yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foggie is so Epic:
i fixed my gps

what i did was ,used odin to revert back to stock.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773032

only difference was that i used the stock file. SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5, SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar didnt work for me.

http://www21.multiupload.com:81/files/293918AD979F963AE2A106064BB10445B8FD813E69B7D8B3A69C06162D6092F5608234A7D6558008DC262B66F7432B2E2BC051A73824200342A8A82165F8CAA02CDC3FADC19A26BBC775C075714FE956/SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5

re rooted and added clockwork

then i flashed 4.2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=836111

the first time it didnt flash for some reason. but then i just reboot and it flashed with no problem

then flashed kernel dk17

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=847540

sprint nav is locking and accurate, Google is locking but its telling me im a couple of blocks from my house. havent left the house yet to see if it will fix itself
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decalex:
I trust the devs who say this shouldn't really work, but I gave it a go last night, and gps definitely works now. I've restarted several times too- anyone figure out Why it works?

sent from my RAZR
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SINNN:
Thxs. Good tp know. Im trying out dk17. Its giving me hell. :(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SINNN:
Yup. People come in this thread just angry about peoply doing this for the gps to work. But its proven to work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastmikey1969:
Quick update.

1 day later with DK05 ROM and DI18 I can't get GPS lock. Haven't rebooted, standing in the same place in my home.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobloat:
You have no idea what you're talking about.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elboriqua176:
Gps lock but way off...

I get a lock rather quickley but it says that is is like 2300 meters off? Any ideas? will doing what is suggested in this thread if you dont get a lock make my lock more get closer to my actual location. right now it says i am like 2 block over from my house.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SINNN:
I flashef dk17 with its modem. Gps is finally working perfect. No need for gps status no more.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastmikey1969:
sinn, how many days have been running dk17? I really hope what your say its true!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilroy2626:
I have been using DK17 for a few days to no avail. Odin flashed back to stock, including the kernel, from 2.1 flashed DK17, tested GPS, then flashed to Quantum 1.5 and now my GPS works. (So far). Thanks for the help!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herzzreh:
Just tried gps after 40+ hours of uptime... No gps. Rebooted... Yes gps. Damn you, Samsung, damn you!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snovvman:
+1

I get the same pain. It puzzles me to no end how Samsung/Sprint can release a flagship phone with such flawed GPS.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrosenman:
Have any of you having GPS issues tried the ##gpsclrx# code to see if it wakes it up?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herzzreh:
It does for me, every other time, but the point is that we shouldn't have to do this on a flagship phone...

Stop putting stupid **** in your signature lines! Kak menja zaebala vsja eta drama!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastmikey1969:
For those of you having trouble still with DK17 gps lock, have you tried the flashble in the VIPERrom thread?

So far I'm still getting gps lock with viperrom v2.4, so I haven't tried it yet.

I'll add the link, using Tapatalk atm.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maldito.boss:
Sorry about this but don't wanna open a thread... I though froyo was cummin out nov 29.... well is just hat I saw in ll those threads..... so was it just the update to the voice mail or are we really getting it... I just askin I love my beta 2.2 but I wish we could have the surce for thekernel to do some tweets u know
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drunix:
This is a prime example of what I'm talking about. Your assumption that your GPS issue is everyone's GPS issue has caused you to assume that since this solution won't do anything for you, that it won't do anything for others. The solution in this post will fix some instances of completely dead GPSs, i.e. they don't get a signal ever, not even from one sat, and not even immediately after clearing GPS cache, messing with AGPS settings, wiping and reflashing, etc.

You're not the only one making these assumptions, so I apologize for singling you out, but these are the comments that make outsider potential developers with a lot of linux and programming background reluctant to participate in these forums, and thus why there isn't a much bigger development community on here for this phone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NYYFan325:
I just wanted to give you props on the well thought out and well put together post. Good stuff man.

Personally I had the same issue you did and performed the same "fix" with flashing back to DI18.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drunix:
So anyway, to get back on subject here. The fact of the matter is that:

Wiping and re-flashing a DK17 ROM does not fix this.

Wiping and re-flashing a DI18 ROM (booting and getting a lock), then wiping and flashing a DK17 ROM does.

All the while on a DK17 modem. The key to understanding this particular GPS bug is the key to understanding:

1. Was it the flashing of the DI18 and back that fixed the problem or is the booting and getting a lock under DI18 also necessary?

2. What exactly is the DI18 rom flash (and/or the getting a lock under DI18) doing that persists through the re-wipe and re-flash of the DK17 rom.

Since I didn't reflash a modem, it could be that DK17 has a bug that (at least in some scenarios) will not properly initiate some GPS piece of the modem firmware. I'm curious if those who never had this problem flashed the modem while under DI18 and booted DI18 before they flashed their ROM... i.e. they were on DI18 with a DK17 modem (or even on DK05 with a DK17 modem -- or even still that they had flashed a DK05 modem at some point between).

I'm also interested in anyone more familiar with the separation of responsibility of the modem firmware and the OS's GPS software to chime in on anything they can think of that might fit this pattern.

Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drunix:
Thanks for the feedback.

Do you mind including a few more details of your exact journey? It'd help with trying to put together exactly what is causing it and fixing it.

Here's my generic questionnaire for anyone interested in trying to help me track down *this* GPS issue, please answer as best you can for the things you remember:

1. Did you have any problems with your GPS in stock?

2. Were you EVER able to get a GPS lock under DK17 modem?

3. Were you EVER able see any sats (use GPS status from market to test)?

4. Were you able to flash DK17 modem.bin to PHONE in odin (yes, no, or N/A if you didn't try)?

5. Did you end up with DK17 modem.bin or DK17 modem.tar?

6. Did you go straight to DK17 or did you run DK05 for a while first?

7. Did you at any point try wiping and re-installing DK17?

8. Did you at any point try flashing back to a DI18 modem?

9. Did you at any point try flashing back to a DI18 ROM while keeping DK17 modem?

10. Describe as best you can what eventually fixed the problem for you (if anything did):

11. Does your GPS work now?

12. Do you have long GPS lock cycles or have to clear your cache to get a lock (i.e. it doesn't lock right away every time)?

13. What release are you on (ROM)?

14. What baseband/modem version are you on currently?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NYYFan325:
When running 2.1 never had an issue

Never got a lock on DJ29, DK05, or DK17

Negative on all builds as well

Yep, flashed the first time no issues

I used the modem.bin

I ran DK05, couldn't get GPS so went back to DI18... then went to DK17

I did a odin to stock/fresh DI18, and then to DK17

nope

nope

1) Odin to DI18 and booted up phone

2) Got a GPS lock w/ google maps

3) Shut down phone and used odin to flash DK17 modem

4) As phone was rebooting pulled out battery (at samsung screen)

5) Booted into clockwork and flashed DK17 ROM

6) Booted up DK17 and got instant GPS lock

Basically just used this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9444988&postcount=21

Yes

Nope, locks near instantly now

The basic DK17 (ACS)

DK17

Anything else?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drunix:
Incredibly helpful information--thank you. That helps my theory of the non-cache-bug users, but shoots my modem.bin vs modem.tar theory out of the water.

I'd love if more people can answer these questions as well.

Thanks!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NYYFan325:
Anytime man. Just some additional info:

I also downloaded the DK17 TAR file and flashed that as a attempt to fix my GPS woes at the time... with the tar I also had no GPS and couldn't see any satellites with that either. So I did at one point use the tar as well.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kibachris:
I didn't notice that my GPS wasn't working until today when I was trying to find directions somewhere -_-"

Anyway, I basically followed the directions above and got GPS working, along with all my data restored:

(Starting with a previously-loaded DK17 modem) Flash stock DI18 ROM via Odin, boot... at this point, it booted but for some reason none of the touch sensors (including the screen) would work, so I turned it off, wiped it, went back into download mode to flash stock DI18 ROM again, and then I was able to get to Google Maps.

With only GPS-based location services selected, it took about 15-30 seconds for me to get a fix, after which...

I reset the device into download mode and flashed stock DK17 ROM, booted and double-checked Google Maps to make sure GPS was still working (and it was)

While the device was still on, I figured I might as well run one click root 2.5

Turn off and then boot into clockworkmod, installed Epic_Experience_v2.0.01.zip, and then immediately restored (only) "data" from an earlier backup.

Now I can get a GPS fix within 15-30 seconds, no sweat! =D

Forgive me if I did anything amusing, it's still my first week owning/flashing this thing so still I'm not 100% sure of what I'm doing >.<"
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laven205:
Finally have working GPS in 2.2

GPS worked okay for me in 2.1 (sort of, still suffered from the 30m accuracy bug). But no matter what method I used to flash (wiping all caches and formatting 3x, etc.) to 2.2 or which modem I used, GPS was always dead. Utterly dead. No sats in view...ever. No other bugs with this phone, and odin has worked fine for me (albeit a bit temperamental with the drivers and Win7).

Anyway this procedure (on DK17 modem) of:

1. Wiping and flashing to stock 2.1 (DI18)

2. Booting and getting a lock with GPS in 2.1

3. Without wiping any data or cache, flashing to 2.2 in clockwork (used Quantum Rom 1.5)

4. Booted and got a fast lock with an accuracy of < 11 feet.

5. Restoring data from a previous 2.2 backup (just to restore my previous apps)

I'm not sure why this worked. Perhaps there is something missing from 2.1 in the 2.2 builds applicable to only some Epics...a hardware variation?). All I know for sure is that this is the first procedure that worked for me. Now I get 2.2 AND GPS. Unfortunately I still have absolutely craptacular reception and 4G coverage in the DC area...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SINNN:
This thread has grown. I will suggest the final nail in the coffin. Download dk17 with its kernel and modem. Its here in the epic section.but download the one thats all in one with Odin. Flash it and gos is 100% cured. Ive veen on it for 1 week and its flawless. The only bugs I have seen is the camera onscreen buttons fails after reviewing the picture after taking it. But theres a fix. its in this section too. The other bug is the gsensors arent calibrated 100. So auto switching to landscape and back to portrait is slow. Some say it's about 1 second extra wait and others say its longer. For my epic it was horrible! It took 5 to 7 seconds to switch! Unbearable! The fix is easy.

Go download (android terminal) and type this:

su

/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha

Follow the instructions. Done. Gsensors are super fast.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snovvman:
Thanks for this. I followed the gsensor calibration but my sensor operation is more messed up now. I found that I had to put the device on the side with power/camera buttons during calibration. If I put it on the volume button side, the screen flips the wrong way and stays there.

Now when the screen flips to landscape in an app (Market, Maps, etc.), it never flips back. I have to turn off screen flip in order for the app to flip back.

Edit: Figured out the phone needs to be on its back on a horizontal surface, not on its side... Duh!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snovvman:
The DK17 suite is working well for me as well when it comes to GPS. However, a bug I noticed in DJ29 still exists in DK17. After multiple GPS on/off cycles (e.g., Google Maps, open, acquire, exit, open, acquire, exit, etc.), the GPS stops turning on (no more GPS icon in notification bar). I have to reboot the phone to get it to work again.

I haven't try ##GPSCLRX# to see if that would help. Will try the next time.

Has anyone else seen this? Any fix?

Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SINNN:
Lololol!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gullzway:
Bad Epic?

I've tried every solution mentioned here and cannot get GPS to work. My Last effort was going back to stock DI18 using ODIN. I could not get a gps lock with DI18, tried for over an hour.

I guess I just got a "Bad" Epic. GPS never worked on it without USE Wifi selected. Oh well, Flashing back to the Stock Froyo then will go to Viper Rom for now. At least I have an external bluetooth GPS I can use when needed. Thanks for all the suggestions!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SINNN:
I havent come across that bug. I dont use gps alot in 1 day.Maybe thats why?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cam3ron1:
Whats the code msl or whatever after typin ##gpsclrx#
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brian_hoffman:
You can get your MSL a few ways. The easiest is to get the terminal app from the market place.

Type

su

getprop

SU will give superuser acess

getprop will give you your MSL and a bunch of other fun info
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SINNN:
If

If your getting sat locks in dl18, u have a good epic. U must be doing sum'in wrong on these leaks. Try this.......

Grab a sling shot and streatch that sunavagun arms wide and aim your epic towars a sattellite on the western hemusphere. If u get lucky, ull jam lock than sunavagun inside the sats thermal insulation. :p
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gullzway:
Don't know what the problem was. Flashed back to di18 got no lock. Flashed stock froyo rom, now it works flawless and gets an instant lock. This phone is "Epic."

Sent from my Epic 3G on SERO.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imdjenk:
Thanks for this OP. I was on my third froyo rom and about to give up and I tried your fix and I'm good to go! 2 days now.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SINNN:
Lol. I swear you were going to thx me for the slungshot advice. Lol.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbadboy2007:
I had no gps on froyo before doing this method. Im getting gps lock in my apartment now and i couldnt get lock in there on eclair. also my accuracy on eclair was 98.7 ft outside now in my apt the accuracy is 13 ft holy crap and it locks real fast fn SWEEEEET
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxhax2000:
HMM WTF

could it be as easy as, enabling GPS and locking on some sat's. then exiting and installing froyo? w/o having to do buncha other crap.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gullzway:
Yes.

Sent from my Epic 3G on SERO.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tubasteve:
Currently at knott's berry farm......gps isn't locking at all. From ltirude it shows ir hasn't worked since dec 2. Kinda sucks, cause 2 apps won't let me post w/o proof I'm here......id like to thank samsung...atleast knots isn't busy.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamJamz:
Does this method work on the My touch 4g as well? T mobile ?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lv2bll:
no, mt4g is an htc phone. Thanks fo waking this back up too
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamJamz:
No problem... You dont know by any chance where I can find a fix to getting the GPS on the My touch working better? Trying to help a friend out over here... for some reason its very spotty.... he's using a sense rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] oyvpet:
1. What does the default.acdb file do?

2. Is it a kernel or build file?

3. How to open and edit?

Why i`m asking:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=839383
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Xepht:
I'm not 100% sure but..

1. Controls the microphone gain sensitivity

2. I have a feeling its a kernel file seeing as though

"Release r7.7 - 27/10/2010

- Merged the main tree as usual (stuttering fix, acdb changes, etc)"

3. You can delete/rename it using astro ( /system/etc/firmware ), unless you're talking about actually editting the file itself, then im not sure.. sorry!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] oyvpet:
1. And nothing more?

2. Thx.

3. The problem is that when i rename it it creates som issues in android. So if i only could open it and make some sense of it i could edit it to fit my needs.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Khurram:
*First I , open the threat under upgrade , no response yet :( , so trying here , i need help badly *

Hi Guys,

My HTC Universal is almost dead

I had Tomal v12 ROM, tried to install Almost2 ROM, but it stuck on Splash screen , after reflashing several other ROMs problem remained there. also tried MTTY app and enter to bootload and flushed Tomal rom again.

bottom result. now i can't see any thing on my screen , even i cant enter to BootLoader screen by pressing keys.

Screen is totaly black at moment and usb connected to it does not recoginize it as valid device.

Please help me how to come out from this.. and get back my device back working.

how can i enter to bootloader from sd card.?

any help would be appericiated.

Regards,

Khurram
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] orb3000:
Have a read on my signature link and search for ROM flash from SD/MMC

Hope it helps,
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Khurram:
Thanks for direction

i am going towards it , btw are you sure it will be flashed when device is not responsive even no bootloader
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] NevErSn0w:
The same thing is happening with my HTC Incredible S

any fixes??
[Dash 3G, Snap General] SopelaR:
I'm looking for ROM update with program buit in with birthday reminder on the main screen. Did you seen like this on this forum?
[General Questions and Answers] gumstar:
kindly help me upgrade my xperia mini pro version 1.6

to version 2.1 eclair..

kindly tell step-by-step

and give the tools i need... ty
[Click Themes and Apps] krumata_87:
Hi, it's possible to run Sygic Aura on Tatto ?
[Click Themes and Apps] c0rp:
Too bad but no.
[Click Themes and Apps] krumata_87:
Е много жалко човече, иначе си я бива :d
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mkzak78:
Hello,

I am just a bit curious. Most of the discussion around here did not mention about Three (3) network at all.

I am really tired on waiting for my Galaxy s update from Three...

If any news or information on Three (3) Froyo update, maybe we can discuss here or update here....

All of your help or news is really appreciated....

My phone details:-

GT-I1900HKAH3G

still in JG3 version
[Galaxy S I9000 General] asad78611:
Changed Product Code

I originally had:

GT-I9000HKDH3G - (Three UK)

JF3

Updated it to:

GT-I9000HKDXEU - (Unbranded Europe/UK?)

JPO

Using the kies method ... I think to do it now you need to downgrade kies and then trick it into thinking it's already updated by editing the version string in the registry
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ancient_One:
I think he is looking for the official release through Kies. I would think by the end of November my friend. All networks have pretty much indicated this as has Samsung to a degree.

OPTUS I think from memory is supposed to be today.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mkzak78:
How come you have JF3?

I am also from Three (3) UK, but I have JG1 and JG3...

I am trying to find out the information on the official update from KIES. I don`t want to root or trick the KIES to get an update yet...

I also heard the official FROYO update for Three (3) UK will be end of November, same as O2. But, O2 will give the update of Froyo earlier than expected. That is why tring to get some information.

Hope to hear from somebody about it...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gadget1974:
There was a thread posted last week about froyo for Three handsets, but I believe that was referring to the general froyo release
[Galaxy S I9000 General] emms:
couple folk in the thread you mentioned claim three has released froyo update but if you look on there site its definatly not available just yet. http://www.three.co.uk/Help_Support...SoftwareUpdate_show&content_aid=1220461902599
[Galaxy S I9000 General] catzi:
According to the the official Three Galaxy S blog http://blog.three.co.uk/2010/07/28/video-samsung-galaxy-s-on-three/ the update has been approved by them and they are waiting for Samsung to roll it out - they are unable to say when that will be.

Just keep checking I suppose. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Odia:
Can you post the info from your Kies registry?
[Fascinate General] slvrevoix:
Hi all you angry forum sharks :D

Here is my problem. ( well my girlfriends problem ) .

I have had my SF rooted since I got the thing and everything went smoothly and I'm currently running Jt's Rom (which is perfect thanks).

So my girlfriend Decided she can't stand bing anymore ( like most people) so she wants it rooted. I said ok and decided to do it through an app "z4root". It worked and gave me super user permission and I thought all is well.

I got Rom manager on there and flashed the recovery , and tried doing a backup. It went into clockwork spent like 2 seconds there and rebooted. I tried it again same thing. Then I said F this and tried to just install a Rom. It did the same thing one more time and failed.

So I went back to the app thinking It didn't root correctly and click "unroot". It work and there was no more super user. (I know I still have the CWM recovery). I decided to try "1 click root" which I had done on my phone and worked great. It found the phone but when I try running it I end up with no root and I get "permission denied" from the 1 click root dialog box.

Thinking this had something to do with the CWM I used Odin to restore System tar, kernal, Recovery, and the Pit. The phone is back to 100% stock works great but I STILL CANNOT ROOT the damn thing!!! I still get the permission denied on Su, busybox, superuser.apk.

Anything I can do to force root? lol

Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance :)
[Fascinate General] slvrevoix:
update...

Odin restored again. Used PIT button and file while I used PDA to flash system, kernal, recovery.

1 click root still denied su, busybox. etc.

used z4root app, worked. I now have super user permission. Downloaded Rom manager. Tried flashing alternate recovery ( it says it was already flashed? It never loaded in the status bar.

tried to boot into recovery. It starts opening the file package and then I get

--Install from package...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package....

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification Failed

Installation aborted

Sigh....
[Fascinate General] slvrevoix:
FIXED !!!

I did this to force clockwork http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788099

Thanks for all the awesome people who posted the sticky section