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[Vibrant General] shoman24v:
Did you do a factory reset after you updated to 2.2?

settings>privacy>factory data reset
[Vibrant General] Sdobron:
KA6 is much better, the modem from the official build is terrible for me. Might try the hardware fix.
[Vibrant General] kmandel:
Didn't try that. Would I lose my app's and their data/settings?
[Vibrant General] doug2060:
Mine is crap too... I locked within seconds when I was running Axura or Nero... I definitely believe it's a software issue. The harware fix did nothing on 2 Vibrants. If TW and D4A can get it right why can't Samsung and Tmo? Hell, maybe they could at least contact these guys and find out what they're doing wrong.
[Vibrant General] shoman24v:
Yes, but paid apps are stored in your google account in the market, may want to export contacts to SD if they aren't saved to google. All other settings/messages will be lost.

contacts>menu>export.

Save any photos on internal memory to SD.

I would do that and report back. I did an upgrade on a Vibrant sans the factory reset. GPS was ****. So I'll have to do that (it's my dad's phone). Need to do my sisters too.
[Vibrant General] lincoln131:
I fixed my gps by doing a warranty replacement.

New handset was has a December '10 manf date. I get near instant locks and about 15 feet accuracy.
[Vibrant General] shoman24v:
Yup that's another good option, warranty replacement.
[Vibrant General] VICosPhi:
Its definitely a software issue for most vibrants. I never had issues with getting a lock, my accuracy is horrible though. I get 30 - 40 feet accuracy usually and if that's not bad enough, GPS jumps locations on a stop light or sometimes, even on a straight road. It shows I am driving on grass... then reroutes 4 times and shows me on an adjacent street. I have bent the connector as stated in hardware fix thread but still the same issue...

maybe I'll get galaxy s 4g if gps works better on it.
[Vibrant General] mattb6288:
gps didn't work for me either but after i used the samsung gps restore app it fixed it and my gps is working better then ever. try that
[Vibrant General] kmandel:
Was it a T-mobile replacement or a Samsung replacement?

I don't have a T-mobile contract, so my only option is Samsung. Mine is a 7/13 unit.
[Vibrant General] lincoln131:
It was all handled through T-Mobile's customer care.

Do you mean you are off contract with TMo or that you have a different carrier?
[Vibrant General] kmandel:
I bought it from T-mobile at full price with a plan that could be canceled with no penalty (which I did). I use a Clearwire 4G mobile hotspot for data, and a T-mobile pay as you go voice sim for the occasional voice call (which I don't do much of).
[Vibrant General] Emama:
To the one say factory reset

I Odin back to JFD and upgrade to KA6

the GPS is still a piece of ****

I bought this phone on the day it comes out

I want to change it if it can fix that, but i don't want to get a refurbished one since not only one person said the refurbished one is worse than a used one with scratch and broken part....
[Vibrant General] xdeified:
I'm using bionix v and the GPS works well. Personally if factory reset was the way to go, I'd put everything on titanium backup. I tried the GPS restore but I would still have problems. I had cases where the GPS would shut off during navigation and reboot my phone. But that was with the official.
[Vibrant General] lincoln131:
If you are using their sim in your phone you bought from them, I would see if they would honor the warranty.
[Vibrant General] compuguy1088:
Odd, after flashing the ka5 modem, I've had pretty fast gps locks. Accuracy could be better (10-20 feet), but it is much better than it was on previous builds.
[Vibrant General] lincoln131:
The refurb I got was one month old, and in flawless condition. If it didn't work, I would have kept warranty replacing it until they sent me one that did work. I am absolutely stunned at how well my gps works compared to the one I bought on launch day.
[Vibrant General] shoman24v:
I'm only saying to do a reset because others here are saying it has helped. If this phone didn't have a GPS issue this issue wouldn't come up.
[Vibrant General] ferhanmm:
My gps was completely broken after mini kies 2.2 update.

Did the factory reset, and now it works amazingly well. did it while i was driving. lol.
[Vibrant General] systematic:
just installed official froyo via kies... im lovin it so far its so fast compared to the ji6 i had, severely disappointed with the appearance tho... lol pictured it a lil more like the rom builds i saw on here... the speed is enough to make me happy tho, if not already i kno the devs will hook up some nice themes and root... those guys do good work, lol ever since the tmobile mda i been rockin wit the xda peeps... thx guys also lovin the android app
[Vibrant General] shoman24v:
Thanks. I really doubt this would have been released if GPS was completely broken after the update.

Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Tab
[Vibrant General] jokersax11:
I believe it has been proven that hardware is a major factor. If the gps restore fails you can get a new phone if these other methods don't work
[Vibrant General] systematic:
off topic but is there any way i can make my camera, n camcorder save to specific folders, same with mms files?

(noob question) sry for my ignorance... just a minor annoyance, it saves mms to download and pics n vids i take to camera (ocd for organizing things lol)

i said this last post but this is waaaayyyyyy faster than the ji6 2.1
[Vibrant General] domtru:
Heres an answer to your problem....root phone, odin to stock, download root explorer and rom manager, download and flash bionix v...the ka7 completely fixed my gps and have great battery life..no time to pontificate!
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
With Macnut R14 from eugene i was with in 50 feet usually.... with official 2.2 im OVER 2 FXXXNG MILES AWAY FROM WHERE I AM!
[Vibrant General] jokersax11:
Call t mobile since youre on official, see what they say.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
wait, was the OP really surprised that the update didn't fix the gps??
[Vibrant General] jokersax11:
I just tried it inside a high rise building and it worked. Lol
[Vibrant General] Mannymal:
It's both a hardware and software issue. If its not functional with TW's Bionix ROM, then the only thing you can do to improve it is to get your phone replaced or perform the hardware fix yourself.
[Vibrant General] epakrat75:
Here's a thought...sell the phone and get a different one you can stop complaining about. Unless, of course no matter what you'd get it wouldn't matter. :p
[Vibrant General] tissimo:
T-Mobile should still honor the warranty on the phone even though you don't have a contract with them.

Sent from my SGS Vibrant
[Vibrant General] synaesthetic:
My GPS has been so random, it's not even funny.

On any Eclair ROM (even with the adjusted LbsTestMode settings) it would routinely take several minutes to get a lock under clear sky.

Now that I'm running Axura 2.2.6 (with adjusted LbsTestMode settings) I get a lock within a reasonable 10-20 seconds, but only if I have a clear LOS to the sky. If I am in a building (or in downtown San Francsico or Oakland with tall buildings all around) I will never get a lock, no matter how long I let it grind its gears.

This makes me believe the GPS issue with the Vibrant is a combination of both hardware and software issues. My partner's HTC Espresso (rooted and running CM6) gets a GPS lock outside within 10 seconds or less, and can even establish a lock inside buildings if they don't contain too much metal.

Even more annoying, the demo HTC Glacier that I played with at my local T-Mobile store was able to get a GPS lock inside the T-Mobile store almost instantaneously.

Fortunately I use the GPS so sparingly it's not a big deal for me (I don't drive, so I only really use it to get myself un-lost if I take a wrong turn in Oakland, or to find nearby restaurants when I'm hungry :) ), but I definitely will make sure the GPS works well for the next phone I buy after I retire my Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] KWKSLVR:
Right now I'm locked inside to 10/12 with a 19 foot accuracy. It's definitely a mix of hardware and software. When I was stock I would stare at 0/3 a lot of times. When I would connect I'd have something retarded like a 150 foot accuracy. I'm currently running the KA7 modem, and of course the hardware fix and it works well for me. Some modems definitely work better than others...and they all seem device specific. I've seen people swear by KA7 and others swear at it. :eek:
[Vibrant General] kmfisher:
Here's how it breaks down:

- Yes, there is a hardware problem with a bad connection. This causes data issues and weaker SNRs causing locking issues. This is fixed in later versions of the phone or if you open your phone up and fix it yourself.

- Yes, there is a software problem. Talking official stock releases only, JFD had the issue, JI6 was fixed, and KA6 has the issue again. JFD/KA6 are very slow to lock on to satellites and drop them easily. JI6 fixed this issue, but the fixes seem to not have made it into KA6.

- If you have hardware fix + JI6 you are a happy camper. Any other combination is likely to cause frustration.
[Vibrant General] wuzy:
Like few other posters have reported here I'm having best result so far with hardware fix + Bionix-v [KA7]. GPS locks within 13s for warm start after rebooting or almost instant with hot start. Accuracy is excellent too.

"Use wireless networks", "Use GPS satellites" and "Use sensor aiding" are all ticked. No changes to SUPL or other hidden GPS settings. All kept at stock.

Use "GPS Test" by Mike Lockwood to clear aiding data and get an initial lock after flashing new ROM.

I always have LOS to the sky.
[Vibrant General] samnada:
It's not that simple. I have stock KA6, and I've done the HW contact fix posted here. My SNR's are quite good. I get initial locks typically in under 30s, subsequent locks under 10s, and accuracy of 15-30 ft. I am currently using the supl.nokia.com setting as well. So, KA6 is not inherently slow, at least on my phone. The problem I have is random, intermittent location jumping and rerouting when using Google Nav while driving. I'm not in a city, so always have very good LOS to the sats when outside. But the phone just doesn't consistently maintain good accuracy. What's so frustrating is things work great most of the time, but I'd say roughly 1 in 5 times I'm using GPS to navigate it goes bizarre for a part of the trip.

Maybe a different modem would help, but unless I'm convinced it would solve the problem on my phone I'm not anxious to jump into ROM flashing.
[Vibrant General] kmfisher:
I believe you confirmed what I said. JI6 worked well, no jumping, no random movement. KA6 has slow locking from a hot start, drops satellites easily, and has navigation and map jumping. With KA6, I can go into google maps and be 200 meters off. Close it and reopen and be 5 meters off. In KA6 the triangulation algorithm or data gets corrupted. I believe part of the problem is the dropping of satellite locks.

I, too, did the hardware fix and want the software fixed because I'm not a fan of jumping ROMs hoping they made a fix. The issue to me is that reintroducing these bugs in KA6 shows that Samsung has very poor quality control in their software and however their development teams are setup, the left hand does not work with the right hand.
[Vibrant General] Thegreatheed:
If it was a software issue, it would affect ALL vibrants, and a factory replacement would not fix the issue.

Neither of the above are true. It doesn't affect all vibrants, my vibrant (purchased on release day) has never had a GPS issue. Also, factory replacements (running the same software as a flawed GPS phone) usually do not have the GPS issues.
[Vibrant General] samnada:
You said KA6 wasn't able to get quick locks. I can confirm for certain that's not true.

I had the random jumps/rerouting on JI6. Without going back and looking for old posts I can't be 100% sure, but I'm pretty darn sure others did as well. I was hoping it would be fixed in 2.2, but obviously that didn't happen.

Part of the problem is the sheer flakiness of our GPS behavior. There are way too many variables between phones, ROM's, users, etc. to come to reliable conclusions. Many posters have been fooled by making some change or another, getting better or apparently better results for a day or so, only to realize later all was not fixed. The jumping location while driving problem is very intermittent, at least for me. I could do some "fix", try it for a few days and be convinced it was resolved, only to have it happen again. The last few days I've used it while driving with no problems. Last week on two different days I had the jumping problem. You may be exactly right that something is getting corrupted, which would probably point to SW (although I don't know precisely what calculations the chips are doing). If it is SW then Samsung truly is hopeless. I may just have to dive into ROM flashing to see for myself if a true fix currently exists, but what a major pain.
[Continuum Android Development] bubby323:
Placeholder
[Continuum Android Development] kdoweb1:
Samsung Drops Continuum Source Code for 2.2

This maybe old news but I hope to see new rooted ROM soon
[Continuum Android Development] 5thAgent:
Bubby, this is like... really irritating. Why did you create placeholders for a whole bunch of things you weren't ready to release? You could have just made the thread when there was actual content to put in it. As far as I'm concerned this thread is a lie. There is no DL17 ROM. Why is there a thread for a mythical ROM?
[Continuum Android Development] dfgged:
No need to get all hasty! I'd rather wait and have an awesome bug free rom, then rush him and get crap. Also, if you had read one of his latest posts, you would know he has had some things to take care of.

Sent from my space time Continuum using the XDA App.
[Continuum Android Development] adrynalyne:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=941865

See my response here.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidmonkey:
A friend updated to 2.2 via mini KIES. His GPS doesnt work very well anymore and he is missing the default Android keyboard which he uses all the time.

Can he rollback to 2.1 without rooting?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allthrottle:
He can go back to stock with odin. If that's the case though, I'd odin back to stock and redo the upgrade with kies. Seems to fix alot of issues people have.

Sent from my <tw> powered vibrant.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Apocalypse:
If he can get it into download mode...then use Odin to go back to stock 2.1
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidmonkey:
So where does he get the 2.1 Stock image?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Apocalypse:
read this...this'll take it back to stock 2.1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=848737
[Continuum Android Development] trailblazer101:
I can't wait until this is released! :D (of course if you want some *other* testing done before you release, (even though you have your own now :P) ill be here :P haha)

ahhhh, i want this sooo badd :P where have you gone bubby?!
[Hero CDMA General] eldenmisty:
Does anyone know of any really good new apps that are out. Surprise me
[Hero CDMA General] user7618:
TuneIn is great as you can get local and worldwide fm radio channels.

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[Hero CDMA General] PMGRANDS:
What Kind?

Games, Tools, Media, Root?

Let Me Know, & I'll Try To Help!
[Hero CDMA General] paczek:
well depends on weither your phone is rooted or not?
[Hero CDMA General] c00ller:
If you're an engineering/math/hard science major, there is are TI-83, TI-85, and TI-86 emulators. They have been relisted as Andy-83, Andy-85, and Andy-86 as per TI's request though. They are perfect emulators.
[Hero CDMA General] zanywood:
help

anyone got any help on what a terminal emulator is and how to use.
[Hero CDMA General] zanywood:
yeah

on those apps you need to be more specific on what you are looking for. games, etc
[Hero CDMA General] Borszczuk:
Well, if you got no clue what it is you definitely do not need terminal emulator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator
[Hero CDMA General] DataHawg:
Wheres My Droid

Don't know how new it is but I just discovered it and it works great. Highly recommend it and its only a bucket in the Market

Sent from my HTC Hero running CM6 RC1 with the XDA app
[Hero CDMA General] noskoviak:
Mfpearl.blogspot.com check out my app picks for my hero!
[Hero CDMA General] Nilxchaos:
Minimalistic Text. AMAZING widget that replaces clockr and all those other widgets (except calendr[sp?] apparently).
[Hero CDMA General] skanndelus:
my recent finds... thought i'm sure some have been around a while

wordfeud - scrabble like with online play w/ friends or strangers

startup auditor - stop certain processes from starting automatically

mybackup root - back up apps/data/contacts/photos etc for use on any new rom you install, as long as it's the same phone

diskusage - shows what files/folders on your sd card are taking up the most space, pretty interesting ui on it
[Hero CDMA General] stayclean:
http://lifehacker.com/5747993/samba...m_campaign=Feed:+lifehacker/full+(Lifehacker)
[Hero CDMA General] bholoo:
I like tune inn too, it's awesome
[Hero CDMA General] jckeyser:
Wolfram Alpha. I use it daily as a chef, but science-based professions can get much use out of it.
[Hero CDMA General] jckeyser:
+1

Adds to the Pure Google look I dig so much.
[Hero CDMA General] user7618:
Game Dev Story. That is all.

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[Hero CDMA General] noskoviak:
Check out my quick list of my favorite apps on my ghettoriffic blog. Mfpearl.blogspot.com
[Hero CDMA General] eldenmisty:
Anyone running cm7 on their hero?
[Hero CDMA General] Cetus Corr:
Yes, plenty of us are.

Sent from my Tasty Gingerbread Hero
[Hero CDMA General] eldenmisty:
I am with cell south and when I flashed cm7. It says sprint. Hmm..... kinda puzzles me

sent from gingerbread hero
[Hero CDMA General] jckeyser:
+1 This. Pure awesomeness.
[Hero CDMA General] davec1234:
Google Search works but no one uses it apparently.
[Hero CDMA General] user7618:
Androidify is nice for making avatars like mine. I think you can set them as your wallpaper, as well.

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[G Tablet General] RichTJ99:
Hi,

I am using CWR 2.5.1.8 & have been using the same version since day one (the 8 one). I just ran a nandroid backup, installed CWR in android so I could rename my backups. Then I noticed it said something about a Gtab alternate recovery (version 2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8).

I then booted back into CWR in recovery and now the only backup option I have is the one I just did now, none of the other backups are accessible.

Did I screw something up?

CWR in android os says I have three backups (not the new one I did today), in recovery it says I only have one (todays). What is going on?

Should I be running 2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8 vs the current 2.5.1.8?

I am running the latest vegan.

Thanks,

Rich

Edit: FYI, when I flash to the 2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8 I am able to see my three other backup files. Now I am very confused, I will keep 2.5.1.1-bekit-0.8 since it has my other nandroid backups.
[G Tablet General] AndroidFileHost:
Use 2.5.1.1_bekit-0.8
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] fruchtfliege:
STATUSBAR IN 6 COLORS WITH 1% CIRCLEMOD BATTERY FOR MDJ 2.6

NOW WITH FLASHABLE ZIPS FOR CWM!

UPDATE:

gingerCOLORED added (king size icons)

flashable zips for cwm are now included! accounts and background image will be untouched now after cwm flash

gingerGREEN_CLEAN battery without glow added! i extracted the icons from UOT kitchen, resized and colored them to match gingerbread

included systemui.apk to gingerGREEN - it is now a fully replacement for statusbar, so you can flash it over another mod from me to get stock green color including circle mod!

IMPORTANT:

if your circle battery has a white icon instead of your desired color, you have to charge the phone over 64%. below that, the color stays white until it reachs low level and gets read then.

colors of pictures don't match 100% with the result on phone - there they are much more brilliant :D

the mod MAY work with other roms than mdj gingerbread (android 2.3.2)

INSTALLATION:

just copy the zip file without decompressing to your sd-card and flash it with clockwork recovery mod .

COLORS:

gingerbread statusbar in 6 colors with circlemod (glow):

gingerGREEN CLEAN with circlemod (no glow):

gingerCOLORED:

CREDITS:

all icon sets were taken from uot kitchen and colored by me (except gingerCOLORED). thanks to all people who painted these icons! if i break any rules by using them, please let me know.
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] DjEyeU:
Thanks for sharing.....i was looking for this circle mod battery since MDJ came out with his first released of android2.3.1 Mod version...
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] fruchtfliege:
you're welcome. But please report if it has worked for u! Thx
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] balane:
I try the update.bat and all I get is a device not found error.

Is there something I need to do on the phone first to get these files to install onto it?
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] mattfmartin:
Hey Fruit Fly, it worked on MDJ's new one. Good job my friend. I guess i can finally say that the other build i was using was incompatible, because i even tryed it on that one. Finally gave up on that build, until the final release comes out.:D:D:D Ohh by the way it was the blue one i tried.
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] mastermoon:
i tried green and blue it on my HTC HD2 with MDJ 2.6 NAND.. it works fine but they are white.. no colors.. i don't know why... in CyanogenMod menu' there aren't control for color like old CM6.. :(
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Garrett92C:
Hey, nice little mod. :)

It installed fine on my HTC HD2 TMOUS running CyanogenMod 2.6 (Android 2.3.2). Was the bat file supposed to reboot my phone? I had to manually reboot to see the new icons.

I may even make some of my own icons to try out. I just ditched my Palm Pre and was pretty active in the webOS homebrew community. The top bar is my favorite thing to play around with. :D
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] mastermoon:
Hi Garrett.. the icon's are coloured or still white like me??
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Garrett92C:
My wifi and rssi icons were white at first too after installing this mod. They didn't turn blue until I downloaded something from the market (If it matters, I downloaded and installed Launcher Pro). Try downloading something and see if the icons change to the correct color.

(Since I'm new here, I need to wait 5 minutes between posts... lol :()
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] mastermoon:
OK i don't know why but just opened the market icons turned to blue.. but all Sync account like Google, Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are vanished... i had to add all account...
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Garrett92C:
Hmm... Seems my accounts got wiped as well. Good thing all I had set up was one Gmail address lol.
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] DjEyeU:
it work perfectly....:D
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] fruchtfliege:
Sorry I forgot to mention with the account wipe. Have wrote it in my other battery thread! The icons get colored when you (re)add your google account. But that's also without mod. I'm glad that it works. Will upload other colors this evening!
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Garrett92C:
Got a question. After installing the aqua icons, I decided to try out the green ones. Now I have blue icons with the green battery indicator. I can't seem to get the green set fully installed. :(

Suggestions?
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] mattfmartin:
I noticed in the green set the systemUI.apk wasnt in there. Maybe thats why?
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Garrett92C:
Just checked the folder and yep, you're right. Guess I should have checked that first. Now to go search for some green icons to match my new battery indicator. :D