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[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] DowntownRDB:
[MENTION=5899729]vincent.[/MENTION] I have the same tablet as you and I prefer to run the latest OS which is Marshmallow. As you state you are already rooted so you might as well try out a custom ROM. I recommend Resurrection Remix ROM by Vasumit and the XDA thread can be found

here

. Latest update to ROM is

here

. You will also need to install gapps. I recommend Banks Dynamic Gapps 6.X.X found

here

. Give it a try, I'm sure you will like it. ROM is buttery smooth and Vasumit updates it often. :good::good:
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] UnknownVT:
DowntownRDB

Thank you so much for your encouragement and suggestion.

Even though I have used Android on tablets and phones for years -

I am still a n00b when it comes to Root and Custom ROMs

I have heard of the more famous ROMs like CyanogenMod etc -

what makes Resurrection Remix ROM by Vasumit better than CyanogenMod

in terms of features and/or support please?

How easy (or not) are custom ROMs to undo?

Many thanks,
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] AndyYan:
Personal opinion below: most AOSP-based ROMs have equal or slightly better support than CM because the team behind them is much smaller, but they might die out one day because of the same reason. CM maintains a huge number of devices and is the basis of many, so it's not likely to disappear soon. Also, CM is usually among the quickest to get to a new Android version while others usually sync from CM and start from there.

As of features, others are guaranteed to have more than CM. CM doesn't like adding features these days.

Do: Flash TWRP, make a full backup of your stock ROM, full wipe and flash the new one.

Undo: Full wipe and restore the old backup, or if you decide you don't want your data, use Odin.

Sent from Google Nexus 6P @ CM13

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[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] UnknownVT:
Thank you very much for the very helpful reply -

this was about as good as I was hoping for -

really appreciate all the help I am getting here, thank you.

It will take a bit of time for me to get my head around the information - as it is all new to me -

and I want to proceed with care/caution so I don't end up bricking my tablet.

Gratefully and thanks,
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] kurogane_tw:
Hey!

you could look at it this way, most of the people here have a hard time just ulocking the device and rooting it, not that yours is already done, might as well right. along with the proper research, your device could be one hundred times better, the stock OS of the tablet isn't that good (lets face it.) and with the current technology, it will have a hard time keeping up because the OS for this device is not that efficient (personal opinion). Anyways, it's still up to you to do it or not. Cyanogenmod has released the nightly version of Marshmallow 6.0 for this device. maybe you could check it out!! ^_^
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] UnknownVT:
Yes, thanks for the encouragement.

Seems ironic that I had done lots of look-sees (not quite research, but close) about rooting devices - and I actually now have one

(it was just unexpected on this Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (SM-T320)).

As you see I've decided to keep it rooted and am actively looking at which ROM to flash -

currently I am leaning toward the more conservative approach of doing the CM (CyanogenMod)

and rather than deciding between the snapshot CM-12.1 or the nightly CM-13.0....

perhaps I should just wait for a snapshot CM-13.0

(" and we’ll have a quality approved SNAPSHOT for CM13 sometime Jan." of course it is now Feb - so maybe soon?)

Thanks,
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] AndyYan:
Don't wait for snapshots - they are just forked from nightlies at a certain timepoint and aren't more stable than nightlies. Just backup and flash a nightly, and if anything you feel unstable, restore the backup and/or wait for that to get resolved. I personally don't see anything disturbing aside from wonky external SD support (which is a universal bug across all 6.0+ ROMs).

P.S. The "Thanks" button is there - use it ;)

Sent from Google Nexus 6P @ CM13

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[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] UnknownVT:
Thanks again, and thanks for pointing out the ext SD card issue with 6.0+ ROMs

Does this work?

How to Use SD Card as Internal Storage on Marshmallow ...

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] AndyYan:
The issue is mainly with how to use SD card as external storage (as on older Android versions), not with the new "adoptable storage" feature. That we don't have a definitive solution yet.

You might want to read through the last pages of the CM13 discussion thread in Development subforum if you're determined to get it working.

Sent from Google Nexus 6P @ CM13

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[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman562:
i was curious if there was a way to do this to our phones? Just like how the sony z5 premium runs 1080p regularly and 4k when it needs it. movies as of now only run to 1080p and youtube/photos/home movies would be the only real app to utilize QHD. it would be nice to use 1080p or even 720 if you wanted to lower battery. Just an idea.
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr turtle droid:
you use adb shell.the command is "adb shell wm size 1920x1080"if that looks weird switch the 1920 and 1080.but upon reboot youll get a system ui crash

---------- Post added at 04:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:15 PM ----------

just be warned .you will be stuck in a infinite system ui loop so dont do this unless you have twrp or equvilent
[LG V10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman562:
so if i get stuck in an infinite loop ill just restore my rom? this will have my phone working at 1080p at all times?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jamesalynch:
First of all, I'll tell you my sob story and see if anyone else had my issue but found a solution somehow: I have a marvelous Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900V running the long-ago leaked 5.0 OB6 firmware that I got from some XDA thread that I now cannot find for some reason. I became one of many that is stuck in this dilemma, and it's still frustrating the hell out of me. Mind you, I'm only 15, but I'm very skilled with programming computers and such, plus I have quite a bit of experience with Android modding entirely.

I am tired of waiting for some dev to figure out a method, so I'm just going to do it myself. The only problem is that I have no experience with this kind of work. Here's my question(s):

What software do I need to start my work? (I already have Android Studio if that helps.)

How would I even begin to find an exploit? What kind of research do I need to do?

What are the risks of doing this? Can I brick my phone doing this?

Is this legal? (haha)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rooted4eva:
Yes legal...Arabic tool for Windows and run program hook phone up click of1 or ob6...click phone status let it go then root....must be sm-n900v Verizon 5.0. ...wait til reboot bam rooted....
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] trueman12345:
Some people might experience with certain GPS software.

If you look at the log of the NMEA log, you might realize that it burst out every 6-10 seconds. After that you might wait for another 6-10 sec, which is unusable for real-time navigation. If you happen to meet this trouble.

I have a way which could allow normal update intervals.

Install GPSGATE, it create virtual GPS COM PORT and re-route the NMEA data.

Install GPSGATE, just use the default settings, it create the virtual GPS port as COM 1.

Just use GPS software on COM 1 .

software url: http://franson.com/gpsgate/
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] phame:
Can anyone confirm this works? Ive noticed my GPS works the same way. Im using the Kaiser / TyTn II with Mapking and i notice that i also get my signbal ins bursts and NOT a smooth stream. Anyone know if this will resolve the problem?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tata:
What is the update intervals with GPSGATE ?

Do you mean GPSGATE must be run concurrently with the other software TomTom 6 for example ?

It would be a good workaround for people who encounter this GPS issue.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] zetajunkie:
could this be some delicious spam?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] stuart_f:
How exactly does the OP propose that a user space application can make the hardware produce data in a smoother stream?

I call BS.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] phame:
seems like BS to me too...Probably some spam :) Can anyone who has tried it out verify if it really works or not?..

THKS
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] trueman12345:
You don't need to use other GPS software concurrently,

just use the GPSGATE and mapking will do.

Remember you have to modify the settings in mapking to use the virtual com port ( com1 default)

Not SPAM
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gogol:
I am not sure, this is BS.

If I am not mistaken the GPSGATE will act like a "router" (middle man) between the GPS hardware (Internal GPS of Kaiser) and the application (TomTom).

If the GPS hardware is faulty (having problem) with bursting data every 10 seconds, then the GPSGATE will also receive bursting data every 10 seconds.

So, that's useless as long as the problem is in the GPS hardware.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mmone3:
Gpsproxy should be able to do the same thing and its free.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RonenB:
GPSGate is a splitter, allowing using more than one application with the same NMEA stream. It creates another virtual GPS COM port, that's it.

GPS on the Kaiser works great and I'm on SatNav business. Aquisition time is fast, reception is great and update ratio is every 1 sec, just like any other civilian GPS receiver. GPS is NOT evaluated by the refresh rate you see on the screen, other software will give you other rate, try OZI Explorer for instance. I used Kaiser with TomTom, Destinator & Ozi, all works really great even comparing to Sirf III GPS chipset embedded devices such as Eten X500, HTC Artemis and Asus 535.

Last, Microsoft has included the same functionality of GPS Gate in WM5 and WM6 under settings. You do not need to install any additional SW, you can send "trueman 12345" (the guy who opened this thread with 2 posts history) your money directly.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tata:
Thanks RonenB for this very usefull precision !
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
Thanks as well RonenB, However, it does not solve the odd occasional pause in the data that we're seeing. Is this hardware or software that needs help in the Kaiser?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] MikeChannon:
Actually I'm not so sure we have defined the problem accurately here.

Examining the signal from the GPS shows some interesting info.

1

A satellite is locked onto for perhaps only one or two seconds at a time.

2

Several satellites can achieve a lock but out of these a few will be lost every few seconds

3

New satellites are also acquired every few seconds.

The Result

If you are in the presence of many satellites then there is a constant dropping of some and locking onto others. This leads to no problems as there are always a few satellites locked on and data flow is smooth.

BUT

If you are in the presence of only say 2 or 3 satellites it is possible to drop these two or three (as indicated above), but no new ones are acquired. In this situation there will be a few seconds before the first 2 or 3 lock in again. Result a gap in data flow to your GPS software.

Meaning

The Internal GPS is not polling data in bursts. In other words you cannot turn up the frequency of data polling (possible baud rate adjustment maybe). The data is continuous but if there are too few satellites then there can be gaps where it drops some satellites and does not lock others.

There are various applications that can show this behaviour graphically but tomtom shows it well on the satellite view screen.

Compared to external GPS satellite locks this works in a strangely different way. You will see the bars jumping around from a lock on this one to that one continuously. Only a problem as I say when there are only a few satellites in sight.

Mike

PS - I cannot see the advantage of GPSGate in this particular situation as it is due to momentary periods when no satellite is detected.

Having said all of the above, I find the GPS perfectly adequate for general use. Perhaps if I need spot on plotting data then it might be weak. However if I need that unusual level of accuracy I would not use my phone to do it. I regularly use mine in place of my car's tomtom and the results are on a par with the full tomtom device.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RonenB:
Ok, I believe that it is time to explain a little bit how GPS works.

The GPS satellites are transmitting their position rapidly. However, due to homeland security issues (US did not want to allow anyone to place a receiver in a jet fighter or a missile) civilian GPS receivers are limited to aquire position every 1 second only. This is not a problem for a normal user even for civilian aviation. Thus, when you look at the NMEA stream, you will see it coming in bursts and not as rapid as normal data. Since GPS strings are quite short, it is good enough for any navigation system.

Number of satellites aquired is not an indicator to anything. Like any RF system, the engineers can tweak the noise level so that it will look to you that you are receiving X amount of satellites, the signal is on the air anyway.

What is important though is the position of the satellites. the closer to the horizon, the less useable that satellite is to calulate the position. Therefore receivers are taking the best located satellites into account and ignoring others even of they are recieved. Valid fix (position) is aquired by at least 3 satellites for 2D (X,Y) and 4 or more for 3D (with elevation).

Result is that as a user, you should not bother too much looking into the stream or number of sattelite in use as long as you can get a valid fix. The important and effective elements are hidden from the user: number of transsistors in the GPS chipset, quality of antenna etc. User can just evaluate the overall preformance.

As I wrote above, the Kaiser integrated GPS surprised me for superb preformance. I just arrived this week from Israel to Germany and could get a fix as soon as I left the underground garage. I did not loose GPS signal even once since I started using the device. That includes forests and dence city centers. Real good job by HTC here.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] phame:
This is the problem i am facing:

Im using MapKing with Hong Kong 2007 maps. Getting a fix is no problem. I can normally get a fix in about 10-15 secs. When i check the status page I will normally have a connection to 5-7 satelites.

The problem is that the icon does not move smoothly when i travel. In map king your position on the map is represented by a small car icon. It jumps from location to location every 3-5 secs but does not smoothly move along. Can someone please tell me if this is the case with tomtom as well? Maybe it a problem with mapking?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RonenB:
It is a Mapking problem and you should contact their support. Does not happen to me with Destinator, TomTOm and Ozi.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] trueman12345:
Ok, there is no point to argue, if you really find yourself having problem with GPS update lag, then give it a try. No harm indeed...

In HK, there are people the validity of the work around. GPS proxy might also work as well( i think it is the same principal) just i wasn't aware of this good free software before hand..

http://www11.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=5329804&extra=page=2

(u need an account and some chinese word knowledge)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] MikeChannon:
Quite agree it's worth trying, and the application has other uses too.

Mike
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] max3400:
FYI: I got GPS to work easily by installing GPSViewer, opening COM4/4800baud and getting located. After that, using Google Maps was a breeze; total "trick" took me about 1 minute to figure out which is way quicker than some other workarounds on the internet.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
I was driving with iGuidance for about 1 hour this morning and I'm seeing different behavoir for this bug. iGuidance also has an excellent GPS signal viewer, mine was showing 8 out of 8 sattellites, all green, all the time (they turn red when not receiving signal from a sat). My map was moving about once per second or slightly faster. The program only paused once after about 30 minutes into the trip, for about 20-30 seconds. The iGuidance program's moving arrow's color also changes color based on signal quality of the combined sattelite lock, Green for good 3D mapping, Yellow for 2D when there are minimal sats for navigating, and Red for no signal data. During this pause the arrow went Red to indicate no data.

This seems like a bug to me.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Lavachild:
GPS Not Working USA

Hi All,

I have not been able to connect to GPS at all using TYTN II. I have installed Google Maps & Live Search and both do not seem to be able to get a fix. I have updated the GPS Data Download with no problem but no fix. I have yet to install another app such as TomTom Navigator 6 until i can get a fix on one of these apps. Any suggestions??? I am in Michigan USA.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
As it turns out Google Maps doesn't wait long enough for the Kaiser to get a fix the first time. You must load another GPS application and get a fix with it first. Then Google maps works normally, I'm in California, not that it matters. Ther'es mention of this in several threads.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] zachto:
Try using GpsViewer from:

http://pocketmap.com/accessories/GpsViewer.exe

Set it to run on com4, press 'open gps', and then any of the start buttons.

After you get a fix, leave it open and try your Google maps.

Works for me in 5 -10 seconds and I am indoors!

Cheers.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Boyvn:
hi Pro!

I'm using Artemis O2 Orbit, but i cant find to GPS, i'm living in Vietnam, i have just installed GPSViewer.exe, it dont find GPS, help me please? Artemis of my friend is still find GPS on the same ROM
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] zachto:
Well. How can I step through this....

Open GpsViewer

At the Com Port pull down menu select COM4:

Press the 'Open GPS' button

Press any of the three Start buttons. Cold, Warm or Hot. It hasn't made any difference to me.

You should see data start scrolling through the little display area at the bottom of the window.

Press GPS Status tab at the bottom to see a crude map of the satellite positions and fix data.

I hope you have not set anything in the Settings -> System -> external GPS control panel. The consensus is that messing with that is a bad bad thing and will require a hard reset to recover from.

In TomTom, set the com port to COM4 and the baud rate to 4800 - should be preset there.

Good luck.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
Here's two screen shots of GPS Viewer at startup and after 10-15 seconds while at my desk indoors. It's seems to be a pretty decent GPS.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Lavachild:
works now with or without gpsview running. guess it just needed a swift kick. now...with tomtom does it talk to you or can you listen through bluetooth headset?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
Search the forums for BTaudio toggle.exe This little app can be mapped to a button and will allow you to easily toggle all sounds thru the BT Headset. Works great when driving with passengers and still get directions quietly. If the phone rings, you can still answer it via the headset, but after hanging up you may have to re-toggle the sounds back to the headset.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] joebongo:
I see the problem here, and have evidence of what can be achieved.

I bought myself a HUD GPS speedo for my birthday (nice little toy), and when I link it to a Pocket PC and walk with it (which is always the worst tracking performance), it gives me the smoothest silkiest accurate-est GPS.

But, my regular external unit (GPSlim 236) and now my Kaiser, all are less responsive than using the HUD unit (which doubles as a BT GPS).

On looking at the specs for the HUD http://www.polaris-gps.com/8.html I see the refresh rate here is 5Hz, or 5 cycles per second.

So, is my HUD unit a bit naughty giving such good refresh rates, and if so, can we tweak the Kaiser's unit to give us a better rate?

Cheers,

Joe
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Boyvn:
i have done at your method. it still hasnt been found GPS,Look at my scremshot on below please.Help me please!thanks PRO
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] michalopoulosgk:
zachto, thanks for the great suggestion. I followed the steps exactly and GPS viewer (at COM4 and 4800 baud) connected right way and enabled Google Maps to track my location in traffic. Very nice. Do you have any preferred software to take it to the next step? Tom Tom? Mapopolis? Any preferences?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Sailornono:
MAPKING R12 (SEA TyTN II)

for all user of Mapking R12, here is the answer from HTC about the slow refreshing rate in mapking R12:

"Thank you for contacting hTC International.

With regards to your query on Mapking, we have attached the Mapking happens this problem is all tytnll phone problems at monent. we already call the support to solve this problem ASPS. Please just wait about few days and after the test. we'll give you a solution.

Thank you for your continuous support of our products and services. Should you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

We look forward to be of service to you again.

Best Regards,

Customer Service Executive

Customer Service Hotline (Singapore): 1800 238 7788

Website: www.asia.htc.com"

i was about to ask for a refund but i might wait a few days ....
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] swamp2:
Not for me

My AT&T device/ROM does not behave this way with google maps. I can start fresh from a soft reset with google maps and it acquires the GPS signal automatically and works fine. Not that this means I can help you get your device to work the same way...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hangyong:
Please keep us updated.

I was using the Trinity and there is not "skipping" problem when using the same Mapking version.

"Skipping" as in the car icon (Which indicates your current location) skips from point to point along the route.

The GPS stream also comes in bursts every 8secs in the Kaiser, unlike the Trinity, where the updating is smooth and continuous.

And the Car icon only skips after the stream comes in (in the Kaiser).

So if this is really a bug on the phone, then they better do something about it.

This same thing happened on 2 of my Kaisers.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Sleuth255:
There's an app on the TyTN II ROM called "quickgps" which goes to the internet and loads current almanac data to improve satellite acquisition time. When I run this, my Kaiser's GPS acquires a lock very quickly and then google maps works.

Some observations:

4800 baud is really slooooow.... too bad this can't be improved; but the GPS utility won't allow you to change the speed. I believe our Kaisers run an nmea 0183 output GPS btw so any WM terminal program can capture the stream. Set your program to COM4 at 4800bps and you should see the data. I

To decode the sentences, go here

btw I have also noticed the "burst effect" on occasion.

For testing, I use VisualGPSce. The nice thing about this program is that the blinking light flashes every time an NMEA sentence comes in so you can really see how long it takes to send info when a large number of birds are being tracked.