yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
anyone want to test a framework with all the fixes for me? pm me if you are interested. make sure you let me know what phone you have.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bourriquet:
I installed the latest V2.0 (31-12-2010). Your fixes seem too work. No more problem with dark submenu entry. But it seems you changed icon for Market (the new one was cool, sob...) and default icons for applications revert to original ones (the new gear(like ones were pretty). Great job guy, great support, everything is perfect. It woud be fab to include the multilingual gingerbread keyboard (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875202) in this theme instead of the english only one.

Btw, my phone is a N1 with CM6.1.1
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
did you wipe cache and dalvik first before flashing the new updated one? the only changes i made were to the framework other than the market, so the settings icons should have changed. i just didnt like the dark market icon. i will see what i can do to include the multilingual kb in the next update for the n1.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
you can actually flash any font you want without changing anything else from the theme. this will work for the n1 as well since they are flashable from recovery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=801160
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bourriquet:
Yep, i wiped cache and davlik. But maybe the "gear" icons were already gone between v1.2 and v2.0. Does not matter this theme is definitely the most complete one and my favorite. Great job.

Sent from my nexus one using CM 6.1.1 and theme Project Bliss HD V2.0
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] fcisco13:
Thanx bro very good job

N1
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] shinglers:
Looks Awesome, works Awesome. I couldn't install from cm I had to install from command line in restore mode. After I installed I lost my market some how. not sure how to get market back yet, NP small issue. Other than that I love the look and feel of the theme. Awesome Awesome job. my favioret theme yet!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
you cannot flash themes from inside cm. you need to be in recovery to flash them.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mostwantd1:
Still looking forward to 2.0 with old battery....thanks in advance.

EDIT: Never mind I went ahead and moved the battery png and xml's from the old zip to the new 2.0 zip using winrar and flash went flawless. Now I have the new upgrades with the old liquid battery.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] shinglers:
I know this i was talking about your quote on your first post....

"To use the Project_BlissHD Colorbar in the CMTheme folder on your SD card. You will need to go to Settings > CyanogenMod Settings > User Interface > Tweaks extras > Select a Theme and pick Project_BlissHD. You will then need to reboot"

I kept getting fc. so i rebooted into recovery and applied zip from there.

has anyone else lost market after applying this theme?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
yea, that is meant to be performed "after" you flash the full theme from recovery
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] shinglers:
stupid me ..... i see now. thank you i understand.. what about market?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
market is in the theme. unsure why you would not have it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] shinglers:
I backed up previous rom before I applied the theme. If I revert back to original rom I have Market. At this point if I install the theme again market is gone. I’m not reapplying the theme from a back up, and i have downloaded theme again... just in case
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] shinglers:
I just applied Google apps again....all is good. Thx for the awesome theme
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
added some more themed goodness to the op for my peeps !!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jochoa88:
Love the Metallic Glass Theme, would it be at all possible for you to post the wallpaper up have in the op and the xml file fore the notification bar?

Thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mo2002:
how to install theme

bumpity bump bump
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Chosen_on184:
Just one question .. how did you make the dialer background show your wallpaper ?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
transparent pngs in the contacts and phone apk
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] roberto188:
Reboot Menu

Need to skin the Reboot menu asking if you want to reboot normally....bootloader...or recovery.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
unsure what you're talking about. it is themed
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] elementalfusion:
is there any way to get this theme on enomther's rom?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Crippletron:
Edit: answered my own question, please disregard

Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mo2002:
i have a stock rom can i add this or do i need to switch to a specific rom to add this
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] t3project:
you will need to me on CM 6.1.1
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] zok-star:
very nice!! thanks!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mo2002:
got it to work, im just curious is there some type of ADW theme i should be installing to get the word for the app in the bottom task tray? other than that works great
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] astarrk:
i cant seem to get it to work.. nothing changes after applying. am i doing something wrong? settings> cm settings> user interface> tweaks extras> select theme nothing happens even after reboot.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] HWANK1M:
Thanks a lot
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
Q&A

This thread is getting long so I am creating this Q&A post to answer many of the most common questions.

Due credits go to those that originally asked and answered these questions. Obviously this thread is the result of the efforts of many people.

AND FINALLY

A final note about satellites and tracking said hunks of orbital equipment

I have noticed a lot of people are wanting to compare signal levels. This is fine on a superficial level, and there should be some level of consistency as long as you live on roughly the same latitude as the person you are comparing with. As Einstein said - everything is relative. With that in mind I thought I would share a post I made in another thread. There is cool stuff in here - so check it out.
[Vibrant General] stormbreezer:
Great Post

I have been looking for this information everywhere. I cannot wait until I try this. Thank you^^
[Vibrant General] salvador3:
How do I update to JI6? i'm running Macnut 14 rom with the Super_IO kernel.

In the release notes of the Super_IO kernel, it mentions it has the UVJL1 modem. is this more recent than JI6??
[Vibrant General] cowppl:
This might be a stupid question, but how do you tell the manufacture date of the phone. My box just has a date on it (but doesn't say what that date is for), which is 08/10/2010. Is this it?
[Vibrant General] Hung0702:
Yes, JL1 is more recent than JI6. The nomenclature uses lexicograpical unicode values.

1. Check the first unit. The first unit in JI6 and JL1 are both 'J', so look at the next unit.

2. 'I' in the former, 'L' in the latter. 'L' comes after 'I' in the alphabet, so it's more recent.

3. You can stop here, because you've already determined that JL* is more recent than JI*. Any units that come after this are to distinguish within the L- or I-series.

Just gently bent my piece of metal up. Giving it 10 min to find satellites and will edit this post to report.

EDIT: HOLY CRAPOLA! In the time it took me to write this post, I got 11 satellites on a cold start, MS based, with supl.google.com. I'm going to keep it on hot start now that it's got some locks. I've never run a GPS test at my current location (indoors too!), but I usually got 1 or 2 about 30 miles south of here (outdoors). I can't verify that it's the alteration that helped, but my GPS is definitely better now. Much thanks to OP.

RE-EDIT: Huh, this is weird. I tried to exit out of app but it froze. Waited a minute and it exited out, but without the expected transition animation. Tried to open it again, but the GPS icon in the notification bar wasn't flashing so I rebooted. Now I don't get any satellites with the same settings as before. A couple reboots later, everything is going according to plan.
[Vibrant General] sarge363:
If ur running a 2.2 ROM u are past JI6....

Sent from my Vibrant w/ Onyx 4.2 Overkill.....
[Vibrant General] Plato56:
Ok, relax, I found that this is not that unusual depending on what ROM / Modem and settings your using. It happend to me with JK2 stock and and stock modem. If your running one of the 2.2 builds update your modem to JL4 or JL1. Also i have found that reseting the GPS data can help after you change modems. Before geting into the unit again, i would recoment clearing your gps data and reverting to STOCK gps setings. MS mode does in some cases make locks look faster, but a weak network connect can cause problems. This is actualy why, i think, that Samsung is using standalone mode as it saves the bird info better. Im not shure about this but for me STOCK GPS SETTINGS WORK!!! Try them before opening up the phone a 2nd time.

As long as you've done the mod correctly and have good contact, you should be in better shape. There is the possablity that you did not bend the contact high enough and it settled back in. DONT OVER BEND but maby just a hair more. Also, dont forget to clean the contacts with a mild solvent as a weak contact will cause oxidation . I use a q-tip and alcohol. Dont use tunner cleaner, i tried this and being non conductinve, i had a problem at for a bit.

Remember, this is also a software issue so dont panic if you do the mod, get good results and then things change. Here is my curent configuration for reference.

Macnut 13

JL4 modem

STOCK GPS SETTINGS

Rom was loaded from a CLEAN Oden version of JFD with eveything formated etc..

Im locking with 8-11 birds out of 13 visable in under 15 seconds with accuracy that under 20ft standing still and 25-35 in a moving car. There are times that things will get a bit worse, but by compairing those times to my Garmin, I beleave this a result of the GPS network or other enviromental issues. I DO have "use wireless networks" as it seams to reduce GPS wander on the JL1 modem , at least in my area. Without it on I get an occational jump but it always finds it way back to good in a very short time. It up to you if you want to use it, its not nessasay, but sometimes helps.

To everyone who might suggest that I'm just one of the lucky one.. When I got this phone, I could not lock on ANYTHING. I could see a few birds, hit some sometimes, get a lock after 5 minutes and lose after the phone went into lock mode etc... you know, all the problems that eveyone else has. Now with the contact mod and updated modems, the results are better than an iPhone and rival my Garmin stand alone GPS.
[Vibrant General] Plato56:
Your fine, your current config is good, My advice, just update to the JL4 modem.
[Vibrant General] BaoQ:
How do I reset the GPS setting?
[Vibrant General] mmelo76:
Stick Thread!;)
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
The most dummy proof way (not that your dumb, I just like simple solutions) is to download this app http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=775154

Click on Secret Codes then Lbstestmode. At the bottom you'll see "gps reset". Just click that!

Or open your dialer and hit *#*#1472365#*#*
[Vibrant General] my fear:
wow holy crap this fix worked. i live in apartments and after i did this, it locked on to sats for the FIRST time EVER within 30 secs. im amazed this actually worked lol.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
so should we assume that any phone manufactured before those dates has these problems?

mine was manufactured before the date, but now that im on 2.2 i usually get a lock on 7 or 8/12 Sats....

but when using google Nav, i get several re-routes and lost signals...

so im not sure if this would help me??
[Vibrant General] jdheiden:
Any hints on how to get the back off after removing the screws? I watched the YouTube video, but I'm not having any luck with my normal sized fingernails.
[Vibrant General] samnada:
I got my phone in late July and my GPS performance matches exactly what the OP describes AFTER he did the fix. My phone is pure stock JI6, with no HW mods. So, it doesn't seem valid to assume all pre-October phones have the problem.
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
Confirmed works... Thanks to all.

- All screen shots were taken from the same indoors location. Phone was sitting in a window.

- There are two before and two after screen shots. They represent the range of results.

- I'm running Macnut R14 with JL4

Before

After
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
Try this

JD - You might need to go online and order an actual case pry tool. They're usually included in disassembly kits for iPhones etc. Maybe try a guitar pick??
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
No, I would not think so. Something like this is usually a intermittent manufacturing flaw and would not affect everyone or there would be an even larger outrage about it.

Look at it this way. The spring contacts were designed to make contact without too much pressure when the back is properly in place. GOOD engineering would have accounted for slight variations in manufacturing and quality control and would have made the spring contacts overshoot the required distance a little to assure 100% contact in all situations. In this case I think they forgot to account for that and designed them to just touch, invariably some make intermittent contact and some fall just short of good solid contact (there are prior posts about how poor contact can get worse over time due to oxidation and arcing), but at least we have no reports of totally non-working GPS where they would have failed to touch outright. Chances are when October came around one of two things happened.

They decided to fix the issue and reenginerred the design to make better contact

The manufacturer ran out of the old contacts the the new shipment just work better

Either way, although this is a common issue, I don't see the evidence that it affected all pre-October phones.
[Vibrant General] mrxela:
I'll post screenshots later today. For now I can definitevly confirm that this fix improves gps signal levels and performance.
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
Yes. As stated above, my GPS was unusable even after trying all software "solutions". It works flawlessly now, and I havent even touched any software GPS settings since my last ROM flash.
[Vibrant General] daft archer:
Thank you,

I finally get above 30 dBHz from the satelites in LbsTestMode..

Thank you soooo much !!! :D:D

I just hope they won't nag (about warranty) if my device ever needs to go to the repair bay.. *crosses fingers* :o
[Vibrant General] hemdroid:
I just tried this fix on my Vibrant. Stupidly, instead of bending the correct contact on the right side, i bent the contact on the left side. No biggie right? well, my data connection no longer works. Anyone know if the left tab has anythign to do with the internet?

thanks!
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
Ouch. I saw that tab and was tempted to bend it but decided to leave it alone. Did it break? If it didn't then it would seem weird that it would stop working. If anything it should work better. I'll leave it to someone who knows more about the hardware to help you out. Good luck.
[Vibrant General] MV10:
I know you mean well, but a the few seconds of very limited exposure required to create this rice-grain-sized blob of solder is not especially dangerous. It certainly does not warrant a mask.

Also, lead-free solder is readily available if you're really that worried about it.

Just don't actually eat the solder wire and you'll be fine.
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
Did further testing of my filed solder blob method, and for the first time I'm acquiring satellites indoors, with +30 snr. Another positive side effect is that having Wifi on does not seem to negatively affect reception.

Breaking that tab might have been the best thing that happened to my Vibrant's GPS :)
[Vibrant General] cjggilbert:
Perfect. Have been looking for this. Going to try it tonight, I'll let you know how it goes
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
You're messing with the completely wrong contacts. Look at the pics original post more carefully. You should be adjusting the SINGLE contact towards the top of the phone on the right side, not the bottom contacts.
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
KWK can you add info and links to the solder methods posted on this thread? A lot of people are breaking their tabs and it would be a shame if they miss this very good solution before they decide to close their phone's case.
[Vibrant General] turbosix:
jesus, do a bunch of cavemen post on XDA? be gentle. thanks for this OP, my gps is fine but im gonna take a look at this anyway.
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
@Mannymal - Glad it worked for you, but even better yet I am glad that I was proven right. :rolleyes: LOL JK

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A lot of posts since I was here - WOW

If I am not mistaken the contact opposite the GPS is the Wi-Fi antenna and the one with the connector and coax next to the GPS that leads to the bottom of the phone is the Cellular antenna.
[Vibrant General] Lounge9:
Worked for my Vibrant! Thanks!

mfg date: 10.07
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
The tab is very thin and brittle. Very low quality. Even being gentle its a matter of luck if it breaks or not.
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
Sure, it may take me a little time though. I'm a little under the weather at the moment.
[Vibrant General] Plato56:
I'M NOT JOKING,, I LOVE THAT WE'RE BEING PROVEN RIGHT!!!! LOL.. Now we all got working GPS on our vibrants, i love it!!!!

But serously, yes your right about the antennas. That is the layout.
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
*OP Updated*

Also, I may have a line on external antenna's for the coax connector. My hands aren't very steady tonight. Anyone that can measure the length we need would be appreciated.
[Vibrant General] jeremiah_mn:
Just tried this, was very gentle, not caveman style. Barely bent it at all, nothing broke, but now I don't get any 2g/3g/data connection at all, and no gps at all either. :( wifi works still but that's it.

This sucks, gps was hosed before but now I can't even make a call.
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
What the ****, did you bend the right contact? Maybe you accidentally unplugged one of the ends of the white wire that runs down the right side of the back of the phone? I hope thats what you did because then its just a matter of plugging it back in.

The right contact deals ONLY with GPS, so even if you break it it wont affect anything else about the phone. So you either did the wrong contact or unplugged something or there's some derp **** going on like airplane mode on.
[Vibrant General] jeremiah_mn:
Awesome, thanks for the tip. I didn't take the black plastic case all the way off when I bent the contact up. I was taking it off, and could see the contact so I didn't bother taking it the rest of the way off. I knocked one of the ends off the white cable and didn't notice till I took that case all the way off.

GPS is super awesome!!! I'm on 11 sats locked in my basement, close to a window, but have never even seen a satelite anywhere in my house before.

Also not sure if this is related, but my compass shows me pointing the correct direction outside now too.

Thanks alot to the people that figured this out, and shame on samsung for letting this slide.
[Vibrant General] donalgodon:
Just to know... is there an estimate on the percentage of Vibrants impacted by this defect?

I just bought a new-in-box one on eBay and I was hoping I wouldn't have problems with it, but it seems that even those made as late as October are still impacted.

Any feedback would be appreciated.
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
Even though I am still under warranty, and my GPS marginally works (meaning good enough without changing anything, and I own a Garmin Nuvi anyhow) if I can get a source of both halves of an appropriate SMT connector, I will take the plunge and document the whole thing. The issue so far is that I have only been able to find sources for 1 half, the side that normally solders to the board. The other side is made as a SMT connector, and I have even seen an example of it used to connect two boards. The problem is the other side is typically a cable (just like the one used for the cell antenna to the bottom of the phone), so I am not finding anyone one yet that carries that half.

Having the correct length will help. I will be able to narrow my search then. Still, I have yet to find a source of both halves. If I get the dimensions I need I might contact SparkFun and see if they might be willing to order some in so I can try this. I just don't want to order a reel of 2500 parts, scratch that I WILL NOT order a reel of 2500 parts.
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
What is it you want to do with that?
[Vibrant General] MoWeb:
I have a newer Vibrant and GPS sucks. This is simply a quality control issue and can affect even a Vibrant built today.
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
I think I may have found the other half, but I am not sure of minimum quantity.

http://ca.digikey.com/1/1/2580362-conn-plug-u-fl-smd-u-fl-pr-smt-2-5-1-10.html

Which should be the other half of this:

http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=H9161CT-ND

Both are surface mount SMT solder to board type connectors.
[Vibrant General] GibMcFragger:
I did mine. Before I bent the tabs up I could not even see a single sat in my house. I bent the (correct) tang up and now I can SEE a sat, but I still can't lock on to ANYTHING. I get one sat (instantly) with a CNo of 0.0dBHz and I can't get a lock to find position.

If I use GPS Test Plus I get 1 in view, 0 in use and the one has an SNR of 0.

I opened up my phone again to see if I did something wrong an all is good. I even tweaked the tang further up while I was in there. No change. Fail.

It has been doing it since I got my phone. I have to leave GPS disabled or it just keeps hunting and sucks my battery down in no time.
[Vibrant General] donalgodon:
Will Samsung actually repair/mod this connector in a warranty claim?

I'm a little bummed about the possibility of having this issue, even though I have not received my vibrant yet, so I won't know how "lucky" I am until I unbox it and fire it up. :(
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
Did you follow the trouble shooting steps at the end of the original post?
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
Don't do this inside, you need a clear view of the sky. All those that are reporting seeing things inside are only showing what is possible, not what should be expected.
[Vibrant General] GibMcFragger:
Ah ok. I will head outside tomorrow (it's pissing rain right now and I can't be bothered heh). Thanks!

As for the troubleshooting tips, I have tried them with exception of using the Samsung tool as it is not available in the Market for me.
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
I've attached a PDF from who I've talked to via email. The part numbers are different but it's supposedly the same thing.
[Vibrant General] T313C0mun1s7:
Thanks for this, unfortunately it does not help much. The MHF is 100% compatible with U.FL, and the two are basically interchangeable. The only real difference is manufacturer. U.FL comes in two depths only 2.5 mm and 2.0 mm nominal (1.9 mm actual) and both are called U.FL. The MHF comes in 4 depths getting lower profile (shallower) as you go up. So MHF is 2.5 mm, MHF2 is 2.0 mm, MHF3 is 1.8 mm (I think, I would have to look again), and MHF4 is 1.2 mm (again from memory - it is all in the thread if I went back).

Also U.FL are available with both halves as SMT connectors, but so far as I have found MHF is only the male side and requires cable attachment for the other side.

I am gonna hit up DigiKey for samples I think and find out what minimum order quantities are. If I get some samples it will give me a chance to find out if I can still solder with my newly four fingered right hand. I ripped my pinky off completely and all the skin off between the 1st and 2nd knuckles of the remaining three fingers just about 2 months ago. I would post a photo, but last time I did a mod removed it in under two hours.
[Vibrant General] hmpohjola:
You can get the GpsRestore app from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9509565&postcount=13