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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] apollostees:
I was thinking it could be a T-MO issue.

Personally I hate flashing radios and this one works. I'd sooner go back to CM6.1.1 before I do that.

*edit* I think you were right. My data is back.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] TL24:
Build 6 is out, any tried it yet?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] billyskip:
Its booting now
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] qzan7:
mine is working gr8, but then again i never had a problem with any built:D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bnoot:
Seems the same as 5
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] zkid2010:
And 1 less than 7! Sorry I couldn't resist :)

Good build thus far here.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
Anyone notice any changes with build 6, I can't seem to tell of anything different from 5? Seems pretty stable, I can't find anything not working right.:cool:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mejorguille:
Its 2 megs less than build 5 was, so either something got removed or it was optimized some.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jorsher:
Trackball unlock/wake stopped working for me.

Was working with the previous build.

Tried disabling/re-enabling and still no dice.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
Still working here.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jorsher:
Yeah, as soon as I posted that, I tried to wake by trackball again out of habit and it worked just fine.

Wouldn't work 20+ times and 2 reboots before that :/
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] edwardally:
It fixed GPS but vpn is death again
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schaggo:
Are you using the latest Google Apps from March 7th? They are specifically optimised for Android 2.3.3, they do not even work under 2.3.2. If you're still using the old apps, I suggest you try flashing the new package.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fermunky:
If I am already running CM7 but originally used the 20110110 gapps, do I need to flash the new one?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Wouldn't hurt. Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik-Cache, Flash new gapps.

On a side note...its good to see the GPS turning on and off properly. Thank you CM Team.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BootloopedMillennials:
Had high hopes that Build 21 would fix the overall GPS issue (not even turning on) but it didnt. Makes me want to throw my phone straight into a wall.:(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] merdely:
Indeed. #21 works for me as well as the other nightlies have AND GPS is working (through more than one on/off cycle without rebooting).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] C.Flat:
GPS still not working for me either =(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] merdely:
Have you guys updated your radio? Did GPS stop working for you around RC1 and start working again around (or just before) #1 only to stop working again around #5?

If so, for me updating the radio worked. See my .sig for which radio I'm using.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fermunky:
Yeah, the fix mentioned for #21 only fixes the issue for people who had GPS working but then would not work after cycling GPS On then Off. It does not fix the strange "no GPS at all" issue others are having, but I fixed mine with the latest radio. My sig has my current radio version, and GPS works great on #21 for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BootloopedMillennials:
GPS stopped working for me from Build #4 and on. All previous Builds including RC1, GPS worked. I was using the 27m radio but since have downgraded back to stock 26m radio (the one you have), no change. I guess Ill update to 27m again and see if it makes a change.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JassyNL:
Try downgrading from AUS radio to stock radio, that did solved my GPS problem.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MRCLrider:
Which radio is considered stock now? Wifi issues here.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kara mustafa:
i am using the same radio as yours and my gps still doesn't work. no icon, no lock, just nothing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JassyNL:
My Stockradio is 26.04.02.17 (1.72 WWE HTC DZ)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MRCLrider:
And with this radio you have no issues with your wifi??

updating to that radio now
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Guys...if your on T-mobile use the radio

eU_26.03.02.26_M

Its the radio that would be on your phone if it was stock and you had performed all the system updates T-mobile has released up until this point.

Everything works on this radio for T-mobile US G2 users. No reason to change your radio to one that was never meant to be used in your area. Your radio is OPTIMIZED for the best battery life using your carriers satellites...They don't just throw radios together and call them US, AUS, ect for nothing. And no its not just because of where the phone is marketed..I saw someone post that, and while that may be true...its not the only reason they are labeled this way... If you are savvy enough then open the radio zip and open the files and look at the difference..there is a lot of variation between the US and AUS radios for instance.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kara mustafa:
but if we are from Europe, we should use .17 right?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
I think the general rule here would be to keep the latest radio your phone had. If there was an update from your carrier then you should use that. So people in Europe that got the update to 26.04.02.17 should use that radio. People in Australia that got the update to 26.06.02.27 should use that. After experimenting with the different radios, I've since reverted back to the U.S. 26.03.02.26 and it is more consistent, although I have been experimenting with the values in the build.prop.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kara mustafa:
i use .17 but gps still doesn't work, i just flash sense rom and i will flash cm over it. Maybe it will help.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
That's probably not such a good idea. Flashing one ROM over a completely different ROM yields all kinds of problems, assuming it doesn't just bootloop after you flash. Did your carrier update you phone with that radio? Also, gps should be fixed at least somewhat with the latest nightly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kara mustafa:
install over sense ROM with Wipe and formating every partition ;d it is my third phone with Android, so i think that i understand this system a bit;d
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
what does FOTA Kill do - i think this app is part of the latest GAPPS
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schaggo:
There obviously is no right and no wrong. But 26.04.02.17 is the radio included in the latest official WWE Sense ROM, 1.82.405, yes.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schaggo:
Makes no difference then and there is no sense in doing that, because /system gets completely overwritten with CM7 and if you format every other partition, it's a completely clean CM7 install, absolutely no leftovers from Sense or the ROM which was on the device before. So no, it wouldn't change anything.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kara mustafa:
no icon, nothing again. logcat shows something like this when i make gps off and on
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
My bad. :)

What he said. ^^^

FOTA kill cancels OTA updates from your carrier. If this wasn't in there, after flashing and rebooting you could get an update notification from your carrier. If you said "yes" and let it do it's thing, you'd be stock unrooted again.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ImSoHungry:
I'm on that radio and it still dosnt work. The last time it worked for me was build #4. If I wipe and restore to #4 my GPS works again....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tep065:
I just backup current, then flash the update. I don't wipe anything in betwen nightlies. I never have any issues.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] spovat:
well its just odd that my gps doesn't work using the US radio (I'm in the US) but it locks instantly using AUS (.27). that makes me wonder about supposedly being optimized for my region..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
You probably need to use adb to make sure you are clearing everything. If you have a T-mobile US G2 then it should work on this radio with the latest nightly.

Just to make sure you do have the same hardware/software as me...can you boot into bootloader and verify that it says this at the top?

VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT - 0.82.0000

MICROP-0425

RADIO - 26.03.02.26_M

EMMc-boot

Sep 2 2010
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
That has absolutely nothing to do with being optimized. Load the stock default rom and I guarantee you your gps will enable. It's CM7 not your radio that is causing the GPS to not work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schaggo:
Does anybody know which build did the version jump from 2.3.2 to 2.3.3? I believe this is when my battery problems started. I gave build 21 a shot and ugh, still losing 10-20% per hour IN STANDBY. Terrible.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MRCLrider:
Wifi is working now, thanks for the help.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
Somewhere between RC1 and RC2, I believe. I don't remember which build. Maybe charge and wipe battery stats. It could be you just need some battery cycles.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] spovat:
that makes sense but the post to which I was responding to was asserting that we should use stock radio even with cm7. that's not an option if the only gps fix at the moment is flashing an alternate radio
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vlad83:
All radio's are universal unless they are Hboot(SPL) specific as is the case on some HTC phones. They are all compatible with any tower (not satellites) whether in U.S., Asia, Europe, or Australia as long as your phone supports the appropriate bands (GSM/UMTS). Just because HTC updates their radio does not necessarily mean all carriers will adopt it. The update process for carriers is just not worth it unless there is a major flaw that is patched.

Having said that, I upgraded to 04.02.17 when it first came out and immediately noticed that my phone's signal wouldn't die in the garage. When 06.02.27 came out I noticed that the UMTS to HSDPA switch was almost immediate. The slow UMTS to HSDPA negotiation really aggravated me and that radio noticeably reduced the time for me. I've also never experienced any GPS issues. Steve didn't have the GPS issues him self because he was on the 04.02.17 radio

So the point is, experiment your self and see what suits you best, bus saying they are intended for this or optimized for that is inaccurate unless you can look at the actual code... and none of us can unfortunately.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kara mustafa:
funny... i just flash 26.03.02.26 and my gps works great...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] heybobitsme:
Come to think of it, I think you're right. I forgot that all the G2's and DZ's have, at least at one time, had the same radio versions. Maybe it's more of a location issue when one radio seems to do worse than another.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fermunky:
Well this is what I was running when GPS didn't work. Getting the latest radio fixed it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vlad83:
We must also keep in mind that all the low level stuff in CM7 was written by Steve and Co, so functionality will vary. Although Gingerbread exists in AOSP, our phones can't run it without half the stuff broken... so it's basically a java front end without the appropriate drivers, libraries, etc which were written from scratch...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HLeenders:
Flashed #21, no wiping or clearing or fixing permissions. Everything works, including GPS. The toggle on/off problem is solved. Got a email from the Cyanogen team: Quote "Re: Issue 3102 in cyanogenmod: GPS enabling a second time fails. This should be fixed now" End quote.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ImSoHungry:
Sa

Same, except;

VISION PVT ENG S-OFF

HBOOT - 0.76.0000
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Please read this if you think you know what you are talking about with radios...http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmo...on Model Network Owner Summary Stars Priority

So yes everyone the AUS radio is for a sense based phone...not vanilla android. ITS FACT...again please read the above link. And if you don't believe me that the AUS radio is from a sense rom then go pm the original poster in the AUS radio thread and he will tell you himself where he got it.

Even with the lib matcher script floating around (which is very cool by the way), the fact is that those libs and the code in CM do not correlate correctly and cause all kinds of problems...read the above link to see what some of those problems are (COUGH GPS).

Now....

in regards to the radio conversation, we all have our own opinions of whats best, so if you feel one is better than the other than go for it. Really, my main point of saying to use the radio that your phone would be using if it was stock unrooted...is so we don't have a ton of noobs crying about issues tied to the radio that wasn't ever released for their phone, their area, or doesn't contain the same settings (integer values) that the stock radio for their phone would. Just makes more sense to use the one that came with your phone as you will have less issues..Plus its nice knowing that I don't have to speculate if my radio is draining my battery because hey, its the stock radio.

If your one of the people who can't use the stock radio that would be on your phone because GPS will not work for you in CM7....then hey thats your priority if you want GPS on CM7 and you have every right to flash a different radio that actually gets the gps working.

Atleast until the CM team can figure out the differences that are making some phones work and others not work with the GPS. And it probably would help if Steve himself was on the T-mobile radio since he does write a lot of the code....but again this is my opinion.

If you want to debate with me, please at least read the top link first.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
^^ AUS (26.06.02.27) radio works great for me.. getting GPS locks inside my house in under 15 seconds in Seattle, WA.. Tmo G2 here.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
Good story. I am so happy for you. If your GPS locks on and is accurate then keep using that radio. Read my above post if you missed that part.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vlad83:
I will quote my self here form the other thread:

and add that 04.02.17 IS sense based, yet works flawlessly. Once again, I am not disputing the potential compatibility issues, code is code, however its not an absolute. 04.02.17 was released for all of these RUU's

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=879384

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=949132

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=959832

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933961
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rraxda:
This sucks... just updated to #21, and still no gps. No lock, no icon, just nothing. So do I flash a radio from another carrier or push the .so from #4 again that sort of works if you don't turn it off.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jimmah555:
524 pages in this thread, and it's mostly filled with "My GPS doesn't work" so I got an idea.

We'll all assume that everyone's GPS is broken from here on out. If it get's fixed with a specific build or radio, post what you did. Otherwise please wait for someone to post said instructions and try that. If it works for you, then post, if not, please do not.

Just a thought.

-J
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mauaus:
Funny i was about to ask if there was a solution yet for GPS issues, ill be lurking until then :p
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
I've tried basically every radio and never had a gps issue. i'm using the egypt radio now because of battery life and signal. I also flashed the special *ril.so files - again, no issue as of yet.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mauaus:
better battery life with the egypt radio? where do i sign up?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] evilive27:
So i used to have the gps problem too. The one with no icon showing at all. This is what i did to fix it. I reflashed cm7 and then before it booted, reflashed the radio (6:27 in my case). Once the phone booted, my gps started working. Then to test, i flashed an older radio (4:17) and checked the gps, and it still works flawlessly now. So if gps isnt working, try flashing cm7 and then radio over again. See if it works.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] catachresistant:
@G1ForFun,

If "rild, htc_ril.so, and all tertiary ril libraries are compiled specifically to match the OS, kernel, and radio interface", then using a TMobile radio is just as "wrong" as using a Sense one, right? Because... CM7 isn't using a stock Tmobile operating system or kernel...

Or am I totally missing the point here.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rraxda:
You should probably keep your thoughts to yourself. This is a thread to discuss issues with CM7 nightlies. Right now there is a problem with gps with some phones working and some not. I think this thread is the right place to share what is and what isn't working.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BobbyHill:
If I've got this right, there are (or were) two different GPS problems.

Some people were having the once it's turned off, it won't come back on until a reboot problem that started ~ Nightly Build #4.

Others are having no GPS show up at all.

I think some people may be lumping both issues together. The former appears to be fixed in Nightly #21. The latter I can't speak on, as I haven't experienced it.

As far as radios go, I've stuck with the 26_M one on my G2 and had no issues. I don't know a whole lot about the. Are the G2 and Desire Z's using the same bands? If they're not, I could see some issues with using a radio made for another country but I don't know enough to say for sure.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] G1ForFun:
When you flash a radio, it usually comes with the correct libs.... Hmmmm I am seeing a correlation here. Going to do some testing myself with flashing radios after flashing the rom and see what I can find. Thanks for posting your findings...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ianmcquinn:
No, flashing the radio doesn't usually come with lib files (at least not if using fastboot or the PC10IMG files found on this forum). What may be kind of interesting though is that flashing the radio re-initializes it to a known working state.

There was a post earlier by someone who said they noticed if they flashed a new nightly while GPS was enabled and working, it continued to work on the new ROM. When they flashed the ROM when GPS was disabled though, it may or may not have worked after. Wonder if some setting in the radio is getting messed up on the ROM flash/initial boot when GPS is disabled and that flashing the radio is simply resetting it...

FWIW, I decided to go back to CM6, but I know when I was playing with the various CM7 nightlies, I never saw the GPS issue (and I had always left GPS enabled).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] C.Flat:
I had the GPS problem weeks ago where it wouldn't work at all. I was going to flash a new radio anyways and that temporarily fixed it, but the next nightly killed it again. This started a good month ago and it worked randomly once, then I had to resort to using the manual fix, but even that isn't working anymore on nightly #21
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jimmah555:
Much like you, I have the right to post my thoughts on certain issues if that's what this forum is going to be used for. Last time I checked, issues with CM should be reported here: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/list The GPS issue has even been labeled "Whiny" there. It does no good for people to constantly post that they have the same problem and drive a thread up to 524 pages and make it nearly impossible to navigate through and find any kind of answer to any kind of problem. Mine was a simple suggestion to help make new users able to find answers to questions easier. I've been around a long time. I know how this place works. Even though I have 11 or so posts as of now, I am a very active member. There is no need to explain things to me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shaquiel Harris:
Just to go along with what he was saying, no one is telling you that its wrong to post a bug. But when there are 60 posts per page (exaggerating..) about GPS not working, then it gets rather annoying going through page after page reading that. We all know there is a bug with GPS, I just personally think that if it isn't working, just reflash it. Usually fixes everything for me when it comes to stuff like that. Even though I didn't have the gps issue when I ran CM7 I know it would've been annoying if I had the bug as well. But this thread honestly has became the GPS Bug thread. I think their should be another thread made so that the people with the bug can post it there and come up with solutions to fix it. RMK made a thread about the radios, and now we have little RIL updaters making the radios work how they should.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mrbmg:
Gps is fine for me, went from the .27 radio to the .17, and just reverted back to the .26.

Still getting the call waiting bug, on my way home #19 did not answer call waiting, and it hung up my call I was on with. Flashed #21 so we will see if it still exists.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joemm:
This is not the official release thread for CM7, it is the Nightly's thread, the link you provided is for the RC and Stable CM releases. Maybe you should read the OP on the first page. Heres a little quote from it:

I put the important parts in bold for you so you can find them easier.

And if you've been around a long time as you say, then you should be able to navigate thru the post without any problems by using that little button in the corner called search. Here's a hint, when you search for something do not put GPS in the search box and you will not have to see any GPS posts.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] theinternet1980:
Stock News & Weather widget seems to be broken. Opening news and and clicking a link, allows the link to open, but the widget forcecloses afterwards. Already fixed perms in recovery, no dice.

Hopefully next nightly resolves.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] J-Hop2o6:
works perfectly fine for me like it always has.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] potentdro:
What kernel do you guys recommend for CM Nightlies?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] theinternet1980:
Hm. I'll try to reflash and update. I guess I'll give the stock kernel a whirl as well, and eliminate that as a possible issue.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BootloopedMillennials:
Finally someone mentioned this. If you dont want to read the GPS posts, do this.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vlad83:
I have to agree with Jimmah on this one. All the complaints are redundant. Each nightly we get the same comments about the same issues with the same workarounds and no one searches anymore. The last GPS issue we had someone identified an issue, posted a log and asked others to verify. Thats how things get done. I have no sympathy for any cry baby that doesn't read and expects to be spoon fed. Before the GPS issue it was the battery and how it drained compared to this nightly or that rom, then the next day it would then next nightly without even running the damn thing for 3-4 days.

Also, what Jimmah was trying to point out is that the CM team does recognize the issue and labeled it that for a reason, the fact that the bug tracker is for RC2 is irrelevant.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] theinternet1980:
Stock news & weather is all good after a reflash. My apologies for the premature post.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
Guys DO NOT flash different ril files based on your radio. This is the cause of most of these problems imho. Choose the radio that works best and stick with cm libs.