yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -deuces-:
if u need legit directions and a fast lock....use BING! its just as fast at locking gps like wp7, while Bing gets the location right, google is still changing location and getting it wrong. (for me) even tho its not fancy turn by turn, it gets the job done.

oh yeah, also follow the instructions in op, worked to increase lock time, in google maps and bing.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] yslee:
I'm just curious at how changing the Network Time Protocol Server makes it work better? Is there some relationship between them and GPS satellites? I don't have an inkling of how they work, so thought I'd ask.

My GPS is somewhat erratic, but that could well be due to buildings etc in my area.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cabalist:
Hi Guys, small improvements here.

Today i saw my first 7 seconds hot lock! And with the same config i've been able to navigate with maps.

However it's still in some way buggy:

cold start with gps status: around 4/5 minutes.

closed and launched it again - 7 sec

closed and launched again - 10 sec

closed and launched again - >5 minutes.....?

closed and launched again - >3 minutes.... wth???

Unfortunately log does not help so i have to solve it by tests.

If i'll be able to let it work in a regular way i'll post the config.

Cheers.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chong81:
I'm no GPS expert, but this is what I understand:

NTP: Network Time Protocol - used by your device to sync its

time

(link: http://www.ntp.org/). NTP_SERVER needs to point to one of these servers (eg: europe.pool.ntp.org)

XTRA: Qualcomm's gpsOneXTRA Assistance technology used for speeding up

GPS fixes

(link: http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=gpsonextra). XTRA_SERVER_x needs to point to a xtra.bin file located on one of the XTRA servers (eg: xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin)

Synoptex's solution seems to confuse one for the other, and as far as I know, NTP and XTRA are not interchangeable.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] WarlockW:
Try this ..

NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org

XTRA_SERVER_1=0.north-america.pool.ntp.org

XTRA_SERVER_2=1.north-america.pool.ntp.org

XTRA_SERVER_3=2.north-america.pool.ntp.org

XTRA_SERVER_3=3.north-america.pool.ntp.org

SUPL_HOST=lbs.geo.t-mobile.com

SUPL_PORT=7275

Just got a lock in less then 30 secs - Cold Boot ( After Reboot of Phone )

Useing these settings .. best I have ever got :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wingnutt:
Root

I have GPS status and and so far have never (since installing android) obtained a GPS fix.

I downloaded faster fix but when I run it, it says: error, have root?

ive tried several times just setting it on the dash while driving around, never picks up even 1 sat.

EDIT

my gps.conf looks like this

NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org

XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin

SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com

SUPL_PORT=7276
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] djsolidsnake86:
gps status won't download fix from wifi here :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ilgimmy:
I agree with chong81, xtra are to download small bin files containing satellite extimate position.

NTP is just a time server.

The only way your proposal works better than before is that xtra.bin files you downloaded were totally wrong, so not using them you've a better behaviour.
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] fone_fanatic:
3 Options to install.

First step: Download "bootanimation.zip"

1. ADB

Navigate to the folder containing "bootanimation.zip" in terminal/command prompt.

Type the following

adb push bootanimation.zip /Data/Local

Then to test, set your device so display is in landscape (will not display properly if you have it on portrait and test it but will display fine either way on boot)

adb shell bootanimation

2. Root Explorer

Copy "bootanimation.zip" to your SD card

On your Streak open up Root Explorer (or any other app that allows you to copy paste to the internal memory)

Copy "bootanimation.zip" and paste it to /Data/Local

3. Terminal Emulator

thanks nickshertzer, his directions are for drop box but can easily be manipulated for simply copying the bootanimation.zip to your SDcard

Enjoy :D
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] chrisrotolo:
very nice, pure and simple but smooth..

request if you're up to it:

honeycomb honeybee android HD bootanimation...(maybe buzzing around!):rolleyes: = sweeeet!

thanks!
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] lufc:
Nice work will give it a try do you have any plans to add more to it
[Streak 5 Themes and Apps] marvin02:
Worked fine on DJ-Steve's 1.6.1. Simple but nice.

Edit: also works on baseband 318, with the perfmod.
[Nook Color General] starkruzr:
Really bad for me so far. Chews through the battery rapidly. You guys finding a good way to handle this?
[Captivate Android Development] connexion2005:
I'll be editing the param.lfs partitions for these builds to allow more than just i9000 based boot screen editing. However, I can not seem to find the PIT and PDA files for the i897 Froyo build or the i9010 build to suit the Armani based Andromeda users. Does anyone know where I can find these? Obviously the 1 Click 2.2 for i897 is everywhere but that doesn't help me for what I'm doing.

Currently I have the i9000 and 2.1 i897 builds working and I can cover all the builds to give this MODability to all users I just need the original files to extract and edit and then recompile.

Thanks in advance!
[Captivate Android Development] slifer315:
I897UCJJ4: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=824923

I9010XXJL1: http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9010.htm

I don't know if this is what you're looking for or if there's a .pit file in there, since I'm on my phone at the moment.
[Captivate Android Development] connexion2005:
Unfortunately that DG link is dead at the moment but it's probably what I would be looking for. I'll register at Samfirmware and let you know if atleast the i9010 is correct.
[Captivate Android Development] connexion2005:
Any other links guys? I searched for about 2-3 minutes so I'm being a bit lazy... :(
[Captivate Android Development] Mac11700:
PM sent

Mac
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
what exactly do you need, out of curiosity? the param.lfs or the PIT?

JJ4 did not contain a param.lfs and it uses the standard 512.pit

there is the (older) JI6 param.lfs in this link: http://www.multiupload.com/4N35DI3NIJ (thanks to supercurio for separating the one-click into usable bits) inside pda.tar

as for i9010, I cannot help you :/
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] lobocalifas:
GHey guys I found tex free app on the market new app free tex own num it's called (Texfree) it was only for iPhone now android it's great

here is the link http://www.pinger.com/content/android.html
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] shaurab:
what is it named
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] TheATHEiST:
Thats cool, I lost somthing the other day, then I found it.

The end.

Hope you found that interesting.
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] fatrix1:
It call textnow.
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] lobocalifas:
Texfree it's the name it's great
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] shaurab:
guy i think you guys need to try heywire for android, it is seriously some app and it can send txt through out the world
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Archer:
Or Kik or WhatsApp.

These things have been around for ages, and there's LOADS of them. I'm actually getting bored of developers doing the same apps over and over. Why re-invent the wheel when you can make something new instead?
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] lobocalifas:
I bet this will be diferent and im very sure the free call will come out in the nex months with this app just wait and u will see ! oh and it has worldwide free text !
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] jonny68:
I can recommend this text app for those on Irish mobile networks, especially good if you are outside Ireland,saves a fortune on roaming.:)

http://android-apps.com/applications/communication/irish-cabbage-lite/
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Archer:
So stuff you guess or don't know. Thanks :)

Like internet based text, which is exactly what you said in the 1st post and was then discussed by other people?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oxirane:
In my attempting to fix the "no free space" bug by ODINing to JFD I got an all black screen with a white phone icon followed by two dots, then an orange triangle with a ! inside, then 2 more dots and a white computer.

Edit: This is the screen: http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRn7aG-uYgD-7mPtxle3kd0vLWuAra5N5TVHcObscI5P9i4kJoO-g&t=1

Background info is:

-I tried Eugene's new Kernal, but had voodoo off.

-That rendered me a bootlooping softbrick.

-Tried Eugene's Froyo That Will Not Brick, followed by a Samsung ODIN release.... JPK I think.

-Got a stock, bootable system but that no memory glitch that prevented me from installing anything.

-Tried the Froyo that Will not Brick followed by JFD and re-partition

Now my phone is on aforementioned screen. Help? No warranty on this, I bought it 6 months ago off Craigslist.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csdalporto:
Just take battery out, go back into download mode and odin again
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oxirane:
How do I get it back into download mode? And anything in particular I need to Odin to?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrisg123x3:
Take out everything from phone plug in usb hold down vol up and down not power and put in battery you should be in dowload mode :)

Amd odin back to stock
[Epic 4G General] SantiMun:
I'm pretty content with my Epic so far. I've had it since November and have had no major issues with it and any I did have I was able to fix (no gps after flash, fixed thanks to Epic community, unresponsive screen orientation, fixed thanks to epic community again).

But I'm noticing a potential problem that I'm afraid no one here will be able to fix.

One of the minor gripes I have with my Epic is that whenever I press the top right button on my phone to either lock or unlock it, I ever so slightly apply some pressure with my fingers as if I wanted to push the screen up to slide out the keyboard. The amount of pressure my fingers are giving is minuscule but I'm already noticing that my phone no longer is as firm as it was 90 days ago.

This troubles me because I hardly ever use the keyboard, in fact, I only used it several times the first month to try out some emulators but gave up on it because the keyboard just isnt that great for it. My fear is that this phone is going to get as loose as the epics you find at the Sprint stores in less than a year!

Dont get me wrong, I dont expect the sliding mechanism to be strong forever, but I am pretty surprised that the phone is already feeling loose and I dont even use the physical keyboard :(

My question to you all is are any of you experiencing the same problem? How about those who use the keyboard frequently? Is there any way we can "re-tighten" whatever it is that is getting loose??
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
My phone is only 2months old and when the keyboard is shut and you look at it from the volume side I have a huge gap there. The slider is a little loose not to bad. My problem is just the gap issue. If I press on the left side of my screen you can literally see the left side of the screen go down due to that gap. I'm gonna be exchanging it soon I just don't feel like it cause my setup is finished and I just dont feel like doing it again.
[Epic 4G General] diego1985:
I notice the epic case set helps it from feeling as loose now.
[Epic 4G General] XtaC318:
You can backup your data to your pc..and when you get your new epic just throw it back in.
[Epic 4G General] averroe5:
It is what it is...

There are multiple causes for the screen wobble effect, and once it gets loose, much like a fine woman's _____, there's not much you can do to fix the situation. I've read on here how people have taken their epic's apart to try and tighten the slider but it's just not possible unless you send it back to samsung to have them do it. However, there are a few solutions insofar as mitigating one's "noticing" it on a daily basis. Both the Otterbox and Seidio Active X are nice cases and once they are attached, there is not really any screen wobble effect due to the way the cases fit. Although, what most people don't realize is that most of the cheap cases that are available for the epic (including the ones at the sprint store and the non-platinum series cases at best buy) are actually to blame for creating the gap between the screen and keyboard in the first place. The way that they clip on to the phone is not very well thought out like on the more expensive cases and the clips sometimes overlap and are simply thicker than they need to be on most of the cheapo cases. I learned this the hard way with my first epic and when I figured it out it was still within the 30 day trial period Sprint gives you with their phones. So i took it back under "false pretenses" and told bestbuy that the earphone speaker quality was ****ty compared to my "friends" Epic and that i wanted to get a different Epic. I've been very careful about which cases I use on my phone from that point on. The Seidio innocase and active x, platinum series, and otterbox cases are all the ones i know for sure that won't cause a "gaping" effect on your phone. All the ones at the sprint store have a negative impact and even the otterbox does just a tad, mainly due to the side clips on the top bezel that clipon by the top row of numbers on the keyboard.

anyways, that's my 2cents
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flxdms:
Hello xda!

Lately my phone has been acting real crazy. I've been on Cognition rom for about a month and I never experienced any issue. However, after flashing SpeedMod k12t, my phone kept freezing while on sleep after 1-2 hours of use. I decided to reflash firebird 2 to make sure it wasn't the new kernel, but my phone recently froze in screen off. I am now sure this has nothing to do with a specific kernel. I have been trying to figure out what's wrong with my phone. I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with my modem either, since I have been using jk4 for about a week or three and this issue never came up until now.

All I'm really thinking of would be my setcpu settings. I recently started to use profiles with the following settings :

Screen off : 200-200 performance (now 400)

Charging : 1000

Battery < 101% : 800 - 1000 conservative

Battery < 39% : 400 - 800

I am thinking the screen off settings are causing all of this trouble. I only started using these a day or two before all of this started. Back then I was testing out a couple different kernel (suckerpunch, gb's kernel, firebird, speedmod). I had a rather poor uptime with suckerpunch because it took a while for me to find the correct settings, and when I did, I remember getting a sleep death that I blamed on the kernel because of the history of charge death it had back then.

Also, my original kernel was firebird and my phone was quite stable during the 3 weeks I've used it. I'm leaving the possibility of a bad kernel away because of this.

So here's my question, xda : What's up with my phone? Is reflashing back to stock and back to Cognition the only possible fix for this? Could me flashing kernels without disabling voodoo be the cause of all of this? Could disabling voodoo and reflashing the kernel fix this? Can set cpu be the cause of all of my trouble (i disabled it for now).

Thanks,
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dupontrocks11:
I have the same exact problem and it drives me insane. I have no solution for it except if your last 4 IMEI numbers (under your battery) are below 6000. Mine is 8355 so i dont know.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flxdms:
The last four numbers under my battery are 6, 5, 5, and 9. 6559. This only started a day or two ago. I've only had this phone for a month. So far the problem seems gone, but I've noticed my battery went from 67% to 80 after rebooting my phone to check the numbers under my battery. I recently wiped my battery stats though.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dupontrocks11:
I've only had my phone for about a month too, so i don't know any more than you do. The only thing different for me is the shutdowns were already happening, and the the ROM I flashed just increased it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmason92:
Yeah, my phone also seems to freeze when alseep but only if its charging. Sometimes if i disconnect it, it will freeze or if i get a phone call while its charging.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djlin:
My Captivate had sleep death (randomly) and charge death on some ROMs. After flashing several combinations of ROM/kernel/modem, it seems ok now. I think I will keep on finding a better combination.

SetCPU has some issue with OC/UV kernel on my Captivate, so if you have the same problem try to disable SetCPU first and see if the problem goes away.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuckdl89:
I was wondering do you have flash the radios too everytime you flash a different rom or will the rom work without flashing the radios everytime you change roms.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheShadow1:
The radios will stay the same once you flash them.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klquicksall:
Most Roms come with the radios as part of the package.

The EVO you wish you had
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolishesh:
+1. Once you up to date with Sprint latest firmware and radios, you all done
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flopez76:
Ok, well I recently activated my Epic after switching to an Evo to test it out. (didn't like it) But after I went through the process of activating it with a Sprint rep on the Chat line, now my 3g won't connect, like the 3g symbol doesn't even pop up, but my 4g connects without a problem. Any ideas why this could have happened?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
What happens if you try to update your profile or prl?

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flopez76:
Wow! Thank you so much! It worked, ha I feel pretty dumb now.

But anyways the Sprint rep told me there was an outage on the 3g network, and then another one told me that they stopped using 3g and switched to 4g lol
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Yeah I wish they stopped 3G for 4g. Glad it worked for u bro.
[General Questions and Answers] deer86:
Hello All,

I am new to the forum. And the more I read on this forum and others re: rooting, the less I feel I understand. I'm decent on computers but tech speak (as I call it) somewhat eludes me. I posted this on another forum and no one has really answered my questions. Hopefully you all can give me succinct and simple answers/advice.

I have a G2 that I adore. The only thing I hate is the bloatware that came on it. I want to get rid of the crap. In searching methods to do so I learned about rooting. So now I am on the fence as to whether or not I want to root or not.

I have heard that someone people experience better performance when they root, but not many go into specifics on what kind of enhanced performance they noticed (eg. internet speed, call clarity, battery life, etc.). If I could get rid of the bloatware, get faster performance (especially when web browsing), and other benefits I wouldn't mind figuring out how to root. What kind of benefits do you notice with rooting? Is it worth rooting since it has been announced that a new version (gingerbread) is supposed to be coming out soon, or is this new version not that much of a big deal?

Is there a program or app (hopefully in the market) that will root for me? If so can it also unroot and bring me back to my original state? Is rooting that easy?

Also what is a ROM, and what does it mean to flash? I semi understand what this is. I'm not confident in my understanding of it though. I understand it to be a file or app that can alter phone settings once rooted. I do think the actual meaning and purpose of ROMs go deeper than that, but a little clarity would be helpful.

Lastly, what does clocking out mean? I have seen a few charts, and people throwing out numbers and saying they are impressive but no one describes what clocking out means. It seem to be something involving speed, but speed in what aspect (eg. web browsing?).

I have never rooted a phone before, but I am willing to try it out if the rewards and enhancements are that much greater. And I also like to tinker with and fully utilize and understand my favorite gadgets from time to time.
[General Questions and Answers] bunu:
Android is a Linux OS. Having root access is like having admin access in Windows. You can modify the system in any way you want. You can do temp root on the G2 but with temp root, all the bloatware you have will come back after a reboot (to my understanding, please correct me if I'm wrong.)

There are plenty of guides to doing a full complete root. It includes flashing an HBOOT (the screen you get when you turn the phone on by pressing the back arrow) and that can brick your phone if done wrong. READ! READ! READ!

Flashing a ROM is like installing an OS on a computer. There are plenty of Fro-Yo (2.2 ROMS) Fro-Yo with HTC Sense on top or even Gingerbread ROMs (like CyanogenMod 7 nightlies.) You can install any of them but make sure the ROM comes from the G2 section of the forum to avoid any problems.

In my experience, Custom ROMs are MUCH faster than stock. All those extra things that they tweak/add really makes a difference. I rooted two android phones before and Custom ROMs always make the phone much more enjoyable.

Overclocking or clocking is setting the speed of the CPU. Every phone (even if they are the same phone) has a slight difference in the CPU. Some can clock higher than others and remain stable. Overclocking helps in CPU intensive apps like web browsing, and games. It makes the experience much smoother. The side effect is decreased battery life (since you are over clocking past the factory settings).

This is all I can explain to you. Hope someone else who is more experienced in Android helps you.
[General Questions and Answers] deer86:
Thank you so much! A lot of what you said just helped make everything I have been reading make a little more sense. Thank you soo much! Here is another question what is S-Off? I have seen it in a ton of places now since researching further into rooting.
[General Questions and Answers] sOt0nGx:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=789498
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drcrappants:
Let's see if we all share some common apps. If you are listing games, separate into two categories for readability

So far I have the main modding ones, such as:

Titanium

Astro

Rom Manager

Superuser permission

Stuff that I got so far:

Yelp

XDA

AdFree

App Brain

Going to keep looking for cool/useful apps.

What apps are you using?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
Xxxpornxxx

And

Xvidx are my favs.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bb4ninja:
Apps:

Google Reader'

Pandora

Mp3 Music Download

GasBuddy

JeFit

Yellowbook
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Five0nIt:
Dropbox
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreggoryD502:
I really like mma torch. Keeps me.up with the latest from the mma world. Also updates during ppv to give fight results.

Powered by Axura with a dash of Voodoo
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsteverrx:
my phone has been running extremely slowly lately... i'm running evileris 4.0 atm but this was happening with all the roms i used. games that my phone was running quite well are all super slow nowadays. my phone is overclocked to 760 (setcpu) and i'm using a cache wipe app and its still super slow. any tips on making it faster??
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moos3y:
EvilEris v4.0 is a 2.1 Android, I suggest to trying one of the 2.2 Android ROMs

2.2 has definite increase in speed, performance, and battery life!

However, if you like to stick with an "HTC Sense" feel possibly try one of the other 2.1 ROMs such as xTrSense.

If all else fails you can definitely try re-flashing Evil Eris to get a new fresh start at it again