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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbong777:
Thanks...That is what I was afraid of. IF I even used 1.9GB of data it would be worth it. But I am caught in the middle. Over 200MB under 1GB Maybe I cam port both device numbers to the GoPhone. We are paying about $100 a month for both phones with 750 minutes UL data and no messaging plan. (we use FB messaging and GoChat) Can't imagine how we could get unlimited everything for $50 each or why it would be less expensive....on a pay as you go plan except for the fact that we don't need subsidized phones.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beestee:
If you don't mind paying for a backup phone, you can get a refurb Nokia E71 on Straight Talk and be on AT&T network with unlimited everything for $45/month. Their unlimited data is not truly unlimited but there is a safe threshold of 100MB/day. That particular device (E71) comes with an unlocked sim card that can be used in the note with the correct APN settings, whereas a lot of their devices come with a sim that is locked to the device. I have been using the plan for almost two months now myself.

If you do this it is important to activate and use the service on the E71 to make sure there aren't any kinks, probably a few days at least, before migrating the sim to the note. If you have problems with the service, be sure to move the sim back into the E71 before calling support.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarplayerone:
This is exactly what I plan on doing- waiting to pick my e71 up from UPS after winter session exams are over. I'll report on results.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbong777:
Saw those packages at Wal Mart.$45 unlimited everything. I m guessing its the same MediaNet plan and APN I am already on with the SGS II Last speedtest run was 2.8MB DL. 520K up. Not bad for MediaNet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarplayerone:
I range from 1-4Mb DL, usually steady 1Mb UL. Some get higher, it depends on area I guess. My requirement was that most Youtube videos don't need to buffer for more than a second or two, so I'm more than happy with the result.

I don't think its the same APN, but that doesn't mean that the APN isn't 'treated the same way' so-to-speak.

At the end of the day, it's a great plan- the only reason I'm not on MediaNet I guess is that I didn't want to have to root and delete my EFS folder to guarantee being 'safe' (at least while my warranty is still available after all the trouble I went arranging for it).

It's also interesting to note- I have yet to actually power on the E71- I just removed the SIM and microsd. It looks like a nice 'backup phone' that I will use while I lifeguard during the summer (beach weather killed the old Iphone 3G)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
If you are having trouble with your network locations (cell towers) updating in the background, breaking location-aware apps like Tasker and Llama, try rolling back the com.google.android.location.apk in /system/app to a version from an older build. I am currently on Calkulin's EL29 based ROM and this has finally solved my cell tower location updating issues. Using either Root Explorer or adb, copy or push the linked file below into /system/app, replacing your current version (which will either be networklocation.apk or com.google.android.location.cpk, depending on which ROM build you are using), then reboot. The cell tower history should update in the background once again.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7821039/ET4G/com.google.android.location.apk

The purpose of this fix has nothing to do with connectivity to cell towers. It is only to facilitate the reporting by the system of which cell tower you are currently connected to, and which towers you have been connected to, in order to enable location to be reported to applications on the device that rely on network location as opposed to GPS location. For example, this fix enables Llama to function perfectly for me, so it changes my sound profiles based on my current location. It will also allow weather widgets to correctly determine you current location based on cell tower location instead of GPS.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graffix31:
how long have you been using this and is it still working? i thought i figured mine out by changing the modemback to el26 but after a few days this morning it would not update. just hopeing this is going to fix it for good.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Going on a couple of days now, including reflashing the el29 modem :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
I don't think I even have that apk in that folder I looked twice in /system/app. So should I just install the apk in the link?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graffix31:
its called networklocation.apk. i renamed mine after i put in apps folder then rebooted,
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Interesting, as mine is actually called com.google.android.location.apk. I think the apk name changed somewhere along the line from this to networklocation.apk, which may actually coincide with when the functionality broke, but I have no way to confirm that right now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] graffix31:
very intersting, would be funny if that was the case. strange thing is i dont remember this being an issue with calks 1.7 rom which i believe was based off of el26. it started with el29 for me. but i could have just not noticed. i tried taking the apk from 1.7 but the version number was the same so i used the one you pulled. we will see what happens.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
How are you guys copying this into the folder? I get error msg. When trying... So I have to delete Network Location.apk first?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
I dont get what broke exactly? The ability for our phones to choose the tower that is closest to us with the best reception? If some one could explain i would apreaciate it!

Sent From My Epic Touch 3g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noahas:
For what it is worth, I have everything (ROM, modem, etc) based of EL26 and I noticed the problem when I went to the EL26 from EG30. Llama is useless now, hope this works...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kleen3r:
+1 to op. Llama is working again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Llama works flawlessly for me again, which is why I posted this fix in the first place :).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noahas:
I'm having the same problems using Astro when I try, any ideas? When I tried to rename it, I also got an error saying it was a read only file I believe.

EDIT: Nevermind, used Root Explorer and copied it after changing mount to R/W and it is fine. Then I installed it using the package installer in Root Explorer. Not sure if I should have done that or changed the name to the networklocation.apk and overwritten the old networklocation.apk, any ideas?

Thanks, really hope this works.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] niv3d:
Do we need to rename the file? Or install it? Or just push via root explorer?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
You do not need to rename the file or install it. Just replace the existing apk file (which would be called networklocation.apk or com.google.android.location.apk, depending on what ROM build you are on) it using root explorer, or push using adb.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stevetrooper:
I replaced the apk and now I get the following error each time I reboot:

Sorry!

The application Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kleen3r:
Make sure you update the permissions and reboot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stevetrooper:
I checked, permissions were correct, same error.

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Do I need to delete the NetworkLocation.odex file, it has the same date at the NetworkLocation.apk file?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Not sure what to tell you, i haven't had that issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1BadHEMI:
Make sure you rename it correctly. Its NetworkLocation.apk
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
need better instructions
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
Need better instructions
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stargaterules:
Maybe the OP could explain better what this does exactly because after reading the description, I still don't understand the purpose of this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
If you don't understand, then you must likely don't have the problem needing the fix.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
The instructions couldn't be clearer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
Ok? "In one post you say just Copy the linked file below over your current version "( com.google.android.location ) how is that possible if we don't have that file? Then in another post you say something like you don't have to rename or install anything...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
I'm using the same ROM as you
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stargaterules:
Wow, thanks a lot for these extremely condescending replies.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noahas:
For what it is worth, it appears that some of the problem from the newer ROM's might be that this file is missing. I am running full EL26 (ROM, Kernal, Modem) and when I clicked on "install" in Root Explorer on the existing networklocation.apk file, it gave me an error saying that it couldn't find " com.google.android.location.apk", so then I copied over the file in the OP and then clicked install on the just copied over file and it seems to work fine now (and fixed the problem so far). Don't know if this was necessary, just my experience.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
I read the OP and still dont know what this fixes. I asked before on the first page but got no response. Some one said if your not experiencing the problem it doeant matter what it iz. Maybe i do have the problem and am just not aware of it. Either way can some one please explain what this fixes? If anything i like to continue to increase my knoledge about thia device. TIA

Sent From My Epic Touch 3g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Seriously, every single thing you need to know about what this fixes and how to accomplish the fix, which is extremely simple, is already in the thread. Read it. The thread is not long. You may even learn something you weren't expecting to learn. I posted the fix for those who could use it. I assume at least minimal familiarity with installing and uninstalling files in /system/app, either using Root Explorer or using adb, for those who want to try to make use of it. If you do not have that familiarity, you really should not be mucking around with this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
Ok so i was correct when i thought there was a problem with phones not connecting to the closest tower that would have the best signal?

Sent From My Epic Touch 3g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stargaterules:
Just because you keep saying that everything is explained in the op doesn't make it true. Obviously several people asked for clarification and not only you failed to provide it, but replied in a condescending manner. Therefore I wonder what is the point of your thread. Why not just close it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
Thanks StarGateRules! I apreaciate that brother

Sent From My Epic Touch 3g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
OP updated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Thank you for illustrating the problem by failing to even read my responses. I will not close the thread because it is useful for the many people that use location aware apps that are broken now because of the failure of the network location service to properly update the cell tower history. Since when is a poster of a fix required to hand hold those who refuse to do the simplest amount of reading or research?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] niv3d:
Beautiful Widgets gives me trouble even after this fix? Does BW only work by using GPS and not network location?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
You should be able to configure that option in the BW settings.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
Its supposed to work with network location
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] niv3d:
Well it has a "Force GPS" option but I'm assuming that's for GPS location, not network. Well I turned it off, we'll see how it goes! Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
If you continue to have problems, try unchecking and rechecking the Wireless Networks option under Location. Failing that, reboot and it should restart updating on its own. One thing to bear in mind is that you may have to force BW to update every once in a while, or at least that was my recollection when I used it. Also make sure to note your update interval setting for BW. I ultimately ditched it because it held too many partial wakelocks and was a battery drain.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
Awesome! Thank you
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
Would like to know how come Calk doesn't have this issue fixed?? He should just use you're method
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stargaterules:
Thanks for updating the OP.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
Thanks for updating the OP so every one understands. And that guy who said if i didnt know what it was who cares because i dony have it. I do, my location stays at my house and wont fallow me, so go stick your in a publuc restroom toilet muahaha

Sent From My Epic Touch 3g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Calkulin:
Because I haven't noticed this issue but I'll test now for it and include this fix in the next release, so thanks odub303
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
I've been trying to figure out exactly how it broke after EK02 but haven't had any luck. My guess is that the most recent (EL29) networklocation.apk has an issue that causes the service to stop updating the network location.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
AWESOME! yeah I asked around in your thread but its just flooded with to many questions I bet 85% of ppl don't even know of the issue lol !
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ihateu:
Yeah, after ek02 is when I noticed it .Every time I would nand back to ek02 it would work .Then going back to el26 or el 29 it would never update
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] niv3d:
Discovered my issue! I was trying this on the CM7 kang and MIUI, it wasn't working. I flashed a TW ROM and now it works! Thank you so much odub! This fix is working flawlessly now!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Glad you got it working!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
I noticed that if you toggle airplane mode sometimes the locations stop updating. A reboot fixes it right up again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beezar:
A little off topic, but just used this thread to discover Llama... seems like a very nice app. How's the battery drain on it? Guess I'll have to use the fix now LOL. Thanks OP
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
As long as you configure Llama properly, it uses very little battery itself and is very good about wakelock use.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beezar:
ok, thanks. Just want to make sure I did the fix right, as I did the fix before using Llama. Was the problem that the cell phone tower locations never updated in Llama, or was it only too infrequently, or what? thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vegasden:
Not sure a placebo effect or whether it really helped: after installing I no longer lose streaming using the radio.com app in two areas I drive they where I had always previously lost it. Nothing else on the phone changed... so either this helped or Sprint fixed a couple of towers.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IA-32e:
Thanks a lot. The GPS issue was the only problem with my ET4G. I appreciate the fix.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stevetrooper:
So I tried again and same error as before. I have the EL29 AIO MOD installed, anyone else using this MOD and able to get the networklocation.apk to work?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beezar:
Ok, I'm not sure if this fix is working, considering I started using Llama after I tried the fix.

Llama does seem to update cell towers in the background, but it seems to take forever to do so. For example, when I drive to work from home (20 miles apart), Llama still thinks I'm at home for sometimes up to 3 hours before it switches over to the work cell tower.

Was the problem as I described above, or did it just not update cell towers at all?

I'm on UnNamed ROM, and I renamed the com.google.android.location.apk file to NetworkLocation.apk and copied it over my existing NetworkLocation.apk file in /system/app/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
You must make sure the permissions are set correctly as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Llama doesn't update the network location, it reads the network location info that is updated by the network location service. It appears that the network location service did not update your network location in the background for a while. Just in case your problem is related to your Llama configuration, make sure you have Cell Polling enabled under Cell Polling Mode. Also make sure that your update period under Cell Polling Settings is something like 5 minutes. It won't always update every 5 minutes, but it will be close enough that it won't matter. Also reboot to make sure you are starting fresh.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
Cant say im sure this is working or not. I copied it to the correct folder, and since I didnt see anothe APK with the same title I renamed it NetworkLocation.apk

Trying to figure out if I should have left it in its original name, or renamed it because it doesnt seem like my mininalistic text widget is picking up my current location.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
I did not rename it. I replaced the existing networklocation.apk with the apk i posted and rebooted.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
So you removed the networklocation.apk?

Should I paste the original named file back in and remove the networklocation.apk?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Remove the existing networklocation.apk and paste the apk file from the OP. Make sure it has execute permissions (use Root Explorer for that).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beezar:
Ok, I did not have cell polling mode enabled. Now do our devices require this to be on (I'm assuming it uses battery), or are you suggesting to turn it on temporarily just to trouble shoot? Really appreciate your help; this program is very nice if I can get it to work properly.

Also, the Permissions the NetworkLocation.apk file has are: rw- r-- r-- (User, group, other). No execute permission. I changed it to match all the other files in the /system/app/ folder (none of them have execute permission). Is that right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Llama will not work as well if you don't have cell polling enabled. Without cell polling enabled, there will usually be significant delays in Llama's reading of the cell tower location. I have cell polling enabled, and have the polling frequency set to 5 minutes, but I have Llama configured to not to wake the device or to turn on the screen when polling. I have the polling active time set to 1 second. I am very attentive when it comes to applications and how they affect battery life, and I can definitively say that with Llama configured this way, there is minimal impact on battery life. By minimal, I mean there is no reason why you should not enable cell polling every at 5 minute intervals, because it ensures that Llama functions as well as possible while minimizing its effect on battery life.

As for the permissions, not sure if it needs to be as follows but my com.google.android.location.apk permissions are as follows: rwxr-xr-x
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
Thanks, I just switched it.

I'll see if it changes my location when i get home from work here in about 2 hours and report back.

Just curious, should I have had to fix the execute permissions? Mine were already set correctly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Not sure what you mean. If the permissions are already set correctly, there is nothing to fix.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
Thats what I thought. I just wanted to make sure that is it was already set correctly then I didn't do anything wrong.

It looks like this definitely fixed my issue!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beezar:
Turning on cell polling fixed it for me. And you're right, the battery use with polling on is minimal. Betterbatterystats indicates only like a 7 minute partial wakelock time in 24 hours of polling, which makes sense considering it polls only for 1 second every five minutes. BTW, I just kept my permissions as the other files in the app folder, namely rw- r-- r--, and it seems to be working.

Thanks much for getting the network location update fixed!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Glad you got it sorted out. Llama is an incredible app and having it working properly again is a great thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
I couldn't stick with llama. There are so many options that getting it to work properly was a nightmare.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noahas:
You mean the network location was now fine, but too many options for what to affect based in your location? Or the location part was still a problem based on the options?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
No, it was working correctly, it was just getting my sounds set up I just didn't have the patience to set them all to my liking.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MmmSkyscraper:
This fixed a few issues for me

I am on Calk's 2.8.1 with EL29 modem. In case others have similar issues, I applied this fix and it fixed a couple of things for me:

Repeated wakelocks that simply showed up In BetterBatteryStats as "NetworkLocationLocator" with no further explanation whenever location services was turned on. Didn't seem to matter if anything that could use the location was even installed or running. Now the location-related wakelocks are much reduced in frequency and total time (by a factor of 4 or 5) and they now show up in BetterBatteryStats as "*network-location*" and also correctly name the true culprit that asked for location ("Google Services", etc.) below the entry.

Any location-based weather widget (Accuweather, Weather Channel, etc.) would often randomly switch back and forth between locations that I had previously been at, even while I was sitting in one place (namely, it liked to flip-flop between home and work, which are 20 miles apart). Now these widgets always only show my real current location.

Many thanks again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] odub303:
Glad it worked for you!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dudeman1st:
I had some similar issues with Calk's EL 29. I was able to mostly resolve them by wiping the caches, installing the ROM, installing widgets/apps, and then rebooting to recovery and wiping the caches again. So a total of 2 cache wipes were involved. It's probably just vodoo, but seems to have worked for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gettingtired:
Anyone else have this fix stop working after Google Maps update?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wikked6:
I am having a similar (same?) problem, My GPS wont update and when it does it is off by a city or 2...also Yelp tells me i am in a different city as well. I ran GPS test and it will see 6-10 Sattelites but wont use any. Have tried clearing cache, uninstalled/reinstalled telenav and a few others i have come across. Have not changed the modem or replaced the networklocation.apk yet. Wondering if this may help or am i barking up the wrong tree? E4GT running Blend 2.6.2, stock rom and I have sniffed through most of the 200+ pages where that rom is located, but i cant post there yet (newb) Any direction is appreciated, Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beezar:
Not sure exactly what your problem is, but this may help:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466561

It's for GPS not updating after the phone goes asleep.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] noahas:
Yes

10 char
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] draven760:
Hello, I just wanted to post that this fix worked for me, when coarse network location was broken (but fine network location with GPS turned on worked fine). I was running stock EL29, with the stock modem, and this fix worked even with the most recent version of google maps.

Thanks again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] orb360:
I replaced mine and it's giving me a force close on com.google.process.gapps

permissions are 755 and user/group are root root.

the force close only seems to happen at boot.

I'm running stock EL29 + root.

I still have the old app's odex file present....