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[G2 and Desire Z General] Doc76013:
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Did that with both a reboot and without a reboot, same result thank you for the effort. I am stumped on this one.

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Sorry it is gapps-ics20120429-signed.zip. I double checked to make sure.

Have no idea why or how but I flashed gapps again did a dalvic and cache wipe, rebooted and shut down and pulled the battery, now everything works as it should THANKS to all that gave me advice I truly think it was some glitch however thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CoolHwip92:
My gps seems to work fine for a while, but then the google navigation app stops updating the position and eventually gives me a "searching for gps" message. Then I have to restart the app and it works fine for a while, but then goes back to the same thing. It's useable but extremely frustrating, I have completed the procedure described here, and I am currently running Andromadus Mimicry 1.3.1 on my G2. Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Qwerty256:
Hello,

I'm using Andromadus Mimicry ROM – version 1.3.1 (July 27, 2012), in all ICS rooms my GPS dosen't work. I tried to factory reset, installed the 26.13.04.19 Radio and all the updates, then i installed again the minicry 1.3.1 and again all the procedure (install, clear cache, davling, efs), but my GPS don't see any satellites at all :/ do anyone have any advice what to do ? :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Corias:
CM9 - No data connection after flashing radio, libs and wiping cache+dalvik+efs

Info says that mobile data is off, settings report that mobile data is on. Wifi and GPS seem to work OK. Have to revert to default libs.

Could it depend on kernel version? (I use 3.0.40)
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
It most likely is the 3.0 kernel. I haven't had any time to work on updates to work with that kernel or the latest Andromadus JB test roms. Just flash the radio and rcdata imgs and use the rils and .so files included in the rom for best results at this point.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lum_UK:
I never got that radio to work either. In the end what worked best for me was 26.10.04.03 and a different version of the GPS library, which I posted here.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jevring:
Hey. I'm planning on flashing this. I'm curious, though. This seems like something you'd flash AFTER your ROM, given that it ends up in the file system, but everywhere I read it seems like this is something that people expect to be in place when you're flashing the ROM. Just for my sanity's sake, tell me; do I flash this before or after my ROM? (My rom has the RIL updater in it, so it asks if I have this radio, which is what confuses me)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lum_UK:
There are two parts to this mod. The actual radio upgrade itself which is really low level stuff. Think of it like flashing the BIOS in your PC, something you would ideally do before you install your operating system, but you can do afterwards if you like.

Then there is the lib-ril/gps.so updater which needs to be flashed immediately after you flash a new ROM. Think of it like doing a driver upgrade, which is something you would do after installing the operating system, and would do again should you re-install your operating system

The big difference with this is that the radio and the libs work best if they match exactly. If they do not match then it may or may not work.

If you do not intend to flash a new ROM then just flash one after the other.
[G2 and Desire Z General] DooSHeK:
Guys I'm little confused. I'm from Poland (Europe) so should I flash files form this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1701467 or those files has been added to this updater and should flash files from this thread?
[G2 and Desire Z General] robuser007:
In JB there is no need to flash the other thing (causes more troubles then not flashing it for europe/belgium users), theres no wifi to data issue. CM9 kernel 3.x needs it ?, CM9 2.6 def. needs it (you loose your connection when toggling between wifi/data)!
[G2 and Desire Z General] DooSHeK:
I'm using Andromadus Mimicry 1.4.0 and have some issues so I would like to try to flash it but don't know which one.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ditamae:
What do you mean "which one?" Are you already using the .19 radio? Also, when you flashed Mimicry you should have been prompted to select EdKey's lib-ril/gps.so updater (or not)... so you may already have everything this thread is offering. If you didn't select it at the time of your ROM flash then simply follow the instructions in the OP. Flash .19 radio, then the rcdata.img, and the lip-ril/gps.so updater. Clear dalvik/cache, wipe EFS, and you're done.
[G2 and Desire Z General] DooSHeK:
See my earlier post. There are two threads this one and another one (something about Europe users and I'm in Europe) and I don't know which files to flash.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ditamae:
Oh, I see now... well, are you experiencing the wifi to data switching issue? I would make sure you've got the 4.19 radio and matching rcdata.img. Both are included in the first link of the OP of this thread (just flash through the bootloader). Then I would try the lib-ril/gps.so updater and build.prop patch from Ed's other thread (the one you linked in your previous post). This zip is flashed thru recovery. If the lib-ril files/gps.so updater and patch don't agree with your ROM, you can always revert back by reflashing your ROM or restoring a nandroid backup. And of course, don't forget to wipe dalvik, cache, and EFS partition. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Som3guy:
Hello,

I realized I got problems with GPS as well and found this thread. Using elitemod ICS here, which is based on AOPK. So what I did was go in recovery > wipe cache > wipe dalvik cache > flash the efs wipe zip from first OP post > flash the "VISION_RADIO_RCDATA_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19.zip" > get Installation aborted.

Havent done anything regarding radio or whatsoever before so I don't know what I did wrong or what I have to do.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xXVaLiiXx:
Hi,

I have a small kin of problem.

I have the Andromadus Test Builds, Jelly bean. I updated my radio to the newest and then done the patching here and wipe EFS.

Now it seems that I don't get a Signal anymore. I thought it's okay because of "& AOKP based Roms".

I have a backup made in CWM before ril-matching. Can I use this and it will reset my rils?

Thank you :)

Edit: Restoring backup now...letting you know.

Edit2: Good, working w/ Backup now. So i'll not change the rils :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Warbuff:
I'm not sure this works with cm10/jelly bean
[G2 and Desire Z General] buxtahuda:
I can confirm it does not. First thing I tried lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] tarroyo:
Anyone seen this? Maybe we can get this ported to our devices???

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1884249
[G2 and Desire Z General] shanknitrate:
Hi, I thought I'd just share my experience with trying to get this radio working for any others who might be trying from New Zealand (though I doubt there's many as the Desire Z had to be imported (from Asia).

I only recently upgraded to Mimicry and, in the process of getting that running smoothly, noticed the radio messages during install. So I decided to flash the .19 radio with the misplaced belief that the latest one must be best.

After flashing .19 and reinstalling the mimicry rom everything was working except the GPS which would not even bring up the icon to search for a GPS. The amount of bars I was getting in one spot was quite erratic too - usually at 6 bars but sometimes dropping to 2 bars without moving. I reflashed mimicry but this time did not select the option to flash the lib-RIL/GPS .so updater. This time the GPS worked but the signal was still quite erratic.

Since then I have tried the Asia/Europe updater (wiping cache/dvalik/efs after each change), the CM9/Andromadus updater from this link (instead of the installers one) and also just running the gps updater by itself which I found in this or another thread. All of these would result in the same thing - GPS search icon never appearing and signal sometimes quite erratic.

Strangely after running one of these updates I couldn't go straight back to a default install of mimicry to get it working again - i had to flash mimicry with installing the .19 updater, then flash mimicry again without the updater to get the GPS going. I've recreated this many times.

Anyway, I'm guessing the .19 radio must just not be quite right for New Zealand networks. I'm going to try out some other radios but unfortunately didn't write down which I came from. It was from when I initially rooted my phone about 1.5 years ago so probably time for an update anyway. Hope this information might be of some use to someone!

Also, when changing my radio to an older one, will I need to flash a different lib-RIL/GPS.so updater? Because in the thread I found with all the radios those files have been removed?
[G2 and Desire Z General] EdKeys:
Do you have GPS Status installed, or any other app that offers a faster GPS fix by downloading extra data to cache? If so, I suggest you try uninstalling any and all your GPS apps except Google Maps, wiping the data in apps/settings for Maps, wiping all your caches and efs partitions again. Once you get it worked out you can reinstall all your GPS apps again. Hope this helps...
[G2 and Desire Z General] shanknitrate:
Thanks for your reply - I saw that you suggested that with some other people who were having GPS trouble so did give that a go last night - my only GPS apps were Locus and Maps anyway so it didn't take much to try out. No luck unfortunately - again it would not even put up the flashing GPS icon to idicate that it was searching.

If there is any information about my network provider that I can give you which would be of help for future updates please let me know.

Is it ok to flash my radio back to an older version even though I don't have the radio ril and gps .so files for them? Thanks in advance for your help.
[G2 and Desire Z General] smaisonville:
See the GPS fix in this post. It has links to get the correct GPS file for a country / or region. It is very easy to use.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1874787

This may help with your GPS issue.

G2 using Mimicry 1.5.0
[G2 and Desire Z General] shine_118:
i think that dz shoule be used it

thks this ril rather than better
[G2 and Desire Z General] tarroyo:
no updates?
[G2 and Desire Z General] OriginalGabriel:
Updates to what? TMo hasn't released a new radio and/or new lib-ril/gps.so files, so why would there be any new updates?
[G2 and Desire Z General] AtlanticRebel:
I believe he may have been wondering about an update for CM10. Looks like this is not needed, and usually will result in needing to reflash.
[G2 and Desire Z General] asp2010:
Hello!

I'm experiencing high battery drain on Mimicry and BetterBatteryStats reports it's because GpsLocationProvider is keeping my phone awake, though I keep the GPS turned off. I was thinking of applying this mod, but I don't want to run into more problems (I believe I can't restore my current radio if I update, right?), so I'd like to know if it's helped anyone with a similar problem.

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Warbuff:
Yes you can revert to your old radio if you have the file for it
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ditamae:
Yes, you can always flash your radio back to what you're using now... or any other radio. They can all be found in this thread. You can fastboot flash (my preference) or flash them in thru the bootloader.
[G2 and Desire Z General] amedian:
after flash new rom, i start to get a notify which is tell me location is stoped, is that because of radio??
[G2 and Desire Z General] tarroyo:
Looking at the 1st post, there's many files. Is there just 1 or 2 files for ril/lib like there was for CM7? In the most recent CM9 updater some one s tweaks were compiled in that made my signal strength worse, thats why I ask.
[G2 and Desire Z General] aerotec:
Hi all, do these radio files update the bluetooth radio as well? Just flashed my Desire Z with Mimicry (CM9) Rom and this radio. It all works great in the UK but when using bluetooth the sound drops after 3-4 mins. Switching to speaker gets the audi back and I can then reselect Bluetooth. This happens on two bluetooth devices so appears to be a handset issue. I will try a different dialler app but wanted to see if I should try a different radio file.
[G2 and Desire Z General] SShadowXX:
Firstly I have installed mimicry 1.5 without installing radio and wifi features. Then eventually I have decided to install radio. I have flash "VISION_RADIO_RCDATA_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19.zip", then the update "Version 3.1 - 26.13.04.19 Radio - ril and gps .so updater for CM9 based ROMS", and finally "EFS Partition Wipe Tool"...

My problems is I can't see a RADIO icon on my App Drawer.. :p

Anyway my phone is T-mobile G2, S-offED.

Please someone help me. :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
dont confuse a cellular radio with a FM radio, what you have flashed per this post is your cellular radio, for reception/data.

FM radio is what you play music in you car or at home. There isnt a built in one for your phone as there was now ICS release for your phone, the one that works in gingerbread does not work in ICS. Download a FM radio app from the market, maybe SpirtFM?
[G2 and Desire Z General] SShadowXX:
Thanks for the quick reply dude. I'ts my mistake... I'm reffering actually with a FM radio app...:p Sorry..

And lastly what is this RADIO for?...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Warbuff:
It upgrades you to the latest radio released by tmo. You can apply it to all g2s and desire z. However it is up to your experience of you get a better signal with it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] SShadowXX:
Ok, I understand now, thanks.

After flashing this RADIO, seems nothing have change with my fone, anyway im gonna first observe it...
[G2 and Desire Z General] werkon:
(hopefully) GPS fix

I've been having GPS problems since rooting my DZ. I flashed latest 26.13.04.19 radio and had this issue with mismatched RIL when TurboGPS app shows only empty envelopes in "NMEA Strings". GPS worked, but it was not reliable, losing lock frequently and not getting it again until reboot etc. However, after running RIL automatcher from this thread and doing EFS wipe the GPS did not show even on statusbar and NMEA strings didn't show any envelopes at all. So, I always resorted to returning to mismatched RIL which allowed GPS to partially work.

However, when playing with latest flinny JellyBean builds, I by accident found a solution which fixed my GPS once and for all (NMEA strings finally shows envelopes AND strings). The important thing I noticed is that if I update gps.vision.so to matched version and perform EFS wipe as recommended it would break my GPS (no icon in statusbar and no envelopes in TurboGPS). However, I once forgot to perform an EFS wipe and guess what - GPS worked flawlessly with NMEA strings !

So, if you are having issues with your GPS and using 26.13.04.19 radio, try this:

SuperWipe G2 or equivalent

Flash your desired ROM (I'm using http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2031678 atm)

Boot your phone, install TurboGPS, NMEA Strings should show empty envelopes but GPS should show on status bar and even get a lock

Enable ADB debugging and replace your gps.vision.so with matched one from this thread (filesize should be 47088 bytes)

Reboot your phone and DO NOT perform EFS wipe

Run TurboGPS and NMEA Strings should show envelopes and strings

Profit from fully-working GPS

I hope it will help some of you, I lost much time getting that damned GPS to work :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] redchili:
you pretty exactly describe what i am currently fighting with, so thanks a lot for the recommendations/guide.

since you also seem to be using andromadus mod (i just flashed 10.1 b22), i wonder if this also appies to the lastest versions (based on cm10.1), since the OP refers in his guide/links to cm9.

i'm not sure which is the 'gps.vision.so' you mentioned, did you mean the one from this threads post #77? this 'gps.vision.so' has a filesize of 47104 bytes and an md5-sum of 2f553be721fd66f19509671d2e152f39.

there seems to have been an update shortly after (to 3.0, 3.1 seems to be the current version)... can you plz clarify and/or suplly an md5-sum?

whats further confusing me is that Lum posts in #202 that the best results were with a different radio-version plus the 'gps.vision.so' from post #77.

also, would this be the one that i currently get when using the ril .so updater supplied by OP?

EDIT: for the sake of completeness, here is what i've done so far:

- flashed 26.13.04.19 radio

- superwipe-g2+

- flashed andromadus 10.1 b22

-> result: turbo GPS showing empty NMEA envelopes

- flashed 26.13.04.19radio_ril_gps_so_updater_v3.1 + EFS wipe (13+14), this resulted in /system/lib/hw/gps.vision.so with md5-sum '7d1bf966756cf548e73faf18c1c500e1' and size 47088

-> results: turbo GPS showing filled NMEA envelopes but no GPS-lock even after 5 min PLUS initially no 3G network connection, had to re-select carrier! :(

any ideas? -> thanks in advance!

red
[G2 and Desire Z General] werkon:
thoursum aristocratic

Hi, the gps.vision.so from post #77 has wrong filesize, use one instead (from the OP: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5m94hm0fv..._26.13.04.19radio_ril_gps_so_updater_v3.1.zip). But I didn't flash it from recovery (I'm afraid that it is not compatible with current CM10.1 ROMs). Instead unpack only gps.vision.so (47088 bytes) and push it using adb. I've had no problems with GPS since doing what is described in my previous post (not wiping EFS was the key), gl :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] redchili:
oh, too late for me now :(

in order to try to avoid reflashing i checked the differences between the file included in the CM9-updater-v3.1 and flinny's andromadus cm10.1 b21/b22 to manually try to revert the changes. i compiled a list/comparison at pastebin.com/t5yR9gyu which also reflects that b22 has exactly the same sensors.vision.so, gps.vision.so, libhtc_ril.so, libreference-ril.so, libril.so as b21, so i wonder if werkon noticed the gps issues with an older version (pre b21) as well?

now the big question for me is, if i manually revert all changes the CM9-updater-v3.1 has made except for gps.vision.so but of course also including reverting the changes in system/build.prop, i should be able to get back to the state where i started before i applied CM9-updater-v3.1 with the exception of the EFS-wipe, right?

that seems a little weird for me since i thought that the mmcblk0p13 & mmcblk0p14 partitions contain simply radio configuration data that get rebuilt if wiped? anyhow, i'll try to revert and see how far i get...

-> EDIT: well, seems i got everything reverted correctly, checked md5sums of the files and also was able to revert build.prop plus wiped cache + dalvik.

sadly, still no gps-fix :(

tried without and later with wiping efs again, tried google maps only (as suggested in an ealier post) and later checked with turbo GPS, where i get filled NMEA-envelopes, but no fix even after minutes.

anybody know a way of getting the custom-rom's mmcblk0p13 & mmcblk0p14 partitions back without re-flashing the entire rom?

[MENTION=5259804]werkon[/MENTION]: another thing, possibly offtopic from the radio/ril issue: does your compass work and if so, which app do you use? and what about the orientation sensor? does your display turn correctly? for me, neither works at the moment... :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] Warbuff:
Have you tried the files from crypx
[G2 and Desire Z General] werkon:
redchili: Firstly, I check for NMEA strings in TurboGPS (easier imho). Before I fixed my GPS, only envelopes were appearing and strings next to them. After the fix, I get envelopes and some $GPxxxxx strings next to them. When I get envelopes and strings it is a signal to me that GPS is working 100% correctly. Before the fix I was getting only envelopes or no envelopes at all -> signal to me that GPS is not fully working. If you get envelopes and strings and still GPS refuses to lock I'm afraid that I can't help you because for me envelopes and strings are the "finish line".

about compass: I never had any problems with it, I check with GPS Status or Turbo GPS's sensors. Maybe your app refers to GPS virtual compass and that is inaccessible without GPS lock ?? just guessing.

about GPS issues: I had problems with GPS since my radio flash. Even last cyanogenmod 7 (gingerbread) had them.

about EFS: yeah, it is really strange that not wiping it makes the GPS working. For me, the following steps fix the GPS : 1. Flash flinnycm, boot, let GPS run for a while 2. replace gps.vision.so using adb 3. reboot. After that I get envelopes and strings. If I did EFS wipe during reboot, then I would not even get a GPS icon on statusbar. I do not know anything about build.prop file, I didn't touch it. Only change is the gps.vision.so file.
[G2 and Desire Z General] redchili:
can you specify/link to the files? i did not find any post within this thread by 'crypx'. but no, i havent tried the files, what would they do and where can i find them?

i took pretty much the same approach, also had empty envelopes (without strings), then after updating gps.vision.so stings appeared.

however, even after 15-20 minutes of letting googe maps (no other gps-apps installed) try to get a fix (outdoors, no movement) nothing happened (but remember i did a efs wipe!).

i finally made a discovery after i installed locus leading to a

partial

success:

after disabling gps and forcing a reset of agps-data through locus (data-connection enabled) and thereafter re-enabling gps i suddenly got gps-signals from 6-9 satelites with good signal strength but according to the display of locus very unstable reception, meaning going down to 1 or 0 satelites-signals being received all of a sudden, then back up to 4-5 and generally takeing a long time (5-10 minutes) to finally acquire a fix when not moving.

after waiting for some time and re-trying the same behaviour seemed to occur with disabling gps and resetting agps-data leading again to a rather unstable gps-signal-reception occasionally leading to a fix (with is often lost shortly after). only disabling and re-enabling GPS mostly leads to no satellite signals being displayed in locus.

i also checked with turboGPS but never got empty envelopes afterwards so from my perspective having non-empty envelopes in turboGPS is (sadly) not really the finishing line.

ok, my compass troubles seem to be indeed a different issue as mentioned here (sum-up: compass/accelerometer sometimes not working unless another rom (e.g. Virtuous Infinity) was installed and nandroid backup reinstalled afterwards).

same for me, altough with CM7.1 :(

ok, my behaviour is a little different from yours as i always had a GPS-icon come up (also after EFS-wipes) when an app tries to determine the GPS-position.

weird.. will experiment further. any other ideas / hints?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Warbuff:
Sry about that I meant this. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1472870

Flash the Google nossl v3.1