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[Hero CDMA Android Development] danaff37:
I was reading about all the gps hoopla here, and thought I would check and sure enough since the last update mine loses lock constantly as well. But I remember a similar situation with darchdroid (cm5) way back in the day, and I think this fixed it. Will be a little bit before I can confirm, but just go to /system/etc, edit gps.conf and change QOS accuracy to 4.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
I am going to preemptively state a conclusion...I have been sitting here locked on for over 15 minutes, GPS lady keeps telling me "Head East on Water Street", no reboots, no issues at all...before I would lock, lose lock after a couple minutes and have to toggle GPS off then on...So...here's what to do or what I did...

1 - Moved Maps.apk is in /system

2 - Changed build.prop to 131072

3 - Rebooted

4 - GPS appeared "fixed"

*EDIT* Phone rebooted after about 25 minutes but never lost lock.

*EDIT 2* Tested again and at 35 minutes, lost lock :confused:

*EDIT 3* 02/13 - Reloaded 02/10 build wiped everything, including SD Card, loaded GApps, booted and set up phone, installed NO additional apps to keep phone just ROM and GApps only. Tried Nav...Lost lock.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Do you know what exactly the QOS_ACCURACY=16 (stock) is? And what exactly changing it to 4 does? I believe that is the meters for a lock, so why would lower be btter? Just curious...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
AGREED. it is a community wiki btw, you should edit it ;) Still curious if others will have success, you and me does not a solution make... maybe.

Just googled and searched for a while, it looks like the value of 16 is a cyanogen fix from way back. The lower the number the stronger the lock (theory) so =1 would hold well, but the lower the number the longer first lock takes, so 16 is a happy medium. Since I don't have issues on 16 I'll leave it, but I'm curious what 8 would do......
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
Using Nav, Maps, and Runkeeper (my guess is any app that utilizes GPS). I flashed gapps after installing 02.09.11 ROM. I have not edited build.prop (changing to 131072 from 65537 does what exactly?).

Using astro, I see nothing in /data directory, and can't find maps.apk in system. Think its on SD card, is that what you mean (i.e. sdcard/Android/data)?

So moving back to /system in internal memory will resolve this problem (what's weird is application settings shows 'move to sd card' as though it's not)? I wonder if this is necessary for every gps app that acts up?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
*Possible* GPS Fix

Removed my own post :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vicmen:
How does one move maps.apk to /systems?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Use Root Explorer to move it...it will be com.google.something.maps-1.apk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
first I would suggest the 2/10 rom, 2/09 had a lockscreen bug. I would not suggest you move the maps, unless you know you're doing it right. I have no idea about 3rd party nav apps and don't intend to. As for maps/nav, it is not part of the gapps in the OP, but it is available in full gapps on romrepo.info, get one of those and flash it with the 2/10 rom, then maps/nav will be in /system. side note: astro blows, imo, go get root explorer.

full gapps from romrepo:http://romrepo.info/repo/gapps_combined-mdpi-20110123-signed.zip
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Root Explorer
[Hero CDMA Android Development] noidea`:
Idk why. but every time I try to flash this one (after wiping) it always boot loops - or it doesnt get that far. It stays on the htc splash for a while then shuts off and powers on and it happens again.

Any idea why?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
lots of ideas. read the wiki. big "README" in the first post. there's even instructions and suggestions.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vicmen:
Thank you. Where does it normally install to?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] noidea`:
Sorry, I cant provide a logcat because I cant get into the phone at all without wiping.. I'll check irc. Thank you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
if you flashed the OP gapps, you dl'd the maps form the market, which would put it into /data (assuming you don't have data2ext enabled or firerats or darktremor a2sd). here's the full gapps from 01/23 if you want them:

http://romrepo.info/repo/gapps_combined-mdpi-20110123-signed.zip
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
you don't need a logcat, what are you talking about? click the big "readme" link in the OP, it will take you to instructions. The IRC is awesome, powerful, and full of dangerous people. You might not be ready for that yet, lol.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
will do. wasn't talking about 3rd party nay apps, but 3rd party apps which depend on gps (e.g. yelp, runkeeper, etc.).

what's the beef w/ astro? i like the SMB plugin and it does everything a file manager should, speaking of which... if anything blows, it's the built in file manager... would ask 'why is it there' but presumably answer from someone would be 'it's cyanogen, just remove it' :)

what does the build. prop edit do? and what do you find the most efficient way in getting rid of adw launcher and file manager built in (after 2.10 update of couse): adb, TE or possibly root explorer? Last time I used ES File Explorer to do such tasks via GUI, it barfed. :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
Moved maps.apk from /data to /system/apps; changed build.prop. Locked pretty quickly and held gps for about 2-3 minutes. Has been "Searching for GPS" for about 5 minutes now.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
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just to clarify, 'data2ext' is android native yes? I think i force to external vs auto, which is why it's in \sdcard\android\data (not \data as it's empty).
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Osirus71:
Which is better: Data2ext or Firerats???? Not too familur with either one so if someone has experience with both any information would be great.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
Not sure how moving Google Maps to system/app would help any 3rd party GPS apps.

Regarding user error and GPS, it looks to me that people who know what they are doing are having GPS issues after multiple wipes of all partitions, clearing caches, wiping dalvik, factory reset etc. It is an issue with the rom.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Yeah I eventually lost lock, but it was after about 25 minutes and 35 minutes :confused: I had 1-5 minutes before, but this got me FAR better, though evidently still not a complete fix...:mad:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
We're not talking about 3rd party apps...we are talking about Maps and Nav, and the "fix" may or may not help anyway.:p

It got me up to 25 minutes and a second test to about 35 minutes then I lost lock again.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
I was. Maps is one piece of the pie. I use runkeepr and yelp extensively.

So anyway... before I get started... this fix really isn't a fix, in the sense that one doesn't find any arbitrary and erratic loss of GPS signal feasible? This sucks... :(

On another tip, I'm not trying to just blindly rant, but you know what I loathe... why is it, if you don't want an app and would like to do simple uninstall via android gui, it's always unsuccessful if baked in via ROM? I mean... what's the point if you have to go through terminal hoops (relatively speaking) to merely uninstall an app. Should be forced to allow uninstall in GUI unless its loss is detrimental to core services (like talk.apk), but file manager, adw, etc., should just be able to simply native android uninstall, but can't... now i need to get sdk up and running again on new pc. like paula, i find 2 steps forward is 2 steps back :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] PMDColeslaw:
To each his own but I like firerat's better. Less of a headache to set up and apps tend to run smoother from the internal memory. Higher class sdcards (6+) are needed to run d2ext efficiently.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
But actually we were.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 24601:
For this using firerat, understand moving maps.apk to /system will increase your system size by about 5mb. Make sure you have enough room.

I agree. With 2/1 build the gps lock was better and more sustained. There have been many additions (improvements) since then and something is interacting strangely with gps.

Yeah, my results before the fix were the same as after.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] runngwlf:
I tried the "fix" for gps. It still lost lock for me after moving maps to system and changing my build prop. Given that this happens on maps and just about any other application I have tried that uses GPS, I am inclined to say that it's a rom issue. Has anyone tried changing the agps value in the build prop from 16 to something lower? I wonder if that would help, I don't mind waiting a couple more seconds for a GPS lock.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
So, edit your agps and see what happens. What works for one, may nor work for another. I offered the fix that worked for me. Something else may work for you. Best solution, try and see :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
built in one sucks, agreed. root explorer seems the best one for me, almost removes the need for adb commands. removing apps I use titanium backup, it rules.

****.

no, it's a mod. look in data/apps, you may find stuff there.

use titanium backup, works every time. paula uses it.

we weren't though, lol. if nav/maps can hold a signal, so can 3rd party, and since nav/maps are likely something we all have, that's the one to test with. Unfortunately the fix doesn't seem to help all users, just me and ranger, and 25-35 minute locks are success as far as I'm concerned.

try with no firerat pretty please, and ****, still, lol.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
ok, I give in, gps is borked. aosp I hatez you.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Exactly. We need to focus on what the majority use :)

For the few times I drive anywhere longer than 30 minutes away, (that I would even need GPS) that's a success to me...but at any rate, despite getting 20-30 minute locks, there is still something not playing well with the GPS in the last few builds.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Did it get ya? lol
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
I will run it, but astro still rocks... unless root explorer has smb plugin, and I'll drop astro like a hot potato based off the enthusiasm here.

thanks and nadda in /data, just /data on sd card.

dammit, i do use it regularly for this task! I love Titanium, where is my mind today (info overload and too many things going on)?! must have amnesia along w/ my phone as it never knows where it is, like a concussion :p

I would uninstall offending apps and applaud TB further, but I've already downgraded to 2.2.1. A GPS fix for 25 minutes is not a fix. It is GPS for 25 minutes and then cursing, lol.

We were! If each app requires being moved (as does maps) then they must be considered as not fixed, even if maps is. But neither are, so here we are. :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
nope, i was giving up, i no longer care. lol. and the hate was obviously a joke.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
I don't think Astro allows you to see the /data does it? Don't use it so I don't know. I know Root Explorer does. That may be why you aren't seeing anything in there. And Root Explorer essentially, as Duce said, removes the need for ADB.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
Yup, I'm with ya :) mine is workable now, so I am done with the conversation...though hopefully aosp gets it worked out. Everyone else can deal with their own crap.;);) Time to continue with Hockey Day Minnesota :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] aiwetir:
Lol

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
sucks... i am really gonna miss some of cyanogen's goodness, like the long press to volume keys to change trax... wish there were a way to accomplish this in AOSP only Rom. I guess I'll be back once/if these issues are resolved!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] noidea`:
Sorry I mislead you. I've been using irc for several years. Hop down from your high horse.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] madeSICC:
yea the fix for gps didnt work for me either, it would say it had me locked but on my drive to walmart it never said i moved from my street. then after about 15 min it said it lost signal. oh well :confused:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
you know, i totally understand where you are coming from... I've blown 3/4 of a day easily on this and you know... there comes a point and time when enough is enough, and marginal utility sets in. Is my Hero worth this effort, I find myself asking. Life needs to be lived and sometimes tech, in particular Android, can seriously SUCK that life out... I don't know how many on here, particularly the unpaid devs, do it! There are just so many quirks. For every 2 I resolve, 4 pop up!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] :
All the more reason to donate to the devs :D

aosp, you rock!

-- Sent from my Sprint Super Hero --
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
I used to bust XDCC, until the l33t nerds became too much and I realized that my financial ability to afford proper usenet superseded their l33tness to kick me from queue and/or evict me from their virtual playplace...

Does this count as IRC 'im so kewlness'? I found no other meaningful use for the antiquated chat system but am humored by others that hold it as a litmus of prowess. I reckon most highly paid IT staff don't (nor ever have) even touch(ed) it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] counterfeit187:
A few things ...

This rom has pcu settings and seems that default is 691 so you probably won't need deca's kernel.

I had the market issues fixed with somebody's market fix creating /cache/downloads ... used terminal emulator instead of adb.

Having some problems with gallery not finding pictures, I could use some help with that, but thinking I should backup and format SD card
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
I'll donate to the 1st person that tells me how to get long press volume - track change on AOSP 2.2.1 :D Is this a Cyanogenmod only thing? Sucks, as that makes this Hero a full featured mp3 that I don't mind taking on the run as a player and not simply gps logger.

Also, it seems DSP app's dev has ceased update since version 15. wondering if this app can be extrapolated from aospCMod and used on aosp 2.2.1. I got benjamins on both!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] J33per:
If anyone is interested in getting mobile SMS notification of new versions of AOSP's GB Rom, you can text the word "romrepo" to 41411 or signup using the widget on the left side of the wiki... http://romrepo.info/wiki

(standard text msg rates apply)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] silberj:
+1 +1 +1 for Zeam! Zeam! Zeam!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oldjackbob:
That's just one of many reasons why I don't mind CyanogenMod in this rom. I sure wouldn't want to give up that one feature! :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
@ il Duce

you were right. i can now see a bevy of things in /data w/ root explorer. some app data is in /data/app

anyway, back to v2.2.1 for now as I don't need the headache, lol.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kurigowa:
I'll donate to the 1st person that tells me how to get long press volume - track change on AOSP 2.2.1 ...

Go to Settings, CyanogenMod settings, Input, and there is an option there for long press volume rocker for track change.

Hope that helped!!

Donate to the devs, not to me

*edit*

Oh, oops I did misread the original post. Try music mod from market or forums. I think it adds that feature, but I'm now using AOSP 2.3.2 so can't test myself
[Hero CDMA Android Development] oldjackbob:
You misunderstood the request ... he wanted to know how to do that without using CyanogenMod.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dhero1:
The build.prop faithful swear by:

ro.fl.long.press.volume.rocker.track.change.enable= 1

ymmv
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexdemonumber3:
Youtube and online video playback still ****ed ..
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dhero1:
I followed the wiki, and I'm fine. But I have noticed that lots of people using firerat's custom MTD's have a problem one way or another. Peeps should not confuse a problem with custom MTD's with a problem with this rom ...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
Go into /system/usr/keylayout/heroc.keypad.kl, modify whatever button you want you can change the call button (231) to MEDIA_NEXT WAKE, then your call button will skip forward, even with the screen off. As for the long press, I've been looking for that for a while, don't know where the command lies.

sent from my hero, which no longer sucks ass
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hakujin:
GET OUT! If I add this line to build.prop, this *might* work?!

Interesting... will this affect the normal behavior of said hard key?

I'm working on getting DSP manager functioning now on non CM ROM. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=783737

But my last attempt of just extrapolating the dsp manager and libaudioflinger.so from this rom ended in disaster as could not make it past the HTC screen, lol. My old T-Mo SDA w/ WinMo 5 had rocker track change, DSP, and payed xvid... regression rocks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dburg84:
I have no problems. I streamed some ice cube earlier. What happens with the playback?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] il Duce:
No barkin from the dog

No smog

And momma cooked a breakfast wit no hog.

sent from my hero, which no longer sucks ass
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ULoveAriana:
I got my grub on but didn't pig out

Finally got a call from a girl I wanna dig out

Hooked it up for later as I hit the do thinkin will I live another 24
[Hero CDMA Android Development] balak:
wifi issues

First of all, thanks for the awesome rom. Have been using this over cm6.1 for the last few weeks. Yesterday I upgraded to the latest version (02/10). Basically flashed zip, wiped battery stats.

however, seems like wifi doesn't connect to any network now. I am at home next to the router and in settings->wifi it says the network is out of range. Scan doesn't show any networks either ?

Has anyone seen this? Any ideas will be appreciated. thanks!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Hexidecimal:
Just wanted to say a final thank you to the developer. Swapped up to an Epic 4G tonight so probably won't be keeping as close an eye on the Hero forum. Made my phone way better while I used it. Thank you for your amazing efforts.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 808Bill:
No problems with wifi for me. Sorry, no suggestions except reflashing.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexdemonumber3:
Can you post a link to the wiki info? Im on my phone and I don't have a computer so I can't find it :[
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexdemonumber3:
Haha nice one man :D
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stayclean:
Read the OP. "Read Me". ;)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexdemonumber3:
Oh gotcha thank you :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexdemonumber3:
where is the info for fixing youtube and video streams?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Nilxchaos:
There is none at the moment.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jmkarnai01:
Has anyone notice that navigation is better when on the move? I can get it to work about 20 to 25 mins on the move versus 3 to 5 minutes standing still.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] e30user:
Thanks for this. I never had many problems with other roms but I just couldn't get this one to load(HTC bootloop). The #589-691 kernel didn't work but this #43 does. I'm finally at the welcome screen!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rondietz1:
GPS and Golflogix

I not only use my gps for navigation, but also as my golf gps with golflogix. Yesterday I not only lost gps lock a number of time with navigation getting to the golf course, but the loss of gps lock rendered Golflogix virtually unusable. I love this rom, have no complaints against it, realize it is a work in progress. My hats off to all the great people who spend countless hours creating and refining this. I can't tell you the number of hours of enjoyment playing with this rom and reading this forum bring me, let's face it, the people on here consider this a hobby, why else would we update our phones on a daily basis, we consider it fun! Anyone who doesn't want to be part of the experimental process can easily just leave their phones alone, we experiment for the adventure and enjoyment.

That being said, this is not in any way intended to be negative or a knock against all you hard working people. I would just like to know if there is a definative known answer as to what release I should flash back to in order to totally eliminate all gps problems. I know that sooner or later some one of you very intelligent people out there will figure out the gps problem, but until then, I need my golf gps and am more than willing to go back to an older version and await the fix.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NewYorkLaw:
For me, the 2/1 build seems to be working properly. I accidentally flashed down to it from 2/6 and have not had any problems with GPS.

Pete
[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexdemonumber3:
Can someone please tell me how to get youtube and online video playbacks working?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] CrashV2010:
Don't use hd.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] NhocCuteGirls:
Looks like data works, how about sound, mic, etc? You get that all figured out already? Holy shiz... Either way you are the man

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[Hero CDMA Android Development] alexdemonumber3:
Its not working regular quality either :(
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chatsfire:
Negative. I am currently running 1/28, the gapps from 1/20, no bat mods, no data2ext, nothing that had to be re-flashed.

I only T-Restored the following: Aldiko, Angry Birds, barcode Scanner, CamScan, Dolphin, History Eraser, Inkpad, Scan2PDF and TV Guide Mobile.

I am on 1/28 b/c I have it to where it more or less works and since I need GPS to work for my job. Since I have to where I can work around the problem, I don't want to rock the boat. When I first upgraded to this rom, GPS would last 5 minutes. I upgraded to 2/1 with no better results. Now GPS works, but dies after about 20-25 minutes. Shut off Nav, turn right back on, get a lock right away. Watching the map (when someone else is driving!) and the arrow seems to jump to catch up. It may be off by as much as a half-mile and then jump to current location. I will do this off and on for 20 minutes, and then lose gps lock. I have found that if I install much more than the basics, I have problems.

Sky is clear, good LOS to multiple sats, etc.

Android Version: 2.3.2

Baseband: 2.42.01.04.27

kernel: 2.6.29.6-asopGBMod

I have done the cache clears, the GPS-status, have even wiped and reinstalled. Nothing helps long term. The gps-status does fix the problem....for about 20 minutes. Same as exiting the nav and going right back in.

FWIW, I first reported this problem in post 4568 on page 489.