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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electrofreak:
Yeah... maybe I'm just having bad luck or whatever but my GPS just isn't locking at all. I send the SMS, my GPS flicks on, and it tries to get a location, but no dice. I've maxed Tasker out at 240 seconds but it wouldn't make a difference if it was 1000 seconds at this point. I can't get a lock at all. I'm going to try a few things to see if I can get it to cooperate. I'm getting the return SMS but all I get is %LOC instead of the GPS coordinates, and looking at Google Maps it's easy to tell why; I've got a GPS ring with a radius of over a mile circling my position.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outkast22:
im trying to get it working too, it all works except for when i get the coordinates it says im buy nigeria in a ocean................any thoughts?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse Buck:
For whatever reason I just tested it after getting a lock and it sent back coordinates. I know the gps cache is messed up. Is that why I can always get a lock at/near school but never at home? I'm near school right now and used the profile located on the wiki. Battery % did not work however. Oh well, glad to finally see some progress. Should I have problems with getting a gps lock 10miles from my school?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outkast22:
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so can someone help me figure out why google says my phone is located here? i copied and pasted the link info for the server off the wiki, so i wouldnt make any typos...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electrofreak:
Good to see you're making progress. After nearly 3 days with absolutely no GPS lock on my phone, I've reflashed and got GPS functioning again. Going to retest my Tasker profile as soon as Titanium Backup is done restoring my apps.

Obviously it thinks you're at latitude and longitude coordinates 0,0. I'll post up a new profile with a different way of pulling up the phone's location in Google Maps; I don't like the way they did it in that profile, not how I would have done.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse Buck:
I must apologize, I did not use a wiki profile. I used a profile that references a separate profile to establish a lock. I figured out why I cannot get a lock at home. I use a femtocell and its gps is terrible (off by a couple hundered miles) and when aGPS tries to aid in locate the nearest satellites they are way off.

For those that may still be having trouble.

Create profile w/ Name: GetGPS and Context: Location (doesn't matter where you are)

Task "Stop"

done

Create profile w/ Context "Received Text" (whatever you want)

Create Task with this

1)GPS On

2)Wifi On

3)Profile Status Name:GetGPS Set:On

4)Wait 3min.

5)Send SMS Number: %SMSRF

6)GPS Off

Did this and it worked, away from home that is.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outkast22:
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i just remember the gps on my epic sucks. its off by a few miles when i use google maps. is there a fix for this? ive read this is a kwn issue for the epic. thx
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outkast22:
so what server address does that use to get gps ?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse Buck:
I'm not sure but I believe Tasker uses Gmaps for its positioning. When you set up the GetGps profile that it references, the map looks identical.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] outkast22:
?

So what's the adress? Don't I need to type it in the new profile ??
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesse Buck:
No the way the second profile references the first there is no web address needed. It gets a lock and automatically populates the location variable then the second profile references the first (location variable) and replies to the text accordingly. It is the first time I've gotten it to work. Hope it helps.
[Fascinate General] Maninthemirror:
Hey guys just wanted to know what you think the best settings for this kernel are. Thanks
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
Leave everything in SetCPU the way it is unless you have issues with audio popping/cracking. Then adjust the minimum CPU speed to 200mhz.
[Fascinate General] Maninthemirror:
Thank you! The kernel rocks btw.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintj:
So I was in downtown Myrtle Beach this evening which is like a ghost town in the winter and decided I would try some speed tests at mobilespeedtest.com. On doing 3, 5, and 7mb downloads I was getting insanely fast speeds. Any ideas? Did my phone cache the download? I was using the stock android browser and running CM7 b#55.

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] jojo_16:
Its too clear for me to see it.. LoL
[G2 and Desire Z General] david279:
Blurry man.
[G2 and Desire Z General] quierotacobell:
That site is bogus, your phone is only capable of going to 14mbps and that site shows you have 16.
[G2 and Desire Z General] FrenicX:
I see over 12 but not 16. Which pic has 16?

If it was caching glitch then you would get much higher speeds than that. I think it could be legit. The best speeds I've seen ever.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ScooterG:
Somethings off...
[G2 and Desire Z General] sonser:
It's a fluke, I've done it as well. The more you test it the faster it says your speeds are, the most accurate is the speedtest app on the market. That will give you true speed test results.
[G2 and Desire Z General] quierotacobell:
The last one. It's just not possible as the phone is only capable of 14. Use the speedtest.net app, much more accurate.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintj:
When I use the Speedtest.net app in the market my download speed is continually climbing, and never seems to max out. I also noticed that instead of saying UTMS or whatever it used to say it just says cell. This was a speedtest.net result from last night. I have seen it climb into the 8000s, but my sdcard was full of junk so I cleaned it out when I wiped for CM7. Here is my speed test app result which was done inside with about 3 bars HSPA+. I did a mobilespeedtest.com when I was outside and was so stunned I didn't do another app test. Also note that when I do smaller file sizes on mobilespeedtest my results get slower.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintj:
Click the thumbnails to view fullsize
[G2 and Desire Z General] dadewy:
I've seen some weird speedtest stuff. My Speedtest is rarely over 3-4mbps.

During actual downloads I see 7-9mbps (about 1100KB/s is what it topped out at.) This is not peak, this is sustained. It fluctuates somewhat but I tested it out for over an hour and it averaged out at 890KB/s. That's over 7mbps, average, held for over an hour. I was impressed :D That's faster than my crappy home internet.

So why do I get speedtests that do not reflect this? Hell if I know.

(Experimenting a bit on the last day of my billing month, so I was not worried about burning through data ;))
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintj:
What are you using to see your download speeds. I can't seem to see my actual download speeds with stock browser or opera mobile. I will be back down that way tonight to do some more experimenting.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dadewy:
I just tether and use the PC for speed tests. Typically a usenet client. If all you have is a phone, you could dl a large file and simply time it.

Then divide file size by time and you have your speed.

Crude/low-tech but it'll do.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
Typicalll....

When I'm connected to HSPDA (90% of the time), I get an average of 6MBPS down and up to a little over 8. Anywhere in that range.

In Washington, DC

In NYC it's a little more bogged, but I'll usually see 4-5 down.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintj:
You mean Mbps (Megabits) not MBps (Megabytes) I hope...
[G2 and Desire Z General] C.Flat:
I just did it and got 16 too... it is not accurate at all.

Edit: I see that the image is ****, but the graph is still visible
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
Megabits yes, sorry I was stressing the numbers by capitalizing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] eneka:
fastest i've gotten..
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android1126:
Not bad, I've yet to hit 9 Mb/s
[Vibrant General] jree:
I just got this email and thought it was a little fishy. Anybody else get this. The sender was cpcontrolpanel7@gmail.com

Google Inc. will be upgrading its services to a better one this year.Kindly Participate in our yearly Email Upgrade by providing your Login Information below. * Email : ............................ * Password: .............................. *Country : .................... We promise an improved services this year year. Sincerely, Copyright © 2010 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
"Please provide your password" is *ALWAYS* a scam. Google has no need for your password.
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
Huhmm, "Google Inc. " wants your password when they already have it on their servers and can check your account whenever they want, and they want that to update their email services. Funny thing is, normally Google emails should be "no reply" and don't have copyrights on the end.

But yeah, go ahead and provide your credentials so some loser hacker and steal them. Lol
[Vibrant General] Flonkas:
Lmao!!
[Vibrant General] jree:
No **** its a scam. I was seeing if anybody else got it.
[Vibrant General] csdalporto:
Lol

Sent from my hacked overflashed vibrant
[Vibrant General] mindaika:
Looks legit to me. You'd better do what it says.
[Vibrant General] Five0nIt:
Where do I sign up?
[Vibrant General] anthonys2r:
Where do I input my SSN and CC numbers?
[Vibrant General] rbcamping:
I think I'll imput my X wifes info when I get this. lol
[Vibrant General] daddysays:
lmmfao
[Vibrant General] kareeem:
Thread gave me a great laugh :P

Meanwhile, I don't think it'll be contributing much to the Vibrant discussion ;)
[Captivate General] TigerEnigma:
Pulled this off the Engadget site, just in case others began to see issues with GPS like I have today.

"Don't panic, but anyone planning on using GPS in the southeastern US for the next month or so will likely want to make sure they have a fallback option. That's according to a flight advisory just issued by the FAA, which warns pilots that their GPS signal "may be unreliable or unavailable" due to "GPS tests" that the Department of Defense will be conducting between January 20th and February 22nd. Details are fairly light beyond that, but the FAA does note that when the "tests" occur they will be active for 45 minutes, and be followed by 15 minutes of off time -- additional notices to pilots will apparently be issued at least 24 hours prior to any test. Of course, while this particular advisory is directed at pilots, it will presumably will also affect all other GPS devices, as the FAA doesn't mention any GPS issues specific to aviation."

Link to PDF below.

https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2011/Jan/GPS_Flight_Advisory_CSFTL11-01_Rel.pdf
[Captivate General] Shovelhead84:
LMAO ... The last group of people in the world to be affected by this would be captivate owners.

"symptoms may include; long lock times, eractic position markers, 10 mile lock radius, and random shutdowns."
[Captivate General] Clienterror:
You sure they haven't been doing this since mid july in the midwest ;-D

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
:eek:

On a side note, you think this will affect global warming too?
[Captivate General] boborone:
Call me cynical but I don't see this being a good thing. DOD shutting down the gps. I'm waiting for breaking news to cut into judge judy any second.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Good thing this doesn't apply to Captivate owners.

In the same way it will affect the Boogey Man and Big Foot.
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
Actually, you should have said Captivate owners would be the last group to notice any difference.:(
[Captivate General] jaimingandhi:
It says... GPS signal "may be unreliable or unavailable"

Well atleast others get a chance to experience what we go through everyday!
[Captivate General] ua549:
Since updating the modem to JK4 the GPS in my cappy is working perfectly with locks in a few seconds even indoors.
[Captivate General] jde984:
I guess Samsung has enough influence to get the DOD to update the GPS system so it will work with the Captivate.

And some of you were bashing Samsung...
[Captivate General] GAMacky:
ROTFLOL Oh stop it.. my tummy hurts now...
[Captivate General] photojunky:
Thanks for posting this, I am not only a Cappy owner but a "geocacher" as well. And for you worried about our gps on the captivate, try out the new FireFly Rom on this site, gps works great. Connects quickly, great Rom by Adam.
[Captivate General] opcow:
My GPS has been great, but it's **** at the moment. I hope this is the cause.
[Captivate General] bames:
maybe your using the wrong modem/rom combo.

i am having no issues with firefly (rogers base) or phoenix (i9000 base) + jk4 modem in midwest (build 1007).
[Captivate General] nkrick:
Considering that the US Government owns all current GPS satellites world wide (and they are operated by the DoD), we should all be grateful that we have free use of the GPS satellites. If the DoD wants to do upgrades or testing, there is not much anyone can do about it.
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
Agreed thanks darpa.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
Is that a fact? Worldwide?
[Captivate General] nkrick:
Yes. The worldwide GPS system is owned by the US government and operated and maintained by the DoD. Who else can afford billions to put satellites in the sky and then let everyone use them for free? If you don't believe me, perform a quick google search.
[Captivate General] opcow:
This despicable act of socialism must not go unpunished.
[Captivate General] DeMarzo:
You never know, this might actually in some way, some how, FIX our GPS's lol

Like everyone said, sure as hell can't hurt leveling the rest of the field!
[Captivate General] opcow:
I doubt that. It looks to me more like a jamming test.
[Captivate General] boborone:
That's what I'm worried about. Something stupid happening and the gov saying well we had no idea about it or what to do, thought it was all part of the test going on. When they knew all along and beforehand, just using the test as a cover.
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
Conspiracy theorists can find things out of nothing. if it was a jamming test Wouldn't they want to do it somewhere less populated so as to reduce problems and speculation? I imagine that it really is some sort of test.
[Captivate General] nkrick:
Perhaps they are trying to fix the GPS issues in the Bermuda Triangle! ;):rolleyes:
[Captivate General] opcow:
It appears you might be the one with an overactive imagination since nothing in the text you quoted states or implies a conspiracy or any kind of dissemination of misinformation. Yes, it obviously really is a test. It's the DoD and whatever they are doing is making GPS unavailable or unreliable.

As for doing it in a less populated area, well whatever they are doing clearly was a planned event known to be detrimental to GPS performance and unless you don't think they have any control over the area it affects then I guess the answer is, apparently they didn't want to do it over a less populated area. Whether it's a test to jam or to counter jamming measure, I don't know. Since jamming it is what it's doing, that's what it looks like.
[Galaxy Tab General] ayman07:
So I tried one of the framework mods that changes the battery icon but unfortunately it didn't work. I wiped everything and decided to start from scratch. Now the battery gets stuck. It would show like 30% and it will stay there until the unit is restarted or if it dies. I tried reflashing the firmware and clearing all my data but nothing is working. Any help?

From the Tab.

www.twitter.com/ayman07
[Galaxy Tab General] ayman07:
Deleting data/system/batterystat.bin seems to have done the trick.

Edit...

No it didn't.

From the Tab.

www.twitter.com/ayman07
[Captivate Accessories] thllxb:
I just bricked my i897 today, and I really can't wait weeks for slow ebay shipping to get a USB jig. I tried to use resistors to make my own jig but it didn't seem to be good enough to recover my phone.

Anyone in Montreal, Canada area that has a USB jig I can borrow for just one time?

Thank you!
[Captivate Accessories] 88EVGAFTW:
Keep trying, it took me about 30 minutes of trying the first time to get the jig to work. I ended up squeezing the ends of the wires with pliers to make them a bit thinner since the 2 metal plates you need to touch are so tiny and close together.
[Captivate Accessories] ztoloev:
I live in Oregon US and i can ship you one tomorrow if you like. Let me know. PM me with your address if interested. FREE
[Captivate Accessories] snapplefish:
If you have a multimeter/access to a multimeter/friend with a multimeter, make sure that your resistor jig is at 301k, and not lower (or higher); i did the 3 100k resistors, but ended up falling shy of 301k at 293k, and had to add on to that in order to make my jig work. Also, make sure that you're not touching the jig; wear a latex glove or something when attempting.
[Captivate Accessories] agentfusion:
This is exactly why I keep coming back to these forums, ever since I got my first HTC Tilt (Kaiser)

+Thanks to ztoloev even though I'm not the OP.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pspunderground:
I set a custom wallpaper on my evo. I then deleted it from my SD card. Is there somewhere else where the wallpaper is stored to retrieve it back?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vandelay007:
It should stay set as wallpaper with a "copy" if it in cache.....even if you delete it off your SD card....but once you change it you are out of luck unless you can download it again...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pspunderground:
Where can I find this "copy"?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haithamnayel:
Hi all, I'm using Virtouos 9.0 with sense & perhoof kernel @1.5 GHz over clocking on my T-Mobile G2 .. it just dosen't support reading / fonts in Arabic language, any ideas?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semmtexx:
I've been looking for an app that is supposed to keep the screen brightness at a certain level no matter what app is running that could change the brightness. I have googled and googled and all I can find are auto brightness apps. The app I am thinking that I say my have been a script that runs in the background. My wifes eris keeps shooting the brightness to max all the time. Thanks!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abowersq:
You do know that the brightness slider can be set to a certain llevel.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semmtexx:
Umm yes I do. My wife has an Eris rooted running exactly the same rom as mine and no matter what you set the brightness slider to, 5 minutes later, wake the phone up and poof brightness is at max. So my question again is that if anyone knows the app or script in question, your help would be greatly appreciated.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikolai2.1:
I second this, my phone does the same thing
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abowersq:
Have you tried a different ROM? I had two Eris before my D2 and never had that issue.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikolai2.1:
they all do it
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semmtexx:
Dude, I'm sure your D2 rocks and whatnot, but seriously I would like a reply that is constructive.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhistlingDog:
Not so sure about that. Mine did it once or twice when still running the OTA 2.1... made me change the screen brightness from Auto to about 30~40%. Since running xtrSENSE 4.6.5 I haven't seen any problems with the screen brightness resetting to max. There are times when the auto brightness seems befuddled and selects a strangely dark setting, but it quickly settles down and works fine.

My money is on an ill-behaved app. What diff apps do you and your wife run?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semmtexx:
The apps that she has that I don't are:

Bubbles

Connect4

eBay

FxCamera

Shazam

Sketcher

Maybe the camera app? I'll uninstall it and see.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhistlingDog:
I'm thinking the camera app. In the xtrSENSE thread, somebody mentioned a problem with a camera, so it's the likely culprit. Good luck.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abowersq:
Once again did you flash a new rom. I ran nonsensikal and kaosfroyo for over a year and a half. Not once did they act up. So either reflash your xtrasense or something else. So either you have a bug in one of your apps as others have stated or something is wrong with the ROM.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneders65:
What I did was used an app called abrightness and went into settings and unchecked automatic adjust for brightness.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] semmtexx:
The culprit ended up being the FxCamera app. Uninstalled it and no brightness issues. Oh, and "whining" and asking a valid question in the QUESTIONS forum are two completely different things. Thanks to anyone who actually offered constructive comments.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captainkrtek:
Problem Solved,

Thread Closed
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smithisize:
Ok. so for a vast majority of my time, I use either Ubuntu or Debian linux. Mostly because I want to learn how to use the more advanced features, but that's beside the point.

How can I flash my captivate back to stock from within linux, seeing as Odin clearly cannot run.

Regards

Smith
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Try this, I am not a linux user but I think this is what you need

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=755265
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smithisize:
That should do the trick.

I was wondering if there is any other solution?? Just out of curiosity, I can't find one. Also, that app appears to be for x64 architecture only, I'm running a x32 bit machine.

Regards

Smith
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Post questions on the thread. The dev has been responsive in the past
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkienzle:
32x here and i run it...
[Galaxy Tab General] al-motamel:
Hello everybody

I was use Orange Rom P1000JHKA1

http://www.multiupload.com/EQTIKM4IXV

Pass: ce4arab.com

I noted the GPS Performance is better than any other rom I use it

So I thought to get the gps file from orange rom and test it in other rom

The result was fantastic

you can test by Yourself

first you have to root your device

Turn off GPS

then by use rootexplorer Copy the Contents in file 1 to this track system/bin/gpsd.

after that copy the contents in file 2 to this track system/lib.

restart your device

Turn on GPS

and test it

All the files you need in this process can be found here:

http://www.multiupload.com/YFHGI69FSI

Pass: ce4arab.com

(I am sorry for my bad English)
[Galaxy Tab General] Technomancer:
Interesting.

Were there any changes in /system/etc/jupiter.xml as well?
[Galaxy Tab General] al-motamel:
no

the changes only in

system/bin/gpsd and system/lib
[Galaxy Tab General] denteca:
Anyone tested it?
[Galaxy Tab General] biopsin:
gps test

im testing it...

..and it works faster + detects many more satelites then before...a welcome fix!

tnx
[Galaxy Tab General] DeiphoneaAndroid:
Tested and working ok on Italy.

Welcome fix, even if the GPS was doing ok already.
[Galaxy Tab General] kloodee:
wow this really works, noticed the following

*faster detection

* more sat aquired

thanx !
[Galaxy Tab General] deezid:
Which firmware are you using?

It crashes my tab (JMF) completely... (tried it twice, lol)

Dennis

Edit:

Nevermind, androzip only extracted 0 byte files :D lol
[Galaxy Tab General] jesand83:
I noticed that the files are labeled for the Euro version of the tablet. Will this tweak work for CDMA versions? Has anyone tried it yet?

I guess I could be the first, but I have a question. Brand new to Android, is it possible to unroot in case I have to send back for repair down the road?
[Galaxy Tab General] natious:
Seems alot better with navigon, im getting signal in doors and i didnt befor, im on roto jme v4

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab General] b0ricuaguerrero:
not being a **** but you are going to have to remove root explorer from that package. that is considered as warez and that's a big no no around here
[Galaxy Tab General] bcmobile:
Nice work. The improvement is unbelievable!