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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vigge_sWe:
Well, as I usually also get around 5 meter accuracy and around 15 satellites I could do some tests with some tracking software too, do you know any good alternative to my tracks?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
My shall i prove more for you?

You never listen and understand when people tell you that they have a gps that work.

You seems not to understand that signal strength is a key value to a good gps. You always want people post my track or other bad program.

You don't understand how a good gps works.

A good gps program knows when they get a faulty data and ignore that. Mytrack don't and keep logging it like true data. That why you se wierd tracks.

Also a good gps program use other sensors to make the position more correct.

I don't have any problem at all to navigate were ever i want to travel.

I also use the gps almost every.day.

So stop telling me that the gps don't work.

Sent from GT-I9000 jpo. My own kernel for z4mod and with 341MB Ram
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vigge_sWe:
Seems like there is nothing wrong with the GPS when walking at least.

On my way to the food store:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...23463503511037.000494650ddc3df0ebc99&t=h&z=16

on my way back:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...64939,12.25894&spn=0.008962,0.019248&t=h&z=16

Both are pretty much accurate, just at some turns the turn has a bit too large radius.

Does this prove that the GPS works fine for walking?

I can't try it by car because I have none, but I tried with my bicycle, but there I have to agree that it isn't too accurate, yet it is still accurate so you could guess which road I am going on, but at turns it just goes off somewhere else.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yiannisthegreek:
Everyone... Thank You for your replies. Pwehaps my question was stupid or way off base but i diddnt mean for my topic to become an arguement. I just wanted to know why the google gps software doesnt seem to work.

I will try one item mentiined by andrew and turn off wireless network for gps use and see if that makes a difference.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
Gps is a hot issue for some people so they can't stand that someone else has a working sgs.

But if the gps is way of its broken. It so simple.

Wireless don't do much different. Its just an aid.

Sent from GT-I9000 jpo. My own kernel for z4mod and with 341MB Ram
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
You've said Maps is faulty and mytracks is.You keep coming up with detailed explanations of the algorithms, but I can't even imagine how you know them to be true, when you have clearly never recorded a raw track outside of mytracks before.So show us a raw track using something which isn't Mytracks, and then you can continue telling everyone else they are morons.

EVERYTIME I ask you to prove your claims you point to SNR values, present some amazing new research which you are unwilling to prove properly, and go into an endless cycle, get defensive, and ultimately, move onto the next thread whilst ever proving anything.

I simply ask you prove them once. You have NEVER done that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
*facepalm*. EXCEPT, when a program is using multiple location services if GPS drops out and resorts to Wireless, then the location might in some areas, be WAY off. Turning it off may help in situations where GPS isn't available.

For instance, whilst on the bus the other day, in Google maps I found my position was WAY off, because GPS wasn't working (the bus's coatings must have blocked the signals). Turned out after turning off Using wireless networks I had no location, but no location was as useful as a location which was clearly off by kilometers.

Wireless networks are useful in some cases, but if you are after precision, and don't want the possibility of seriously wrong positions being used as a fall-back, yes, turning it off can help in some applications. Maybe not all of them (because some might properly use GPS only), but some definitely (especially since Android developers can't assume the unit will have GPS, and apps like Google maps can benefit from location guessing).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
I have record alot of Mytrack but they are always faulty.

That's way i have figure out how it works.

If you think Bout what i did write you should understand that's its true and that's way people have a big problem to get a good track.

This is not a problem only on sgs. Many phone has this.

Why i talk about signal strength is that's a very good way to show how good the gps is working and get the data.

OfCourse you need to lock at the signal strength with when you are standing still and moving.

If you block the antenna you will get low signal strength and get bad readings.

You still ignore this facts.

I have showed that i do have a sgs with great gps that has very good signal strength.

You still don't prove anything your self.

Sent from GT-I9000 jpo. My own kernel for z4mod and with 341MB Ram
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Which is EXACTLY my point. The track is dodgy probably because the RAW GPS tracks are shonky. They are good enough for Nav (which you want), but horrible for fitness.

Anyway, in the interest of getting rid of you, I have posted a request for Bluetooth GPS tracks. This would either prove or disprove your theory, and if disproven, I will make a request to moderators that you are monitored more closely, because you have been telling everyone who disagrees with your stubbornness that you are a GPS god, and that your opponent doesn't understand GPS. This effectly has been turning many XDA into fictional threads, and XDA into a forum where theories are being treated as fact (we don't need that).

Anyway, either way, I don't believe the GPS issue is related to carriers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirphunkee:
EDIT: Ok, I'm re-opening this thread after cleaning it a little bit, and with the following conditions:

1) Unfortunately, the widespread GPS issues with the SGS series of phones is something that has yet to be exactly pinpointed, and at this point all our efforts are simply speculation.

2) All members are welcome to express their experiences and perspectives on this (or any) issue, as long as that doesn't extend to flaming others.

3) Any suggestions or advice that is offered by members here without adequate supporting empirical data should be treated as personal opinion rather than as fact, and all members accept any such information at their own risk.

4) When differences in opinion on matters arise like this, they should either be handled through PM's, or in the thread as long as they are presented as items of personal opinion and not as statements of absolute fact....and especially not if they attack or disparage another member.

XDA unfortunately cannot take sides on issues such as this, particularly when all the facts still aren't known. I certainly invite all of you to present whatever information you've gained from personal experience on this matter, but the fact is that none of them are confirmed yet, and most importantly, the issues affecting one or many members on a piece of hardware may have absolutely no bearing on the issues others are experiencing.

@DamianGto: If you wish to present your own findings, please do so without calling into question other's understanding of the subject matter.

@andrewluecke: Likewise, and please understand that while you can certainly request that someone backs up their statements with evidence, there is no requirement for that, and you and all members should take any such unsupported statements with a grain of salt.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Mr Ian B:
Went from Fresh 3.3 to 3.4 and can not get the app ringdroid to work. It worked fine before the update. I have not gotten a response in the Fresh developer thread so I am putting it here. I wiped before I flashed, and after the update was installed, ringdroid would give force close errors every time. I had someone else with a htc phone to download/installed ringdroid and it worked for him on his phone. I then uninstalled the app, re-downloaded it and reinstalled the app and every time I open it, I get "the application ringdroid (process com,ringdroid) has stopped unexpectedly and my options are force close or report. Reported about 2 days to the developer but no response yet. I like this app for making my bootanimation music file due to my limited computer skills. Working with Mac so, is someone can help or mention a Mac software that I can get the same results would be great. I have tried other ringtone maker apps in the market and they all force close once opened or when trying to save a new ringtone made. Did I lose a file that is causing this? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ian B
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Mr Ian B:
Please delete, accidental dup post.

Sorry,

Ian B
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touchme_htc:
Hey guys!

So I'm buying a T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant from a seller.

He told me that he originally got it unlocked, and then he did an OTA update.

Would I have to unlock the phone again?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electroz:
I'm not really sure, but as your profile suggests, if you're on Telus in Canada, a T-Mobile vibrant will not work. It does not support the 850MHZ/1900MHZ WCDMA bands required by Telus/Bell/Rogers in Canada.

The only network in Canada the phone can be use on is Wind Mobile.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touchme_htc:
I've moved over to Mobilicity, so it will work.
[myTouch 4G General] Legaleye3000:
Anyone else experiencing this in Qik? Tried over wifi and 3G, downloaded all updates. The volume is very low. Does this happen to anyone else?
[myTouch 4G General] WilliamStern:
OMG yes! I thought I was the only one? It's too damn hard to hear who I'm talking to. The person even asked me why I would bring the phone up to my ear every time he spoke. I hope an update can fix this.
[myTouch 4G General] theinternot:
I experienced the same thing using Tango. Tried doing a test chat with my friend on his iphone. He kept asking me to repeat myself and said the volume was low. I could hear him fine.

So, just to see, I tried it with the headphones and mic... MUCH better, he could hear me fine.

At first I thought it was the case maybe getting in the way, but taking it off didn't help at all.

Not sure what to make of it... hopefully, it is just some software problem and nothing major.

This is my first post BTW... After leaving the iphone a couple of months ago I have tried 3 Samsung Captivates (Galaxy S), 2 G2's, and 2 MT4G's... I think I finally got a keeper. This thing is redonkulous!
[myTouch 4G General] igni1ed:
same - tried over data and wifi. However... girlfriend used headphones and no headphones, and iphone head phones... could barely hear here. it would cut in and out sometimes too... she couldn't hear me half the time either... helllppppp this is why we bought this stupid phone!
[myTouch 4G General] 2071:
i had the same problem today, i hope it's just a matter of an update, other than that this phone is awesome! i can't believe i got a MyTouch after having a g1, i thought i'd be a loyal vanilla user but this phone was too sweet to pass up
[myTouch 4G General] bijanian:
lol @2071. Yea I'm about to get it Tomorrow coming from a g1. I wish this was vanilla, or i can at least root
[myTouch 4G General] XfooYen:
Double check that your call is going through the speakerphone. Is it possible that the video call audio is defaulting to the earpiece? I wonder because if it sounds normal using headphones then there's probably nothing wrong. Just a guess.
[myTouch 4G General] Legaleye3000:
The other side they can hear me perfectly. Its just my ability to hear them. During the call, if I push the volume keys, the volume meter comes up on the phone as "media volume." Also, if I make a regular non-video call and put it on speaker, the speaker is LOUD. So its just confined to video calls..... Also, other media (music) is LOUD.
[myTouch 4G General] Snuggl3s:
Ya I have also tried Tango and its the same low volume on The network or my wifi. I haven't tried headphones yet though.

from Snugs hTc ViSiON
[myTouch 4G General] mr_skot:
I can confirm low volume as well. Seems to work way better with headphones in for both sides.
[myTouch 4G General] XfooYen:
Alright, well make sure you all call in to tmo tech support so this becomes a known issue quickly!
[myTouch 4G General] iGoOsE76:
im not experiencing low volume... what i am experiencing is when talking to my friend, I had to switch the mic on and off each time I wanted to talk and hear him.. kinda like a 2 way radio
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regP:
Sorry for the noob question.. I want to flash to JI2 because its supposed to offer better battery life. I've been looking around the forum and google and I gather that there are 2 ways of getting this done. Maybe I'm just brain dead because its the end of the day but I'm having trouble making sense of it all. So.. I'm already rooted. Downloaded JI2_modem.zip. Do I just go into clockwork and flash it from the SD card like I would a ROM?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangxi:
Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: The JI2 modem doesn't really give you that much more battery life. People thought that it was the modem that was the major issue with battery life in JI6 but actually it is Media Hub (because it is now active and running all the time) and the DRM storages.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regP:
Dont have media hub and I removed the DRM services. I tried flashing from SD in clockwork but I dont think it worked because my phone information all reads the same as it did before. Oh well.. guess it doesnt matter if it wasnt gonna help anyway. Thanks for the reply.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] petard:
Hello,

I have a Telus Milestone and the power button seems to have malfunctioned. It seems to be randomly sending presses to the phone. The screen will randomly turn on and off and bring the power button hold menu.

When booted into recovery at the exclamation mark screen, the phone will randomly turn off as if the power button was pressed.

Is there any way to remap the power button in android to do nothing, and then remap the camera button to act as the power button? Thanks!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] scholbert:
AFAIK a simple remap of the power button could not be done in software.

The power button is not like the other buttons.

It is physically connected to special signal on PMU to suspend and resume the CPU.

If you got some technical skill, it might be physically replaced by soldering.

Also have a look at your flex cable which is connected to the outter buttons, maybe there's some physical damage.

Regards,

scholbert
[General Questions and Answers] bangtail:
Yet another problem with my effing phone. Flashed my Galaxy S (GT-I9000M) to a Froyo ROM, worked fine for about 4-5 days. Then all of a sudden, after not doing a single thing, the phone wont leave sleep mode (or I guess wont turn back on). The touch buttons on the bezel are lit up. Force restart and it hangs at the Galaxy S load screen. Just sits there for a minute or two, goes black, and then comes back. I cant enter recovery more OR download mode. Any suggestions?

Best!
[G1 General] iphear:
i dont give 2 ****s about over clocking all i care about is stability and battery and ok speed

right now i have CONSTANT BATTERY DRAIN for some reason my display is taking more percent then other things.

HTC-G1

cyanogenmod 6.1.0 rc1 <== lots of battery leaking apparently

Amon_Ra's Recovery

DangerSPL

right now im semi- happy my 3g keeps switching to HSPA speeds which is cool ever since i did all this **** but now im ready for a more relaxed setup and i dont give a **** about unstable bull **** overclocked ****
[G1 General] iphear:
to help others i will provide some updates

also EXTENDED G1 Battery, 2200mAh Li-Ion Replacement Extended Battery for Google G1, google_com/products?q=htc+g1+extended+battery&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf

"I tried the latest Pershoot's but had bad battery life. I'm using hte .34 kernel at this time and its running fine. Boot to restore, I use Amon_RA, flash the kernel from the root of your sd card. I'm also using SetCPU, make the CPU minimum LOWEST, and HIGHEST for maximum. Make it Conservative scaling. Make a profile "when screen off" put min and max to lowest, put powersavings scaling. Its on xda"

"For a G1, you want the "32B" version of the kernal. I'm not using the "xtra" version, because I'm not sure what the difference is."

"It should come as a zipped file; put the file on your SD card, reboot to recovery, and flash the zip that way. It's a good time to clear caches, too, I think. "

droidbasement_com/db-blog/ <pershoot .... DONT EXACTLY KNOW WHICH KERNAL?>>>
[G1 General] iphear:
the setcpu is crashing the system i reccomend not doing what that quote said now i gotta fix this,
[G1 General] iphear:
wiped cache and delik cache AND battery (From boot) to see if itll fix freezing..... wierd rebooted cm loader image when crashed seems like its getting there but went to g1 screen it actually fixed it self in the end but i stilll put a min to 176 and max too 5568 , left on conserative
[G1 General] iphear:
i've actually heard of after rom(ing) and everything your hardware needs to reboot the system to get used to everything so everythings fine as of now if i do not like rc's i only like stable things lol, btw lower display light ...

highly reccomend 28000 mah battery! the stock g1 battery is like ehh a low mah
[G1 General] iphear:
i have been deeply thinking about going back to stock this battery drain is awful at stock everything worked for daily use now im **** stained
[G1 General] iphear:
for the hell of it i installed pershoots kernal from cynagon rom manager , set to 2g only will keep updating my newb log
[HTC Aria General] Moh_Jay:
Could someone post the download link to the aria kernel that the new Cm6 RC1 uses?
[HTC Aria General] eljefe27:
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=liberty

Just download and extract the kernel from the rom
[HTC Aria General] Moh_Jay:
Much appreciated :)
[Desire HD General] kennethpenn:
Hey all,

I'm interested in finding some supplementary bloggers for my mobile news, reviews, rumors blog. Right now, I'm hoping to find a Desire HD user that is willing to write some articles. If you think you'd be interested in this, send me a private message.

Compensation for article writing will be worked out.
[Epic 4G Accessories] mikeschevelle:
I simply do not use the hard keyboard, so I would LOVE to find a case that snaps together instead of individually to the two halves of the phone, basically making it a touch screen only phone.
[Epic 4G Accessories] churro7:
no offense but i sure hope not

but im sure there will be

try ebay
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
I doubt it anyone will make a case intentionally like that for a phone that was designed to have a slideout keyboard as it's descerning feature from the EVO.
[Epic 4G Accessories] mastanthony89:
This would work:

http://www.pdair.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10100000_10000000_11001061&products_id=31414
[Epic 4G Accessories] bomix:
Yeah I use the keyboard like 1 a week or hardly at all.. I'm so used to swype.

I don't think you'll find anybody on here who will make you one. But I'm sure if you search the net you might find it.
[Epic 4G Accessories] m5james:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MONACO-ALUMINUM...124785?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5d2c3c8ef1 - $8 less and shipped.

That is actually a pretty cool looking case, but I wouldn't like to have to flip it open every time. For the OP though, it'd be perfect. If this thing had a built-in EVO type kickstand, I'd consider getting it and using Swype more.
[Epic 4G Accessories] mikeschevelle:
My only issue is it would seem that since it is designed to open for use, it could be prone to opening when I dont want it to, causing me to possibly drop the phone

:D

I found a jelly case from Zooly, but cannot find anyone that actually carries it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] master.peterm:
YOU MAY NEED THE NEW OTA (can someone confirm) i know this kinda belongs in the theme section but.... it works will post pics

here is one that i found that worked: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=752088

when it tells you to reboot click yes! It does a soft boot so the theme stays.

requires temproot. I found that many Nexus one themes work
[G2 and Desire Z General] djdant:
It doesn't work for me, it asks me to reboot but doesn't reboot
[G2 and Desire Z General] master.peterm:
try again if it doesn't once more you will have to initiate one through adb
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperDave81:
Says I don't have enough free space in /system

EDIT: Nevermind, a little buggy but is working just fine...! Thanks. OP, this should tide me over till enomther makes a new Manup456 ROM compatible with OTA.
[G2 and Desire Z General] master.peterm:
it showed that error for me a couple of times just keep trying or reboot phone and try again...
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperDave81:
Argggg, only worked the first time, now the reboot prompt just keeps popping up and not actually rebooting.
[G2 and Desire Z General] djdant:
When i was using it, it made my phone get stuck in a constant reboot, it just doesnt work for me
[G2 and Desire Z General] grex49:
It works fine for me just keep trying it and you'll get it to work.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xile6:
U can force a soft reboot by type stop on the hard keyboard then hit enter. Then type start , then hit enter.

Fyi it only works on pre ota. Bevause it go patched n the ota
[G2 and Desire Z General] ThaGeNeCySt:
:( all i want is a black notification bar with white fonts.. but i haven't the slightest clue what to do lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] ZeroSX:
To all those having problems - is busybox installed correctly? Last I checked it was a major requirement of metamorph.
[myTouch 4G General] kennethpenn:
Hey MyTouch'ers:

I'm interested in finding some supplementary bloggers for my mobile news, reviews, rumors blog. Right now, I'm hoping to find a MyTouch 4G user that is willing to write articles. If you think you'd be interested in this, send me a private message.

Compensation for article writing will be worked out.
[myTouch 4G General] Dracoignis:
I've got a mytouch 4g, quite unhappy with it too, be happy to blog to a read site
[Captivate General] BumRush:
I know that the the captivate can player divx in the media player, but is there a plugin where i can watch streamed divx in the browser?
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
No.

And Captivate actually can't play most DIVX files because AT&T is too cheap to pay for the DIVX license fee. All other Galaxy S has proper DIVX codec installed except Captivate. Go download some *.divx samples from official site and test yourself.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ragin:
Search for a thread on how to reset battery indicator or some such thing in this forum.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nathsgames:
OK thanks I will try that. So probably doing a factory reset would fix it too?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] vipermo:
install somthing like terminal emulator free from market

then

run the following commands

su

rm /data/system/batterystats.bin

that should fix the incorrect battery meter

not sure if it only works on rooted tho anyone else know ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nathsgames:
Thanks I have root with superuser thanks i will try your script first a little later and report back. Thanks guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] gardien:
Nothing worked with me only a factory reset did the trick.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nathsgames:
Cheers mate gunna have to have a wipe to u/g anyway so might as well :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] nathsgames:
ok that worked thanks mate
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] zeu569:
Rebooting the phone works....it worked for me
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ragin:
Is this dev???