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[Epic 4G General] hienkhieu:
I would love to understand why so many people have problem with GPS. My always locks in 2 to 5 seconds within 10 meters since my first Froyo ROM which was DK17. I don't even need to do any trick to get GPS working. Mater of fact I am still using DK17 modem for DK28 ROM.

So if you have GPS Problem what is your Hardware Version? My is D700.0.5

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15202843/snap20101207_104226.png

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Edit: My bad. Moderator, can you move this thread to general section? Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] rgraham8:
I've been having GPS issues since upgrading to Froyo. I have the same hardware version as u, D700.0.5
[Epic 4G General] jk175d:
Same hardware version for me, Quantum 2.0.0 DK28 ROM, GPS not working.
[Epic 4G General] legacydevice:
I'd assume that those of us who have/had GPS issues have them because of the roms / tweaks we've monkeyed around with. My GPS worked OK stock, and broke at some point with screwing around with ROMS, and probably got worse with some 'tweaks/fixes' that I tried after that.

I ODIN'd the stock rom on there, got a lock in Maps, updated to the DK28 modem, and then flashed a DK28 rom, and my GPS works great again.
[Epic 4G General] hienkhieu:
It could be very true since many of us are not very technical. We put our total trust on these devs (which I believe most of them are very good) and who knows what exact recipes for their appetizers are. Well that the fact that we all have to accept when we come to use these so called "hacked ROM" right? :-)

Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] hienkhieu:
I don't know how to move this to general section.
[Epic 4G General] AndrewZorn:
I thought we all had D700.0.5...
[Epic 4G General] hardrock121:
Just because urs worked stock doesnt mean it worked for everyone sameway.. theres a uproar about this thing not for no reason.. mine is stock and ,5 version hw also and didnt work at all until i went to dk28-->di18-->gps lock-->dk28.

Now it locks within 5 secs with a 5-10m accuracy which is unbelievable for me.. i just keep looking at the awesomeness every 5-10 mins..:D

i never enjoyed watching gps lock like this anytime before in my life :P:cool:D:D:D:D
[Epic 4G General] spf2722:
My GPS broke when I updated to dk17, so I read the forums and learned. GPS works on DK28, if you dont trust the devs then blame yourself for your problems, nobody made you flash.
[Epic 4G General] boomerbubba:
The most serious of the longstanding GPS problems on the Epic -- the periodic failure to achieve satellite lock over time -- has been isolated to a software issue that theoretically can affect all units. The cause is that time-sensitive GPS almanac and ephemeris data stored in a cache is not refreshed properly.

The reason the symptoms do not alway appear for all users is that there are a variety of usage patterns that can cause the cache to get refreshed or cleared serendipitiously as a side-effect of user actions.

The common but temporary workaround for those afflicted is to change the GPS settings to Cold Start, and always use 3G data connections when initializing the GPS. This forces a refresh of the cache.

There is a also different but less serious issue affecting all Epics uniformly: The estimated accuracy reported by the GPS is a fixed, bogus figure of 30.0 meters (98.4 feet) instead of being calculated as a dynamic variable. This is not the same thing as actual accuracy, which is really pretty decent once a multiple-satellite lock is achieved, but some apps treat the 30-meter estimate as significant.

The latter problem is reportedly fixed in the various Froyo firmwares that have been tested. But there is no reliable evidence that the more serious cache bug has been fixed. Testing for that requires more controlled QA discipline than the chaotic xda community typically excercises, and few folks really understand the problem or know how to test the GPS properly, so the anecdotal reports are unreliable. (This has become more confusing because an unrelated problem in the act of flashing the updates appears to break the GPS completely for many testers. If they work around that installation problem, they think their GPS is "fixed." Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.) I have chosen not to install the leaked Froyo versions on my one-and-only phone, so I have not tested the GPS firsthand.
[Android Apps and Games] kelvinchill:
Hi I am about to buy an x220 pad for my 11 year old can anyone recomend some suitable games. She likes art and design so something along those lines would also be appreciated

Thank you
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G0belet:
Hello,

I was wondering, what are the advantages of deodexing, aside from theming?

I've done some tests with my everyday stock ROM and found an odex ROM was faster. I understand that odex files are basically classes.dex, but specifically made for my platform, Android version and is not compressed, thus accelerating the start times.

I went as far as pushing the system apps updates in /system directly (by hand, I can tell you it gets old fast). But I still had low memory in /data. Then I remembered, automatic odex files are stored in dalvik-cache, and thus, when Maps, which has a very big odex file or so, first starts, even if it's on /system, you end up still needing space in /data to start.

So I searched how I could hand-do these odex files, and came across dexopt-wrapper. I loaded it up on my phone, and started odexing all these system apps that used to be odexed.

All in all, you lose room in /system (because odex+apk is slightly larger than the apk, but you're not supposed to have /system writable anyway), or you lose valuable space in /data, where you could put all your apps.

Basically:

I backed up my stuff with Titanium (after cleaning the cache). I was on Geo411m's ROM. I had around 25MB left on my phone.

I then reflashed FRG33 from the PASSIMG.zip

then updated with the FRG83D OTA (straight from Google, not through update.zip)

I updated all system apps through the Market

I used rageagainstthecage to shell root, to read the system and data partitions

I used dexopt-wrapper to create odex files for all the updated apks I had

I pushed everything in /system

Finally, I restarted. Before this, I booted Amon-RA's recovery to clear all the user data

I rooted (permanently this time), restored all my apps through Titanium Backup. I had 65 MB left. That's a 40 MB difference, just by odexing.

So now I wonder, knowing I don't plan on theming, is deodexing useful outside of this, and should I give up some space for something that eluded me?

Sorry for the lonnnnnng post :)

Thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
I'm not aware of any benefit of deodexeding, other than theming.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
i've heard people say there is definitely a performance difference between the two, but i really dont know from personal experience. it probably doesnt matter for general usage...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danger-rat:
I believe you're right, deodex takes up more of your internal space, which to me is a problem
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingdragonfly:
When I first flash a new rom from recovery the odex rom will start faster,but I cant feel any difference between odex and deodex rom on speed when my defy is on.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Aside from the first load, deodexed system runs at the same speed as odexed, or with negligible differences (not 100% sure if system-odexed files that are created in Dalvik-cache are the same as .odex that are in the apks).

The disadvantage of deodexed system is extra size of Dalvik-cache. While it can be quite a difference for those using N1's tiny internal space w/o any sort of A2SD solution, it's negligible for those running A2SD or on phones with proper internal memory size.

The advantage of deodexed system is being able to modify the apps themselves, and the framework. In addition to theming, it allows for different kinds of modifications - like trackball wake, or RTL (Hebrew/Arabic) framework patching.

Quite an old thread you managed to dig...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
Way to bump a 1.5 years old thread, lol.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magik300:
maybe because you all people tell noobs to serch and don't ask. and when i find 4 years old thread is still very usefull
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theshawty:
You felt it was worth a two year bump just to convey that? Oh, ok.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rszasz:
I don't know about a 2 year bump, but a 1 year bump to agree that this is a nice simple thread that is exactly what it says on the tin.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MuhammadBilal:
Lol
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRealModder:
Lol
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linux_user_mate:
Is there any good resource I can be pointed to learn about the difference between Odex/Deodex?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TomTran1408:
nice info from this thread, thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solberg13:
Hi

I would like to start automatically my Htc n1 when i put in the charger.

There are some methods on the internet,for some other phones.

Can someone tell me wich and how the folder i must modify?

My phone doesn't start when it's plugged in and take the battery out and put it back(i dont know why).

Sorry to write to you here, but I see you are very good at what you do.

I thought you could help me.

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] voxbox:
This is possibly a common thing, but the screen on my dopod has stopped being a touchscreen. Seemed to work sometimes, then stop, then start working again if i left it in the sun for a few minutes to warm up.. Have striped it down to see if it was a loose connector, but everything seems fine. D-pad and all the other front-cover buttons work. Is this more likely to be a screen issue or a ribbon cable issue?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halftonehero:
With Z4Mod's kernel module flashing ability is it possible to flash an already written Glaxay S variant OC module? I assume voltages and stable frequencies are identical.

I've never flashed a module using Z4Mod but I recently tackled Odin and I'm feeling adventurous:)

I'm willing to use my Galaxy Tab as the test bed so no one else has to worry about having an expensive paper weight for the holidays.

Thanks a million

-Landon
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GANJDROID:
Simple advice: dont do it.

Never flash anything designed for another device. Yes, the GalaS and the Tab may be similar, but its where theyre not similar that make the big difference.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halftonehero:
Thanks for the advice. Maybe I'll try a different route.Is the operating frequency contained in the build.prop? If I try tweeking the frequency w/o flashing a module I believe the worst I could do is freeze the device. Then a fix would be as easy as a reflash from a backup or use rotohammer's .tar.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landroid:
no the frequency and voltage settings are set in the kernel! you would need to recompile the kernel and then flash the new kernel from heimdall or odin!

i almost finished an overclock kernel but i dont want to flash it when im done because im afraid to brick the device and i have problems compiling it and i dont have so much time atm because i have to do tests at school so i need to learn! but i can give u the files u need to edit if u want so :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halftonehero:
Off topic, but I dig your handle. Mixes my name and Android:) I'll give it a shot. Send them my way and I'll see what I can do. I'll have to brush up on my Linux skills though. I used Ubuntu up until 10.04 when I switched to the (Bill Gates) dark side but I still have Karmic installed on my dual boot machine.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landroid:
so u need to mess around with the kernel source, i can upload it if u want so!

but if u already got 'em, u need to mess with these files:

GT-P1000_kernel.tar/Kernel/drivers/cpufreq/

there is the freq_table and the cpufreq.c and we need to find a way to edit them and speed up our hummingbirds! we should also take a look at the manhattan project! they managed it to overclock the galaxy s!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halftonehero:
If you could, post the link for me. I'm at work now so there isn't much I can do but I'll definitely start tinkering when I get home.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayman07:
Keep us posted! Been waiting for an overclocked kernel!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel.weck:
I compiled my own kernel...but wasn't brave enough to flash it onto my Tab :D
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landroid:
Yeah me too ;) but i wonder if we can flash a working kernel ( if we bricked thetab) with heimdall
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightnz:
It has an option to flash just zImage by itself. Failing that you could always just reflash the whole thing.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halftonehero:
That was my assumption and why I'm not too scared to give this a shot.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halftonehero:
Heimdall

I'm having trouble finding a dl for Heimdall. Anyone know of a good link? Odin is fine but I'd like to mess around with Heimdall, broaden my horizons. Most of my Android knowledge comes from HTC devices so this as much a learning experience as it is fun.

EDIT: Never mind. Found it.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayman07:
Did you flash anything yet?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rotohammer:
Flashing a kernel is not hazardous. If it doest work properly then you just flash back a good one.

Now as for the bootloader, flashing that scares me!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halftonehero:
Not yet. Work has been kicking my a$$. I haven't time to do laundry, let alone tinker with my tab. I have a rare day off today so I'll get to flashing.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayman07:
That's understandable. If everything goes well then ill be next in line :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigArea:
I've been searching for a way to repackage (maybe unpack is a better term) CWM flashable roms for use with heimdall.

It seems like every thread relating to this dies off after a few posts because the OP is clueless. I won't claim to be anywhere near an expert on this stuff but I have an idea how it works and haven't managed to foobar my captivate in the few dozen flashes I've done to date.

Back to my point: every dev seems to suggest flashing back to stock before moving to a new rom. Unfortunately the only way I can find to do this is through Odin 1Click which is windows only (to the best of my knowlegdge). As I live/work in a strictly linux/mac world, this is something of an inconvenience. Of course I could setup a vm with windows and do it that way... but heimdall is a solid piece of work and has great potential across all platforms and nothing beats the command line :P

If a solution does not already exist maybe someone could at least point me towards information that would help me better understand the different files that are used when flashing via odin/heimdall?

Thanks in advance
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigArea:
bump

Not even an I don't know?
[Vibrant General] lemarg:
I get 4 hours tops.

I was getting almost 18 on j2.

What did i or need to do?
[Vibrant General] emonero:
Did you installed another kernel?

I get great battery life...
[Vibrant General] lemarg:
I installed the stock jk6 that som posted.
[Vibrant General] metalman3797:
Oh the post with the words and the zip file?

Lol we need more than that to help.... what post?

I get anywhere from 10-16 hours on Macnut 13 with JK6, depending on usage
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
4 hours with what?
[Vibrant General] tonie972:
I get great battery life with jk6. 5 hours idle and didn't drop even one percent, but it drains fast if I use wifi.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
What if you delete MediaHub and DRMua?

I seem to get much better battery without those.

I also enable WIFI during sleep... it's in the advanced settings under wifi.

And of course I remove all of the other bloat apps.
[Vibrant General] mmas0n:
JK6 with all the crap removed and I average 18-24 hours with moderate use. The lowest I've seen is 12 hours and I had the screen on for almost 7 of those.

Looking forward to when we get source code and can run an undervolted kernel.
[Vibrant General] MilkPudding:
I get really great battery with JK6. I suggest you to do battery conditioning.
[Vibrant General] sumasage:
JK6 has great idle battery life for me but as soon as i start to use the phone for low activities it drain faster. By "low activities" i mean as in making call, use map, navigation, changing settings.....

Here is my usage report:

3h since unplugged from over night charge

73% left

Display on for 45m 19s (lowest setting w/ auto brightness turn off)

Voice call 45m 21s

Cell standby 3h

Phone idle 2h 15m

To me this was worst than when i was running JI6. Also i lost 3G every now and then in the same area that i travel everyday.
[Vibrant General] keenerb:
Using maps and navigation are some of the most power-consuming tasks you can do with this phone. Navigation in particular killed my Vibrant dead in a few hours.
[Vibrant General] Tpavey:
The kswap process eats a upon of battery when in use on the jk2 roms. I thought jk6 had this fixed, but it may just be better on the custom roms. I get great battery life on my jk6 rom.
[Vibrant General] sumasage:
Are you running stock jk6 or custom jk6 rom?
[Vibrant General] anthonys2r:
Getting excellent battery life, 1+ day with 30% left when I last charged it last night. I moderately use it too, some browsing/gaming, along with heavy texting and occassional GPS use.
[Vibrant General] Fedburin:
I had similar battery life using various custom kernels. Installed Aux. 2.1 with stock. With heavy use I am running around 8 hours. Normal use around 12-16. Those other kernels will eat your battery alive. Try a stock kernel. Conditioning doesn't do crap.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
noticed this also, doesn't really make a difference to me.
[Vibrant General] intruda119:
Most of these problems are user error. I woke up today with around 70% this mourning at 7am. Its 12 hrs later and im at 42%.

My Day:

combined 45min of calls

atleast 30 txt message

Ton of emails and they sync all day

Started my music player at 9 and didnt pause until 5pm. playing out of speaker

Browse the internet off and on all day

downloaded a 100mb mixtape torrent through 3g

screen brightness at about 60%

Probably a couple other things but app called Battery Left is telling me I have 10hrs left.

I really suggest running all stock. I need no lagfix/special kernal or anything with the newest leaked samsung firmware. Havent had a single issue since I switched to this rom.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
I'm sorry, but I have a very hard time believing that, ALL THAT, only took 28% battery.
[Vibrant General] intruda119:
17%after a couple more torrents. Not wirth trying to prove but the stock rom made my extended battery worthless besides special occasions.
[Vibrant General] lemarg:
Thanks for the help. My battery died after four hours as expected. Plugged in and reconditioned and let it charge till it was full. Now It's been about five hours unplugged and I'm down to ninety six percent.

However as some of you have posted my battery drains VERY fast once I use it sparsely. It dropped almost 5 percent after a few mins of browsing the market. Weird. But whatever standby is amazing.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Hey so can I flash aux ROM and get great battery life?
[Vibrant General] Shrivel:
JK6 seems to also be giving me great battery life. I had a 3 hour period last night from 7 to 10 PM where I used my phone about as hard as I can imagine doing so (except for just sitting and playing a game for extended periods). During this 3 hour period of almost continuous use on 3G, it dropped by 25%.

That said, I have had a couple occasions where a process appears to go haywire and starts eating the battery, but both times a reboot has cleared it up.
[Vibrant General] intruda119:
My favorite app battery left got installed first when i installed this rom. With my current use its rated at 23 hrs. All in all including standby overnight i get about 1.5 days with oem battery. My extended cheapo battery would last 3 days. No custom roms for me anytime soon. Had atleast 3 random crashes a day with customs.

I made a mistake in previous post, screen brightness at lowest setting. Lol this phone brighter then my hd2 at highest setting
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] skydeaner:
Someone should definitely make one. It'd be sweetness. Thanks for your time lol.

So many blue/green themes floating around. Kinda annoying.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
If i check in the market to update the Youtube app, or Google maps, it says its not even installed because i didnt get it from the market but it came preinstalled.

So how would one go about updating these apps?
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Works fine for me since day one.

If app that came with the phone matches the version on Market, it just says "Installed" without me installing it manually.

If Market version is higher, it says "Update" and lets me download an update and install it.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
for me, if i search youtube or google maps it says "Install"..

I just installed the youtube app and now it appears to have installed over the one i had previously..
[Desire HD General] kingkobra74:
Same here. Installed FB, Twitter, YouTube etc and they installed over the pre-installed versions.
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Yeah, that's normal too.
[Desire HD General] bobbyphoenix:
I found the same to be true. What I did to make sure I get any updates for what came pre-installed is I looked up each app in the Market, and if I found it, but it did not say "Installed", I installed it, so now all my apps are linked to the Market, and will get updated when needed. Otherwise you will be stuck with the version that came on the phone forever.
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
Same with me the pre installed apps dont seem to be recogni8zed as installed by the Market i have had to download facebook, youtube etc like other DHD users
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
For me, only Adobe Reader & Flash were not recognized. Manually installed Reader and I froze Flash with Titanium Backup so didn't update that one.
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
Titanium backup can on rooted devices, at least, integrate newer updates into the ROM via batch menu
[Desire HD General] Salv0:
I was noticing the same thing a moments ago...

so, can I safely install the update over the current?

Will this prevent to get any system update?

thank you in advance for the answers ( 1st time android user xD )
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
i installed it over the preinstalled ones and it works fine.

Im not too sure about this preventing system updates though. But i did notice that if you go into Settings>Applications>Manage Aplications then find the app there, there is an option to undo the update incase it blocks system updates.
[Desire HD General] Salv0:
oh! cool thanks :D
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
It doesn't block system updates as updates to apps never touch system partition and OTA only checks system partition for consistency.
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
unless you use Titanium to integrate the updates into the ROM, I do this to keep things simple as I don't really like having two versions of the program on my device unneccesarily, but even in this case the system updates overwrite the /system partition anyway
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Yes, integrating updates from Titanum Backup touches /system partition, but regular Market updates don't.