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[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] teriemer:
Great with videos

Great with the videos. I guess a video says more than a million pics :p The pics I posted is with updated a-gps software. I used the same program as you (gps status). Note my settings are a bit different than yours, see last two screen dumps in pic on p16. Anyway - if your settings are working for you, then great. I'm just trying to add my findings to help other move on with SGS as navigator.

Btw - could be nice to video (I don't have that possibility) a test drive while looking at Gps test. In this app you see s/n ratio and how that changes. That's how I do my tests, aiming for a stable lock with best s/n ratios.

Ps - flashed Hardcores K10I and can report great gps results as well with this kernel. Pics from yesterday are with K10H kernel. But this mornings trip to work confirmed stabile gps reception.

There also great gps info in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=842694
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] betoNL:
Thank you all...gonna make more videos when I have time....

I was sceptical, but now I am starting to think Hardcore is doing good with that Kernel scheduler tweak

Try the new YA-OK kernel: Zenkinz also tweaked the scheduler on his new 1.12 OC version
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] terpsych:
Does GPS from jpu 2.2.1 work better?

terpsych
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] teriemer:
I haven't tested enough yet, but did the other day monitor a drive home from work. Based on that test isolated, I can say that JPU is at least as good as JPA - IF NOT EVEN BETTER!

There where several occations where I saw 3-4 green bars while driving with snr's up to 45! I didn't see that with JPA, while SGS driving. If that's the case, then JPU definitely looks to be the best gps rom ever.

BUT, as said - this is based one simple test - so more testing will come up. I'll report in this thread when ready. I'll add screendumps from the following test as well.

Testing setup is:

- Doc JPU v2.0

- Voodoo activated

- GPS fix activated (from GPS tools). This is new, I haven't tried this before. The fix changes the GPS server to one that's supposed to be very good. Well we'll see about that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] benoitb85:
For me, with JPU and ramfs Voodoo (still stock kernel), and no GPS fix: the GPS is very bad as before, not reliable for a motorbike trip.

Could I tweak parameters without flashing old files ? Maybe the tweaks alone would produce good results.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] terpsych:
Try to flash jpp modem.

terpsych
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] harryisme:
Will have to try this, The GPS on my JPO is scary, keeps on putting my location at the cemetary, the closest Cemetary from where I live is half a mile aways and the GPS always puts me there, and when I went to Leicester Last week and took a wrong turn, I loaded the GPS and again it put my location at the closest Cemetary, even though I was at a hospital...I'm thinking the phone is trying to tell me something...lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] xan:
Sell it, its cursed. I mean it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] john291:
Hello is it possible to flash this if i have the new darkys v5.2 xxjpu rom?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] ap1618:
I have Cognition 2.1.6, Im going to try this tonight...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] SirM2X:
I flashed ZSJPE and went for a 45km drive and it never lost sats and work really nice. Then a few hours that day, I tried it again and it couldn't get a fix!

So I decided to use this fix. Flashed it, really didn't have enough time to test it thoroughly but the primary tests show no improvement :-(

I'm really getting to the conclusion that SGS GPS is pure crap. Hell, each and every phone I had in the last 6 years had a sort of catch! I'm sort of getting used to all this LoL

Anyway, thank you for this fix ;-]
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Lalaca:
To teriemer, or anyone else still following this thread:

With the recent improvements in GPS in hardcore's speedmod kernel, what settings are you maintaining for best performance?

I'm still using Accuracy 70 with Auto configure for FDQN. Results have remained decent, but not remarkably different from before the newer speedmod kernels.

My GT-I9000, brought to life by XDA
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] teriemer:
Good morning Lalaca,

I still have my settings on "auto config" and then have adjusted accuracy to 30. Besides that, I have installed gps status (dl from marked) and uses that app to download a-gps info. And that's all.

BTW JPX is on par with JPA in terms of gps performance :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Adevem:
I'm personally on stock XXJPY

changes/tools used are...

//GPS Test

Standalone -> MS Based

the rest are defaults.

//NTP Pool

used FasterFix to change my ntp pool settings. so I'm using Google's supl.

//A-GPS downloader

also using GPS Status to download a-gps before I navigate.

//Location settings

Toggle GPS / Use Wireless Locations when I'm actually navigating. has been pretty well. running tracks are more than decent, driving tracks are pretty spot on too.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] praun:
I upgraded my phone via kies from stock jf3 to JP6/JPM/JP4 everything was running good for weeks now.

But yesterday i screwed up my phone, :o but i could get into download mode and since i cant flash jp6/jpm/jp4 via odin (or can I??) i decided to go back to jf3 and upgrade via kies again.

So i downloaded jf3 from samfirmware and flashed via odin, went fine! I then connected to kies and i can upgrade firmware but not to jp6/jpm/jp4 instead i get option to upgrade to JPA/JPP/JP4...

why does i not get jp6/jpm/jp4 and/or what should i do to get it?

different csc file with jf3 maybe?? sadly i cannot remember wich csc file i had with jf3 before...:o

Any help would be much appreciatet:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] szczeslaw:
JP6 was taken down by Samsung, as it had some bugs.

Right now official version of Froyo for nordic countries is JPA.

So everything is as it should be. You won't get JP6 by Kies any more - instead you get newer JPA.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] praun:
argh... OK! thank you very much...!

jpa runs very smooth with speedmod froyo kernel and advanced jfs lagfix!:)

But then again, so did jp6...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] adamvanner:
Hi I just wonder if a dev could describe how HARET and MAGLDR fit within hardware abstraction model for android through a few questions!

1) for HARET would there be another layer at the bottom of this diagram such that some of the kernel's direct hardware access is remapped through WM drivers found in the WM ROM (as I keep hearing) or is it merely that the kernel has been reverse engineered and compiled for the platform in some Frankenstein way, and if so, how?

2) for MAGLDR and the purposes of HD2 NAND, does MAGLDR just bootstrap any working HD2 android kernel?

3) Does the DFT work involve modifying the code of one kernel (if so, which are they basing it on), or the code of MAGLDR?

4) Once MAGLDR / NAND is complete, will other devs be able to (easily) produce variant kernels?

5) Does anyone have any links or could provide even a basic ascii illustration of the type of system diagram as above for MAGLR and HARET?

Sorry for the many questions, and I'm sure many will be answered in other questions!

Many thanks in advance!:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] adamvanner:
does anyone know where I might find out this info? (or is it a secret lol)

thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kholk:
HaRET and MAGLDR aren't built in KERNEL. Basically they're doing the same thing.

HaRET runs on CE Kernel (WiMo and WinCE) and it is basically loading a kernel image (Image/zImage/bzImage) with/without a ramdisk (initrd), uncompressing it (if compressed) and then passing the execution to it simply jumping to its RAM address and without shutting down the WinCE kernel so HW is preinitialized (exceptions apart).

MAGLDR is a bootloader. It's executed direcly after the SPL and jumps to the address of the file to be executed (example: for linux it's Image/zImage/bzImage).

Hardware isn't preinitialized. WinCE isn't booted prior the MAGLDR execution.

Well, this is a really basic explaination of what they are.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] englishchannel:
occasionly when my phone is in standby i will press button to wake up but nothing happens and sometimes i have to take battery out and reboot.

anyone having this problem?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnerz:
Could be a few issues:

An old stock rom - flash the latest from tyhe HTC website for your phone

Software you've loaded on the phone - factory reset on the phone

a cooked rom - may have issues reset the phone and if needed re dowload and flash again

More info needed for a tighter answer :)
[Touch HD General] kbs100:
i wonder if anyone can help on this matter.

i have a blackstone with a flashed miri rom and the latest radio installed and was working 100% for about a year until it came out of standby 2 days ago and there was a red message saying "rom not compatible with this device"

i took the battery out and reinserted it and the phone rebooted ok!

here is the problem

i am on virgin mobile and if i switch to 3G i do not get incomming calls or sms at all, i can make calls and send sms to people but receive nothing back, if i turn the 3G of and use GPRS it works fine?

i tried another virgin sim with the same results so i tried a 3 network sim card and the phone worked 100% in 3G mode, i then tried a 3G orange sim and that worked 100% aswell.

so i thought it might me a rom issue so i formatted my memory card and reflashed the rom with duttys holy-grail and then flashed the original radio as well, but the fault is still there only on virgin?

i have phoned virgin who checked thier 3G coverage and reported no problems.

i have yet to try a t-mobile sim as i know virgin piggy-back of t-mobile.

any help would be great.....

many thanks in advance
[Touch HD General] kbs100:
any help would be good???
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moores2525:
Hi All,

Please can you help me. I bought a used HTC Desire a few weeks ago and was delighted with it - worked a treat and just like new. I then made the schoolboy error of taking it on a hiking trip - it rained like mad and a small amount of water got into the top of the case. Result - no power - phone won't start or anything.

I tried the rice method to dry it out and left it for 2 days - still no joy. I took the phone apart, noticed that at least one of the water indicators has been tripped (turned red). I rebuilt the phone, replaced the battery in case that was knackered - still no power.

Any ideas what I can do from here myself to fix the phone or eliminate what is preventing it from starting? I've been looking at repair companies - does anyone know of a good one? HTC warrently repair is out because of opened case/wateer indicator - and I bought the phone used.

Thanks,

Stewart
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
HTC will repair it but it could cost you. My desire is second hand and they repaired it for free but I didbt have water damage.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
as a phone technician you have basically damaged the solder connections PCB.finite resoldering is not cost efficient as process is general mass production.HTC will replace board £100+.

sorry for bad news
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialkillazzs:
believe it or not but condensation damage is actually far worse than a soaking.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moores2525:
Update - I've brought the phone into a repairer (not HTC). They've had a look and found the problem, it appears in trying to dry the phone out I managed to break a power connector/terminal on the mainboard. They told me that they will order a new part from the Far-East and apart from that the phone is in pretty good condition. Only a small drop of water got in so maybe I'll be lucky...

...watch this space!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futuristicstyles:
Anyone found out what kernel works best with it for battery life. The kernel it comes with isn't that great on battery life. Sorry if this was already posted.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phajen:
Unfortunately, there are no definitives, and if you aren't getting good battery life with the stock kernel with warm2.2, you might want to start looking at some battery tweaks.

There is a thread over in the Evo 4g General forum, the title is "2.2 ultimate kernel review :: Updated 11/6/10" and the OP is skydeaner. His site also has one of the battery "fixes" if its not holding a charge correctly.

Unfortunately, I can't link to it, since I'm still a newbie poster, but, some of the higher rated ones are Kings #11, and the new Net 4.2 kernels.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futuristicstyles:
Thanks I just downloaded kings 11 & net 4.1.9 stable I'll try 4.2 also
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigd2442:
Im having good luck so far with Nets 4.2.1 CFS more aggressive smartass universal.

There were a lot of people complaining about the awake time of the 4.2 build, so Net tried to tweak the 4.2.1 to have the great sleep time of 42 with the great awake time of 4.1.9

I havent had the phone awake alot today but with light use I have gone from 100% at 8 am to..... 75% at 10:30pm :) This was no browsing or games, just phone for about 5-10 minutes and maybe 5 minutes of texting only 1.25 hrs awake time total so far.... so very light use today. But ive NEVER had the phone stay 75-80% inot the evening.

I REALLY hope the awake performance is as good as the sleep performance. We'll see how it does tomorrow under some stress. ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futuristicstyles:
Thanks a lot
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phajen:
Just for a baseline, I just put my phone back to root to take it back, I've lost 50% over about 26 hours of moderate texting and usage with just JuiceDefender running.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
I have Kings #11 and my battery blows. I drain 25% in less than an hour with moderate use. This is off topic but when you enable your 4G does it automatically turn off on you. I think my 4G is broken and just want to know. I may need to reflash it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erawtik:
im runnin it with stock kernal and i have no complaints. I just took a screenshot showing like 43% left off charger for 14 hours and talk time was like 1hour and 23 mins. Plus iv used it to play mabey half hour of games and half dozen text. Il see if i can get the ss posted.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futuristicstyles:
I'll install juice defender and see how it works
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futuristicstyles:
I haven't tried cause Detroit doesn't have 4g yet but I'll check
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futuristicstyles:
That's great my battery life was about 4 hours heavy use 6.5 moderate
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackulous:
No it isn't unless you lose service completely I.e. a tunnel or if your battery goes too low
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futuristicstyles:
What rom are you using?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Is that the ROM that came on the phone as standard? You could try extracting the ROM.zip from the RUU, rename it PB99IMG.zip and try updating through HBOOT
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) Continued..

11. How to unroot to my region's software if the only RUU available online is incompatible with my SLCD phone.

This is especially important for Indian Desire users. You can safely run any RUU>2.0 version. Below that, you need to confirm with those who have run it, whether its safe for SLCD. If you create a goldcard, though, you can get back to your manufacturer version of the software even after bricking it. Be careful here.

Method:

Get the OTA update for your region. Save it to pc as "update.zip"

Use an SLCD-unsupported RUU (supposing that only that version is available from your carrier). This will temporarily brick the phone.

Put the OTA as update.zip in the root folder of sdcard,

Use the key combinations for running the update.zip (without seeing anything on screen) from the Android recovery

The OTA restores system to an SLCD-compatible Froyo version.

It's a bit tricky, but workable for those who dont have the proper RUUs

12.

What do I do if

my phone does not get detected by Windows?

You could try uninstalling all HTC Drivers (uninstall+delete) from Programs & Features in Win, and the Device manager. Then reboot pc, dc from internet and connect the phone. Your phone should get connected, but you should be prompted for driver install. If instead of getting prompted, you find that the driver gets automatically installed, you should manually repeat the above process to remove the drivers. Restart once again.

Now install HTC Sync once again, uninstall HTC Sync program alone (keeping the drivers and driver installation in place). Now connect phone in Recovery and Fastboot. The right drivers should now get installed. Format the sdcard as FAT32, try the Downgrade tool once again. This process should take care of any driver issues.

13. What is a USB Brick and how do I fix it?

Read this post by Rudolfje. The fix is here

14. What is True Bricking and "Semi-Bricking"?

Note that the term "Semi-Bricking" is a neologism. I use it to refer to the state of a phone where you are unable to restore it to a usable state either because of flashing an incompatible rom for an slcd phone leading to the phone being unusable, and further you cannot flash an RUU because a gold card is unavailable and a CID-appropriate RUU is unavailable

A true bricking means you are not able to reset it even with an RUU. This happens because of flashing an Radio incompatible for the SPL (Second Program Loader). So, remember: Don't flash a radio until you understand fully the process of flashing and it is absolutely essential. If you flash a radio meant for another device, your device is Bricked! You cant fix it yourself!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Sounds like you've got an SLCD Desire and used an AMOLED RUU
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
I believe it's AMOLED..I was under the impression that the Desires released in India were AMOLED. And I used Unrevoked. Is it supposed to work on SLCD too? Is there a way to confirm this on the product specs? The tag says HTC Desire A8181. Model ID PB99200.

IT WAS AN SLCD DESIRE. Thanks, Eddy, for pointing that out!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
The box says if its AMOLED, Desires built in the last few months are SLCD
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
This box doesnt. It just says "9.40cm touch sensitive screen". Nothing else.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
Yea it sounds like you have a SLCD desire. It's not bricked you just can't see what your doing. Is there a RUU out for SLCD desires?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
Search brings up other similiar queries, but no files. So what would you suggest I do?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
Only thing I could think was to flash san ruu that is SLCD compatible but that will debrand your phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
Thank you. That would be perfect. My phone isnt branded anyway! I cant find an SLCD RUU. Can you give me a link? I dont want to risk any incompatible RUUs after what happened!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
Wouldnt I need a generic SLCD compatible RUU? Since my phone isnt branded, I dont need a goldcard, right?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
Try this guide should work

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=748498
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
Thank you, ste1164. I had also reached that guide after searching. Unfortunately HTC has taken down the first file..The OTA. I'm downloading the second one from shipped ROMS..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
Yea try and flash that ruu and see if it works for you.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
Seen as you can't see what your doing on your phone remember to do a battery pull then hold volume down and power to get into fastboot connect phone top computer and run the ruu.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
One quick qn, if I may..

I read that the SLCD backlight is off. In that case, shouldnt a Nandroid Restore, restore it to normal, if I can press the required keys in proper sequence without seeing?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
Well you flashed the ruu so it unrooted the phone so a nandroid back up won't work.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rastaman-FB:
do you have a goldcard?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
No I don't. I dont have a branded phone either. I had almost created one, then saw in a forum that a goldcard wasnt needed unless one had a branded phone.

Edit: I had a branded phone. Just didnt know that. It was branded not to an operator, but to HTC itself

The RUU should still work without a goldcard, right? I'm still downloading it. The Broadband is down, and I'm using an old Nokia N95 to download the RUU..So it should still take an hour and half..

I hope I can flash the generic RUU without a goldcard. Otherwise I'm swamped! The other flash did run after I had pressed Vol Down and Power combo. It vibrated, and the USB driver popped up in Win..Trying to Flash got all the prompts..But finally gave me a 140 error. Will have to retry with this version. If this doesnt work, my phone is a goner. I saw just these two methods for a semi-bricked SLCD..The weird thing is that I realized just today that my phone was an SLCD (thanks to the response to this post). I always thought it was an AMOLED. :rolleyes:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
No the RUU would fail even when they run it. They have no clue about goldcards. At least the centre where I gave it, did not. They replaced my board too initially and gave an AMOLED screen. But since it developed another issue, had to return it and finally gave back a new phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turkishbald:
but to me, the way they responded by saying that they changed the board and had a little gin on their face. It was like they knew all Ive done with he phone.:p so, what was the other problem you developed with the phone later anyways:confused:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbl123:
Hello,

I would like to point out that I'm a rookie to Android.

I SLCD bricked my Desire yesterday and I'm now looking for a solution to unbrick it.

I cannot use the adb commands because my phone isn't detected ( probably due to debugging mode being off ) but I can install RUUs from my PC.

I'm a looking for a RUU from 3UK which is newer that 1.22, because if I install a WWE version and it won't help, the 3 won't accept my phone if I try to give it back as broken, right?

I can't find any newer RUUs, should I still install the WWE version or give it back right now when it has a 3 branded rom?

your help would be appreciated, thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidzone:
If you have a goldcard, you can unbrick it by running a WWE RUU with a goldcard. But if you do need to return it later for some other reason, it would be better not to do this, as they may decline warranty stating that you changed the software. If there was a new RUU available for your carrier, there wouldnt have been a problem. But since there isnt, maybe it's better to return it.

If you can make a goldcard on some other Android phone, you can install a unbranded RUU and restore the phone to normal use.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbl123:
I do have a goldcard.

Is it 100% sure, that if I install a WWE RUU it will be unbricked?

I don't want to change the ROM to unbranded which will not fix it and then not being able to give it back for repair.

Why don't 3UK release a RUU of newer ROMs?