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[HTC Aria Android Development] bkmo:
I can't say if it was fixed, I haven't tried Nav here in Costa Rica. What sucks is that I never had any problems with the old lib's.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
If I open Google Maps, the blue arrow points in the opposite direction of where I am facing.
[HTC Aria Android Development] bkmo:
As far as I know, Maps uses the compass and not the GPS for direction. I may be wrong, but I am sitting here spinning in my chair with Maps open, GPS off , and the arrow is twirling accurately with me. On another note, GPS locked on in under 3 seconds, with 7 sats and says I am at an altitide of 164 feet, and 1.56 miles of error. I am actually at 3700 feet. Damn I wish they would give us the old libraries back.
[HTC Aria Android Development] hungmung:
Just used navigation on 7.02 and it worked perfect.

Sent from my Liberty
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
So no need for Drowing's kernal?
[HTC Aria Android Development] DroidRunner:
The kernal does nothing with GPS. You mean the GPS patch

HTC Aria

Gingerbread
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
you should start with a fresh rom flash it likes to fix ALOT of issues
[HTC Aria Android Development] hi2u2:
Anyone seeing the GPS locked icon remain in the status bar when Navigation/Maps/browser are not active? It's really easy to replicate:

1) Get GPS lock with Maps. Exit maps.

2) Open Navigation. The GPS locked icon should appear.

3) Exit Navigation. GPS locked icon remains in the status bar.

This odd behavior seems to occur only with the new libs. Wasn't in CM6 or CM7 old libs.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
I just go back into the app and use long press back to kill the app & that fixes it
[HTC Aria Android Development] gilpdawg:
Yep, happening to me as well.
[HTC Aria Android Development] attn1:
That's compass, not GPS. Your compass needs calibration. GPS starts reliably (without hacks) and GPS heading is fixed in 7.0.2. What's left is xtradata processing for faster locks.
[HTC Aria Android Development] :
My aria still needed cm6 installed to get gps working 100%

The last time my Aria had great gps was when it was running liberated 2.2 from attn1. From there I went to cm7 and the gps situation kept getting worse and worse.

Even with a clean install of cm7.0.2 the gps performance was much worse than when I first got the phone. I've tried using gps status and those gps.conf customized per region but nothing was working as well as it used to.

With 7.0.2, things have improved over some of the bad nightlies as is well known but performance was nowhere near what it used to be, either in time to lock or accuracy.

So today, I installed 4 of the major Aria ROMs (stock+rooted 2.1, liberated 2.2 fr008+hk kernel, cm6.1.1, cm7.0.2) first formatting every partition except boot. I tested my GPS performance and positioning using Maverick Pro.

Here is what I saw, take it for what you will:

1) My original cm7.0.2 install: ~12m locks in 10-60 secs.

2) same cm7.0.2 install with the gps.conf customized to my region: faster locks but with position jumping ~5-20m every few seconds. One second it would be reasonably close to my real position, then across the street, then ~5m from original position, repeat, repeat, repeat. This was unusable.

3) stock 2.1: ~12m locks in 10 secs.

4) liberated 2.2: ~12m locks in 10 secs.

5) cm6.1.1: initial lock in 3 secs, accuracy up to 3m in ~10 secs.

6) new cm7.0.2: initial lock in 3 secs, accuracy up to 3m in ~10 secs.

My conclusion is that the gps workaround of installing cm6 is still applicable today, even with the new gps lib.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drumist:
That's not true. If you don't use GPS for a while you will probably get the same slow lock as you did before with 7.0.2. Just because you get a fast initial lock once doesn't mean you always will.

attn1 explains what is going on here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13255542&postcount=983

Basically, the new GPS libs are still not complete. Currently it does not support certain features that would improve initial lock speed -- features that are supported in the other GPS libs. So it's just a matter of waiting for them to be implemented.
[HTC Aria Android Development] :
I use gps nearly every day and my conclusions are based on my experiences with the Aria over several months. I've been testing gps all morning, and my findings above reflect this.

Before I started really testing, I left Maverick running with the Aria sitting on a windowsill for several minutes this morning among many other times using gps this morning.

After I started testing, the exact same procedure was used for each rom. Wipe, install, update included apps, install maverick, test. It was only after installing cm6 that gps started working great, like it used to.

If your experiences are different, great. What I posted above is based on my actual testing this morning.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drumist:
Well I suspect that your phone acquired A-GPS Xtra data while CM6 was active and is continuing to use that data while in CM7. I think this data is actually stored by the GPS chip itself but I don't know for sure. (If so, it would persist even after a clean install of a new ROM.) However, eventually the Xtra data will become obsolete and won't be helpful anymore in establishing a quicker GPS lock. I'm not sure how long it would take before it becomes obsolete but I think it's within a couple days.

Anyway, I'd be interested to hear back in a few days to see if you are still getting fast locks.
[HTC Aria Android Development] :
I run the GPS Status app nearly every day and it claims to download and update this data. I ran it this morning before testing and it downloaded new data. This didn't seem to make any difference so I also used gps status to reset the data and forced a 2nd download which also did not help.

Maybe there is a bug preventing this data from actually being stored in the chip or somehow preventing it from being used.

OK, I'll try to post an update.

The ~3m locks and very quick locking was how my phone always worked until I installed cm7. Up until today, I have never installed cm6 before.
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
So if the compass won't calibrate, any idea on a fix?
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
wave your hand around like a madman? usually fixes it for me

no but seriously the figure 8's usually work

compass on my phone has always been shaky
[HTC Aria Android Development] mtnlion:
Lol my wife laughs at me everytime I calibrate it.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
i usually full wipe, & that might help with calibration issues
[HTC Aria Android Development] DanGeorges:
I think I may have found the problem -

The compass always has trouble upstairs at my home, but seems fine outside.

I think there are power lines or some other interference too close at hand that interferes with the magnetometer in the device.

Same goes for near other electrical devices - namely the small speakers on my laptop.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
What does support per dhcp mean its gonna be in cm7.1 and I was wondering if it will stop the random disconnect in cm7 with certain connections

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
I don't really know. I guess 2.3.4 supports multiple dhcp clients on multiple wlan interfaces.
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
Okay thanks just hope it will work with my connection when it comes out.

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] bkmo:
I am curious why I am seeing espresso kernel updates by Cyanogen and nothing for Liberty?
[HTC Aria Android Development] Moh_Jay:
Thats because the kernel we use is the same one that legend and something else uses... think its called kernel msm 7272 or something like that.

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
Liberty needs to update the kernel too. Attn1 said only maintainers can update prebuilt kernel, so there is nothing I can do.:( I updated my kernel source on GitHub though.
[HTC Aria Android Development] bkmo:
Didn't Cyanogen say he was going to give our kernel some love a couple weeks ago when you did your commits? And now I see legend just got a new kernel update. :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DRW spkie:
Will Xda make sense 3.0 for the desire??

The new sense looks awsome and really want it.

I know there is a version for desire hd but it isn't fully working (doesn't fit to screen res)

So will there be a version for desire.

When/if there is can someone give me the link for it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1040121

It still needs a lot of work to do, but it's sense 3.0 :)
[Galaxy S II General] OmniNut:
It seems like there are threads on release dates for many countries except the U.S! So this thread is for people with any information on the release date in the states. =)
[Galaxy S II General] Mileman3:
I hear ya, I'm am so ready to buy this phone... now if t-mobile usa would speed up the process a bit I could quit driving my wife crazy surfing for anything related to the GS2 :)
[Galaxy S II General] jRi0T68:
What we need to do is to create an online group for wives of phone addict xda members who can't stop researching new devices and roms. Then, they'll spend all day on that forum and won't notice we're ignoring them. My wife just doesn't understand that I NEED this phone on T-Mobile.
[Galaxy S II General] teh_pwnage:
I hope you guys get it soon... just like us up north here in canada... but as for tmob getting it... the current international version doesn't have AWS support so that may hold it up a tad for them... just like WIND here... hope that doesn't burst a bubble... and if you already knew that... sorry!
[Galaxy S II General] Deleted member 2842059:
This guy will do T-Mobile 3G, cough cough, 4G? It's a plus device?
[Galaxy S II General] clivo360:
It's looking likely that T Mobile USA won't release the SGS2 until sometime in July. With the Sensation release looking likely for June 8th, they need time to maximize its sales before releasing another high end phone. I just don't know if I can wait. I might jump on the G2x or the Sensation.
[Galaxy S II General] ccdoggy:
I may have missed it, but is AT&T going to be getting this phone?

I keep hearing about tmobile but no AT&T talk. If not then i am going to be very very sad.
[Galaxy S II General] teh_pwnage:
to my knowledge AT&T's bands are supported on the international version and as a result if carriers are smart and release the actual model and don't demand variants then you should be in the clear
[Galaxy S II General] OmniNut:
That's really ****ty if they hold it off till July considering the rest of the world get's it in about a week or two.
[Galaxy S II General] lemonyellowblack:
I'm really hoping that information about its release date will come soon. If US carriers don't get it soon, I'm going to have to buy the international version.
[Galaxy S II General] Deleted member 2842059:
Indeed. I'm ready for one, NOW, to use with T-Mobile. Group buy, perhaps?
[Galaxy S II General] Balthazar B:
It's not unlikely that all major US carriers (and some minor ones) will get variants of the SGS2, though the timing is very uncertain (there have been NO credible stories about precise targets, with the only semi-official statement indicating that Fall is most likely for its first appearance).
[Galaxy S II General] OmniNut:
I'm almost positive the SGSII will be available on all carriers it's just a matter of timing on the release just like it's predecessor =).
[Galaxy S II General] Plave Oci:
Well, a while ago from that leaked verizon "phone schedule" the SG SII was slated for sometimes in May. Now how long into may or if it gets released is the question. Right now I'm looking to upgrade to a smartphone and grandfather in.

So far Galaxy S 2 is looking pretty sweet and I want it :(
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
wasn't that a 1st of April joke/hoax?

AT&T Infuse announced in Jan 2011 is about to be released sometime in MAY, and it is an AT&T exclusive (does not need to stand out by definition).

With the SGS2, the 4 majors would want to customize the phone to stand out from the others, so I would expect even longer delay between the announcement (March) and release.

And now we hear Sammy has SGS3 for the Fall. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Plave Oci:
Well so far, all the phones on that list have been released at about the right time :O, so not really sure if it's april fools joke. The list had specific dates for all the other phones except for instance bionic/galaxy s 2, where it said "May" for their releases.

I'm hoping for the may release so I can get grandfathered in with the Galaxy s 2 :P!!!!!! *crosses fingers**
[Galaxy S II General] efarley:
I am starting to feel like the UK will have the SGS3 before the SGS2 will even be available in the US lol
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
and that is exactly why I created that thread about SGS3, but people are just laughing there :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1049529

Since SGS2 may not even penetrate the market by the Fall of 2011, it is possible the US carriers will just skip SGS2 and go straight for SGS3.
[Galaxy S II General] efarley:
I hope not because then we won't get the SGS2 this fall and will have to wait until February 2012 before the US carriers get around to destroying the device with useless and unwanted carrier changes and blotware and finally release the GS3 to NA that came out in the UK in September lol
[Galaxy S II General] efarley:
I wish Samsung, HTC, Motorola and the other major players would just stand up to the US carriers and say "This device hits the market internationally in May you have until then to do what ever modifications you feel necessary and send the device to us to verify it meets our QA to ensure they don't cut corners to meet the deadline. If you don't have your modifications done by that time you have to release the device the way it was intended free of carrier modifications. If you don't comply with this then you won't get a flagship device that is required to meet your sales goal for the quarter and compete with other carriers that meet these requirements and have our flagship devices available"

How hard would that be, the carriers HAVE to have the newest flagship devices to complete in the high end market if the device manufactures would start throwing their weight around and refuse to release devices to the US market the carriers would have no choice but to back down. Sure that would mean an initial delay in the US for some devices while the carriers cry about not getting their way but eventually they would have no choice but to give in and then then the NA market not only gets all of our future devices in a reasonable time frame they aren't all ruined by the carriers petty attempt to stand out from each other. I don't know about anyone else but personally I would be willing to not have the SGS2 available if it meant I got the SGS3 when it was released in the UK free of carrier modifications and bloatware and that is ultimatly what this would come down to. The NA market misses a generation of top end devices but in return starting with the generation after that we don't have any more of this BS. I can suffer a little in the short term for a worth while long term reward. Plus I would bet money the smaller carriers who are trying to take a chunk out of the big guys market would love the chance to pick up flagship devices that the 3 major carriers missed out on because they wouldn't leave the device alone and just release it so it isn't like the devices would be totally unavailable you could still always get it from say Boost or T-Mobile who are more worried about customer satisfaction than adding bloatware and acting like a petty child who has to try and make his new toy "better" than the other kids or buy the international version and add it to a supported US network like many are doing with the SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] k87:
I think itll b better if ppl in the US order it online, rather than waiting for it to release in the US..because like it has been speculated that when it does come (itll be few months old) and the carriers will add their crap to it.
[Galaxy S II General] efarley:
That would be wonderful if we all had $800 to drop on a phone and we weren't in a recession. Besides that would never push the US carriers to stop their practice. They would lose a small portion of sales up front to the portion of the devices customers who are both willing and able to spend 700+ for a cell phone while the majority of customers like myself who are unwilling or unable to spend that kind of money on a phone are still forced to wait and give the carrier their money justifying the carriers delay. It makes more sense for that portion of the market that is able and willing to buy the international version to do so and have the device while those like myself who were unable or unwilling will have to suffer for the greater good so that someday we can all live in a wonderful future free of carrier's ruining a fantastic device and making the US market always have outdated "flagships". Sometimes you need to make sacrifices in life for something good and I think the major manufacturers and NA consumers both need to make some sacrifices to force changes to occur with our carriers.
[Galaxy S II General] k87:
well buddy its either ordering unlocked phones..or waiting..wtever you choose. But I do agree with you.

Edit: Or we cud get used phone or refurbs online!
[Galaxy S II General] efarley:
The goal is to change that. Yes as it stands we have two choices buy it unlocked internationally or wait, but maybe someday that can change and we can have a 3rd option of walking to the carrier on release date and picking up the device instead of getting "we have no information on when the device will be available on our network yet. Rumors say we should have it in about 3-5 months, sorry".
[Galaxy S II General] MustWarnothers:
While we obviously can't have our cake and eat it too, another downside to ordering international is that you are forced onto AT&T.

I don't know what the equivalent carriers are like in other countries, but AT&T is vastly more expensive than T-Mobile or Verizon, and provides much less for the money as well.

The service sucks, the data speeds are good but it's expensive as all hell.

On top of that, I only get a Corporate/Work discount through Verizon :(

Has anyone ever had any luck getting a matched discount from another carrier by simply calling them and saying "Hey, I would be a customer if you can match or exceed my current discount for working for a non profit (or whatever company you work for)?"
[Galaxy S II General] ignign0kt:
I am wanting it to order it to the US, but am concerned about the warranty.

Mobilecityonline says it does not come with a US warranty.

Do other websites like Clove and Handtek?

I suppose I better wait until someone sells them unlocked with warranty and isn't $850
[Galaxy S II General] open1your1eyes0:
Guys, please be advised that if you are in the US and you plan to buy the international version of this phone you will not be able to use 3G or 4G data on any carrier besides AT&T (which does not offer unlimited data plans). I'm seeing a lot of US members wanting to get this phone internationally and I don't know how many of them realize this. Please be smart with your purchases and do your research before making ~$800 decisions.
[Galaxy S II General] dc41:
Why should users act any smarter than the carriers? :) The short-sighted policy of "branding" phones hurts everyone except those carrier employees whose job it is to do so! Just release the GS2 and quit paying people to think up stupid names and develop bloatware! <- just a cry from the wilderness.
[Galaxy S II General] samven582:
Not true

I am using a Galaxy S i9000T with the $10 unlimited data for non smart phones. I am 100% postive you will be able to use SGSII with the same plan.
[Galaxy S II General] open1your1eyes0:
It has nothing to do with the plan but with the carrier itself. T-Mobile uses 1700MHz AWS frequencies for their 3G and 4G signals. The international Samsung Galaxy SII does not support this. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA for their 3G signals and LTE (Verizon) and WiMax (Sprint) for their 4G signals. All of which the international Samsung Galaxy SII also does not support. It has nothing to do with plans, the phone itself cannot access these networks until the carriers modify their versions by changing or adding chipsets to support their networks.

AT&T, on the other hand, uses the same exact frequencies for both their 3G and 4G signals as the rest of the world and this is why the phone will work on AT&T's network. Such a shame that it has no unlimited data plans anymore, and they crack down on free tethering too.
[Galaxy S II General] weldsmoke:
come on release already
[Galaxy S II General] nomisunrider:
I have an unlimited data plan on AT&T
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Do you guys remember how the first Galaxy was introduced on the 4 carriers last year?

Let me remind you :)

June 4th - first release in Asia

June 29th - launch party in New York City where it was first announced that 4 models were coming to 4 carriers, with no dates. (+25 days)

Later on, gradually, release dates were being announced about 1-3 weeks prior to a particular release. The phone was released as follows:

T-Mob - July 15th (+41 days)

AT&T - July 18th (+44 days)

Sprint, keyboarded CDMA version - August 30th (+87 days)

Verizon, CDMA version - September 9th (+97 days)

We learned that SGS1 was even coming to the United States 3.5 weeks after the phone was released in Asia.

The quickest provider T-Mob got it almost 6 weeks after the first country.

The slowest provider VZW - 3 months after.

So give this some time, sit back, relax, wait for bug reports from the UK beta testers ;), and enjoy your fixed (or maimed) version in a few short weeks.

peace
[Galaxy S II General] MagicMountainMan:
After the debacle that is the Droid Bionic I've been patiently waiting for any news on some other dual core phone that might hit Verizon sometime soon. I'm curious to know what the general consensus is on whether or not if/when the SGS2 comes to Verizon if it will be equipped with LTE. I hope it does; there's no way I'm getting a phone on a two year contract without LTE.

And I'm stuck on the original Alias circa 2008, it's on its 8th life and I can't wait for the day when I can retire it... Here's to hoping that the SGS2 will land on Verizon sooner rather than later.
[Galaxy S II General] ignign0kt:
Yeah I already have ATT. Still want to order this phone before ATT offers it. Don't want to wait that long and ATT will gimp it and make it worse
[Galaxy S II General] lorddart:
I am, hoping USA wait time is exaggerated. If i remember correctly the international sgs (early June I believe) was only released about a month and a half before t mous got the vibrant released (late July) i hope same this time around although yes i believe verizon didn't get their variant until September
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Exaggerated? Are you saying I messed up with the facts? My post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13209180&postcount=33 was double validated, dates are precise. Thank you.

I also recall one little fact - when Sammy announced Exynos it said it would have enough production capacity of the CPU to satisfy the next galaxy series by the fall of 2011. So I think they start rolling the series out from smaller markets and will reach hungry America markets late in the life cycle, when they will have ramped up the production of CPUs.
[Galaxy S II General] open1your1eyes0:
That's great but I never said people don't have it, I said the carrier doesn't offer them anymore (for new joiners).

If you already have a plan with AT&T then feel free to purchase it. I'm only referring to people planning to get AT&T for this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] nomisunrider:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1008698
[Galaxy S II General] harpstar:
Well put.

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