Here is a plugin for PhoneGap Apache Cordova 2.1.0 or below that gets the GPS reliably. The built in navigator.geolocation does not work on the S3, HTC One, Note etc. So this is a native plugin to get that reliably everytime.

gpsJavaScript.js

var GPSplugin = {   
  	  show: function (success, fail, resultType) {    
			     return cordova.exec( success, fail, "GPSPlugin", "nativeAction", [resultType]);   
      }
};


//Call GPS
GPSplugin.show(onSuccess, onError, "go" );  


//onSucces Function
 var onSuccess = function(position) {
    	
			 console.log('on success');
		  var n=position.split("|"); 	
		 
		  latx = n[2];
		  longx = n[1];
		  
		  console.log(longx);
		  console.log(latx);
		  
      //Send Latitude and Longitude wherever it needs to go
	     searchLocationsNear(1,n[1],n[2]);						 
	     }

	     // onError Callback receives a PositionError object
	     //
	     var onError = function(error) {
	         alert('Unable to get approximate position. Enter in a location or zip and try again');
			 window.location = "index.html"
	     }

GPSPlugin.java

//package com.yourpackagename;

import java.util.List;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.util.Log;

import org.apache.cordova.api.Plugin;
import org.apache.cordova.api.PluginResult;

import android.app.Activity;

public class GPSPlugin extends Plugin {

  public static int GET_GEONAME_URL = 0;
	public static int RESULT_OK = 0;
	private String callbackId;

	@Override
	public PluginResult execute(String action, JSONArray args, String callbackId) {
		
		String s = args.toString();
			 PluginResult result = null;

			Log.d("start activity","strat");
			Log.d("GETGPS", "here");
			double [] gps = getGPS(this.cordova.getActivity().getApplicationContext());
			String[] s1 = new String[gps.length];

		    String me = "";
			for (int i = 0; i < s1.length; i++){
			    s1[i] = String.valueOf(gps[i]);
			     me += "|" + s1[i];
			   Log.d("GETGPS",me);
			}
			
			Log.d("amount",me);
			if(me.equals("|0.0|0.0")){
				Log.d("failure",me);
				 return new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.ERROR);
			} else {
				Log.d("success",me);
				return new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.OK, me);
			}
       
	}
	
	private double[] getGPS(Context context) {
		LocationManager lm = (LocationManager)  this.cordova.getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
		List<String> providers = lm.getProviders(true);

		/*
		 * Loop over the array backwards, and if you get an accurate location,
		 * then break out the loop
		 */
		Location l = null;

		for (int i = providers.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
			l = lm.getLastKnownLocation(providers.get(i));
			if (l != null)
				break;
		}

		double[] gps = new double[2];
		if (l != null) {
			gps[0] = l.getLatitude();
			gps[1] = l.getLongitude();
		}
		return gps;
	}
	

}