yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] RobertDeBord:
Previously my GPS had worked spottily. It was usable for a general guide on what exits and turns I needed. It's been that way since I got it in August.

I added these files tonight, both via adb and through the zip CW method, both result in being unable to find a single satellite. Worse, even after deleting these files I still find no satellites.

Other than deleting the files, how can I get it back to whatever state it was in prior to doing this?
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
Yes that is the Rom I am currently using

That sucks :(

CW Method? This is not an update zip; but anyways. I attched the files they from the original updated JH7 firmware. I also recommend deleting the files that got added as well. The attached zip is also not an update zip and cannot be installed with clockwork or used like an update.zip file

Files that get replaced:

/system/etc/gps.conf

/system/lib/libsecgps.so

New Files:

/system/bin/agpsd

/system/bin/GPS_NV_Data.bin

/system/bin/HALGPS_conf.cfg

/system/bin/secgps.conf

/system/etc/agps_rm

/system/lib/libclientgps.so

Then run lbstestmode and delete the GPS Data.
[Captivate Android Development] RobertDeBord:
Thanks j101399j!

More than likely it's something I did wrong. I'll probably give it another go sometime in the next few days.

Thanks again!
[Captivate Android Development] RKight:
Look at post 126 in this very thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9410807&postcount=126
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
Don't know how I missed that. Thank you for pointing that out

@tytdfn thank you for making that.
[Captivate Android Development] LoneGunMan83:
Im wondering if Im doing something wrong here. I installed Rom manager downloaded the vibrant file renamed it update.zip put in on the phones internal SD used rom manager to install from sd card had the phone restart and yet it still tells me failed to verify whole-file signature, signature verification failed.

Is running on Froyo causing the problem.
[Captivate Android Development] tytdfn:
Its a CW zip so no need to rename it. Just boot into CW and choose zip from sdcard and choose the one on the first post.

You're very welcome. I was wondering why no one was using it lol. It never occurred to me that it was lost in the thread. I'm gonna bold the CW part so that people don't get confused. Ohh and thanks for making me semi famous :D *bro hug*
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
:D no prob; hey I have been meaning to look into how to make those, where can I find some info?

~I know off topic, anyways... back to GPS

You have 2 large issues, #1 when you install rom manage, it places an update.zip on your internal sd card; you need that for clockwork to work. So rerun rom manager, check flash clockwork and leave the update.zip alone

#2 if you are running the leaked Froyo, you cannot use an update.zip (long story); the recovery in froyo is locked so clockwork does not work. Here is what I rec you do

(This incudes flashing a custom kernel and how clockwork really works; so do at your own risk, even though I can't see any issues)

1. Start by flashing this kernel with odin :http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804226 it will replace the phone's recovery with one that can use the update.zip

2. Copy the zip file (don't change the name of the zip) to your intenal sd card

3. Start rom manager and reflash ClockworkMod Recovery mod again

4. Select reboot into recovery

5. Once in recovery (a menu with blue words), select reinstall packages

the phone should reboot back into recovery again with the menu with blue words

6. Select reinstall packages one more time, this should boot into a recovery menu with green words (doing steps 3-6 will make sue clockwork works)

7. Select reboot phone

8. Once you are up and running, reopen rom manager and select install rom from sdcard

9. Select the CWM-Vibrant-files.zip file and click install

10. The phone will reboot and install the files

Run lbs test mode, delete the gps data and you are good to go.

OR follow one of the other methods
[Captivate Android Development] fatbas202:
First, many thanks to j101399j for posting this.

I'm running Cognition 2.3b6 and loving it. GPS is ****ty as hell, and won't even get a lock half of the time. The other half of the time it does get a lock and drops after 3 seconds. Same GPS story as pretty much everyone else.

On a whim, knowing it would do precisely **** to fix GPS, I downloaded Samsung's GPSRestore from the market. GPS Started Done. Position fix Fail. Fail. Fail. Fack.

So I've had my eye on this thread for a while and installed the CWM-flashable zip & rebooted. Nothing better, nothing worse. Until my second reboot and then freakin' everything started FC'ing on me. Literally every startup app: FC. *Not complaining.* I saw someone else in this thread say the same thing. So right now I'm going to Odin 1-click back to stock, flash Cog 2.3b6 and then j101399j 's fix and test GPS.

EDIT: Found out during Odin flash that stock GPS was better than Cog 2.3b6 is on my particular device. I couldn't really get anything going with either this fix or what was in the ROM. I'm going to try to copy some stuff from Cog 2.1.7; I remember my GPS being the best on that ROM.

EDIT2: Replaced gps.conf, libgps.so and libsecgps.so on Cog 2.3b6 with the files from Cog 2.1.7. I assumed they were not compatible, but it was worth a shot. The phone wouldn't boot past the white Deathstar screen. Damn. Using Odin to get back.
[Captivate Android Development] tytdfn:
The zip just straight up copies the files... might be a permissions problem. Can anyone get the type of permissions the files need.

@j101399j

Open up the .zip of any rom and META-INF->com->android->whatever else is left i forgot->update script open it (its a text file) and learn. That's how i did it ;) Hope that helps
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
interesting; since I got my second captivate (the 1st one's search button would not stop pressing???) I have not messed with my phone; so I have yet to compare moving the files with cw or by adb; so that may be the issue. So far it seams that there are possible issues with the adb and clockwork ways of doing this... At least that is what I am reading.

@fatbas202; try using root explorer, let me know the result (bty I sent you a PM with some more info)
[Captivate Android Development] fatbas202:
OK, got the files copied over using Root Explorer, deleted GPS data with LBSTestMode and rebooted. Leaving for lunch in a few minutes and I will return afterwords with my results. So far I don't have a massive amount of FCs.
[Captivate Android Development] fatbas202:
OK, so the first thing that I noticed is that all of the new files have permissions of 664 instead of 644 (as the old files had). I seriously doubt this will be an issue.

Secondly, these files certainly appear to have improved my GPS performance on my device running Cog 2.3b6. I am seeing locks on 3-9 satellites take anywhere between 10 and 150 seconds, whereas before it could easily take 5 minutes to get a lock on 3 sats. Maps still shows me driving through houses and it still takes a bit of time to get a lock while moving over 20 MPH. But this certainly did help my device.

Thanks again, j101399j!!!
[Captivate Android Development] delugeofspam:
I have had absolutely no luck with this. None of these methods is bricking or FCing me, but I used to get a 100m lock and now I can't get ANYTHING. Occasionally the LBSTest app will get a weak signal from one satellite. This bah-lows.
[Captivate Android Development] johan8:
I think this fix is for Android 2.1 or before.

In android 2.2 the GPS is already fixed and working great.
[Captivate Android Development] delugeofspam:
Yeah I tried to patch this onto stock Captivate (2.1 Eclair) and lost all GPS functionality :(
[Captivate Android Development] maxjivi05:
Worked nice on Perception 8 occur version. Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] mixxy:
im using a rogers cap, i896 with the latest cognition rom, i think 8b, will any of these methods work for me?

im a little hesitant to try em since i bricked my bell vibrant last week, though it was through no fault of my own rather Samsung's internal sd ended up getting fried.

edit: so i tried the update.zip but nothing worked. Same situation. No GPS satellites at all. However I am inside the house right now. Ill try it again later when im outside and report back,
[Captivate Android Development] mixxy:
so i guess i spoke too soon. i went out and had a lock on satellites within about 30-45 seconds accurate to 20-40 meters.

but i still cant get anything inside a building for the life of me. I guess the gps radio/chip just isnt that accurate.
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
Yea inside does not do much, even just standing outside. The test is with the phone in a windshield holder while driving.
[Captivate Android Development] ap1618:
is this for Android 2.1?
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
Yes, I have tired this on JF6 (Android 2.1); JH7 (Android 2.1) and every version of Android 2.2 out there; it has worked for me and my wife on all of them. Just make sure and backup your old files first
[Captivate Android Development] Whipon:
Excellent. Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot guys. This fixed my GPS. Locked in no time. Now to test it driving ^^.
[Captivate Android Development] haryn:
Finally got a lock!

Been three days since i put cognition with out a GPS lock on my capy after having 2.2 leak with GPS working since october...

So thank you very much!! Vibrant files is the way to go! hopefully this fix will be implemented on new roms *wink*
[Captivate Android Development] kakeych:
Used the method 2 and confirm working, with my captivate laying flat on the center console of the mini van on a cloudy night. Much thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
Good to know, thank you very much for the feedback :D
[Captivate Android Development] richuwo11:
for some reason when i'm trying to copy the files to /system/etc & /system/lib root explorer is telling me that there is not enough disk space...

Is there only a certain amount of space allocated to the /system folder? I have over 12GB of space left on my internal SD card.

nevermind, a phone reboot seemed to cure the problem :rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
That is good news; please post your results as I have not tried this in Canada yet (but will be soon for a business trip)
[Captivate Android Development] XeoNoX:
Method 2 and these files are a life saver, it works great with Cognition 2b8 and cognition 3.01 on my captivate. Thanks again for the files, i get locked in under 10 secs in plainview of skies and my GPS rarely goes off course now, i gotta keep it next to window though as u kinda mentioned.
[Captivate Android Development] TazMan1688:
I've been using a captivate for months now...with absolutely NO gps functionality.

I installed your fix...and I get a lock. It is about the full 100 meters off...but I get a lock. This is inside a building mind you.

I will try using it on the drive home tonight and report back
[Captivate Android Development] legendas1:
Thank you dude!!

Hello guys!!

This method is very effective!! Man, you have to work on Samsung!

The GPS on my Captivate did't work never.

Now, it takes around 6 to 10 sattelites everytime, and lock about 10 to 20 seconds. I did try much methods but this is the first method that works for me.

I live in Brasilia (Capital) - Brazil, and now GPS works fine.:D

My Captivate version is the Eclair 2.1 JH7 and now I have a GPS on my cell phone!!

Congratulations man. I will indicate this post for my friends in the other communities.

Sorry my english, but i dont speak and write well, heheheh.

Thank you.

:)
[Captivate Android Development] j101399j:
@XeoNoX

@TazMan1688;

@legendas1

That is great news, thank you for your feedback. Maybe if Samsung were on XDA, we would have working GPS :D

Oh well at least we have something
[Captivate Android Development] XeoNoX:
you might wanna add this as a 4th option on main page , Da_G's fix is very very good

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881941
[Captivate Android Development] lildoggs:
I just tested this, and I got to tell you. I've tried different fixes out there, but It works very good. I just dropped my daughter off at the sitter's house, and decided to use it turn by turn worked great. I'm using Ndrive on I897uckb1 firmware. In case anyone is interested. Great work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zunteck:
why wont my slingbox app work on the newest update from fresh or the newest vrus rom? it will work on fresh 3.1
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkeena0305:
What exactly is going on with the app?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smaulz:
Works fine here, for what it's worth.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novanosis85:
Did you use titanium backup?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zunteck:
It wont xonnect to my slingbox when im using the virus or fresh rom .. Latest update
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zunteck:
No I do dnt use titanium
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] druster:
Hi,

Badly need help. After flashing JM8 with CSC of JM2 using Odin, phone is stuck in boot up with the following error message:

Update media, please wait...

E: Can't mount /dev/block/st110

(Invalid Argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount DBDATA:

copy default media content failed.

This is the 2nd time I'm flashing my phone and during the first time I had the same error...Please help??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
do a full flash of JM8 or JM2 don't mix and match CSC some are not compatible
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Max_Pain:
Hey guys...

I made my own bootanimation and i have it working fine but plays a little slow. I use the desc file from the animation i made mine from but if i change the value that i believe is the fps value and save then the whole thing doesnt work...

How can i edit the desc file to speed up playback and save so it works?

Thanks!

Swyped from an HTC Evo on MetroPCS...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] evanscnce:
Use textpad.

Be sure to save as desc.txt in UNIX mode.
[Off-topic] Austin021296:
Well i bought an iphone 4 over the summer to try out and mess around on but it is just to boring, the only exciting thing on it is angry birds, and madden but oh well. So im gonna sell this and try and find a "mini pc"... not as big as a netbook but larger than phone

This is most likely what im gonna get but its got a high price tag so im looking for something similar to it.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...d=8198552921644608896&langId=-1&storeId=10151
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
This was packaged with an early version of voodoo lag fix - and i believe it is part of SRE - not sure who the author is - DG maybe?

It is the stock blue battery meter with a number in the middle and about 25 increments instead of the stock 4.

This would be a great update.zip or apk.

Anyone know where to get this by itself?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] designgears:
just grab the framework-res.apk from /system/app from SRE and put it in the same place on your phone :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
Thanks!

For some reason i thought there was more to it then that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xtwo007:
update.zip

here you go- just tested on stock and it works fine. thanks for the idea, and credit to the original icon set creator
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltman311:
Thank you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little Dragon:
thanks for this!

can i see a screenie of it in action?

how do i install this? i'm a bit of a noob when it comes to theming , for now.

:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xtwo007:
to install, copy the zip over to the root of your sdcard, reboot into recovery mode and select "reinstall packages"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuizGT:
I just tried that, no luck, would it be easier to just run it as the update.zip root method, then reinstall packages? Or maybe DroidExplorer was just being a POS again and didn't copy my files.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little Dragon:
will this work on my I9000 Eclair rom??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illestChronicle:
I installed the framework-res.apk and it messed up my phone with JM8. I had to restore with clockwork.

EDIT: Tried using the update.zip file through recovery and gave me an error.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zagorka:
Thank you, i was looking for this
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuizGT:
For some reason my sound isn't working after installing this. How do I uninstall this to check if it's my problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xtwo007:
You just need to replace the new framework-res.apk with the original. If you did not back yours up, there is a stock one located here. You can use an update.zip if it is easier for you that way.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little Dragon:
can anyone else confirm?

edit: just tried with my Eclair i9000 mod and it gave me an error 7 in recovery mode
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xtwo007:
i think you'll have to take your own framework-res and modify it with the graphics and xml source files manually to get it working. they can be taken from the sre apk
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychomaniac189:
can you get this to be the default green? or maybe like black with white lettering.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrlara:
This is great. Worked perfectly and its clean looking! Gracias!!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
EDIT: Nevermind
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonaZXIII:
Thanks! The update.zip worked great. :cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ethere:
Can anyone confirm this works on JH7?
[XPERIA X10 General] goothu99:
Hey everyone, so i recently downloaded the Blink app that flashes different colours. After a couple texts, mediascape and opening the calendar, it says that my phone is down to 20% memory.. Is this common and like.. what should i do to get more memory (if thats possible)?
[XPERIA X10 General] alankstiyo:
maybe you have a lot of apps already installed, I have around 160 and my free memory is around 300mb

uninstall it and check the memory just in case
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aznsHD2:
I installed a battery booster app from the market, and it had an option to dim the screen, it was on 11%, well i tried to adjust it, and i guess i went way to far and it turned my screen black, i cant see nothing.

im on the Darkstone build.

is there a way to either delete that app or what, i know the phone works as i feel the vibration from me sliding it to unlock from home screen.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 10507:
The LCD still light up but very dim, so try going into a dark room and wake up the phone. Then you will be able to see the contain on your phone.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aznsHD2:
no its literally black, i cant see anything.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 10507:
Not even in a totally dark room?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aznsHD2:
Like i said it is BLANK. seriously blank. its not dim or nothing.

Is there a way to restore the brightness on here, because i cant see anything im doin on it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mrtncrespo1@msn.com:
what you can try to do is, grab a friends phone and try to immitate the same touches on both devices, the best way to do it is by unlocking it, pressing the menu key, click on the corner to make sure u go to the settings, scroll all the way up and find your way to "display" tipically the 4th (or 5th in my case because i have cyanogen mod) and brightness (should be the one at the top) and just try to drag ur finger from left to right to increse it (as it should over pass any 3rd party app) and see if it works, but..... keep in mind these things dependeding on what phone you use to guide you....

screen size

DPI scale

sense??? or not! as settings are different

and other things, also..... when you unlock it make sure its on the home screen

i also believe if you go outside you can see the screen a little bit under the sun, but not completely sure

hope this helps, oh and by the way, if you have a build based on sense go to a sprint store and use an EVO lol, or if u have stock froyo grab a nexus one from a friend and use that (but like i said before, keep in mund the screen size)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aznsHD2:
yea thats what i was tryin to do. no luck.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wildcopper:
I had this problem twice and rejoice, I have a solution!

Simply download "DroidExplorer" for windows.

Boot your phone in android.

Once booted (when your screen turns black), plug in USB, and launch DroidExplorer.

In DroidExplorer, look for the "Screencast" icon (little android icon).

Run that, you will see your screen. Reset brightness to a normal level.

You are saved :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ugumba:
When this happens, try shining a bright light on the screen, make sure the device is woken up (i.e. press a hard button) and view your screen from different angles. Even if the backlight is completely off, the LCD display is still active and the graphics elements just about visible.

With this method, you should be able to make enough of your screen to navigate to the brightness settings.

Screencast in Droid Explorer (for your PC) is also a good last measure.

Most apps that control brightness has this problem on HD2, so be careful about going too low in all of them. In Tasker, for example, 30 is the lowest setting that works.

Even the standard screen dimming that occurs a few seconds before screen timeout is not calibrated correctly. In all Android builds/kernels I have tried, the backlight is turned off when it should be just dimmed. Cyanogen(mod) has a setting for the dim level, but the maximum you can use is 26, which still turns off the backlight.

Curiously, sometimes (very seldom) after waking my phone up from standby, the backlight is in a much dimmer state than usual. When sliding the standard brightness from min to max, the actual brightness range varies from barely visible (but still on) to the regular dimmest level. So the device *can* support incredibly dim levels, but I've have found no way of getting into this state predictably. It has happened only 3-4 times over the past 2 months. A reboot fixes it, but I've also gotten out of this state after a locking/unlocking cycle.

So there seems to be several layers to the backlight brightness:

- the actual hardware (which supports much lower brightnesses than we're usually allowed access to)

- the Android API (which probably is the layer turning backlight off below 30, and which occasionally is fooled into using a much dimmer range than usual)

- whatever app providing the GUI (usually showing a range of 0-100% or 0-255).

Does anyone know if there's a reason for the threshold? Is it somehow risky for the LCD display hardware to be very dim?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mearsfan5:
Soo, I've searched and searched and I can't seem to find the answer to this, or the keywords i'm using are too generic, anyway..

What I'd like to know is it possible to change the functionality of the EVO's search button?

When I long press the search button i'd like to have Bing's voice search app to come up... I have the Bing app already installed on the phone....

thanks..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teeto:
What ever is being used now... Go to manage applications.. Find tyre search app that opens now and clear defaults. Then press the search button and you should be able to change it.
[Desire General] aliilyas:
External Download Link for Froyo HTC Desire:

http://liveimage.htc.com/2.12.110.2-1.15.110.11_releasef12rc7itvqioyujd.zip

Give it a try and tell us if it is the right one.
[Desire General] jobszaa:
Rooted ? or official
[Desire General] gmorar:
I just received Froyo OTA! Official! Finally!..
[Off-topic] iamamp3pimp:
I do some car stereo stuff away from my dayjob, and if theres any interest, i'd like to share some build pics with you guys.

-Robin