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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
* GPS Aids 2.0

> Current NTP server in use.

> Current LTO file age.

> Reset XTRA data.

> Inject NTP time.

> Download XTRA data.

> Download LTO (ROOT).

> Reset LTO (ROOT).

* GPS Doctor (Donate version ONLY)

> Regenerate GPS data folder.

> Check and set recommended values for GPS.

* Codes/Tools (Some features in Donate version ONLY)

> Mount RO/RW.

> Reboot.

> Reboot into Recovery Mode.

> Reboot into Download Mode.

> Show IMEI number.

> Show PDA, PHONE and CSC versions.

> GPS Test.

> Testing Mode.

> Stats and Information.

> Hard reset.

> Factory data reset.

Choose yourself :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] eitama:
Sorry to bring this up again, I don't care how the application is called ;)

but just so you know, There is no "aids" or Plural Aid, because Aid is not something you can measure.

You cannot ask a friend for "2 aid", same as you cannot request 15 sugar.

You can request him to Aid you for 2 minutes, and request 15 Grams of sugar, you don't say Sugars do you?

So if you want to know the best term, i'd say it is "GPS Aid".

Good Luck :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Maybe exceptions can made. GPS Aids it's correct. I'm flight student, and I use radio aids and navigation aids all time.

http://www.icao.int/icao/en/anb/aga/ (ICAO cannot be wrong).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_navigation#Navigation_aids

Regards..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Steven_nl:
Am i the only one who feels its a bit annoying that the program switchess on wifi all by itself when downloading xtra doesn't work? Maybe this could be an option?

Greets

Steven
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jasahu:
Good, an option would be welcome to not give an error message when GPS is off.

Fortunately, with the help of Tasker app I could solve it by now to have GPS temporarily on for 5 minutes when booting so i can live without it :D

I understand, my point was that the app should quit (kill itself) after successful refresh after reboot

For people like me who shut down the phone during sleep time and start it up next morning (=reboot every day) would be the simple and perfect solution because I want total automation of LTO refresh without worrying about

- having GPS on

- using memory unnecessarily

In 4 of out 5 checks I found 2+ MBs for me as well, but once I found 6+ Mbs!

And another thing:

I recommend an option to turn off notification of sucessful refresh.

For me it would be perfect to get notification only when something goes wrong and LTO could not be refreshed.

I bet a lot of others would welcome it too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] diN0pt:
Portuguese translation 100% done :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Arkanius:
Despite it not working in CM7, I still found it useful for changing my NTP server :)

Also, I think I used this app before on the Samsung stock roms. The aim of the application is to improve the lock speed, not the accuracy of such lock right?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Will.1:
Just translated and looked over a bunch of things in French.

Will download it and look into it :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] schiphol:
I disagree. There is a plural form of the noun 'aid' and its aids.

You never heard of e.g. 'teaching aids' (books etc). This app aids (verb) GPS in VARIOUS WAYS i.e. 'there are multiple GPS aid.... included in the app', hence the author called it gps AIDS. I guess you can now fill out the correct letter in the dotted area :) Ok I don't necessarily care for that name spelled in caps either but the dev is from spain, I don't know what they like up there.

EDIT: the latest version is not working on stock JVK. Anyone experiencing the same?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Next version include the option.

Next version will include this option.

I will not use kill command, so it is not an option.

Next version will include this option.

Thank you!

Next version will work with CM7. But I was wasting a lot of time to solve it with my testers. So.. before CM7 will be stable no more compatibility tricks :P about accuracy (he he)...

Thank you!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Adevem:
hey, I should be online tonight, 14 hours plus from now. just a heads up!

which means about 0000 here in singapore (+8 gmt)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] boyan64:
Very good application.

I have a question:

How often I must download LTO file or XTRA data?

Almost always I receive info that native method to download XTRA data has failed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Steven_nl:
Hey thanks Ondoteam!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jbnitro:
French translation 100% done :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
LTO Download issue and questions

Hi,

i always have to download the LTO file twice?!

After first download an error message is shown saying download failed, then the su rights message pops up. On second download everything is fine, from download speed i assume nothing is downloaded, but taken from cache!

Is it possible that the app should first ask for su rights, then download and install the LTO file? Anybody else who has this "issue"?

Nativ XTRA download feature not working btw - can anyone explain the possible issue with this feature or point me to an explanation - many thanks!

Another topic is the "Hard reset" and "Factory data reset" option in secret codes section.

Is there a confirmation message shown, or will the action be applied immediately? I do not want to test, but fear i might press them by accident one day (therefore i do not really like them anyway).

Overall the only tool that really helps to bypass the GPS issue!

Many thanks for that!

EDIT: I am on the latest Donate version 2.x - and still sometimes get the nag screen although turned the message off in the options!

Cheers

Alex
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Falloutboy2000:
first of all, thanks for the app, its very useful.

but one suggestion.

many people ask how to use and which option they should use.

they dont know what lto or native is. its too technically for standard users.

how about to bring up just 1 buttons with "fix gps" and maybe an information status.

the app should do everything in backgroung and check which method is best for the device.

or u can add an normal and expert mode with more options.

dont know if its possible but i think people would appreciate it.

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
hehehe phrase must be... JVK not working with GPS Aids. Try to reboot with WiFi OFF or use GPS Doctor.

Yeah it is fixed. I'm waiting for translator to upload the new version.

I will take it in mind :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Joshuax8:
dutch translation is done! :D

nederlandse vertaling is klaar! :p;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Steven_nl:
GReat update! seems to wotk on 2.3.3 as well

anyone else feel GPS is less accurate with Gingerbread?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Check the version at Market and tell me something! Thank you for you time!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
¿Who have and SGS and other not Samsung device powered by Android? I need some testers...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Adevem:
no problem! thank you too, seems to be working now!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Steven_nl:
I installed 2.3.3 last night.

I have the impression GPS is really inaccurate (100 metres with several sats in sight)

Am I the only one with this problem?

Update of GPS Aids looks great by the way!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] boyan64:
Any answer, please?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
If XTRA is not working for you try to use GPS Doctor (Donate version only). By the way, if LTO download is working, you don't need XTRA.

And time to refresh... is one week as maximum period.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] boyan64:
Thanks. I have no problem with LTO downloading.

I will send you my donation, because this really works on SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
@boyan64 thank you so much! I hope that the market tweak work for you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] boyan64:
Ondoteam, I send you back 1,5 EUR as donation. Do not refund. Take it you deserve .

I will try with market enabler maybe in future. For now your free app works also good. Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
Hi,

Firstly thanks for the update in Market, LTO Download is now working perfectly!

I still have some questions:

1. How often is the app checking the license?

I use the donate version and ticked the option in settings, still sometimes - just now - the license is checked at program start.

2. What are possible reasons for native option of XTRA download not working?

Just out of curiosity ;)

3. Is there a confirmation message for secret codes "hard reset" & "factory data reset"?

It may be dangerous to try - or hit by accident - if the action is triggered without safety net ;)

4. What is the "doctor" doing? What data get's deleted, restored?

I tested it, and it took me some time to get GPS working at all again ;)

Native option is now not possible at all any more, but wasn't working anyway.

Thanks for your answers - and thanks for this very useful tool - will give 5* now!

BTW, i did some tests yesterday with deleting LTO file and GPS data from test menu and the only way to get a first fix afterwards was using "network assisted" mode. After ~80 seconds i got a fix (indoors), afterwards the fix was much faster (in GPS performance test and also GPS Status), in data/gps i found the gps data again.

Difference to using a lto file was, that only 3-4 satellites where used, and not 6-8 indoor, and up to 12 outdoor. Maybe the gps data did only cover a fraction of details? Mmmmh?!? I wish i would understand this better :-)

Cheers

Alexander
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
At Market discretion. Normally on updates, cached data expired, ...

Bad skills of samsung developers. GPS Mode, previous fix related to the driver, and a lot more variables.

There is :D

Regenerate the GPS data folder.

wow..

english reply: use STANDALONE MODE ever.

spanish reply: A ver si me explico. Bajar la ayuda al GPS utilizando el método nativo (XTRA) o el forzado (LTO) al fin y al cabo es exactamente lo mismo, si hablamos del número final de satélites a la vista. La diferencia entre ambos métodos es que el fichero XTRA.bin es inyectado directamente en el chip GPS en un formato legible para este. En cambio, el fichero LTO tiene que ser detectado, leído y transformado por el GPS, por eso los satélites tardan algo más en aparecer a la vista (entre 5 y 30 segundos). He intentado utilizar palabras simples... espero que la traducción no sea una completa locura.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
Thanks ondoteam,

the translation with google and my - very limited - knowledge of spanish language combined gave an acceptable result ;-)

I will check the STANDALONE mode again in more detail, but so far it looks like only LTO download is a solution for the issue.

EDIT: OK, all my previous test were garbage ;)

With STANDALONE mode test seem to work better, will do more tests :-)

EDIT 2: OMG - i think i do not need GPS Aids anymore ;-)

Everything working perfectly now - what have i tested before, i get crazy!

> 4. What is the "doctor" doing? What data get's deleted, restored?

> Regenerate the GPS data folder.

You are talking about /data/gps only, or any other changes?

Cheers

Alex
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
Hi,

enough edits, i will now reply to myself ;-) No, not really.

As i said earlier, after setting STANDALONE mode in LBSTestMode submenus everything runs fine now.

I just have some more feedback about your app (since i run it in german i am not sure about all texts/labels):

In "doctor" menu the current mode is not shown, it only says it recommends STANDALONE. This reminds me of a test i did yesterday when i tried to set the mode via the button below to STANDALONE which did not work.

And maybe confused me - so i did not test it again ;)

Tried again, still not working (not showing current mode, not changing setting from "MS Based" to "STANDALONE").

The German NTP server works very well, so maybe you can add this address to the list of NTP servers: de.pool.ntp.org

I will now take a look at the translation web site to check the german translation which should be improved i think.

Cheers

Alex
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Tested and working. As I told you, if you made changes with GPS Doctor it will not be visible at LBS Test due to as soon as you enter in LBS Test it revert to previous state. Please upload a screenshot of your Doctor windows :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Double post!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
Hola,

i did test the GPS doctor again.

1. set "OPERATION MODE" = "MS BASED" mode in LBSTestMode

2. turn off WiFi and GPS, then reboot device (just in case)

3. check secgps.conf in /data/gps

-> "OPERATION MODE" = "MS BASED" is really set

4. set recommended setting for "OPERATION MODE" in GPS doctor

5. check secgps.conf in /data/gps again

-> "OPERATION MODE" = "MS BASED" is still set

Screen shown in GPS doctor is the same before or after any "change".

Please check attached screenshot and secgps.conf - added .txt to make it a valid attachement ;)

I will switch back to STANDALONE, any other comments about my settings in the .conf file - anybody?

Cheers

Alex
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
German Translation Improvement

Again me!

I nearly finished the German translation improvement.

Just wonder about the semantics for "hard reset" and "factory data reset".

Which one is the "wipe" and which the "wipe/data factory reset"?

Maybe best if you give me the short codes, so i can double check - thanks!

I will now check all text again to see if it fits into the buttons, might have to shorten some text again ;)

Cheers

Alex
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
I just check if GPS Doctor show me the current value of OPERATION_MODE using your secgps.conf and all went fine. I cannot figure out why is not working for you. I will check the code two times.

All context has been updated :) thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
DONE! German translation should be quite good now.

After the next update that includes some (or all) of the new translations i will check again if something needs to be optimized, e.g. too large text in buttons or invisible headers, explanations, etc.. Send me a PM, in case i do not actively start the review :D

Cheers

Alex

P.S.: Thanks for checking your code again - mysteries remain :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Please tell me what permission do you setted into gps folder under /data/ and in secgps.conf :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
Hi,

i did not set anything, but the setting for secgps.conf was "rw-------".

When changed to "rw-rw-rw" for a test, everything works in GPS doctor,

permissions are set to "rwxrwxr-x" afterwards.

Thanks for this simple but important hint, hope you did not investigate to long ;)

Cheers

Alex
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Perfect! I will add a permission check in next version. Regards :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] betoNL:
Are you sure it's compatible with Gingerbread?

Are you sure the brute force method won't mess things up in Gingerbread?

And....Lto and Xtra data are the same thing...why the app UI gives the impression they are 2 different things?

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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
It is working on 2.3.x devices (not mine because I'm on 2.2.1 due to 2.3.x is unstable)... so I'm sure. And XTRA.bin and lto.dat isn't the same thing.

XTRA.bin is an image that can be injected into the GPS chip.

lto.dat is a file that Android read and process to help the GPS.

So I think that XTRA.bin is managed by the GPS and lto by Android.

EDIT: I cannot upload new versions to the market due to Market publish page is KO since friday.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Steven_nl:
I'm curious about this as well. I like GPS Aids and it worked well on Froyo, but I wou;dn't want to mess things up in GB. I have trouble with GPS accuracy in Gingerbread.

I'm not an expert though so I have to rely on you guys)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
Probably you should first backup your /data/gps folder (then you can easily recover your data in case of an issue).
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
German translation & app test

Hi,

i updated the German translation and tested the application again.

Added translations for the new phrases and changed LTO file (LTO-Datei) to LTO data (LTO-Daten) to ensure consistency throughout the application.

EFS backup was not working in test, or at least the error message was shown ;-)

- What do you try to backup (e.g. whole efs folder)?

- Any tools needed (e.g. gzip)?

- Write location (e.g. /sdcard/x.gz or /mnt/sdcard/x.gz)?

- What permissions are needed?

XTRA data download not working today, was working with previous version - strange thingy this GPS :-)

EDIT: Shortened some translations that did not fit in available space on screen!

Cheers

Alex
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
EFS Folder.

it use busybox tar

SD Card root

Superuser..

No changes in the download XTRA code.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
Hi,

i failed to multi-quote therefore i use ">>"

>> busybox tar

Maybe a busybox issue?

I have busybox v1.17.2 as default, and using it this way

/ $ su

# ash

/ # cd /sdcard

/mnt/sdcard # busybox tar -c -f test.tar /efs

tar: removing leading '/' from member names

creates a tar file test.tar with the complete efs folder.

>> Superuser..

Sorry - i meant file permissions ;)

>> No changes in the download XTRA code.

After regenerating with GPS doctor it's working again (using supl.vodafone.com).

Cheers

Alexander
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] kmetek:
dude make it for samsung ace and htc desire....and i'll donate you 5€.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Hello there! I'm working on a new feature. It will be something like GPS Test or GPS Status. I accept suggestions :) for now don't expect updates, I will try to finish as soon as possible but I'm busy!

Translators will see a lot of new updates, because I will upload new string daily to avoid overloads :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] betoNL:
1)If you add something like satellite viewing (in view and in use)like the Gps Status have that will make your app even more famous...so users can immediatly see those satellitess popping up and getting locked...

2) The native method is working good with Gingerbread JVK ( I am using Ramad's deodexed + CF Kernel 2.9) but I have some doubts about the forced method:

last time I tested the brute force method it messed things up in JVK so I wont be testing it anymore, since I dont really need it, I just like to test things for fun...

Force brute should not be needed, since Gps Status app is always and have been always doing the "native " thing smoothly both in Froyo and Gingerbread...

3) Be aware with the translations: I saw many mistakes in the older versions in the Dutch and Portuguese languages.

On the latest version, the Dutch translation is good, but the Portuguese one have mista akes..for instance "Reset Xtra" is translated as "Repôr Xtra" and that should be "Zerar" Äpagar" or "Deletar" but not "repôr" that means more like "replace".

What I mean is that perhaps that's a good idea to translate to so many languages, but you cannot possibly control the quality of those translations...

I see many professional translators making mistakes (When I was working as a translator, I was doing mostly corrections/reviews), so you can imagine how tricky this can be...

Unless you dont mind....

My 2 cents

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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
It is needed, due to some users don't have mobile connection. By the way every GPS software can download XTRA data automatically (Android do the thing) but not on demand (for example before the expiration data). Yeah GPS Status do it, but you don't know if it is really downloaded or not if you don't check it manually. Samsung have a very bad implementation. I'm doing test with a HTC phone and.. really no pain like with samsung.

I cannot do anything about that, I only speak spanish, some english, c, vb, java, php and some asp. But I will try to add a menu to select the language that you want to use.

Regards :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Hello! Basic it's done.. so everybody can tell me now what want to view in the main window... like time to first fix, number of sats on view, number of sats fixed, etc..

Regards..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Tyxerakias:
Also the strength of the sat signal would be nice ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
You mean the SNR? Like the bars but with numbers values?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Tyxerakias:
Yes, sorry, I meant the SNR. Take a look at GPS Test, you'll see what I mean.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AlexAlien1966:
Looks promising already!

List of features (without preference order):

- Satellites (visible & used)

- Details about satellites (SNR, number, position, whatever else)

- Time to first fix, last fix (or fix age)

- Position (Longitude, Latitude)

- GPS Bearing

- Location time

- Altitude

- Accuracy/Error (in meters)

BTW, i like Ulysse Gizmos UI :-)

Cheers

Alexander
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] alelas:
I really would like to see DOP values, too, like in gps status app.And btw, I assume 5 meters accuracy values divisions is to do with Samsung drivers, so nothing can be done about it, right? In HTC you can see 8m, 3m accuracy...but SGS only 5-10-15.....

Swyped from another GALAXY
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Copied, but Ulysse Gizmos have a lot of images. I will do everything with canvas so it will be more simple. It is due to the app weight is 800K due to translations and I don't want to go big. Maybe in the future I'll do a separated app more beauty.

getAccuracy() is a system thing. But maybe I can try to do something with NMEA. But in the future.. for now I will use getAccuracy() :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] betoNL:
Wow...I completely forgot about Ulysse Gizmos which I used to use before I got me my first Android device (sgs)

Thanks for reminding me..

Such a complete and well written free app, isn't it ?

Tks.again

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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] betoNL:
I take my sgs and wife's HTC DHD, I go outside, start Gps Status app. and the HTC is giving me sometimes 3 meters accuracy with LESS satellites and LOWER Snr values than the sgs....

Sounds pretty UNRELIABLE right ? Because it is....

Not even my standalone gps devices with more capable gps chipsets are giving me 3 meter accuracy

Fluctuation between 5 and 10 meters are pretty much standard

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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] :
Yeah.. accuracy is a non "truth" value.. in all devices. I say that due to I was checking the Android code to calculate it.. and LOL it is getting values from other non "truth" value. So..

"non truth" in spanish is "ficticio y no tangible"
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] betoNL:
Right on !

Not "tangible" is a nice description for many things around domestic GPS

So many calculations involved and technology in order to deal with all kind of environmental conditions....

But Android is really exagerating the "ficticio" part in many situations and the phone manufacturers sometimes make things even worse (ALSO HTC).

But on the other hand I can do things in Android that I could never do with Symbian and WM devices

Mocking almost any gps navigation app to use an external bluetooth gps receiver..

¿también tienes uno? ;)

.....
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] duffymm:
request

can you add italian ntp server ?

it.pool.ntp.org

thx
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ares201:
hi, I downloaded the free version 2 days ago, the app il almost perfect :) but I can download xtra only by wifi, the normal internet connection (3g or h) doesn't work.. is it normal or i'm blind and I can't see some options?

my italian galaxy s is branded tim, with stock 2.2.1 rom

thanks in advance