yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Install clockwork recovery and rom manager. There's a thread dedicated to it. Then just tell it to install a rom and pick this file.
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Seems to help here. I'll keep watching it though. I drove around with mytracks running and it even got me on the right side of the road most off the time. A big improvement. Locks hold better as well.
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
Updated: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7566391&postcount=2

Correct Link / Update in Post #2

please let me know.

~Eugene

P.s.

Wipe might be needed, not sure as of yet....
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Working here without wipe. Only been booted with it for a few minutes, but liking it so far.
[Vibrant Android Development] AustinKnight45:
So has anyone used this fix while driving that seems to be the issue I'm having It doesn't stay locked on me while I drive, lol I cant believe I never had this issue with my G1 such a good phone before it got wet:o
[Vibrant Android Development] MikeDo:
sorry for this noob question, but if I install this rom does that mean i lose everything?
[Vibrant Android Development] boomerbubba:
Please document what this "fix" does internally

I would never install this mysterious black-box "fix" on my phone without knowing what it really does internally. What changes are being made?
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
If you can't read update zip files, maybe you shouldn't hang out in the dev section? PLEASE, don't go pissing on the devs, we need them, they don't need us.

For your question, it replaces a few config files in /system. Nothing major, certainly nothing dangerous. Other devs would have called it out already if there were a problem. I don't know about the others, but I'm always checking out releases to see what I can learn from them. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

If you really must know more, extract the ZIP, copy the files from your phone, and run diff on them yourself.
[Vibrant Android Development] boomerbubba:
If you can't be civil, perhaps you shouldn't be posting at all! But then, I assume the developer of this is not as rude as you.

I am a professional developer and have been for 20 years, and I don't find it unreasonable at all to expect a few lines of basic description to document any program on any platform when announcing it to the world. Telling interested parties they have to read the code and diff it against some other file, then figure out for themselves what it does, is ridiculous.

Again, I do not attribute this unprofessional attitude to the actual developer, only to the person who made this comment. He should butt out.
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
So am I, so your cred doesn't really mean anything to me. :D

Sure, I can quit posting the stuff I risk my personal phone to develop should people want me to. I'm just tired of seeing some really good devs stop sharing with us because some people have to come over here and act like they are owed something.

What have YOU developed for the Vibrant? hmmmm?? Search my name, you'll find some useful stuff I've posted. I also contribute to Metamorph, OpenGPX, and some other little OSS Android utils. I'm no Cyanogen, but it doesn't look to me like you are either. So, something about glass and houses goes here I think. Point is, I took the time to open the ZIP and I even told you what does. I don't feel any particular need to diff all the files myself, so feel free to do that, a pro dev shouldn't have any trouble doing that.

If you haven't noticed, this isn't really a "professional" development area. We are all just doing whatever we want and if people want to use it, cool. If not, that's cool too. The attitude here is more along the lines of "If you don't like the docs, write some yourself". :D
[Vibrant Android Development] vdub804:
he's just another ****-head looking for someone to hold his hand. we all know eugene373's work is trustworthy it is what it says (gps fix) he doesn't have to explain any further. I highly doubt you have been deving for 20 years it seems you are about as smart as a bag of wet hammers
[Vibrant Android Development] d_bot:
if you knew Eugene's work you probably wouldn't have said that........
[Vibrant Android Development] d_bot:
Thanks for the fix Eugene.

Its getting a lock much faster, and much more accurate, and now my compass works, but at lunch today i decided to try and see how it would work......it didnt work so well. finding where i was at that moment was ok, and planning the trip was fine, but once i started moving, it acted like it couldnt keep up, almost as if it was loosing the lock. to throw it off i took a detour and it took a good 10 seconds or more to figure out where i had turned and to re-route me. something is still not quite right.
[Vibrant Android Development] boomerbubba:
This is not a personal attack on Eugene or his reputation. Just a straightforward request for a short explanation of what this "fix" does. I can't see how anyone could take offense at that. (And I have never seen any comment from Eugene that hints that he is offended.)
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
I agree. Just for peace of mind to know what was changed. Would be nice just to know the problem and what was fixed.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
I'm unsure if I want to say this works properly, but it does seem to work somewhat. Accuracy is on par with my TM506's GPS, but I will have to test further for how long it takes to get a fix (which is the most annoying for me). Seems to take an extremely long time w/ this fix..
[Vibrant Android Development] AustinKnight45:
Well this worked good while I was driving earlier today, but going out of town tomorrow I'll see if it stays locked while I'm on the road for 4 hours. Thx again for your work.
[Vibrant Android Development] d_bot:
fair enough.

On a side note, I have Eugenes fix flashed, and changed Operation Mode to MS Assisted, and navigated from home to school, very acceptable lock the entire way. Will continue to test.
[Vibrant Android Development] Arr MiHardies:
I just want to know if this gps fix are is different from the other gps fixes (through the lbstest menu) in any way other than how they are applied

Sent from my Vibrant using the XDA app.

Typos, incorrect words, gibberish, and other nonsense brought to you courtesy of Swype.
[Vibrant Android Development] boomerbubba:
This post might help answer your question. It seems like the same sort of voodoo that has been effected through the UI.

I find the config changes that essentially enable MS Based mode of aGPS to be worthwhile. But I would not charactize them as a "fix" for all the GPS problems on this device. If those problems are amenable to a software solution, it reportedly lies in the Samsung and Broadcom GPS drivers, which I believe are not available as source. For such a fix, we apparently are dependent on those commercial providers.
[Vibrant Android Development] shovelhead83:
Tried both these methods and they both worked.....until I rebooted my phone. Then, back to usual. But thank you for the huge effort, it was worth a shot
[Vibrant Android Development] Sawawa:
Don't hold your breath. I returned my Vibrant and ported back to Sprint because of the GPS issue. To add insult to injury Sprint hooked me up with a temporary Samsung Moment while a replacement Evo was shipped to the store.

Guess what didn't work reliably at all on the Moment? GPS.

Samsung apparently doesn't take this issue very seriously.
[Vibrant Android Development] jamesyl:
Thanks for that link. It looks like the changes are all to the AGPS settings (including an eyebrow-raising typo on the T-Mobile server...I really hope that did not escape development/staging into production by accident...), which is not that inspiring for me. I've had good success reducing lock times with AGPS changes (i.e. the SUPL server to Google), but the real issue is getting accuracy <30m and maintaining a steady lock.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Okay, I have this fix applied, MS-Based enabled under LBSTest Mode and Accuracy at 75 with Spirent under SUPL with secure socket off (if any of it matters);

7 sats
[Vibrant Android Development] RobBull69:
Has anyone else had issues with the wireless networks wiggin' out after flashing this? Could be a tmo problem by me for all I know. A day after using the fix the system keeps looking for networks and trying to log me onto at&t when I'm at home. Just wondering if someone else ran into this issue or if I should try a new sim.

Edit: just figured out that my condo has become a huge dead zone, nothing to do with the fix. Locked on to 7/12 satellites waiting for the train this morning. Been running this fix for a few days now and it's a major upgrade, not a perfect fix. I'm beginning to think the Vibrant GPS problem may be a little hardware and a little software.
[Vibrant Android Development] bradycl_84043:
I'm curious, has anyone else noticed the local and UTC time are both incorrect as far as the GPS is concerned? I installed the GPS Test application that I see most people posting screenshots from, and it is reporting my local time as being UTC+1 (I am currently in Mountain Daylight time, which is UTC-6), and UTC as being (would be correct if the local time were correct) 6 hours ahead of that, at UTC+7. So both times are off by 7 hours.

Could this discrepency be close to the heart of the issue? Perhaps this causes the data being seen from additional sattelites (after locking onto 1 or 2 initially) to be seen as invalid, considering that all these birds really do is sit up there and sqawk the time, right?
[Vibrant Android Development] Legaleye3000:
After my phone beeps letting me know the phone is charged, the phone freezes then adw launcher reboots after about half a minute... Anyone experiencing this after flashing this ROM? I was coming from the previous build of this ROM (Vibrant1). Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] srqt:
Just flashed it and so far so good, I got an almost instant lock in doors at my office where I pretty much always get that damn "your location is temporarily unavailable" message.

I will use the nav on my way home to see how that works and hopefully it will be a good fix.
[Vibrant Android Development] RobBull69:
Same problem with launcher pro. This is the only bug I've run into so far.
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
OK I flashed this zip. Didn't really see a diff although money works pretty decent already ....

But now when my gps is on my browser force closes.... any ideas..?
[Vibrant Android Development] ytj87:
Not working for me. I'm running the deodexed ROM floating around. Although I can get a "lock" on up to 4 satellites, the accuracy is wanting, with Goog maps showing me off the road in many cases as I drive along. Much less accurate than the G1 still.
[Vibrant Android Development] srqt:
After messing around with it for the better part of last night I would say it is an improvement but is still broken for sure.
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
Try a app called gps status...

Getva lock on satellites, then go to maps or whatever and try and get a lock now...

It works great for me. Instead of a couple hundred feet away it puts me right where I am....

More proof its software ....
[Vibrant Android Development] ytj87:
Certainly the wise default position to take on hacks. But in this case, Eugene is a well known and respected member of the community.
[Vibrant Android Development] boomerbubba:
I use GPS Status all the time. It is a very popular utility. All you are doing by running this utility app first is to start the GPS receiver and give it a head start to get a lock before opening the app that reads the GPS output. I always do this, for example, when running field tests using My Tracks. That ensures that the GPS has a chance to lock before I start the track, to avoid artifacts caused by that intialization.

But running GPS Status, GPS Test or any other utility is not going to fix the underlying accuracy problem of the GPS itself.
[Vibrant Android Development] smashpunks:
But this does give a lock quicker than just maps....

Im beginning to think its hardware ... I mean by now they would have fixed this.... o well...

All phones have some issues.. just hoped this would be different .
[Vibrant Android Development] AustinKnight45:
Man I hate are gps went on a 4 hour trip and this does maybe helP but the gps should work just like the good old G freaking 1 boy did I miss it today
[Vibrant Android Development] engineer14:
Well given my last smartphone came in 07, when GPS was still new on phones, my expectations have been quite lowered.

this phone takes about 2-3 mins to get a cold fix(that is when gps has been off for a while) while driving. Is that good or bad.

I am also able to stay quite accurate (only inaccuracies i beleive are caused by my navigation software trying to keep me on the route it plotted, like when you are on a highway and it wants you to turn off, it might have me turning off for a few seconds until it realizes im taking a different path).
[Vibrant Android Development] [[ Cold ]]:
does anyone know if this works on the european Galaxy S?
[Vibrant Android Development] PsychoCemia:
Awesome stuff. :) Tested before any changes, and was able to get a lock on 2 satellites after about 2 minutes. I unzipped the archive and just replaced the existing /system/build.prop and /system/csc/customer.xml files on the phone with those from the archive.

Rebooted, and tested again standing in the exact same spot. Time to fix: 3 seconds with 12 satellites. I walked around a bit, and it seemed to do okay, but I'll do some more testing after work.

Thanks a bunch, Eugene! :cool:
[Vibrant Android Development] YellowGTO:
Hey guys just wanted to hop over and say that the new Captivate roms gps isn't perfect but is much better then before. You can check out my "My Maps"

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...239653598931131974.00048db701e0131726ec5&z=11

If someone is good enough maybe they can rip the driver from that and use it for all the other phones.
[Vibrant Android Development] g1Bodie:
Lmao..Tropic thunder was too funny
[Vibrant Android Development] chadti99:
The fix works for me, thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] dublued:
Is it possible to flash this without clockwork? If I rename the file to update.zip can I flash it with the stock recovery?
[Vibrant Android Development] radiopayola:
Worked for me. Lock times range between 10 and 30 seconds on average. I did have a 2 minute wait once out of about 15 tries. Previously, getting a lock was impossible at times. Usually, it would take somewhere between 5 and 15 minutes....if ever. Accuracy was always pretty good for me and hasn't changed.
[Vibrant Android Development] LostinThesauce:
Not a zip

so when i download from several differant links its downloading as a folder not a zip so i compressed the folder into a .zip and tried to flash with clockwork and its freezes. any suggestions?
[Vibrant Android Development] chadti99:
Stopped working for me. Switched to Vibrant 9, still have issues. Seems like my GPS is completely broken, no lock no matter how long I wait :( .
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
Turn on Wireless location, let Run for about 5, then turn off & see if that gets it going again.
[Vibrant Android Development] thesh0ck:
Wheres the fix?

I looked in this zip and all I see are config changes that have nothing to do with gps. Eugene can you give us a rundown of what you changed that you think is helping here, cause I dont see it.

--thesh0ck
[Vibrant Android Development] chadti99:
Thanks eugene, finally got a lock, will test more later.
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
Then you did look hard enough.. Diff the files against stock..

The problem is it's targeting a bad link on some phone & we never get a lock with our gps..

This is for people that the gps setting only doesn't work on.. Some don't have issue with lock and others like myself, gps would not work at all.
[Vibrant Android Development] widto08:
Is there an undo or a "return to stock.zip" out there? The reason I ask is because my S seemed to work better before the fix.
[Vibrant Android Development] DrStinkbomb:
This whole GPS issue is so weird. My wife and I each have Vibrants and while I have the GPS locking issues that everyone is always complaining about, I recently discovered that my wife's stock device works flawlessly. I didn't believe her at first, but sure enough we've taken a few rides together and side by side the difference is like night and day. Her phone gets an accurate lock very quickly and holds it the entire drive, while mine takes several minutes to get close, and usually has a blue halo around my position.

Is this really a software issue, or is it hardware - and we are being duped?

Oh, and none of these "fixes" seem to want to work for me.
[Vibrant Android Development] blackerwater:
Same for me. I've tried the fixes and have the same results. Today I went for a drive with a vibrant and a mytouch slide. And every 5 minutes the vibrant lost satellites while the slide never did. So I'm hoping they really can fix this and its not hardware related..

Sent from my vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] DuckmanEG:
Just curious
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr Mufakka:
Sorry for a n00b question but if I flash this through clockwork, will I lose anything?

This is my first flash (obviously) and I just want to make sure I do everything right. I start up clockwork, click Install Rom from SD card then click Vibrant_GPS_Fix.zip. On the next screen, do I leave both check boxes checked? (backup existing rom and wipe data and cache)

Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] warsteiner00:
wrong thread
[Vibrant Android Development] honoluluacx:
Question: does this fix work with Eugene's no-brick froyo rom? my gps has been screwed up since I rooted it and flashed the rom. I tried to fix with GPSRestore from the market but i have to run it everytime I use Maps. please help.
[Vibrant Android Development] wildklymr:
First off. This is for 2.1 so no. Its very old. Second. Eugenes no brick froyo was the very first froyo port. Barely worked. Why are you using that as a daily driver? we do have our own froyo roms. kb5 being the newest.
[Vibrant Android Development] }{Alienz}{:
We also have a perfectly good Gingerbread CM7 roms now and those SMOKE anything. . .
[Vibrant Android Development] t1h5ta3:
Wow, back from the dead....
[Vibrant Android Development] jcc332006:
Did something go wrong with jellettes sgps fix? Im getting 12 to 14 birds consistently. Gps is working great.

Sent from my Toxic Infused Vibrant.
[Vibrant Android Development] honoluluacx:
Really? I thought CM7 for vibrant was still a nightly build and not stable. If it really is finished, can you post a link to the correct thread. much obliged.
[Vibrant Android Development] duboi97:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1156123 look on the front page ... GPS is working on cm7 ans other Samsung roms.
[Vibrant Android Development] tripleintegral:
I'm waiting for the day when I open up XDA and read about a real gingerbread leak for the Vibrant from T-Mobile...
[Vibrant Android Development] MailenJokerbell:
Thanks for the **** who revived this thread.

I read 4 pages worth of the thread until I noticed the date.
[Vibrant Android Development] duboi97:
L M A O! Well you learned a lesson today.
[Vibrant Android Development] roffee:
So funny ＠x＠
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quick2822:
I'll preface my question by saying I searched both Google and the forums here for an answer to this question but didn't have any luck. I apologize if I missed this being asked someplace else.

Both my wife and I have a problem where our EVOs will stay connected to the wireless network but after the phone been in sleep mode for awhile, it will turn off. The only way to get it to reconnect again is to turn wifi off and back on or do go into Settings->Wireless & networks and click on Wireless Settings. It will had already detected my wireless network and start auto-connecting.

Now, in that same menu option I have hit Menu->Advanced Settings and turned the sleep policy to Never. It doesn't seem to work though. After the phone has been in sleep mode for a bit, when I turn wake up my phone, wireless isn't connect.

Anyone seen this problem? It's annoying because I don't leave 3G on, so my phone gets no email/weather notifications when I'm sleeping. :mad:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kennyc1:
Identical issue... I did some googling and found this might not just be a problem with evo.. someone on the nexus one had the same problem.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quick2822:
I thought I'd bump this post in hopes that someone might be able to give some additional insight. It's starting to get really annoying.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] krish69:
Hey guys,

I've created one of my pictures as per the screen resolution i.e., 480x854 but i am not able to use it as my wallpaper.. the damn thing asks me to crop the picture again... :( pls help..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Wolfbreak:
The Picture should be 960x854 for the X10 and when the Screen with the Crop come then raise the square as big as the Wallpaper. Sorry for my English im from Austria
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] SXUsr:
As Wolfbreak has said, the correct resolution 960x854. When you go to select the wallpaper, drag the square to a corner, then drag the corner of the square so it sits around the whole image, then it will fill the 3 screens.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
I think you wanna know how to put a wallpaper without cropping.

I use a application called Wallr. Its free.

Just put ur wallpapers in a folder and set your folder in config screen in notification bar on the application, so every time i click it picks an image.

this is not the straight forward method. but so far I didn't find an app that will let us pick any image on SD without other useless things.
[Droid Incredible General] Fretless:
I just wanted to give a BIG thank you to all of our amazing developers. Without you guys, we would still be looking at stock HTC Sense and wondering when things would get better. If any of you guys have spare cash, buy as many of these guys as many beers as you can. They take a ton of time out of their daily lives to give us these amazing ROMS, and they don't ask for anything in return. That is the definition of selflessness, and we, the userbase, should continue to support their efforts. I know as soon as I get my raise I'm going to financially aid in their development.

Remember, Donate the the ROM chefs, unrEVOked, and the people that help resolve issues with coding.

Once again, Thanks guys, you fill up my day with fun.

Edit: if you feel like thanking someone personal, let em know here.
[Droid Incredible General] htc_woe_is_me:
Bump and personal thanks to ihtfp for the newest SkyRaider, its the best thing to happen to the Incredible in its short existence.
[Droid Incredible General] Fretless:
I just donated to ihftp69 for his awesome SkyRaider 2.2.
[Droid Incredible General] ncsttsccr:
I couldn't begin to thank everyone (not even just developers) that has given me the tools to improve my incredible individually.

SkyRaider, Smooth Sense Icons, Hide Location, Stock Lock and Desk Clock, Root!, patches, boot animations, the list just goes on and on!!

so a big thank you to the members of the forum for all you do!!!
[Droid Incredible General] magneticzero:
I would like to thank the Academy, god, and myself...
[Droid Incredible General] DeeBG:
Ditto, without the "Academy" and "God" parts... =p (this may seem annoyingly pompous now but you guys will be happy when my similar yet legally different multiplayer version of "Advanced Wars" is released for free for the DInc later this year... hell I need something to help me avoid actually paying attention in college) . Also while this is directed at developers, it isn't exactly developmental, so maybe it should go in the "General" section... I'm sure some devs still go in there *shifty eyes*.
[Droid Incredible General] d_1000:
Thank you!
[Droid Incredible General] Fretless:
I wasn't so sure. Figured this would be where most devs see it.
[Droid Incredible General] overground:
Gonna leave this in dev just for the mere philanthropy of it.