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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thomslik:
fishbowl_00,

Great thinking, but once you get your prime you may have a different line of thought. I've been testing mine for days, using every conceivable configuration imaginable. I've been using GPS since it was released during the LORAN days and have never seen anything this weak!

Mine can usually get a fix outside with a good view of the sky. I even got it to lock on indoors a few times. The problem is it can't hold the lock. Sitting in the same position it will suddenly lose all eight or twelve satellites for no apparent reason and then slowly start searching and maybe finding them again after several minutes. The signals are always marginal. Driving around I can usually get a lock some of the time, if I hold the prime up to the window. Then for no reason it will show me driving out through the forest and then get lost! This is not a one time thing. It happens over and over again.

After several emails to Asus tech, I've been told everything to "it must have a Wi-Fi connection for GPS to work" to "meantime please try to use Google Maps app from the main menu by tapping APPS -> then MAPS icon, please check if your 'current location' is displaying correctly. If not I would suggest to have it exchanged with your place of purchase or you may proceed with a RMA service to have the issue corrected."

Now this morning, Asus has said "Please note that this product is not a professional GPS device and signal performance can be easily influenced by factors including, but not limited to: weather, buildings and your surrounding environment." Never mind that the other tablets and cheap receivers on the market aren't professional GPS devices either, but seem to operate without these problems.

The last straw was when then removed GPS from their specs online this morning on their website. Seems they think that if they pretend it isn't there no one can complain! After all *specifications are subject to change without notice.

Sorry if I sound a little bitter, but I've had it with Asus.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
My test airplane mode on, reboot, open gps test, let sit for 30 minutes

Update 1: 10 minutes in we have a really cold prime from sitting in a window on a 20 degree night but we have zero satellites

Update 2: 20 minutes in the prime is now even colder and still zero satellites only 10 minutes left and we will see what happens

Update 3: tablet dropped to 61.7 degrees wow its freeezing but still no lock on gps my test is complete GPS = FAIL
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 1wayjonny:
Tell me about it...

People do not turn on your Wifi to test your GPS its a decoy. When you do this of course it will work because Google maps uses Wifi location as well this would just patch it.

If you really want to test the OP theory of the Asia region that is easy, we need some one with ROOT to download a GPS neuter app from the market. When running you can uninstall the current config and download the GPS data.

I would have done this myself but I do not have root with the firmware I received.

Can someone confirm with ROOT?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Is there somewhere outside it can get a clear view of the southerly sky? It should lock then because other's have gotten it to.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] smrsxn:
i recommend that u use gps status with wifi turned on to find satellites for the first time. it worked for me. will take 10+ mins. once u get a lock, next time is easier. also try this outdoors in open area and not from window sil
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] faxmonkey:
Maybe they installed the Eastern hemisphere GPS chip instead of the Western one.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
And as soon as your Prime changes location and/or can't access Wi-Fi it will lose lock and not be able to reacquire satellites. For people that only need GPS when they have access to Wi-Fi this really isn't that big an issue. Mapping and navigation while moving (without a wireless signal) is pretty much impossible.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
will try tomorrow morning in the middle of my lawn for 30 minutes
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fishbowl_00:
Quite true if you change locations over large distances or even different countries it will have to start all over again aquiring a lock in a new location
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tylermaciaszek:
will try tomorrow
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Electrofreak:
I know this isn't true because those of us using the Samsung Galaxy S Epic 4G got used to having terrible GPS for almost a year before someone was able to port over the GPS daemon from the Fascinate which restored our GPS to functioning almost perfectly.

A lot of the stuff like GPS doesn't run entirely through Android, it runs through proprietary drivers that can be written poorly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Since Samsung wrote both sets of drivers, and the backlash over the SGS1's GPS performance was huge, was it really that simplistic? And why did it take a year? I'm just curious because I know of the SGS1 GPS issues but never followed them that closely.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jmt230:
I initially thought that my GPS wasn't working, but then I was playing around with it and it seems to be working perfectly now. The accuracy isn't as good as my car GPS, but neither is my phone's, so that's no surprise. What I did was this: I'm using the GPS Test app to test the GPS; I turned off both the wifi and the GPS - obviously nothing; I turned both on again, got the message asking if I wanted to use google location services and clicked "Yes" (I think I clicked "No" when I first set up the device); went back to GPS Test and waited about a minute - suddenly got satellites! I don't really care much about having GPS on my tablet, since I much prefer my dedicated GPS device, but it's nice to know that it is not broken.

A couple of thoughts: 1) Maybe OP is right, maybe it does need to have wifi on at first to orient itself, and 2) maybe GPS doesn't work if you don't allow google location service to work? Some theories to test, at least. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jatkins09:
I think this might have been the case for mine as well. I was standing in the front yard getting 1 or 2 satellites in view with no lock. After a couple of minutes, I turned wireless location on. I got 9-10 satellites to lock almost instantly after switching back to gps test. Now, I get the same 9-10 in the front yard whether wireless location is on or not.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Magnesus:
People in Taiwan have the same problem, so it's not it.

To all those testing - test it on the road. Most will get lock, but I didn't find a single report that had a working (not disconnecting) GPS while driving in car.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] theoner1:
This.

Those that say it work now go in your car for a drive while using the Prime to navigate you from point A to point B. Now tell me how accurate and not once it looses connection. Both of the Prime I have can't do this for Jack, next to it is my xoom and it is working flawlessly. People if u are happy with your purchase good for you but please stop thinking the problem doesn't exist.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bubigrega:
Great OP post. Location does matter. I'm from Slovenia and I travel a lot. Right now I m in Split Croatia. Cca 500km away from home and no data rooming. For navigation I use my HTC Sensation. I get 3 to 5 sec lock in Slovenia average 8 to 11 sats.

As I drove here I didn't use navigation. I know the way and didn't bother to look for car charger in the car...

So yesterday evening I come to Split. Turned HTC Sansatin navigation on and had no GPS lock. Since I know that it takes some time I stoped. GPS Status app needed cca 10 min to get lock... At first 5 sats. Then I fired navigation again. As I came to hotel I was looking I started GPS Status app again. Till now it managed 15 sec lock to 8 sats.

After little walking around Split today and downloading GPS data through GPS Status app I have 3-5sec lock to cca 10 sats.

Location does matter :)

You should see how much I waited first time I came to Thailand, or Syria. Well and of January I go to Colombia, I ll test my Prime there if it comes on time :) I preordered from Germany.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Electrofreak:
Since the drivers were locked and proprietary and the source code unavailable, nobody could figure out why it wasn't working exactly right or implement a solution. They had an idea that it had something to do with the way the driver was caching satellite information, and a lot of workarounds were proposed, but they were generally temporary or only worked intermittently.

I don't know all the details about why the Fascinate driver worked, but from what I understand, the solution was found when the developers porting CM over to the Epic used the Fascinate GPS daemon (presumably due to the Epic daemon not working with CM7 correctly) and once they got it working, GPS problems were virtually non-existent.

It's been worked into other ROMs now and is a standard part of almost any build.

Not knowing every last detail, I'm not going to say it was "that simplistic" but I can tell you that the issue did not lie with our hardware.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fishbowl_00:
Some great feedback. Couple of things to add about other GPS devices i work with.

With most GPS devices there will be an antenna a gps card and some sort of PCB ( power control board. The GPS will work independantly to the operating system. Provided the gps chip or card is getting power then it will be searching and aquiring satalittes.

The firmware on these cards tend to be programmed for the Asian region as thats where they are first tested and powered up. SO when moving location or region the gps card nees to to find itself and finds the correct satalittle geometry.

With time this gps lock will become quicker and more stable. A firmware upodate for the card might also improve the lock time. The OS as far as im aware does **** when it comes with systems i use. THe gps card lock on aquires and transmites the data to the device. THe device os then takes that data and uses it for what ever.

SO first you have to figure out where the problem is the gps card or the os not receiving the data correcly.

One idea might be to leave your transformer outside to aquire sats say 30-40 minutes. If it still doesnt read anything at all do a hard reset outside and then try again. Just a suggestion.

Also people are reporting that it is having trouble with sat lock when moving. Sounds like it has poor satalitte tracking to me, or masking of the antenna. If its poor tracking firmware update should be able to fix it. If its masking your **** out of luck.

Like i said in previous post i havent received my Transformer yet and ill be offshore and out of the country working intill the end of the month so have awhile to wait while it sits at home :(. But when i do first thing ill do is open the thing up and see waht sort of GPS card its using and check the latest firmware for it.

Also you have to remmber ASUS are a computer manifacture not a GPS company, theres going to be bugs at the start when you rush a product out.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h25p:
I have major issues downloading large files via WLAN (e.g. offline cards for travelling or game content from Gameloft). After just a few megabytes the download suddenly stops, the wlan symbol disappears and the download times out.

A few seconds later, the WLAN Symbol reappears and a connection ist possible again. The WLAN issue impacts other devices too, my macbook drops the connection an reestablish it a few seconds later. I tried different settings on my router and even another model. Nothing helps, no B/G/N setting, no adjustments for fragment or rts threshold, removing encryption, changing channels, passwords, static IP.

Does anyone else experience this behaviour too? I'm running now stock kernel 42.0.2.A.0.42 with Baseband 56, as provided from SE. Does anyone have a working solution?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sagi1970:
I have the same issue with stock browser. I switched to Opera and now I can download larger files to my phone.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adikgemok81:
Same here...same FW and baseband...wifi keeps getting intermittent...previously owned xperia play but connection to the same router had not given issues like this...

I assume its not hardware...been looking through the net but no working solutions yet...hoping someone in xda could shed some light...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
Please close
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] NickDunn:
check it later~:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] leejack218:
To be honestly, Samsung rom will never be ultimate smooth, becoz ultimate smoothness is for cm7/miui,samsung is for functionality
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zenosteam:
This is true. But battery life of samsung rom still the Best from now

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9000 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
Hey, can someone please test the "Untested" version :)

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mat0122:
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yeaaaa, i'm the cook, jeez, there are thousands these crappy custom roms
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
You are entitled to your own opinion, sir.

I'm sure others may enjoy this ROM.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rail205:
Well I gave it a try twice and both times would not boot up. Stuck in boot loop.

:confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
Alright, thanks for feedback will fix asap.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rail205:
Since there was no install notes I did not disable lagfix, maybe that was part of the problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
Well you should disable lagfix but I flashed this too with lagfix disabled and it went into boot loop I will make a new version probably today :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] rail205:
Same here tried with lagfix off same deal boot loop.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
Found the bug, it was the Hardware Acceleration for the Browser, will remove from ROM then it should work :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
Alright I fixed MoogleROM 1.0 and its working now :)

Check Changelog :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
Leave some positive comments, why not? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Sys81:
Y did u give up?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrweqa:
No-one cared about it and it got a 3 star rating by someone who thinks I'm a noob so no point really.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Hello

I have made a tutorial on how to play games on any android device using a PS3 controller via bluetooth... I have demonstrated this on my Galaxy Note.

I have shown how to configure it with various emulators (PS one and SNES)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMDSOr9WoZ4

Also added an app to help you find ROMS easily.

Hope you find this useful :)

Please let me know if anything is unclear or if you have any queries feel free to pm me, will get back to you as quick as possible :)

Cursed4Eva
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TML1504:
looks interesting, thx!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JulyDerek:
Will try it out! I'm a Ps3 guy too.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Check it out and let me know how it turns out... pm me if you have any issues :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Cool! You from India too bro?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JulyDerek:
Yes, Bombay. :-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
Do the analog sticks work? Specifically, are the analog sticks emulated as analog, or just digital (full on/full off) key presses, with no gradient?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Emulated as digital... analog emulation is being worked on as per my knowledge but as of now its digital
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Cool am from Chennai :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] noksu:
Hi :)

@ ashwin123

How do you get the ps3 controller to work on your galaxa Note ?

I tried it ever and ever again with different Versions of Firmware , Different versions of the Sixaxis Controller App and also with different ps3 Bluetooth

Controller,but i don´t get a Connection between my Galaxy Note and the

ps3 controller :(

At the Moment my phone comes with stock firmware kl7 and i use Sixaxis

Controller App Version 0.3.9

The Ps3 Sixaxis Controller is Original from Sony.

The Galaxy Note is of course rooted.

I didn´t get this to work.

It makes me crazy :D

I paired the controller with the pairing tool.

then starting the sixaxis app,but the 4 lights on the controller were still blinking

and then they turns off. No Connection :confused:

Which firmware and wich version of sixaxis Controller app do you use ?

greetings from Germany
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Turn off bluetooth on your phone first.

Then open sixaxis controller

Then connect controller to pc

Download sixaxis pc software

Change the code to whats found on the sixaxis app on the note

Now hit start on the app

The first player light should come on

Change input to sixaxis.

You should be good to go.

If anything is unclear please watch my tutorial video once more...

If the issue still persists contact manufacturer... (lol Ive always wanted to say that... juz kidding if you still cant connect it come back and leave a post explaining where exactly do things go wrong)

Dont you worry, we will get your controller paired up soon :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] grimz:
Only have an Xbox wireless controller :( . Any way I could connect that?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Good news and bad news...

Good News... it can be done and its simple

Bad News... You need a receiver from microsoft, the one you get to connect the controller to pc... then you can connect it to the usb port (in case the galaxy note theres no USB port so connect a usb host adapter to the micro usb post and then the receiver to that)

Android should handle the rest.

This should work in theory and I have seen it work on honeycomb... not a 100% sure on gingerbread

COST:

USB Receiver $20 (approx.) (Amazon)

USB Host adapter $1-3(approx.) (Ebay)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tids2k:
Punjab here from a place called ' Jalandhar City' :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Awesome, so have you rooted your phone?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] carhigh:
Do i need a bluetooth laptop to get this done?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
No you can juz connect to the laptop with a usb cable.. the one you use to charge your ps3.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
Bummer... Well at least it's "coming soon" I guess...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Yup cross your fingers but dont hold your breath :D

Cursed4Eva
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Caesarea038:
Thanks! I am gonna try this...I'll let you know!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
howd it go?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
Hi !

I have a problem with sixaxis controller. When i am clicking "start" it writes me "connection failed" it means that my note is not supported. On sixaxis compatibility checker everything goes ok it writes me that my phone is supported but to make sure i need to launch controller. When i am clicking on controller power button nothing happens and on the note still is write "Listening for controllers". I have changed by pc the master addres of controller. My rom is XXLA1 (sheep rom).

HELP pls
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Ensure your bluetooth is off when you do it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
BT is off. When launching it ask me to launch BT i am clicking yes that Connection failed
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
did you change the address on the sixaxis?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sacque:
I just want to add that if you try to pair non-sony controller for ps3 you probably don't have to change MAC address (tried with 2 different controllers)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
ok it was fault of old version of sixaxis. i am clicking on controller power button then start on apk and it shows Succesfully configured BT only. Without client connected. I have changed on controller master adres. I have sony ps3 controller

So it still didn't work

I have sixaxis controller v0.3.2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
Please write me on which roms it workes. I was doing everything step by step from tutorial. App can't launch with pad.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
May I know what is the device that you are using?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
It is topic in general of SGN so which phone can i have ?

Or if asking about controller i have sony ps3 sixaxis pad dualshock3
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
But my video was for android in general ;) anyway this works on stockrom and rocket, I dont see any reason why it shouldnt work on other roms.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
Ok i will try at rocket rom later. I don't know too why it doesn't work.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
On Rocket ROM v20 it still doesn't work. Maybe it is fault of me because i didn't pluged in controller to pc while istalling software of sixaxis on pc. I have deinstaled it and istall again with pluged controller in but it still doesn't work.

I was reading forum about problems with it. Some people had this same problem and it is cause of cheap version of sony ps3 controller. I will give back this one and buy original one and try.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
So is this not original?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
It is original, but cheap version anyone know why it doesn't work, maybe the bluetooth chip is worse. On youtube are compare films of both versions. Generally the differences are in made quality, but maybe also in pices inside.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mihassone:
I have bought an original controller and it works.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Awesome bro, good to know... how much are the other controllers that you have?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] liutszho:
Thanks Ashwin you are awesome
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Glad to help bro :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] icedeocampo:
Would it be possible to use some generic china-made bluetooth controllers on our droids?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ashwin123:
Should be but am not really sure how, please do let me know if you find anything
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kbm:
THe MSI BGP Bluetooth Gamepad seems popular. Would love to know if this works on the Note (no reason why is should not). It looks a bit more portable that the Sixasis, but i have read that a playing with a, ahem, stick is better than buttons. :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Isriam:
these questions should be posted in the general android forums in the sixaxis controller thread. this app is created by a dev here named sirearl and he is great about helping with it.

no do not use any controller besides sony.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Killertofu808:
Im having trouble making it work the the NES emulator N64oid. the controller seems to work when trying to key bind but when I try to play the game it doesnt work. Any help? anyone at all =]
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thienthancongtu:
Cheap bluetooth PS3 wont connect

Everything is working in this video except the part "Connected client 1" is missing...

The app keeps saying listening for controllers and the 4 lights on the ps3 keep blinking so fast then turn off by itself....

Anyone with the link on ebay for the ORIGINAL PS3 controller????

I bought the fake/cheap one for $13 bucks...deng...

Got jacked

Just so you guys know must find the ORIGINAL and TRUE PS3 CONTROLLER
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DPMAce:
Just started using this a couple of days ago. Love it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] berserkrico:
Awesome video tutorial. Definitely going to give it a try. I'll let you know when I've tried it out. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] musashiro:
how i wish my vita can do be used as a controller... :D