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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dsh897:
First let me start off by saying thank you to everyone for all your great work and excellent posts, i have been a guest and member for a very long time but never need to post or had anything to contribute. thanks again now onto the GPS activation, i know this is a rather touchy subject for some so please dont bash if you disagree.

- I am switch from the 8525 (at&t) to the mogul (sprint) b/c i am saving 170$ although i loved my 8525. While learning and viewing the sprint forums for information about the mogul i found they have been having in depth conversation about the GPS.

1 - the gps is not believed to be stand alone

2 - the antenna issue from what i could read could or could not be there as sprint users took pictures on the phone and found what should be the gps antenna. but regard less when unlocked we should be able to A-GPS (a sort of triangulation between towers to give a approximate position).

3 - further proof that the gps must be able to work other than for emergency's is sprint's release of the EV-D0 rev. a ROM intended to unlock the gps in response to the TILT from ATT.

proof from HTC's site

"HTC is currently developing a separate ROM update which enables the EV-DO Rev. A and GPS capabilities that are already built into the Mogul hardware. Sprint and HTC plan to make this software ROM available in early 1Q 2008. We would also like to extend our thanks to those customers that have taken the time to identify and report these issues to us."

It would be my assumption but this is where i could be wrong and would like to open debate. the ROM should be able to be hacked allowing other hermes to unlock theyre GPS for use with other applications.

hope this excites some of you and gives you hope of one day getting your "gps enabled" or disabled hermes depending on how you look at it to work with tom tom or telenav etc..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] friscoltu959:
omg,

i can´t believit, jejej.

If coming true, this will be the best notice i´ve heard about hermes.

Many thanks dsh897, i will follow this thread
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Amauta:
Do you have a direct link for this?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chachi:
Google is your friend: http://www.america.htc.com/support/mogul/software-downloads.html

(about 2/3 the way down the page)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] skr_xd:
:eek: Thats a great news indeed

I still doubt abt the possibility of unlocking GPS in our Hermes.:o
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chachi:
As do I unfortunately, but more than happy to be proven wrong :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] gusos166:
noobish questions...

may i ask why only for the mogul? Is this something all hermes owners can benefit from?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tee1abc:
great!!!

I hope so

hermes ๆๆๆๆ
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tbern123:
I am a little confused...... I thought it was widely agreed that it was not a software problem but a hardware problem..

Have I missed something ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CRCinAU:
I thought this too - that there was no actual antenna hooked up to the GPS pins or something?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ai6908:
I am not sure what's the hardware similarities between hermes and mogul, but gps for hermes was discussed before...look in to this thread for more details

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=291181
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tbern123:
Yeah, I followed this thread at the time. Is the mogul a rebranded hermes or is it a different phone ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] madamada31:
from what i'm seeing the mogul hardware is similar to the tilt and not the tytn ( they carry the same processor).. this meens it's not compatible with the hermes..... i could be wrong :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Camber:
It looks that way it has a qualcomm prosessor instead of the samsung:(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mrvanx:
Guys weve been here before, check the threads on this.

The GPS hardware has been woken up and functions correctly.....however the pins are not connected to a suitable antenna. The most i detected on the Hermes was 2 sattelites and these were not real fixes either.

A hardware mod is required to get the GPS working on the hermes which can be done however wouldnt it be easier to just grab a cheap bluetooth module and settle with it?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] KarhU:
Here are link 1 and link 2 to the old GPS for Hermes threads. GPS driver link. And yes Hermes has Samsung processor, but Hermes' radio chip is made by Qualcomm And that is the chip that matters for GPS). But as Mr. Vanx said there is no available antenna.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hjlow:
maybe some people would be willing to do a hardware mod, if it can be done
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tbern123:
I followed both threads at the time with great interest. I wasn't sure if on occassion, this was something new that had been discovered previously or something that could have been missed. Obviously in this instance neither is the case
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] aaronsmckee:
That is very intresting, I'm intrigued to see if HTC rolls out a rom for Hermes like you describe (though I doubt it the Mogul has different chipsets, this issue has been explored at length in the forums). That said triangulation based GPS is already available for free for all windows mobile phones with the latest version of google maps, the thread is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=348310

Install the new map, and click the my location option (right button top option) it will provide you with your triangulated location and is usually pretty close.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mcrochip:
Seeing as Sprint (and therefore the Mogul) and AT&T (Hermes) use totally different radio technologies, I'm surprised that no one mentioned this earlier.

The Hermes is a GSM phone, operating on the GSM cell systems around the world.

The Mogul, being a Sprint phone, should function primarily on CDMA, just like Verizon.

That said, the hardware differences alone (processor aside) should make this discussion moot in my opinion. You just can't use a CDMA radio ROM on a GSM radio... and I would be highly surprised if the Mogul and Hermes were anything more than just similar looking phones.

Just as a side note... Google Maps now works moderately well on the Hermes, even without a GPS. I'm unsure if this is due to AT&T adding location information or to GMM being able to figure it out, but my phone knows where it is when I run GMM.

-Steve
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Harun93:
Join Date: Dec 2007

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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
A GPS antanne for the Hermes...

http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html

Could they mean the radio rather than GPS? Not sure. Nothing first-hand, just did a quick search...

Look at the pictures - it sure does say GPS... hmmm....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] KarhU:
Interesting, if it really boosts GPS signal it must mean that GPS chip uses radio antenna to get signal.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
I fired up Google Maps before installing my BT GPS and it said it was searching for satelites (0), so I'd sure think it was talking with the hardware as previously stated. If this is the only missing link, I'm sure there's a lot smaller or customizable antanne's that could be modded to fit inside the case, like the Garmon handhelds and such. Heck, even my Cingular BT GPS has an antanne - maybe I could rob it and install it :eek:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] crazyC:
I was following all the earlier work on this. my understanding is that the chip has been effectively crippled and would require some extremely delicate resoldering to enable gps on hermes.

Not meaning to put too much cold water on it but.....

Given the quality of XDA developer included in those threads (Sleuth etc) if they were convinced that this could not be done, I would be surprised if it could now.....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
I went ahead and ordered it. Figured it'd be a fun project anyway - even if soldering was required.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] KarhU:
Hehe man, please keep us posted - hopefully no soldering will be required as this kind of antenna would ruin the looks of the device :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] TrionLuv:
Yes please keep up the research!

Would be great to find a way to use GPS!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chymmylt:
Have fun - they are extreamely small solder points! This is not a job for your 15 watt radio shack soldering iron (unless you want a paperweight that resembles your former hermes ;) )

In order to make it work (from what I remember) is:

1 - a GPS enabled radio (easy to find - most of the newer trinity radio roms are eneabled)

2 - the hacked driver that was written when we were last playing with this

3 - the ability to do some extreamely tiny pinpoint solder work

Number 3 was the deal breaker as I remember it because it was determained that 99.9% of people were they to try this would brick their phones so it was given up (probably to save a lot of headache i.e. - help I tried to solder my phone and now it doesn't work - why???) :P

However, if you are a talented person (which there is certainly no shortage here - you've already proven yourself as an excellent chef) please report on your success of getting the gps running. I'd love to get rid of this BT hockey puck I am currently using - though I suspect that'll mean buying a kaiser (though I think I'll wait for the one that comes after that - I hope my Hermes can make another year or so - it does most of what I need)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] galaxys:
You GO Matt...I would have never thought there was any chance of Hermes GPS. But, this forum continues to impress all others! Will be looking forward to the update review.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Has there been any documentation on chip location / pin information?

The soldering won't be an issue - it's what I do every day ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] KarhU:
Yes, there has been a documentation (pin information) and HiRes pictures of the chip in the threads I mentioned in my previous post here.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Yeah, sorry about that. I remembered I have google and found a thread on the topic. Lots of back and forth on if the antanne exists or not, yada yada yada. The curiosity is building...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] KarhU:
Will try to look for exact location of the pics etc. for you. I know that I have seen the detailed pics on Mike Channons page.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dsh897:
Yes you are correct it was a hardware problem. it was actually both but thats why HTC is coming out with this update. all the hardware is there but never activated and needed a software fix to enable it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chymmylt:
As Karhu (My beer of choice when in Finland BTW ;) ) said, yes there was pin info and high quality pics in the GPS thread - it's a VERY long thread so I think it will take some doing to find but I think it was twoards then end - this was pretty much what made developement shutdown so I suspect it'll be in the last 5th of the tread or so. I'm trying to remember the specifics - I think they may have intentionally grounded out one of the pins but I really am not so sure.

If you do figure it out - I suspect you'll have lots of people sending you their phones though for a solder job ;) (Do you have a que yet? ;) )
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
I'm not really looking to start a business, but would be happy enough to get the info out for others to do their own :)

I'll dig through that thread tomorrow.

I keep mulling over that antanne order. I know that jack is for the radio antenna, not the GPS, but can't figure out why they'd label it as such if it wasn't performing the GPS function? Second, because it is supposedly for the GPS, does it include instructions for setting up the phone - including possible software and hardware updates? *Sigh*

Edit: Couldn't sleep, so I did some reading. Looks like Sleuth and others did a great job breaking down what the status of the GPS is currently in, and what may be needed to make it work. I have no issue with removing the chip, massaging the couple of pins that needs lifted, and resoldering it in place (having the right equipment makes a helluf a difference) then installing the appropriate antanne. The questions are still many going into it.

The conerns are:

I just lost $40 bucks for jumping in too quick and buying that frigging antanne :mad:

Undoing the changes made by HTC that disabled the chip.

Knowing if the chip is fully integrated into the hardware, such that regardless if the antanne is hooked up, if the software can talk to the hardware using the (hopefully) present data paths.

Knowing if the data paths are present, if the software drivers are capable of talking with the hardware properly.

Having the newly working hardware not killing the battery by running 100% of the time.

Locating the appropriate data sheet on the chip, and reverse engineering the board / software to ensure it's "activated" properly (power supply as discussed in thread).

This ain't gonna be a cake walk - and I might have a fancy paper weight in the end...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] irockash:
At least the paper weight will have a GPS antenna in it...

I realize the subject of this thread has changed, but I just had a question about the whole "unlocking of GPS on the Mogul," in reference to the network itself. I always figured it was the network that allowed alot more CDMA devices to have A-GPS availability (not just Smartphones, but dumb ones: a plethora on Sprint and Verizon, compared to 0 on AT&T and T-Mobile). Is there any real correlation between network type and A-GPS?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jblakk:
Hermes Vs Mogul

The thing that is causing confusion is not the radio, as an unlocked Hermes with work on other networks. The biggest confusion is that the Hermes is a TyTn and the Mogul is a Titan. slightly confusing. But they are different platforms.

Hope that clear things up a little.:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] laurent865:
GPS puce rfr6250 image

Hello,

Here a photograph of the chip in question:

Qualcomm 6275 (calculator GPS)

Receiving Rfr6250 antenna "http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/ensemble14.php"
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] laurent865:
image general

http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/general1.php
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyberscribe:
Ditto, also I got a BT gps device off ebay for 49 bucks that works perfectly. This is a much better option than wasting a 300$ phone one a questionable hw mod. With GMM u don't even need that tower triang is good enough for even navigation.

:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyberscribe:
Has anyone ever tried this antenna?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyberscribe:
did this thing work or was it a scam?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Kaimane:
Hey Guys!

I have a gps-antenna which goes with the connector on the TyTN. But for testing I have to enable the integrated gps. Is there a howto or a cab to do it?

Thx for reply!

Kaimane
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] KarhU:
There should be a cooked radio ROM in Hermes upgrading forum, or you can download it from wiki here.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyberscribe:
I'm real interested in hearing if this works!!!! Please report back soonest!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] GldRush98:
Well, considering the HARDWARE isn't there, Hermes will never have GPS.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] tbern123:
I think he is referring to an external receiver like this

http://cnn.cn/shop/8525tytnhermes-antenna-p-1615.html

rather then an internal mod
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] Serge Winters:
If someone wonder how to Upgrade from old Pure Nexus version to the last, This is the way I always do:

Requeriments:

- Installed TWRP

- Pure Nexus ROM

- Old version of PN than the ACTUAL

- Want to not lose your data in the update process.. (-.-')

1- Download the latest image from Google (sailfish): https://developers.google.com/android/images NOW is (sailfish-nof26w)

2- Download the last Pure Nexus release from [ROM][Pixel][7.1.1_r21]★ Pure Nexus ★ Substratum | Fi | WiFi Calling ★

3- Copy purenexus_sailfish-7.1.1-20170215-OFFICIAL.zip or the one you gonna use to the sdcard (or wait for use sideload)

4- Disable themes on substratum if you have, and clean cache (IMPORTANT!)

5- Extract sailfish-nof26w image or the last you have, and put your pixel in bootloader..

6- Make a bat file if you wish with these parameter to run into the sailfish-nof26w folder:

Sometimes Vendor don't apply correctly, you can boot normal and check in system what version you have, or maybe you will get a message saying vendor version mismatch (this one is because was applied correctly)

7- check exactly in what SLOT you are (for example slot active: b) and after you upgrade your bootloader, radio and vendor to the last version based on what pure nexus needs.. move from bootloader directly to recovery (TWRP)

8- in TWRP check that your slot active is the same as the one you see on your bootloader, if not please active it, and if you wish you can enable the opposite slot and activate again the one you had in bootloader, because TWRP is in RC and can have bugs

9- wipe dalvik/art and flash the pure nexus release by sideload or install from zip... and wait.

10- now re-check that you are in the correct slot, and you can now reflash TWRP and SuperSU (in this order) or you just can boot.

11- If everything goes well you will boot and the vendor image will be correct with the one pure nexus needs, if you dint flash twrp/supersu before, reboot to bootloader and do it now.

12- re enable your substratum themes.

I maybe miss something, if so, please tell me and I will update the post.

Thanks to everyone, and to [MENTION=4395895]BeansTown106[/MENTION] for the PureNexus versions!
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Clawsman:
im trying to figure out how to upgrade from version 4.4.4 to marshmallow. I'm rooted. is there a way to upgrade without unroot?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] pato2015:
kitkat is still the best.. its faster
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Extreemator:
Just flash normal 7.1.1 rom. Kitkat is not faster
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] edgar096:
true, altough it consumes less ram, i cant notic any difference between kitkat and mm other than battery life, being worse on 4.4.4
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwerttyy:
Hi,

I've one (big) problem that I can't fix.

I've been using Android 5.0.1 for more than 1 year as I didn't want to upgrade (it worked pretty well) and because I had the S6 rooted with PingPong root.

However, one month ago it started to run slowly, crashing apps, ... so I decided that, as I wanted to wipe the device, why not upgrade to MM (6.0.1)??, so I did.

I did a backup of all my data and EFS folder and downloaded a 6.0.1 ROM to flash it with ODIN. Everything went OK and finished flashing the rom, but when the S6 restarted it showed this in the recovery:

'dm-verity verificztion failed...

Need to check DRK first...'

And I cant boot.

I've tried some tips that are here and in other websites:

- I've flashed stock rom again

- I've flashed a stock rom without cache.img file.

- I Can't flash some files as I've R/L ON. (I've been trying to disable it for many months but I couldn't).

But the S6 doesn't boot...

Thank you!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Critical_DoubleShot:
What worked for me.

So this is my current issue, but i was able to resolve the issue you are having. so what i did was get the 5.1X OK7 (My phone is Verizon) firmware and flashed through ODIN 3.12.5, this flashed stock 5.1.1 in my phone and it worked good. however i have issue with my phone random restarts and power button not working in recovery or in rom. however i can go in and out of downloading mode or maintenance mode.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwerttyy:
Thanks for your reply!

I tried to downgrade to 5.1.1 or 5.0.1 but I get an error.

(SW REV CHECK FAIL DEVICE 2 BINARY 1)
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Critical_DoubleShot:
That happens when you don't have the right firmware you have.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iDroid27210:
You CANNOT downgrade to 5.1 or 5.0 since you are on 6.0. The bootloaders refuses to be overwritten.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwerttyy:
I'm trying to flash another 6.0.1 ROM (a bit older), but I get 'CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 4, BINARY:3'
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwerttyy:
I've read that DRK problems are related with EFS files, so... Can I restore EFS folder (I've a backup from Android 5.0.1) to solve?? I don't know how to restore it without booting into the sistem (and without custom recovery)
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brenner650:
I am afraid that downgrade to 5.0.1 is not possible, at least I dont know anyone who succedeed in doing that.

If you were on systemless root, probably your Knox is still 0, check it in DL mode, if it is and you have the phone less that 3 yrs (1 yr warranty+2yrs factory warranty) best solution would be to ask in Samsung repair center if the factory warranty would be accepted (ofcourse dont mention flashing, just say you tried official update, and play dumb).

If not you can try custom kernel wich will bypass DRK, and prolly make the phone bootable, but there is no guarantee everything will work well (maybe it will, but mostly it doesnt, forget using Samsung pay, and KNOX tripped)

As for EFS, maybe I am wrong, but I think EFS contains IMEI and sn info, and DRK is something else.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwerttyy:
Thank you for your reply!!

I had the device rooted, but with PingPong root, so Knox is still 0. However it shows that the system is "custom".

I'll try the warranty, they may not notice the "custom", just the knox.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orbgel10:
I'm with the same problem when trying to flash stock BTU QA7..and only if i flashing cf_root my phone is booting.

Any idea? I don't care about the Knox..
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brenner650:
If you are talking about DRK, the only way to fix it that I know of, other than hw replacement, is via 3rd party professional repair tool. (Octopus/Octoplus box)

If DRK is ok, phone boots normaly, if it is messed up, the only way of booting is with custom kernel which bypass DRK check.

You can check it in recovery, if messed up it will say DM verity failed on bottom of the screen.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orbgel10:
Ok, i send my phone to fix, i will tell you what happened.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwerttyy:
Thanks for your reply!!.

I took my S6 (925F) to a Samsung service center as you said. However, they told me that my S/N was incorrect (I bought a second-hand S6 edge, I think someone changed it) so they couldn't fix it.

Now I'm trying to use SmartSwitch to do a factory reset but it asks me for the S/N and I don't have the original one, just a S/N from a non edge S6 (920F). How can I do the factory reset without my S/N??? Can I use the serial number from another 925F??
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwerttyy:
Now I'm trying to find an engineering bootloader, to bypass the R/L and flash CF-AutoRoot, custom recovery.... but I only find it for 5.0.1 or... for galaxy S6 G925T, not F.