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[Vibrant Android Development] mmalott:
Update: Okay so I changed my supl server and port to the Google one, and MS based. So far itseems to work much better then just flashing this zip.

Sent from my Samsung Vibrant using the XDA app.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Changing it to Google does nothing. Enabling MS-Based mode however is where any difference will be made.
[Vibrant Android Development] shootr:
As far as testing any GPS fix with driving tracks, if I turn off the snap to street function in my expensive dedicated Garmin GPS, I'm usually driving off the road, through buildings, etc. Just sayin...
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Well yes.. I think some people forget that. I said it before: all of the Navigation apps will track the street. There is a road near me that has had some construction done to it and it doesn't turn anymore, it just goes straight.. copilot will have me off in the other direction before it realizes I'm still going straight. You can see from the sat. snapshots that the road goes straight now but the map doesn't reflect that (street is Jones Blvd)

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=e...22653250295432.00049063685873acbe8e0&t=h&z=14

Not perfect but not horrible either, it's not even bad. It's good. This is raw data. I did the full firmware update though (no more black screen freezing for me).
[Vibrant Android Development] kabbie_mcfeely:
Here are my finding after installing the update.

I compared it to 3 hand held GPSs just to check accuracy.

Vibrant using GPS test from Market.

Vibrant 9 of 12 --- 23ft --- ??*??.253N / ??*??.716W

Delmore PN-40 7 of 12 --- 15ft --- ??*??.256N / ??*??.716W

Garmin Etrex 7 of 12 --- 21ft --- ??*??.261N / ??*??.716W

Garmin GPS 12 6 of 12 --- 19ft --- ??*??.250N / ??*??.705W

As you can see even dedicated GPS units can be off just a little. All 4 units were within a foot of each other, sitting on the ground with no tree cover or any other sky obstructions. All were tested at the same time, after sitting for 5 minutes to make sure of a good fix.

I use the Delmore and the Etrex for Geocaching and they are never off more than 10 feet in actual use.

I think that Google Maps and Google Earth are a little off on where they show you position. Maps and Earth both showed me about 30 feet from where I was really standing. That's not to bad. If you can't find where you are going within that 30 feet, you need more than a GPS :D.

Bottom line, I would say this is a GREAT fix for the GPS.

I hope this helps some one.
[Vibrant Android Development] johnnyh64:
I think I am experiencing the same thing. I changed mine to MS-Based AND I changed the SUPL to Auto this seemed to work much better than before for me. I am still not 100% sure this did actually fix anything however...

Here's my track http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=203057268653966971356.000490698e96c5a9e2681
[Vibrant Android Development] wbexpress:
Finally!!!

I got burned (bricked) trying to Odin the whole leaked update, and fortunately T Mo does know that the hardware buttons are a bona fide "defect", so I got my replacement today, and guess what, the hardware buttons are UNLOCKED. I was concerned they were gonna send me a refurb. with locked buttons and there was gonna be a war as a result. However, they came through. Installed the GPS fix, and finally after 2 months & 1 day it works perfectly, just like the trusty G1 always did. Woo hoo! Now, the phone is "almost" perfect. 3G is a bit spotty at times, but eventually it gets itself going. The one issue left is it still drops calls and drops bluetooth randomly throughout the day. Can anyone say with conviction that once we get FroYo, being that (I assume?) a new radio is flashed, that there's an even shot that phone signal/reception would improve, by default. Or, is that wishful thinking???
[Vibrant Android Development] Mr Mufakka:
Another satisfied user! Thanks! Finally functioning GPS!
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Based on the wording Samsung used when they we're talking about the Epic's GPS, I do think that their GPS back-end will refuse to show or lock on a sat with an SNR below 15 or so and this means a GPS that doesn't lock under poor GPS signal conditions.
[Vibrant Android Development] jsparakov:
Does the screen still go completely black and require a hard reboot after installing this? I'm reading that some people are getting great results now using long-term navigation after installing the new firmware in its entirety. Before it would dangerously turn off / freeze all the sudden while using it for driving nav. Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
No it doesn't, fixed that here.
[Vibrant Android Development] 12paq:
This was very successful for for me! ..and I have tried many of the previous solutions that resulted in mediocrity at best. This new mod was dead on accurate using My Tracks (this one test). I ran some errands in my small town in Colorado and it tracked great. Even which side of the road I was on and what parts of the buildings I went into (all one story). In one case it tracked me going to the back of the local drug store and then to the counter, out the store and back to my truck. Simply perfect and the phone was in my jeans pocket the whole time. Will have to do more tests on different days in different conditions, but I'm hopeful!

Settings: Ms enabled

Use wireless networks was checked! -to my surprise~

No Google.

I have Ryan's One click root and Lag Fix with stock Vibrant Rom.

I agree with the previous posts; understanding how mapping software uses 'snap to road' features and how its all a bit different. In addition the cold start vs. warm start is key for initial lock speed. Even after a time period of no use some devices will revert back to a cold start and take a while to locate initially again.

While I've had and do have GPS units that are far less flaky outdoors, they just worked from the beginning, period, I have never seen indoor locks and tracking this good! This might reflect signal strengths and sensitivities, it might not. But I'm not planning on getting lost inside anytime soon.~:cool:

Thanks!

update: still working great. Like it was meant to be. 9/26/10
[Vibrant Android Development] molemusprime:
I did Flashed it onto mine and it works great, I just hope the official version isn't something different cuz I really don't want to have to revert mine to stock and then DL the OTA.

Quick question, and I'd appreciate not having my head bitten off for this cuz i'm too lazy to read all 18 pages. I see now in Wireless and Network that there is an option for WCDMA only so I'm just wondering if that means that this phone can be used on Verizon now? I'm assuming not but I'd like to know for sure from someone more qualified.
[Vibrant Android Development] mystycs:
This gps is locking on fast! But it says in totally like 1 mile away from where i am, or even hundreds of feet? Any idea?
[Vibrant Android Development] geocepe:
Thanks for this. It works GREAT!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] jsparakov:
Thank you thank you thank you for this! No longer does my phone suddenly shutdown by itself.
[Vibrant Android Development] heygrl:
Oops, I thought I was talking about the firmware. It would be interesting if this did but flashing the actual JI2 firmware should clear up nearly all problems
[Vibrant Android Development] pinoiryder:
installed and GPS lock in 5 secs inside my house.. i would say 96% accurate.. thank you very much...
[Vibrant Android Development] etichola:
This is the best GPS fix for Vibrant!! It really works!!!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] J3ST3RM4A3:
OMG THANK YOU!!!!

I almost fell over and died when I saw how many satellites were locking on. I use Runkeeper almost every day of the week and seeing how horrible the GPS was, this is a Godsend. Again thank you for posting this!
[Vibrant Android Development] nacron:
Worked well for me. Used waze and did not loose lock like it did this morning. Also foursquare, gowalla & scvngr found my location quickly.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Hashbaz:
I'll be switching phones cause I managed to get a free upgrade when I tried to return my eris for a broken trackball.

I just wanted to thank all the devs on these boards for all their hard work and making it possible for me to have a much cooler device. I've even learned a lot about the tech and even some basic coding. Its very enjoyable.

Thanks again, if you're a dev and ever in columbus, oh, send me a pm. I'll buy you a beer.

Cheers!
[Droid Eris Android Development] Kosuda14:
Why kind of phone are you getting?
[Droid Eris Android Development] DS36:
Go Bucks
[Droid Eris Android Development] Hashbaz:
Well my only option was a droid 2, which I know is pretty much the same thing as a regular moto droid, but considering my friend runs his at 1250mhz OC its a 500mhz upgrade.

Also wanted to say I particularly enjoyed kaos' version of froyo, listybo1's nonsensikal, and zach.xtr's 2.1. (my battery life was insane with xtrSENSE) thanks.
[Droid Eris Android Development] truelove79:
Its not just a 500 Mhz upgrade. You can't compare the CPU in the Droid 2 to the one in the Eris. Its apples and oranges. The Droid 2 is light years ahead of the Eris.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
Agreed, all the devs deserve an applause :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] eldouche:
hear hear!

It's awesome to be on the receiving end of so many interesting tweaks and upgrades. I wish the carriers and phone developers would treat us as good as these guys!

I'm actually pretty surprised that HTC doesn't troll the forums for developer talent.
[Droid Eris Android Development] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Heh! I'm not a dev (briefly tried it a little) but just had to say that I'm in Columbus, Ohio, also. I live close to downtown right now, used to live on the North end near Worthington, and before that lived in Southern Pines, near Obetz.

Cheers!

I've had the same thought.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timco:
Any ideas on this? Surely there's an easier way than manually inputting them all.

Thanks in advance.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterotaku:
I don't have an iPhone myself, but I do have a few friends locked down in Steve-Jobs-Land, so I've had to deal with this before given I'm unofficial tech support for everyone I know. :P

How to Sync Yahoo! and Google Contacts With Apple's Address Book

Alternately you can export your itunes address book as a .csv file and use Gmail's import feature as the above either works or doesn't in my experience..
[HD2 General] BRENTSOVERALL:
How do i download and put android on my hd2
[HD2 General] maniep:
Really easy to do.

Go to Leo Android ROM Development on here and read how to do it.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=735
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] productofusa:
Went waaay offtopic in someone elses thread, but would love some clarification, comment, insight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Almighty1

productofusa:

Even though I had been using Unix since 1989, Android is still new to me but I learned this when I had a problem installing Street View for Google Maps

Yeah, when I tried to install it from the Market I got the "Install Unsucessful" thing, however after reading this post and looking I do see Street.apk in /system/app.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Almighty1

and someone said they basically moved the file from /data/apps and renamed it to Street.apk and also moved the file and renamed to Maps.apk in /system/apps so I tried it and it worked

Same file? Or am I not understanding you correctly. If yes, then why?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Almighty1

so then yesterday, I moved Twitter.apk, Facebook.apk as well as both the QuickSearchBox and VoiceSearch and they all worked.

I REALLY don't get this? Were none of these working? If yes, then what kind of screwed up ROM/Gapps are you using? LOL

Quote:

Originally Posted by Almighty1

The permissions should be owner (rw), group (r), world (r). x just means executable. Rebooting is needed unless there is a way to reload the .apk's without rebooting which I'm sure is possible if I knew the Android system well enough. The file permissions have three sets of permissions, the owner of the file need read and write access while the group and world (other users) only need read access.

Interesting, on my N1 its (on say, Street.apk) User, Group, Others, i'm maybe offbase here but I take this to mean "User" Permissions for how I interact with the file, "Group" Permissions for how other related files interact with the file? "Others" Permissions for how any file interacts with the file? Second thought, i'm probably way offbase here, but would really like some clarification from a more advanced user.

I despise bumbling around in the operating system to get things to work without understanding more about the underlying cause/effect, but in this case i'm just happy it works, and it also gives me better direction for the homework I need to do!

If I did this kinda stuff in my chosen career people would be getting electrocuted/fires/general mayhem daily LOL.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fubaya:
Ok, on a UNIX system, you usually have an admin and the users. The admin is named root and you can have a bunch of users. They can't view each other's files because a file is usually owned by a particular user ("owner"), but users can belong to groups and share files ("group") or the owner can make it so their files can be read by everyone ("others"). root can do anything to any file but everyone else has to follow the rules and go by whatever permissions the file has.

Permissions look like this on the command line: rwxr-xr--

Split that into three groups and you have

owner|group|users

rwx|r-x|r--

"rwx" means read, write and execute. If they're listed, that means they're enabled. If there's a dash, they're not enabled. So "-rwxr-xr--" means the owner can read, write and execute the file, people in his group can only read and execute it and everyone else can only read it.

Additionally, "rxw" are often referred to in these numerical values.

r=4

w=2

x=1

Back to the example from above:

owner|group|users

rwx|r-x|r--

Now add up the three numbers in each group. rwx=7, r-x=5, r=4. That file has permissions of "754." Since these numbers only add up one way (e.g., 4 always means "read", nothing else adds up to 4. same goes for the rest), just saying "754" tells me the nine different permission settings that make up "-rwxr-xr--"

I explained all that because the "chmod" command is usually used to change permissions and you will often see people say to use "chmod 755" or "chmod 644" or "chmod 666".
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] productofusa:
Thats exactly what I was looking for, thanks for elaborating and making it easy to understand at my level. :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rubanzip:
[Q] Can any one brief me about the changes in new zimage
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ced357:
I like TOOOOO...
[HD2 General] undefined_object:
Hi,

I am running C5 GTX rom on my phone and when i run ram cleaner, at the end of process it says Free Ram 256 mb. Isnt it supposed to be 576 MB?

I am sorry if this topic exist but couldnt find. Thank you for your answers in advance
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
The operating uses RAM in order to run. Same reason why you don't see 2 GB of free ram on a desktop that only has 2 GB of ram.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
yea 250 sounds about right. mine has 258 free with opera running.

also, you don't have 576 to play with, cos the graphics chipset takes 128, so you only really get 448, so you are using 192, meaning you currently have about 55% free.
[HD2 General] undefined_object:
Thank you for your responses . ;)
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
CIFS_3.ko

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761414

I followed instructions from that thread

Use Estrongs or Astro (I use Estrongs File manager)

1) Create a directory called cifs on your sdcard.

2) Put the extracted cifs_3.ko into it.

3) Install CIFManager from the Market [free!]

4) In settings check use insmod and

5) In the location box put this minus quotes "/sdcard/cifs/cifs_3.ko"

Now it will work even when you reboot.

CIFS Manager latest version is in the market now (free)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756158

Watching Avatar 720p streaming from PC and its flawless. The advantage is your having your network drives mounted so you can choose the player to play media. I have found the default player to work best of all the ones I tested, it plays mkv with subs and has the 5.1 sound option.
[Fascinate General] namebrandon:
That's very good to know, thanks for testing that out. :)
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
You have no ideal how long I been wantiing this. In Froyo we have the option of Androstream Pro which is the closest Ive seen to iPhones AirVideo.

I watched a few episodes of TV last night using this method and it was perfect. I had to check use ismode and point to the cifs_3.ko so it loaded on startup. Now I just need to figure out how to use a dyn.dns service to connect through internet.
[Fascinate General] timeToy:
Awesome, got it to work! :-)

Once :-(

Is there an easy way to get the shell to # instead of $ without running the rage exploit ?

Also how to make it stick a reboot ? CifManager do not seem to be able to load the cifs module automatically.

BTW this is the root I run (h**p://rootzwiki.com/index.php/Smartphones/Samsung-Group/Fascinate.html), all my root requesting apps seems to work fine.
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
You dont even need the shell. Create a directory called cifs on your sdcard and put the extracted cifs_3.ko into it. Install CIFManager and in settings check use insmod and in the location box put this minus quotes "/sdcard/cifs/cifs_3.ko"

Now it will work even when you reboot.
[Fascinate General] timeToy:
I hate when I'm stupid, I did put the right path but not the right file name...

Works perfectly now thanks!
[Fascinate General] martian21:
I got this working as well. Very cool feature! Now we need to run Samba on the phone so we can go the other way :D

I know we can set up an FTP server but it would be awesome if it could auto share the sdcard via cifs when connected to certain wife networks.
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
DLNA does work that way? I haven't testing serving with it.
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
This way your shares are mounted so the phone sees the media as being local. I'm able to play movies that wouldn't play through DLNA because I can't select the player for them.
[Fascinate General] filefly:
I love you.
[Fascinate General] xxplosive656:
Can someone post the version of cifs_3.ko they are using? I've tried just about all of them and whenever I try to mount a share my phone resets.
[Fascinate Android Development] fallingup:
Hey guys, figured i would test out a semi-cleaned up rom for yall to flash. This is nothing too fancy, just removed most of the bloat from the /system.

Go here for the download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Angel-i500-VZW-semiclean.tar.md5

install with odin, follow instructions in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782204

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU FLASH TO YOUR PHONE! YOU FLASH THIS KNOWING THAT IT COULD VERY WELL BRICK YOUR PHONE!
[Fascinate Android Development] namebrandon:
Now with Yahoo instead of Bing.. right? ;) :D
[Fascinate Android Development] fallingup:
I thought we decided on using altavista?
[Fascinate Android Development] namebrandon:
That's right, I remember now. Altavista w/ Mosaic Mini.
[Fascinate Android Development] illtema:
i wont install unless theres an ask jeeves widget ; )
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
Lol

Good job angel where can I get in on the action ?

Lets get a good rom going :)
[Fascinate Android Development] fallingup:
Join in irc on freenode, #samsung-fascinate

And to the ones with root not showing up, can you 'ls /system/xbin' from adb and paste the results?
[Fascinate Android Development] jatilq:
I cant activate google for the market with this nor the stock rom. I even did *228.

Any suggestions?

Solved issue once I did a reset in settings (found solution through Google for nexus one users)
[Fascinate Android Development] ksizzle9:
This might be a dumb question but do u have ur gmail synched and set up?
[Fascinate Android Development] rstarr:
Girlfriends Fascinate just decided to randomly stop doing anything except showing lights on soft keys after rooting and lag fix. Decided if I've got to restore should try this. First flash I got stuck at a similar issue after VZW logo. Wiped data and cache and was able to boot but entered in to FC hell. Working on flashing back to stock Odin posted in other thread as we speak.

Update: realized I had only wiped data and not cache as well. after doing that was able to flash back to stock, trying this once more.

Update 2: No go, still FCing like crazy. Flashing back to stock.
[Fascinate Android Development] jatilq:
I had the same issue. Install stock and then Angels. Wipe cache only and it should work. If you cant activate Google do a reset in settings and all is fine.
[Fascinate Android Development] BeeDubs:
I'm sorry, but that's exactly what I experienced rooting and running the lag fix on a Vibrant. There is something flawed with the lag fix. I don't know what it is, but this is the 4th experience I've read about that's the exact same as mine.

Could Samsung change the file system with an OTA update? Is that even possible?
[Fascinate Android Development] fallingup:
All the lag fixes have some issues right now. The best lag fix will come once samsung releases the source code for our phones. See here: http://project-voodoo.org/
[Fascinate Android Development] sic4672:
Any chance we see this with an update to DI01?
[Fascinate Android Development] johnt2k:
Any chance this would fix my broken wifi ??? Other then that I love my Rooted de-binged and de-verizoned fascinate

Sent using Tapatalk
[Fascinate Android Development] fallingup:
I doubt it will fix wifi, what's wrong with it btw?
[Fascinate Android Development] johnt2k:
i lost it some how in the process of rooting and CW recovery ???

i actually got it resolved now i just went back to a stock nandroid that some one posted and now have re rooted and backed up ???

dont know if i had wifi on some how while in the process or what :confused: wifi teather worked but i could not scan for open wifi networks.:mad:
[Fascinate Android Development] salvy31:
noob mistake

can someone please post stock rom my phone is trippn out nd i accidently forgot to do a backup thanx 2 whoevr saves my phone
[Fascinate Android Development] imnuts:
The stock rom is posted in a thread stickied in this forum with instructions on how to revert to stock as well...
[Fascinate Android Development] RacerXFD:
I recommend using odin and falling up's odin files. I'd link you, but my phone doesn't link.
[Fascinate Android Development] salvy31:
wat do u mean sticked srry im new here
[Fascinate Android Development] RacerXFD:
Look at adrynalyne's post on fixing voodoo
[Fascinate Android Development] salvy31:
o wow i feel dumb thanx 4 helpin me out tho
[Fascinate Android Development] RacerXFD:
No worries, at least you didn't start a new post.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mystycs:
I've read some people who have tried rooted there phones have completely bricked the phone to the point they cant restore it? Is this really possible? Because i have had my phone for some time now, and am thinking of rooting but dont want to break it...

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richan90:
If you get the Phone ---> Computer screen and you have locked hardware access, there is no fix for it right now (unless you're lucky and somehow get adb to work).

If your phone can get to download/recovery mode from a powered down state (using the physical buttons) then its pretty much unbrickable.

Edit: I have locked hardware access and I rooted my phone. It seems pretty low-risk as far as I can tell.