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[Vibrant General] tanlouis:
Hey everyone.

I managed to finally get GPS to lock quickly, indoors.

I'm an advanced user, and i've done everything from upgrading to j16, going back, trying all the different settings, going to Froyo, mods, and back etc....all of which did not work.

Note, I had an N95 -> N86 Nokia phone which ALWAYS locked on (aGPS) in less than 5 seconds, always. So you understand my major disappointment with Samsung with its failure to lock within seconds.

These are my steps:

1) Followed the steps as posted by digitaltoddy:

You'll need to get into LBSTestMode by entering *#3214789650# from the dialer. Press Delete GPS Data, this will get rid of the bad GPS information that is probably still stored in your phone. Go to Application Settings and set the Start Mode to 'Cold Start'. Reboot your phone and go outside, run an app like GPS Test and let it lock onto as many birds as it can, once you get a good number (at least 5), go back into your LBSTestMode --> Application Settings and set the Start Mode back to 'Hot Start', reboot and all should be merry.

2) After the restart, get back into LBSTestMode and change the Server FQDN Type to "Auto Config." I've tried this with Custom Config with the stock server (spirent-lcs) and google server (supl.google). Auto config works about 2000% better.

My Test Procedure: (Indoors!)

1) Get into LBSTestMode (*#3214789650#)

2) Delete GPS Data

3) Set to "Cold Start"

4) Reboot Phone (Removal of battery)

5) Get into LBSTestMode (*#3214789650#)

6) Do position test

To note: I used digitaltoddy's method and was unable to get desirable results for 3 phones. So I can't be sure whether his method, or that the Server was set to Auto Config which fixes the GPS.

I'm posting up a YouTube video now, but I don't think I can link it up because i'm a noob on this forum :(. On the video, I show how quickly it locks on "Auto Config" indoors

Good luck.

1st Vibrant -> JI6

2nd Vibrant -> Froyo Azura (YouTube video)

3rd Vibrant -> JI6

Update:

1. youtube.com/watch?v=QllAKdYNIXY] (Working on Froyo Azura)

2. youtube.com/watch?v=dPFfxgMVUa4 (Working on JI6)

3. youtube.com/watch?v=zjlEPntqfLA (Not working on JI6, switched to Auto -> Viola! Fixed)

Usually under 10s. Remember, the tests are all COLD STARTS AND INDOORS.

***Can a mod please un-restrict my account so I can link up those vids?***
[Vibrant General] ndwgs:
^^ Great thread...

Bump! Sticky!!

Sent from the helm of darkness called, the "Vibrant Galaxy"... Using the XDA App!
[Vibrant General] Telanis:
If one/both of these doesn't fix someone's GPS, then that someone is a liar. +1 to you sir
[Vibrant General] anthonys2r:
bookmarked for future reference!
[Vibrant General] tanlouis:
I posted two new videos to prove my findings.

You can see in the video, when put into "Custom Config," nothing appears for a long time. If you wait longer, you'll get one or two satellites - thus showing that aGPS isn't working.

I turned it to the "Auto Config", and an entire list of 11-12 satellites showed up in a matter of seconds, locking in 32 seconds.

I have tried supl.google.com 7276 and it too, doesn't work. Try it for yourself
[Vibrant General] Siks:
AGPS is dependent on the network to work properly and IS NOT TRUE GPS! If you can't get GPS to work in standalone then it isn't a fix, simple as that.

Sent via XDA app on my Samsung Vibrant

[ROM»Froyo•Macnut•R12]

[Kernel»B•Stock•1120•100]
[Vibrant General] tanlouis:
Dude.

Its clear that the aGPS function on the phone itself DOESN'T work on Custom Config, and does on Auto Config as shown in the video.

My locking time was brought down from 5-15 minutes to 30 seconds. How is that not a fix?
[Vibrant General] Telanis:
aGPS won't work if you don't have data.
[Vibrant General] epakrat75:
Yes, AGPS requires data while standalone allows the GPS to in airplane mode. I know this because I use maps from my SD while in that mode. There's also no such thing as J ONE SIX. It's J EYE SIX.
[Vibrant General] jonjonk:
so the GPS problem is finally resolved?
[Vibrant General] Telanis:
aGPS will work with data. If you don't have data, use GPS code newer than JKF and do the LBSTestMode thing and it will work. Not new information ;)
[Vibrant General] dinan:
For some reason I can't change the config back to auto? It's greyed out and set to custom config...
[Vibrant General] eortizr:
did not worked for me... only ROM I'm able to get a fix is with Macnut R10,, any other ROM and my GPS is worthless
[Vibrant General] J__:
did not work for me either. I stood out in the freezing rain for 10 mins and no lockons... had 8 in view after 3-4 mins but would not lock on...

obsidian V3 rom
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Since when has there been a problem with the standalone GPS? :rolleyes:

The aGPS has always been the culprit on this phone. When aGPS is disabled, it's worked fine.
[Vibrant General] Krzysiek_CK:
Here is my comparison:

1. Auto Config - initial lock in 145-178 seconds with 45 meters accuracy.

2. Supl.google.com - initial lock in 4 seconds and lock on 9 out of 11 satellites with 5 meter accuracy in 30-40 seconds.
[Vibrant General] waltcoleman:
I appreciate the post and glad it helped for some, but no luck for me. I went throught the entire process, also spent about 10-15 minutes standing in poor weather, finally got a lock on 5 satellites.

I decided on a real world test this morning and used my GPS to navigate me to work. I have a short commute, only about 10 minutes, less than 10 miles. The GPS lost track of my position numerous times, had me on side streets, off the freeway, all over the place. In short, it's the same problem I've had all along...before JI6, after JI6 and after trying the fix noted in this post.

I love this phone, but the GPS sucks ass.
[Vibrant General] JeremyNT:
There's always been a problem with the gps on this phone. Fixing agps as the op does here helps work around the poor gps initial locking performance, but the core accuracy issues remain, as are evidenced by the horrible tracks produced by this device.
[Vibrant General] tanlouis:
Hey Krzysiek,

Thanks for your comparison. Strange, on my 3 phones, setting it to Custom did not work at all. Did you set it to Cold Start and clear the GPS data before you did the test?

Thanks
[Vibrant General] Krzysiek_CK:
I cleared the GPS data, but I did not set it to Cold Start.
[Fascinate General] sdwinder:
I just got my fascinate, So far i have installed launcherpro, which has given me the ability to remove certain programs from the program listing by hiding them (its a setting in launcher pro) I do not want to install any custom roms because I am relatively happy with Launcher Pro and the speed of the fascinate, I dont really have any complaints.

One thing I would like to do however is be able to use the tethering service, and be able to install apps that require root. I am wondering, should I just root it and thats it? or do i still need to install the Clockword recovery mod and all that other stuff If i have no intention to install custom roms, atleast not yet.

Also on a side note...is there any way to get flash working on the fascinate, I have not received the OTA 2.2 update yet, assuming that its actually being distributed in North AMerica.
[Fascinate General] TheSonicEmerald:
2.2 has been unreleased for the Fascinate, while all the other major US galaxy s's have it. For using applications that require root, only root is required.

Sent from my StupidFast Fascinate
[Fascinate General] soba49:
If you only want tether, and are only tethering to a computer, you have at least three options WITHOUT rooting.

The maker of the app I use provides a nice little table of tether apps on his site, where you can read more about wifi tether:

http://szym.net/barnacle/

Clockwork makes an app called Rom Manager, which installs Clockwork Recovery for adding roms. It also manages nandroid backup for repairing damage you might do by adding them incorrectly. You don't need it now.

Barring unforseen circumstances, you have to wait for Verizon to release 2.2 before you'll see any Fascinates running Flash 10.1. However, Skyfire browser will reencode some formats for you to watch until then.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rcmr:
Hi guys, I am currently out of the country and lack normal connection on my phone to play my new favorite Android game. After successfully loading Pocket Legends on the emulator, it crashes when trying to initialize the 3d support. Anyone know how to get the emulator to support Pocket Legends (and innately the other 3d games that have failed to load on the emulator).

Regards.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ARUL BRUNO:
HI Friends,

I lost my INTENT MIDLET MANAGER in o2 xda ii mini.Now i want midlet manager,how ll i get?
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Retrokid223:
Reserved

10char :p
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] phoenx06:
Good goin man
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] phoenx06:
Bug report: the pop-up letters on the keyboard don't show. They are the same white as the pop-up background. Dtachd says it probably and xml edit somewhere, or you could change the pop-up background color
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Dhuss:
Where does one acquire that background? I love it.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] bL33d:
You are the man! :D
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] RacerXFD:
Thanks brother.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Adr0it:
If you wanted to add an accurate battery mod to this, I just did the images for it in Photoshop the other day. They have the exact AOSP style, so no number in the image, but it's accurate down to the pixel (so there's a change every 3 or 4 percent). You can use it if you want.

Note: Not a flashable zip, just a regular zip with images in them.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] andmer:
A numbered battery % would be great
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] LexusBrian400:
Nice, now I can pretend I have AOSP ;) Thanks Retro
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] jspidah:
Thanks for this. Awesome.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] imnuts:
Nice theme :) Is there anyway to get rid of the new GPS icon that comes with DJ05? Only thing that looks out of place in the theme, and it's annoying to have an extra icon in the notification bar that is useless.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Falcyn:
The only bug I've noticed so far is this -- the inactive upload/download 1x status icon is still from TouchWiz. The active 1x icon, however, is AOSP (not pictured).:
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Retrokid223:
i did find a way to remove it but it will need a invisible image. you won't see it in the status bar but its still there. Falcyn thanks for posting that, i will look for the problem and fix it. Accurate battery mod wont be comming to this theme because i want to keep the aosp look. unless i find images with the battery numbers in it then i will put it. Also thanks to ludeboy, we have a new pull down that looks very cyanogenmod look :) i havn't also found out a way to change the keyboard pop up color so please bare with me on that fix. Thank you guys for the support and im glad your liking the theme :D
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] illtema:
some of the media scanner stuff in the notif bar is also touchwiz... otherwise beautiful
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Retrokid223:
its a septate apk but ill look into it
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] RacerXFD:
Btw, awesomest theme ever.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] imnuts:
I found another TouchWiz element. I could only find it in ROM Manager though. If you're selecting a check box in the popup, its blue rather than the grey or yellow other places. Not sure if it can be fixed or not as this was the only place I've seen it so far. See the attached image.

Sent from my Voodoo DJ05 Fascinate
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Retrokid223:
its fixed :D look for a new update for this theme in 10 minutes :)
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] RacerXFD:
Something else I noticed was that I could not do voice search by long pressing the search soft key. I just installed sonofskywalker's rom and out worked all the way to loading this theme.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Retrokid223:
are you sure cause i don't touch any xmls that has to do with voice search. i could voice search fine on my fascinate by long pressing. the search box will pop up and then long press search again and boom voice search :confused: hope this helps
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Retrokid223:
Theme updated to fix issues
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] RacerXFD:
Hey that worked. What you just said works, but...

Before I would just long press it and it would work. If I just long press it now it says "Application is not installed on your phone."

Not sure. :(

BTW, Theme is awesome.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] Falcyn:
Voice search works fine for me by just long pressing from any screen once. I don't think the issue is with the theme.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] RacerXFD:
Roger, I'm getting the same now. Never mind, sweet theme brother.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] RacerXFD:
I would like to mention that this theme works very well with jt's rom. I tried it with sonofskywalker's rom, just not as smooth as jt's.
[Fascinate Themes and Apps] andmer:
I made some modifications to this theme. pulled in some artifacts from other aosp themes and created a few of my own.

-added a custom set of battery % images

-changed up the notifications dropdown a lot

-switched/added some other icons I don't remember which

-modified media scanner icon to fit the theme

-menu key does not unlock stock lock

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15707813/square.aosp.tw.zip
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] CallMeAria:
ok so here's my question, I'll try to explain what I'm trying to do.

So I long press my app drawer icon in my dockbar and it pops up a menu, I choose "Change Shortcut".

Then I choose "LauncherPro Shortcuts". From there I choose "Create New"...

Now here is where I'm stuck, I want to create a shortcut that lets me hide/show the Status Bar when I press it. Does anybody have any idea how to go about this?

Yes I know theres an option to hide the Notification Bar, and yes, I know I can assign hide/show Notification Bar with a swipe gesture. Put I want to do it with just a press of the icon and open the app drawer with a swipe gesture (I have my reasons ha)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AcousticBruce:
I have this installed [ROM] CyanogenMod-6.1.0-RC1 for Hero CDMA

I was running wifi tethering and installing a game called chess.

I heard my phone vibrate quickly and the screen was black. I tried to turn it back on. But nothing. So I removed the battery and waited a couple minutes. I cant get it to come on.

So I plugged it into a charger and the red/orange LED is on as if it is charging.

The phone will not even attempt to start up

Any ideas?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Phone just seems dead to me... probably just needs to charge for an hour or so
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oohaylima:
If it's not charge up and running by now, you'll need a new battery.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rank78:
Thanksgiving day I had my phone on but was doing things around the house and when I went to check my phone it wouldn't wake. Holding down the power button, nothing, it was dead. I know the battery wasn't drained. So I plugged it into my USB and the light didn't turn on either. I sat staring at the phone for a few seconds to troubleshoot and it suddenly began to boot up and after everything loaded I could confirm it was half charged.

I'm running the same version of Cyanogen as you. Are you using the original battery or 3rd party? Mine is 3rd party.

Have you had other strange occurrences leading up to this? Twice in a week I woke up to find my phone on even though I know I shut it down the night before and not accidentally rebooted.

Since I was able to get my phone to boot back from temporary dead the phone has frozen twice while texting. I didn't battery pull or anything, it just rebooted by itself after a few minutes. I plan on switching back to my old battery to see what happens.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morpheus77700:
i search any ROM with starwars or other films in theme
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faisalee:
Great Morpheus... you should be looking for a rom with Matrix theme :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gianmich:
i think its a little bit hard to find such a rom!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aatifahmad:
Noticed this in quite a few custom ROMs that market doesn't work after flashing. I kept getting the 'download unsuccessful' errors all the time. So on a hunch, I replaced the vending.apk and MarketUpdater.apk files in /system/app with the same files from CM 6.1 beta, and market started working again (as in I can download files again). However, now I am getting market FCs every minute or so. Is there any other that probably needs to be replaced? What are the market's dependencies?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oedip:
i have the same problem with market: download unsuccesful but i didn't flash my phone or anything. i tryed but it didnt work. after a while i've noticed that the market send me this msg when i try download smth.

how we solve this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aatifahmad:
bump...

someone please help...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aatifahmad:
Ok, I have a solution here (sort of) which I've tried on various custom ROMs now and it works. Last time I replaced vending.apk and marketupdated.apk and it gave me FC's all over the market. So, this time, instead of replacing individual APKs, i flashed the whole Google Apps package from CyanogenMod via recovery. It solved the market issues for me.

http://goo-inside.me/google-apps/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oedip:
and how exactly u did that? there are a lot of files/dirs there, which one to download?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thearif:
Hey aatifahmad,

I also would like to learn how to apply this update.zip. I tried it via recovery but it seems I had recovery 3e and it does not do unsigned update.zip. Do you have a workaround for this issue or did you revert back to recovery 2e?

If you have an easier way, please let us know. I really don't want to mess with the recovery.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rllong1:
Ok so I am really ready to just give up when it comes to Android phones lol. I picked up a MyTouch 4g. I did not receive the update so I decided to do the force update here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843428

The instructions said to also use the guide to permaroot for s=off...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834225

In settings>about> it still shows 2.2 not 2.2.1 but I have s off, I am using titanium backup and rom manager, with superuser. I deleted stock apps and everything. But for some reason this does not seem right. Shouldnt I be on 2.2.1.

Am I fully rooted or is something else going on. Can someone explain please. I only wanted to root to delete all the bloatware on the phone.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 21productionz:
Before anyone flames you, this is supposed to be in Q&A section. I hope someone answers this for you. I have no experience forcing an update or I would gladly give you advice. Sorry
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rllong1:
Sorry about the placing. I thought since I was combining two topics about rooting, it should have been here. Sorry guys. I dont know who moves these things but feel free to. Sorry again.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slhpss:
if you've already removed apps you will have to start over with the downgrading section most likely, but it seems to me like you missed a step somewhere
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rllong1:
Ok, I dont know where I am in the process. Like I said, I have apps deleted, superuser, tianium, rom manager. All that. So you suggest starting the downgrade process. Can you send a link please. I am on 2.2 not 2.2.1 and I have s off.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjlean:
Your best bet is to go back to the force 2.2.1 thread and force the upgrade.

You can check root access in android terminal emulator.

Open it up and type "su" without the quotes. If it come up with the # symbol you have root. If not you don't.

Here is the upgrade thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843428
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slhpss:
only problem is he removed apps and the update won't flash if certain apps are missing... but since he used titanium he can try to restore them then flash...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjlean:
Yea, you have to restore all the stock apps from what I heard too.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rllong1:
Typed "su" in terminal. I got the pound sign. So im rooted. But to clarify. In order to force that 2.2.1 update I will need to install all apps again then use the guide to force the update.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlockman:
There is a stock ota backup on here somewhere, use it to get 2.2.1 if you really are rooted.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slhpss:
if you have clockwork recovery installed all you need to flash is the update.zip... BUT if you can't get those apps reinstalled it probably won't work... but that depends on which apps you removed and I don't know for sure which ones matter
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ducter:
What apps are removed? You should be able to adb push them back to your phone then just boot into clockwork and flash the update.zip

EDIT:

Dont give up on Android just yet, this phone is a bit harder to get updated and rooted than most..just takes a bit of patience is all...you'll get it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rllong1:
couple questions

Ok, I can not use adbs so anything with adb I can not do but thanks. Also How do I get into clockwork recovery? I deleted asphalt 5 game, the demo videos, the tmobile app pack.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ducter:
Why cant you use adb?

To get into clockwork, you can try using rom manager and selecting boot into recovery or you can power off your phone, pop out your battery for a sec to kill the quick boot then reboot it by holding down the volume down and pushing the power button for a few seconds, release the power while still holding the volume down.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rllong1:
reason for no adb

I use a school pc and thus have no administrator rights to run adb commands. I have rom manager installed but everytime I do the thing that says boot into recovery, it just takes me to a screen with an exclamation point.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ducter:
Sounds like you dont have clockwork installed.

Go into your rom manager app and select install clockwork recovery
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rllong1:
Sorry guys.I gave up. I just turned s back on and did a hard reset. Hope I dont get charged. Thanks for everything.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] theimpaler747:
Ok, so for those of you who are wondering where to find the new Sprint CDMA HTC Hero radio, here it is :) This is for Sprint users on any rom; however if you're using Firerat's, it will not be as simple as flashing the radio. For those of you running Firerat's, either follow these instructions to flash the radio or see this thread. For those of you NOT running Firerat's, here are the steps to flash:

Download the radio and place on the root of your sd card

Choose "install zip from sd card" in recovery

Select the radio

It should flash, and then ask you to reboot the phone via the menu.

Select "reboot phone" from the recovery menu

The phone should reboot, with a big box and android showing

The phone will then go back to recovey, and say "Formating Cache..."

Wait about 5 seconds, and then reboot!

You're done then, new radio should be flashed! Let me know if you need anything or want to express thanks! :D

Thanks to Nfinite for the radio pull, here's the MD5 for it: F15CF77B1C08CFB1F357E2574F386F5F
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Porkrinds:
Thanks for this. I revamped my HBOOT thread and included a link to here to encourage people to use this method whenever possible.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CraigCraig:
You both are so awesome, thank you!