yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Esaj2:
Tried it, didn't work. :( I was able to edit the file, but when I copied the new file back, it seemed to work, but when I opened the file, it still contained the old info. I tried to copy the file many times and even rebooted the device, but no success. So the issue still remains. It seems that the problem is not with the editing software, I just don't have the right permissions to edit, delete, or replace the file.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
If you have ES File Explorer, open the app go to Settings by pressing the middle button and you will see a Root and Mount option, click both. Then you will be able to edit the gps.conf file like I do.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
Though I am in the US, I am working with AngelDeath, another user on XDA, on creating a very fast GPS solution for the Cmylxgo Stock Desire HD(2) build we are on. I would change your NTP_SERVER command line and add all the servers available for you in France. So instead of you having the "generic" fr.pool.ntp.org line. Go with NTP_SERVER=0.fr.pool.ntp.org, and do it again for servers 1-3. That way you will be accessing all the servers. I would also enable your INTERMEDIATE_POS command line and use the =1 and not =0. Seems to reduce the lock time for me. Do the same for the REPORT_POSITION_USE command line. Also add below the SUPL_PORT=7276 command line SUPL_SECURE_PORT=7275. This helps non-TMOUS carrier users to lock faster as well. I have quite a few changes to the gps.conf file and get cold starts under 25 seconds with relocks in 4-7 seconds. Using nav apps such as Car Home, I am able to get locks within three GPS pulses after first fix. But of course, the command lines I am using are now very specific to my region of the US.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] HTCore:
I'm still confused with all different settings. I'm on tmous, what settings do you recommend for tmous users? I tried to replace gps.conf from Cmylxgo over my ROM but problem still exist.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Okay, if everyone would just give me few days, I am going to open a thread about this and explain what I have learned about the GPS, I know alot of people are having trouble, or even some better people then me have come up with solutions, but it seems that something was over looked when it came to GPS, in the last 3 days I have figured out how all this plays together, and part of me doesnt understand why delevopers (Not talking about rom dev or cookers) did this, its seems at least for the last 3 years we have been going about this all the wrong way.

If everyone would just give me till the end of the week, I will open a thread and explain all this in length, but I also have promised Cmylxgo that if his upcoming rom isnt going to be too far long, then I would hold off until after his release, but I hope to find that out very soon.

Just as a teaser, In the USA region I have now accomplished for the east coast first locks in under 20s and all reboots and reloads to a majority of 3s relocks. At this point I consider this instantaneous and cannot get any faster locks. I also plan to make 6 region files:

USA

Europe

UK

Asia

Oceania

South America

Africa

All the ones for all other countries will not have as extensive commands as the US, for 2 reasons: 1) I dont live in those locations, and two, the servers are not as vast, but I am quite sure it will be better then what anyone has currently running.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Esaj2:
Tried that, but I had problems. When I go to settings and try to activate the Root option, it tells me that this is an experimental feature and when I click "YES", It gives me two choices: Select ROM: 1. Cyanogen Mod / 2. HiAPK. No matter which I choose, it says to me "Sorry test failed, this feature cannot run on your phone". So is there any alternative way of fixing this or any other program, which I could use? Or is there any way to get the gps.conf file writeable?

Could this problem being caused by the custom NAND ROM? I have THIS ROM.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
ES file explorer wont work ,says its incompatible with my phone, regardless of which mod (neither of which I have) I select. No surprise.

trying to use droid explorer, but it keeps timing out when saying "downloading tools" and force closing..

Typical, you have a problem, find out what (may) be the solution.. try to get that app/program to fix your original problem, only to fin out the program needed to fix your problem is broke, so now you have to skew off in an entire different direction to try and fix the problem with the program you need to fix your problem.

I love this ****.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
Ok, so apparently if you try to install Droid Exploere on a windows 7 maching (and probably vista too) make sure you DO NOT install it in /program files

just put in in c:\phone**** or something..

Putting it in program files brings it under the watchful eye of windows UAC crap and thus causes it to **** itself when it tried to download the SDK stuff.

you could PROBABLY get it to work if its in program files by running it as admin and disabeling UAC and all that crap, but why bother, just dont install it there.

the server they keep their stuff on is apparently has a 14k baud analog modem, or perhaps a coffee can with a wet string, So it will be a while before im down downloading everything, but will post results.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
Ok, done downloading the SDK.

phone shows up in my computer, click it and it automatically opens with droid explorer..

go to system\etc

open gps.conf

edited

saved, closed

open again.. old **** is back..

didnt work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
alllll righty!

figured I would try it again.

now it cant find the phone..

tried connecting it as disk drive, then as HTC sync.. well dont have HTC sync, went and download that, installed, it doesn't find the phone either..

neither program detects the phone, if it is in any other mode other than disk drive.

Well it found the phone the first time, but didnt work anyway, could not delete, cut, or edit the file.

another goose chase, another bust..

Same stupid problem remains..

still need to be able to edit AND SAVE the gps.conf file..

so far.

Astro

ES File explorer

Android Explorer

same results, cannot edit, delete or do anything with the file..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
Ok, so enabeling USB debugging will allow droid explorer to see and open the phone.

But the issue remains, no changes made to the file "stick" cant edit, delete, or move the file.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
Looks like the custom NAND ROM you are using doesn't have root access. So you will need to search the XDA site for z4root.apk to give your phone root access. Once you do that, then you can go back to ES File Explorer and select the Cyanogen Mod which I did since my Cmylxgo build is built off this.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
Is the custom ROM you are using giving you root access? If not, you will need to search the XDA site for z4root which should give you root access. Then ES File Explorer should work when you ask it for root access.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Mafioso:
cool eagerly waiting for it :D...i'm also on east coast and GPS is nowhere good as it used to be on HD2 on WinMO days with Gpsmoddriver..I hope you post a generic solution which works on CM7 builds too ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
Ran z4root

selected permanent root Program just said "rebooting" then gave a force close message, then didn't close, just stuck on screen saying "rebooting"

Closed, re-ran, said device already rooted.

Ran ES File Explorer

Settings

root options

Root explorer

selected Cyanogen

Sorry cannot be run on this phone

Closed

Ran Droid explorer

same ****, cannot edit, delete or move file..

Rebooted phone

Ran z4root

un-rooted

ran again

selected TEMPORARY root

white screen.....

please wait....

"temporary root applied, you are now rooted untill your next reboot"

Open ES Explorer

settings

root options

Root explorer

tried both options, neither worked

Droid explorer

same ****, cannot edit, delete or move file..

next.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cabalist:
Open a dos shell with administrator's rights, enter the adb tool directory then type:

Adb kill-server

Adb remount

Adb pull /system/etc/gps.conf c:

Leave the shell open and edit your c:\gps.conf

Once finished type again :

Adb push c:\gps.conf /system/etc

Reboot your phone, that's it.

99% if "if you don't have enough permissions " that's 'cause you're not running dos shell as admin. It could also been related to USB debug, try to switch it off/on without unplugging the cable.

Cheers.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bogdatov:
Thats what I used to get with WM6.5 w/o any tweaks :) I was really surprised with long GPS fix on Android.

If you open new thread with your changes, can you post a notice here ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
adb?

the rest I understand, but what is adb?

I missed something.

I found

this page:

http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html

but it says its "You can find the adb tool in <sdk>/platform-tools/."

what sdk...?

EDIT:

Lol, jesus.. Ok downloaded android-sdk_r09-windows.zip

unzipped..

main folder

tools

.. no abd.. just adb_has_moved.txt

opened

"The adb tool has moved to platform-tools/

If you don't see this directory in your SDK,

launch the SDK and AVD Manager (execute the android tool)

and install "Android SDK Platform-tools"

Please also update your PATH environment variable to

include the platform-tools/ directory, so you can

execute adb from any location."

tried to run manager

"no suitable java found"

cue screeching tires sound.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mezcal9:
Virtually an instant lock with those settings. Thanks.

I assumed the 3 I marked in red above should be a 4.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Mafioso:
hmmm I haven't that much luck with those settings :(

BTW do you also use GPS Status AGPS download along with those settings?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bogdatov:
With WarlockW settings I get fix in 3+ minutes. With default servers pointing to 0.us.xxxx, 1.us.xxxx and default SUPL provider (Google) I get fix in 1+, sometimes 2+ minutes.

T-Mobile HD2 with T-Mobile service on US East Coast
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htcvidi:
I'm impatient to read you !!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Need to finish testing, soon very soon, the results are so far great.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] WarlockW:
Just tested .. Angel's Config .. It Rocks Guys ..

Yeap .. Just tested .. Angel's Config .. It Rocks Guys ..

Got a lock after reboot: 7 secs !

I was Getting 2-4 Sat Locks ..

Now I get 7-9 Sat Locks!

Also I was Never Able to get a lock Inside!

Now I Get 5-7 Sat Locks Inside !

Great Job ! AngelDeath !
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ozkaya:
Impatiently waiting too :) I hope results can be similar for Europe and Asia too.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Since I cannot test Europe and Asia, I will have to rely on people testing in the regions once I release it. After releasing it, my next goal will be to narrow down the locations, this is just an initial release.

Just to give you an Idea, I have covered every region. As of right now this is how its being broken down:

Africa

Asia

Europe

Oceania

South America

UK

Mid-West to West (US)

Mid-East to East (US)

North America (Includes: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezula, Alaska, Canada)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] victorfungcy:
Waiting for your good work.;)

I will test Asia as soon as it comes out:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] seVIIen:
can´t wait for your release, angelofdeath !!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] augustopacheco:
what is your configuration?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Mafioso:
Wow GPS lock inside...even good ol' WinMo can't manage that...sounds too good :D

@AngelDeath Man release, it already...we'll do the remaining testing ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
Everyone,

To give you all another teaser working with AngelDeath, I think we have come up with a gps.conf that works very well anywhere in the US. Since AngelDeath is on the East Coast and I am on the West Coast, and WarlockW is in the MidWest, the gps.conf speeds cold starts in under a minute with relocks under 10 seconds for me. Release is coming very soon!:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] htcvidi:
Do you mean that the only change is the gps.conf file ?

No kernel or lib modifications ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Thats what I am further testing now. I have been testing kernels right now to see the differences if any the last couple of days, as well I am trying a couple of complete roms as well to see if this will occur across the board. Thats why I said further testing is needed.

I cant test every rom, but if testing it on 3 or 4 roms gives me the same results I would be more then satisfied that I would assume it should work on all. As of right now I do believe this will work on any android rom, but without knowing for sure it would only be an assumption and I dont like assuming.

Out of all the testers only one is having different results partially, and I am trying to figure out why. I also have a suspicision there is a bug in the gps driver but I am not 100% sure. It involves the GPS and the standby policy, just like the WiFi driver sleep policy has a bug, I think the GPS does as well, but That I am looking into for after the initial release.

I know everyone is wanting this already, but just like I worked on the HTC messaging in WinMo finding how to activate secure box, I like to be sure before I throw something out and it doesnt work as intended.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] csy7550:
Not to sound negative, I'm forever grateful if it works, but what we really need is gpslibs with a-gps / xtra functionality as already pointed out by the developers.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
I had one from an HTC Envy, which I was wondering what was in it since it was 4x the size of our current HD2, but its incompatible. Going to be looking into an EVO libgps.so file, maybe its more compatable.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cabalist:
Just tried above settings with clean Typhoon CM7 RAM installation.

As per ALL NAND rom i've tried so far (a lot) i got NO LOCK at all (at least after 10 minutes GPS status was still searching for satellites).

Waiting for AngelDeath tips, let's hope they may fix my LEO once for all... :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Posted: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=953630
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
I never did get any of this crap to work incidentally..

its just like trying to do anything else with this goddamn phone..

"ok to fix it, do X!"

ok, now I have to research and explore how to do X, because X just doesn't ****ing work of course, but there is a fix for X, to get X to work you just have to do Y, Ok, what do I need to get Y to work, well you need to install A and B and boot with C, but wait that's not working, because you dont have Q installed, ok try and install Q.

such a load of horse ****.

I stall have NO GPS, and cannot recieve txt attachmants.

I cannot edit my GPS.conf no matter what, have tried every effing program and file explorer and all all the other sideways bull**** suggested.. It says I have root access, but any changs I make to the file cannot be saved.

I also found out I cannot recieve a txt message with any kind of attachment, I get "generic network failure" which Im sure is an easy fix requiring no less than 10 different threads to search through, and a bunch of bull**** that half the time does not work, so im not even going to bother messing with that.

sorry if I come across as pissed off, its because I am.. this **** is so aggrevating.

"just do this!"

"how do I do that?"

"use the search"

you end up searching on thread, which tells you that you need something else first, which you then have to search for.. find a thread regarding that, go off on a tangent trying to get that **** to work.. if you ever do get it to work you go back to the orignal problem, try that fix, finally, and it has some sort of ****ed up error or something./

"i get error xyz when I try this...???"

"if you get that error you need to install this to change this and that and then redo everything and it should work, well unless you dont have this. or that"

jesus christ.

EDIT: saw the new thread..

"5) Reboot your phone into CWR."

no idea what CWR is.. no clue... let me guess.. its easy..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dkl_uk:
Boom.

Same thing happened to me, but I found time to read a lot of crap and now i'm clued up on everything I need to be clued up on.

There is a thread under the NAND section of Android development for the HD2. It contains pretty much everything you need, minus common sense.

I'd recommend you go to it and read up on:

MAGLDR

Clockwork recovery

Flashing a NAND ROM

Unofficial nightly: Specifically the 14th Feb build which i'm pretty sure was the last stable release for the unofficial cyanogen ROM releases.

If you need more help just ask.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=929324
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
No, see thats the thing "reading up on"

on ****ing.. what? reading and searching brought me here!!!! you know how ****ing annoying it is to search and look for a thread about youre problem, finding it, and the end answer in the thread is to search? I feel like a rat on a wheel with this ****!!

Ive done enough to get the rom installed.

the only issue I have is the GPS, I KNOW.. all I need to do is edit GPS.conf and I will be set..

THAT IS ALL!! THAT IS ****ING ALL I NEED TO DO!

but.. BUT.. I cannot edit the file, apparently I do not, somehow have root access..

Ive tried es file explorer, root explorer.. all manner of other file explorers and **** too numerous to recount.

I tried Z4root or something to that effect, that seemed to have worked, said I had root access, but I still cannot edit the file.. and changes I make do not "stick" if I select, SAVE, then close the file and re-open it, it is changed back.

that's its.. that's my only problem.. I even got the stupid ass txt message thing fixed (apn settings)

I have searched and posted my goddamn ass off, what do I find? I find other people asking the same goddamn question and getting told the same goddamn non-answer "search" "read about this"

you know how ****ing absurd and retarded it is to try and search down the exact problem I am having?? Ive tried, and ive found it!! yep.. ive found other people's posts that they have the same or similar problem.. the answer they got? SEARCH!!! or "go read these threads" look up the threads and they are 50-60 pages long.. gimme a goddamn break..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] WarlockW:
Best rant I have ever seen!

Calm down its will be ok ..

Yes its hard .. And I hate the darn search too !

If you goto..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=953630

There is a batch file that will install it for you ..

IF you are in the USA!

Or I can make you one ..

Let me know ..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dkl_uk:
Do you have SuperUser installed? Also, what ROM are you using? I know some ROMs don't allow edit of system areas. You can root all you want, it just won't stick.

I know searching is hard, I use Google instead as the search results tend to push me back to this side but the actual thread I want, not many offshoot versions.

I don't believe gps.conf is going to fix your problem. I have tried 5 ROMs with no success. It's a driver issue i'm afraid. If i'm wrong and all you ever needed was the right gps.conf then good stuff.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
Tried it, returned an error saying the file was read only.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
Have you downloaded GPS Fix from the Market? Maybe you can give that a try.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dkl_uk:
You went into the AD Recovery option in MAGLDR, selected "install zip update", selected "search for zip", selected the new gps.conf zip file, and you were told the filesystem was read only?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
Read the quote in my post.

You went into the AD Recovery option in MAGLDR"

tried this, selecting AD Recovery then pressing the call button returns red text saying "no boot sources"
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
Yes, does not work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Here is something I havent seen asked, so pardon me when I ask this, couple of questions, and guaranteed, I will get you up and running.

1) What version of Magdlr are you running? You need to be running 1.1.3. If you are then

2) What version of CWR are you running, if any at all? The option 8 under magdlr only works if you flashed to the 1.3 version.

ClockWorkMod Recovery for HD2 - 1.3

Be warned flashing this new CWR will erase your current system, if you dont care, then go ahead and flash, if you do, then dont.

Ask any question, I'll answered as best as I can, But without much info I am limited.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zelu:
I use MDJ revolution v2.3 and still does not work on my gps :/
[Desire General] NoneSkillZ:
so there is something weird going on my phone

when i install apps on my phone it should automatically install them on the sd card

cuz i did that thing when i installed the rom with the app2sd

anyway

sometimes when i install apps it suddenly installs them on the internal memory of the phone and not the external which is the sd card

and i dont know why

so i tried to download app2sd manually and try to move them to the sd card

but its not letting me

and because i have only 10 mb free on the internal memory so i cant download anything and i cant get sms and more stuff

and ideas what to do???
[Desire General] Meaple:
App2sd uses some internal memory still for cache and stuff. App2sd doesn't mean everything to do with apps will go on your SD card, just means some of it will. If the apps arn't actually going onto the SD card then reinstall app2sd. Personally, app2sd is useless and causes more problems than solves them.
[Desire General] NoneSkillZ:
but if i delete the app2sd it wont change anything and those apps that still installed on the internal memory will still be there so what should i do??
[Desire General] Deeco7:
If you want applications to automatically install on your external storage (SD Card), why no try this: Click?
[Desire General] NoneSkillZ:
great man thx alot its working