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[Nook Color General] rogerdugans:
A side effect I just found of following the instructions to get the Market working here- http://nookdevs.com/Enable_the_Android_Market

is that Network Location is working.

When I run maps I have the indicator for where I am. :)

I will be testing how accurate this is tomorrow- I have a long drive to do and will tether to my Droid with gps running.

With luck, the droid will relay location data to the nook over the network.

Pass or fail, I will post the results once I know.
[Nook Color General] webvan:
Good to hear, but you're probably getting a position via WiFi and GPS data can't be passed on via tethering AFAIK so you can't get it off the Droid.
[Nook Color General] rogerdugans:
I know that the GPS data can't be passed on per se and that I am getting network location data via wifi- 100% agreement.

My hope, and no testing yet to verify, is that if the Droid knows its location by GPS it will pass it along as a Network Location since it is providing Network Services so to speak.

I have no documentation saying this will happen, just pure speculation and wishful thinking.
[Nook Color General] gojeda:
OK - that is nice guys, but Spanel (and include me as well) have run the location fix and we still get the error: ""please enable my location source in system settings".

I have most everything working and running: rooted, Market, maps installed and working - but for whatever reason, maps does not display my location - just the aforementioned error message when I do.

Note: I also followed http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Install_missing_google_geolocate_library, completed it with no errors - but still, my wifi - location is not popping up.
[Nook Color General] rad131304:
Strange, as I followed it as well but I do not.
[Nook Color General] norkoastal:
Th8is might be a side effect of when performing the initial Android setup portion of the process, the first question asks info regarding location, etc. I unchecked these options (knowing I dont have GPS) and am thinking this may be where it is being "enabled."

Just a thought.
[Nook Color General] gojeda:
Nork - are you saying that you are, in fact, getting a wifi-location fix on your device?
[Nook Color General] webvan:
So does anyone have WiFi location up and running ? In Maps, I get the "please enable location" popup and even with "NookColor Tools" (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868366) that shows a ton of hidden settings I don't have location either.
[Nook Color General] webvan:
The Autonooter author suggested I install NetworkLocation.apk to fix that, but I still get "Please enable a MyLocation source in system settings, anyone ?
[Nook Color General] johnopsec:
From what I've seen, that is normal. I just skipped that screen. I am getting a wifi location fix though which is very cool. :D
[Nook Color General] webvan:
Yes Autonooter activates WiFi location, not the scripts though for some reason.
[Nook Color General] nookierookie:
I JUST got my wifi to work in maps -- figured it out after a bunch of frustrated digging -- by editing the com.android.settings_preferences.xml and adding the line

<boolean name="location_wifi" value="true" />

(I did it in the text editing option in the Root Explorer App after making the system folder R/W, but if your use your favorite editor [command-line or otherwise] at will)

since that xml file, for me, only had a "location_gps"="false argument."

Granted I had also replaced the Settings.apk with a 2.1 build 2 stock one and pushed a stock NetworkLocation.apk, neither of which, by my tests, would make maps zero in on my wifi-based location. Going to restore the NookSettings app and see if this holds.

EDIT: Yes. editing com.android.settings_preferences.xml seems to do the trick. Mileage varies, perhaps, as they say.

EDIT2: That file WAS in /data/data/com.android.settings/shared_prefs/ but it seems to have disappeared since I pushed back the NC Settings.apk -- though while I had the stock 2.1 settings.apk installed, the xml file was there, and Google Maps did use my wifi to locate my position. Now that I've pushed back Settings.apk, Maps still finds my location via wifi. Freaky, quirky, but if you want to be able to use the wifi-location finder feature, this is how I got mine to work:

1. Installed a stock NetworkLocations.apk from a 2.1 build,

2. Renamed Settings.apk -> Settings.old

3. ADB installed stock 2.1 settings.apk

4. Enabled wifi location, which now has an option to "set my location"

5. tested Maps application, no dice.

5. edited the XML file as above -- /data/data/com.android.settings/shared_prefs/com.android.settings_preferences.xml

6. tested on maps, success!

7. then removed the 2.1 stock Settings.apk.

8. Renamed Settings.old -> Settings.apk.

I'm sure there is a muuuuuuch easier way to do this, but I'm a total noob. Anybody else have any success?

(The stock Android 2.1 Settings.apk crashed too frequently, anyways, and is annoyingly unreadable with the NC skinning).
[Nook Color General] nookierookie:
I think the process I outlined here will do it for ya...
[Nook Color General] fortuno01:
All you need to do is change the location_provider_allowed field in the secure table in settings.db to network.
[Nook Color General] Benny1234:
fortuno01 Can this be done through Android Commander? Where is the settings.db file, ie which folder?

Also can someone post a clean working NetworkLocation.apk file. I see many on the web.
[Nook Color General] Benny1234:
Finally got it working! Its a festivus miracle!

Alright, so after some playing around, I finally got this working. I used steps similar to above on a win 7 PC. Its all based on the /data/data/com.android.settings/shared_prefs/com.android.settings_preferences.xml file. But you wont have one until you install this apk.

Step one. Download and install attached NetworkLocation.apk with ADB.

Step two. Use android commander (Google it, its free) and navigate to the file.

Note when you first run AC, it will ask which os you are using. I say I dont know, mostly because I'm lazy. Its 2.1 of course.

Step three. Pull the .xml file to desktop and open with notepad.

Step four. Add this as the last line in this file. <boolean name="location_wifi" value="true" />

Step five. Save and Close

Step six. Drag and drop into right panel of android commander where original file was. AC will ask you if you want to place on the right panel. Yes, you do.

Step seven. Exit adb.

Step eight. REBOOT. Dont try before a reboot *it wont work*

Step nine. Please thank me if this works for you.

Merry Christmas.
[Nook Color General] pdonner:
Where do you get the stock 2.1 apk OS files? (I got your attachment). I have the SDK installed are they in there somewhere or can I pull them from the android developers site somewhere? Thanks.
[Nook Color General] pdonner:
How do you go about doing this? (changing the value in the db file)
[Nook Color General] pdonner:
How do you go about editing the settings.db file and where exactly is it?
[Nook Color General] archongtv:
I'm writing GPS Wireless which will share GPS location from Android Phone to Nook over wireless network (adhoc/infastrusture). First alpha was almost ready, so I started rewriting to more user-friendly form. I hope I will finish it in about a week.
[Nook Color General] likearaptor:
That would be awesome!!!
[Nook Color General] myteematt:
All Methods Tried None Worked

I tried all three methods described in this thread. Settings.db, .xml changes, & the Network location APK. Im running an EMMC .68 version of Froyo from the development threads here. Is there any way to get this working?
[Nook Color General] nnyljh:
yep....still not working

Sigh....tried all 3 methods as poster above and still cannot get it to work. Running HC v4 on uSD. Giving up still real fix/patch comes out.
[Nook Color General] Chinpokomon:
I was thinking about writing exactly this. If I'm out and about, I'd be tethered to my Nexus S to do anything, so I figured I could use my Nexus S to gather GPS, then establish a connection over WiFi to supply the NC with location information.
[Nook Color General] webvan:
That's a smart idea, maybe harder to do than expected though since our friend seems to have dropped the idea. An iphone version would be cool too ;-)
[Nook Color General] surplus4u:
Just thought to share my experience here.

My nook also did not have location on the Google Maps (it was running nooter 3.0.0).

But my friend was working. Same nook color version and nooter version.

so decided to wipe clean my nook (factory reset first, then do the fail power sequence 8 times).

1-After reboot back to Nook original image, re-register the device to BN.

2-re-apply nooter 3.0.0

3-follow all the direction

4-download google maps

5-on the "location service" question (GPS/network), i just select skip

=> that is the only different thing from my previous experience and Maps now work with wireless location :)

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I spoke to early... it works for a day and now maps cannot access location anymore :(
[Nook Color General] zhang10301:
Also tried all of the methods, but failed to enable the my location.
[Nook Color General] Crispy3000:
I have been having this problem (i want location based on wifi from maps app) on my nook simple touch and have been using this thread to get the solution.

I DID tick share my location when setting up google account during root process

I CAN get maps to use my location when using a web browser just not in android apps.

Networklocation.apk is the key however you don't install it. Simply copy to /system/apps/ using ESfileexplorer/root explorer/ADB. Reboot.

I used a copy from another NST I own rooted with a different method that had that file in that location. File size is slightly different to one listed earlier so here it is again just in case.

Hope this helps someone else.
[Nook Color General] shomin:
Thank you for this information!

What version of Google Maps do you have? How did you root your Nook?

I had the same problem with my Nook Simple Touch after re-rooting... Before that everything was fine with Google Maps. But now it's not and I cannot understand what was happened.

So I placed your file Networklocation.apk in /system/apps/ and after reboot I got working Google Maps, but not all versions - only old v.3 & 4. Other versions of maps (v. 5 & 6) are still say "Network failure. The appliation reauires a working data connection"

All other applications (like Yandex Maps) work fine, and Google Maps opened in browser shows my location perfectly.

What can I do with this problem?
[Nook Color General] Crispy3000:
I don't really want to hijack this thread too much (especially as is not a NST thread) but answer to your questions..

I no longer have access to that particular NST. After building went to my Dad. I do have couple others come through post which I will building same way. I went with a 1.2.X route (UK) using NookManger and then this Appattack method to get market going. Maps came from market and updated itself. Remember nook is a very old version of android most apps only old version will work (or work better than later updates).

My other NST I went 1.1.X route and used touchnooter from this guide. That root method gives you a working networklocation.apk and you don't need to do anything.
[Nook Color General] shomin:
Thank you for help!

But unfortunately, I still do not have working Maps higher than 5.3.1 version... I spent two weeks for it and have no more time to continue. So this work came to its end and I have Google Maps 5.3.1. Even more - I think now this version is better for e-Ink than latest one.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] msturg29:
I am currently putting together an app that will change your lockscreen to vanilla, puzzle (Samsung-like), thin sheet (acer-ish), big slider (miui-type) or bar slider (sense-ed).

This app will allow music controls from default music player along with poweramp and doubletwist. There will also be weather ,displayed along with battery %. Lastly there will be icons for sms, missed calls, and gmail thay show unread/missed count and can be slide up at any time to view the associated application.

I am working on this now, but want to see if there is a demand for this??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aamikam:
sounds good to me...

i think there is an app similar to what u doing btw... flockscreen... its not on the market yet i think.

but yeah... good stuff especially if u get the music control on it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Crossrocker:
Me likeyyyyy the weather part of it

A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on the IPhone. We now have the Htc Evo.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Trident:
There are some lock screen customizing apps out there, but this one sounds nice.

It sounds like something that Google/Android/Sense should already include.

My only issue is I'm not willing to pay a lot for something like this. I'll certainly try a beta or give a trial a shot- and I'm willing to change my mind for a reasonable price. I've bought a few things for a few dollars each...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] BIGWORM:
This app sounds like LockBot + music controls. LockBot allows individual icon customizations between the many lockscreens you can use, including iPhone, Froyo, Rotary, X10, and Liquid. There's another lockscreen, but the type escapes me.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] cesarcerros31:
I would like this sounds interesting

Sent from my overclocked Cyanogenmod htc evolution 4g sucka
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] msturg29:
Thanks for the feedback so far, keep it coming and please vote
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] lithid-cm:
What about adding an agenda widget to the front?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] uhhmoney:
the main (and only) reason that I'd buy this over Widgetlocker is if you make it VERY light on my processor and make that Galaxy S puzzle unlock PERFECT. That being said, if you do both of those things, I'll buy.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] skyfox99:
If I didn't use the Sense lock screen I would be interested. The weather part intrigues me.

Quoted this because you need to get rid of the last "s" in Chuck Norris' name! You wouldn't want Chuck's rath upon you, HA! I think I can hear the them song now... "Whenever you're in Texas look behind you..."
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] chickn484:
I would buy it. Not a lot of lock screen weather apps work half the time anyway.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] AaronM7:
I have noticed a few people saying that there are already a few apps that do this. Don't let that stop you. Obviously, if there are already apps that do the same, then there is a demand for it, and if there is a demand, there are going to be people who like one app over another. My advice- make it as customizable as possible- people like being able to make their phone look exactly how they want it to, and the majority of liking one over another comes down to how it looks, not so much how it acts. Good job and good luck.

-EDIT-

I noticed this thread is a few months old and kind of dead, however, I still hold to my statement.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bboy_201:
any progress on this? Just Wondering
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] johio360:
Yes please create it.......I would love the puzzle piece screen

sent from my roided out evo 4g
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wink4life:
What ate the benifits of formating the internal sd card? I just updated to 2.2 and want to know if i should format the sd card
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
The benefits to format the internal sdcard is to clean it from bad data.

Its also wise to do a factory reset and wipe the cache.

You do loose all your data so you need to backup your apps.

Then you don't have old settings from 2.1 that can mess with your system.

**Using my own JPU kernel, z4mod, 339MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackygr:
I updated to 2.2 and then 2.2.1 but i can still see file from the old 2.1...

Both times i upgraded my hone was stuck so i did factory reset but no farmat.

If i do it now will i have to flash again or the system will stay as it is?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miro666:
+1 Me interest too....Anybody will answer ?

Thanks

Regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Auzy:
Don't bother formatting.. Factory reset should be enough. There is a remote possibility as Damian mentioned that wiping the contents (you don't even need to format it) might help, but not sure if it will..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
You get a clean system.

There will be alot of old file that's not needed and its wast of space.

It had been proven time after time that a format will be good after an upgrade.

you don't need to reflash.

**Using my own JPU kernel, z4mod, 339MB Ram and ext2 filesystem**
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wink4life:
Hey guys i can recieve mms from other phones but not iphones ne suggestions
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] i00:
How do i disable conversation view in gmail on android ... it isn't that i don't like conversation view ... the issue that i have with it is when enabled you cannot assign different labels to different threads within one conversation

Thanks in advance

Kris
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vorob:
Wow no one interested in this? I have the same question for my galaxy s
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pdxrealtor:
Same question here... can't stand conversation view on anything. Maybe just not used to it... but anyways....

Is there a way to disable conversation view in the Gmail app?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Neutrino22:
Same with me.

Same here too. I know that you now have the ability to switch off conversation view in desktop gmail. Need the same for android gmail. Perhaps in a future update Google? :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cephalus:
Perhaps some time in the very distant future, by the looks of it :(

Google developers seem to be focussed on teenagers (in an effort to compete with Apple, perhaps?), who invariably receive tiny e-mails and have no problem with dozens or even hundreds of messages being bundled together - but when you're actually trying to get anything of consequence accomplished via e-mail, you'll very quickly find yourself rushing to the nearest computer to open your Gmail, 'cause stumbling through dozens of hundred-line-long messages in threaded view on the 'phone is an utter nightmare.

For the time being, it looks like the only solution is to enable IMAP in your Gmail account, then use K-9 Mail to access it that way (and disable mail synchronisation in Android for your Gmail account so you don't get double the notifications).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] benchbench:
Hey guys,

i've noticed that programms like droidphone explorer oder Gmote are not workin on Android builds without Sense.

For example: If i want to use droidphone explorer, my browser won't find the IP shown at my HD2 Display. Sth like "192.168.178.49:8080"

Another example: Gmote won't find the host server on my computer.

I noticed that these apps are properly workin on all sense builds. Does anybody have an idea, to fix that bug?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] agentfazexx:
Post in the Q&A section.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] benchbench:
no ideas ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azgarth:
i had network problems (3g stopped working, don't know why), and had an old version of doc's. so i figured i'd install the new version after a wipe, see if that'd fix it.

just to be safe, i went in recovery (clockwork) and restored an earlier backup. it worked, but still no internet. upon remembering that this was the backup i made just after installing docs, i went back to my previous backup, stock rom, i think 2.1.

this is where stuff went wrong. i hadn't disabled the lagfix (forgot which one, i remember i had ext4 as filesystem), and now, no matter what i do, my phone won't go past the boot screen. big lettering galaxy s, smaller gt-i9000 and at the bottom samsung, you know the one.

i tried everything i could imagine. wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, re-restore to the oldest backup. only then did i remember the lagfix and remove it. retried all of those, still no dice.

i can get into recovery mode, both clockwork and 2e, and i can get into download mode.

when i connect my phone to my pc, it doesn't notice. when selecting mount in clockwork, it mounts, and shows the two drives in my computer, but when i try to open one of the drives, i get nothing.

i installed docs rom a while back, and have wiped my pc since then, so i have no files from that. i have installed the android sdk, but don't know how to use it, let alone how to use it with a phone that doesn't show.

all i want is to get back to stock, for now. try again from there.

can i? or have i ruined my phone?

edit:

wow... take about relief.

i used odin to flash xxjpu, 2.2.1, and it seems to have worked!

in case anyone else is stuck on a boot screen, download mode with odin means you're safe.

anyone with more sense than i showed in my stupidity, sorry for adding another semi useless topic.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Wiimote + Datel Retro Classic controller + Arkon SM514

Hopefully this all works out. I got the wiimote already, bought the Arkon on thursday and the Datel on wednesday so I should have everything this week.

I'm somewhere tired of not being able to play it like a game boy, you cant hold the screen with one hand and play with the other. Althought I have beaten plenty of games with just the keyboard, this would make it much easier i think...

I know the pic looks bad, dont be jealous of my MSpaint skills lol. I honestly dont even know if all the sizes are correct, but we'll see. Cant wait for this stuff to come in the mail.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Just got the datel controller in, its very small. About as skinny as the g2 itself.

If looking at it in landscape it is not as tall but a little wider. Ready to get started on this project tonight ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] unxconformed:
I realize you already purchased everything, but why didn't you want to go with the version of the datel wii classic controller that doesn't need a wii mote to use? They make a version that has the bluetooth and works with the wii software in the android market. http://androidforums.com/android-games/89229-datel-wii-wireless-retro-controller-works.html
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
1. you still need to carry around the wiimote if im not mistaken.

2. you cannot hold the controller and the phone at the same time.

Maybe im wrong, please correct me if so.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] unxconformed:
This specific one doesn't require a wiimote: http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/Wii-Wireless-Retro-Controller___EF000622.aspx

It has the bluetooth controller built in.

So you could technically just use that same phone mount and attach it to the back of this wireless classic controller to hold the phone similar to how you are trying to mount it now.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Ya that is interesting, I had no problem at all playing street fighter and other fighting game with my controller, maybe that is a plus.

And besides that, the controller itself looks to be very large, which is another reason I got a slim version of a controller.

To each his own I guess.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
finally got the arkon holder in yesterday just finished up the controller maybe 2 hours ago id been playing for almost an hour.

Honestly I love it... now I can play and not have to hold something else lol >< all in one!

ended up using the wii pro classic controller, the datel one was to cheaply made...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mcp2009:
my fav http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rxJq6tQVw8
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Wow I never knew the red sync button was the same as pressing a and b. Then again that's what I get for not owning a wii haha.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] guy3o3:
Wow. That is awesome. Mad props to you.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Ill be selling that black one fairly soon if anyone is interested.

Got another controller today, hard to find brand new classic controllers (non-pro). I should have this new one done in about a week. Mostly just waiting on parts.