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[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NicolasBE:
I have the exact same problem. After two months of GPS hell with my SII I got a new SIII mini. Initial GPS lock and detection goes really quick (22 satellites). If I do a quick turn in running it seems that it tracks a bit of until the end. It may be 100 meter or 200 meter on a 10 kilometer (and people indeed say it's normal, but with my SII it was perfect)

Could it be processor related? I run with a bluetooth heart rate sensor, google music, running app, etc. I tend to believe if I switch of 3G that it goes better.

Any other suggestions on this?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjalandpirate:
I have basically come to the conclusion that the GPS on this phone is ****, primarily due to the OS sleeping it. Which is a battery saving strategy. We do have very good battery life on these devices.

The GPS doesn't have any issues if an app is using it, like (Viewranger recording a track). This prevents the OS sleeping it. However accuracy of the GPS on SGS3M is poor. But really if you after doing serious tasks that require even a hint of accuracy then purchasing a dedicated device is the way forward. If you run try the Garmin range of fitness devices. If it's work try a hiking GPS I use a etrex 20 for assisting in surveying trees. Recording my movements across a site and the locations of any trees with works associated.

I think the phone manufacturer decided that the accuracy issue was not a concern as many navigation apps would snap the users location to roads and such.

Don't hold out for any solution. I can say the only thing to ensure is the latest firmware. I have the latest which isn't available on the "BTU" location code. However the German firmware works fine with my UK device. Check the Dev thread for latest stock rom, (pretty rooted).
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NicolasBE:
gaze eademno

I don't know what to think from it. If I track a car drive with it (using Endomondo), it uses a perfect track to road tracking.

Also initial running tracking using Endomondo is fine. It seems that a sudden change in direction (eg a sudden change from south to nord) let's down the accuracy. It's strange because the device has a very good satelite detection and fast lock.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NicolasBE:
This morning I had a spectacular improvement.

What has changed:

I installed the latest 4.1.2 official build from sammobile.com

I ran without 3G location services. (pure on GPS)

I also switched the device from being upside down on my left arm, to being straight on my right arm.

Possible something that has nothing to do with it: my work e-mail policy was not yet enabled on the device.

I also ran a slightly other route (but there was still a sharp turn halfway involved), and the signal corrected itself perfectly.

My bluetooth heart rate was enabled, 3G was enabled and google play music was enabled.

So the thing I'm eager to try is: enabling location services again, and doing the route that caused trouble again.

But to be honest ... I think it's the new 4.1.2 build that solved it.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinezi:
My gf's phone has XXAMG1 build and it has exactly this same issue. GPS shuts down a couple of minutes from start.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s3new:
Recently I found out that my GPS becomes inaccurate when I enter into the forest. I use it mostly for navigation while mountain biking. The position defers after 10 to 20 minutes for 200 to 400 metres. The position error direction is almost every time in the direction of departure point that means that GPS position stays behind me. When I check GPS reception with GPS test, there are always 5 to 12 satellites in use with estimated error up to 5 metres. The interest thing is that if I switch GPS off and then again ON, the new first fix is very accurate. After that, if I continue cycling, the position becomes inaccurate again. I have tried different programs (sports tracker, view ranger, orux maps, Google maps) with same results.

Any suggestions very welcome.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Friso_van_W:
Same issue here (example included)

Same issue here. S3 Mini and Endomondo. Tracks start to differ after a certain amount of time (refer to attached JPG)

Chatted with Samsung about this issue and they told me that this is caused by the fact that all Galaxy phones have AGPS, where an internet connection is neccessary for the GPS to work. But I am not sure that this is the problem...

Samsung told me that I am the only person indicating this is a problem so it's probably my phone. Perhaps good to file an official support request at Samsung?
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bruno2048:
My few thoughts on this...

On stock rom everything was working well. except for the rom itself. ;)

On maclaw cm 10.1. gps worked well until after an hour or so of use for tracking. then gps decided that I'm cca 100 meters away from spot where I was standing. it just translated my position and stayed translated the whole time until I turned gps on/off.

On Stock i8190XXAMJ3 gps was amazing, it was locking onto satelittes even inside the house, but it had the same issue like cm10.1 rom.

Now I'm on S5style_i8190XXANA2_v1 and for now gps look good, didn't have any issue, hope it will stay like this.

just to say, I've played with gps.conf, with various apps like gps status, gps test, resetting agps data, trying different apps for tracking and nothing worked. after a while, gps simply translates my position and stays like that.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bruno2048:
to reply to myself...

for some reason every stock rom I flashed with cwm apparently didn't flash baseband with it (or something went wrong), so phone was showing original baseband version. then I flashed baseband ANA2 separately and now gps shows no problems stated in previous post. :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timex550:
I've had the same problem on my S3 mini. I'd tried a few apps to track my sport activities before I've found working one - Navime Sport Tracker. Since then I've been using it and faced no problems with GPS and tracking. Unfortunately app only works in Poland. So you may ask why I'm writing about this. I do so because I reckon that problem sometimes lies in a tracking app itself. E.g. in the same place where Navime was detecting 7-13 satellites Endomondo (with identical GPS settings) managed to find 1 or 2. That's how I solved my problem. And one more thing - I use stock-Samsung Android 4.1.2 (newest).

My usual GPS config:

- GPS is ON (obviously)

- using wireless network to fix GPS is OFF (option on the top)

- GPS data available for Google services is ON (option on the bottom)

- data connection is ON

Proof:

navime.pl/trasa/348283/Katowice-Pszczyna+17.04.2014
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nevyoung:
Hi pcm266

I know this is a reply to a post a year old, but this is the closest description of the problem I continue to experience. Perhaps you and others are still looking for a solution.

This is NOT simply a matter of poor connections due to loose screws. I tried a month ago tightening screws, checked every setting but the problem persists. Loosened then tightened screws again yesterday. Today I ran with both my S3mini and my old Samsung GIO. The GIO recorded perfectly!

Your sentence "Many times the gps will track perfectly when I'm headed, let's say northwards for several kilometers, but then when I turn to go west-east or southwards (for example) the gps accuracy goes off. " is pretty well what I see happening.

What is puzzling is that S3mini worked perfectly in a race on 29 March. ??? Have not been able to repeat that.

Tightening screws is certainly not helping me. I am sure that this is a software error. There is a consistency in the type of error that is not is the type of error I would expect from intermittent connections.

Another strange thing is that the S3mini tracking is pretty good when travelling in a car. It is when I ran - which is of course much slower than a car - that the tracking is worse. Something to do with collecting too much data and doing some sort of averaging????

My son runs with an S3. Never had a single tracking problem.

A tip re the GIO battery: The Lithium-hydride batteries in laptop battery packs have the same charging characteristics as the batteries in the Samsung phones. I simply soldered wires from the contact points in the phone to a battery taken from an old laptop pack. (Usually when these battery packs fail, most of the individual cells are still good. I use them in all sorts of applications. ) The battery is fastened to the back of the Gio with duct tape. The phone no longer has a simcard in it, so I keep it on airplane mode. The battery stays charged for days!
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
Guys, I've never experienced this GPS problem. My S3 Mini has completely accurate readings both in car and while walking. You can try and update your phone to a newer firmware version if it's still on a firmware from a year ago. Don't know what else to suggest, God bless my S3 Mini for not having this problem, 'cause I use GPS frequently :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christian1987:
Hello, I have the same problem with inaccurate gps after some time. Is there any solution. I use this phone only for running, so for me it is not a problem to flash another rom. I hope someone can give me a solution or a rom that works while running.
[HTC Droid DNA] keith843:
Moved to the DNA from the razr, I was wondering if there's a way to port the circle clocks, weather from the razr hd
[HTC Droid DNA] Lykarsis:
From everything I've ever seen, it is technically possible but so time consuming that no one is willing to try it. I've asked on a few different forums on a few different phones and I've gotten the same answer.

That being said, there is a post under general apps games that has the motoblur launcher that allows it to work. Don't know if its sized for the DNA though.
[HTC Droid DNA] badogg:
Check this out, might be able to get close:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sunnykwong.freeomc
[HTC Droid DNA] nitsuj17:
i cant say from personal experience, but here are a few things that *might* work for you based on a quick search

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1900190

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2228762

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2103704
[HTC Droid DNA] jamiethemorris:
I forget who makes it, but there's a uccw one called motoblur in the play store. There's also one called jellyblur that looks like a cross between motoblur and aosp. You don't want the real widget because it only works with the stock motoblur launcher.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] roycruse:
I got no response in the stocking up for it forum so ill try here...

Hopefully you guys are a bit more clued up...

I have switched from XDA to XDA II

On the XDA the audio out pins (3 + 4) used provide audio out all the time.

This was great for mp3 playing and sat nav instructions but no so good if you wanted to wire to stereo and use the radio mute function of the stereo.

On the XDA II the same pins now seem to only provide audio out during a call. not even the ring tone is transmitted out - it only cuts in when the call is answered.

Does anyone know of a way of making the XDA II behave like the XDA in this matter and provide all audio out all the time.

I dont mind if its a piece of software, a registry hack or a pin I need to short or anything.

I just want to be able to return to having my sat nav instructions and mp3 files play through the speakers.

I use TomTom Navigator 2...

Thanks in advance for any help...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] akira:
i hade the same problem

i figured out i had to + or - something to a pin :)

i cant remember just now wich one

problem then was, you need a preamped mic in singal for talking cause internal mic is disabled
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] roycruse:
Where did you get your info from so i can go looking...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jwhitham:
Did you try grounding 19 (CAR_ON#) like it says on http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/Connectors ?

"When this pin is connected to ground, the internal mike and speaker are turned off, and audio input is taken from the audio input pin on the connector, for use in real car kits."

Haven't tried it myself...

Jamie
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] roycruse:
i believe that the XDA car kit does this...

but the xda behaves differently than the xda ii

the xda is audio on all the time and the xda ii is audio only during a call
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TDIPower:
Im looking into this at the mo. My idea is a cable from the XDA2 to a box, the box will have a 3.5mm socket with audio out to the car stereo (audio from phone and mp3 playback etc), 3.5mm for an external mic input. 5v power out to charge/supply the XDA2, power out and data link to garmin eTex GPS. The data side is easy to do. i just need to run the testes on the audio side.

Pete
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Arkobad:
Hi! Is your TDI the PD? Would you be able to hear something?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Arkobad:
I just can't believe it is not described here!

XDA-Developers seem to be a very competent and sophisticated site dedicated to XDA1+2. How it is possible that description of XDA2's four-pin 2.5mm jack isn't described here (including those two buttons)?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Peter Poelman:
Because we simply haven't yet taken the litlle XDA2 thingy apart. (I have been meaning to for the longest time, but simply haven't gotten around to it.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] roadrunnerx7:
Delete please found another thread referencing the same thing. Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenji1996:
Just saw the Oppo Find 5 new project Firefly. The fullscreen picture widget is just awesome. Is there anyway to ported it or created some similar to it.?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anitadiamond22:
Can you please attach a photo??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titooo7:
Here you got a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZoh_QKnGbc

The UI on that phone it's really awesome
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anitadiamond22:
The picture widget could be made (of course, this is android), but it would be really difficult IMHO. That UI is awesome, anyway. If you want a beautiful UI you could always try the latest MIUI rom for your device.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenji1996:
Just hope some developers will made one similar..I want the widget only its so cool
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
would be easier to port that one than to make a similar one
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] girigiom:
Hi All,

I'm on custom ROM Luiquidsmooth 2.1 and loving it. I only have one problem with it. In the Mail app when I go into the sent items folder I cannot see who the emails were sent to. Only the sender (myself obviously) appears in the title. This makes it extremely difficilt to find specific emails. I have not been able to change this. Very frustrating......

Any help?

Thanks,

Gui
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] roxdragon:
Hi guys i want app photo album of galaxy s4 ..it's possible? Thank u ;)
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
It will be in the posted system dump if you look .

jje
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] roxdragon:
can you paste the link please?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
No its in this forum you will need to use your own eyes .

jje
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ojusrane:
Hi Everyone,

Does any know if there is any usb jig available for the samsung galaxy ace plus s7500?? Ive looked everywhere but none of them said they are compatible with the s7500. I really want one just incase I hard brick my phone from installing custom rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
Yes you can use those galaxy s series USB JIG which available on ebay for order...

Check discription device list is there..

Galaxy ace is also there but not our device.

I order one last month to check whether it opens download mode or not & it successfully open download mode when i connect it. :)

The fault is only one that it doesn't remove binery counts of our device but still it open download mode in switch off mode

Which is i guess IMP thing to protect your device from bricking problem :D

For binary counts i suggest you to use triangle away app ;)

Sent from my GALAXY Ace Plus using Keyboard :p
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ojusrane:
Could u give me the link of where inside ebay you bought it from? if the link still exists
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
ohh badluck :(

link is down of that usb jig model which i bought from ebay :p This Link (with product number)

but there is one for galaxy s & many more... (check description) i found its same like mine bought product that time, so i think you can buy that one :fingers-crossed:

This Link

but keep in mind this USB JIG only works to open download mode on our device (ace plus)

doesn't remove binery counts...
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ojusrane:
Ok thank you. Just another question, have you actually ever hard bricked your device and actually fixed it with your usb jig???? Because it might have worked while the phone was fully functionable, but might not have when you bricked it.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
Nope still no case of hardbrick on my device...

But you can check whether it works or not by just simple step.

Switch off your cell.

Connect usb jig & wait till it opens download mode itself.

If it will open mean it works in hardbrick situation also....

IDK confirm about it but i saw so many videos related to this on youtube & they all test their usb jig product like this only.

Sent from my GALAXY Ace Plus using keyboard :p
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ojusrane:
Ok thanks, I was a bit worried about your answer because there were some people who have not had this worked for them.

It says here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1866227
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
hemmm :eek:

check This Video my GALAXY Ace Plus & USB JIG

video proof... now i don't know what those people said on that post :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] lokeshsaini94:
I think it will work in normal cases but in that persons case his phones motherboard got broken...
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ojusrane:
Thanks that helped, I think I will buy one now.
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ojusrane:
What do you mean by broken motherboard, like split in half or just damaged???
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] lokeshsaini94:
Any damage... Can be partition damage too...
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ojusrane:
Hey can I ask you what custom rom and theme you've got because ive been trying to find a good galaxy s3 touchwiz theme?????
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
TWnature UX

Follow This[LINK REMOVED By Me] :good: ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] ojusrane:
Is is possible to get it on a gingerbread custom rom??? I dont really like jellybean rom because of the bugs
[Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500] j.posarekar70:
new look...

if you want this look...

go through my signature & join my facebook group.

download link & other info given there :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DominikHolecek:
Hi, When XS released the 7.0 version I became very dissatisfied ...

This version is not suitable for me - bad performance in games and many more.

So my question: Can anybody upload the atomic gb in version 5.0 + Arc S patch to some server and give me a link ???

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] 9spikes:
DUOZ is a board game, something like chess, checkers, Reversi, or Go/Baduk.

The game rules are very simple:

• Start the game and pay attention to the color of the scoreboard with your name.

• Choose a two-colored piece in the set next to the board and then point a free cell on the board, where it should be placed.

• Each piece contains colored elements of both players. Scoreboards reflect numbers of player's colored elements on the board. Players make their moves in turn. Total number of moves is limited.

• MOST IMPORTANT - You should place pieces so that your colored elements surround the colored elements of the opponent. Surrounded colored elements will be marked with orange circles and excluded from the count. The player with the highest score wins.

The general idea of the game is to adapt to the duality of each move. Your main challenge is to break a balance in your favor.

Implementation of the game is not burdened with advanced graphics, but rather is focused on the game itself and a philosophical concepts "behind the scene".

Just try, we need your feedback.

Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ninespikes.duozlite.android

Slide Me

http://slideme.org/application/duoz-lite

9Spikes site

Game page: http://www.9spikes.com/Duoz.aspx

APK: http://www.9spikes.com/files/androidapps/Duoz_Lite_NGP.apk
[Android Apps and Games] 9spikes:
A short video-introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZijczU8ELE
[About XDA developers] ¿GotJazz?:
Hi - My internet browser is Firefox, and I have been using NoScript for years.

There is only one website that causes me constant problems when browsing: XDA Developers. :(

I use NoScript constantly with a lot of stuff disabled by default: Everything Facebook is always disabled, along with doubleclick and a bunch of other tracking websites.

With NoScript on, the XDA screen is constantly jumping around, with various websites constantly trying to refresh about twice a second. It is so jumpy with embedded websites continuously refreshing, that I can't even control NoScript well enough to enable whatever disabled website(s) are causing the problem.

I wouldn't be frustrated if this happened to me all the time, but XDA is the only website I see this problem on. I would expect a high-tech developer website like XDA to have less problems instead of more problems.

Sigh. I wish somebody at XDA could fix this.

¿GJ?
[About XDA developers] GermainZ:
NoScript has a whitelist feature. If you don't want to use it, you can't expect it to be "fixed" (actually, modified to fit your needs would be a better choice of words) anytime soon, as the forums (and many other forums, in general) rely rather heavily on scripts.

I personally have XDA added to my whitelist.

As for the refreshes, did you make sure it's not another add-on that's conflicting? Start FF in safe mode and check if the issue persists.
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
Don't know if this helps, but I just tested XDA with NoScript without any issues.

That being said, a lot of features rely on JavaScript, so no guarantee what would happen if you only turned on some of them.
[About XDA developers] Divine_Madcat:
Huh.. I use NS on FF, and have seen no issues. To be sure it is NS, have you told it to temporarily allow all, and see if that fixes it? It could certainly be another issue..
[About XDA developers] Sine.:
What he could be speaking of is the portal constant refreshing (not on the forum), which also occurs on my differents computers with NS (with xda on whitelist).

For me, everytime I scroll on the portal main page, it refresh itself.
[About XDA developers] ¿GotJazz?:
It's weird - Something changed between yesterday and today. Yesterday, this page wouldn't sit still until I was able to do enough "Temporarily allow all this page" button presses (about 5 or 6) to get the page finally stabilized.

Now, everything was stable when I entered XDA with the same "allow" list I had yesterday.

I'm not a big fan of "White List"ing sites, since so many sites have Facebook embedded in them (amongst many other tracking sites I don't like). Ever since Facebook violated my privacy and sucked up my personal contact information without my explicit approval, I ... :mad: ...

... well, let's just say I won't "Like" Facebook.

I appreciate the feedback from y'all, and I wish I knew what changed.

Thanks!

¿GJ?