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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hero2zero:
Well, I flashed Fusion V this morning and my GPS is working again. Got a lock on 7 sats within seconds. There's something fishy with FastyII. When I use the GPS Aids app in FastyII, the "XTRA" test fails. But, with Fusion V, it passes.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlkraus1965:
Hero, have you tried mosaic 7 rom yet? awesome look, very fast , good gps but I will warn you the battery life is not as good as some of the other roms I have used in the past.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
I'm in the bad GPS club

My date code is 1012 and my gps has always sucked bad. The latest Gingerbread releases improved it dramatically but it still has trouble keeping locked. I have to hold it in the windshield of my car to actually stay locked and if I bring it into the car to look at it, back to flashing GPS again. Yesterday is the final staw trying to use runkeeper with the phone on my arm it lost lock for half my run. I'm done and this is going back for some kind of replacement before my warranty is up.

Will AT&T accept GPS bad as a reason to return the phone or do I have to claim "random shutdown" to get them to budge?

I've really had it and this phone is going back to stock tonight. So, my plan is to flash through oden AT&T froyo without bootloaders first (just to be on the safe side). Then after I have good flash, then flash the boot loaders back (is flashing back the bootloaders really necessary? Is there some visual "tell" that will clue them in that I dont have stock bootloaders?)

Thanks for responses. (I hope this is the right forum to ask this kind of question. No one would respond if I asked this in the development forum).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
Several people have reported successful exchanges due to gps. As for what ROM to take it back with, I would take it back with what was on it when you bought it. I would flash the bootloaders, just in case they check.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
Thanks for the info...Looks like I have to wait to reflash until I get back home (I'm on business in Huntsville until friday). The thread below shows my build to be a problematic one (I have experienced this but I always had my JIG to save me). Well, no JIG here i Huntsville so I will wait to get home. Everyone has said that the AT&T GB bootloaders will work fine with older Froyo and Eclair but this thread says differently:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14948889&highlight=I896UXJI2+TORONTO.zip#post14948889

Not sure if I will claim bad GPS or "random shutdown" when I go in but I've finallly had it with my broken GPS!!

Thanks again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
What that thread is saying is the 3 button fix will brick your phone, if you flash it AFTER you flash GB bootloaders. Reason is the 3 button fix flashes a lone Sbl.bin. When you flash that on to of GB bootloaders, you end up with a GB boot.bin and a froyo/eclair Sbl.bin. You have mixed bootloaders, which results in the phone becoming hard bricked. I know, for a fact, that GB bootloaders will run froyo roms. Just don't flash 3 button after GB.

Regardless of which excuse you use, just make sure it had the same ROM on it that it was purchased with.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justin860:
Mine works fine....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
Glad to hear it. I take it you have one of the older cappys and just got lucky?

All the new builds are OK from what I gather.

---------- Post added at 09:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:59 PM ----------

I figured I would run the official miniKies to get it to official AT&T froyo. They cant complain about Froyo being on there can they?

Otherwise, I can see them "trying" 3 or 4 things (like updating to Froyo) before they will accept that the GPS just will not work right.

That miniKies update will wipe it and put the booloaders and everything to stock for sure leaving no residuals (like it seems every other method does).

Thanks for the update on the 3button fix loading only half the bootloaders and bricking the phone if you have each from different versions. I did read that before but thought the OP had some new experience that invalidated the GB bootloaders working for froyo and earlier.

So, I will flash, with odin AT&T Eclair (with no bootloaders) and it should flash flawlessly (even with me having a build 1012 phone)?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justin860:
Not sure, I got it in April. It even locks indoors i'm using apex 10.1
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
Look under your battery for the build number. Probably one of the newer ones. Mine is 1012, the newer ones are larger (Like 1105)

Let us know.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justin860:
Mine is 1006
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
After successfully putting Stock ATT rom back on my phone I called today and after 45 minutes of talking I have att sending me a refurb to replace my build 1012 with sucky GPS. Hope the refurb has the GPS fixed or I'll just keep sending them back until I get a good one. Hope to hold out on an upgrade for another year. Thanks for everyones help and advice.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
Good luck!.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chappatti:
Make sure ATT is mailing it you........DO NOT accept going to a store since the store guys will give some other s*&t to ATT. I know it happened to me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
It's being mailed from AT&T (no store exchange). Tracking looks like I'll have it tomorrow. We will see. I'll post here the results of the refurb GPS quality.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
I am still having trouble staying locked in while driving. This is way better than my old build 1012 phone but my refurb 1007 still isnt' cutting it. I'm having them send me another refurb until they get it right.

I compared my 1007 to my sister in laws 1100+ phone and she had more than double my signal using gps test side by side.

I refuse to live with a crap gps knowing that the newer ones have fixed the problem.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfdemicco:
Good for you! I should have taken my phone back the first week I got it. I also should have done some Googling about the Captivate before I bought it, and I would have found out that it had a GPS problem. Now it's too late.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradleyG:
Anytime you are going to purchase some piece of technology that you heavily rely on you should get your research done so you know exactly what to expect and to know if it is going to work for you. It is a well know fact that the captivates GPS is horrible.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
Past experience has shown me that software plays a big part in how well a gps operates on a phone (my tilt 1 was poor with many early roms then got great). The captivate gps was almost useable with gingerbread but was total crap with froyo.

I'm happy to say that the refurb captivate I just recieved (build 1101) has a kick ass gps even with froyo. My captivate is finally the phone I expected it to be.

If anyone is keeping score:

I started with a build 1012 that had a really sucky GPS.

My first replacement refurb was a build 1007 with a pretty good gps (much better that the first) but still not able to keep lock all them time when inside the car.

The 2nd refurb i got was a build 1012 with horrible GPS and now

My last refurb is a build 1101 with a stunningly good gps turning it on, out of the box, with froyo on it.

So, I can say confidently "The captivate HAD "hardware" issues with the GPS with build 1012 being totally crap".
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobileseq:
Its pissing me off as well. At&t said the gps issues is not covered under at&t's warranty. They told me to try calling the insurance but I don't want to pay 120 deductible for that. My warranty on this phone is expiring end of November.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kb9nvh:
You GPS works fine, its the fact that your phone shuts off at random times 10 times a months is why you are returning it!! :-)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saint168:
Wow! I didn't know this thread I started a year ago is still active. Just want to say I just upgraded to the HTC Vivid and the GPS is amazing!
[Desire Android Development] Kali-:
CyanogenMod is a free, community built distribution of Android 2.2 (Froyo) which greatly extends the capabilities of your phone.

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

Visit the CHANGELOG for a full list of changes and features!

All source code is available at the CyanogenMod Github!

If you'd like to to contribute to CyanogenMod, checkout our Gerrit instance (howto).

INSTRUCTIONS:

- First time flashing CM 6 to your Desire (or coming from another ROM)?

1. Root your device and install Clockwork Recovery (Unrevoked method is recommended).

2. Do a Nandroid backup!

3. Update your radio! New radio from 2.2 roms is required, see downloads below.

4. WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition)

5. Install the ROM

5. Optionally install the Google Addon

- Upgrading from earlier CM6?

1. Do a Nandroid Backup!

2. Install the ROM (your Google apps will be backed up automatically)

HOW TO REPORT BUGS OR PROBLEMS?

- Was it a hard reboot? Go into recovery and dump the "/proc/last_kmsg" file.

- Was it a soft reboot or a "boot loop"? Run "adb logcat" and get send the full output.

- Pastebin links preferred

- Please use the issue tracker whenever possible!

Please visit the CyanogenMod Wiki for step-by-step installation walkthroughs and tons of other useful information.

This is the latest release candidate so any and all feedback is appreciated!

The preferred method of installation is via ROM Manager, or you can head over to the CM Forums for manual downloads.

GSM

Latest version: 6.1.1-Desire - 16/12/2010

Download: update-cm-6.1.1-Desire-signed.zip

Also available for download via ROM Manager

MD5Sum: e14b66d1e24f34603e2aaf071f20c5e2

CDMA

Latest version: 6.1.1-BravoC - 12/16/2010

Download: update-cm-6.1.1-BravoC-signed.zip

Also available for download via ROM Manager

MD5Sum: 5bd096950c505742e9e84fb6dc1da5e3

Google Addon: HDPI-20101114

Download: http://goo-inside.me/google-apps/

Thank you to EVERYONE involved in helping with testing, coding, debugging and documenting! Enjoy!
[Desire Android Development] Kali-:
Rooting Guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788044

Google Addon: latest HDPI-20101114

Other release http://goo-inside.me/google-apps/

Radio Firmware: 5.x radio required (GSM ONLY)

Desire GSM radio thread

Read/Write Access System Partition (S-OFF)? (GSM ONLY)

Thank's to AlphaRev [site] [xda]

Low storage for apps? (GSM ONLY)

Flash the AlphaRev HBOOT Bravo N1Table (Require S-OFF)

Follow this instrunction for update without data lost (aka no data wipe)

Still low storage for apps?

Install an A2SD solution: Firerat or Darktremor

i recommend the Firerat solution: CM specific, less space usage 25kb vs 6mb, bind mount, no boot loop, auto restore after cm rom update (from 1.35b)

No audio on FM Radio? (GSM ONLY)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8992389&postcount=1280

Change Provider Name? (CDMA ONLY)

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/9101-guide-change-provider-name-in-cm6/

Adfree symlink instruction
[Desire Android Development] yasars:
can you post screes??
[Desire Android Development] dawmuz:
Woot, downloading now!!!
[Desire Android Development] GANJDROID:
WAHEYYYYYYYYY! I'll flash asap. Do we have old school a2sd yet?
[Desire Android Development] beidl:
No. Old school A2SD is aimed for CM 6.1. Just be happy with the ROM as it is atm. It's great. It's phenomenonal, marvellous, beautiful... amazing... [SteveJobsMode=off]
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
oleeeeeeee...thanks cyanogenmod team...
[Desire Android Development] yasars:
is the cyonegen mod soo good? or way are all so happy??

i flash it ... :) ext3 needed?
[Desire Android Development] beidl:
Besides JesusFreke, cyanogen is the godfather of Android.

CM exists since the G1/HTC Magic. After cyanogen got his Nexus, the project started to grow big. Atm it's (officially) available for 8 devices with many other unofficial ports for other devices.

No ext partition on the SD card is needed, it uses the Froyo A2SD implementation.
[Desire Android Development] Sector51:
great man!!!!!
[Desire Android Development] Waza_Be:
I just felt a little bit afraid...

I flashed all the things as you said ( Radio, wipe, CM, Gapps) then reboot...

I was stuck on a little Android robot just close to a white box and a yellow arrow going out the bof and going towards the robot..

Remove my battery 2 times than nothing...

Now, I wait a little bit more, then some stranges things happened ( going to HTC logo, reboot, the box and the android, reboot) and now, I have the boot animation...

All seem correct, but I was so afraid :-p
[Desire Android Development] Vorbeth:
When you see that the radio is being flashed, it's a VERY bad idea to pull the battery at that point!
[Desire Android Development] Waza_Be:
Ok, I didn't know that!

So I feel lucky, everything is fine!

Thank for the information, I won't do that again!
[Desire Android Development] Nekromantik:
just flashing with a2sd.

Fingers crossed it still works

update: It works with a2sd!!

I hope it dont cause problems as that a2sd method was for the nightlys.

Has the bootimage been changed since the last nightly?
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Screens please :D
[Desire Android Development] mon@diac:
Restored nearly 30 apps and space is 102Mb to 69Mb. This is normal? İ checked apps and all of them on SD card.
[Desire Android Development] lpachuong:
Static IP with DHCP router

Hi

I still have problem with connecting wifi to a DHCP router. I tried Wifi Static to set statis ip which worked fine on the other rom, but i have never been able to use it in CM Rom

Besides, I have two APN on my 3 Network, but I can only choose 1 of them hence I cannot swap to the other one.

I'm looking for helps from everyone :)

Thank you.
[Desire Android Development] TickyDraconia:
I don't understand why you people want screenshots... it's stock Froyo in appearance, other than some blues swapped for cyans. :P

Can't wait to flash this. Kudos to the CyanogenMod team for all their hard work. :)
[Desire Android Development] kevinye:
Is wifi sleep issue fixed?

Is vpn issue fixed?
[Desire Android Development] TickyDraconia:
Is that definitely the correct md5 of the Radio image?

I get:

e75698d9341820818dc7f345f48717cf

Consistently, downloaded both on-device using wget and on my PC using Chrome and wget.
[Desire Android Development] L Fiddy:
Go to the Cyanogen Settings page in the Settings app and, in the UI Settings page there's an option right at the bottom to enable text reflow after pinch-zoom.

That'll make it behave like you want it to.
[Desire Android Development] lpt812:
Swype

Has anyone managed to install Swype to this ROM yet?
[Desire Android Development] daveba:
Yup, it's working fine here
[Desire Android Development] Torhac:
I had battery drain issues when I flashed this ROM. Down 30% with no use of the phone during 8 hours of work, but this morning i reflashed the radio, and now the battery is back to normal. Battery down 8% in 8 hours with minimal use, only a few phonecalls, some texting and 20 mins of 3G usage.
[Desire Android Development] traspler:
I've got a little question. CM6 includes some apps I don't want or don't work in europe but they're installed under /system/app/ and can't be uninstalled normally. As far as I know the system partition is locked down in a special way on the Desire but I can still flash a new ROM so I should be able to remove files, right?

I tried to remount under adb and then uninstall: Failure

I tried to remount under adb and them rm -rf the apk: Can't do. Directory not empty

I tried to mount -a on device: no fstab

As I can't use adb under ClockworkRecovery (and it doesn't have it's own console) I have no clue as to how I could delete/uninstall these apps.

Is it even possible without deleting them in the ROM zip, resign and flash?
[Desire Android Development] Dave_G7:
Indeed!

This Rom is awesome! Fast and stable so far, had no problems! (okey haven’t done a lot of stuff, but it seems nearly everything is working! Just one little thing: I noticed that the colors on pictures are a bit too strong, particularly the blue is not given back for real… too “blueish”… others having this exp.?!)

I put the phone to “GSM auto (RPL)” over *#*#4636#*#*, and so having the best long battery hold experience I ever had on a Froyo Rom!

Go on! W8ing for old A2SD+ and the ROM…

Greetz & THX Dave_G7
[Desire Android Development] wingphil:
Really? Works for me. This is how I would do this kind of thing.
[Desire Android Development] ephumuris:
Is your clockwork recovery the update.zip variety or the fully flashed replacement via Unrevoked?

I always use adb to remove apps from system.

EDIT: I also like to use "Android Commander" for Windows as it's a gui that lets you view files, remove pull and push as well as some other features. Better than typing crap out all the time!
[Desire Android Development] Kali-:
just because /system on Desire is huge 250MB and not writable

moving app on /data is not a good choise: after CM installation + gapps there is ~140MB free

if u want still remove it, on clockworkmod recovery:

# adb shell mount /system

# adb shell rm /system/app/<app>.apk

# adb shell umount /system

but this just increase wasted space on /system
[Desire Android Development] eham:
Ok, so this ROM is my favorite thing in the world right now. I like everything about it, except...

1. I'm having some issues with wifi not reconnecting after wake-up. Anyone else?

2. I can't update some apps in Market. I seem to have no problem installing new apps (although I've only tried two), but for some reason it just can't handle updating some apps. Specifically System Panel, MusicSleep and mVideoPlayer so far. No problem updating through other ROMs (tried two).

3. Browser crashes when adding bookmarks about 2/3's of the time.

Also, I hate the 3D Gallery. Like, a lot (about this much :confused::eek::(:mad::mad:), and I haven't found any good viewers in Market. Anyone know if it's possible to add the HTC viewer, or know of a port or a similar, good substitute?

Finally, anyone managed to install a working HTC IME keyboard? Tried the HTC_IME_hi_25.apk, but it keeps crashing on me.

That said, excellent ROM :D
[Desire Android Development] djind:
after CM+GAPPS, I have 102mb free. I used to have 140 free with other roms.

Has something gone bad with my installation or something?
[Desire Android Development] dawmuz:
Big thanks to the team for this rom, best froyo for me so far! Battery life is excellent - ~1% per hour.

95 MB free space with DarkTremor A2SD and some 30+ apps, dalvik cache moved!
[Desire Android Development] radiosilence:
This is without a doubt the best ROM I have used. Battery life is amazing, gallery and web browsing are so fast, and the black theme is really nice.
[Desire Android Development] Kali-:
102mb free on /data ?

try:

adb shell "df -h | grep system"
[Desire Android Development] Missionierer:
Hi!

I have installed the image on my desire, but i have a "little" problem. After the screen where a little Android "jumps out of the box" my desire shows the htc logo for about 10 minutes. Is this normal? What should i do?

thnx
[Desire Android Development] Torhac:
Getting some FCs, mostly android.process.acore. Often when using scrollable widgets eg Pure Calendar.
[Desire Android Development] Missionierer:
Problem solved ;)
[Desire Android Development] StuMcBill:
What does GSM auto (RPL) mean?
[Desire Android Development] DashingGentleman:
It's a radio option in the *#*#4636#*#* menu (enter the code in the dialer, select "phone information", scroll down). By default, the phone will try to stay in WCDMA (3G) mode, so if 3G signal is not available the radio continually hunts for a connection - potentially draining battery. PRL refers to the "preferred roaming list", basically an ordered list of preferred bands and providers which helps the phone with connection acquisition. So in GSM auto (PRL) the phone will drop to the less battery hungry 2G radio when the wifi is on or data connection is not being used, but will try to jump up to 3G when needed. Probably a good option to use in areas of poor 3G coverage.

Happens both on LauncherPro and ADW, not a CM6 issue really. The devs know about it and are trying to figure it out. I've ditched scrollable widgets for now...
[Desire Android Development] Torhac:
Didn't FC on me when using ADW with other froyo ROMs.
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
Hey guys,

I've just rooted my phone using the latest Unrevoked and Hboot .. it went ok .. Then I downloaded the latest CyanogenMod-6.1.1 for HTC Desire CDMA plus the google add-ons and copied them to my SD card. The I got a recovery from my phone, but it wasn't saying NANdroid or sth, just backup (?) then I wipe and factory reset my phone and tried to flash with the ROM but I got a (Status 7) error .. I tried this 2-3 times but didn't work, then tried to restore my phone but got an error of missmatch MDS5 or sth ..

Now im just using my Rooted desire with no custom rom ..

Can anyone pleaaaaaaaaaaase help me to install this custom rom or a better one if you have a better suggestions ?

p.s. My phone is S-ON and tried to make it S-OFF but the instructions that I found are all for GSM Desire, not CDMA Desire.

So what should I do ?
[Desire Android Development] leadfoot9281:
If I remember right there is a tool called unrevoked forever on the unrevoked web site to get S off. As for our saying backup and not nandriod, it is the same thing. Md5 mis match is usually from a bad or corrupt download so try a different one.
[Desire Android Development] andQlimax:
About the status 7 error of the cyanogenmod, try formatting cache, data and system too..Then flash the cyanogenmod cdma version..on google u will found lot of thread about status 7, formatting the system partition from the recovery should solve
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
the unrevoked forever didnt work it said device not supported .. the backup is fine it worked right now, I downloaded the latest CyanogenMod again and I got the same (status 7) problem.
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
I just formated the data, system and cache all of them them, got the same error.
[Desire Android Development] leadfoot9281:
Try flashing just the rom then boot instead of flashing rom +gapps. But as for the S off I can't remember since I only did it once and it's been a while back.
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
I just flash (install) the ROM, i the google add-ons are in a different folder and I dont even get to install that.
[Desire Android Development] andQlimax:
Are you sure to have a cdma desire? :) Maybe stupid question but is better clarify every doubt (CDMA mean u dont have a sim card in ur phone)

About s-off, if u have a CDMA desire, unrevoked3 already give u s-off. From unrevoked:

unrevoked3 will permanently unlock NAND write protection by default on the following phones:

* Sprint EVO 4G

* Droid Incredible (HTC Incredible)

* HTC Desire CDMA (HTC BravoC)
[Desire Android Development] amir88:
HOLYY **** !!! didnt know that CDMA means no sim-card !! Love u man !!!! then i'll just go and try the gingerbread rom :D

(i thought CDMA means the desires sold in both US and Canada !!!)