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[Vibrant Android Development] Cap'nO:
Does this fix work -*edit*...no it doesn't

*edit* This one doesn't work as well as Moped's. Best I got was 800m accuracy, 7 sats. Disregard.

Moped:

I recently finished bringing an old HTC Eris back to life. Not a Vibrant but I found a GPS fix that may (haven't tried it yet) work on the Vibrant. Essentially, you create another gps.conf file (using info from http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/) and insert the file in etc/ . The claim is this works on all Androids.

Before the fix, my Eris saw zero (0) satellites.....after, I got a lock within 10-15 seconds on up to 8 satellites. I may give it a go on the Vibrant. Here's the post and method if you want to try it yourself. Of course...Nandroid first....

Here's the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239713
[Vibrant Android Development] haarsh:
Hi,

No matter what I try it keep saying searching for GPS :'( what should I do. I LOVE my vibe and it will be MORE with GPS working. Please help me

Thanx
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
What have you tried so far? Also you may have to go to the extreme to get it to work:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878970

I had to do the hardware fix to get my GPS to work properly
[Vibrant Android Development] haarsh:
I have flashed the GL,AS and NA files but nothing worked. Even the custom one :( Yep I think so. I was reading that thread :P and found another one	GPS Settings and Fixes : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393991&highlight=gps

I think me too have to hardware fix it. 1st of all I have to find a screw driver then :) I'll do it also

Edit: SGS Tools mentioned in the above thread FCs everytime.

Thanks bro

tc
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
SGS tools was for Froyo ROMs. No surprise it FC's.
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
I had to do the hardware fix on one of my vib's GPS.

It worked great afterwards.
[Vibrant Android Development] Stevethegreat:
I'm getting 12 birds on view but their "signal" is zero and of cource I never get a fix. Also doing the hardware fix (soldering) lead me to the exact same result.

What does that even mean ("seeing" 12 sats with 0 signal), shouldn't I have gotten 0 sats instead? If anyone's seeing the same please report.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dave08:
Moped, does flashing a new ROM/nightly overwrite (reset) your custom files in your second post? Just wondering if I need to reflash.
[Vibrant Android Development] ioancr:
This could be, either (1) because you are invisible to satellites (inside a building), though you had a fix before (hence the 12 in view satellites, IF almanacs are known) or (2) because your gps chip isn't capable for some reason to process the recieved satellites data (since your antenta seems to be ok). Conclusion: Use a GPS test to see if almanacs are known (i.e. asimuth and elevation degree of each satellite). Otherwise it's a firmware/driver problem.

I wouldn't recommend clearing GPS data, on some custom ROMs this simply broke my GPS.
[Vibrant Android Development] Panamon:
That's probably what I did because I had excellent gps all the way through ICS and then started going down hill. Now I see sats but never lock.

Is there a way to inject gps data back or do I have to go back to Froyo, lock sats and reinstall 10.1
[Vibrant Android Development] haarsh:
Hi,

Do I need to flash one of your fiXes before doing the HW fiX ? or can I flash it afterwards :)

my current gps.conf
[Vibrant Android Development] ioancr:
You could just turn to a working Nandroid backup, if you have one.

I was desperately searching more info about how GPS chip operates on our phones, since it behaves like an independent unit, very impredictible. The same ROM can become good or bad for GPS and you are never sure why or when. Something is still missing on firmware level, or there are too many things that interferes with it.
[Vibrant Android Development] testomat:
AW: [GPS] T959 4.2 JB GPS Reset / Fix [GPS]

I think Fault Exception has infos about it. Maybe Eugene could help?
[Vibrant Android Development] Supersega8:
GPS Issues

Moped Ryder,

When you mean Deep Sleep, do you mean the phone doesn't go into deep sleep or it goes into deep sleep and that's where the issue happens. the gps is able to locate me, but I don't get a lock or a blinking gps sign on the top of the screen. Could this issue be kernel, rom, or modem dependent? I don't remember facing such a issue on regular CM10. I would greatly appreciate your help, thank you! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Supersega8:
GPS link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1550327&highlight=gps+fix+for+ics

Hey guys,

Would this work on our phone. Link above. it

I see its for ICS ROMs but could it work on 4.2 ROMs thanks?
[Vibrant Android Development] haarsh:
Hi,

I have done the HW GPS fix :) but it says to clear the GPS data using SGStools which is not compatible with JB :( I found this while searching threads http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1036722 which has a way to clear GPS :)

GPS Status & Toolbox : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en

Hope this helps anyone trying to clear GPS data :)

thnx

Hope this will work :fingers-crossed:

EDIT: OMG it worked. I flashed MR's custom GPS fix and changed settings in AngryGPS :) It is taking long time to lock BUT It locked successfully with 35-41 feet after I did the HW fix. Sometimes GPS icon wont show up blinking. Thnx Moped :) b/c of you however IT WORKED .. Please share if anything we could do to improve the time locking :)
[Vibrant Android Development] JJMT:
I'm on Hellybean with Semaphore 2.9.8. I installed the US file, then Custom file, then the injector file, and then I put the cm9 wrapper around it. Probably some of that was redundant. ;) Anyway, I get locks and it even survived DS overnight (worked this morning on the drive without reboot. I can't say that it locks fast - finding the first satellite takes a minute or two. And my accuracy isn't very good - the best I've seen is about 20 meters. I know that the phone can do better than that, but I'm not sure if there is more to try. I can say that I *did not* change the server name in Angry GPS - left that as supl.google.com (I did change the port).

The other issue is that it won't work if I boot with the GPS turned off. I don't understand that, but it seems to be true.
[Vibrant Android Development] ioancr:
Is someone here willing to test this for me: it is probable that weaking of GPS in time is due to file detritus in System\lib\modules folder, especially when changing kernels (it keeps old modules of the removed kernels that COULD alter the things). TEST: in a root explorer, remove this folder and create a file with the same name, don't bother about permissions. Reboot and test gps.

AFAIK, modules are included statically in the kernel, so it should give you zero issues. To be sure, do a Nandroid first. To revert, just remove the file and reboot, the folder and content will be automatically created (instead, keeping the omonim file will prevent restoring the folder on reboot).
[Vibrant Android Development] JJMT:
OK. I haven't actually tried this, but I did look, and there is nothing in that directory that wasn't created two days ago when I flashed the latest version of Semaphore. Also, I'm a little worried that someone might have a problem trying this, as, IIRC, Nandroid does not actually back up the kernel. I would be happy to be corrected on that, however.
[Vibrant Android Development] jrongi1:
A nandroid does backup the kernel.

PA_Vibrant 360° Productions
[Vibrant Android Development] testomat:
AW: [GPS] T959 4.2 JB GPS Reset / Fix [GPS]

I did it, but nothing changed for GPS. I didn't get a data signal after that neither my GPS was working
[Vibrant Android Development] ioancr:
@testomat

How was your GPS before? It should, as I expect, to prevent worsening in time of a otherwise working module.
[Vibrant Android Development] testomat:
AW: [GPS] T959 4.2 JB GPS Reset / Fix [GPS]

I don't know why, but i'm the unlucky one, gps is not working on jb for me. I tried Moped's mod, used angrygps but nothing helped. My gps is working with froyo and ics. Best gps i got was with iczen rom.
[Vibrant Android Development] ioancr:
@ testomat

Have you done the hardware fix to your phone? On JellyBean it's slower to find sats, but should still be working.

I am on Slimui 1.3 and it works decently for a phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] testomat:
AW: [GPS] T959 4.2 JB GPS Reset / Fix [GPS]

No, i didn't do the hardware fix. It wasn't necessary before. I will never give up try fixes, mods or anything else to get it work
[Vibrant Android Development] mistical:
You're not the only one it doesn't for testomat, mine doesn't work on Helly Bean or Slim Bean and I've done every test that I could possibly find each time for each rom, even some changes of my own from all the additional information I found out.

I've never needed to do the hardware fix before either, GPS worked perfectly on my specific device back in Stock Froyo, which was what I last used.
[Vibrant Android Development] JJMT:
Does anyone know of a way to restart GPS without rebooting? I mean: suppose your boot you phone without GPS turned on, but 12 hours later you decide you need it. As things stand, right now it means I have to turn GPS on and reboot. It seems like it really shouldn't be such a big deal to run whatever script gets executed at boot.... Suggestions?
[Vibrant Android Development] testomat:
AW: [GPS] T959 4.2 JB GPS Reset / Fix [GPS]

Is that our solution for our gps problem without rebooting?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2156988
[Vibrant Android Development] Jacendb:
Doesn't work

I'm running Avatar and I tried all your steps and it doesn't work. The only way GPS works on my Vibrant is to flash the xpheria files. Without it, my phone only sees 1 bird and, of course, never locks.

Thanks for the effort anyway,
[Vibrant Android Development] selmandeli:
Only reflashing yagf2.zip file (and nothing else) gives me a realy working GPS (13 sats in 3secs). I tried nearly every cobination with gps.conf, supl settings, LeoGPS injector other GPS fix files. Yagf2.zip works independently of other tweeks. Wery rarely GPS works without reflashing this file (but still needs reboot and fixing permissions).

Edit: This method works even after restoring the ROM.
[Vibrant Android Development] jrongi1:
Be aware that that fix was discontinued do to possible 911 issues.

Vibrant 360° Productions

PAC & PA
[Vibrant Android Development] selmandeli:
Thank you for the note.

I'm in Europe. Our emergency number is 112. I should check if it's works.
[Vibrant Android Development] selmandeli:
The firs JB 4.2.2 ROM I haven't DS issue with the GPS is SuperNexus 2.0 - T959 - BUILD 4 - update2 (no need of any fixes). At least for 2 day now.

After a 3 days of use the GPS decrease. Now I am with Pac-man Rom and after flashing Xperia GPS files it's OK. But for fast GPS rebooting after DS is mandatory as usual.
[Vibrant Android Development] Janis:
Nice work

Just FYI, it's April 15th, I put the CM10.1 Nightly on my sister's Vibrant and applied this US fix.

1. GPS seems to be working as well as it did on Bionix, 15-40 second fix. It's really cloudy here today.

2. I called 911 successfully, but haven't let it deep sleep yet.

3. No issues with speaker phone volume.

There were no reports of the camera app crashing, as far as I saw, in CM10, but now it is. I didn't try it before I applied this fix, so I can't say either way regarding the fix.

I have to say, too, this is a great phone. Feels nice in hand, I type better on it than I do either my S3 or Note, is zippy when processes are kept under control, and the speaker rings loud enough. The thing I miss most is the deep blacks - this is the absolute best phone screen of any Android phone I've seen, maybe not high res, butfantastic depth and color. If I weren't an addict requiring maximum RAM for Tasker and everything else, I definitely would have kept it. Too bad they put such a crappy USB port and low-end (but working) GPS chip on it.

EDIT: After a couple of days, my sister called 911. Everything worked.
[Vibrant Android Development] drago10029:
Question in what order should we use these files?? Does it even matter? should we be clearing any cache's or anything like that? reboots? Thanks!!

---------- Post added at 04:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:02 PM ----------

I use all three fixes

1. experia

2. yas whatchamacallit lol

3. the the cm9 one

Indoors all 12 sats no locks. Im in NYC, running Avatar, didn't odin to stock but I formatted everything except for boot (of course) and internal SD before flashing. (can't assume people know how to flash sadly) also I flashed the ROM twice because I read of partition layouts not always being placed correctly when ROM hopping. Both times I let the ROM sit for at least 20 minutes. didnt touch anything unless going into recovery ;)

next I Flashed GAPPS on avatar page, kept the kernel avatar comes with.

THEN I did all the GPS fixes skipping the 3 listed above. Then i finally did the 3 above and THEN of course the GPS was working again O_o weird.

***NOTE: I have my GPS set to Cold Start. Only setting I changed from Moped.

So read above I'm also running avatar, I put lot's of info just for you! Mine is working. I also did a somewhat hardware fix. cut a chuck of penny off and squeezed that between the cheapo copper.

Hope this helps Jacendb
[Vibrant Android Development] BitingChaos:
If this really is a "fix", are they now included in any ROM?

The OP is from January 2013, and as of the July 2013 release of CM 10.1.2, it still doesn't match up.

Edit: Well, it didn't fix anything. CM 10.1.2 stock, GPS dies. With this patch added, GPS still dies. I need to reboot to get it working again.
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
The "Fix" was actually to try and fix the ability for our phones to dial 911. Since 2.2 every ROM is in essence ported to the vibrant. Some of the ROMs built here in this dev section had/have non-vibrant based phone GPS/RIL files. Even if the GPS fails due to sleep issues one would still be able to succesfully call 911 without the phone crashing and rebooting.

From my OP:

This was more a 911 “fix” than a gps one. Are you saying the CM10.1.2 files md5's dont match up? They should if Im not mistaken. Ill recheck with newest CM version when I get time.
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
Now for the question if someone asks:

What can fix our phones gps to work as it should?

The best, most honest answer is: Nothing

Our phones gps ability was doomed from its creation. One fix to another has different outcomes on differnt phones. Its my belief to this day thier is no real fix....except a separate external gps attached. Sorry
[Vibrant Android Development] BitingChaos:
My mistake. I thought it was a fix for GPS lock-on.

When the GPS works, it actually doesn't do too bad. I don't mind it taking a long time or having a poor signal. Many devices I've used were like that. It seemed to take forever for my G1 to get a signal. Even my 3GS takes way longer than I'd like (it totally messed up a biking trip with Strava). A bunch of my devices don't have a GPS at all (Nook Color, HP TouchPad, etc).

With the Vibrant, it ends up in one of a few possible states:

1) GPS just dies. It tries to start up, but fails to do anything. Subsequent attempts to use it don't even show the "Searching for GPS" notification.

2) GPS doesn't die, but it never does anything. There is just a constant "Searching for GPS" notification that never goes away.

3) GPS "finds" 1 satellite (I use the "GPS Test Plus" app to check). It never finds any more satellites, and it never gets a lock.

4) GPS finds multiple satellites within seconds, and after getting good signal with at least 4, locks on and starts locating me, as accurate as 20 feet / 6 meters.

Unfortunately, more often than not, I end up with state 1 or 2.

Just like with my Galaxy S 4G, if the GPS doesn't work - can it simply be disabled? I'd rather the device tell me it has no GPS (and rely only on Cellular or WiFi triangulation) that try to use a "busted" GPS that never works (or in the case of the Galaxy S 4G) murders the battery).
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
Its cool - honest mistake :)

Remember our gps drivers were made for android 2.2. We are now on...what 4.2?

What the developers for the T959 have done is nothing but astounding !
[Vibrant Android Development] BitingChaos:
I... don't know what to think anymore about these things. I put my Galaxy S 4G back at 2.3 stock, and my Vibrant at 2.1 stock. The GPS is just as terrible under those. It sits and scans, and never locks on... :/
[Vibrant Android Development] Cooptx:
Stock is the worst working gps imo on both phones. Try a GB or 2.2 on the vibrant. For your S4G, try HebMiui 4.0.4 with cryptics agps stuff. There is also I guide somewhere for the vibrant for great gps on froyo. I personally use Bionix with some gps tweaks and I am 100% good for my vibrant. On my SG4G, I am using it to test daos stuff and some of my own stuff that isn't ready to be released yet
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chrisryn:
Does any one know anything about the partition layouts. I'm looking for the partition that would be the equivalent to the misc partition on normal androids. Working with some friends on a way to unlock LT28at bootloader.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chrisryn:
#df gives me this

Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize

/dev 315.6M 64.0K 315.6M 4096

/mnt/asec 315.6M 0.0K 315.6M 4096

/mnt/obb 315.6M 0.0K 315.6M 4096

/system 1007.9M 621.2M 386.7M 4096

/data 2.0G 699.2M 1.3G 4096

/cache 246.1M 4.1M 241.9M 4096

/data/idd 7.9M 4.1M 3.8M 4096

/mnt/sdcard 11.2G 461.5M 10.8G 32768

/mnt/secure/asec 11.2G 461.5M 10.8G 32768

#cat /proc/partitions gives me this

major minor #blocks name

7 0 16664 loop0

179 0 15267840 mmcblk0

179 1 2048 mmcblk0p1

179 2 512 mmcblk0p2

179 3 20480 mmcblk0p3

179 4 1 mmcblk0p4

179 5 512 mmcblk0p5

179 6 3072 mmcblk0p6

179 7 3072 mmcblk0p7

179 8 3072 mmcblk0p8

179 9 3072 mmcblk0p9

179 10 3072 mmcblk0p10

179 11 3072 mmcblk0p11

179 12 5120 mmcblk0p12

179 13 8192 mmcblk0p13

179 14 16384 mmcblk0p14

179 15 1048576 mmcblk0p15

179 16 256000 mmcblk0p16

179 17 2097152 mmcblk0p17

179 18 11784192 mmcblk0p18

254 0 16663 dm-0

if any dev as figured out what each one is please let me know as it would help.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Either do adb shell then type mount or type mount from a terminal emulator on the phone.

This should probably be under General or q/a instead of Dev.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chrisryn:
I didn't think of trying to mount each individual block. I thought about putting it in QA but the thought it would be better off here as I will be using it as a wip/dev as I work on this. I am working on unlocking the boot loader with assistance from some members of TeamEOS. As I am new to the Ion I'm still figuring out the differences between this and the devices I'm used to.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Please move your conversation to the ION GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CHAT thread found in the general section. This will be moved. Thanks

~Jaramie

sent by my ION

2012Xperia SOFT-BRICK Recovery Thread

EDIT: When you are ready to share your development with users to test or use, just ask the moderators to move this back to the development section. As you are working on a project you can just reword your SUBJECT line in the OP to describe your work. then they may move it to the general section.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] edwardng:
bootloader unlock is needed for LT28at... :fingers-crossed:
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] stikmenow775:
Hello i test many a2sd but sometimes link2sd and s2e donnt work :/ and teh script too

what a2sd do you use for cm10 and cm10.1?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] sack3:
H,i men use this: CronMod-INT2EXT+_signed. here the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1716124

and this: Mounts2SD - An All-in-one to sd-ext script.. here the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342387
[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
I just got an Anker battery.

Do I need to do anything to adjust for it being a higher capacity battery? Like somehow tell the ROM (CM10) that it's got a bigger battery?

Or do I just put the new one in, boot the phone, and stop whining about it?
[HTC Sensation] lgv2800:
You can after you charged the Anker FULL (You can ckeck it in recovery) wipe battery stats.;)

Sent from my powered HTC Sensation.

Press thanks if it helped :)
[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
Cool. I just didn't want to put it in there and think it was charging all the way but only have it charging to the max capacity of the stock battery.

Does the phone adjust for having a higher capacity battery?

Or does it just stay at 100% until the remaining charge drops back to below the max of the stock battery?
[HTC Sensation] lgv2800:
No therfore there a thing called wipe battery stats.;)

Sent from my powered HTC Sensation.

Press thanks if it helped :)
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
I've always read that after three full cycles that's the calibration, the phone then recognises the higher battery capacity. I've found this to be true as I'm using a 3800mah battery. So after almost draining completely and charging completely your device should be fine and good and recognise the higher mah. If you feel it's off you can calibrate again. But calibrate using the drain and charge method. Hope this helps, best wishes
[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
Holy profanity!

I can't believe what a difference a new battery makes.

Unplugged 12 hours ago, only made 1 phone call, but I'm still at 96% left on the Anker. And tha'ts after 1 2 hour charge after putting the battery in last night. I haven't even run it up and down through a few cycles yet to get it broken in.

It does seem to run a little warm though. If that normal?
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Yes a little warmth is normal.
[HTC Sensation] akapaul26:
I loved my anker battery, it did run a little hotter for the first several cycles.

Sent from my Wicked fast SGS3!
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

WIPING BATTERY STATS ,IS A MYTH

:)
[HTC Sensation] Sgt.Incontro:
The phone does not need to adjust for anything, as charging is not software controlled but hardware controlled. Whatever capacity battery you insert in your phone, it will automatically stop charging when it reaches capacity - due to the electronic circuity built inside the battery.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phoenix84118:
I have an original 16GB Nexus 7.

Last night I let the battery run down, and it performed the low-power shutdown Android does.

So I grabbed my charger (OEM) and plugged it in. Then it automatically turned back on. However a few seconds after it came up to the lockscreen, the screen went black and snowy then shut off. It became unresponsive. I had to hold the power button for nearly a minute or two for it to reset. Then it did it again.

Just to make sure it wasn't a ROM corruption, I booted into the bootloader (not recovery), and the problem showed itself there as well.

I posted a video of the above. This indicates to me a hardware problem (no, I've never OC'd it). I've never flashed a custom ROM, recovery or kernel. I've only unlocked it and rooted it.

I'm thinking of sending it back.

Has anyone else seen this?