yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] VeEuzUKY:
Under baseband version I see P1000ZHJJ1. Is this it?... and what does it mean?...
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] BuzzFuzz:
Use Root Explorer, go to system/app and copy your contatcs.apk and contacts.odex to sd card (safe location) then go back delete both from system/app and copy new downloaded contacts.apk from first page (US version)

Reboot and must be ok. If doesn't work u can still go back and delete apk and put back both backuped.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] VeEuzUKY:
OK, I will try. Actually one of the reasons I want to do this (aside from looks because I also hate the wood color) is that everytime I hang up after making or receiving a call, the Tab freezes followed by a message that the phone application crashed. I dont know why this started happening recently but dont know a fix except maybe doing a hardware reset and start from scratch. I used an application called SYSTEM APP REMOVER to uninstall the SIM ToolKit App that is annyoing and useless to me but forgot to make a backup of it... Maybe its because of that, not sure but since I dont have a back-up I cannot re-install it to see if it fixes the issue. Ive tried seraching for Stk.apk but cant find it anywhere available...
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] VeEuzUKY:
Nothing works for me. I just get crashes everywhere if I use the Contacts application after making any change. Moving on.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] VeEuzUKY:
Please Help!

Can someone please help me. Now, i have done a full hardware reset and the phone is totally destroyed. Contacts tab still doesnt work, now the phone app doesnt work either and it it crashes if I open it with all sorts of errors!

Doesnt a full hardware reset recover all all stock apps in its place or not? I have no idea what to do at this point anymore:(
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] versuskid:
Nice and Clean..

Thanks for sharing..
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] agentdr8:
The SIM Toolkit (STK.apk) is an integral part of the system and the dialer depends on it which is why you're seeing all sorts of errors. And I don't believe a factory reset restores the system apps, it just wipes the /data partition. The best way to address this is to find the STK.apk from one of the posted ROMs that's compatible with your device or flash the Tab with a complete ROM that has that system app.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] ovigt71:
thanks a lot! works like a charm on Overcome 1.2.0 !!!!
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] ovigt71:
....but with Overcome 1.3.0 not working....is there any way to fix this?
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] V6-Maniac:
@ Buzzfuzz

Thx for your mod on the calendar and contact.apk

Works great on overcome 1.3.0

(Swiped from my Overcome 1.2.3 loaded GTab P1000 using TapaTalk)
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] ovigt71:
still doesn't work for me. I follow the same procedure as for 1.2.0, but I get only vibration and force close !
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] RunTimeWorld:
Works absolutely flawless... great job thank you!
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] junjlo:
Love it works well on vzw tab neat thing to is it gives us the dialer maybe one huge step twards flashing to cricket for voice :)
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] torespen:
Is the mediafire link down?... can't seem to find the file...

Anyone care to send me a copy? (For euro version)

Thx.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] V6-Maniac:
As i'm flashed Overcome 2.0.0 Beta 1 on my Galaxy Tab last night.

I was curious if the modified Contacts apk could be applied at Gingerbread 2.3.3

And i can confirm that it work with out any issues.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] bkar81:
Hi, sorry I am new to Android.

I have new tablet Orkia PP555 which doesn't have contacts application.

My question is can I use this contacts app in my tablet? Please let me know how to do it - if it is doable.

And which version of the contacts.apk to use as I have seen lot of attachments

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] G0G0L:
On which roms does this work?
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] racky29:
mediafire link down has anyone got this EU version please
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] ilovecatherine:
Good one. Thanks!
[Desire General] Ghettonine:
I know it sounds stupid but its good to know to avoid it. Any ideas? I know flashing a radio and you think it stuck or hang and you pull the battery before it could finish is sure way to brick.
[Desire General] Lennyz1988:
Flashing a rom from an other device would be a good start :P Radio's from different devices, not so good eather. Not checking the checksum and then flashing a corrupted partion when S-OFF would also do the job.
[Desire General] mikep99:
Not reading up on what you're doing would be number 1 !!!

Not aimed at anyone but it seems like quite a few jump in feet first without knowing the risks involved....
[Desire General] Ghettonine:
how would you know if you have a corrupted partition?
[Desire General] mortenmhp:
Well that wouldn't do it, as the partitions affected can easily be restored.

In order to get an actual brick, you will need to flash something wrong to radio or hboot :) Especially radio.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] orso7:
Yesterday I got a littlebitt excited and tried to flash an alternative oc kernel for cyanogen through rom manager, i selected the one with radio, the manager downloaded it rebooted installed and now the phone reboots after bootscreen1

fastboot, recovery, adb works

in another forum i was told that i need a newer spl because the new radio needs it so i installed SPL: 1.33.0013d and installed the radio update again (2.22.27.08)

now fastboot says

Sapphire PCT 32B Ship S-ON G

HBoot-1.33.0013d

Radio-2.22.27.08

but after flashing cyanogen its like before

any idea?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
If you had a brick adb, fastboot and recovery wouldn't work. What you have is a screwed up phone.

As for getting your answer... try asking it in the CM 6.1.0 forum (look in HTC Dream/G1 section).
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] orso7:
solved it, i just had to flash the new kernel for cyanogen

but thanks anyway!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
Alright. Thread closed.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabir.581:
hello to every1

i got hd2 which was stuck on white screen

i installed hspl3 on it and installed custom rom with installation process

after dat it was working fine for 2 days and now again same problem

it got stuck on white screen here is my info

PBB1110 HX-BC

spl-2.08.0000 8G XE

MicroP(LED) 0x05

MicroP(TOUCH) 0x30

can any one help me rgds...
[Desire Themes and Apps] heinsmit:
I really like the Espresso lockscreen (the straight line which you drag down as opposed to the curved one on HTC Sense) but don't want to install any Espresso rom or theme. Is there a way of just getting the lockscreen?

Or if there are any other nice lockscreens which you know about, I'm open to suggestions!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bluecluster:
Each time I flash new ROM, I go test GPS performance with GPS Test to see whether something changed.

What I'm interested in is primarily lock on speed, and also how solid the lock to satellites is, but that's secondary. (since froyo, the locks seem pretty solid, no more sudden drops like in eclair)

What I noticed is that even with same firmware this varies quite a lot, even when I try to make the test conditions vary as little as possible (I always test it from the same spot and hold it the same way to ensure similar signal propagation. I can't control the weather, but as it's winter, it usually overcast).

So my question is, do you find you lock on speed varies a lot with same firmware and in same conditions?

Mine can vary from a few seconds (rarely) to losing the patience after few minutes of waiting for the lock! (more often)

Is this normal or am I having some weird issues?

Because if this kind of huge variation is normal, then all my testing is pointless!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
Same thing here, but used to me more "consistent" with original rom (2.1 from Bell canada, can't remember wich one). Now on jl2 it takes longer to get a fix and weather seems to impact more.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] a.slaw:
same problem...

gps works extremely unconsistant.

me and my girlfriend have same phone with same firmware and 99% same apps installed. if we put the phones next to each other the gps signal is sometimes the same somethimes really different. we tried to find out how this could be but didnt find any difference. some days ago i turned my gps on as we were at the city together and it took really long to get the location. and then looke dat google latitude and holy **** my girlfriend got the cirrect position there even without taking it out the pocket and her gps was turned off lol. thats a bit scary sometimes.

now i installed gps tracker booster to stay at the same location if im indoor. otherwise it jumps from one location to another all the times and latitude says ive driven 4000km in a day just because i was at home and walked from fridge to the toilet...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bluecluster:
I wonder if it has anything to do with hardware antenna issues. There was a thread here somewhere. It might be, and yet it might not be. I'd like to be able to check if I have this hardware issue before risking my phone and surely voding the warranty.

It does seem to be somewhat software dependent, but that isn't enough. Inconsistency proves nothing :confused:

I could also swear it's getting worse with the time. In 2.1 I used to be able to get a lock in half a minute or so in the worst case (even if it wasn't solid). In 2.2 it was better but in 2.2.1 versions it was all over the place. Usually amazing just after installing the ROM, but then going downhill. So maybe it's just worsening with time or oscillating with ROMs. I'd need days of flashing and testing to get it sorted out - possibly.

Total confusion... In the end I'll just buy a dedicated GPS with a big antenna. Exactly what I wanted to avoid by getting the Galaxy.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Jekkaman:
Well, i did a lot of testing with my Galaxy S.

The only conclusion i got is that different roms impact the time the Gps takes to aquire lock.

I also concluded that is due to GPS hardware keeps losing the sinal makes you apear in places which in reality you're not or showing that you are going across a road when you are stopped.

In this case A-GPS diminuishes your acurracy.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zorxd:
I got slow fixes with JL2 too. But I am now testing "MS based" which improves lock time a lot (less than 20 seconds). I need more testing to make sure that my device is still accurate however.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nalu_pl:
Exact issue here... Lately I thought that I have some kind of bad habits due to installing new roms. But now i see, that I'm not the only one with this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] t1mman:
I had a "new" issue one time where it got all over the place so I deleted the data and redownloaded it (with GPS Status) and it fixed it. Might be that it keeps old data instead of refreshing it.

But it's not related to the time to fix
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynxblaine:
I used one click root to root my already lag fixed phone, but after doing so ive lost everything, my apps, backgrounds and texts, is there anyway of getting these back? I installed the update.zip from recovery mode, i have the cyano recovery mode installed by voodoo too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dimitri178:
Hi does any1 know how i can like reset 3g i accidentally restored standard apn settings and cant connect with 3g anymore
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themate1987:
so you connect via hspa......to change it to 3g type this in dialer *#301279#
[XPERIA X8 General] HAKA:
Hey! I know I sholud not have been creating this thread but I want to know that can anybody please having the Indian Firmware(obviously living in India) can tell me the Kit Number(Customization Code) please? I need it badly!!

If you have rooted your device using the Chinese Pre-Rooted ROM, then your Kit number must have changed. Please if somebody from india here can tell me his Kit No. I will be thankful to him.

Here are the instructions to know the Kit Number(Customization Code).

Here is how to check your customization code:

1. Lock the screen of your phone. Press the menu button (left button) so that the screen is lit but still locked.

2. Press the home (central button) and back (right button) in following sequence:

home-back-back-home-back-home-home-back

Try several times if you can not do it the first time. when successful secret menu will appear. Go to Service info->Software info and find "customization version"

It should be something like 1241-3708_R3A (this is my code, your will be different but the same format).
[XPERIA X8 General] suhel28:
why do you need it?
[XPERIA X8 General] HAKA:
i need it because i dont like the chinese firmware, although i have uninstalled every chinese app but my phone has lost its originality, i know i sound stupid i want it badly! if you have it you please give it to me! :)
[XPERIA X8 General] erdekaiser:
Me too, but I need the customization code of my country (Philippines). I don't like the chinese firmware.
[XPERIA X8 General] XperianPro:
Look under battery or on mobile phone box.
[XPERIA X8 General] HAKA:
thank you so much!

have you tried the multi-touch firmware?
[XPERIA X8 General] narendrakini:
What is customization version for 1245-9525_?

Now am using 1241-3836_R2B
[XPERIA X8 General] XperianPro:
I need to change kernel but i cant.
[XPERIA X8 General] badboybiky:
is it REM 2 "E15i Customized IN world-1-8 CDF1241-3836" "White" R2B_2_0_1_A_0_47
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exxi:
Dear All,

I've been very frustrated with the GPS Module of the DHD. Most of the time it takes about 10 Minutes in open space to get a lock and when it does its not very accurate (30 meters) It also seems very unstable. Sometimes when I get a good lock of 10 Meters it will only last for a few seconds and move up again to 30+. I tested my friends HTC Hero and it gets a more stable stronger lock much faster in the same position. Indoors, even close to the window it won't lock at all where the Hero will lock in less than 10 seconds with 8 Satelites. I already tried all kinds of tools (GPS-tool etc.) AGPS and it won't help much. Like I mentioned, I will get a lock eventually but it is very unstable

I don't know how much of this failure is Radio depdendent and how much of it can be fixed by software in the long run. I'd like to hear your experiences and your comparison with other devices.

IMO it is unacceptable to receive such low quality GPS hardware in a device that is supposed to be top of the line.

I'd love to hear some suggestions.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattSkeet:
Took me 30s to get a lock in this spot...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
If you don't have the latest Radio, try updating to it, to see if that helps. If it doesn't yours is faulty, get it exchanged or repaired. You shouldn't have to accept a substandard handset.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exxi:
Okay...

Could you please tell me what your accuracy in meters is and how many satelites you get and how long it took ?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
GPS is usually between 3-10 metres and locks within 20 seconds.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deckoff:
Where do you live?

Often the problem is that the gps.conf is set to look for a time zone, far away from where you live

I own both HD2 and DHD. After rooting the HD2 and fiddling with it, I found that editing /system/etc/gps.conf might improve things a lot!!!

Have a look here!!!!. The GPS part of the post is the relevant one.

Today I was fiddling with both phones, and was struck that the HD2 is outperforming DHD by far.

In the HD2 the server is set Bulgaria, and in my DHD the server is set to north America (obviously too far form where I am). I think that makes the difference. I will find a way to to root DHD. (Had issues with z4root,any suggestions for permanent or temporary root welcome, new to the phone)

You might want to try this method.

Be warned that rooting a phone voids any warranty

Please, report if this helps.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cattleprod:
if your rooted an eng s-off could upgrade radio, but also try these gps config from this thread first

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=869075

if you scroll down abit in first post you will find the part about the gps config fix.

@deckoff use VisionaryR14 to root desire HD but thats only if you have older firmware but newer firmware 1.72.405.2 needs to be downgraded first.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deckoff:
Sorry for the off-topic nature of some of these questions:

1. Can I edit /system/etc/gps.conf with temp root only???

2. downgrade the firmware is not equal to reset to factory defaults, is it so??? I read the threat discussing the topic... and it seems going back to firmware defaults is not enough... am I right???

3. Why would HTC ship millions of phones with gps server set no north america to other parts of the world... ( would LOVE to know the answer to that one!!!!)

Thank you

In conclusion , it seems if I want to have good working GPS I would have to

- back up my settings

- downgrade firmware

- restore settings

- root

- edit gps.conf

...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MisterBuggie:
How do you find the info on the number of satellites and the accuracy ? I can't find it anywhere.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deckoff:
The problem for me is that the software is giving me :"searching for satellites" and the GPS icon is blinking.... this means that there is no GPS fix, and this goes for a long time...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olivierlee:
Try an app such as GPS Status from the market.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MisterBuggie:
Thanks. Thought maybe it was info directly from the navigation app, but I'll try that app instead.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deckoff:
I can confirm that GPS status works the way described. Just tried it on my DHD. On the other hand, editing /system/etc/gps.conf and setting the correct continent settings!!! does the same trick, without additional software... Tried it on Hd2 with desire ROM.

PS would someone be so kind to tell me if one is able to edit. /system/etc/gps.conf with temp root only???

PPS why, HTC why would you set north America as location to a rom intended for sale in Romania Bulgaria Russia and our neighbors??? Seriously, I am gonna ask this question to HTC and post any answer given...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deckoff:
Is there anyone who has Gps fix problems and has NOT applied the OTA update? It seems to me gps used to work better!?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exxi:
I've used the software in the post called Gps quick fix and what it does it sets the gps.conf to the right server in my case europe. No need for playing around with it manually. it does exactly what it needs to do.

My result is that I get a clear fix within 20 seconds :) :) :) another problem that I was facing is that I am using the Otterbox casing which is very sturdy and covers the GPS antenna where the LED's are. Now when I take the casing off it seems to get a fix much quicker.HTC should have thought more about placement of the GPS antenna to prevent such issue but okay. I suppose now everytime I want to use GPS I have to take off the cover :/

Thank you for all the useful help and posts here!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olivierlee:
I have the same Otterbox case and I can see no such problems with lower fix times. Putting a case on your phone will affect any radio signal, irrespective of where the antenna is.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wickedjinx9H:
[Q] regarding GPS.

I am not getting any LOCK on my GPS signal, it just kept blinking. anyone experienced this issue? i am using stock desire hd rom. no port whatsoever.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CitizenLee:
Excuse the long winded post here but I'm having some GPS issues too.

On my way home from work today I decided to use My Tracks app to see how long it would take me to walk home a different route. After starting the app it showed my location as accurate to only 1200m and said I was on a street called Flourmill Lane. The street name is irrelevant but you'll see why I've mentioned it soon*. I thought it might just take a few minutes to settle so set My Tracks to record my journey, put the phone in my pocket and went on my way. When I got home and checked My Tracks and it had recorded the time taken but not distance, speed or any of the route info. GPS and 3G/H were both on the whole time and I do have GPS Status app and A-GPS data installed. So, once I got home I decided to try a few basic tests with using Google Maps next to a window (it's too cold out!:D)...

3G/H + GPS - accurate to 1200m*

WiFI + GPS - accurate to 40m

GPS only - accurate to 1200m*

3G/H only - accurate to 1200m*

GPS Status app showed a fix on 8/8 available satellites.

Compared to outside work earlier before I started walking home:

3G/H + GPS - accurate to 1200m*

GPS only - accurate to 1200m*

WiFi unavailable as I was outside

*Doesn't matter if I'm at home or work, when it says accurate to 1200m it always shows my location as Flourmill Mill road, which is a street roughly equal distance from work and home but not actually on my route.

My only conclusion from this is that I'm only getting accurate location data from wifi, not 3G or GPS. This would explain why My Tracks only recorded the time it took me to walk home and not the other stuff, but I'm clueless why it always thinks I'm at Flourmill Lane unless wifi is on! What's most annoying is I only ever use Google Maps and My Tracks at times when no wifi is available and 3G might be weak or unavailable.

I've just tried reinstalling Google Maps, downloading latest A-GPS data, manually editing /system/etc/gps.conf for Europe but the problem persists! I think I'm going to rest my fingers from typing for a while and then try a different radio.

Does anyone have any other ideas? Really don't want to return the phone for repair / exchange so if I can fix it myself I'll try anything!

Cheers ;)

EDIT: Going back to previous radio didn't help :(

EDIT 2: Just did nandroid restore from a few days ago, downloaded new A-GPS, edited gps.conf, left the phone next to window for 10 minutes with GPS on, made a cup of tea, checked the phone and it seems to get a fix within a few seconds. Google Maps is more accurate now too :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knegge:
Sorry for reviving this thread, but I have had the same problems but no software fixes have changed anything.

So, I thought I share my story on fixing it.

First off, making sure you have just bad signal strength and not a pure fix problem, use "GPS Test" and look at the signal strength. Many of the satellites should have at least 30-40 in signal, if they are just barely approaching 25 or even worse, you most certainly have a antenna problem.

To verify this, place a finger on the small plastic cover where the camera flash resides, and slightly push it inwards. If the signal goes up, as mine did, you have located the problem and it's the gps antenna.

Now it's your decision what route you want to take, I chose to possibly void the warranty by popping it open, you should consider sending it to a HTC service center and getting the antenna cover replaced. My solution was to clean up the goldpainted contacts on the cover and raising the spring contacts from the motherboard up to get a good contact to the antenna.

A video on how to disassemble it is availible at youtube (interesting part at 1:45) youtube.com/watch?v=JfatoeWbMRk

My phone and some notes: flickr.com/photos/45881470@N06/5671817895
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c-brit323:
I just want to know why I cant save picture that I take with my vibrant as my wallpaper IN FULL SIZE! I have lots of pictures with me and my family, my girlfriend, plays I have been in etc. I want be able to have them ad my background without having to crop half of it and make them blurry.