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[Nexus S General] kyleds:
takes a while to lock on for me, have to stay still. But when it does, then i drive in my car, it doesn't follow me as smoothly as my HD2 did. bounces all over the place. and never where i am. :(:mad:
[Nexus S General] DebauchedSloth:
Immediate lock.
[Nexus S General] blushrts:
Mine locks within a minute or two. More important, unlike the vibrant I returned, doesn't throw me a few hundred yards off the road while navigating.
[Nexus S General] theimpaler747:
This should work really well for those having issues
[Nexus S General] YuryAC:
Locked on 11/11 within seconds with 30m error margin. It does sometimes take a while though. I've noticed my network connection being a bit spotty too. anyone else?
[Nexus S General] allen099:
I'll tell ya, the Nexus S for me locks onto GPS within 20-30 seconds, which is a heck of alot better than the 10 minutes my Vibrant took. I'm still thinking it was hardware and not software, as Samsung kept saying.
[Nexus S General] theimpaler747:
Please keep it friendly and on topic, or other actions will have to be taken. Thank you.
[Nexus S General] iheartandroi:
I'm sorry didn't mean to offend. But back to topic yes guys when I had my nexus s the gps would take 10-15 minutes to lock
[Nexus S General] theimpaler747:
Not a problem ;) Did you try the GPS Status trick?
[Nexus S General] NinjaZero911:
I work for T-Mobile Retail and most of the GPS problems I've seen and fixed had to do with the SIM card. If you have a SIM card that is a older than 2 years go to a T-Mobile Corp Store and get your SIM replaced is free. I had the GPS problem with my vibrant and once I replaced it with a new SIM the GPS locked on in a matter of seconds. My Nexus S locks on in a second.
[Nexus S General] raeef:
I have been testing the gps and navigation using Igo sns its working fine and fast. Walking or driving.cold start takes more time I.e. after turning on the phone.
[Nexus S General] Guitarfreak26:
No GPS lock in maps, gets a circle and says accurate to 3000 metres but its nowhere by me :S
[Nexus S General] graemegb:
gps lock almost right away... on EDGE.
[Nexus S General] Guitarfreak26:
ITs really annoying me now, I'm finding 1 satellite that it won't connect to and that's it!! Could I have a faulty phone?
[Nexus S General] DebauchedSloth:
I tried GPS status last night. In my car, in a reasonably wooded area, pulled a lock on 9 satellites in about a second. 10m accuracy.

That was kind of cool.
[Nexus S General] Guitarfreak26:
Changed sim, instant lock :s
[Nexus S General] NoYoFTW:
I will try both the GPS Stat App and new sim and report back.

Can anyone else confirm that getting a new sim will work?

So frustrating last night...never got a lock while moving in the car, but the N1 got a lock with 5 seconds.
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
Mine seems to be locking on quicker than my nexus 1 did. I got to say, though the nexus s has a few flaws, I like it better than my nexus 1. The screen alone almost makes it worth it. Back on topic, I love show google maps 5 to the iphone fanboys and watching as they drool over the speed and 3d buildings. It seems the gps and navigation on the nexus s all good to me
[Nexus S General] NoYoFTW:
How old is your sim? The one I am using is probably well over 3 years old.
[Nexus S General] yubnub:
Hi all,

What SNR levels are you getting?

Gps test from chartcross is a free app from the market that tells you this,

Thanks in advance,

Anthony
[Nexus S General] KeyN0teSpeaker:
Most of the satellites are in the yellow range (20-30) while some are orange (10-20). Maybe that's because it's raining and I'm indoors.
[Nexus S General] Guitarfreak26:
Mine was a new o2 sim but wasnt working for gps or date or time values
[Nexus S General] kyleds:
Mine jumps around a lot. Even with 8 sats locked on from GPS status app. I'm. Standing outside on a very sunny day and the blue radius around the point doesn't even cover where I am. And that's with full bars too. My hd2 locked on better, and yes I used the new sim the phone came with and changed my data plan with T-Mobile.
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Oh, LOL...thanks for that! I hope a lot of people take the advice in it.

Truth be told, I have turned off signatures in my CP because so many of them are so obnoxious, I just can't stand to read the site with them enabled, so I don't know who "you know who" is!

:D
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
I'm using a sim that is about a year old
[Nexus S General] Korov:
Changing out the SIM card solved it for me. Was using the phone with a T-mobile prepaid card. When I switched to my T-Mobile Germany card, I got an immediate lock.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
this reminds me of the SGS GPS issues we had, but they were all fixed by later releases of Froyo

so it should be working fine in Ginger, unless they have not updated the changes made on Froyo to Ginger (since they were being developed in parallel when that whole fiasco happened)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phil-w:
Hi,

I run Handcent for my text messaging but every time I get a text come in, the default messaging prog pops up on the screen.

How do I stop it coming up as I only want to use my Handcent program as it is much more pleasant to use..

Many thanks

Phil-w
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
go to htc text program, make sure you are not in any thread but just the start of the app, press menu go to settings and disable all the notifications.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] haver46:
How I download music from YouTube?
[Galaxy Tab General] RNGuy:
Hey Guys,

I apologize if this has already been posted or is just considered common knowledge.

I found a way to make apps persist (or more accurately, automatically reinstall after a wipe). This works for Rooting (busybox, su, SuperUser).

!This method requires you to perform a Factory Reset!

Suggest you read manual rooting of Galaxy Tab (EURO with JM6)

Steps;

1) Factory Reset from within Android.

2) When in Recovery, "Rebooting..." is displayed, press & hold VOL+ to re-enter recovery. DO NOT ALLOW TAB TO BOOT INTO ANDROID.

3)In Recovery, gain ADB root access using rageagainstthecage.

4)Mount /system as RW

5)Copy desired apps to /system/app (this installs them as system apps) and binaries (busybox, su) to /system/bin.

6)Mount /system as RO.

7)Reboot.

8)Done!

Apps should reinstall after a Factory Reset.

I've tried this with rooting and Root Explorer.

Root Explorer didn't work on my first attempt because it had spaces in its name --> renamed it to RootExplorer.apk and worked perfectly.

Enjoy.
[Galaxy Tab General] Zeron.Wong:
Well, it's does the initialize mechanisum of the android devices, and we need fast and flash operation to break the normal booting progress.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecapox:
Wanting to get a Nexus S and i even called TMobile and they said "Best Buy is the only place you can buy it." I then asked if they knew when that ended. They said no.

So, coming from ATT to TMobile for this Nexus S, but i want to keep my current number, not get a new one.

Has anyone else, ordered online, through Best Buy, and been able to become a new customer while keeping their original phone number? I went all the way through their online process, but there was nothing that said "Keep your existing number". I know if i go to a TMobile store, i can do it, but can the Best Buy website do it?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DKYang:
I've never done it online at Best Buy before, but why not go to the store and have them do it for you? They can order it online for you and I'm sure you can port your number.

If not, then just get the new number with contract. Once you comfortable with T-Mobile, call customer service and ask them to port your number over. Of course, you need to keep your At&t service until the port is successful.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecapox:
I did not know that they could port the number over AFTER I setup the service with them. I might have to do that then. Im going to a different Best Buy that sets up TMobile phones, so hopefully, they can do it for me immediately (If they have any left) in store and i wont have to port the number over.

thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTCinToronto:
Hello, would appreciate a little assistance, thank you.

Flashed the gingerbread keyboard file from here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9634029&postcount=10

There after my unit is stuck at the HTC boot screen.

My unit is a Telus unit. S-ON and rooted with ClockWork 2.5.1.2. Can boot to recovery.

Here's the specific HBOOT details in case it's important.

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.93.0001

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.11.05.27

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:10

I assume I have to flash an RUU and re-root. Can someone point me to the right one for a Telus unit.

Unless of course someone has a set of ADB suggestions to backing out the 2.3 keyboard. And, no I didn't do a backup, yeah, my bad there. The unit is actually a friends that I was working on, so being fresh out of the box, didn't see the need to Nandroid.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Latest Telus FroYo RUU:

http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151557_signed.exe
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
wipe and reflash a custom rom from recovery. i suppose that you can get into recovery. again, wipe everything before reflash.

cheers.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTCinToronto:
even though I'm at S-ON?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTCinToronto:
Do you or anyone know if I need a goldcard for a Telus unit?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
if you have a custom recovery put a custom rom in your sd card. wipe all, reflash. S-on has got nothing to do with it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTCinToronto:
Thanks much. Figured I had nothing to lose so flashed CM nightly to resume.

Guess the gingerbread keyboard is totally incompatible with the stock ROM.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
you are welcome.
[Nexus S General] Mactagonist:
This is the "Phone Info" screen on the Nexus S:

I noticed this while setting my NS to WCDMA only. This is a change from the Nexus One, which never had any EVDO or CDMA options in the Phone Info screen.
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
I wouldn't read too much into it.....my Nexus One has CDMA Auto(PRL), CDMA Only, EvDo only and GSM/CDMA Auto (PRL) all listed.
[Nexus S General] th0r615:
Yea but there was a CDMA version of the N1... just never saw the light of day.
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
I am not saying there won't be - just that this isn't a "new" entry into the phone info menu as implied by the OP.
[Nexus S General] itmustbejj:
My Evo (cdma only) also had those same options.
[Nexus S General] VanVlack:
opps

WCDMA is gsm. Its not the same as cdma on Verizon and Sprint.

edit: nevermind I had not seen the photo.
[Nexus S General] Mactagonist:
You are probably right, I just checked a friends N1 and saw the same options. Oh well, guess I was just over excited! :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
PLEASE SEE BOTTOM OF OP FOR STEP BY STEP WALKTHROUGH :)

Hello Guys,

I’m a Sprint HTC Hero owner who is trying to get CM 6.1

My device has the latest OTA update 2.32.651.2

I went ahead and tried z4root which has 2 options, temporary and permanent. Went ahead and did temporary and it stated that it was rooted. Superuser shows up in my apps, so I went ahead and installed ROM manager as a youtube video said (gave a full successful walkthrough)…I open ROM Manager up and it says – You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superuser was not found at “/system/bin/su” or “/system/xbin/su”.

Now using Astro File Manager, I checked those directories and it wasn’t there as ROM Manager stated, but in my SD Card, I see su-2.3.1-bin-signed…

Now my question is, should I try it with permenant root?

If not, what is the recommended next step?

Should I delete/uninstall everything I have that’s related to my previous root attempt and do the following:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804296

I’m an Accounting major and a noob at this stuff…and I see people helping each other out here which is awesome, but I get confused trying to keep up with some posts where people are sent to other posts and so forth :/

Thank u in advance! Happy Holidays!

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

Below is the process on a step by step basis from which i was able to complete it with the help of skndeep102. Thanks again buddy!

-Download z4root here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953

-Install and run app, press on Permenant Root

-Let it run until it says it has completed

-Once it has completed you will see the Superuser app in your drawer

-Download Rom Manager from the Market

-Open Rom Manager and press on Flash ClockworkMod Recovery at the top (give it a bit as it has to download it and then install)

I had already downloaded the CM 6.1 rom and had it on the SD card

-So i went ahead and hit reboot to recovery in ROM Manager

-Once it is in recovery, go ahead and scroll down to Nandroid and do a backup

-once you do a back up press back and reboot

-Once it starts up again head over to ROM Manager and select Install ROM from SD Card

-Look for the Rom, select it, and it asks you to Wipe Device and Cache, select both

-It reboots to recovery, select the rom and install

I hope i didnt miss a step, but thats pretty much it if i remember it correctly (spent much more time reading than actually doing, lol) Also, if there is something that isnt touched upon here just go ahead and read through as several questions were asked and answered along the way.

Hope it helps!

* Process confirmed to still be working as of 1/5/2011
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
I used permanent root when I did this
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunya:
i am in the same position...the recommendation to me was to RUU to an older version and then root. I am not sure how to do that, so im hoping someone has another solution.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBizzle:
I personally dont trust those one click root options. Manual root requires a little more reading but I have never had an issue that way.

You can always try the permanent option. I dont see why you wouldnt want permanent anyway. If you use the temporary, its gonna unroot you when you reset your phone.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
Did the permenant root allow you to continue with the process?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBizzle:
RUU back to an older version just requires that you have the htc drivers installed and the ruu exe. You just double click the ruu exe and follow the instructions.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
Yeah it worked for me I was rooted and had clockwork mod in about 10 minutes
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
Where can I find the RUU? HTC's official site?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
I'm in the process of trying it...its been stuck at Rebooting for a couple mins now... :/

Wait and see at this point, i guess...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
OK so I did the permenant root...and appearantly it worked since z4root is telling me it is and it now gives me the option to re-root and undo root...Also, when I open Rom Manager, it isn't telling me to root the phone...

However, I saw in another forum that a way to check if it is rooted is to download a terminal emulator and type in "su" after the $ ...When i do that it tells me permission denied....

What next?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
Just use room manager to flash clockwork mod recovery and you're done flash the rom of your choice
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
I went into ROM Manager and pressed on Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, it does its loading thing on the bar right ontop but it doesnt say anything...normal?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
It says that I must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed to flash and restore roms.

Where do I get this?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
Just a heads up, it seems the root works, the su file is in bin and i tested out drocap2 screencapture app and gave it superuser permission. Worked perfectly...now if i could know where to get ClockworkMod Recovery as the Rom Manager I got from the market did not bring it :/
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dean.d:
Use the "un-option" and try another method. I installed a stock ruu on my phone this morning to update my prl and tried the same app. It doesn't flash everything you need like the "flash_image" file. You need that to flash a recovery. I just re-rooted my phone the same way I did back in July. Take note that I am with cellular south and all I had to do is run a batch file and oila, there I am sitting in recovery. If you want to try another "root via app" method, you can try this-->View attachment 465856 .

Instructions:

Open app and root

Download Rom Manager(which you have) and flash cm recovery.

I still think it probably won't work, but you can try anyway. I think these "rooting apps" only do enough so you can use apps like "AddFree"(or whatever it is) and others like it.

EDIT: In Rom Manager, the very first tab(up at the top) should say"Flash ClockworkMod Recovery". Press that one. It would ever flash for me until I went back to me nandroid.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
I see what you mean...Can anyone else pitch in on the aprt in regards to the rooting apps only doing enough for rooted apps use?

I read in another forum that I could just get the apk for ClockworkMod Recovery, install it, and then Head Over to ROM Manager and continue the process? any truth to that?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dean.d:
Found the same thing. Just didn't work like that for me.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
quick question, performance difference between stock 2.1 and lets say most roms out there a huge difference?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
anyone else care to throw some input into my situation?

Happy Holidays btw...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keithgordon:
Just a heads up, what worked for me, once I was rooted and downloaded ROM Manager I had to install Superuser.apk, then when I tried to flash clockwork recovery I got the Superuser dialog box asking for permission, then select allow. another awesome program to help is Android Commander that you install on your PC and it provides a gui adb access but you have to have sdk and adb installed on your pc, but if you look around there is info about it available. hope this helps, wish i had more time but i was just home on my lunchbreak, good luck
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dean.d:
Performance wise, I will say yes. I have noticed a steady increase in performance as new roms built and updated. But I will also add that when I installed the latest stock ruu from my carrier, the performance wasn't far behind the rom I am using now(AOSP 0.9.9.2). One thing to consider is that the hero is pretty much maxed out due to hardware limitations.

Stability wise, the stock is always going to be the safe route. But that doesn't mean that other roms aren't just as stable or more stable in some cases.

Finally, it's all about what you want. I don't like the HTC Sense, that's why I have an AOSP rom. Straight Android, if you will. Also there are new feature's, tweaks, enhancements, ect with other roms. Example, the hero is never getting a 2.2 update. We already have a test 2.3 rom.

Alright, that's my aspects. Don't know how new you are around here so hopefully I ramble too much about stuff you already knew:D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
the very top thing it says is flash clockworkmod recovery hit that and it should install it
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typeunknow10:
z4 root

looking at froyo
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
It's telling me there that I first need to install clockworkmod recovery, which to my surprise didn't come with Rom manager from the market...stuck there
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mictek:
I'm having the same issue. My wifes phone is rooted but every time I click install clockwork mod recovery from the rom manager nothing happens. I do have root thats a plus.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
OK do you guys have adb set up?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
not yet...will do that and report back once I have it ready.

Also, what caught my attention was that Clockwordmod Recovery didnt come with Rom Manager. Should I also start looking for the that elsewhere to install?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbellett:
The top button in Rom Manager downloads and installs the recovery for you. You need to make sure you have a data connection for it to dl. If you prefer RA	recoveries, they can be installed from the bottom of the options list.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
When you open rom manager there should be a tab that says install clockwork mod recovery if you select that it should confirm your phone model and install it
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
that tab is no where to be seen...This is the Rom Manager found in the current market...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
thats strange i even just downloaded to make sure and it was there for me

heres a screen shot

edit: is it possible that it is already installed? power off your phone and try to boot into recovery by holding down the home button and hitting the power button
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbellett:
The first option at the top says "flash clockworkmod recovery"

What are you seeing on yours?

Edit: sorry for duplicate query, didn't see above post, it was on the next page.

Have you tried the RA recovery or older clockwork recoveries from the bottom of the list?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
I got the exact same thing, but when i press on Flash ClockworkMod Recovery, right ontop where it says ROM Manager v2.5.1.2 it shows the little loading circle for a second or two and nothing else...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
btw, thank u guys for taking ur time and helping out on here! really appreciate it
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
thats weird try booting into recovery
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbellett:
Are you getting the green loading bar at the top? First download can take a bit depending on data connection speed
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
Nope no bar at all...just where it says ROM Manager and the version, it turns into the bar, acts like its loading and goes back to normal...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
booting into recovery would be? trackball and volume down?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
since you have root you could try downloading amon then try flashing it from the terminal emulator
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
Could I also download the recovery image for the HTC Hero CDMA here:

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html

and then flash that?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
yeah you could do that too but in my opinion amon is better
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
Ok...please correct me if i'm wrong...

My understanding of this is that flashing this recovery image will allow me to enter recovery mode on my hero, from which I can then do a nandroid back up, and then also install CM 6.1 straight from the SD card. Correct?

This will then give me 2.2 on my htc hero?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skndeep102:
you are correct
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da305kratos:
You my friend....are a genius!

btw, the nandroid backup- whats the point behind the backup and what would it let me do from that backup?