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[EVO 4G Android Development] WhiteiceDMSTech:
I will give the GPS issue a go here in a few minutes when I leave the hospital and head home.

I have the paid version of Poweramp. Is the GPS you all using the stock MikFroyo one (the google gps?)

Whiteice
[EVO 4G Android Development] dodge972:
how and what do i need to do to get dropbox then
[EVO 4G Android Development] chogardjr:
Try DropBox. There is an app for Android and a desktop program to install. The desktop prog is very useful because it automatically sync's new files. So like what you were saying you can long press your log file from a file manager and select send to and then select DropBox. It will ask which folder for DropBox, if you have on, and then its almost instant unless its a really large file.

From a supercharged Evo!!

Projects & Stuff ~~>http://www.mediafire.com/?h9m3o9rmevub7
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
I don't know about everyone else, but I tried with Google Navigation, Copilot Live, and GPS test app, and all failed with every music player I have installed (stock htc, poweramp paid, miui, and cartunes).
[EVO 4G Android Development] cetac:
Just go to dropbox.com and you can download it for the pc and there is an app in market to put it on the phone. all you need to do is set up an account and link the pc and phone to it and you are good to go. They have good instructions on their site so it should go smoothly.

BTW are you long haul or local ? Just curious.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
i just use the stock navigation

i downloaded the cracked full version of poweramp for testing purposes, but it didnt work for me.

however if the key is in the legit version i wouldnt mind paying $5 to get this working
[EVO 4G Android Development] jyarborough:
mAN,, I AM SO GLAD THAT I READ LIKE 20+ PAGES BEFORE I DECIDED NOT TO FLASH 4.5! THIS IS THE REASON WHY I LEFT THE CM7 COMMUNITY! "borked GPS" this rom has been good to me,, son i will stay right where im at with 4.5-beta5 until i read different stuff!

And i was really just about to wipe everything!
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Check my post 2 above yours. I've tried every combination, and none work for me. Please let us know if you get something to work. BTW, it takes a few seconds to lose gps (10-15 seconds, I think) on nav apps, but gps test starts dropping satellites instantly.
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
I'm curious. Try it on the beta and let us know what you come up with. I'm still on 4.4, and it's busted too.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
thanks. if i downloaded the paid version of poweramp and it still didnt work i would have been livid
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
yeah it didnt work on my 4.4 either. i thought i was an isolated issue, so i was hoping 4.5 would have fixed it for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Superboy007:
I just noticed something with the gps thing try lowering the speaker volume
[EVO 4G Android Development] starkillers:
For what its worth I ran xiia live lite streaming Howard stern and loaded up Sprint nav and didn't lose sat.
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Either way, paid version of Poweramp is worth it. LOVE it. Much better than any other music player I've tried (except maybe Cartunes, which has KILLER accurate voice search).
[EVO 4G Android Development] SweepinJR:
Is there a way to reduce sense to 3 home screens instead of 7?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
I also just confirmed that it's borked with Pandora, Slack and last.fm as well. So it's not just local music players.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Kraenesk:
Mik was talking about working on that once he finished 4.5 once he checked into the legality of it.

Mikfroyo...can something this good be legal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
thats a negative captain

i just tested it with gps volume > music and that failed

i tested it with gps volume < music and that failed as well

even if that did work it wouldnt be a solution for me. the main time i need gps + music is when im on my motorcycle. noise from the wind and my exhaust is quit loud, so i have to have the volume turned all the way up

thanks for suggestion through
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Are you referring to the fact that navigation and music have independent volume controls? If not, I don't understand what you're getting at.
[EVO 4G Android Development] pongoface:
Tried myns rom same gps problem
[EVO 4G Android Development] GIGZ1971:
THANKS

Hey Doorpz; Thank you very much I thought I tried that before but I guess not. :D

Will be switching back to v.4.5 asap.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Helton566:
I let power amp play for 15mins and searched 4 different places on google maps and used the nav. To get driving directions and it worked. Now someone mentioned about having the volume low and that made difference. I did have it on the lowest volumw setting and my wife thanked me.

Sent from a place far far away!
[EVO 4G Android Development] jocampo86:
Thank you buddy but I just did a android restore..but I donwloaded it just in case..Ta

Nx ..well I hitter the tanx button
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
I did just find something interesting. It is literally ONLY a problem when music is ACTIVELY playing. I backgrounded Copilot when I had a lock (notification bar), and then I opened Yahoo Music. All was fine until I hit play. Lost gps lock. Hit pause, but stayed in Yahoo Music, and GPS locked on again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] DreamSQK:
Running 4.5 stock rom/kernel. With GPS/Navigation running, I opened music app and Pandora with no issues.

**Edit - GPS stopped working after about 90 seconds of music playing... Sorry for jumping the gun on my response!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
i had a gps issue on myn but it was a bit different. the music would stop playing when the gps would give directions and the music would never resume playing agian

i fixed this issue with poweramp.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Helton566:
What about the nav? Try getting directions to something by you while the music is playing.

Nvm saw update

Sent from a place far far away!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
with the music app, were you able to play a full song without dropping the gps signal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] painandpleasure:
thanks sent
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm wondering if it's a problem with the 3.70 HTC base. Just tried on my wife's bone stock Evo, and she has same problem. We went to Wisconsin around the first of the year, and she hadn't updated yet, so that might be the common link. And here I was blaming Mikfroyo the whole time... :o
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
That's a bug that's been in the Evo since Froyo came around. It's been well documented, but HTC doesn't seem to care to fix it. That's why I dl'd Poweramp too.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
i didnt have a problem with myn rl4 w/poweramp
[EVO 4G Android Development] starkillers:
Ok downloaded Pandora and been playing music and gps hasn't lost lock at all 10 mins in fact writing this at same time still locked on. I'm in Florida wondering if area may be causing gps signal issues.
[EVO 4G Android Development] DreamSQK:
Well crap! Looks like I lied! Made it about 90 seconds before GPS died... Originally, I only played about a minute of music before I replied to the post.

I will edit my above response to avoid sending false hope to the masses. Sorry for the confusion...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
thanks, but im not too interested in pandora. can you a music app that plays music off your phone?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Helton566:
I was having a problem with the stock player but after downloading the full version of power amp no more problems. I live in florida also.

Sent from a place far far away!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Superboy007:
I think it's more like the speakers are causing a signal degradation because when I use the headphones even on hi it won't loose signal
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Doubt it, simply because as soon as paused music, I was able to lock on to 10 satellites again almost instantly and stayed locked. This is one strange problem.

Sent from my MikFroyo'd, custom Chogardjr'd Evo, plain and simple.
[EVO 4G Android Development] DroidGnome:
GPS lock and Music

OK for those testing this GPS issue, please ensure a few things:

1) That you turn OFF "Wireless location" in your settings, under "Locations". Otherwise you could get false readings with apps such as google maps and the like since it's using your wifi to locate you and not a GPS.

2) I highly suggest you use an app that shows your satellites rather than rely on some 'apps' indication of GPS such as navigation. A good free GPS tester is is "GPS Test" . It will show you how many satellites you can see, and how many are in use at a time.

My own testing so far tonight revealed that a 4.4 Mikfroyo (stock kernel, all updated radios etc.. see sig) does in fact cut out GPS as soon as Music plays with PowerAMP (purchased).

My testing method was simple.

I use "PowerStrip" in my Evo, so I can easily open up any widget while in an application. So I opened up the GPSTest app, saw I was locked onto 8 satellites. Turned off GPS, and back on a few times just to ensure it always got a lock. Bars were mostly green indicating a strong lock. I then hit the powerstrip, where I placed a widget for poweramp, and hit PLAY. Note: This does not move GPSTest to a background state. As soon as I hit play, I could see GPSTest's bars suddenly go grey, the GPS indicator went from Green to Yellow indicating a loss of lock. It was IMMEDIATE. The second I turned off the music, the GPS found a lock without seconds and all went back to normal. I repeated this process a few times at various points in my house, and on the front porch. (Though GPS got through to the house just fine).

I have access to several 'stock' Evo's from friends at work, but I won't be back in the office until Friday. If I can get one of them on the phone tommorrow, I'll see if they'd be willing to test this issue for me as they aren't even rooted, still using stock HTC updates. Unless someone posts the results from that sooner :)

Ohh just in case it matters, I did apply the Music Streaming 'hack' which might be messing with streaming apps though I highly doubt we all have applied that hack, nor do I believe it would affect local SD card music playing with an app such as PowerAmp.

UPDATE:

GREAT CALL on the Headphones. I just repeated my test using headphones and no loss of GPS at all. Tried several times, worked like a charm.

Also tried starting without headphones.. played music.. gps died.. plugged headphones in while music was going.. music transfered to the headphones and GPS came alive again!

Did the exact opposite, started with headphones and gps alive, removed them... gps died as soon as I restarted music (my player stops when headphones are removed).

This would also explain whey I never noticed this in the car as I hook up my Evo to my car speakers via the same Jack... Very interesting catch.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Superboy007:
try using headphones I think it's the speakers degrading the signal or try lowering the speaker volume when I do that the signal comes back
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Ding ding ding. We have a winner. As soon as I turned my volume down all the way, it locked. I've always used bluetooth audio, so I guess that's why this bug never showed before. Possibly interference between the speaker magnet and the GPS chip? I dunno, but that's what seems to cause it for me. Everybody else try this.

Sent from my MikFroyo'd, custom Chogardjr'd Evo, plain and simple.
[EVO 4G Android Development] WhiteiceDMSTech:
Well this was a sad ride home.

The whole time driving home (about 20 minutes) I tried to use the GPS and it sat there "Checking Navigation Availability."

I then tried to stream Pandora and I was able to log in and choose one of my music artists, but then when it went to try and stream, it just sat there with the little circle going but never streamed.

I did reboot the phone and tried again. I turned my bluetooth off which I have set to my Parrot car kit for the heck of it but nothing worked :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
thanks and youre right, this does work with headphones. i wonder what the problem?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
no problem. thats for the update and correcting it!
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Absolutely confirmed. Playing music over bluetooth, I was still able to lock 8 birds within seconds and stay locked. Whew. Catastrophe averted. Still kind of a crappy bug, but I guess we just can't use the built in speaker with nav. Oh well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SweepinJR:
Switching there subject here a bit...why does this rom have three clocks. I have clock 1.0 (white icon), clock 2.2 (black icon), and desk clock...what gives? Which is better so I can delete some?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] mando41:
gps

I lose gps signal with the paid version of power amp, but not with pandora and last.fm. I use pandora and navi on a daily basis so I would have def noticed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
Thanks for trying bro. we found that you cant use the phones speaker if you want a gps lock

solutions are using 3.5mm out or bluetooth
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Also, same with my wife's stock evo (yeah, I know, I keep pushing her to root it). Fired up Poweramp, opened GPS test. No satellite lock. Plugged in headphones, and I literally watched it pull 'em in. Unplugged headphones, and it lost 'em almost instantly. Definitely not rom related.
[EVO 4G Android Development] starkillers:
Ok guys just so you know I did this test on my phone with 4.5 and another bone stock non rooted phone and as far as gps goes I was able to stream from Pandora fine on both however when using the stock music app on both they lost gps lock so this is not a Rom issue I repeat not a Rom issue
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
do you use the phones speakers or external speakers?
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
White clock is the vanilla Android one so you can actually use the snooze function if you're using the vanilla lockscreen, I believe. I'm not on 4.5 yet, but I'm assuming Mik put it in there because of that.
[EVO 4G Android Development] WhiteiceDMSTech:
Of course.

I know on 4.4 I was able to use navigation no problem, so is this issue everyone is talking about what is causing me to not be able to use it since it is 4.5?

I would go outside and try right now but it is 7 degrees. I am sitting here trying to get Pandora and the GPS to work and it's not working for me.

Currently rebooting and gonna try Pandora over WiFi and then with WiFi off and see what happens.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
roger that. thanks guys

and now that i think about it, i said that it worked with myns rom, but i most likely had headphones in when i was using it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
if youre using the evos built in speakers its probably not going to work. youre going to have to use headphones or some type of external speakers
[EVO 4G Android Development] mando41:
I just tested it w/ phone speakers with 3/4 of the volume. I normaly use It in the car with bluetooth thats why i never noticed it b/f.
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
I'm on 4.4 still, and I'm getting EXACT same result with Pandora via Wifi and 3G that I was with Poweramp. No lock playing through speaker, but just fine going through headphones or bluetooth. BTW, pretty warm by you I see. It's 0 here. LOL.
[EVO 4G Android Development] WhiteiceDMSTech:
Ok, first of all I feel like a dumb ass.

For some reason my Data was turned off (4th icon from right on drop down menu.)

So now I started Pandora and it's streaming no problem via the phone's speaker. After streaming some music for a few minutes I booted up the GPS and it grabbed a satellite real quick. After a few minutes it then lost the satellite signal. Then I plugged in headphones and within a second or two, the message about loosing the satellite was gone.

Not that you all need me to put this since you all figured it out, but I am, a freaking dumbass.

Sorry to waste everyones time.

Whiteice
[EVO 4G Android Development] WhiteiceDMSTech:
It went from 15 to 7 on the trip home from work tonight lol.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Showtime_III:
no worries, thanks for the update
[EVO 4G Android Development] dodge972:
kind of cold here also Clear 44°F

tomorrow Mostly Sunny 76°
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Yeah, thanks, rub it in. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] aaronw143:
Get off 4.4 kid!!! You got the stuff!!!

This is my EVO, there are many like it, but this one is mine...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Tower1972:
I've searched this thread for MMS issues and while I seen a few posts about it,there was never any resolution except for the 2mb size limit. Anyone else have MMS simply not work at all? I can't send message nor Download messages from hand cent or the stock app running 4.4 . I've tried updating my profile numerous times and had friends with evos test out theirs with no issues

I do plan to update to 4.5 but I'm waiting for the white theme ,rotary etc to be compatible lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
LOL. Yeah, I know. It's just a lot of work, cuz I'm very anal retentive. Since it's not recommended to restore system data with Titanium Backup, and even a few settings being off from my current setup can and will drive me nuts, I'm very hesitant. That's why nandroid backups are my absolute best friend. EVERYTHING goes back just the way I had it when I restore. If I could just flash over 4.4 with cache and dalvik wipe, I'd already be there.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chogardjr:
You know that you can go back and restore system data (in green) like sms and bookmarks and HTC Sense(home screen layout).

I suggest making sure you have the same theme, more so the layout if 4x5 before doing the HTC Sense restore.

Like you said nandroid is your best friend. If it doesn't restore right you know what to do.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ifly4vamerica:
+1 for restoring the green stuff I do that all the time and never have a problem.

Actually I seem to remember doing the HTC sense when I originally flashed your blue theme Chog, it restored the sense but I did have to juggle stuff around a bit to get them down a level.

On a side note thanks again for the theming help Chog, I have been editing some .9's and your method works like a charm, now if i could just figure out the logic with the damn bad patches .. I can fix em but never can figure out WHY they are bad .....
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
Yeah, I know I can always go back. I'm most concerned about my settings. God, there's a lot to set up. I haven't done a full wipe since my nexus one days, so I can't remember what titanium backs up exactly. I suppose I should just jump into it, but man I hate dealing with this stuff. Hard to understand unless you're as picky as me.

Sent from my MikFroyo'd, custom Chogardjr'd Evo, plain and simple.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ifly4vamerica:
Just go in and backup user apps with their data, then in the list click each item from the system that is in green and backup them individually that way all thats backed up is the user apps with their data and the green system stuff then when you want to back up again just hit redo all backups. when you restore hit restore all user apps and system data. Since the only system data that is backed up is the green stuff that's all that will get restored.

Sorry for the lack of punctuation and run on sentences but i am trying to get this in before the stoplight turns green!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
So there is more system data that gets backed up when you do a full system data backup than what's marked in green? Is that what everyone seems to advise against? What else is in there then?

Sent from my MikFroyo'd, custom Chogardjr'd Evo, plain and simple.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chogardjr:
My suggestion is to only restore user apps and go one by one with system data. You can batch restore user & system data but not all system data will restore that way, HTC Sense for example.
[EVO 4G Android Development] live2ride96:
No kidding? I didn't realize that. I just figured if the option is there, it should work as advertised. I will keep that in mind. Not gonna mess with the phone until I receive an important job-related phone call tomorrow though. Knowing my luck, SOMETHING will find a way to go wrong (I know that's almost impossible, but you don't know my luck), and the guy won't be able to get a hold of me. On a side note, apparently I have to wait to thank you guys. Damn five-a-day limit. BTW, Chogard, any progress on the clear clock widget for 4x5? I'm dying for that, man. Looks SOOOOOO sweet.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chogardjr:
Yeah I plan on working on that. Been kinda taking a short break. But will be back to working new things soon. I might look at the clock tomorrow.

From a supercharged Evo!!

Projects & Stuff ~~>http://www.mediafire.com/?h9m3o9rmevub7
[EVO 4G Android Development] ifly4vamerica:
Thanks for adding that Chog, I was in such a hurry to type that I forgot to mention that. I'm not sure exactly why but sometimes everything restores fine (except sense) and other times I have to do accounts and sense seperate.

Evo Sent
[EVO 4G Android Development] majorkillin:
Question/Suggestion

Hey guys, I've been running MikFroyo since 4.2 and I can't say enough good things about it. I recently put my phone back to stock so I could get Sprint to replace it. And I must say I do miss my MikFroyo!

I was wondering if there was a way to utilize the Wimax notification light? I know some ASOP ROMs like MIUI have that built in. Anyway that we can get that working with MikFroyo? I just thought it was an awesome feature, I had my SMS notifcations setup to the 2nd LED so I knew better why my phone was blinking at me.

Anyhow keep up the awesome work!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mitchellvii:
Thank you quite helpful. So it would seem then that moving dalvik back to data using nocache when one is running an ext3 is in fact the best choice to give market the most breathing room.

Mitchell's EVO
[EVO 4G Android Development] mitchellvii:
Yes you can cherry pick system data to restore just don't batch restore it all. I have always found restoring mail settings to be troublesome however. Don't know why but my phone hangs whenever I try to restore those individually. Perhaps they rely upon some other data I am not restoring?

Mitchell's EVO
[EVO 4G Android Development] Helton566:
Hey chogardjr what is the 4.5 mikfroyo themeable rom you have in you media folder? Is this one not themeable?

Sent from a place far far away!
[EVO 4G Android Development] jkcpsal:
You could use google cloud print and print straight from gmail on phone. You just need chrome browser and you need to access gmail from mobile browser
[EVO 4G Android Development] selders59:
Morning fellow Mikkers! Times are getting boring! Damn rom is just too SWEET! Guess I'll have to start playing with different launchers to appease that flashing itch.

"Walk by Faith-not by Sight"
[EVO 4G Android Development] aamikam:
im really not sure what to say to that... everything is here, and works.

i did flash the zip before uploading it... i always do it before giving u guys a zip.

didnt happen to me.

btw... if u read my "quick note before u download" u will see that im still not sure if having everything compressed or not is a good idea to do on the evo.

i know calk does it.. but most of the other devs dont.

im still waiting for someone who really knows how the android system works and how the evo is handling it before i make a final decision on that issue.

never have to wipe... but always keep in mind that if u have issues.. thats probably why. (cuz u didnt).
[EVO 4G Android Development] fachadick:
Still no GPS lock on navigation? I thought that was fixed - was I mistaken? I have a bunch of navigation shortcuts so I can't go through maps...