yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] kidrythm:
I watch youtube, visit forums, and download tweaks from xda.

I doubt you guys are trying as hard as you claim to max out your gigz.

I use this phone to surf the net because holding a sleeping baby does not work sitting in front of a conventional p.c. or laptop.

They like to be walked around, and will awaken if you stop or sit down...

This is the best way to surf...well used to be.
[HD2 General] d0ug:
walking a sleeping baby... sounds like youre at home, so why not use wifi? it would likely be faster than 3g, and prob save your battery some too, since wifi at most transmits a quarter watt, vs a cellular radio broadcasting a watt or more. If you dont have a wifi AP, spend $50 on a new one, or you can probably pickup a used B access point from ebay for like $5 which would be more than adequate for the HD2
[HD2 General] kidrythm:
good point, we are hardwired here but going wifi for the phone is a thought with the tethering in play.

+1
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] eng_3omar:
hi i have htc touch diamond i need serial no from egypt to download this rom plz help me thx if anybody have this rom or serial no for touch diamond from egypt i will be greatful thx again

HTC Touch Diamond ROM Upgrade for Egypt (GPS Enabled

this rom is on official htc website for gps enable in egypt
[Vibrant General] player4lifeov:
Is there any way i can acces the internal memory through clockwork recovery? Or somehow acces the SD/ext folder?

I think i bricked my friends phone and my dumba$$ forgot to do a nandroid backup.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clamman:
what is rootin and what is the biggest reason for it?

also the ota update does that stop the rebootin problem i want to get this phone it will be my first smart phone n dont want to many problems

thanks in advance
[G2 and Desire Z General] krayshunist:
Rooting means getting full permissions to the Android system. If you don't know what Linux permissions are, don't worry about rooting; it won't have any effect on you. People generally do it to modify their phones like replacing certain software or enabling features that aren't officially supported.

No one really knows what all the OTA update covers. It's suspected it adds two features, but that's about all we know. Nonetheless, I can highly recommend the G2, even as your first smartphone. Keep in mind that most people on these forums are overstating problems, so don't listen to everything that's said here. I think short of the iPhone4, the G2 is the best phone you can buy right now. T-Mobile is definitely better than AT&T, so get the G2! :-)
[G2 and Desire Z General] ryushe:
I had the same question, actually. Coming from a long line of WinMo phones myself (TP2 was my last phone, R.I.P) I get that Hard-SLP unlocking and shopping for custom roms is par the course since it's pretty much essential for the optimal WM experience, but coming over to Android and seeing how everyone is really bummed out that this phone can't Root..or at least, doesn't have one that stick, is really confusing, especially since the added "benefits" I've at least read about isn't all 'that' great...

Please excuse my ignorance on the matter, but coming from a mobile platform where modding/hacking is pretty much called for if you even plan to use the darn thing makes everything I'm experiencing from the stock Android a dream compared to its alternative.
[G2 and Desire Z General] borodin1:
What you have to remember is people will hack anything and everything, even if there's no real benefit to it. Back in the days, when G1 first came out, rooting was a big deal because it provided access to such things as apps on sd card, themes, auto-rotation, multi-touch, etc. At this point - you can get it all on stock android. Of course, there's overclocking (unnecessary on this phone), wi-fi tether (if you need it) and some further mods but it is not as critical as it used to be.

With that said... the moment permanent root is found - I'm going for it with the sole reason is because I can! Well... and because I want black notification bar :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
Temp root has a nice little perk.. you can restart it and it puts it back to factory if you need to have it fixed or replaced. :D
[Fascinate General] clintceastwood:
what should i do? haha
[Fascinate General] dnoyeb:
Holy sh##, I wonder if thats what happened to mine then.... I had it for 3 hours, installed extended controls on it, turned the brightness all the way down and it died. Battery pull would get me the samsung screen but it would stop after the galaxy animation. I did a factory reset, still did it.

Is that about the same?

I figured that I just had a bad unit so I took it back to the store.

Edit. Just did a little research and we are not the only two this has happened to...not seeing a fix though...
[Fascinate General] wizang:
If you have cwm installed or debug enabled you should just adb to your device and delete the offending widget app.
[Fascinate General] sonofskywalker3:
man, that sucks.
[Fascinate General] syaoran12:
Happened to me too... If only we had the notification brightness slider the vibrant has. I had to take miner back too... Didn't know of cwm and I was smart enough to turn debugging mode off so no adb for me.
[Fascinate General] dnoyeb:
It persisted after a factory reset on mine. Offending app was all gone... Will be interesting to see if the op can get his working by doing that. Personally I just thought I had a bad phone.
[Fascinate General] clintceastwood:
thanks for the help guys put i adb pulled and it solved my problem ... i was freaking for a second ;)
[Fascinate General] dnoyeb:
Awesome. Wonder why my factory reset didn't fix mine... Weird.

Bigger question... What do the application developers need to change too keep this from happening?
[Fascinate General] clintceastwood:
well the truth in my case is i downloaded a version off mediafire to see if i liked it before i donated and the thing was the version i downloaded had an error that to this day has been corrected. so if i wouldve just been legit from the beginning it wouldnt of happened :)
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
I always keep adb on after this lesson...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=785603&highlight=horror
[Fascinate General] dnoyeb:
Extended trial eh? ;) looked at extended controls change log, none on theirs yet. Guess I'll try power widget instead.
[Fascinate General] NOsquid:
I was a victim of this as well with the extended controls widget. I emailed them and they didn't seem overly concerned, though to be fair there is a language barrier. I would have expected profuse apologies and a refund, at the very least.
[Fascinate General] chopper the dog:
I use the one called "Backlight!" but when I installed and saw the default value levels of 0,50,150,255 and saw a zero that instantly threw up a red flag. Before using widget I just edited the custom brightness levels to 34,65,103 which translates to 13%,25%,45%. Are there other devices where you could assign the toggle to a hard button? That's the only way I can see having a 0 default level on a device.

good day.
[Fascinate General] dnoyeb:
I submitted a ticket to the extended controls group and they just updated it after fixing the issue... Said it is now fixed and will be in the next release.
[Fascinate General] tlogank:
this has been posted in the forum, the phone still works, the display is just completely blacked out. 0% apparently meant different for the Samsung Fascinate phones than other Android phones. Power Control widget had updated their log a few days ago saying this was resolved in the last update here:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/power-control-plus-(widget)/com.siriusapplications.eclairwidgets
[Fascinate General] clintceastwood:
good thing the brand new version that i tried to pay for still blacked out my screen :)
[Fascinate General] LegionTHEFecalExcretion:
Thank God I found this thread! Same here!! Power Strip. Was so depressed when I noticed I couldnt wake my screen back up after boot and locking it! Phew.... AWESOME PHONE!
[Fascinate General] vecchioni27:
Yea this happened to me as well and I didn't have de bugging on to use adb. Took it to the store they were like "we have never seem this happen before...sorry sure have this new one!" LoL

Sent from my rooted 1.2 voodoo Fascinate
[Fascinate General] ssignature:
Mine did it from a Ringer Profile app. I was trying to get my Fascinate to act more like a Blackberry in regards to notifications and such. All seemed well until I re3booted the phone. I went through 2 phones from this. The app did have functions for setting screen brightness for different profiles. Since I got that one solved, the phone's been great!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elite_gamer04:
Currently tried a number of HD2 Andriod Froyo ROMs and ended up settling on HyperDroidV1.6 - however, after working through a number of teething issues I still CANNOT for the life of me get GPS to work here in Australia.

NOTE: I'm trying to use GPS Satellites - GPS using Wireless Networks WORKS but is totally inaccurate

So I've read through the numerous posts on here and a ton of other sites/forums to no avail, below is/are the changes I made with no success.

For the record I am using ChuckyROM (latest) as WinMo Base

1. Edit system/etc/gps.conf with the following:

NTP_SERVER=0.au.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_1=1.au.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_2=2.au.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_3=3.au.pool.ntp.org
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276

2. Ran QuickGPS on WinMo before booting into Android;

3. Downloaded and installed both GPS Status and GPS Test and set them up to automatically download Sateliates.

Have tried

ALL

the above, and still whenever I go to Maps, Latitude or Navigation I get:

"Your current location is temporarily unavailable"

Ideas/Help?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Yatmund:
I'm using the exact builds and etc, hell even with Telstra and I too had a problem with gps not connecting.

Eventually I edited the gps.conf file and it got working but it takes a while to get a fix (at least half a minute).

On saying that, I see you've edited the file already to the same settings I have so I'm at a loss here.

But if you find a fix, I would like to know as it may help to speed up my gps...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elite_gamer04:
Can i enquire as to what Radio and ROM your using mate?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dusty_nz:
Okay.

First off the GPS.conf file relates to how android downloads your GPS-A data. However the whole process does not work.

The fix people are reporting is a have.

Without GPS-A data you can still get a GPS fix however you really need to be in an open place and stationary. Should be under a minute.

However the easy fix is to download the GPS Status and toolkit (eclipsim)app. Download the GPS-A data and bam. You will get valid locks in 5 seconds.

When running the app the bottom left of the compass will have an age of the GPS-A data. What does it say?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hastarin:
I'm not sure this is going to be any help to you but...

GPS is working just fine for me. With "Brut Google Maps" I've even used it for Navigation whilst driving. :D

I haven't fiddled with any gps.conf in the few builds I've tried. I run QuickGPS in WM when I remember as many folks swear that makes a big difference.

When it initially "locks" it may be off by about a block, but once it gets a few more satellites (within about a minute, depending on your view of the sky) it becomes rock solid.

I haven't used those other apps but I know Ulysse Gizmos shows how many sats you've locked on to, time of last lock, etc

In case it's any use this is the gps.conf from the build I'm using atm:

NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276

Comparing that to what you have I'd suggest changing the XTRA_SERVER lines to match the above.

You've set them to NTP servers. They aren't going to supply the bin file needed, which I'm guessing is something to help the GPS lock faster.

That may even be causing your problems!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dusty_nz:
Good spotting. Didn't even notice.

The first line is to ensure your phones time is correct. If you query alaska versus bali you will still get the same values. No point changing that.

The next three lines are URL's to the GPS-A data which is satelite data. Basically I wrote heaps about it previously and can't be bother repeating. Simply without this info your phone needs to download it direct from the sat's which is very slow and cannot be resumed. GPS-Status downloads this from the internet which is very fast. Once the GPS has this info it can lock sats very quickly. Hastarin's post has good data.

The GPS status app can force download this info which makes it unique.

I am in Perth, wa and have no issues with gps locks from the above.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] csy7550:
The gps is still buggy. Sure, you get quick fix after gps.conf, quickgps and agps data download in 'gps status' from market, but it doesn't last long! Only way I can replicate the fast fix you get right after you have done all the .conf, etc is to set Tasker to launch every now and then to get new agps data.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elite_gamer04:
Right so spent the last 4 hours working through things with no success:

- Ran Task29, loaded on new Radios (2.14.50.04 and 2.15.50.14) and also loaded VBNRom RELOADED 2 - WWE 3.14 Core and also reloaded ChuckyROM.

- Ran QuickGPS in WinMo

- Edited the north-america.pool.ntp.org to au.pool.ntp.org, left the rest default as suggested by hastarin.

- Ran GPS Status + Toolkit (downloaded Satellites).

Still

NOTHING

if I use GPS Satellites - with Wifi GPS it locates me BUT 3 streets over in a tree haha.

ROM: HyperDroidV1.6

Radio: 2.14.50.04 and 2.15.50.14
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dusty_nz:
How long did you leave it?

Wide open space?

I presume it works fine in WinMo?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elite_gamer04:
Left it for 20 minutes - kept touching screen so it wouldn't turn screen off (wasn't sure if that would stop it).

Yeah, on my balcony - tried a number of locations too - at work, in the car home and at home.

Booted into WinMo and downloaded Google Maps had a WAY more accurate location - at-least I was on the right street.. Any other free programs I can try in Windows?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hastarin:
Did you try the app I mentioned to see how many satellites are locked on?

With 3 you'll be in the general area but with 9 you should be within a few meters.

Sent from my HTC HD2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dusty_nz:
Just use GPS status under android.

Ensure the circle is showing 0 days. Go via the menu

Settings > GPS & Sensors > Manage A-GPS state

Click Reset

Click download

Back to main screen. Lock took 30 seconds inside at the computer. Brand new rom just downloaded.

Once a lock is established the toolbar icon will stop flashing and the long/lat will show down the bottom panel (Currently rotating)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] elite_gamer04:
Thanks for the continued support guys.

@hastarin: I did indeed use the app you suggested - but no cigar, didn't get to check number of satellites but left it for a good 20mins while @ dinner. Will check when I get home.

What ROM and Radio are you using?

@dusty_nz: Currently away with work and didn't bring HD2 as the battery life with Andriod was to poor for business enviroment (another matter). But I did indeed, reset, and download the satellites a number of times with no luck.

When I get home again I will try once more; the issue is it just keeps rotating (the circle) - I get nothing.

What ROM and Radio are you using?

@OP: As an update, I just tried my mates Desire, rooted and updated to a stock Froyo 2.2 ROM and with Wifi Satellite UNTICKED he gets nothing using GPS Satellites - different phone, different Radio and it still doesn't work - makes me think something to do with Telstra?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dusty_nz:
I am also on telstra.

Technically you should be able to yank the sim and still use the gps. I will try that tomorrow.

I am on a Miri WM base. have used all the radio's with no issues and currently on Froystone 3.2 rom.

I am on a t8585 however am waiting for my t9193 to arrive and will test.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] apeatan:
Hey elite_gamer04,

Remember me in hyerpdroid thread? I also had problems with gps before, but now it is working accurately. There is 1 time I lost connection, I just disabled then re-enabled GPS then its ok again. I uploaded my gps status snapshot....I'm not sure if it is with winmo rom because I also changed my winmo rom to stock now. At least I'm sure now it is not with hyperdroid.:D

Gudluck with your gps...This is my setup now:

Winmo rom: Stock (ARA-WWE)

Radio: 2.15
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ralewis:
:( I seem to be having the same problem here in the USA.

I downloaded GPS status, downloaded the GPS-A data, turned on GPS satellite and made sure the data was 0 days old and still no luck. I've checked the gps.conf to make sure that's normal looking too.

When I open up GPS status in an open environment it doesn't show any satellite information at all :/ I'm not really sure what to do at this point. Any tips?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] alantak:
I have had the same issue (slow or no triangulation) since I started with Android builds with two different HD2's.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] apeatan:
-did you try a diiferent winmo rom like the stock rom?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ralewis:
Hmm, no not yet. I'm currently using the the newest VBNROM with 2.15 radio. I tried with the old VBNROM and it didn't work there either.

I guess i'll try stock later tonight and see if it helps any. Just out of curiosity, how does the winmo rom effect things like GPS when in android?

Edit: Just to be sure. This would be the ROM right? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=717600
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] apeatan:
-I was using chuckyrom rom and vbn before but I think they didn't gave me accurate readings also (or maybe just a bad network:p) but I'm sticking to the stock for now. I am also curious with that cause I thought drivers are only things working that are winmo based.

-That is a custom rom. Stock roms are the 1s that came with your hd2 when you 1st bought it. If you are on a contract, you should get the stock rom that your operator provided.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] davejones:
I'm also on Telstra and I've spent countless hours getting my GPS to lock quickly when I need it.. My GPS now locks in under 15 seconds usually.. I have the same config file as you. I've tested it on many Android builds, currently on mdeejay 3.6. Windows rom I use is chucky's with HTC frame work. I boot into windows 1st make sure location service is on in settings and complete a connection setup, then I update quick gps. Then boot into android. Goto GPS status app and update agps data. It works as well as it did under WM. I use radio 2.15 Ps. Whenever I reboot the phone I always boot into WM and allow the phone to get a 3G connection before I boot into Android. I find if the location service in WM hasn't fired up my GPS in Android is slow. Hope that helps you I know how frustrating it is waiting.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ralewis:
I tried booting into WinMo and running a GPS tracker cab I found in the XDA forums...that was able to successfully track 7 or so satellites. Then I booted into Android and bam! GPS Status got a lock on in 2s. I'm guessing something might not have been enabled in WinMo? I tried this as a last ditch effort before flashing to a stock rom.

Edit: Woo! All applications can now use GPS. I even get a lock-on from within my room.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] apeatan:
-I reflash to vbn. and my gps is working without the "gps tracker" cab. so I guess it might be my network or something.:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TDIT:
GPS solution for Australia

Dear all,

I have read many threads regarding the problem of gps issues in our land of oz. I have two htc desire hd's side by side, both on vodafone. One rooted with Runny ICS (love it btw), and one stock Vodafone rom with the "current" version. The stocker gets gps lock from 9+ sats in less than 20 seconds from inside the house. The rooted one got zero.

I tried the market app faster fix, beore coming here. I seleted oceania and suddenly I got 2 gps locks. I took the phone outside, but I could only get 2, no more. After looking into how the gps.conf file was interpreted, and how it pulled down pool data from ntp.org, I quickly found that the relationship between the .conf and the ntp data was a casual relationship only as the pool server data isn't a constant - and there wasn;t enough in the conf file to make up for the available sats. Once said it helped "a lot". That lead me to here, and this thread - for which I thank *everyone* for their input and testing. Oddly enough, and try as I may, nothing here helped me get a decent gps connection. In fact, once I removed faster fix, and relied purely on the suggestions here, I got no gps connection what so ever. Even the suggested gps status app and its application got me nowhere.

Then I came across this thread by AngleDeath (#953630):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=953630

I read it, installed the zip oceania, restarted, then opened gps status and just watched... Less than 5 seconds, and I had 1 gps lock, within 10 seconds I had 5 and hence had positioning data!I went outside and it peaked at 8 locks within 30 seconds after a restart. Incredible work by AngleDeath!

For the record, the stock vodafone rom phone still out performs the rooted phone. It gets 8 in less than 5 seconds, and peaks at 12 within 30 seconds when side y side with the rooted phone. I'll root that stocker phone and extract the conf file it uses one day. But for now my problem has been solved, and I wanted to share with all.

All the best!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TDIT:
And now, a month later I have zero GPS locks on the same phone. I can't explain it and don't understand it. I even tried re doing the update/fix listed above. Total mystery. And makes me regret rooting the phone in the first place...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pavlo_js:
Maybe aGPS data expired?

Try this solution. It helps me a lot.

But dont use NTP_SERVER=COUNTRY.pool.ntp.org line. Use only these with numbers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmk1825:
Hello,

Am I the only one who cannot turn on my wifi while on a phone call? I could on my TP2 and TP. For some reason, if I have wifi off and start a phone call, I cannot get it connected. If I start the wifi connection before the call starts, it will occasionally keep the connection. This is with 4G off.

My phone is rooted and nand unlocked using toasts unlock. I am currently running the rooted stock rom, 3.29.651.5 OTA unlocked. Regardless, this has been the case on all rooted roms I have used.

Am I the only one with this problem? Please help!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkManX4lf:
Not sure whats wrong with your phone but I have rooted stock rom with kings CFS #11 kernel and I am able to turn on wifi and browse the web while on a phone call.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreyhoundX:
I registered to say that I have the same problem. I googled, but this was the only thing I found related to the issue. I can use wifi if it's on before I make a call, but if I'm already on a call it will say "out of range" for any networks and I can't connect.

My phone isn't rooted at all and is brand new. Should I go get it swapped at Sprint?