MTK6589 GPS Working - Method B - Wookash - 2013-07-17

I had the same problem - the GPS is really poor Sad

I have switched onto external GPS - there's no comparision with the built in one.