yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant General] epakrat75:
That's depends on why you want it. The JK6 Modem likely doesn't affect the GPS AFAIK. It affects other things like Data, Reception, etc. If you want that then flash it alone. Flashing it alone likely won't change the GPS operation at all.

I mentioned the modem update only to note it as a nice but irrelevant change. Sorry for the confusion.
[Vibrant General] coolmib:
I flashed Axura 2.1 this morning, and my GPS is working now

see my yesterday's GPS post here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=862454
[Vibrant General] regP:
Yup, Confirmed. Just flashed and GPS locked within seconds while the Macnut R13 I was using wouldnt get a lock after 5-10 minutes. I do notice though that I have to hold the phone in landscape with the top of the phone on the right side to get clear signal due to the placement of the radio. No biggy there though.
[Vibrant General] ransz28:
Excellent and good to hear!
[Vibrant General] epakrat75:
Glad to hear another confirmation. Good work on JK6, Samsung! When this hits the masses, do you think it will finally put to rest this whole GPS debacle? Likely, a silly question..I know. :D
[Vibrant General] stealthx32:
Depends.

There's a difference between getting a lock, and actually being functional, there's some people never actually test. On JK2, it would lock quickly, but still give random readings that jump around.

The real test is how many times the GPS lady says "rerouting", because the poor accuracy throws you in a lake or on some street while you're doing 70 down a freeway.
[Vibrant General] regP:
I was concerned that I would only get GPS in open areas. In the past I would lose signal completely while in the car but I just got lock from inside my house (12 in view, 7 in use) within 10 seconds so I dont think the cars roof will be an issue.

Just wanted to share that for anyone who may have had the same problem/concern in the past.
[Vibrant General] explodingboy70:
I hate to disagree, oh wait I love to disagree. I'm running my phone with Axura 2.1 and get consistent locks in under 15 seconds and they are spot on from inside my house. Next to me sits my girlfriends phone which is running the unofficial stock T-Mobile JK6 and and the locks aren't happening for at least 90 seconds and then they are way off. So to say that Master simply pulled a file from JK6 is inaccurate. In fact Master had stated before the release of JK6 that the GPS was fixed though I have no way to confirm that.

So I'll thank Master and not Samsung thank you very kindly.

I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.
[Vibrant General] epakrat75:
Well...having not been privy to such information either, I'll take your word for it. :cool:
[Vibrant General] dinan:
You could just nandroid her phone and install axura 2.1 onto it to see if it truly does fix her GPS so we can rule out any hardware differences... =)
[Vibrant General] mhousser:
AWW **** YEAH!

Ahem.. sorry.

T-Mobile Vibrant here, being used in Vancouver, BC. Date on phone: Sept 13th 2010.

I have gone from stock 2.1 --> V5 Obsidian --> Stock JK6.. and throughout these roms, and innumerable attempts to modify the GPS settings, I was *never* able to get a satellite to become 'In Use'.

I installed Axura 2.1 last night.. walked to work through downtown vancouver this morning.. started up GPS Test.. and BAM, 12 birds seen immediately, and 6 in use within like 5 seconds.

I am one of the people for whom *nothing* worked, and who had every right to think that this was a hardware issue.

Everything is working now! :D

Can't help but notice how my location was pretty jumpy on google maps.. though that might be because i'm walking to work between 30-60 floor downtown highrises.. and, as I have read, all the signal reflections that happen in downtown areas can cause some gps weirdness.

I would love to know what settings/drivers Axura 2.1 has fixed.. if they are indeed just settings (as in, the ones available via *#3214789650#), perhaps they could be applied to any rom, and a *real* fix could be posted.

To reiterate: I was one of the worst cases: someone for whom no possible variant of rom or setting would work.. someone whom many people would agree had a H/W defect.. and now hooray!
[Vibrant General] mhousser:
Quick follow-up:

I just took a look into the GPS settings, and the default Axura 2.1 settings do not appear to be different than that of the stock rom.

For example: spirent-lcs.com is used in Standalone mode.. instead of the widely advertised supl.google.com/MS mode 'fix'.
[Vibrant General] barch27:
Yes indeed, I have been in the same boat with my phone's GPS for a long time. The fix with Axura 2.1 was absolutely unexpected and very welcome. I have to add that I don't even have a data plan with this phone - only WiFi.

GPS was the one issue that made the Vibrant less than perfect and now I think it's fixed. Turns out to be a software problem after all. It would be great to know exactly what change in Axura 2.1 resulted in this fix - I assume it is one of the JK6 components but not sure exactly what did it.

I am not flashing anything else on my phone for the time being. If anyone with a bad GPS happens to try any other ROM out there that uses JK6, please let us know your findings.
[Vibrant General] Master™:
FIX---DEVS4ANDROID

SSL_TYPE=0
SSL=1
OPERATION_TEST_MODE=0
POSITION_MODE=7
ACCURACY=50
SESSION_TYPE=1
ENABLE_NMEA=false
SERVER_MODE=1
START_MODE=WARM
GPS_LOGGING=0
DYNAMIC_ACCURACY=1
AGPS_MODE=0
ADDRESS_MODE=1
OPERATION_MODE=MS BASED
TIME_BTW_FIX=0
USE_DEFAULT=true
DYNAMIC_ACCURACY_VALUE=50
SUPL_PORT=7275
ENABLE_XTRA=true
TIMEOUT=1000
NUM_OF_FIX=0
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
[Vibrant General] mhousser:
The thing is, *nothing* I did would get GPS working on the 'stock' JK6 rom that has been around for about 7 days. If it's a JK6 component, you'd think it would have been included in all of the JK6 roms..

I kinda want to change to supl.google.com.. but I don't want to ruin anything now that it's working!

Any feedback from someone here using Axura 2.1 and switching to supl.google.com?
[Vibrant General] epakrat75:
If it ain't broken, don't fix it! :p
[Vibrant General] regP:
I also noticed that my location jumped around a bit in google maps for a few minutes. it was a few miles off at one point. restarted the app and it locked on to my exact location and the compass is accurate also. Was kind of weird because GPS Test had me locked within 40 feet before firing up GM. Whatever though.. I'll take this ove no GPS at all.
[Vibrant General] mhousser:
Yeah.. the jumpiness is not cool.. hence my desire to tweak some of the settings now that GPS is actually working for me.

Master - what is this code you're showing? It doesn't appear to be what's included in Axura 2.1, as supl.google.com certainly isn't the default after I flashed the rom..
[Vibrant General] Master™:
I am showing you what I did.

secgps.conf
[Vibrant General] mhousser:
See, that confuses me a bit.. after applying Axura 2.1 via CWM, and going into LbsTestMode, I see settings like:

Server: www.spirent-lcs.com

Operation Mode: Standalone

..But those are not what you posted above. Perhaps I'm not understanding something correctly.
[Vibrant General] SamVib:
10 chars (mod edit)
[Vibrant General] zoid_99:
Doesn't fix mine. I can lock in on 8 of 12 but the accuracy is still off. Mine will never be fixed. As much as samsung tries to hide the fact that it's a hardware problem it is and will never be fixed.
[Vibrant General] Master™:
Really? Man, get out. I am reporting your posts. Have fun with that.
[Vibrant General] Master™:
I am saying, in my ROM I added that to replace the secgps.

Look at data/gps
[Vibrant General] SamVib:
I will.

kthnxbai
[Vibrant General] kangxi:
Stock JK6 indoors:
[Vibrant General] 12paq:
Deleted

10car
[Vibrant General] barch27:
I just tried out Nero Beta, and can confirm it does not fix GPS the way Axura 2.1 did for my phone.
[Vibrant General] Master™:
That is in data/gps

secgps.conf

Try with JK6 kernel & replace with that secgps.conf

It should work
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
JI1 made axura's gps inaccurate for me, fortunately i don’t use gps.
[Vibrant General] barch27:
I tried replacing secgps.conf with the one Master posted earlier in this thread, in the Nero v1 ROM. That did not fix GPS. I then installed Axura 2.2, and GPS has started working perfectly again! So it appears that secgps.conf is not what is causing Axura to give a working GPS.
[Vibrant General] chuckbass:
Is this still working with Axura 2.2, for those who have had success with 2.1? I just flashed 2.2 (I've still been on pre-Froyo Bionix, because it's been the best for me).

My GPS seems to be the same as ever: I have 11-12 sats in view, with most around 35 SNR, and I can leave it like that for an hour and it never locks. Sadly, Axura 2.2 hasn't fixed this. Anyone have similar experiences? (Most people with GPS problems seem to never pick up any satellites at all. I have no problem seeing satellites; they just never lock.)
[Vibrant General] rramirez942:
First off, hey guys, this may be my first post but I'm a long time reader.

I'm having the same problem as the poster directly above me.

Honestly my GPS kind of worked before flashing to Axura (first time flashing a rom, it was very scary but I think it's well worth it), but now it just doesn't work at all. Using maps or gps test, it just won't work, period.

It's really really upsetting and frustrating because it seems that everyone else here has had the exact opposite happen. Still love this rom though, but I'd like my GPS functionality back
[Vibrant General] regP:
Anyone looking for a real GPS fix should check out the stick at the top of this forum.
[Vibrant General] Lethal_NFS:
The latest AXURA rom has completely fixed my GPS issue. I am now located in a matter of seconds. Very happy about this.
[Vibrant General] m00nshake:
Replacing this file in nero 3 worked for me
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Hi Guys, I have been following all the developments for the Wildfire from the past couple of days, and, finally, have decided to give it a go and take the plunge into rooting my wildfire and installing custom ROM's.

Now, I have watched the various tutorials (Thanks to all involved in making them!), and, have properly understood the entire process, however, seeing the section on Unrooting the phone again, it says that I have to get my Stock ROM from Shipped-ROM's website, and, this is where the problem lies. My ROM is not listed at SR.

Here are the specs:

Firmware Version - 2.1-update1

Baseband Version - 13.45.55.24H_3.35.15.31

Build Number - 1.25.720.1 CL227575 Release Keys

Software Number - 1.25.720.1

Since my ROM is not listed at SR, is there any way I can take a full backup of my ROM before I root it, so that, if I need to Unroot and get back to factory settings.

Alternatively, if this is not possible, can I just download another ROM from SR with the same Radio version? Will that work?

I would just like to keep a path open so that I can get back my WF in its factory shipped state, provided something goes wrong.

Thanks for reading. :)

Cheers
[Wildfire General] kevin2516:
IMO, just root your phone and then do a nandroid backup of your stock rom, BEFORE you flash a new rom. So if anything goes wrong, just restore that backup.

It's not like they're going to check every piece of software on your phone, whether you have rooted or not.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msmillier:
When i try to load pc36imag.zip my phone brings up a message

"main version is older!"

also i used unrevoked to root my phone everything went well til it would not go to "s-off" but i did let me load the wifi tether.

Can so one help me out please!!!!!! :)

---------------

ANDRIOD-2.2

RADIO-2.15.00.09.01

SOFTWARE-3.29.651.5

HBOOT-0.97.00
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kthejoker20:
rename it to PC36IMG.zip
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] willsnews:
Anybody got any awesome icons I've been looking around I have really found an icon sharing page

V5 custom vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] KGaines:
http://launcherpro.droidicon.com/ has quite a few. However, most of them are monochromatic, for LauncherPro, but an app they offer allows you to get user-defined color versions of everything they have on the site. (change icon color/drop shadow color)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] willsnews:
That's cool but I was thinking more custom user made I did however find an awesome transparent xda icon there

V5 custom vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] explodingboy70:
Just do a Google search for free icons any.png or.ico file works. You'll findliterally hundreds of icons to use. I use better cut and change my whole theme withy mood.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] KGaines:
Have anything in mind?

I'm growing a bit bored with my icons... have anything in mind? I wouldn't mind knocking out 5-15 custom icons for the dock...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] KGaines:
Also...

http://findicons.com Is a pretty decent site... a lot of stuff for use on PC/Mac, but quite a bit of phone stuff too...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] willsnews:
I like the clear kind of icon but really would like some super hero clear icons not sure if I'm being descriptive enough

V5 custom vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] KGaines:
Clear?

When you refer to "clear", do you mean transparent backgrounds or monochromatic semi-transparent? Also, are we talking the logos, the hero portraits or both? Lastly, are you looking for Marvel? D.C.? or more obscure publishers?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] willsnews:
Whatever the launcher pro icons are you know kinda grey but transparent and I was thinking there signs you know like the

Lantern for green lantern our the bat sign batman the s for superman that kinda stuff

V5 custom vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ram100987:
I was just thinking last night about changing my icons to fit better with the black froyo theme...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] s15274n:
you guys should check the android theme section, not just for the vibrant.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] KGaines:
If someone needs these... and the imgur links expire... PM me...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] willsnews:
That's awesome dude

nero beta
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] kboater:
is it easy to put these on with better cut?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] KGaines:
Not sure...

I use LauncherPro, but also use these icons when I use a native Android shorcut... any PNG should work really...

Also, I decided to slap all the icons I've created (not just superheroes) into a zip if anyone is interested (attached).
[Vibrant General] ryanolson7:
hey guys,

I have a basically new vibrant (no scratches or scuffs) that is stuck in the phone-!-pc screen after using odin to flash a new firmware. I'm kinda new at this and am tired of trying to figure out how to get it working.

I'm willing to sell it for low price.. if there's anyone interested hit me up at ryan.olson.x@gmail.com

Thanks

Ryan

EDIT: Sold. mods you can delete this thread
[Vibrant General] amd_203:
Pull out the battery.

Wait 30 seconds.

Put USB cable in.

Hold both volume buttons.

Put battery in while holding both volume buttons.

Your in download mode.
[Vibrant General] rogerchew:
you can also pull battery, put battery back in. hold vol+/vol- while plugging in USB, that might work too.
[Vibrant General] BoomBoomPOW:
I'll take it off your hands for $100
[Vibrant General] intruda119:
i dont blame you, but remember the vibrant is almost unbrickable. if you cann see pc screen or charging status icon your good. keep trying then sell it for max profit
[Vibrant General] Five0nIt:
Ill send you 110.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Sell it full price dude people r gonna try to scam u but u can fix this in 5 minutes.
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
well you dont need to pull a battery either... you just hold the up down volume toggle along with the power but and when the screen goes black immediately remove your finger from the power button while still holding up down volume toggle. this will place u back into download mode. don't sell your phone because of frustration. you cant brick this phone.
[Vibrant General] chris071404:
120 right now. Me me me!
[Vibrant General] chris071404:
And how is that a scam? Person offers deal, person accepts deal. Sounds more like capitalism to me....
[Vibrant General] monstah_rain:
$121.00 . We're going by Price is Right rules, right?
[Vibrant General] chris071404:
**suspense**

**can't take it anymore**

$150!!!!! And that's my final offer!
[Vibrant General] falafelfro:
sent my payment

Hey Ryan - thanks for selling the phone to me for $130.

You received my PayPal payment and I am still waiting to receive tracking information.

Under normal circumstances, a message like this would be more appropriate to send through private channels, but I have tried emailing you for three days and calling you back at your google voice number without success. You were very easy to get a hold of before I paid, but seem to have vanished the moment I requested tracking information.

I hope you are not up to something sneaky. I assume with your online presence on twitter, in your blog, and elsewhere, that you're not trying to deceive me, and that you've simply decided to take a break from the internet and from your phone for a few days.

Hmm, except your twitter account was updated just hours ago?

Further googling shows you're actually an Android Developer. Therefore, you probably pretty much know this phone is permanently bricked, but when we talked you came across as though you weren't familiar with procedures for recovering from a soft brick. I find that difficult to believe given your Android experience.

Send me my brick, or send me a refund.

I bought a bricked phone, yes, but right now I feel like my brain is bricked for buying it.

Due diligence folks, due diligence.
[Vibrant General] Pancake345:
I'm on my third one. Just call tmobile tell them your not sure what happened. It's a known issue and if it's in good physical condition they will send you a new one.
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
You missed something here man the OP sold the phone to the person above you and is acting like he's going burn him by not giving him the phone he promised to sell. Sad hope OP does what's right.
[Vibrant General] tonie972:
Do you have to buy it from tmobile to get this privilege?
[Vibrant General] mr2t32:
Don't mention that you didn't but from tmo. As long as it show you are using a vibrant on there system they will give the replacement.
[Vibrant General] lrobles787:
Don't give up cuz I was in the same position. Plus the best way to learned is from your mistakes. YouTube & Google good tools to learn. YouTube give you visualization & Google the reading understanding part. I believe you can fix your phone no need to sale it. One thing you need to be patient if not you are not going to learn. Without being patient is important in doing all this learning about Android OS. Modifying, rooting & flash customs roms.

Me... sometimes I want to take my hair off cuz it gets to be but I remember to be patient.
[Vibrant General] lrobles787:
Lucky you that he sold the phone to you.
[Vibrant General] Anderdroid:
That's what you get for trying to rip him the **** off.
[Vibrant General] falafelfro:
WTF are you talking about?
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
I don't think anyone has read anything you wrote man, they still think this guy is trying to un brick or something.
[Vibrant General] falafelfro:
Ryan Olson is a scammer

I'll repost what I said in my last post since people often skim through threads without reading each post.

Ryan Olson, the guy who started this thread about the bricked phone, sold his phone to me and then vanished. I have not received the phone.

He was very easy to reach by phone and email prior to selling the phone, but the moment I paid him via PayPal and emailed him to ask for tracking information, he disappeared and stopped responding to my contact attempts. :mad:

I've tried calling his phone (google voice), emailing him, texting him, facebooking him, all to no avail.

Ryan Olson is a scammer.

The good thing is he's has enough data about himself online that I know where he lives, where he goes to college, where he works, so unless he refunds my money or tells me what's up, I plan on making life unpleasant for him.

I'm giving him until Tuesday of next week to contact me to explain the situation or else I intend to take swift and painful action that he fully deserves.

p.s. - I'll feel very bad if Ryan is in a coma or something, but I assume he's living, breathing, and conning unless proven otherwise.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
Because the owner of the device probably doesn't know it can be fixed so easily.
[Vibrant General] rsfaze:
not too smart posting what you are going to do online. It's amazing what is admitted into evidence today, this shows intent if something happens to Ryan. If you paid with paypal.. just open a dispute and be done with it, that's why it's there.
[Vibrant General] falafelfro:
All I'm saying is that he has defrauded me, this message board deserves to know because he is using it as a venue for his fraud. Furthermore, if he doesn't contact me, the only reasonable measure I have is to try to contact him via his employer (perfectly legal if you're not a debt collection company) or through his school. Given the context of the situation, it would likely be embarrassing for him and I am pointing that out. I have no qualms about publicizing the next measures I plan to take via these forums because he used these forums to bait his victim (me).

I would open a dispute via PayPal but the payment was structured as a direct payment rather than a purchase of goods, so PayPal has informed me there is nothing they can do.
[Vibrant General] Photonic_world:
Tried all possible methods

1-> holding Vol+ and Vol- and pluging in USB (Still see PC+Computer icon)

2-> Holding Vol+ and Vol- and holding power and releasing it after the screen goes blank for the second time (Still see PC+Computer icon)

Is there anything else I can try to unbrick my vibrant?

Please help
[Vibrant General] swehes:
There is a hardware that you can create that resets the phone for you. Can't remember where to find it though. I think it may be in the sticky post.
[Vibrant General] yalkowni:
Have you tried volume up and power ..... or just buy a jig 1$ from china
[Vibrant General] tdf666:
So did he ever get the phone or what?
[Vibrant General] bigtom624:
This always works for me. Load up all the files in Odin and then plug your USB cable into your PC. Then hold the volume up/down and then press the power button until the phone to PC symbol pops up for the second time. As soon as it does plug the USB into your phone. A yellow Com port should then pop up in Odin. If it does your good to go. You can run Odin from that screen. The key to it is to plug the USB into your phone as soon as the symbol pops for the second time. Good luck.
[Vibrant General] Shortbus-Driver:
Some people are so ****ed up....this thread is about a guy ****ing over another guy and yet some of you are trying to help him,i seriously doubt his phone is even soft bricked.....most likely his ploy to het someone to buy his vibrant that he never intended to send
[Vibrant General] Woody:
It was about that a year ago (I had to look at the dates bc the last entry before yesterday was in December-2010) but Photonic_world revived the thread with his question but then started this thread too. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1377432

Maybe we should kill this thread and move his answers into the other one. I agree with Shortbus that this thread was originally about someone screwing someone else over but that was almost exactly a year ago.

Don't post solutions for this problem in this thread for Photonic_world's question. Move them over to his new thread and this one will die a natural death being buried in the back pages of General. The revival was not by OP who is probably long gone by now.
[Vibrant General] Shortbus-Driver:
Lol i didnt even catch that this was an old thread
[Vibrant General] WhiteBoyAwesome:
neither did i lol, hope dude got his phone. otherwise the OP is a ****
[Vibrant General] bigtom624:
Me either.
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Hopefully there will be someone like this in the Galaxy Nexus Forums