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[Captivate General] foxbat121:
I think no matter what we do, there is no fix for the GPS issue. I can see that in the build in GPS Test mode, I have many satellites locked very fast. But if I use Navigator or other GPS software, I got no lock a lot of time and lock and search other times. So it appears to be some kind of software issue after all.

If you use Google Navigator, don't be fooled by the positioning always perfect on your road. It's the trick of most navigation software use to hide the inherent inaccuracy (5 to 10 meters or 15 to 30 feet) by always put your current position on a nearby road. Instead, pay attantion to the shadowy circle google Navigator draws. That the amount of inaccuracy your GPS gives out. On my phone, this circle is changing size all the time.
[Captivate General] larryccf:
I tend to agree - my first Vibrant was good for 4-5 days, then went south - returned for exchange, 2nd unit was bad day 1

odds of it being isolated to only a portion of the population slimmed down when i saw that
[Captivate General] bwolmarans:
Spirent setting was left in by mistake by ATT lab testing folks is my guess. Happens sometimes rushing a product to market. I followed the directions of the first post and now have a quick lock. I'm based in Los Angeles. I think it would help for people to post their city when they post in this thread.
[Captivate General] agras:
I just picked this up. I'm willing to be patient with this for awhile. If we're still here in a few weeks without an update from AT&T/Samsung to fix this, I'll have to return this I think. I do too much travelling to now have a working GPS. This is my favorite Android device I've ever used though, so I really, <i> really </i> hope something trickles out.
[Captivate General] wildkarrde21:
I just wanted to mention that after turning Secure Socket OFF (along with the rest of the fixed settings on the OP), my GPS seems to lock on really quickly now (5-10 seconds, 15 seconds max). I didn't want to report this right away in case it was shortlived like the other solutions, but it has been 4 days now and I'm still getting a very fast lock onto > 6 satellites (in both GPS Test and Google Nav). Anyone know the consequences of not having Secure Socket on?
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
Okay, I've been following this thread for a week straight and have been experimenting with various settings. I thought I'd share my findings and understanding.

What I believe to be true (please correct me if I'm factually wrong):

-Standalone uses the gps sensor data by itself to get a location while MS-Based uses the cell network to assist in getting an initial lock.

-The settings you put in for SUPL/CP don't matter if you pick Standalone. Those settings simply specify which server to use in MS-Based mode.

-Secure Socket is strictly a way of communicating with the SUPL server. Some servers require it, others don't. supl.google.com seems to want Secure Socket to be left off while the server that comes up with automatic settings seems to want it to be on.

My experience (this may differ for some people, its just what I've noticed from experimenting):

-MS-Based is a much faster lock than standalone, especially an initial lock after you haven't used GPS in a while.

-The automatic SUPL settings with Secure Socket on lock more satellites than supl.google.com.

-I don't notice any benefit to using skyhook but based on how it works (looking at wifi data) it seems to be pretty situational. Perhaps if I was in a dense city with lots of public wifi around, it would help a good deal. I don't see any harm in leaving it on from my testing.

What I still don't understand:

-What is dynamic accuracy?

-What is GPS Plus?

I've played with both the above two settings (dynamic accuracy and GPS Plus) and can't seem to notice much difference with or without them. I think its important to know what they do to understand why we get the results we do. Does anyone know what they were set to by default? I've changed so many times that I forget.

Anyway, this is my experience with the GPS. I will continue to play around if new ideas become available and I continue to hope for a factory fix from Samsung/AT&T.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Initial lock problem is only half the issue of this GPS problem. Maintaining the accuracy throughout the routing is the other half. If you using Google Navigator, pay attention to the shadowy circle surrounding your position. That's the amount of inaccuracy of your current position. Keep in mind, Navigator, like all other navigation software, always snap your position to nearby road. So, the fact that your current position is on the road you're traveling doesn't mean much. Idealy, you shouldn't see any shadow circle around you (which means you have a very good GPS lock accuracy).

Unfortunately, this second part requires Samsung to fix their drivers. There is not amount of setting can affect that.
[Captivate General] omriasta:
I9000 ROM

Just flashed to the I9000 European galaxy ROM.

No improvement of GPS at all.

Still takes long time to lock. Once locked doesn't stay locked. Even when locked location is off by 2-3 blocks (this is in New York City at walking speeds).

I think (can't prove it in any way) that performance is slightly better at night time.

Never had an issue with the GPS on my Blackberry Bold 9000. Was always accurate to about 3-5 meters and never took this long to locate me.

UPDATE:

Sorry wasn't aware that this problem existed in the European version as well. Several users claimed that flashing this ROM solves the GPS problem and Samsung has described the issue as affecting US models only.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Europen Galaxy S I9000 is known to have the same GPS issue. There is no fix yet.
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
Had an interesting issue with the gps, I dont know what to take of it just yet. I got a new replacement captivate because was having funky reception and wifi issues. First thing i tried to do was use the gps via google maps, and i got a near instant lock.

I ran both my old and new captivate side by side with gps test and google maps , and the new one seems to get a lock on a lot quicker in half the time in most instances. At most would take 5 seconds to get a lock on within 25 feet, which is pretty good since i live in an fairly wooded area.

Just wondering if gps will start to deteriorate the more i use the phone or not
[Captivate General] okmft:
The replacement phone (which I have been testing under different conditions for the past 3 days, and have never had to wait longer than 1 minute for lock and almost always less then 10 seconds) has the same baseband version (I897UCJF6), with Firmware version 2.1-update1. I wish I had taken the time to compare all the info with my former unit.

I also notice that I am consistently down at least 1-2 bars on the GSM reception than I was with my previous phone, but calls still come through so I am not concerned. I told myself that if I had *any* problems with this phone, I would take it back and wait for either a firmware fix, or an Android phone with excellent GPS, but I have had absolutely no problems so far (3 days and counting)...
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
Me too on both reception and gps so far , made a test call sounded pretty darn clear. GPS locks in less then five in every test i have tried on the newer phone. So now i am just wondering why is this occurring. Is it due to not having any apps and not rooting the phone or is there something else that causes the change in gps lock times
[Captivate General] okmft:
...I have purposefully left all stock settings unchanged, including "Use GPS satellites" (checked) and "Use wireless networks" (UN-checked).
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Typically, if you previously accquired GPS lock. The information is cached on your phone. As long as you don't change the location, the next GPS lock will be fairly quick. It is called hot start. Try close the GPS application and drive to a different location some distance away and try again.
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
I hadn't turned wifi yet on my phone at that time , but i did some preliminary test with both phones. Seems like new ones has stronger gps signal, get 7/7 gps locks while the older one was getting 4/7.
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
fwiw i did an full restore of my older captivate phone and its not getting any gps lock at all, so it seems to me it may be the phone. Who knows for sure tho
[Captivate General] agras:
Maybe Sammie will fix this as part of the Froyo update at the end of this month/Sept.
[Captivate General] jmreed97:
No way we get Froyo that quick... August/September is when Euope will get it. US versions will be much later.
[Captivate General] hmose:
Agree! The little gnomes at AT&T have got to fiddle with the cripplng. Remember, absolutely none of the android or Apple devices which were sold by AT&T have EVER gotten an OS upgrade in their lifetime. Not so far. Poor Backflip still stuck in 1.3
[Captivate General] chupacabrachus:
I just had an online chat w/ ATT. They wanted to put a new sim card in the phone and somehow that would magically fix the phone. I asked how they came to that conclusion and they said, "if you want to return the phone you may."

ETA: She had me restart the phone too. Oh, and clear the browser cache....
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
yeah when i brought the phone into the wild when i went out for dinner tonight was a no go couldnt find anything to connect to. Even when i got home wasnt getting any gps lock , 2 weeks samsung has to fix or address the problem or phones are both going back
[Captivate General] inku:
With stock settings and only SkyHook on went outside and eventually got 8/8 lock and google maps gave me a 5 meters accurate location.
[Captivate General] V DidDy 210:
I'm getting 7/8 ot 8/8 in the positioning test after 2-3 mins.

but Its not giving me a lat/long...

this is frustrating
[Captivate General] bwolmarans:
:rolleyes: and your point is ???
[Captivate General] evq.003:
Before you make all those changes be sure to double check the other settings on your Captivate. I had the same problem and started looking around and found two critical settings unchecked. I don't know if they were unchecked by default, or if I did it accidentally. The first is: Settings>Location and security>Use GPS satellites. The second is: Settings>Privacy>Use my location. Once I selected those options, GPS seemed to work flawlessly. Hope this helps.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
I've been playing with GPS a lot the past couple days and it really feels hopeless at this point. The MS-Bases (AGPS) settings help get a lock faster but the phone can't track movement no matter what. When I drive with google maps open, its basically never close to correct in its tracking of my location. I've played with every setting in the hidden menu, nothing helps.

The troubling part is that it really used to work fine when I first got the phone. It would lock fast and it would track well. Whats even worse is that people who have hard reset their phones are reporting that it still doesn't bring their GPS performance back to the way it was when they first got the phone. If the GPS used to work fine and resetting the software doesn't fix it, is it a hardware issue?
[Captivate General] chrisfast:
Ok, I know this is a little bit of a conspiracy theory, but yesterday as I was completely fed up with the NAV not ever finding my location, I decided to click on the pre-loaded widget AT&T Navigation just to see what it was. After seeing that it was going to charge me $10.00 a month to use it I shut it down. I started thinking, has anyone actually tried this app? If it works the way the Samsung NAV should work, could it be that AT&T is purposely screwing the NAV up so we have to use their maps? Just a thought. I have pretty much gotten over how poor the battery life is. And I have been able to get around the other minor flaws of this phone, but I cannot get over the NAV. I will be getting something else in a couple of weeks if Samsung doesn't fix this. Sucks, but I travel a lot and need this thing to work.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
That won't explain why International version of this phone (Galaxy S i9000) has the same issue.
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
i had some interesting experiences with gps today , got a solid lock in two seconds , and was able to use google nav with no problems, never got a searching for gps error. The whole gps lock thing seems so random to me sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt
[Captivate General] halfhp:
Or the T-Mobile Vibrant for that matter. I think they even have a more active thread in their forum for this exact same issue in fact.
[Captivate General] rahlquist:
Has anyone noticed the AT&T Mark The spot app can get a GPS lock in less than 5 seconds normally?
[Windows Mobile] Stephen:
I have built a rom for the HTC HD2 Leo, using base build 1.66 ROM. I have updated the OS to 25018 and updated sense to 2016. I have two things I would really like to include in my next rom.

I have changed the page pool to 18mb but have not enabled the 576mb of ram. Could somebody tell me how to do this as I have not been able to as yet.

I am also looking for the HTC volume pad so I can replace the Windows white "stock" pad. - I have found the package in oskitchen for the volume control and put it last in the list but I cant get it to work. Does anybody have any ideas?
[Windows Mobile] Farmer Ted:
Did you post this in the wrong forum, and do you want it moved to the correct one, lol? It seems like an odd place for this; I don't even know what device it's for.

Edit: Ok, I see now it's an HD2. Are you just looking for answers to these Q's?
[Windows Mobile] DaReDeViL:
I think you should first post in the right rom section and then come over here ask for help or advise.
[Windows Mobile] Stephen:
Yes i am a dope :)

I have now changed my post to make a bit more sense!!!! (I hope)
[Windows Mobile] Stephen:
Yea, These are the two major things I am still stuck on. I hate the "standard" volume white bar that comes with 5.5 and I would love to have 576 enabled as well :)
[Windows Mobile] Stephen:
Can any body help with this???
[Windows Mobile] starbase64:
Hi,

test the attached packages.

with friendly greet

starbase64
[Windows Mobile] samsamuel:
from what i have read, it seems all you need is to use nk.exe from a tmous rom, and then use a ..50.. radio.
[Windows Mobile] Stephen:
Cheers man I will try this over the weekend, stuck in work on saturday so plenty of time to do so :)
[Windows Mobile] Stephen:
I think I have a copy of a tomus rom someware so I will try that to. I used it to get my sense package working!!!
[Windows Mobile] millski:
I did reply to this question but my reply seems to have disappeared after the thread got moved(?)

HTCVolumeControl.dll may be in a custom taskbar you are using, and may not be compatible with the HTCVolumeControl package you are using - are you installing or cooking in a custom taskbar?
[Windows Mobile] ypsmav:
HTC volume control

I think I found the problem with the Volume control...

Watch this video. It seems to be related to the volume icon on the task bar (shellres.192.dll).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWJC9mT-gGk&feature=player_embedded#!

Would someone modify the shellres.192.dll to include the icons missing, sign it and post here?
[Windows Mobile] Laurentius26:
@GhostXSeries

>> Welcome to Chef Central! Please Read Before Posting!

>> SOLVED Cooking issues In CC (please check first before posting a question)

Check the index for the words 'T-Mous' and 'Volume' in Solved cases stickie.

Also I like to suggest you to read the 'Welcome to Chef Central' before you post any questions. ;)

Another thing you can do is use the XDA search feature for 'Volume Control'

Thank you, hope it helps.

Closing the thread now.

Grtz Laurentius26
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] smithisize:
Basically, I follow all directions to flash my new rom (this is my third new flash :D ) and when the boot loader runs, it starts to run the flashing program, but the programs just flashes "No file found!" then stays at the rgb screen.

Ideas?

Regards

Smith

EDIT: Solved.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mejorguille:
Oh My god! Sorry but that's too long for me to read, my attention span isn't all that great =p

I will try to help with your questions but I didn't read the whole intro so my answers might be a little redundant.

1.Run "adb logcat" from a cmd prompt on your computer and see if pushing the button registers on the computer

2. um ok??? not a question

3. you will have to re-root but your backups will still be usable after you gain back root

4. boot to recovery (home+power), scroll down to backup and restore, select restore, and select the file

5. I'm not familiar with handcaent so can't offer help there.

6. It's not hard. Downgrade with DREAIMG.nbh to RC29, use update.zip to upgrade to 1.5, install one click root, use it, flash a recovery, and flash a rom.

7. You should write shorter paragraphs =p

8. Again, not familiar with it.

9. HOME + POWER, and BACK + POWER

10. No clue....

11. It's a folder automatically created when you don't unmount your phone before disconectiong the usb. It's useless and you can delete it.

12. When installing a new rom, just wipe everything. It saves you trouble later on.

Hope I helped...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dejavecu:
Thanks I will give it a try later today and probably come back with more questions and longer paragraphs ;)
[Hero CDMA General] petcojunkie:
As the title infers, why would you disable JIT? No problems here, exyensive use, 4.8 MFLOPS with Auto Killer
[Hero CDMA General] illogic6:
Our phones are not made for JIT. When you initially flash a ROM, JIT will give you a slight performance boost. However, over time that boost will diminish and eventually your phone will actually perform worse. This is, at least, what I've heard.
[Hero CDMA General] subliminalurge:
My experience would seem to back that up. Whenever I've tried to use JIT, I've gotten maybe a "slight" performance boost off the bat, but 3 or 4 days later I was re-flashing because the phone was too slow to be usable.

The problem could also be that they always seem to want to include a kernel with BFS in those roms, which causes way too many problems to justify the tiny performance boost you get out of it.
[Hero CDMA General] DirtyShroomz:
I've had JIT enabled for over 2-3 weeks now. No issues with it, it actually runs a lot faster if I don't have anything that gives me system info constantly such as AutoKiller, Systray, JuiceDefender, etc and I still hit 5.29 MFLOPS when I test.
[Hero CDMA General] abcdfv:
I've been running JIT for months now, never had any problems with it.

@illogic: If by "our phones" you mean "Most apps before 2.2 went mainstream" then you'd be right.
[Hero CDMA General] illogic6:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/880-jit-wont-make-your-phone-super-fast/page__p__7910?#entry7910

Notice this portion of the post: "CPU intensive tasks get faster, but at the cost of RAM."

The way Darchstar explains it is that our phones cannot sacrifice that RAM once our phones have been bogged down with installed apps. He doesn't plan to include JIT by default when CM 6 goes final for HeroC and that's why.
[Hero CDMA General] DirtyShroomz:
Results may vary, and this is speaking from the "JIT" in Eclair which was coded differently... unless im drunk and read that wrong.
[Hero CDMA General] abcdfv:
~80MB free RAM with a modest 20 apps installed.

He doesn't plan to include JIT by default because it still caused some system instability, and the performance gains from it was in the 20-30% range, rather then the 450% we were told.

The JIT we've had all along was basically an alpha of the current JIT included in 2.2.
[Hero CDMA General] DirtyShroomz:
Yup... well my phone is definitely stable, faster and not a memory hog. Constant 40-50mb RAM free with well over 40 apps
[Hero CDMA General] BlaqkAudio:
Well, if you use a2sd (non-native, not sure about the native froyo a2sd), wouldn't you have plenty of RAM? I'm running Fresh 2.3.3 with a2sd and 50+ apps, and I have ~130 mb free

Sent from my HERO200
[Hero CDMA General] farfromuman:
The amount of apps installed has nothing to do with the amount of free ram.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] limakev123:
I Hope I am putting this in the right place, if not I am sorry!!! I was wondering if there is a way to add the 3d app drawer that is on Launcher pro onto htc sense ui? If anyone knows of a way please let me know I will be greatful!!!!!!! Limakev123@gmail.com
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] simplyphp:
No it's not
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
Just use LauncherPro.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] limakev123:
I like the some of the htc widgets that sense ui has

there must be a way to port that 3d app drawer over
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] simplyphp:
As far as I know the app drawer isn't an app, and it's part of the default home app. The reason LauncherPro has the 3D one is because they wrote that all themselves - they control EVERYTHING.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
LauncherPro Plus has started creating widgets that are almost identical to the HTC widgets. As of now, only the People widget is released, but more are on the way.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Drewmungus:
I agree 100% and if anybody finds a how too I'd be interested in it too.

Could a theme change the app drawer?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
No. It isn't possible. Move on to a superior launcher and get replacement widgets.

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[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] _Burst_:
Are you sure about that? There has never been a mod to an htc app?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] chumba8:
I have tried everything i can think of before and I could never get it to work is is a part of the home screen I would even settle for adw with 3d like I have with froyo on my droid
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] limakev123:
The people widget for launcher pro is it something that needs to be downloaded from the market or is it in launcher pro already. I didn't see under widget in launcher pro so I wonder if it needs to be downloaded from the market.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheDeadCPU:
It's in Launcher Pro Plus, it's a paid app.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Hero's Hero:
Sense widgets won't work with another launcher
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TheBiles:
Yes, I'm sure he knows that. That's why he wants to port a LauncherPro feature to Sense instead of switching to LauncherPro.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Hero's Hero:
Ah, I really wasn't paying attention lol
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Drewmungus:
I did switch to a superior launcher... when I set HTC sense as my default. I've tried the others and bottom line I don't like how they look and I'm not going to go hunt down and pay for apps and widgets that are half as good as my HTC ones.

On here I've tried different themes, roms and all kinds of stuff, and I would really doubt that just changing the app drawer is impossible
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rohitgarewal:
Launcher pro (free and paid) allow you to have a 3d app drawer.

Picture below:

Sent from my EVO using the XDA app
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] simplyphp:
I was in the OPs shoes until the other day, you REALLY should give LauncherPro another shot because there are widgets out there better than HTC Sense's. LauncherPro Plus includes a people widget, Fancy Widget = HTC Sense's clock, pure calendar grid= freaking awesome calendar, Pure messenger = way better than friendstream... seriously you should check them out.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] limakev123:
I will do that thanks for tip!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] wrxlvr:
I had a 3d one similar to what the Nexus has on my phone.