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[Galaxy S I9000 General] cyberkid2002:
Hi all,

I have almost decided that the Galaxy S is going to be my next phone but just wanted to check what the current state of the GPS problem is (yes I have googled but can't find any definitive answer).

Have samsung fixed this and if so what is GPS reception like, how long does it take to pick up a signal etc. How does the GPS chipset compare to the HTC Hero?

Cheers,

Michael
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dreamtheater39:
Its not flawless....but works decent enough. The update frequency is slow and has minor accuracy issues, but something you can live with.

Why not wait for a couple months and get a dual core based phone? or even the nexus s instead :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cyberkid2002:
i was leaning towards the Galaxy S due to its relatively low second hand price (I have seen some go for just over £200). Moving from a HTC Hero as I am getting more and more frustrated by how much the keyboard and software in general lags and could do with a bigger screen.

Quite like the look of the HTC Desire HD but battery life concerns me.

Nexus S seems over priced for an average handset to me.

iPhone 4 very nice but too expensive and lack of Googlemaps nav is a big downer.

Everything about the Galaxy S seems nice except for this GPS issue...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
It is clearly not fixed.

I tested 3 different Galaxy S with 2.1 and one that I upgraded to 2.2 (JL2) and all of them had a broken GPS. It gets a lock, but it is imprecise. Sometimes it think that you are on the next street.<

Never had this problem with: hero, milestone and optimus one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cyberkid2002:
what about the 2.2.1 roms? have heard some people have had more success with these... anyone tried these?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] adiep:
mine was useless but is much better with 2.2.1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mickeko:
It has gone from busted to plausible, but still has a bit to go before actually being confirmed.

Sent from my personal Dis-organizer GT-I9000.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BlackDino:
You guys should upgrade to JPY, 2.2.1

I get a lock everytime within 10 seconds
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lgkahn:
2.2.1 working great 4 me also.. no jumping around or loosing lock while navigating.. have tested 4 over 2 hours now..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
Lock time has never been an issue for me. The problem is that the GPS is wrong/not precise.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] exadeci:
Same with JPU 2.2.1 roms are just perfect
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ThisWasATriumph:
If locking is not your problem, Da_G has made some awesome progress in tracking over in the Captivate forum. Try out his updates. Really interesting thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881941
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Auzy:
What we really need is tracks to show how good the latest firmware is...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
It's not an option for all of us. If I flash a ROM not made for Bell Canada, I loose support for my locale.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] deyanp:
Tell me how to do the tracks and I will do them. I am also experiencing very (dramatically?) improved GPS after the official update to 2.2. Previously GPS Status was showing a lot of satellites, but only a few (3-5) locked. Now it's 10/10 or 9/9 ... Haven't tested it too much around big buildings though (just briefly and was similar to results from my G1).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] maesebit:
I'll try to record some track with 2.2.1, but the improvement is noticeable.

Maybe it won't be accurate enough for fitness use, but at least it doesn't jump around in a 100 meter range randomly.

Now, for the first time ever my GPS is useable. Not perfect, but reaches the minimum necessary to be useable.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] galaxoid:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=200899946886418974283.000498631226c188839f0

Google maps may not be 100% accurate here. Track was recorded from a car. Galaxy S with JPY seems to overshoot on corners, but certainly it is good enough for car navigation.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] .Slane.:
GPS works much much better since firmware based en 2.2.1. My lock time switch from 1 or 2 minutes for 5/6 satts to 10/15 seconds with 8/11 satts. Accurancy was a bit better with JPU (nearly always 5 meters) but with JPY it's now between 5 and 10 meters.

TLDR: GPS is quite usable now with 2.2.1 ROM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kunjar:
Read...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881941

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878970

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=853698
[Desire HD General] Halabeaster54:
I love 4.3" screens like the desire hd has and my hd7. I love ther 4g capibilities my g2 has. In the US they don't sell desire hds. I found a guy on craigslist who's willing to trade me his desire hd plus 150 cash for my hd7 and g2? It wouldn't be that big off a deal but it'll run edge because it doesn't have US 3g. Is it worth it, or can I just get a hd2 and it'll be the same thing.
[Desire HD General] dhiral.v:
Why not just get the mytouch 4g instead? Apart from screen size and MT4 has FF Camera its exactly the same and at least you will get US 3g.
[Desire HD General] Halabeaster54:
We all must agree the mt4g is the ugliest phone other then the htc magic
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] stoyandim:
If somewhere in time X8 get Froyo, will there be Flash support? Cause i read that the flash support depends on processor or something like that.

10x for you answers.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] neptun2:
Well the official statement from adobe is that flash 10.1 requires ARM version 7 CPU and our is version 6. Despite of this there is custom froyo roms for other devices with arm v6 cpu so it should be possible. The short answer is that is SE make official froyo or gingerbread rom for X8 it will be probably without flash or with flash lite 4. If we manage to make custom froyo rom it will probably have flash.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] bnight:
Why we don`t start a work on a custom froyo rom ?
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] hugerth:
'We' is funny word. It means 'I will try to do nothing, but I'm waiting for others' ;)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] bnight:
In fact I can try to bring this up myself but I am new to Android development not new to Linux (as an Unix System Administrator). So if someone give info what is needed to be done I thing that I can create a froyo rom by myself.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] bnight:
As I understand the problem with froyo is that it use a different kernel then the eclair. But because Android is basically linux the kernel don`t affect the software only affect the communication with the hardware (drivers). So we have a 2.6.29 kernel on our X8. If we can use the same kernel for the froyo apps then we can run froyo as well on the same kernel (same hardware) also we can run Android 2.3 on the same hardware/kernel.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] WARR10r:
there are different APIs.. eclair uses API 7, froyo uses API 8 (info from Android SDK).

so there can be difference in drivers and other.. but it's only my guesses, dont blame on me :D
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] muzik_demon:
You can study the asop froyo rom made by zdzihu for x10 and try something similar for x8.

I don't know anything about linux so can't help you there...

Sent from my X8 Rooted+JiT+App2sd :)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] bnight:
As I understand this ASOP Froyo MOD is only the system.img and data.img and it`s exactly what I need to make the rom for X8 basically what I thing should work is to flush the Phone to 2.1 rooted and after that on the part when we copy the /system folder to copy the one form the Froyo MOD this will work i suppose but need to try it.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] muzik_demon:
Installation process is quite ok but you'll need to make it compatible to x8..
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] IFLPI:
On milestone it was possible. Old kernel and fully working froyo features. It has bootloader locked by 1024 rsa key. Its possible to build froyo on old kernel, but who can do it? We lack of experienced developers unfortunately. :(

Flash is a different matter, it won't work witch our processor, but froyo optimization is far more important.

::SEx8+root+xRecovery+JiT+app2SD::
[General Questions and Answers] Halabeaster54:
I love 4.3" screens like the desire hd has and my hd7. I love ther 4g capibilities my g2 has. In the US they don't sell desire hds. I found a guy on craigslist who's willing to trade me his desire hd plus 100 cash for my hd7 and g2? It wouldn't be that big off a deal but it'll run edge because it doesn't have US 3g. Is it worth it, or can I just get a hd2 and it'll be the same thing.
[General Questions and Answers] drupad2drupad:
Don't really think this is a good deal, if I were you!
[General Questions and Answers] Halabeaster54:
Yea I want sure that's why I came here so I shouldn't do it
[General Questions and Answers] drupad2drupad:
No mate, it's a bad deal! To get Desire HD by giving up HD7 and the other phone! Even by giving you 100 quid he is making a whooping profit! I am sure you can grab a big screen phone (even go for Galaxy Tab with 7 inch!) if that's what fascinates you ;) It will be well worth your money! :D
[Desire General] lwesquire:
Seasons greetings all,

You might like the idea of this - I'm trying to combine Wallswitch (wallpaper switching app) and Eyewitness (pic of the day from The Guardian) to autoswitch my wallpapers. Now, Wallswitch can only take its images from folders in the home directory, but I can set up Tasker to copy all the files from Eyewitness' image folder to a Wallswitch folder easily.

However, Eyewitness is a messy pup and keeps its hi-res files and its thumbnails together! It names the hi-res files YYYY-MM-DD.jpg and the thumbs YYYY-MM-DDtn.jpg. Does anyone know how I can filter out the thumbs while copying the hi-res files?
[Galaxy Tab General] david.marra:
Looking for opinions on the best way to get videos (tv shows/movies) on the SGT.

Primarily looking for non-streaming options to view on a flight.
[Galaxy Tab General] mudstuff:
.mp4 works best with the built in media player and will play full hd, i used handbrake to convert some apple trailers to 1024 width and the necessary height pixels with auto aspect correction. They play perfectly. I encoded at 2500kbps. The built in player is really good. Doesn't support 5.1 though. For avi and mkv, rockplayer is the best. Won't play hd though but hopefully the dev is working on it.
[Galaxy Tab General] Lucky_Charms:
Default player is great. But if you want to play everything else then use vplayer.

Sent from my T-Mobile Tab
[Galaxy Tab General] sillyrabbitt123:
for $10 bucks catalyst is great for dvds you own to convert them into all kinds of formats it has a SGT preset makes it super EZ.
[Galaxy Tab General] brilldoctor:
Or handbrake can do it for free if you have vlc
[Galaxy Tab General] Tiamath99:
Rockplayer is free and plays about everything including flv.
[G Tablet General] justauser:
I can run File xpert and get the ftp server going but cannot seem to connect to it ffrom another system. Using the latest stock OS but I've applied the market fix and other changes. I have tried 2 different ftp servers and can't connect to either. Ideas? Is there a firewall enabled?
[Android Apps and Games] p0peye:
Hi all, I am a recent WM runaway, but there are some nice apps that I would like to have on my Android phone.

So, I was searching, but wasn't able to find is there any battery meter that would display a tiny slim bar just below the upper edge of the display (similar to WM app Batti or WMMiniBattery)?

Thanks in advance,

cheers
[Android Apps and Games] bjrmd:
I think it's not possible with regular android

try the miui roms, they have the option to do that
[Android Apps and Games] p0peye:
Thanks, will do as soon as I get my hands on the phone... :)

edit: can you please explain "not possible with regular android"?

Do you mean "not rooted"?

By now I thought nobody cared to make such app, but reading your post, I get under impression that it's not possible at all (with regular android?).

I have to admit it is hard to believe that such a little and simple app is not possible to operate on Android... :confused:

On the other hand - batti was (is) quite popular, so it was kind of strange I couldn't find similar app for android by now... :(

Thanks anyway
[Android Apps and Games] elracing21:
I don't understand exactly what the app did. If you were to post a link to the app or screenshots I might be able to help you find what your looking for on android.

HTC Vision S-OFF CM6.1 Stable Oc'd to 1.5ghz on Pershoots Kernel :)
[Android Apps and Games] p0peye:
hi elracing21,

please note the slim bar at the very top of the "screen" - the strap is full from left to right when full, and is smaller and smaller as the battery drain. At 10%, the strap becomes red...

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-batti-v2-1.html

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-wmminibattery.html

cheers

p.s. - I still can't believe there is no such app 4 android. :eek: Thanks in advance for your help :)
[Android Apps and Games] korndi:
Hy!!

I just created my first App!!

SkipTvAd

The main idea:

You log in and choose a tv channel. There you can change if there is at the moment an ad on the channel. If the ads end you can change the ad state and everybody who who also have chosen this channel can see that the ads end and switch back to the channel.

Please give a feedback

First Beta release:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7225753/SkipTVAD.apk

Screenshot:
[Defy General] Warfighter:
Hi all and happy holidays :)

So I just bought my DEFY... my first ever touch and smartphone and I have Skype installed. It seems every time I sign in this faint red light comes on, it's located just on the left of the earpiece.

Anyone has any idea what it's for? this is not mentioned in the user manual :/
[Defy General] step0011:
I wouldnt worry too much about it, I have it aswell, I have a feeling its a faint IR beam for proximity sensor (to turn off the screen when the phone is in use)
[Defy General] Warfighter:
had a look in motorola forums as well, it does seem to be the proximity sensor after all...

PS can't post outside links yet :cool:
[Defy General] Le_Poilu:
There's a LED indicator on the Defy just aside the proximity sensor (on the left or earpiece).

This led can warn you when you receive an email, a SMS or for missed call.

Maybe skypa can handle the led and turn it red when you're signed on.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Behzad WM:
Hi all dear friends .

Did ROM Windows Phone 7 was released for Diamond 2 ???? :confused:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
You will have to wait and see if someone ports WM7 from another device.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdviper:
This has been happening on the stock rom as well. And also whichever rom I'm using, the battery will not update or show how much it has drained. Sometimes ill even have 8% before the phone shuts off and it wont turn back on. Wtf is going on?

Also the battery while charging will.not update and the yellow light will still be on and the phone will state that it has a current charge of whatever I had when I plugged it in. It wont update unless I restart the phone. What's the matter folks?

Thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blancoisgod:
Back when i had my cliq, this would happen alot. The problem is simple.Simply do the following:

1.Fully Charge phone

2.boot into recovery while plugged in (through ROM manager)

3.Go under advanced then hit wipe battery stats.

4. unplug your phone and let the battery drain completely

5. once the phone is dead, keep trying to boot it for a few minutes(ensuring there is no charge left in the battery)

6. Fully charge it(try no to use it while it is charging)

And once its fully charged, things should be fixed and you SHOULD see better battery life.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KMan94:
I'm trying to upload some Christmas pics and vids from the gallery and have run run into some problems. Other than the fact it is less than user friendly, I managed to at least get them queued. Problem is I selected a whole group and it is ready to go. I want to completely stop them and I can't find a way. I can pause the upload but not delete it. Any Ideas?

Edit. I found it. Just long press on the queued entry and it gives the option to cancel the upload.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Serikiito:
Is there a application that I can type my SMS messages on my pc and then have them sent through my phone?

It would be nice if the messages I sent from my pc were saved in my messages application.

If anyone could recommend me an application that can do this and is also compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S that would be wicked

Thanks :)
[Wildfire Android Development] Apchu:
I'm going to root my wilfire(with stock rom) and I want to overclock it. I know I've to flash an O/C kernel but the only o/c kernel (that I could find) is HCDR.Kernel and it has a bug! "Wi-Fi doesn't work with HTC Sense 2.2 ROMs!"

I don't want to lose my Wi-fi !!!

Is there any other o/c kernel available?
[Wildfire Android Development] nlovers2000:
nope i dont think there is another o/c kernel for wildfire..

too bad....:(
[Wildfire Android Development] ww231:
hi

have tried the Danne's 0055_oc_kernel_2.6.32_v8(from HCDR.Jacob's kernel) ?
[Wildfire Android Development] HCDR.Jacob:
That is hcdr.kernel
[Wildfire Android Development] dikamilo:
I'm using this kernel with wildpuzzle rom (froyo 2.2) and wi-fi works fine. I don't know why kernel has this bug. This is (probably) because wi-fi hotspot don't work correct but wi-fi connection works very well. So you can try this kernel and if something will not work, you can flash other kernel.
[Wildfire Android Development] ww231:
Jacob

sorry,

That's your hcdr.kernel.

waiting your gingerbread,thanks!
[Wildfire Android Development] Apchu:
I have one more question ! How can I flash a kernel ? Is it the same as flashing a rom?
[Wildfire Android Development] 3xeno:
Yes, and do remember to take a backup before doing that.
[Wildfire Android Development] Apchu:
Ok! thanks...

I'll post the result when I flash it.
[Wildfire Android Development] mctt:
Wish I had read this before I flashed the latest WildPuzzle and went through all the setup. I I had know I would have rebooted and updated to hcdr.kernel right away.

Might try this next time I flash the device.

Looks like you can only overclock with that kernel and not the one that now comes with WildPuzzle?
[Wildfire Android Development] 3xeno:
The default one that comes with WildPuzzle is not overclock enabled. However, danne provides the overclocked kernel (Which is actually HDCR Kernel), in his thread as well.

Check this in the WildPuzzle Thread:

0130_kernel_overclock_jacob_2.6.32_v1.zip

BTW, You dont lose anything when you flash a kernel, so, you can just flash it over the existing WildPuzzle ROM. A backup is recommended incase your phone is unable to boot with the overclocked kernel (This has been reported by a few people)
[Wildfire Android Development] mctt:
Brilliant, I will give it a go. Thanks!

Will be good to find out how the wifi works and if hotspot/tethering works.

Mainly I just want to get it up to 691 MHz for games.
[Wildfire Android Development] nlovers2000:
wifi hotspot wont work with kernal made by jacob.:(:(:(:(
[Wildfire Android Development] 3xeno:
WiFi does work, but, theres a bug with WiFi Hotspot. It doesnt work. You will be able to setup a hotspot, but, no device will be able to connect to it, even if it is unsecured.

EDIT: Got Ninja'ed. :p
[Wildfire Android Development] mctt:
Thanks xda Ninjas ;)
[Wildfire Android Development] f.papa76:
Well, this is surely interesting. The kernel linked from wildpuzzle thread, even if it's still jacob's, works! I mean, even the wifi hotspot. So you have an OC kernel with all functionality in place. Give it a try.

What I don't understand is why the original jacob's one doesn't work.
[Wildfire Android Development] f0xy:
The one linked in wild puzzle is just jacobs packaged up. The wifi hotspot does not work as yet.
[Wildfire Android Development] f.papa76:
Actually, I sent that one using it.. I'm telling you, it really works, even the hotspot.
[Wildfire Android Development] raskall:
Wifi works at my wildpuzzle phone with Jacobs OC kernel. But the Wifi hotspot is not working.
[Wildfire Android Development] f.papa76:
Maybe it's a combination of ROM and kernel.. I'm using dk one and with wildpuzzle ker all works, hotspot included.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tipto:
Hi, I have a small problem, I bought a hermes where you installed Windows Mobile 6.5.5 and want to boot, and hangs at welcome screen windows logo. and now I want to install back again officiale rom. pls help me. I have herm200 spl-1.09 and not even flash via sd card .. still writes me an error update
[Desire General] slurdge:
Hi everyone, for Christmas my screen was crushed by a car :(.

The screen is completely destroyed (both touch screen & display screen).

However the phone is booting, so I can put it in recovery mod (I rooted the phone and I have clockworkmod).

After many trials, I succeeded in having adb connecting to my phone in blind mode.

I did this:

adb mount /data
adb pull /data /a_backup_folder
adb mount /system
adb pull /system /another_backup_folder

... and copied back my SD to my computer. I plan to buy another Desire and to revert the instruction by issuing a push for the data & system. This is:

adb mount /data
adb push /a_backup_folder /data
adb mount /system
adb push /another_backup_folder /system

Will it work ? Or is the system in sync with the flashed firmware ?

Can I selectively push some of the folders (namely applications, and the whole data). I hope to get back my settings, contacts etc...

I'm afraid I cannot do a whole lot more, since I do everything in blind mode.

Any advice on this ?

Thank you !
[Desire General] TheGhost1233:
Just make a nandroid, should be able to restore as long as you don't have a different screen version (AMOLED to SLCD) but not 100% sure.
[Desire General] slurdge:
Thank you for your suggestion.

Can I do it even if I do not have a screen ? I've tried to launch it but I fear it needs busybox (it says that it cannot find nc) and I think I do not have it (and don't know how to put it without the screen).

What are the supplementary steps that nandroid does ?
[Desire General] TheGhost1233:
This is for CWM 2.5.0.7.

Sorry mist the part that you have to do everything blind, when in recovery press 5 times down on the volume rocker and then 2 times on the OJ let it sit for 10 min, should be done sooner but i don't know how to check if it's finished. After 10 min press once again on the OJ, your phone should reboot and in the Clockwork folder on the SD card should be a backup folder with a folder with the current date and time of the back up.
[Desire General] slurdge:
Unfortunately it did not work.

It did the steps as provided, and indeed the phone rebooted, but there is no clockworkmod folder on the sd card.

Is there any way to do a similar operation with adb ? This would be easier since when I'm in adb shell, I can type from the PC :).
[Desire General] Lennyz1988:
Try installing amon ra recovery. You should be able to do it. This is what the amon ra thread says:

Scripts available via adb :

* Nandroid v2.2.1 : enter "nandroid-mobile.sh" to start.

Explenation: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3046976&postcount=1

I think that this is what you are looking for :)
[Desire General] mercianary:
Use the command below to find out what partitions each mtd is for (I don't remember)

cat /process/mtd

Then backup with

cat /dev/mtd/mtdx > /sdcard/mtd.img

(Replacing x with whatever number)

Get all the partitions you need, boot, cache, data and system. Then flash to your new phone from fastboot.

fastboot flash boot mtdx.img

You might want to get hold of a tool called unyaffs and take a look inside the images you make to check its all ok before you bin your old phone or send it back.