Absolutely all modern tablets and smartphones are equipped with a special module, for determining the user's location - GPS. It is thanks to him that it becomes possible to use navigation systems that greatly simplify life. In addition, today there is a huge number of applications on which you can mark your place of stay, share this information with friends and just make new friends.
Many are interested in how to enable GPS on Android 2.2, 4.1 or 5.0. In fact, the connection technology is absolutely no different, since from the second version of this OS all smartphones and tablets have almost the same general settings. It remains only to understand them.
How to enable GPS on Android 2.2 and configure it?
To activate this module, just use the curtain on the phone screen. By sliding it, the user sees a quick settings menu. In it, and you need to click on the corresponding GPS icon. After a few seconds, the location module is activated.
After GPS for Android is connected, you can go to the settings. To do this, you must:
- Go to the phone settings menu.
- Go to the "Date and Time" section.
- Set time zone.
- Go to the root directory of the device’s memory and send the gps.log file to the trash (this is not necessary).
In addition to enabling GPS on Android 2.2, it’s also worth digging into the module’s settings and selecting the following items there:
- "High accuracy". This mode is the most accurate, but it eats quite a lot of resources. But the coordinates will be determined on all available networks: mobile, wireless, GPS. This means that the entire surrounding space will be continuously monitored. Thanks to this, the user will receive the most accurate location of himself relative to other objects.
- "Battery Saving." In some phones, this mode is called "By network coordinates." In this case, exclusively wireless networks will be used to determine the location, that is, the GPS module itself will not be involved. However, the accuracy of the data in this case will be lower.
- "By device sensors." This mode will work only in open areas, so that the device can receive a signal from the satellite. As soon as the user enters the room, the connection will be disconnected. This is the most economical mode.
Application Setup
After GPS is enabled on Android 2.2, it is recommended to download an extension called MTK Engineering Mode Start. After that it is necessary:
- Go through the phone to the main menu of the application to make sure that it was installed correctly.
- Go out into the open. There should not be any transmission lines or high-rise buildings that could block the signal.
- Turn on your smartphone and connect to the Internet.
- Launch the downloaded application.
- Go into its extension settings.
- Go to the Location tab.
Useful Tips
For those who figured out how to enable GPS on Android 4.1.2 and other versions, some tips will be useful. If the module does not connect or does not work correctly, you must:
- In manual mode, enter the settings of the COM port. It acts as a link between the GPS receiver and the smartphone itself.
- If the device does not work on the street, then you can try to twist it in chaotic directions.
- Clear and update GPS cache. To do this, just download any free application.
- If the connection was only activated via satellite, then often a person’s location is determined very slowly. To speed up the process, just put a bird in the GPS settings, opposite the line "Wireless Networks".
Additionally, you can try to change the settings of the NTP server using the special GPS Aids program. This small utility is a great helper and helps speed up the connection several times.
To calibrate the compass, you need to update the module data. The easiest way to do this is to use the GPS Status app.
Disabling location can be very simple - slide the curtain down and click on the module icon again.
To summarize
Knowing how to enable GPS on Android 5.0.2, 4.1, 2.2 and other versions, you can use all the benefits of satellite positioning: quickly get directions on an unknown location or just see where a cafe, club, bank, or any other area of interest is located institution.