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[Vibrant General] smutek:
Same here. GPS was all but useless, even with the original fixes. On a very lucky try I would lock 3 sats, but that was extremely rare. Usually the norm was between 0 and 1 locks with location accuracy being within 1200 meters.

Last week I flashed bionix 1.3, which includes one of the fixes, and now my phone will consistently lock to a minimum of 5 and sometimes up to 9 satellites.

It's still not perfect and my location jumps around a bit, but it is accurate to within 50 feet and this is acceptable for my use.

As far as I know there is still no reliable word on an official fix from Samsung as they are busy releasing all sorts of wonderful new tablets and such.
[Vibrant General] StDevious:
man, samsung looks like they screw up on the software side everytime. This time they did good on default software side (thank god no ridiculous cube), but now gps is borked and they are taking sweet time releasing the gps fix.
[Vibrant General] huasamaya:
i used the same thing. Now maps locks in seconds, navigation work. Great fix!!
[Vibrant General] jamesyl:
Same as everyone else: none of the "fixes" worked for me until I used the JI2 leaked GPS files. I flashed with Clockword Mod and I get fast, accurate (~7 meters, which is good enough) locks.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
After flashing JI2 GPS has worked every time. For over 2 weeks now straight .. fixed for me 100%
[Vibrant General] trashcan:
I tried the I9000 JPK Froyo on my Vibrant and get a GPS lock as soon as I opened the map program. good news is coming for sure.
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
i'm still running stock everything, and i can lock anywhere between 2-6 satellites when outdoors. indoor reception is very poor
[Vibrant General] Henchman:
Zero problems here .

Just turned on the gps and have lock in 9 satellites.
[Vibrant General] Alex530:
Still no fix for mine. I think its just broken:( but I don't want to Send it back because I'm afraid of a hardware locked vibrant.

After this post, The XDA app probably forced closed from my froyo lacking Vibrant:D
[Vibrant General] shardz:
sorry but what app are you guys using to 'lock' satellites?
[Vibrant General] jamesyl:
An app doesn't "lock" a satellite -- the Vibrant (firmware) does. If you use LBSTestMode, you'll see which satellite signals are locked by the asterisk [*] at the end of the signal strength.

Alternatively, if you use Google Maps or Navigation, when the blue circle disappears, it usually indicates you have accuracy <10m, which is good enough for street navigation. You could consider this an informal "lock."
[Vibrant General] pdefazio:
GPS status

There are also apps in the market that will show you locks and more info. I use 'GPS Status'
[Vibrant General] kgbkny:
I initially applied the JI2 leaked update, followed by JI4. Using the GPSTest app, I was able to see a lock on to at least 6 satellites within 5-6 seconds, eventually going up to 13 satellites, depending on how many were visible at the time of the test. The leaked update definitely fixes the satellite lock and compass issue, although the GPS still experiences some very minor inaccuracies as far as positioning is concerned - nothing that renders it useless, though. As far as the official update is concerned, it sure looks like Samsung will not be able to live up to the promise of a September release.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
yup, I Knew Samsung wouldnt fix this in Sept. OTA

Who cares, the leaked Rom/Custom roms with JI2 work just fine.

Id rather have that then a stock Rom anyways from Samsung.

I have not 1 issue with this phone other than samsung is backing it. No issues now GPS has been resolved in JI2. For me, its good enough to get me where I need to go.
[Vibrant General] kgbkny:
Agreed. Other than the occasional lag, the phone is pretty much 99% functional applying the leaked update. The problem definitely lies with Samsung, though. A lot of Samsung's apologists say "be patient, they are working on it, it'll be out soon, blah blah blah". Based on the leaked updates, it's painfully obvious that Samsung is working on it; however, based on an average lifecycle of a phone (2 years, give or take a couple of months), 10% of the Vibrant's life is already over, and still no official update. I'm definitely not one of the "I'm selling my Vibrant and leaving T-Mobile" people, but the stalling of the OTA makes me question Samsung's approach to future updates.
[Vibrant General] tweak89:
JI2 has made the GPS good enough for me to not ditch an otherwise great phone. I get locks on 6-10 sats at all times as compared to 0-2 before flashing.

I'm not surprised, however, by Samsung's silence regarding this issue. Unless they shock us with a massive push of a fix by Thursday, their reputation in the cell phone world will continue to slide.
[Vibrant General] :
I'm using the JI2, which works better than the original, but is still not perfect. Sometimes it works great, sometimes it won't lock at all and I have to reboot.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xjaynee:
i've searched most places but i couldn't find any answers besides the obvious ones such as pull out battery, restart your phone, etc. which i have all done.

my last resort would be wanting to factory reset my phone because i don't have a t-mobile data plan to activate my phone. (i have seen tuts on here about activating the phone w/o data plan but i'm not really wanting to take the risk..)

so my buttons are always lit but just dimly illuminated. i've tried restarting the phone, no luck. i've tried pulling the battery out and leaving it there for 5 minutes, putting it back in and turn it back on, and no luck either. could anyone help me out if there's any other solutions?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xjaynee:
no solution, guiseee? :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houston_:
I have this problem too.

But only since it came from the german repair service of htc yesterday:/

I havn't noticed this fast enough and now i have a tampered, unlocked, s-on device that can't be send to the repair service again -.-'

The light is a little bit more blue that the original (comparing with the htc one of my girlfriend)

For you too?

Edit: Oops ... Mine is the HTC One M7 :S I havn't looked at the device forum :S
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
on my 5th and last one before my upgrade.
[Hero CDMA General] Nannuq:
still on the one i got on launch day.
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
lucky you.
[Hero CDMA General] tejasrichard:
I'd be on my first (bought in december), if I hadn't lost the first in a wreck.
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
i guess ive just had bad luck then with my phones.
[Hero CDMA General] mrinehart93:
I've had mine since the first pre-release day... It's in perfect condition except for the dust under the screen.
[Hero CDMA General] oldjackbob:
I've had mine since Nov. 4th, my wife has had hers since Feb. 15th.

Except for a very few specks of dust under my screen, and the magnetometers in both phones refusing to work (which makes me suspect it's a software issue), no other problems to report.
[Hero CDMA General] miguelfp1:
still on my first one (got it on launch-weekend Friday)...

i seem to be getting luckier with my smartphones, I had 3 Moguls way back when, then just 1 Touch Pro which worked great, and one Hero, but i had the screen and bottom part replaced (screen had dust and the buttons had peeled off)
[Hero CDMA General] derekwilkinson:
I'm on my third.

First one the trackball stopped working, then usb port.

Second one they sent me was obviously used. I refused it.

I'm on my third one, no issues so far. I have forgotten the defective ones I received and am now very happy with my phone :)
[Hero CDMA General] Nanan00:
Same here.
[Hero CDMA General] Mac11700:
Personally for my own usage..2 since the end of this past April,and that was because I was stupid enough to swap it for the 5 POC Touch Pro 2's I went through before getting my current Hero back. The other 3 I got in April at the same time of my original hero have been going strong.

Mac
[Hero CDMA General] RogueM:
Still have my first one. Still a fan. But can't wait to ditch it for the Evo or successor to the Evo.
[Hero CDMA General] misfit0313:
Still on my first, got it Cyber Monday. Thinking a replacement is needed soon. Dust under the screen, end button worn smooth, battery cover is taped on (tried the cover from another hero, its the phone), usb connector is getting worn out. Should I try to warranty or just file insurance?
[Hero CDMA General] OtisFeelgood:
I'm still on my first Hero from Oct 09 but I had to get the trackball replaced recently. Still going strong though.
[Hero CDMA General] shad0wfire:
first hero since early dec

i want a sprint 4g world phone desire z
[Hero CDMA General] Nanan00:
I got my hero on the second day it came out, it is beat up but still runs just fine, no dust under glass. Having played with an EVO I don't like it, to big, maybe the next uber phone come winter or next year.
[Hero CDMA General] Escanor2010:
I got my Hero sometime in October. No dust under screen but there is a slight scratch on the glass. The Phone/End and the back keys all have the silver film coming off of them.
[Hero CDMA General] Gambit727:
I am on my second Hero.

Had to replace my "launch day" unit a couple weeks after purchase due to the orignal ROM Leak that was being caused by the Bluetooth connection bug that permanently affected the ability to receive SMS messages. Had almost forgotten about that gem... :rolleyes:

Have dust under screen (top right and lower left) but other than that looks the same as the day I opened the box...until you turn it on. :)
[Hero CDMA General] rockypr:
This is my first one since December.
[Hero CDMA General] halrulez:
G/f and I got ours in december. Never replaced. Thinking of replacing hers though won't oc past 691. Mine can. Her buttons are fine but I play with mine all day and rom swap too. Almost every day. Mine runs really strong. Wish I got the nexus one. Would have had a blast with it. Next will not be an evo! Waiting for a dual core 1.5ghz then I will change. I LOVE MY HERO. Best phone I have ever had. And I came from having titans and mougels 6700 and 6800 man them phones were junk.

Sent from my FroYoed Hero
[Hero CDMA General] skanndelus:
Still on my first... think I got it last Christmas...
[Hero CDMA General] theimpaler747:
Still on #1, got it the day before launch :D
[Hero CDMA General] lrosenman:
I'm on my second since my first found a puddle of water.
[Hero CDMA General] elessarelfstar:
I'm in my first, but its about to be my second. Mine is suffering from the dust under the top part of the screen problem. Other than that it'd been solid.
[Hero CDMA General] theimpaler747:
I have that issues as well :mad:
[Hero CDMA General] cordell12:
I am on my 3rd Hero. The first one had a issue with the screen, it went from high def looking to standard def looking, I had it for a little over a month. The second one I just ran into the ground! I had so much crap on it it would lag and lag some more. I got memory notifications and all, it started effecting my ability to get on the internet too. After a 45 minute call to sprint I got my 3rd. I might have cleaned up all the garbage on the phone if it didnt have a big scratch on top from a spill in a parking lot, lol. This one I rooted instantly, the first 2 were stock. I plan to keep this one, I dont think they will be so giving as to send me a 4th :D
[Hero CDMA General] ipfreelytech:
On my first. Got it in march and it's always worked perfectly. Very happy with it since loading CM 6
[Hero CDMA General] Mikegeezay:
I'm on my second hero since october. The only reason i had to get another one was because i dropped my phone on a rock and it completely shattered my screen. Still used it with the cracked screen for a month, then insuranced it for a new one. Had this one since february. Went in the pool about a month ago in vegas, used a blow dryer to dry it off and it had no problems. Dropped it in the toilet about a week ago (haha, horrible luck with water lately) hung it over the burner on my stove, back in working order. This second hero i got sure is a tough one. Haha. Hopefully it lasts me until the next beast comes out. *fingers crossed*

Sent from froyo hero on xda app
[Hero CDMA General] izoro:
I'm on my third one. I bricked the one I got on launch day about 3 weeks ago. Then a week later I was leaving work and the new one fell out of my pocket. Kinda glad I had the insurance add lol.
[Hero CDMA General] moxlon69:
Kind of irrelevant for me to post this since I got my hero at it's end of life.

I'm technically stilll on my first, but it has supposedly been repaired.

Bought two hero cdma phones at the same time, and the one I use has had to be sent in already, for a blown speaker and a few other problems. The one I bought for my old man works fine and hasn't had a single issue..

Needless to say, they had the phone for a month, and the phone came back with the chrome ring damaged, the speaker was still blown out, and my USB port still cuts out from time to time. I'd be sending it in again, but Id probably get the phone back in a non functional state.

I popped the phone open so I could identify the speaker, and order one myself, and found some of the antenna contacts were bent flat against the board, not making contact.. straightened those out, and ordered a speaker for $13..
[Hero CDMA General] CraigCraig:
I've had the current one for a day, the one before that a month (bricked it), and before that a couple of days (bricked too).

I won't be bricking them again, thanks to S-OFF.

So 3rd Hero in less than a month :) and the replacements were free! :D
[Hero CDMA General] iczerjones:
First one - got it in March, rooted and loaded custom rom day one. The paint on the red phone button is a tad distressed, but otherwise it's perfect.

I love this phone. It will likely become the gf's phone when I upgrade in March. No complaints about the quality of this phone at all
[Hero CDMA General] Bierce22:
I'm on my first I got it at the end of September and before u ever think about complaining about the hero I had a mytouch 32b without headphone jack and it the worst thing ever that was my first smartphone I paid over 300$ to switch to sprint and it was worth every penny lol
[Hero CDMA General] pstevep:
I am on my 6th hero and my wife is on her 4th.. All of the previous ones would randomly restart and sprint kept sending me replacements.. They even sent me a brand new moment in there (which pales in comparison) and I couldn't stand that phone and finally rooted the last hero they sent (which was brand new) and haven't had a problem since.. Then rooted my wifes without her permission and hers works perfectly now too..

I did figure out though that sprint doesn't have the brightest techs in the world.. I only talked to 2 of them who actually seemed to know what they were talking about..

Sent from my reborn hero...froyo is so nice..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bycoo222:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=779274

possible it can work on the hero?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] t12icky0:
so is this a question or request???
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bycoo222:
a little of both
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
That would be cool, and seeing as the eris and the hero are very similar it's probably very possible.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] OBSt4l0n:
any chance we could get the CyanogenMod team on board for something like this
[Hero CDMA Android Development] t12icky0:
not to be mean but is it really that hard to just wipe and nandroid between roms? i dont really see the purpose of this.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bycoo222:
It makes it so u can boot 2 different roms and. Some ppl can't name back up
[Hero CDMA Android Development] t12icky0:
Oh..well I guess it could be useful for doing the ##codes#
[Hero CDMA Android Development] unCoRrUpTeD:
Instead of having to delete everything on the phone and restore a previous image, it will run the ROM from your sdcard. This should in theory make it load faster. I'm looking at it now. I will let you know.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] pwachleman:
+1...thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Febby:
WOW.... I know I'd love this on my hero... thanks to anyone who wants to work on porting this =]
[Hero CDMA Android Development] unCoRrUpTeD:
I will let you know something about this tomorrow. I would not try flashing the recovery for that because the kernel, hardware keys and some other things are different from our phone.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rulyskull:
:) thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] shad0wfire:
can't wait, this will be awesome
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bycoo222:
Agreed
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bikcmp:
Wow, I'd love to do this. Imagine CM6 on your phone, but when you need to call sprint or want to use flash, you can go to sense! Since the eris is very similar to the hero, this should be possible.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] feefeeboomboom:
Bump. We need some dual boot.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bycoo222:
Definitely
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Febby:
with demand comes supply (: if they build it, we will come :p
[Hero CDMA Android Development] unCoRrUpTeD:
Sorry guys. I have been really busy at work and haven't had a chance to look at the recovery image. We just need to replace with couple things in it to work with our phone.
[Android Themes] motophoneguy:
Sent from my MSM using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Android Themes] kingofyo1:
wow real informative... if you have the need to post, maybe you should post about something informative, not just saying two words that do not even make a complete sentence!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jan1jan1:
Goals of this thread:

1) List apps that come on stock HTC Desire ROM, that are safe to remove.

2) List apps that should not be removed. (E.g. known to cause instability issues after being removed).

Remarks:

- Please focus on apps on the HTC Desire stock ROM, (Android 2.1 or 2.2 at this moment).

- It assumes you have already rooted your HTC Desire, but do not plan to swap the stock ROM. (Do not comment that it's possible to install a cooked ROM that has removed the bloatware, assume people prefer this route for whatever reason).

- Please do not discuss HOW to root, or which are best tools for removing apps.

Ok, I hope I didn't put anyone off to freely post in this thread!! :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acolwill:
This isn't a development issue, and thus, should be posted in the General forum.

Added to this, there are already lists out there.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priestnot:
I asked teh same quetion 3 days ago:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8216807#post8216807
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jan1jan1:
Acolwill,

The thread intends to tackle getting to a personalized custom ROM, but not taking someone's cooked ROM.

Approach: Starting with stock 2.2 Froyo, uninstalling apps and services until you have the ROM you want, sans bloatware, tailored to your preferences.

Bloatware is marked as a system app. In order to uninstall system apps you need to root the Desire, and use a tool that is capable of removing any app or service (such as Titanium Backup for example). Therefore it is crucial to make a distinction which apps and services are safe to remove, and which are not.

It is development in the sense that you are cooking your own ROM, 'live' on your phone. Sort of..

Please be helpful and point to the lists you found.

I browsed and searched for some time, but what is there is not for the Desire, and you'd have to weed through long lists of apps that are not installed on our device. Also those lists are confusing as people simply list that they took an app off, but not what the impact was.

Anyway, let's see, if no reactions then I may be the only one in need of the list, :eek: .
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lanbase:
Now where are those links !!!

searching and searching for save to remove apps on stock desire......

without any luck sofar... :mad:

;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
It's part of the leedroid wiki but should apply to every sense rom.

http://leedroid.protogenlabs.com/wiki/guidelines-for-safe-removal-of-included-apps-apks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zok-star:
Hello,

Every time i take the battery out, my date and time reset back to Jan 6 1980. If i turn mobile off and then back on, the time is ok, just when i take the battery out.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zok-star:
Just in case someone else comes across this problem

I plugged the phone in to wall charger. Let it charge for a few minutes then pulled the battery out (whilst phone was on). I switch the phone on 2-3 times without the battery.

Put battery back in and switched phone on. Straight away i noticed my date and time were correct
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calyxim:
Thread resurrection time it is.

This method worked for me too.
[General Questions and Answers] monstrx:
hmm ive broke my asus p535 is stupid way :P

it stoped in in upgrade window and i took out its baterrie :P

now its not truning on .. in any way

i tried

cursor up + reset = nothing

and Power + rec + cam + reset tried to hold reset button . and tried just tap it

but nothing

when i connect it to my pc only red ligt turning on .. and nothing more :(

so is there a way to wake it up or just put it in my bookshelf and keep good mmories of it :)

TY
[Android Software Development] rogershroed1991:
My Desire popped up a notification saying "low on space" so I looked up what's taking up all the space and I'm using 20mb for "contacts storage" which seems like a lot. I have about 600 Google contacts plus 650 Facebook contacts. Also, for some reason my phone saves all the Facebook contacts including people I've deleted from my Facebook friends, and there's no way to delete them from the phone. So I have a lot of Facebook contacts on my phone that aren't even on my Facebook friends, and they're just taking up space. Is there any way to completely get rid of these deleted contacts? My phone is set to sync every 3 hours and I would have thought it did it automatically when it synced, but it doesn't.

Also, can you set it to not download ALL Facebook contacts, and to only download the ones you individually choose to link to your Google contacts?

I'm just trying to figure out how to save space here. The Desire barely has any internal memory and I only have about 20 apps installed and I've already uninstalled a lot of stuff to try to free up space.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skakid9090:
Anyone else have this problem?

It doesn't do it with any other words.

Using HTC_IME mod/Virtuous now, but it did it with the stock keyboard/stock ROM too.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeeBG:
You see how "to" is highlighted green? Just hit "yo" to the left of it and it will be selected + added to dictionary correctly.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the337:
yeah. i have this same problem.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvit:
Yo... (test)

I don't get it.. I'm using swype, if that matters.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skakid9090:
It's already in my dictionary.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeeBG:
Well I would try clicking the "yo" to the left in the previous screengrab, there may be a different dictionary for different uses. Also you said this happened for you with stock, and this is how to use the word + add to dictionary in stock so it's worth a try.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skakid9090:
That's how I added it to the dictionary in the first place : P

also added it to the HTC_IME mod dictionary and the touch input one.

tried removing and re adding it too

just seeing if someone else had the same dilemma and fixed it...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Bossquiz:
I saw Sprint's Hotspot app on the Epic 4G, I was wondering if it could be ripped and be used on the HTC Hero (since they're both sprint) or if could be used on the Samsung Vibrant (since they're both Galaxy S phones)?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Whosdaman:
Nope...you can't use it unless your account has it activated, and second it is devcie specfic