yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab General] jkurl:
I know someone asked but has anyone tried this on a CDMA tab?
[Galaxy Tab General] nchary05:
Is this works on Indian Tab with GSM phone also ?

(PDA:JK3/PHONE:JJ1/CSC:JJ1)
[Galaxy Tab General] mrgrey1701:
Works great on my UK tab, many thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] blackheart2925:
ok i got the same stats as above, Indian GSM tab and the fix seems to give better results -

1. sat acquisition is wayyyyy better...i can now get 8-10 sats out of 12 on an average, outside...all bars blue...sometimes hitting even 11 when out for a walk...wow!!

2. inside house, all gray i.e. no signal but still acquiring around 6-8 sat's

This is way better than what it was doing previously...am using MayMyIndia Mobile Maps for India...full navigation with voice version...good for India cities...

now only thing to check is how it fares on a drive...
[Galaxy Tab General] deezid:
Niiiiccceeeee!!!

After flashing roto JME v4 full, 1,2 GHz kernel and this gps fix, gps and speed are now amazing!

I get a fix after 5 seconds (cold reboot) with 7 satellites in use in my room! lol

This reminds me of my good ol' Milestone which was amazing (at least in this discipline) :D

Dennis
[Galaxy Tab General] schmolch:
Works great on my german tab running roto's jme.

I got 10/10 after 5 seconds outside. Before i got 4/9 after 1-5 minutes.
[Galaxy Tab General] Body:
thanks a lot, worked very well in Brazil.
[Galaxy Tab General] knightnz:
I've repacked the files without the root explorer warez & the other .APKs which you can get from the market.

You can get it from here:

http://db.tt/pjDlVn3

EDIT: This update is fantastic! It took the GPS on my tablet from being absolutely hopeless (clear sky, could see 5 satellites but wouldn't lock for the best part of a minute) to being even better than my N1! (Saw 7 satellites and got a lock within about 5 seconds). Yay!
[Galaxy Tab General] pakalrtb:
Where do you guys get these gps stats?

P_
[Galaxy Tab General] knightnz:
From the app called "GPS stats"
[Galaxy Tab General] darrenjdoc:
This is an excellent fix for the GPS. It didnt pick up in the house before and now it does. So quick to get a fix in my van.

Many thanks :)
[Galaxy Tab General] julianLo:
The only differences to the files contained in Roto JME v4 are libgps.so & libsecgps.so, no need to copy the other files.
[Galaxy Tab General] abuser0815:
Unbelievable the improvement.

Before waiting long time outside with clear sky to get the fix.

Now in house 5/6 satelites fix. Before no way.

Thanx for sharing this.

System info: roto jmev4 on euro unbranded tab
[Galaxy Tab General] flsts:
I have the Verizon version of the Tab and looked for the files. I do not see system/bin/gpsd on my device. I am rooted and can see files in the bin directory. There are no folders there. Am I missing something?
[Galaxy Tab General] siejones:
Considering the amount of success stories with this fix. I think deserves to be a sticky and maybe considered to be pre-installed in future custom builds maybe?

Just an idea :)
[Galaxy Tab General] BuglessFan:
It'll actually hoses GPS on the VZW Tab (I went ahead and created the directory and tried it out just for fun). The market app GPS Status, though, does a download that seems to improve the acquisition time on satellites for me. Nothing dramatic, but my GPS performance wasn't that bad beforehand.
[Galaxy Tab General] rangercaptain:
when I copy-pasted the files into the system/lib folder my tab froze, so I rebooted. When I copy-pasted the files into the system/bin/gpsd folder and rebooted, it took a long time to restart.

And when I tested it with gps status, I did get a very fast lock inside my home.

Thank you!
[Galaxy Tab General] flsts:
Thanks for testing. I have GPS Status and agree that somehow it does help. I don't know if it helps with the acquisition or just distracts me while it is working on it.
[Galaxy Tab General] BuglessFan:
It's hard to really measure, but seems to be quicker in other apps afterwards.
[Galaxy Tab General] blackheart2925:
Hi,

After replacing the files, my tab has started rebooting randomly, once a day...everything working fine but suddenly it will reboot no warning nothing. Could be some other apps but have not installed anything new post this fix, or maybe some other updates?

Will stick to this fix for sometime and then try replacing with the original backed up files and see if that solves the problem...

Anyone else facing this?
[Galaxy Tab General] cymagnus:
Got a question. I did not back up the stock files and if I want them back, can I get them back by doing hard reset? Is root = ROM?
[Galaxy Tab General] knightnz:
If you over-wrote files in the /system folder then the only way to get them back is to either reflash the firmware, or locate the original files elsewhere and copy them back on.

A "hard reset" only wipes the user data, not system files.
[Galaxy Tab General] humberos:
P1000L/N Devices

Dont work for my P1000L tab version.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] jnutz:
I think the L model has unique hardware.
[Galaxy Tab General] humberos:
What/how can I do for make this work?

Can you make this if I send to you my original version files?

Thank you!

P1000LVJJJ3 Rooted.
[Galaxy Tab General] jowong:
The files in system/bin/gpsd not permit to replace?

The files in system/bin/gpsd not permit to replace , it say--> these are read only files , cannot be changed.

Please guide
[Galaxy Tab General] student.driver:
Using root explorer, did you click the R/W button at the top? That should remount the directory so you can write to it.

Sent from my rooted, but unhacked T-Mobile Galaxy Tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] masterludo:
Awesome fix, thanks a lot. I went from getting 5 satellites inside to 10.

I'm using Roto JMEv4, I did a backup of my files first and then made a diff to the fix, with this ROM you only need to replace libgps.so and libsecgps.so, the other files were identical. Can't tell for other ROMs though.
[Galaxy Tab General] daniel.weck:
Please note that only libgps.so and libsecgps.so differ from the files already contained in the JMI ROM from Samfirmware. No need to copy the other ones over...although of course it doesn't hurt if you do.
[Galaxy Tab General] adinis78:
Great fix, i pick up 9-10 sats almost instantly.....:D
[Galaxy Tab General] vs2:
Thanks so much. Much better now.

Nothing worse that waiting for a GPS fix :)
[Galaxy Tab General] Jade Eyed Wolf:
I must be missing something here, because I used Root Explorer to perform this fix as instructed, and I saw no noticeable difference in my GPS performance at all. GPS Status will show that my Tab may see like 4 - 6 satellites (outside!) and it still takes forever to get a fix at all! Help please?
[Galaxy Tab General] elboriqua176:
Does this work on CDMA Tabs aka sprint tabs

I still have not seen anyone answer this question. Does this work on CDMA tabs?
[Galaxy Tab General] knightnz:
Backup the original files, try it and let us know.
[Galaxy Tab General] cymagnus:
I have read that there's a workaround to get better GPS fix for Galaxy S over here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728894

and here :

http://pocketnow.com/tweaks-hacks/fix-for-samsung-galaxy-vibrant-captivate-gps-problems

You guys might want to check this out as this does not involve rooting or changing of the file permissions.

Coming from Roto JMI V2, the GPS fix has been quicker and easily with 6-8 sats.

Dialing *#*#1472365#*#* don't do anything for me and instead use *#3214789650# which is for 'LBS Test Mode'. The menu that pulls up is the same.

Settings that I have change :

Under "Application settings",

- Operation Mode' - MSBASED

- 'Start Mode' - Cold Start

My default settings in 'SUP/LCP Settings' are the same with the link's recommendation so no change to that ( Server : supl.google.com, Server Port : 7276)
[Galaxy Tab General] sultanbrunei:
can I use this in galaxy tab p1000 asian version with latest firmware and modaco custom rom and kernel ?
[Galaxy Tab General] Heppieboeddah:
There are now 2 apps in the market that will improve the GPS without editting files or something like that

FasterFix: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=825717

Market-link: https://market.android.com/details?id=ltodownloader.canaryx.net&feature=search_result

and

GPS Aids: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=955395

Market-link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix

They work both very well.
[Galaxy Tab General] dcarter33:
Thanks works great east coast USA
[Galaxy Tab General] ovigt71:
works unbelieveble un Overcome 1.2.0. connectede from inside my hose in less than 1 minute....(i was close to the window)
[Galaxy Tab General] knightnz:
What're you doing inside a hose? Sounds uncomfortable. ;)

Can you confirm that the library files were in fact different to those included in 1.2.0? Everything else seems to be there, I did ask alterbridge if the fix was included in the firmware and got no reply, seems like a logical thing to replace.
[Galaxy Tab General] dkelley:
was wondering that too. why isn't this in his rom? I'm running 1.2 and the gps performacne sucks as it always did on this tab. so will try this and let you know if they're different sized files and so on.
[Galaxy Tab General] dkelley:
file sizes:

libgps.so: 30132 same for both (but didn't do a binary diff since I'm doing this in the tab)

libsecgps.so: 55320 for new, 55328 for original.

trying just those two files first to see how it goes (renamed old files to .soorig extensions).

oh snap: can't reboot right now, downloading Aura offline maps and it could take a while. (thought I'd test this app out).

will update this thread when I know more specifics about differences between overcome 1.2 files and these replacements. will also grab oc1.2 files from phone to do a binary diff when I get time, but can't promise whne that will happen.

edit: where I write phone, replace in your mind with tablet. I've posted too many thousands of times about phones and I can't get used to typing tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] paulshields:
fasterfix made a huge improvement in getting a gps fix. Went from 47 seconds to 6 seconds. Well worth doing.
[Galaxy Tab General] dkelley:
well replacing those two files in overcome 1.2 does give me some signal indoors where I previously had none. no fix, but much faster and stronger than before. comparable to my htc hero's gps now (which previously was far superior to this tab's gps performance).

Cool!

I don't know if both files were different or just the one I noted having a different filesize, but either way, make this change on overcome 1.2
[Galaxy Tab General] zerolimit1:
You guys should try FasterFix on the market awsome!!! but need ROOT!
[Galaxy Tab General] dkelley:
probably does the same thing. Seems likely since it requires root.

an easier way to do this for sure, although I think all rom devs/cookers should put these improved files into their builds by default.
[Galaxy Tab General] knightnz:
Trying to make an update.zip for these 2 files but it fails miserably upon flashing regardless of the myriad of options I've tried. Anyone more competant able to give it a shot??
[Galaxy Tab General] DudeInMyrtleBeach:
Hittin the thanks button on this one! I went from 5 sats in 2 mins to 8 sats in 5 seconds!

so - THANKS!
[Galaxy Tab General] magnum_touchpro:
thanks for the heads up on the market place app, installed and my gps finally loads up on overcome.. whoo

now is there a way to boost edge speeds? lol
[Galaxy Tab General] nectons2000:
Hi all...

I have roto jmi full v2.0 and GalaxyTab_1400_MCR_ext_V15 for kernel.

Before i was SO exciting for the speed of locking sats even in doors.

And i just try these files too. The speed is almost the same and for sure after MANY MANY tests SLOWER than my combination i had before !!!

I had to do many tests to be sure. Open and close at different places inside my house many times with both the 2 combinations.

I am SURE 101% that my combination is MUTCH MUTCH BETTER!

So.. try these from my folders please and see the difference.

The 1a = 1 and the 2a = 2.

Try it. :)
[Galaxy Tab General] papatzis:
I found the perfect solution

Hi to all

I want to state my solution I have found

I live in Greece

Tests in my house, in the same position.

With my stock files 1 sat reception.

Changing the files from the first post and from the post before mine, I had no sat reception.

Making the solution from the webpage I had found, 9 sat fix in the same house position.

You don't need to root the phone to apply this.

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-fix-gps-on-samsung-galaxy-s-eclair-and-froyo/

Press *#*#3214789650#*#*

Make the correction stated in the link

Reboot phone
[Galaxy Tab General] triplex76:
@papatzis

the guide you posted is just for galaxy s cause the tab has exactly everything "on" as described, the only change is for Server FQDN that is customized for google server instead of the auto setting that points to a different one.
[Galaxy Tab General] papatzis:
Yes I know that, for me the big difference to GPS performance was ths FQDN from google server to Automatic. That did the trick. ( In my case the difference was huge ), Perhaps my country? I don't know why.

I thought it was good to post that here..
[Galaxy Tab General] quattr0:
This proabaly already mentioned b4 but it seems it depends on where you're at, different settings need to be made.

FWIW, I have AT&T US tab with JMI ROM. I'm sitting inside the house and I have 8-9 sats acquired after 7-10 seconds. No change was made. Didn't have to change FQDN from supp to auto either.
[Galaxy Tab General] blackheart2925:
Hey thanks...changing it to auto configure seems to given even faster sat lock...thisin addition to the fix mentioned in the first post....am in india...
[Galaxy Tab General] cx5:
Hi, thanks for sharing

I tried it, can't find "SkyHook" in my phone. :(

The solution in post 1 doesn't seem to work for me, may be it's cloudy, report back later.
[Galaxy Tab General] Digiguest:
This helped a LOT for my Galaxy Tab....THank you!!!!

Does not work under Overcome...keeps rebootiing my tab when I try.
[Galaxy Tab General] Digiguest:
Updated my previous post.
[Galaxy Tab General] 441892:
Papatzis, I also replace files from a first post and result is still the same.

In my room,I haven't seen any satellite before.But after I follow the link you had gave above.There is something better even i still the same room i can see 2

signals of sat appear on my "GPS test software".Although it didn't log that satellites. but i think this work for me.

My testing condition is :

Place : Inside a room on 4th floor

Location : Thailand

Firmware : KM2

and I have been replace files from the first post already.

I don't know which factor is significant to this succeed GPS Fix.

Anyway,Just want to lets other know my condition.
[Galaxy Tab General] Digiguest:
Anyone here have a VERIFIED GPS Fix?
[Galaxy Tab General] roy8846:
Download faster fix from market ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] Digiguest:
Does not work.
[Galaxy Tab General] ovigt71:
if you read the title, is "How To Fix GPS On Samsung Galaxy S [Eclair And Froyo]", so....we have a Tab. just step over this "skyhook". works for me ! i got connected to satellites less than 1 minute. works on Overcome before and also on stock JMI. hope it helps!
[Galaxy Tab General] scotch whisky:
The difference is "huge" for me also.

Changing FQDN to automatic resulted in obtaining lock in a few seconds from several minutes.

I am in the UK. I tried "Fasterfix" but it didn't help.
[Galaxy Tab General] entaro:
I can confirm the FQDN change made a huge difference for me as well.

Before, I was in my room near the window, the gps could only get 5 sat and none fix... after I did the FQDN change... it got 8/9 sat and fix within 5 secs.... the difference was night and day... no kidding... thanks to papatzis...

hope this help...
[Galaxy Tab General] knightnz:
Seems odd, FQDN stands for "Fully Qualified Domain Name". I wonder where it's pulling the info from if set to auto.
[Galaxy Tab General] #G#:
Thanks, verified

hello everyone, just to say thanks to the guy who released this patch;

it impressively works inside my house and advise all rooted and consequently capable users to apply it!

I also changed ntp with fasterfix to a german one (I am in Italy)

For those interested I am using stock 3 (tre.it carrier) rom froyo.xwjj3

PS actually there is no need to include the application (not free anymore), there are other great file managers working root, I used Super Manager.

Also to decompress your rar archive on android I only found not free apps and so used my pc to decompress..
[Galaxy Tab General] fudodudo:
Works for me - much, much faster and more sattelites it gets now. Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] sys73r:
it works, thanks man. it really picks up more satellites and faster. is there any explanation about how this was done?

confirmed working on galaxy tab GT-P1000, with roto-JMA.
[Galaxy Tab General] BernardOng:
Is this safe ? ANyone have problem to highlight before I try it out ?
[Galaxy Tab General] vanam:
Thankyou brother it work so good on my tab with overcome rom 1.6.1
[Galaxy Tab General] johndwstark:
Got to say thanks for this

Before would take forever to get even 1 sat fix but went outside and got 9 fixes within 5 seconds!

Well done mate

Using stock on VF Spain
[Galaxy Tab General] kotslee:
p1010 wifi only won't boot anymore =(

I followed the instructions on the original post here for my P1010 wifi only. After reboot, my tab would go to endless reboot.

I made backups of the files in system folder but I don't know how to restore them. I can no longer get into the Android file system. I have tried holding Vol + / Power and made an update.zip file but the recovery would not read my SD card where I put the Update.zip. Anybody can help?
[Galaxy Tab General] fidjit:
Confirm that this works a treat.

Put my Australian Telstra Tab ( overcome 1.6.3) up against my Australian Desire ( Villian-au)

The Desire picked up 11 satellites and locked on in seconds. The Tab saw about 5 satellites and didn't get a good lock even after about 30 seconds.

Did mod and 8 locked satellites on the Tab in about 5 seconds.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab General] Kostiz:
Thank you!

This worked very well for me with overcome rom 1.6.4 where entering the code from the keypad didnt give me any improvements while i was indoors.

Once again, thanks for sharing!

PEACE

Kosti
[Galaxy Tab General] spike1985:
OMG this is amazing! Just installed it onto my SGT with current Overcome...

I can just give an 1+++ on this!

send from my SGT with Overcome...
[Galaxy Tab General] macdenz:
Did post number 1, but had to uninstall copilot and all in the root copilot folder and reinstall and download maps again.

now it works fine, I'd say there is significant improvement coz now i can locked on in less than a minute indoor.

Galaxy Tab P1000 rooted SuperOneClick
[Galaxy Tab General] sovi3tss:
has this not already been Incorparated into the latest Overcome release 1.6.4?

because i went to put it into the folder and its already in there .

Also havin trouble finding rootexplorer so i use es file explorer but alas cannot replace files . Tab is Rooted and have Overcome 1.6.4.

if you can help id appreciate it .
[Galaxy Tab General] spike1985:
New files should replace old ones as this is not a new feature you install, only a kind of update/improvement. I would have wondered if there where completely "new files". As well there is such an increase of performance on gps that I simply cannot belive that it was integrated in Overcome already. The only question I am asking myswlf is: Why the hell Samsung did not find out this improvements? Or did they not apply it because of negative effects on phone? Anyway I am happy with that...

send from my SGT with Overcome...
[Galaxy Tab General] T.P.:
Your English is not that bad and your great thinking more than compensates for it. Thanks, dude.
[Galaxy Tab General] FabioMC:
Tested. Great improvement.
[Galaxy Tab General] qulu:
Have anyone tried it on 2.3.3?

I copied the system/lib-files on Gingerbread and the tab automatically restarted again and again, until I turned it off.
[Galaxy Tab General] orion324:
Interested to know too

;)
[Galaxy Tab General] awitee:
doesnt work on my GB 2.3.3 (overcome 2.0) i tested it, but the folders werent there, it was in the folder where the folder was supposed to be in system/bin/ so i just overwrote the same named files in that directory, then my tab would just keep refreshing at the galaxy tab loading screen when restarted >.< i had to reflash the rom to fix it
[Galaxy Tab General] spike1985:
Afaik it is included into overcome 2.0 already...
[Galaxy Tab General] entaro:
I used rootexplorer to try to copy content in folder 1 to track system/bin/gpsd, but it gave an error "You cannot paste here because the file system is read only". How can I sp;ve this?

thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] awitee:
make sure you click the r/w on top instead of the r/o button
[Galaxy Tab General] thangbom:
I live in Vietnam (South) and certify that this patch works in my area. Before this tweak, I used to have 4 satellites and got it fixed after around 10 minutes. Today, I tried this patch in a rainy day, still got 6, but the fixation time is still slow, perhaps due to the rain. I will test it later, but thanks for discovering this difference in different ROMs
[Galaxy Tab General] sfuruie:
On gingerbread i believe the gps fix was applied already. I could find the gps signal within seconds in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
[Galaxy Tab General] Tdoc:
I confirm with overcome hermes the locking is done in seconds and even just tried from my bed room and got 8 satellite locked

Went outside and got 11 locked uunder 10 seconds

Wonderful hermes
[Galaxy Tab General] Tdoc:
Ho yes and i am in panama city, panama
[Galaxy Tab General] LycaonX:
al-motamel,

I believe the word you're looking for is 'path' and not 'track'.

Not being mean, you just mentioned (indirectly) that English isn't your first language, and it's easier to learn if someone tells you that you're not doing something correctly :)

Thanks for the files, btw. Fantasic performance increase.
[Galaxy Tab General] crs9:
I was having very slow GPS lock issues on the stock software. Upgraded to Hermes and GPS locks in seconds, not minutes.
[Galaxy Tab General] paulshields:
I think installing a new ROM is a pretty drastic option just to improve GPS lock times. CM7 and stock gingerbread both get pretty fast GPS locks for me.
[Galaxy Tab General] nuttdvm:
as i have the same VERY SLOW GPS problem, and I found this.

I tested on my GT-P1000 firmware2.2 build DXKM3 bought and using in Thailand

i followed what you wrote, and try on Sygic and SpeedNavi

IT WORKS!! very well, my device grabs GPS much faster (from 5 minutes to 10 seconds)

Thank you very much.
[Galaxy Tab General] imlinked:
can anyone confirm if this works with 2.3.4?

also would this method improve wifi only tabs? or is this something that enhances agps?

thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] jeromekobriger:
I tried this on my stock rooted 7 inch wifi tab, and now it's stuck in a boot loop. Anybody have any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab General] hanjien93:
i cannot find system/bin/gpsd

I mean that my gpsd is not a folder and I cannot create a folder gpsd in system/bin

anyone can help me please?

thank you
[Galaxy Tab General] lolufail:
my GPS does not work at all, 1 sat max, even after a day. happened suddenly while driving. could the gps chip be broken?
[Galaxy Tab General] camo.b:
Had the same problem with mine when i visited the US.got stuck with no sat nav.couldnt find any problems but had just installed a heap of apps.mabee they broke some files. . . Reflashed my tab and whammo it was gold again.wish i had a backup had to manually reinstall everythingas i had some probs with flashing.
[Galaxy Tab General] MrJojo:
Anybody got link to this file.All connections to it are dead.Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] vhallac:
The link in the last post on page 2 is still alive.
[Galaxy Tab General] ahmedatia13:
P1000 JPZ, firmware 2.3.6

This sounds really interesting, but Im a beginner in this so wanted to ask, will this work for my P1000 JPZ, firmware 2.3.6

thx alot
[Galaxy Tab General] Ichijoe:
That Link seems to be dead too...
[EVO Shift 4G General] johnp1991:
I'm willing to trade my epic for a shift if your interested inbox me.