yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] mpencexda:
Thanks for giving it a try.. :)

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[Captivate Android Development] jsmith8858:
Let me also just chime in to say welcome Da_G! I used your ROM kitchen for the Touch Pro for a long time and loved it, you were a great help to me and everyone else back in those days and I really look forward to seeing what you can come up with for the Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] TheSopranos16:
Welcome Da_G! Like many here, I was a touch pro user for years and enjoyed your work on that forum as well. I am confident in your ability to help improve the GPS situation, but as you said yourself, you are helpless without the source codes. I wonder what we can do to help get those to "leak"?? Doesn't Designgears have some inside connection? The same connection that got us the leaked Froyo's for the Captivate?
[Captivate Android Development] madmack:
Can you tell us what "mode" are you using in lbstestmode ? did you leave it as "standalone" or did yous witch it to "ms-based" ?
[Captivate Android Development] creepyncrawly:
When I go to SGS Tools -> Secret Codes -> ServiceMode, Debug, Netz, Audio, Common -> Common -> GPS -> I get two menu items, GPS and GPS MODULE IS IN AP SIDE. Neither is clickable.

Cognition 2.1.6

So is this turning on control plane in SGS Tools froyo specific?
[Captivate Android Development] mpencexda:
It appears that it is related to kernel and or modem

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[Captivate Android Development] mpencexda:
I decided on msbased

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[Captivate Android Development] fatbas202:
One more "it's awesome to se Da_G here" comment. I, too, am a former Touch Pro user and was very happy with what you brought to the community and I'm excited to see that we have the same device again.

I'm looking forward to what we will have on these devices when Da_G starts working with Designgears and the other chefs.
[Captivate Android Development] Da_G:
Hi guys, did the promised side-by-side GPS test today. I didn't get a chance to capture raw NMEA this time, just used google my tracks. "Use Wireless networks" was turned off, "Use sensor aiding" off. Note that I had to turn on SUPL for the phone GPS as I was not able to get a lock at all under the stock ROM standalone configuration. Otherwise running stock. That change should only affect the lock times.

2 AT&T Captivates, similar "born on" dates, similar internal GPS performance signal-wise, etc. Both set up to JH7 + "GPS Fix" from market. I'll see if I can collect raw NMEA data tomorrow. Both GPS were set up side by side on the dashboard, as close as possible.

AT&T Captivate Track:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=e...26965825393652.000496745b69eeef7de5f&t=h&z=14

BT338 GPS Tethered to Captivate Track:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=e...26965825393652.00049673fd50c60e8d690&t=h&z=14

Both Tracks overlaid (anyone know how to get one track as a different color for better visibility? I know you can in g earth..)

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=e...09,-117.346945&spn=0.053451,0.065746&t=h&z=14

The BT GPS can be considered an accurate reference, most of the time it's spot on down to the lane of traffic i'm in. Note that the timestamps on the BT GPS track are off by 3 hours as it's set to eastern time and the other cappy was set to pacific (whoops!)

Looks to me like there is an overzealous interpolation algorithm at play, which tends to yield good results on a straight and narrow path with good signals, but otherwise not the best results.
[Captivate Android Development] buddy17:
wait....so you're telling me you WEREN'T driving through those fields??? haha
[Captivate Android Development] Da_G:
Not this time.. I wasn't running over cars in the parking lot or driving across 5 lanes of traffic either :) LOL

One thing this track doesn't show you. Several times the GPS on the Captivate seemingly lost its lock, but did not report that to the OS. As a result it still showed as being locked but it was pretty obvious there was an algorithm at play extrapolating my course from the last known heading/speed. So even though sometimes the tracks look really close to accurate, it might be at that point in time the Captivate GPS was really 10-15 seconds behind, and only drew that part of the track when it caught up. I'll see if I can come up with an easy way to record 2 NMEA streams side by side, and play them back side by side. I know google earth can do a track playback from the timestamps but not sure how it will handle 2. That would make it real obvious just how poor the Cappy GPS performed side by side.

I'm mainly curious to look at the reported signal strength in the NMEA strings when the track goes off course. It seems like the Cappy can do accurate tracking, but only with ideal conditions. I can also run the BT338 GPS in Sirf protocol mode, which shows quite a bit more data, but i'll need to bring the laptop with me for that one :)
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
I'd be curious for you to try the test another day. I also see this wandering behavior some days, and then on others it seems to lock on, and stay on my location no matter how many turns I make. This seems to happen regardless of cloud cover conditions, with some of the laggy tracking on clear sunny days. I am wondering if this is a clock drift issue, because the app micro second from the market seems to often show me off by 2 seconds from the time server.
[Captivate Android Development] bunnsguy:
I had one occurrence when my C(r)appy had an amazing several miles when I told it to take to to so and so address and it took me exactly there with no rerouting and no lost signals. I could tell there was no delay in the GPS signals because it would show the road I was coming up on perfectly even when stomping on the brakes because I nearly missed a turn. I just wish this would happen every time.
[Captivate Android Development] moosefist:
Da_G!!!! you made my blackjack so much better way back when, I can't wait for you to start tinkering with these captivates. I'm stoked you are here to dev for our phones.
[Captivate Android Development] aleadam:
If the latter is true, then accessing the chip directly from the kernel should allow us to bypass this. Did you have the chance to look at the linux driver? There's thread about it here:

http://groups.google.com/group/linu...dc0bf5ba47d?show_docid=515b3dc0bf5ba47d&pli=1

Do you know what other phones are using the same chip? Maybe we can learn something from those drivers...
[Captivate Android Development] skinien:
Seems as though you guys are optimistic that the GPS can be fixed with software. Doesnt the fact that the Nexus S had its GPS antenna replaced point to a hardware issue? DA_G, seems like you know what the hell you're talking about; is there anything you're seeing that verifies its just a software issue?

I don't mean to be a pessimist. To me, this phone would be perfect if the GPS worked as well as my old iPhone 3G did.
[Captivate Android Development] emuneee:
I think the Galaxy S is the only phone using the BCM 4751 GPS chip.

I often notice the "drift" using My Tracks and Google Navigation. It does in fact look like some interpolation issues. Using Google Navigation, the GPS would throw me off road and then slowly bring me back on road as if it was interpolating the path between my current position and the position where it threw me off road. This has to be mostly a bad software algorithm.
[Captivate Android Development] Da_G:
I'm pretty sure the issue is indeed software, rather than a hardware problem like a bad antenna design. But i'm not going to state that for sure until tomorrow's test, that's just an educated guess at this point. I'll capture raw NMEA data from both devices in a clear sky view and obstructed, both moving and stationary. Then compare the signal strengths at the same timestamp in numerous conditions. Just going by my eyeballs at this point the Captivate doesn't seem to be receiving a much weaker signal, rather it's having problems working with the signal it does have.

The BT338 has an excellent antenna (much better than can be found in any mobile phone) so if the signal levels are even close the Captivate should have more than enough SNR to work with.
[Captivate Android Development] compuguy1088:
See this as well on my Samsung Vibrant, running JK6....
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
No it isn't... Iphone 4 uses the same chipset.
[Captivate Android Development] lowlymarine:
Nope, the iPhone 4 uses the slightly older BCM 4750.

http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/news.asp?id=752
[Captivate Android Development] emuneee:
The iPhone 4 uses the BCM 4750. ;)
[Captivate Android Development] barmanham:
Quick question what GPS software are you using with the BT GPS I got so sick and tired of this GPS I bought the same one for 30 dollars.
[Captivate Android Development] ArkieMD:
I'd rather the pilots control my plane's settings.
[Captivate Android Development] emuneee:
Take a look at this article. The iPhone 4 suffers from the same tracking issues.

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?topic_id=135768

LOL...maybe we are too hard on the GPS performance of the Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] foxbat121:
BlueTooth GPS Provider app works best for me.
[Captivate Android Development] bunnsguy:
Nice :D

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[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
I think it was the iPad sorry guys.... either way it sucks...
[Captivate Android Development] upNsmokeAllDay:
Ha i thought i was the only one driving through the forest on google maps O_o
[Captivate Android Development] tyc0:
just came across this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876179

thoughts? It has given me a stronger GPS signal, quicker lock and maintains my lock as I travel to areas I never was able to maintain locks..
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
I did a test and posted here in that thread. Take a look and see what you think. Be interesting for you to try the same thing.
[Captivate Android Development] tyc0:
ewingr, how do I find the SNRs?
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
If you use GPS Test by Chartcross (the one you see most pics of), there is alittle legend at the bottom showing the color for the SNR range. For example 0-10 is red, 10-20 pink, etc.

Just remembered I had a pic in Photobucket:
[Captivate Android Development] tyc0:
I don't get more than 32 ft accuracy with cover on/off
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Outside?

I get 32.8 insice, 16.4 outside. And have watched it on long drives. Bounces to 32.8, and very seldom to 49...but 16.4 most of the time.

Again, for me, that is w/o aluminum cover. Using Seido Innocase for cover.
[Captivate Android Development] tyc0:
32.8ft inside, haven't tried outside. When I go out tomorrow, will post results
[Captivate Android Development] ewingr:
Great.

And be interesting to hear if you are testing based on the cleaning of the back; or with the back off; and if it is improved from what you've been experiencing.
[Captivate Android Development] tyc0:
I apologize for the very late reply. It seems I get locks much quicker and much less prone to lose a signal when traveling. When I lose a signal, it re-locks within a second or two. I scratched off the coating off the back cover. I still have an issue with initial lock when tracking...it takes a good 5-10 seconds for it to follow on the initial start but once it starts it is fairly accurate.
[Captivate Android Development] Donatron:
Where can I find information on these hacks that you did? I recently purchased a Globalsat BT-359, and I'm wondering if I can apply the same hacks. It's currently performing very well as is, I have no complaints. But if I can improve it further, that'd be awesome.
[Captivate Android Development] azhar230:
try DOC's rom. I am getting 9 to 10 sat lock within couple seconds without any modifications. before I used to get 0 to 1 lock with perception or cognition. probably kernel 2.2.1 fixed it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palmbxr:
my eris lcd broke and i wish to read my texts... is there a way to show the eris's screen through usb onto my laptop? i have extreme limited use of my eris screen theres a fraction of the right that works, basically like 1/4 of an inch on thw whole right side works, is there any hope to read my messages
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Conap:
If you have adb installed you can run ddms by typing ddms in a command prompt...select your phone and then in the options at the top you can get screen shots. This would bring up what's on your screen. It's not real efficient but if you just need to read a few texts it should work. You would need to manually refresh the picture every time the phone screen changes.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadesdan:
Try Android Screencast. You can control your phone with your mouse and keyboard.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palmbxr:
thanks worked perfectly, i set a refresh intervol and it works pretty well
[Nook Color General] Pinesal:
You can install this app market until we get the real one. This is an alternative to Googles. It doesn't have as many apps but it does have lots of popular apps. It installs and works fine.

http://slideme.org/

Its quite good.

Just to clarify. Slideme is not a website where you download apps. it's a Market app. You download the app from their website.
[Nook Color General] barrosd12:
How did you get this working, my NC says "Install Blocked", and then "Installation of download apks is not supported"
[Nook Color General] Pinesal:
Refer to this thread to get the Nook to install apps on it's own.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857732
[Nook Color General] gigadigit:
Another place where you can download the apps:

http://www.freewarelovers.com/android
[Nook Color General] Pinesal:
Ah good. Thanks

Just to clarify. Slideme is not a website where you download apps. it's a Market app. You download the app from their website.
[Nook Color General] devis:
installed it... cant get it to even run. screen flashes and it goes back to the app screen. Ideas?
[Nook Color General] kingu:
You must have a sd card installed to run slideme.. Most phones only let programs read and write to the sd card, and a lot of programs fail when it can't find one.
[Nook Color General] devis:
Thnx

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[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Dud193:
Hello, my name is Andrew and im new on this forum. I have a HTC TOUCH PRO and i want to install on it the last windows version but I can't find here any "original" version.. with any modifications . I read the forum but there are too many versions and i can t understand witch one is the last ORIGINAL (stock) version and from where i can download it. ( a link will be usefull )

Also, i want to ask you guys what i can do with the games to run faster? I play guitar hero 5 on my phone but it is too slow and that is not funny. If you know anything that can help me, please tell me. (i can t find any graphic accelerator or something like that)

Thank you!

Have a nice day!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Dud193:
Any ancer? :( comeon.. this is my first WM device so i don t know anything about the WM.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] wqb520cxy:
hello i ·m a Chinese，wm is so easy。。paly yourself。 good luck。
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] wqb520cxy:
i have a lite rom for 6.1and m2.5。so fast。but is Chinese 。 do you want to try？

my email 2721654132qq.com
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Dud193:
Tnx but i need an english version :) .. Please, if someone can help me, I really want to play some games on my phone and i can't do that cause they are so slow..

Thank you!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] palmboy5:
The most up to date stock ROM can be downloaded from HTC directly.

http://www.htc.com/www/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=140&act=sd&cat=all

Look out for compatibility specifics such as whether or not this ROM works on both CDMA and GSM and whether or not it would work on custom versions like the FUZE... I forget these specifics.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Shudushi:
Stock ROM's

Here you can find many stock ROM's. Enjoy!

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/

Touch Pro (Raphael) is not the fastest device. For games a TouchHD would be more suitable.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Dud193:
first: Thank you both for replays!

secound: I know that Touch Pro isn t the fastest device but, i want to know if there is any chance to make the games move faster :) . There isn't any graphic accelerator or other drivers? (i have that ATI d3d but there isn t any difference..)

Thank you!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] thebranded:
the only way to make it faster is to use a non stock rom, try some of the "lite" roms.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] mughalgxt:
Theres an overclock tweak app laying around in apps section try it out!though won't work on battery alone but when charging, install htc gps tool run it and you can use overclocking on battery too
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Dud193:
Hello,

I'll try the overclocking tool. Thank you for the information.

@thebranded: i will search a lite rom. If anyone have any advice, if anyone know any rom witch is good for games, please tell me (a link will be usefull) .

So, there isn't any graphic accelerator? the problem is that the FPS aren t ok.. are too slow.

Thank you for the ancers! I'm waiting for other advices too because i think that there are many ppls who want to play some games on their Touch Pro.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] NoFatePPC:
i want to buy a silicon case to protect the desire, but will it not disable the proximity sensors?

any1 using a silicon case like below?

http://www.pdashop.be/product/11184...-s/adapt-silicon-case-black-htc-desire-z.html

thnx
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] steviewevie:
That does look like it covers both the proximity sensors and light sensors. Actually, I'd be glad of something covering my light sensor, since it doesn't work properly on the stock ROM anyway ! At least the keyboard backlight would stay on.

The proximity sensor being covered would just mean the display stays on when you have the phone to your ear, I guess ? And in theory it would ring more loudly since it would think your phone was in your pocket ?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brebreloo:
I recently installed Froyo 2.2 firmware and my phone and my previous root reverted. When I try to reroot I get an error. When reinstalling packages it says "E:signature verification failed Installation aborted." What does that mean? how can I fix? How do I root my phone? Someone please help me....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Um.. hit the search button for one click root. Or how do I root.

Many many many many many answers on how to do this already. And check the wiki under the Dev forum up on top.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] flyboyovyick:
Well i know you can't flash 1.6.

And 1.6 roms have fastboot so, can anyone with a 1.6 fastboot rom install clockworkmod and do a nandroid.

Then us with 2.1/2.2 can just restore the backup?

Is that possible?
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] hani93:
+1 someone plz upload recovery from 1.6 .. then i can test that, is is working...
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] flyboyovyick:
bump!!!

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[G2 and Desire Z General] Redbaser:
Hi Every body,

In quit new in Android.

I just finaly rooted en S-Off my Desire.

Now I want to copy a file in to a system map, but I cant safe in that map.

Is there a way that I can Chmod the right, so I can Copy too their.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Check the file system you're trying to copy to, it might well be mounted as read-only. If you have permanent root you should be able to remount it as read/write.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Redbaser:
I am permanent root, waht should i do to get the map Write.

Is their een special chmod tool.

I use ES file Explorer.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
You need to mount /system as read/write :

mount -o remount,rw /system

Make your changes, then when you're done :

mount -o remount,ro /system
[G2 and Desire Z General] Redbaser:
From my Pc then it is:

adb shell

su

mount -o remount,rw /system/media/audio/notifications

exit

exit
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
No, you need to remount the /system file system (/system/media/audio/notifications) is just a directory within that file system.

Then go into that directory and make any changes that you need to. Then remount it as read-only when you're done.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Redbaser:
I did it whit my terminal emulator,

just you told.

I want to copy a file in that directory, it want work, premision denied

I typed

su

#mount -o remount, rw /system

Then I tried to copy
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Check your steps again. I just created a new file in that directory fine.

Did the su work ?

You're not typing that "#" symbol, are you ? That's the command prompt when you're root.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Redbaser:
I treid again, I type su, then $ change in #

I type mount -o remount, rw /system (puch enter)

I open ES file Explorer, the directory is still no Rightable only Read.

I
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
The problem is ES File Explorer isn't running as the root user. So you can do a "chmod 777 /system/media/audio/notifications" then it will work.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Redbaser:
Wich App do i need or how can i made the explorer as root user.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Are you not comfortable doing it via the command line ? There is an "experimental" option within ES File Explorer to let it run as root, but I just tried it, and it doesn't work on the stock ROM.

I checked and it looks like one of the other main explorers, Astro, doesn't work as root either.

Maybe try the Root Explorer app (hmm, though I see you have to pay for it) ? Anyone else have recommendations ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Redbaser:
I so new whit android, I Realy dont now what are you mean, Sorry
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
If you are willing to pay for the "Root Explorer" app, which you will find on the Android market, then that should do what you want (i.e. give you a file explorer app that will work as root).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeithGS:
Hello, I just got my Evo 4G today, and I'm interested in rooting the phone, it has the Android 2.2 OS on it, and I'm not new to this, I've jailbroken my iphone, and another phone, I can't remember the name.

There is plenty of guides on the wiki, but I'm uncertain which one I should be following due to there is many, could someone lead me to the simplest guide that I can use to root, and possibly flash the phone?

Thank you kindly!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan0412:
This is a good place to start from.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeithGS:
Yes, I understand that, but which guide should I be using? some of them seem out of date.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrel_b:
What's your software number?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeithGS:
Okay so I've found out I'm on the 0004 Hardware rev, so whats the easist way to do this, and not break anything, and have access to a stock rom, (not a custom rom) but maybe one with root access enabled?

EDIT:

Software number: 3.30.651.3

Hardware Rev: 0004

EDIT 2: I kinda just wanna be able to delete the sprint **** off the phone like Nascar (SP?) and ****, and in order to do that you can only do it rooted :p so help please? lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeithGS:
anyone? bump
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drummer2780:
Just youtube it.. put unrevoked.. i also have the evo.. but i havent root it, because im scared of messing it up..lol but it looks really easy to do it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terrel_b:
Ironically, this post is right below yours as I post this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=858047