i cant get my gsm/gps v3.0 shield to work on my arduino uno

i recently got a hold of an arduino uno and a gps/gsm shield v3.0 (dfrobot) and i wanted it to be some sort of a tracking device but it seems that there is little tutorial posted online and the sketch on the webpage itself seems to have failed me. the sketch uploaded fine but according to the written text on the webpage for blinking time on the board, i cant get a signal for my gsm. is there any credible sketch aside from the one posted on the webpage that i can use? thanks in advance