X301 and Vodafone and AT&T Wireless WAN (HSPA) Driver for W7

[Edmond Dantes]

Ok, I (Lenovo) did it again.
System Update showed me this update: "Vodafone and AT&T Wireless WAN (HSPA) Driver for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)".
As I'm using Vodafone and I had a AT&T driver, I decided to update.
The result is, that now the GPS doesn't work.
Yes, I'm in a place where the GPS signal is present (my house, with the previous driver I was able to get 6/7 satellites).
What happens? Lenovo TV GPS stays there trying to fix the satellites, but nothing happens. I can't recover the system to a previous state, as I updated Flash player too, and Windows only show me the possibility to roll back this update.
So, apart advicing everyone not to update, I kindky ask:
- where can I found the previous driver? I searched the web without success...
- why does Lenovo deploy driver which can cause problems (I just had one updating the BT driver last week! .msi installer problem, error 1935...)?
Thanks to everyone
Edmond

[Harryc]

Is your current build from a factory install? If yes, the original driver is on your C drive in a sub-folder of /drivers or /ibmtools

[Edmond Dantes]

Hi Harryc

Yes, my current bild is from a factory install.
In C:\DRIVERS\WIN\GPS I have a setup.exe.
Should I try run this?

Thanks

Edmond

[Harryc]

Sure, why not. Uninstall the old driver first.

[Edmond Dantes]

Ok, I found in the Net the drive 7uw706ww.zip, which is Version 6.1.4.2, while the updated versione is 6.1.10.5 (7UW708WW).
I tried again the GPS, and it wasn't working.
Anyway, before downgrading, I tried to reinstall the new driver, downloading the .exe instead going through System Update.
Result: now GPS is working (same place, same conditions, just 5 minutes later)!

Don't know where the difference is...

Anyway, thanks Harryc for your advices.

[Edmond Dantes]

I have been too optimistic.
To make the GPS work with the new driver, at least on my X301, you have to install the driver every time! I mean, the GPS works only the first time after the driver installation.

I went back to the previous version, and everything seems to work as before.

I must say I'm tired with this not enough tested updates...

[visionviper]

Ok, I found in the Net the drive 7uw706ww.zip, which is Version 6.1.4.2, while the updated versione is 6.1.10.5 (7UW708WW).
I tried again the GPS, and it wasn't working.
Anyway, before downgrading, I tried to reinstall the new driver, downloading the .exe instead going through System Update.
Result: now GPS is working (same place, same conditions, just 5 minutes later)!

Don't know where the difference is...

Anyway, thanks Harryc for your advices.

There isn't. Sometimes a driver install will look like it goes through alright but actually doesn't. I had this problem once with my Lenovo laptop. I can't remember what driver it was, but I installed and update and things weren't working. The CSR had me redownload and reinstall the driver and everything went back to working without issue.