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[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
Make sure to enable the correct server in GPS.conf, by default it is set to Asia. If you are in Europe, for example, comment the Asian server and uncomment the European one. I get a fix in no more than 10 seconds. The GPS.conf file from Aurora works very good in other ROMs also, I get a fix in 5 seconds in my current ROM with this GPS.conf (I added some Portuguese servers to it also)

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jegor011:
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The rule of thumb is, if you need badly it doesn't work. If you are just checking something, trying to see if it sees the satellites, it works.

The other morning, I needed to find some address in the city urgently, it showed that I'm 140km off the mark. As I was driving around, the map was not moving.

This evening, I was driving to my mother with my friend, I was showing off with my phone, and needless to say, GPS was working flawlessly.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] manuelpimenta:
Can you describe how to do that? I'm also having problems with GPS, maybe with your fix it works.

Another thing, i've reflashed recently, and in the previous install the wifi signal turned to blue when the network had internet acess. Now, in the freshly flashed install, the wifi signal allways stays grey, even tought it has internet acess and it works allright. Any idea why it happens?

Regards
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spirosbond:
see here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1511544
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
With RootExplorer or any other Explorer with R/W system access, go to /etc/ and open the gps.conf file, in the beginning make it like this:

#Test

#NTP_SERVER=time.gpsonextra.net

#Asia

#NTP_SERVER=asia.pool.ntp.org

#Europe

NTP_SERVER=europe.pool.ntp.org

NTP_SERVER=ntp.ist.utl.pt

NTP_SERVER=1.pt.pool.ntp.org

Leave the rest untouched, save and reboot phone.

This has some portuguese servers in it, for those who are not in Portugal, you can remove these servers:

NTP_SERVER=ntp.ist.utl.pt

NTP_SERVER=1.pt.pool.ntp.org

This is easier done before installing the ROM, by editing the gps.conf file right inside the ROM's zip file.

What is being done here is enabling the European server, for faster fix in Europe (notice that by default, the EU server has a # which disables it, so we comment (put an #) in the asian server and uncomment the EU one.)

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I'll make a video right now about how fast I get a fix with that gps.conf :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] VuDuCuRSe:
Yes, do that. :)

On an open field, with both cell and wifi data off, AGPS data erased using GPS Test or other app, and show us the ammount of GPS in reach and the signal quality.

I0ll try to do the same. Also, I never changed any settings and did a full wipe when installed the 2.0.

Those ntp settings shouldn't matter when locking without Assistance, I guess.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
Here it is, made right now outside my doorstep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_tPDAVp-Pg

This is not Aurora (it's Ezet's cm 7.2, .32 ROM), but in aurora I get almost the same results. It gets a fix almost immediately, as you can see. Accuracy improves in about 10 seconds. Haven't cleared a-gps data though (don't know how to do it), but I never downloaded it, don't know if the phone does it automatically :D

I didn't turn off cell data also, I don't think that is a real world use scenario, but I will try that and post results :D

EDIT: Oh, GPS status has the option to clear agps data... we'll try it and post new video in a few minutes.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] VuDuCuRSe:
That's with AGPS, so you're barely testing your GPS so to say... it didn't lock more than 4 GPS for more than a few seconds and that's not enough to get a full-GPS lock.

Like I said before, the real GPS test is made without data and with the Assistance data wiped.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
But what's the point? If we have AGPS, why not use it? With data cleared, it got a fix in aprox. 40-60 secs (won't post the video because it's a full hd and more than 300 MB upload). If that's impossible to get it sooner without agps data, It surely is because of gps hardware itself and not the ROM we're using.

This all thing was to figure out if Aurora really has gps problems, I didn't have any since changing my gps.conf servers, when gpsx get's a fix, it stays, doesn't drop and I have no problems with TMN drive or my beloved Sports-tracker :D I hope other people don't also.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dzo:
I've just uploaded version 2.02, I hope it has better power usage but it's hard to tell. I'm away for the weekend so won't be able to fix any broken stuff until Monday. This still has a 2.6.35 kernel, I've got the 3.0.8 kernel working with wifi and the camera going but it's still too unstable at the moment.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] VuDuCuRSe:
What's the point? Roaming, low cell network coverage, no data plan and righteousness, because: GPS is one thing and A-GPS is another...

And about the NTP servers, I have the default settings and I never had problems with A-GPS.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
I get that, but even in airplane mode and with agps data cleared, I get a fix in under just a minute, with my current ROM, and it never goes down... With Aurora I didn't try it without assisted gps, but I never had any problems using gps apps ever since they started working...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] eng.stk:
Nice DZO, will teste at once. Have a nice weekend mate :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] VuDuCuRSe:
Yep, same here, but it'd be nice to compare the GPS on two different ROMs/Kernels.

I just tried to lock a "clean" GPS signal, but it only saw 6 satellites, which gave me a 50m accuracy after about a minute.

That was by the window on a 8th (of 12) floor, so it could only see half an hemisphere, which seems acceptable.

I have a TomTom and I know even a dedicated gadget like that can't get much greater results.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tcm9669:
Personally I think 6 satellites is quite enough. My TOMTOM can achieve a lock with 3 satellites, which is QUITE damn accurate, of course then it continues searching for a better lock.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] VuDuCuRSe:
Yes, mathematically you can triangulate one a plane using, yeah, you guessed it, three points, but it's not that simple on 3 dimensions.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
Quite a fascinating read! Thank you.

This is going off-topic though (my fault also) let's focus people! :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] eng.stk:
Actually GPS uses Lateration (related to distance measure), Triangulation is related to angle measurent like on GSM localization.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spirosbond:
Thank you dzo. 2.02 here. Notification bar widget menu is very nice! Indeed some toggles don't work but this shouldn't be a problem for you...

Cheers my friend and have a nice weekend!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] axistr:
I just installed 2.02. Thank you @dzo, for the notification widget. Most of the toggles work as I can see. It seems 2G/3G toggle doesn't work. I'm sure you can fix it. Now I don't need to install any notification app.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] r1c4rd0:
hi, i can confirm those bugs too and add one more, haptic feedback stop working on mine once i changed it in setting, now my keys dont vibrate anymore and i need it back :(

but in general, perfect room :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mrasquinho:
Guys, I've installed the latest release. I've svox tts system, and dolphin browser is always reading everything. how can I disabled it?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] uumeshh:
Can you please show us the screenshot of the notification panel ??
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spirosbond:
Here you are!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mangoman:
This is the guide i followed gps works when i test it, but rarely when i want to tag pictures or open wifi networks...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jasonak0s:
Changing NTP servers doesnt change a thing (in this situation), i think its not a locking problem i think its aurora's problem because its running in settings and in the widget but wont come up to the status bar.. if it came up and didn't lock its another thing but it doesnt come up at all.. and when i did manage to lock it, it locked me about ~500 km away from my position..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
I don't get this... I have none of these problems, my GPS in Aurora gets a fix very fast and doesn't drop and the accuracy is the same as other ROMs...

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] VuDuCuRSe:
Now that you mention it, I can confirm.

It didn't happen that often but I do recall at least a couple of times, when using Maps/Navigation or another localization App, while the App said it was waiting for the location, the GPS icon in the status bar didn't show up and that app would eventually give up trying to get the location.

Still, all I had to do was pull the notification panel and, using Widgetsoid, turn the GPS off and back on again.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Gefjon:
+1

I experience exactly the same.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Najnesoog:
GPS problems - Possible factor

I had the same problems as colleagues on this thread:

A long time until lock

Applications seemingly unable to access GPS info

Location data restricted to A-GPS info

Inaccurate Earth position - I live in Eastern Australia and click my location in Earth placed me about 2000km West of home!

This was after upgrading from build 1.14 to 2.02.

I tried wiping cache/davlik cache and even reverting to build 1.11. Still the same problem.

Tried also the satellite fix trick. No improvement

Then I tried a full system/cache/dalvik cache wipe and a new install of build 2.02 and a fresh from the Play Store install of Maps and Earth.

Much better outcome - my location placed me precisely on the front stairs on which I was standing.

Possible factor: Is the upgrade option from one build to the next broken?

Hope this can be finally resolved and soon.

Have a good weekend!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] pezzku:
Same behavior here.

Switching gps off/on from notification power widget solves this every time tough and gps icon appears to status bar and phone gets gps lock.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mrasquinho:
I've found kind of a bug (?).

When on lockscreen, even if it is protected by pin or password, it's possible to open notification bar and, if we have a message/call/whatever notification, it's possible to pass the code lock and walk normally into the phone, by pressing on that notification! :p
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] M1ST4K3:
Not with a pattern... I use a pattern and I can't make anything like that... That's not secure at all!

Anyway, just for fun: Awesome Pattern Lock is Awesome :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mrasquinho:
Maybe it's just a problem of mine, dunno... :/

ahahah, great news! Android strikes FBI :p
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] uumeshh:
This is what ia have faced in all ROMs, be it .32 or .35 based.

I am way off when static. However when i start moving in the car / train, the GPS get me bang on fix.

Any suggestions !!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AceDroidX:
Ye, u can bypass the LS through the notification bar.

I also found a bug with the radio, when u are listening to the radio and accept a call and when u end the call, the volume of the radio is way to high and u cant control it... Its either high or as voice call's volume ( which i have at maximum ).

Also, anyone else having slow page loads with stock browser or Dolphin? Its waaaaaaaaaay to slow and i cant open many tabs cuz they stop loading and have to reload them again... In MIUI .32 i was having more than 7 tabs w/o any problem....
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kickban:
Podes arranjar o teu GPS.Conf?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] schuessm:
hello dzo,

thank you for your good work/rom I've no problems until version 2.02. The akku gets hot, when I use the phone. And I've the problem with gsm-connection, it stop working from time to time.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] selimozbas:
Hi Everybody

Google release new Google play store (3.5.15). You can find the apk file at the link

http://cdn.shiftdelete.net/dl/com.android.vending-3.5.15.apk
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] demolition23:
Compass doesn't work on 2.02 or it's only me?

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fallen_monk:
+1 on 2.0 aurora rom
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] VuDuCuRSe:
Compass and Level are working just fine here on 2.02.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] coyote1071:
Hello, bluetooth doesn't work v2.02
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] poyensa:
Please use English language.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jbarros26:
Are you sure? I'll gonna try it and report to you later, but seems to me that those work.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Mr.Moriarty:
Did you calibrate it? Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3d00Hr14o
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] eng.stk:
Yes, they are working, confirmed on Swissknife

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Yeah, seems not working sending and receiving with my PC dongle, will try with other phone later. On v2.0 I made a couple tranfers, it was working.

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For me same result, but on the oposite way: If I turn on in Notification Drawer, it powers on (I entered setting and confirmed) but no icon of system notifications. If I go directly to settings and power on, the icon appears.

The notification icons that I use and working:

Wifi, Bluetooth (powers on/off but problems on conection), GPS (as stated above), Rotation, Vibration/Sound, Lights, Airplaine mode.

I tried to use Flash LED, but is not working, no icon on Notification Drawer.

It would be nice to have a headphons state icon when connected.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] VuDuCuRSe:
Yes it works... it's working just fine here.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] coyote1071:
do you have any idea why it isn't working?:confused:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sanpsa:
I think it makes a big difference to what is working and what is not to sometimes make a full factory reset after installing new update...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] manuelpimenta:
Power menu

Anyone knows how to translate the power menu? It's in english, pretty understandable, but in my mother language would be perfect.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] faizan_950:
Hello fellows

Latest version work so good almost very clean Ics now I love it

Thank to dzo

I use Bluetooth handfree very often did it is possible to increase the range to 10m

Huawei U8800

Rom Ics (dzo ) 4.0.3

Recovery 5.0.2.7
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] manuelpimenta:
Can we have dictionary and word prediction on the standard keyboard? It's really missing
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] inculto:
try swiftkey is pretty much the same but for me its better =) and haves portuguese and a lot of dictionarys.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nrdl:
running this version from the first hour :)

haptic feedback is back to work.

No other bugs found yet. Don't use gps and changed graphics to gpu, smartass2 and noop.

Power consumption looks better but i think will stay around 1,5 days... With previous roms our with custom i could make 2 full days, display seems to be one of the main reasons (just by system info data)...

Great work! Always improving :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nrdl:
Forget to mention... I was talking about new 2.0.2 version :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Experiences:
no need to wipe anything to update from 2.0, right?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] olfyboy:
Nope. But I recommend you to wipe dalvik cache and cache. ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Experiences:
does cache delete anything that i might need?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Thundermand:
I never delete anything, I just install the .zip and everything has worked well.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] olfyboy:
No, cache is only temporary files. - so, no user files deleted by wiping cache.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Experiences:
OK. Thanks for your help.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
There is any way to disable mobile data after install a new version? (if with wipes)Cause I don't have a data plan, and everytime I install a new ROM I "lost" 1€. In other rom's we can disable it before put the PIN, but i can't get that option in this rom....
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] inculto:
call to your operator and ask them to block all kind of internet trafic... i think it can be done...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] M1ST4K3:
Remove the SIM -> enter ROM -> disable data...

Or.. Cancel the PIN insertion -> disable data -> insert PIN

I don't know if those are possible in this ROM...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
I used to do the second option on other rom's, but i can't in this rom, I will try the first one, but I guess it will not work xD, hope i'm wrong
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AceDroidX:
Removing SIM is one solution. Also i think u can edit a line at built.prop. Not sure if it works on Aurora.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] manuelpimenta:
The thing is that i really enjoy the standard keyboard layout and theme, and it looks better with the others parts of the OS. Just because of that, but i'll give it a try ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
Try smart keyboard, it has a great ics theme, great dictionaries, including Portuguese, has much more features than stock keyboard and has a very nice phone key layout in addition to standard QWERTY layout. Also, it does predictions in almost all text fields, unlike stock and swiftkey... it's a paid app but there's a free trial.

The ics skin is available on their site.

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
Editing build.prop it's not really a solution for me, 'cause i want it before power-on the phone... Only if dzo implement it in the future releases...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] wolfgr:
finally found out what the heck is going on with my tethering problem... my hp touchpad cant see ad hoc tethers so all 3rd party tether apps cant do me any good, this is also the reason why official ginger tethering works with touchpad because its infrastructure not adhoc. So i hope for a nice fix from our fav developer mr dzo ;-).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] MtG92:
To be fair I haven't tried any one of the other keyboards mentioned, but I have one called "Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard" (free version) and I like it a lot...As the name says it's ICS themed, and I think it has a pretty good portuguese dictionary (predicts anything except plurals: it would predict "carta" but not "cartas" for instance) plus you can set the level of auto-correcting from safe (corrects only the obvious, kind of like the stock keyboard) to very agressive (corrects everything).

Give it a try if you think it's worth it.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fr0stebyte:
Bluetooth not working. Any quickfix dzo?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AceDroidX:
You can edit it before flashing...

Sent from my U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tcm9669:
Installed version 2.0 yesterday (will update next week to the latest one)

BUGS/GLITCHES/ETC:

sync facebook (because It won't let me add a facebook acount.. not even in accounts and sync),

no battery %,

and it's not the fastest rom... but so far its as solid as a rock. 16 hours and counting uptime.. :)

Awesome work.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] darkado:
1.2 just corrupted my sd card.

Ideos X5 Tapatalk
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
Just the partition or can't you use it anymore?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tvanham:
1.2 still has some minor issues ..

- WiFi is always on, phone never 'sleeps', drains battery insanely fast!

- Battery is really strange, according to the stats it is empty after 3 hours, but after a reboot it is 40% and within 5 minutes back at 8% .. Charging goes from 40% to 90% in less than 10 minutes ..

- GPS is very slow, and "Google's location service" doesn't work at all?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fjsferreira:
If memory doesn't fail me, this is a feature of ics to conserve battery. As you pointed out, it happens when loading stuff, but when it's loaded or one interacts with the screen, it brightens up again...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tcm9669:
Sorry but I tried to quickly browse through the thread and didn't come across this:

Do I have to flash to some official rom? I am currently running oxygen ( .32 kernel )

What rom do I have to flash before?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] trocLas:
You have to flash Official 2.3.5, then install CWM (5.5.0.4 or 5.0.2.7) and then install from CWM the Aurora ICS ROM.

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Now I can connect my phone via USB to computer (I had already installed 1.2, but I couldn't use USB Mount. I had to clear data/cache/dalvik, install 1.2 again and do the clearing again and now everything is fine!).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Ozgurce:
Me too. I lost an usb cable too its not working anymore. I wasn't sure its the case. I can't access anything from it. Even on my PC :/ Phone just didn't see the card, its happens on PC too. :((
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tcm9669:
So basically I should install this first: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369296&highlight=2+3+5+official

?? Thanks
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] edarr:
yes, next install CWM
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] darkado:
filesystem is screwed, about half of the files are gone and some are corrupt.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dzo:
Almost got the camera working, preview works but doesn't take pictures yet.

Should be ready in a couple of days.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tcm9669:
May I ask you.. so you actually open the camera libs from android open source and actually modify the java code to make it work with this device? or do you replace libraries and stuff from other roms? or you actually edit the source code?

A reply would be appreciated. Thanks :)

Coz some how to's only tell you how to replace files and stuff from roms.. which is not what I think you do.. I think you use the source code? And do you flash every build on your phone? or do you use the emulator?

I would like to help, or do a custom port :)

THANKS!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] altwho:
My sd card got corrupted too while using version 1.2

Can't even repartition it.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Cinthiar:
Tbh, all of this chat about how to upgrade to 2.3.5 is bloating this thread. This isn't the guide thread for that but testing thread for ICS Aurora rom. Everyone that has something to ask about official GB or upgrading to it should do it in it's own thread. This not just about you but everyone else too. Can we please keep this thread clean? Annoying to search bug reports etc. from between all the chat about official GB. :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dzo:
For the camera I've had to heavily modify Qualcomm's open source library to get it to talk to the gb camera lib (liboemcamera.so). These libraries are all written in C++. When things have settled down a bit I'll push all my changes to github so others can build it.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] boss_y:
Dzo can you check please what is going on with governors or something because CPU is not going to sleep and battery drains a lot.

Thx

Edit: My version is 1.2.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] poyensa:
As said in the title thread this thread is for development of [ROM] Aurora ICS 4.03 for u8800 so please do not post other questions not related (like upgrade to official GB). As work in progress some bugs or not fully functionality can be found in this rom. So please read carefully the OP and rest of the thread, and please provide good feedback with fully detail of the process you are following for the OP to reproduce the bugs (phone is rebooting is not considered good feedback ;))

Also please do not ask for ETAs. As soon asthe OP get the fixes for sure will be published. Thanks in advance.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] darkado:
any sure way to get USB mass storage working?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Marensius:
I had some problems with the rom, but that was because i was stupid and didn`t read the instructions and flashed it over a CM7 with a .32 Kernel.

So i flashed my phone to the.35 kernel by installing the official 2.3.5 update (newest) from Huawei. This fixed all of my problems except one, mobile network.

Before i upgraded to the .35 kernel i couldnt see mobile networks or APN`s at all, but now i can set up APN and see mobile networks including my operator. I can`t connect though..

So basically I cant call or send/recieve texts...

I don`t really know what information you guys would need to look into this, so just tell me what to specify and i`ll do so.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] edarr:
I can make calls and send or receive messages, what I cannot do is put the APN settings. it doesn't recognize the sim card