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[Galaxy S II General] matthewpapa:
I am having the same problems. I just want to report my symptoms in case it does turn out to be a ROM bug. I am using the 7.22 build

Like everyone else, GPS has worked fine for me in the past.

But last night when I tried to do google nav to somewhere I could not get a lock. I have not been able to get ANY precise lock since no matter how long I wait. However I can get the AGPS lock that usually triangulates me within ~1500 meters. Something has happened to satellite locking, but it is unclear in what build these problems started to occur. Also my GPS icon in the notification bar does not flash, which is unusual. I have tried about 5 different radios and still have the same problem

If any dev needs me to dump some debug information please let me know.
[Galaxy S II General] dzel:
just flashed back to cm9 latest/fluxi kernel,

the graphics seems a little bit better maybe just my eyes playing with me..

since the storm is staying in west,my gps locked under 10 secs yo...heh..all working smoothly so far...
[Galaxy S II General] kerempek:
How did you change DPI ? I can't find it.
[Galaxy S II General] Garuxa:
In this topic there are various ways

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1753242
[Galaxy S II General] zee54:
Solved my GPS Issue

If anyone else is still having GPS lock issues then download the app FasterFix from the play store and use the drop down to change the NTP Server for your GPS to your country or region.

FasterFix - Google Play

Simply start the app, select your region and click go. This will change the 'Current Server' setting to that of your selected region. Then you're free to close/uninstall the app and use GPS Test to .. well test your GPS.

I was experiencing the same GPS locking issues that has been mentioned by other users in this thread ever since I moved from another ROM and flashed CM9 nightly. But I found some tips in another thread and the FasterFix app sorted out all my issues and I now easily get 10 satellite locks :victory: :good:

Link to other thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1785004

I hope this helps :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II General] :
Sorry but third party app is just a temporary solution. GPS lock shouldn't take more than 30 seconds (1 min in worst case) by default - As it used to do before.
[Galaxy S II General] apollero:
Anyone else having battery issues? I restarted my phone when it froze up and the battery went from 60% to 15% and then overnight it went back up to 50%
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
That often happens after a freeze, it's a glitch in the fuel gauge chip, nothing you can do about it really.
[Galaxy S II General] aramil:
There are many but a few obvious ones are data/storage corruption if the app being killed is part way through a read/write.

Less obvious is that apps set flags and hold open/closed various features that when shut down properly are restored to normal, but when killed they don't get chance to. Can lead to running code that does nothing...... or worse holding its wake lock under something like system (because you killed its identifying app.....)

Not freeing up memory correctly which can lead to less available memory, or even worse rouge data that then causes issues with other processes which can then cause them to crash causing even more problems........

And that's a very brief answer.......

Remember that ICS has a really good memory manager. If it needs more it will free it up from older used processes and apps as it needs it. There is no need to has massive amounts of free ram on ICS it does nothing. Messing with how your phone manages memory increases the chance it will actually mess something up.
[Galaxy S II General] apollero:
Yeah, my GPS seems fine now without needing to download/reset anything. Took less than a second to lock. It really must have been the solar flare or something
[Galaxy S II General] Tank NaggZ:
Using root explorer, modify /system/build.prop, the line ro.lcd.density. Note that non-standard dpi are imcompatible with google play, infact some app can't be downloaded
[Galaxy S II General] :
I was using 0721 and it took ages to lock (about 5 minutes sometimes even longer!). I switched to RR (cm9 kernel) and to be honest it wasn't much better (few minutes). That made me try latest NEAK (2.1.1) and bam! lock in less than 10 seconds. I keep on testing!
[Galaxy S II General] MasterTB:
With everyone so busy on the gps thing I thought I'd post something new.

It started with the rc2 and every nightly since then but, when I restart the phone it forgets the ringtone and notification sounds.

Like you see in the screen attached it says unknown ringtone where my custom mp3 should be.

Anyone knows what this is and if there is a fix?
[Galaxy S II General] apollero:
So is the GPS icon supposed to blink while it's locking on my location? Cause right now it's just empty and then it fills up once it has locked
[Galaxy S II General] zee54:
So at one stage you're claming that third party apps are just a temporary solutions, then you're flashing different roms and kernels to find a fix. Surely the third party app gives you the fix that you desire and that was probably caused by all the rom flashing???

All I know is that before CM9 the last time I remember the gps was working fine, I flash CM9 nightly, 18-07-2012 I think, and since then I have never been able to get a GPS lock. I tested it with my brother's S3 right next to each other, and his locked withing seconds, so it was my phone. Today I found someone recommending FasterFix and within seconds of setting a new NTP Server I'm getting 10 satellite locks.

So as far as I'm concerned that did the job perfectly, as I'm sure it'll do the same for many others. And as far as a temporary fix is concerned, I shouldn't see why the NTP server would change again unless I flash another ROM. So I got a feeling my GPS will be fine until such a time :)

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I think it just blinks when it's trying to use the GPS, prior to finding a lock. So yeah, maybe when it's searching. Don't know for sure lol.
[Galaxy S II General] crypticc:
I have sgsii and having lock problems. At the moment i am on stock xxlps.

in Singapore temporarily...setting to Asia conf server helped a little bit but only once lock is established.

A friend of mine with sgsiii is having the same issue here

and another in Malaysia but visiting Singapore is reporting his iphone going all wonky with GPS falling back to cell tower navigation all the time, or failing entirely. He said it was doing it in both countries.

This is not Rom related is my guess.

This isn't to persist the issue discussion, please create a thread in general android if you want to discuss the merits of GPS issues because for me this is case closed.

Chris
[Galaxy S II General] fede_79:
Be careful S3 like iPhone 4s has Glonass too. Maybe its better. :confused: Now GPS fix very good in Venice italy. Nothing changed in config, rom or apps. :thumbup: if sun erupt a X flare I hope my wife iPhone explode trying lock satellite....

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] :
First of all I don't understand why you took it so seriously lol. Of course. That's exactly what I am claiming. I'm not saying it's a crime to use faster fix especially if it does the trick lol. Go for it. But GPS should work without third party app's help, just like autobrightness, dialer etc. These are the core functions that should work like a charm by default. (Before RC2 GPS lock was instant in my case.)

And another thing...I wasn't desperately trying to find fix since gps worked anyway (just much slower). I was trying to find the reason for such bad performance. I was just wondering if it was ROM/kernel/weather related and decided to test different ROM and kernel. Moreover I guess I am a flashoholic ;)
[Galaxy S II General] sorcio91:
From 2 days ago i had locking problems with GPS, but today it was fine! I haven't change anything!
[Galaxy S II General] :
No more radiation ;)
[Galaxy S II General] hazwheel:
You post this yet you have a donate to me button? really?
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
He wants you to buy him a new phone to brick.
[Galaxy S II General] elitewarrior:
Ok so I did a full wipe and the lockscreen issue is still there. So was the notification bug but after installed Super SU I think it's finally gone.

Any further advice for the lockscreen issue?

Heres to hoping this doesn't get lost in the thousands of posts about GPS :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
Strange, I'm not sure why you'd continue to have it after the full wipe.

The issue is that you get freezing on the lockscreen after a wake from deep sleep?
[Galaxy S II General] DrunkFuX666:
Latest from CM...

Unfortunately no news for us... sigh...

CyanogenMod 1hour ago · Desktop · Public CM 10 Weekend Round-Up

First things first, it looks like some of you have found an easter egg in the CM10 preview builds. (Video linked courtesy of +Chris Sewell).

And yes, you are seeing that correctly, that is CM10 on an HTC One S (ville). +Ethan Chen has been working hard on his device tree for the ville, and released a preview build: http://goo.gl/6Hxba

Not to be left behind, we saw GSM Galaxy Nexus and GSM Nexus S builds released by +Rafael Salas (hit his page for downloads). +Ricardo Cerqueira joined in on the previews and put out builds for the p930 and p936 (LG Nitro/Optimus LTE - http://goo.gl/yMShw).

+David van Tonder came through big with bringing over the much coveted Notification Power Widgets http://goo.gl/9ivPJ and +Danesh Mondegarian followed suit with the lockscreen custom shortcuts http://goo.gl/RxYm9.

+Pál Zoltán Illés and +Boris mdeejay's work on the HOX Tegra let them make a jump into the CM10 world with a preview as well http://goo.gl/bt0kM.

Finally, +Dobie Wollert and his laser are back, with an epic result if we do say so ourselves - http://goo.gl/cvwKo New CyanogenMod 10 EasterEgg (Android 4.1, Jellybean) - HTC One S

Sent from my Galaxy ICSII
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
The latest news for SII is that the audio doesn't work because of changes to the JB audio HAL, fixing this issue is not an easy or quick problem and I'm sure if there is an update on the issue codeworkx, Entropy512 or another dev will post here, there's no point in having a phone with no audio so until thats fixed I doubt we'll see a CM10 preview for SII.
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
I had the same issue, I was able to reproduce it with both superuser and supersu, and with disabling BBS.

I did a full wipe a few nightlies back, and haven't had this issue again so far with BBS/SuperSu.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Hatred @Yamaha + #blamesamsung
[Galaxy S II General] elitewarrior:
I JUST turned my phone on to check wheather it was deep sleep or a wake and I got the notification bug :(. I no longer have BBS to stop the notifications issue so I can't tell if it was deep sleep. Here I got a screenshot for you.

EDIT:

I just wiped last night :(.
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
Best thing that could possibly happen is that Samsung decides to release JB for the SII and we get some pre-release leaks soon, but given the time it took them to get ICS out and the fact that there are still devices on the ICS list that don't have it yet, I can't see that being too terribly likely in the short term, chances are that the CM folks will have fixed the issues long before Samsung releases anything that would be remotely helpful.
[Galaxy S II General] Honzze:
Combining these two I've managed it to get back to a fix within 90 seconds, 5/6 satellites, error about 5-10 meters. Exactly on the same position where it took up to seven minutes before. Since I'm doing a lot of hiking with GPS-assisted maps, I'm pretty sure that it worked better before - who knows why.

Maybe there's a standard setting for NTP (US) within CM9 which doesn't work very good with other countrys. Don't know. If there's a chance to get eventual problems with logcat, I'm gonna post it here.
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
ICS kernels take longer to wake up than GB kernels did (1000ms for ICS vs 600ms for GB) how long is the lock screen freeze you're getting on wake up?
[Galaxy S II General] elitewarrior:
Its actually a couple seconds. Not being fussy over some milliseconds :P. Ranges from like 5 to 10. I even had to restart today but I don't think I HAD to restart, I could have just waited.

Side note. Didnt notice this before but does the battery meter reset as soon as you charge it (i.e. doesnt even get to 100)? Because when I connected to my computer to transfer the screenshot it reset it, says on battery for 5 minutes. I dont think it was like this before the wipe.

Some more info that might help. A friend borrowed my SIM and managed to mess it up so im running no SIM and airplane mode. The WIFI issue has been there a long time but the notifications thing COULD have started when I went SIMless. I am pretty sure it was a few days after when I installed a new nightly.

Last thing is when I did the wipe I let it restore settings from my Google account. I didnt let it install any apps but just my contacts and stuff. Was this a mistake?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] thracemerin:
Hmm...yeah, that is a problem. The kernel with the old drivers is in this thread somewhere, it was posted by codeworkx, you're going to have to dig for it but you could try finding it and see if flashing that fixes your issue.

I never noticed this before, but it does appear you're correct, I have no idea if its a recent thing or not.

The issue with the lockscreen was wifi related, like I said above, try finding the old kernel and see if that fixes it.

It shouldn't have caused a problem, but sometimes if you had bad data somewhere it could cause trouble.
[Galaxy S II General] elitewarrior:
Well thanks for your time sir. I will test with the kernel and hopefully it solves my issue. Else a full wipe one last time :P.
[Galaxy S II General] Testraindrop:
Whats your Wifi sleep policy is set to?

Set it to Always on.
[Galaxy S II General] elitewarrior:
I had it set to never because I felt always on was raping my battery. Ill try always on and see what happens. Finding this kernel gonna be alot of digging :P.
[Galaxy S II General] CRXed:
Yes it's a known bug on the forum, not sure if the devs are aware of it. But there is no way to logcat this issue. You unlock your phone and sometimes it just shows the wrong time in the statusbar.

Do you think I should still add it to the official bug tracker?

More people have reported it.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24790854&postcount=24313

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25254649&postcount=27760

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27099741&postcount=35195

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28801117&postcount=40143
[Galaxy S II General] jcasares:
I also have this issue besides still having bad times for GPS lock. With older builds the icon was blinking until it got a position, and now it's just empty. :(
[Galaxy S II General] :
No-blinking gps icon was even present on RR (2.6) with NEAK kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] coversnail:
I'd say yes it should be put on the bug tracker if it occurs on RC2, but every bug that's been posted without any logs gets closed straight away.

If you, or someone else can grab a logcat after it occurs then post it.
[Galaxy S II General] elitewarrior:
Ok I think this actually fixed it! Thanks!

Now all I need to fix is this Notification bug. I have gotten like 3 in the past hour. Getting alot since I turned WIFI always on... This better be a strange coincidence. Stuck between this bug or the Lockscreen bug would suck :(

If anyone doesnt know what I am talking about and can help, I am getting a bug where when I pull my notifications down its completely blank. No toggles and no notifications. The network name is there and like the top part is there too (all the little status icons). I am running SuperSU because it was mentioned that it's related to super user permissions but installing it doesnt help nor does removing it.
[Galaxy S II General] coversnail:
Having read this article: www.androidpolice.com/2012/07/23/ne...-vulnerabilities-unfortunately-cant-fix-them/ I decided to download this xray app and run a scan for security vulnerabilities on cm9

Turns out it's the same result as the article got for the Nexus, cm9 on the S2 is vulnerable to the Mempodroid exploit.

Not that I think there is much reason to be concerned at all, just interested really.
[Galaxy S II General] RagingHarry:
Dito here for alwsys on.

Did testing since early cm9 and always on was best for the battery imo.

Just as ics in its originslal form wss ment to be. As codeworkx said in the days.

Posted with a DroidRaging CM9 GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
Its not so much that CM9 is vulnerable to it, it's more that the kernel has a bug. Anything after 2.6.39 can be attacked by this, and I don't think any android vendors have patched it so its a nice easy way to get root on pretty much any ICS android device.

I can see it getting patches in CM9 sooner rather than later, but I would say its not something to get worried about, if android malware turned up in the wild using it, then it might become a concern, but normal advice applies, dont download and run anything you dont trust ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Donnie Sins:
Hi everyone,

Does anyone knows why I can't use the equalizer for Cloudskipper (music player), because it says another equalizer is allready in use? I've switched DSP off, and even removed Apollo but it didn't seem to work.

I'm on 20120718 nightly (don't know if it's different or something), and allready used the searchbutton for multiple suggestions, but I couldn't find the answer.

Thanks in advance

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] yahyoh:
DSP manager best equalizer that ever made for any android device

play with it and enable bass boost rise sound up and u will get the best sound out from ur s2 :highfive::highfive:

but i'm not sure if it works with Cloudskipper :o
[Galaxy S II General] c0x91:
Last build won't boot
[Galaxy S II General] :
Details? How do you expect to get help? File name, size, md5, where boot stops, could be really useful.

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Try increasing "Digital Master" on fluxi Sound/xxTweaker. I feel like in heaven. Eat this Apple ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Donnie Sins:
Although many people think of DSP this way, I prefer Cloudskippers equalizer;)

So does anyone have a sollution..?

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
ok well I backed up my internal SD card to an external SD card. I formatted the entire internal SD card. All folders are gone.

I did a full wipe in CWM.

I went in and formatted /system also and I used the GSNuker and Wiper scripts to clean up potential residue from ROMs.

Fresh install of CM9 using CM9 kernel and Shazam gives me the same message. Ugh.
[Galaxy S II General] :
I could realise something, using the Google Apps Gallery, it doesn't get themed, and it isn't added to trebuchet's home screen. But using the default included Gallery2.apk, it get themed, it's added to trebuchet's home page but doesn't sync. I think I'll keep Gallery2.apk. Both are the same code version, 1.1.30682, but since I don't use sync, and don't want it also, no more Google Apps Gallery.
[Galaxy S II General] gtrgonchi:
Cm9 rc2 sgs2

My phone is too hot when play games or using wifi connection any solution of this problem??
[Galaxy S II General] Gone2Plaid:
I'm seeing the same problem and manually going in to update the assigned ringtone doesn't change it for me. Additionally, I have my phone set to vibrate and ring, but my phone only vibrates and doesn't play a ringtone, so I keep missing calls. Anyone else?

Sent from a GT-I9100 using xda app
[Galaxy S II General] Listy2021:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1656005 May be worth a read for you, also check out the modem thread and try different ones: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1277593&page=105
[Galaxy S II General] niddl:
I know this problem. But it happens only if I unplug my device from usb and after pull down the status bar.

Not every time only a few times. But I have this longer than RC2.

After a few seconds everything is normal.
[Galaxy S II General] shadowcaster31:
how do i flash the latest nightly? i'm currently on 19/07 build

Usually i do this:

1. wipe cache partition and dalvik cache

2. go to "install zip from sdcard"

3. go to "choose zip from internal sdcard"

when i do this now it says unable to mount "emmccm-9-20120723-NIGHTLY-galaxys2.zip".

help pls?
[Galaxy S II General] 4qu4rius:
Try to copy the zip to your real SDCARD, that should work. As to why the recovery can't mount your internal memory, that's another problem.
[Galaxy S II General] Archaic1881:
there was a problem with that CWM version: easiest way: start recovery from ROM manager, and flash the new one from there.
[Galaxy S II General] shadowcaster31:
I've never used ROM manager to flash a ROM before. Some guidance please?

In which location of my internal sdcard do i put the CM9 zip?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Do not use rom manager to flash things. It's not fully supported by Galaxy S2.

You might do more wrong than good.

Put the zip onto your internal SD card, mnt/sdcard.

Sent from my HTC One X using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] shadowcaster31:
Previously that's what i usually do. I put the zip onto my internal sd card and try to flash it from CWM.

However it always fails. Any workaround to this?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Flash the ressurection version in ODIN, then flash the latest nightly through recovery.

Btw, I thought you said putting the zip onto mnt/emmc (external sd) fails??
[Galaxy S II General] Archaic1881:
It does not get properly mounted, it does not show all files and when trying to flash something it says it is unable to mount 'emmccm-9 ...' (which is clearly a typo in the code or something).

I had the same issue, solved it quickly with Rom manager recovery. Resurrection is also an option of course.
[Galaxy S II General] shadowcaster31:
I didnt try using external sd because i dont have a micro sd with me at the moment.
[Galaxy S II General] CRXed:
Are you on Wi-Fi or on 3G or something?

Sound more like a internet connection/firewall issue to me at this point.....

Just installed Shazam on my RC2, I have not done a full wipe in ages and Shazam just works fine.
[Galaxy S II General] shadowcaster31:
Can i know the steps on using ROM manager recovery to do this?

I tried to use "Install ROM from SD Card" but it fails. My CM9 zip is located in mnt/sdcard.
[Galaxy S II General] Archaic1881:
Start rom manager, wait a little until your current (rom manager) CWM version appears under 'Flash Clockworkmod Recovery'. If nothing appears you might need to Flash it manually (does not really flash a new version, it uses some temporary stuff to do it, codeworkx explained it around here somewhere). Mine was already there (current version 4.0.1.5), then just pick 'Reboot into Recovery'.

I flashed a newer zip from there, and now everything works as normal.
[Galaxy S II General] shadowcaster31:
I get this:

Finding update package

Opening update package

Verifying update package

E: failed to seek in /cache/update.zip (invalid argument)

E: signature verification failed

Any clue?
[Galaxy S II General] CamoGeko:
Disable signature verification before flashing the zip.
[Galaxy S II General] shadowcaster31:
I have to do that from within recovery right? Doesnt seem to work still after i've toggled signature verification off.
[Galaxy S II General] Archaic1881:
http://jaxov.com/2010/10/fix-android-no-signature-verification-failed-error/
[Galaxy S II General] kapiltulsan:
Improved Battery Life

Hello everyone,

I am running 23rd Nightly, and to my surprise after eight hrs my battery has only drained 24% (average an hour is 3%), earlier to this I was on 19th average an hour was 6% for me.

Thanks for all the efforts.

Attached screenshots of "Battery History Details" and "About Phone"

________

I am using LPQ Modem, giving 3 MBPS Download speed as on SpeedTest, and also no call drops after 23rd build. :)