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[HD2 General] twerki78:
Bit of an odd one. Basically at home with the phone on my home network T-Mobile I simply can't get a GPS fix. This problem has only happened in the last couple of weeks previously its been fine, a fix within seconds.

As some of you may know T-Mobile and Orange in the UK have now enabled roaming between the 2 networks. If I force the phone to roam onto Orange I get a GPS fix with-in a minute. Switch the network back to T-Mobile back to no fix.

If I'm in a different area, network on T-Mobile, fix within seconds. I thought maybe it's quick GPS wrongly loading the wrong area because of an issue in the cell db, I've set quick GPS to never update and now the GPS appears to cold start although quick GPS still says the data it has is valid for x number of days.

I've tried defaulting the phone but exactly the same with defaults and using GPS Test rather than TomTom.

Does anyone have any ideas? Is anyone else having the same issue?
[HD2 General] twerki78:
I just tried another test. I roamed onto Orange and got a GPS fix in TomTom, I then set my network back to T-Mobile and the GPS fix was lost! As I switched networks I left TomTom running in the background.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
A bit more testing. If I force the phone onto 3G T-Mobile the GPS works fine. My theory is what ever frequency the cell here operates on (some 5 miles away in the 1800MHz band) must be causing the some issue with the hardware :(

I'm thinking that most people wouldn't be able to experiment to see this, I'm just lucky or unlucky depending on how you look at it that I'm in a position where I can switch networks therefore changing frequency within the 1800MHz band and I can stay in the same place to test it. I've had in the past where the GPS would loose its fix for no reason and then just come back while travelling on a motorway I wonder if this was the same thing. Also the chances of someone owning a HD2 using the GPS and being on a cell who's frequency causes a problem is pretty small, and if your travelling you're likely to just think it's dropped for some reason, and oh yes it's back again now so think no more of it.
[HD2 General] fred_up:
You are getting confused between GPS and GPRS.

GPS is the satellite system that you use to pinpoint your location (as with TomTom). If your phone is indoors or has a restricted view of the sky, then it cannot receive a signal.

GPRS is a data connection between your phone and the telecoms company. It is basically 2.5G, which way a intermediate step before 3G became set up.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
No, completely understand the difference between GPRS and GPS ;)

I've proven with out a doubt that when using the t-mobile cell serving our house (2g) there is no GPS signal. Use another network still 1800 and there is GPS, use 3g, or move to another area on t-mobile there is GPS.

GPS was working at home while on t-mobile upto a couple of weeks ago, I can only think that the cell has had some work done and has changed frequency.
[HD2 General] fred_up:
Silly question, but have you got AGPS activated? Because it can give you a rough location based upon the local cell transmitter info and any GPS satelite signals you may be recieving.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
I have AGPS disabled. I doubt my operator supports it. I have tried with QuickGPS disabled and enabled but makes no difference.

If I get a fix while on Orange, leave which ever GPS enabled application I have running, running in the background, force the phone back onto my home network (TMobile), go back to the GPS application there's no fix and no satellite signal being received not even a hint.

I've also tried with the SIM card removed and GPS performs perfectly!
[HD2 General] boomboomer:
Thank you, I thought I was going mad - my GPS has been working perfectly since I got the phone 6 months ago but in the last week has been dropping out or refusing to start at all.

I tried a hard reset, which fixed the problem until I started driving the next day - after a few minutes TomTom lost it's way. Using a bluetooth GPS proved the signal was good, so I was coming around to the idea that the phone was broken...

I have also now read other users that have had GPS problems when roaming, although usually when switching between countries.

Looking on the T-Mobile website about the orange roaming issue it say 'there might be a few quirky side-effects' but I haven't even signed up for the Orange roaming option, sounds like T-Mobile has changed something for everyone?

I have read that fixing the network choice to manual, not auto, can help with GPS issues while roaming - I've yet to test this.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
I've had the issue for a couple of weeks I would say. Certainly last weekend I couldn't get a fix for ages when I set off and it wasn't until I was a way away from home that the GPS got a fix. This was before the roaming got switch on, of course it doesn't mean they were not doing something with the cell/network.

I too can get a perfect fix with external GPS or with a GPS nav system, or by changing networks! I've also tried another SIM card in the phone, again T-Mobile and get the same results.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
I've attached some screen shots.

1st T-mobile no satellites, you'll notice that there isn't so much of hint of signal.

2nd Changing network.

3rd T-Mobile Orange and GPS fix.

All screen shots were taken with the phone in the same place.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
Just come back from a drive just to test the GPS. Basically driven 30 miles away from home fixing the phone to T-Mobile and 2G and the only time I got a GPS fix was when the phone lost signal.

Parked in a layby and switched over to orange and got a fix with in a few seconds! Just can't figure out what the connection with being on T-mobile 2g is!
[HD2 General] fred_up:
What Radio version is your phone using?
[HD2 General] twerki78:
Have the same issue with various official T-Mobile ROMs.

I had a play with updating my AGPS settings last night using the Google settings from this thread: http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544421 when working on Orange couldn't notice any difference, with T-Mobile still not GPS fix.

I left the GPS running over night on T-Mobile, admittedly indoors but somewhere I know I get a fix, there was still no fix 7 hours later.
[HD2 General] boomboomer:
I live in a rural village covered only by one cell mast. GPS starts and runs fine at home with or without the phone turned on. if I walk over the other side of the hill, different cell mast, the GPS drops out immediately - I can't test if 3G fixes the problem as it doesn't work here. Once the GPS has stopped I can't get it to start again, even switching the phone off to airplane mode doesn't help. Only a soft reset, with the phone still in airplane mode will allow the GPS to start.

Switching the phone back on and the GPS drops, however walking back over the hill to home - back to my original cell mast and the GPS starts again.

I'm pretty sure t-mobile have rolled out a change to their 2G system, but not to all masts? rural ones maybe last done hence why my home cell still works.

How to proceed from here? T-Mobile are kind of hard to talk to.....

One thing I did notice was in Memory Map the satellite view normally flicks across satellite numbers until it finds a signal, if the T-Mobile problem occurs this process stops and it would appear to have frozen the service?
[HD2 General] boomboomer:
I take back the hard to talk to part of my last post, I emailed support from the website and they phoned me back within 2 hours!

As to be expected they couldn't give any instant answers but I gave this thread as a reference and the problem is to be escalated.

The call centerthen phoned me back and asked if I was happy, also to offer me 30 minutes free calls for next 3 months - very nice thank you.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
Good work boomboomer. Hopefully T-mobile will find something. I'd like to know what they find, still can't understand the connection between a GSM network and GPS though. I haven't tried a controlled test with flight mode but will try that later. Out of interest what part of the country are you in? maybe it's just a pocket of cells that are affective? I'm in the BA8 postcode area.

The problem certainly only affects 2G, 3G is fine.

I'm out of the country this week but fingers crossed T-Mobile will find the problem. It's nice to know I'm not the only one with a problem.
[HD2 General] boomboomer:
I'm quite a distance away, DT2 here.

I've been asked to test the GPS over the next few days and keep a log of when and where it doesn't work, they said their network people will ring me soon.

At least this fault is 'interesting' in the words of their technical support guy, he'd never heard of anything like it, so there's hope they will give it some time.

On the plus side they've also given me a free month of internet, so I can't fault their customer support focus.

Incidentally, do you have SPB shell installed? This was the only change I'd made on my phone at the time this problem started.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
I didn't get chance to do any testing today at Heathrow as ended up being a bit rushed. I wouldn't say your not a million miles away. 22miles ish, the Cell that covers our home is in Dorset which is pretty useless when you have to call 999 because you get connected to Dorset who then can't pass you to Somerset and you end up being in a situation where you have no way of contacting Somerset 999 not great in this day and age! But I'm not going to get started on that one on this topic.

It's quite possible its a regional problem.

No I haven't installed SPB shell, I have tried it with a defaulted phone but still had the same problem.

I'm out the country now until Friday, but will do some testing when I return on my return journey. I'll fix the phone to 2g T-mobile and keep an eye on where the GPS drops out.
[HD2 General] boomboomer:
Oh dear, just got a call from T-Mobile technical networks - they don't support GPS as part of their service and won't be spending any time on the problem, case closed. They did say the problem seems to be with HTC devices only, blackberrys are not effected so it sounds like they have heard of the issue eleswhere?

Looks like it's a network switch required to solve the problem, shame that as I've been with T-Mobile for over 7 years.
[HD2 General] twerki78:
Hmm, T-Mobile sold me the phone for use on their network, the phone is sold with a GPS, that now doesn't work on their network surely they need to spend sometime working with HTC to resolve the problem.

I do have a case open with HTC under the ref 10gbc410001235 they were supposed to be taking it up with tier 2 but as yet I've not heard anything back. I'll have to follow it up when I'm back in the UK. It might be worth you also logging a fault with HTC quoting my ref. at least if 2 people call in with the same problem they may start to think it's not just one crazy with the issue!

My other half has a HTC Desire, I haven't checked the GPS on her phone. Not sure if they use the same chipset, of course one is WM the other android. I wonder if its a problem for all HTC phones or just the HD2?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharoadon:
My Vibrant is unlocked being used successfully with a Softbank(Japan) SIM. The problem is that I cannot get 3G to work no matter what I try. Is there a way to setup the Vibrant to connect to Softbank's 3G network? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oniyuri:
did you check with Softbank for their APN settings?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hptsang:
U will never get 3g to work with softbank coz the vibrant only comes with the 1700 band not the 1900 band everybody else use the in the world. So it won't work. Just like people who tried to use 3g on t-mobile with iphone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lqaddict:
wrong! Really wrong!

Vibrant supports UMTS Band II 1900MHz out of the box.

Vibrant != iPhone, so stop confusing ppl
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psikys:
+1 - the Vibrant is NOT an iPhone, will work on the global GSM 3G band and will work with AT&T 3G.

If you don't know what you're talking about, shut it. You're not being helpful.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharoadon:
Yes, I checked with Southbank. The reps I talked with either 1. didn't know what I was talking about or 2. told me that they do not give support for international phones. If the phone won't pick up 3G automatically, can I change the band. What are my options if any? Thank you guys so much for trying to help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuner520:
Unlocked X10i on softbank silver colored sim here, I have "packet houdai flat" data plan and use "open.softbank.ne.jp" APN for 2mbps download speeds on 3g network. My total usage last month was worth $13,000USD (yup 130 big bills worth of data) and charge was capped at $50 with this data plan (thank God). So make sure you get a compatible data plan before you start plugging in the apn setting or you'll get an astronomical bill. For SILVER SIM CARD with data plan, google "opensoftbank apn" or "open.softbank.ne.jp". Password will be a bunch of case sensitive letters following "eb"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharoadon:
This is exactly what I was looking for...Thank you so much!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] djquestt:
I ordered mine at 6am on the 6th hope it gets here soon
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
congrats.. let us know how yours turns out. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] gqkevyn:
I almost pulled the plug on it myself last night, but not sure if I really want to give up my Nexus One. Will probably go to the store this wknd or something to play with it a bit.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Mftek1:
Nice man! Your going to love it!

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] djquestt:
My g2 was delivered to my house at 1130 today yessssss only waited 2 days
[G2 and Desire Z General] ihateusernames:
Hopefully it comes in a timely matter. Ordered mine around 7am on the 30th and got it yesterday.
[G2 and Desire Z General] djquestt:
I got mine delivered to my house today
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] jdotk:
hey all!!

i am using htc touch diamond indian version(no 3g)....

i switch operators often between BSNL & Airtel. I m using using radio 1.09.25.23 which is told best for Airtel...but as i switch operators which radio version will be best... i use gps too!

thanks alot!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] arealityfarbetween:
The way I understand it is this, the radio is designed for a particular rilphone.dll when the carrier asks the manufacturer to design a radio-this is what defines what features go into the radio, hence the version numbers.

So, this in mind, what you want to find is a radio version used on both the networks you use-and then use the rilphone.dll bundled with that radio for best performance.

Can't really say much on GPS-since it's different to receiving mobile signals I'd say the performance shouldn't differ too much between versions, although AGPS might...

I'm not entirely sure but that's the best answer I can give you if anyone wants to correct or expand that'd be welcome ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Hero Yu:
So samsung have made a hdmi out cable for the galaxy s which uses the phones usb port, my question is where can I buy one? I have searched literally for days. I've even emailed samsung! Any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] opica:
There is also a thread about it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=737825

Also took me tiping 'micro usb hdmi galaxy s' into ebay search and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-Galaxy-S-Micro-USB-HDMI-Video-Cable-/390244229107?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5adc5e5ff3#ht_2674wt_952

But I'd say that's rather expensive...
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] jonni3:
That's stupidly expensive, think I'll stick to using my Nokia tv out cable that came with my old N85 ......
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] pwhooftman:
For the better, because Samsung Galaxy S doesn't support HDMI over the usb connection. Read the other thread :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Superroach:
Yeah, is not possible, and has been confirmed multiple times. Shame!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] jolejolev:
Hi folks i have a problem i have upgraded mi htc touch dual to 6.5.3 its all good but i cant get signal? anone help pls :(
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Rataplan:
Can you tell which radio you are using ?

Greetz,
[General Questions and Answers] c4940:
Hello , i have had this forum account for some time and now it is my first post.

I visited qualcomm site and i noticed there is 3rd generation of dual core processors 1.2 and 1.5 ghz so my question is when those units comes to phones?

Is it smart idea to buy htc desire hd now or i should wait for those dual core models?
[General Questions and Answers] c4940:
any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] c4940:
up up up up
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
choosing when to buy a new peice of hardware is always difficult one and of course is subjective.

I knowingly bought my hd2 a couple of months ago knwoing that the wp7 devices were coming out very shortly (oct/nov) and that the devices would have better specs.

That said, as soon as you buy any peice of kit, it will always be shortly proceeded by another better spec.

It depends what and how you want to use it for. Do you want to flash custom roms, run droid or dual boot for example?

If you dont want a locked down phone (wp7 machines will be pretty locked down and therefore not as "customisable", which is why i bought my winmo hd2 as it offers the most flexibilty. I know that in the future wp7 will be ported to the hd2 (even though some say its not possible, i disagree).

So to conclude and not confuse you any further, the choice is purely yours :)

Chow.
[HD2 General] Nev2star:
Recently my hd2 stopped charging so i bought an mains charger for it but now the usb is not regogninzing whenever i connect it nothing comes up on the phone nor the pc is there a way to upgrade the device without connecting it to the pc

regards:confused:
[HD2 General] nrfitchett4:
you can flash via sd card if that is what you mean. But you should probably send your phone in for service as the usb port is shot.
[HD2 General] Nev2star:
ah i see could you point me to any tutorials on how i can do it with the sd card and how much would htc charge to fix the usb?
[HD2 General] nrfitchett4:
chances are, all the hd2's come with a 1year warranty. You don't have to be the original owner to have it fixed. Call the htc for your country.

For flashing ROMs:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=609477
[HD2 General] Nev2star:
hey thanks alot for your help im going to try and flash artemis rom and if there is still a usb problem im going to phone up htc

and thanks alot mate i would have been stuck without you
[HD2 General] Nev2star:
hey i have a problem when trying to flash the artemis rom using the micro sd its stuck on the loading screen what should i do
[HD2 General] Nev2star:
bump............
[HD2 General] b j p:
Did you resolve this problem. I have the same issue. USB only works to charge now. Have tried Hard reset, changing Active Sync options. It just doesn't seem to be detected by windows at all. I have tried numerous cables.
[HD2 General] mzacarias:
y have same problem, only charge, whats could be happend?
[HD2 General] blowsie:
Did you find a solution to this problem? Im also having this issue
[HD2 General] kompheak:
Computer not detecting for cell SD card files?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squyerkul:
First installed voodoo stock eclair final, lag fix, then I added the OCLF v1. Then I disable voodoo, then I uninstall OCLF v1. Then I installed OCLF v2. Then I deleted the voodoo folder with the disable lagfix folder, which re-enable voodo lag fix. Then reboot, and bam my phone got reset to the state right after I bought the phone. HELP.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pharaohdk:
nothing to do
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
start re-installing all your apps

and just sync with google you will get all your contacts, calendar and pictures back
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevencpoynter:
I saw the thread where people were having random restarts, I was having them myself. Went to bed last night with the phone on (my alarm) and woke up this morning to a G2 stuck in boot loop. Pulled the battery and waited five minutes, the phone just loops over and over at the g2 screen. I really hope this is an isolated incident...but it's not looking god seeing as many other folks are having random restarts.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericc191:
With the phone off, hold down the track pad and press and hold the power button. Once in boot loader, look for the option to wipe the phone. I don't recall what it's under. I do know you get there by holding down the track pad and power button, though.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevencpoynter:
Thanks dude, it recovered and is working fine. I'll be going back to tmobile today and exchanging it for a new phone if there are still any left in stock. Let's hope that all of these first round hiccups this phone is having will be fixed promptly.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] DopeyOne:
Hi All,

So I replaced the screen + digitizer in my Touch Pro and managed to break the connector on the Coaxial cable for the antenna.....:mad:

I have emailed everyone I can find in google with the HTC part number and description, but no one can get them! They all say I have to send the whole phone in....

Anyone know where I can get just the coax cable by itself?

Cheers in advance!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Accessories] TomasNM:
Here too:(

Yesterday wasn't a happy day...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjunited:
Sorry for such a Noob question.

I would like to download the basic stock rom for the N1.

My wifes N1 is not working correctly & she only uses basic features on the phone so i would like to flash it with the original stock rom.

Also at the moment we cannot turn the mobile internet off either.

PLEASE HELPPPPPPP

Bart
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hollow.Droid:
Here is the latest stock release in all it's options:

http://android.modaco.com/content/g...build-info-and-repacks-stock-rooted-deodexed/

The bottom most link sounds like the one you're looking for.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjunited:
thank you so much for that

is flashing the rom on this the same as it would be for a Hero using HTC Sync on your computer?

if not please point me to a guide

my assumption from what i can see is that with this i dont need to root the phone or anything like that, is that right?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjunited:
Hi sorry guys I still really need some help here.

I have managed to download the ROM as suggested but Im so confused from reading the different tutorials on how to actually flash the phone to revert it back to the stock rom.

I have seen the below tut would you advise using this?

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=614850

however i do not know what these terms mean

adb reboot bootloader

Confirm fastboot connection fastboot devices

fastboot erase userdata

fastboot erase cache

is fastboot where you hold the trackball down & then turn the device on giving you the sub menu?

sorry for the noob questions but i really need to get this phone sorted

Many thanks

Bart
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
There's a much simpler way to return to stock.

Download FRF91 from http://developer.htc.com

Rename to passimg.zip and copy to the root of the SD card.

Hold Vol- and power on the phone, it will find the file and ask if you wish to install. Job done.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartjunited:
Rusty

Thank you so much, you may save me from a divorce & a headache.

The internet truly makes the world a smaller place.

Thank you again so much sir