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Root CyanogenMod 7 Unofficial Beta 5 02/20/12

what if you copy the original gps config files? would that help gps to lock fast?

where are these files located and ill try. i have a stock backup from cwm


i tryed it tonight outside and with gps test it locked 8sats right away, And just to know if the gps icon is blinking it dosent mean it doesnt have a fix! just a low fix.


at 5 sats fixed mine was still blinking but gmaps and gps test had my location
when it locked onto 8 sats is when the icon quit blinking.

Does everyones calendar work properly? I neeeed mine back..

Calender works just fine and syncs with google just fine. did u installed the gapps package from page 1?

as to the sound playing on the speaker all the time, I don't have that issue. mine is the toggle mute deal and the other callers being able to hear themselves talk. i use speaker alot sometimes so this kinda bums me out. other than that i have not really found any major issues. the home back and search keys are not haptic anymore but I've got used to that already. I did notice and could be an issue is the screen not locking on calls like it did in 2.2?


recap

1. Speakerphone/Bluetooth switching to these from a active call mutes the mic. have to press mute 2 times to unmute

2. Speakerphone has no echo cancellation? callers hear themselves talking

3. No haptic feedback from hard keys (menu home back search)

4. Lock for in a call like 2.2 where we had to push the power button in a call
myLock utilities has a in-call lock screen haven't tested it yet

im sure there is more, If people could list them like i have above we can test them and give feed back

And as always THANK YOU to hroark13 and whoever else helped us get this.

Question for hroark13: since we now have the source code from samsung does it include a kernel .config ( i know nothing about phone rom cooking just linux) to specify hardware and options for our phones..

feature request: i know the wireless driver for our phone is called softtap and the people over at wireless-tether are working on getting AP mode to work. but my issue is AP will work. but not allow data down from the 3g network.
 
where are these files located and ill try. i have a stock backup from cwm


i tryed it tonight outside and with gps test it locked 8sats right away, And just to know if the gps icon is blinking it dosent mean it doesnt have a fix! just a low fix.


at 5 sats fixed mine was still blinking but gmaps and gps test had my location
when it locked onto 8 sats is when the icon quit blinking.



Calender works just fine and syncs with google just fine. did u installed the gapps package from page 1?

as to the sound playing on the speaker all the time, I don't have that issue. mine is the toggle mute deal and the other callers being able to hear themselves talk. i use speaker alot sometimes so this kinda bums me out. other than that i have not really found any major issues. the home back and search keys are not haptic anymore but I've got used to that already. I did notice and could be an issue is the screen not locking on calls like it did in 2.2?


recap

1. Speakerphone/Bluetooth switching to these from a active call mutes the mic. have to press mute 2 times to unmute

2. Speakerphone has no echo cancellation? callers hear themselves talking

3. No haptic feedback from hard keys (menu home back search)

4. Lock for in a call like 2.2 where we had to push the power button in a call
myLock utilities has a in-call lock screen haven't tested it yet

im sure there is more, If people could list them like i have above we can test them and give feed back

And as always THANK YOU to hroark13 and whoever else helped us get this.

Question for hroark13: since we now have the source code from samsung does it include a kernel .config ( i know nothing about phone rom cooking just linux) to specify hardware and options for our phones..

feature request: i know the wireless driver for our phone is called softtap and the people over at wireless-tether are working on getting AP mode to work. but my issue is AP will work. but not allow data down from the 3g network.

Yeah the gapp fix was installed, I honestly didnt think about installing it again..


After reading about everyone elses problem with the speaker phone, I have found a flaw myself... On a regular call, it works fine.. Once I press the speakerphone button, the microphone cuts off.. My caller isnt able to hear me at all.. Any ideas guys?
 
where are these files located and ill try. i have a stock backup from cwm


i tryed it tonight outside and with gps test it locked 8sats right away, And just to know if the gps icon is blinking it dosent mean it doesnt have a fix! just a low fix.


at 5 sats fixed mine was still blinking but gmaps and gps test had my location
when it locked onto 8 sats is when the icon quit blinking.

they are in the system folder.it could either be the gps conf files or the libgps files.
 
Yeah the gapp fix was installed, I honestly didnt think about installing it again..


After reading about everyone elses problem with the speaker phone, I have found a flaw myself... On a regular call, it works fine.. Once I press the speakerphone button, the microphone cuts off.. My caller isnt able to hear me at all.. Any ideas guys?

read my post..


to fix after u enable the speaker

hit the mute icon 2 times. it will light green and then off again and it will work
tell me if ur callers are hearing thierselfs


u will also do that if u connect a BT headset mid call.
 
I can get this mod working fine, but everytime I install A2SD Gapps dissapears. When I try to reinstall it I can never access the Market. I can see the stuff is installed but I can't access any of the apps. I've tried several methods, install Gapps first then A2SD. I've tried doing it also the other way around and that didn't work.

Not sure what to do any ideas would be great!
 
Sendoid - system.rar from 2.2 stock rom that was rooted



should work for the next few hours. THIS IS A STOCK ROM/rooted system backup

i hope theres nothing personal in there lol its just the system lol
Your question about the screen locking during calls is fairly simple, though not the answer you want im sure.

Most phones are going to have a proximity sensor that tells the phone you are putting it to your head this one does not.
The solution is to hit the power button to kill the screen just as you are putting it up to your face. then hit the power button when you pull it back away.:D
 
I personally prefer the screen not locking every 5 secs from the froyo roms. It was annoying while checking the voicemail that the screen would lock before you could even type in your PIN. Or if you have to call a business and deal with their menus..basically had to press power between each number option(that was nerve wrecking). I guess since I don't move around alot while holding my phone and the fact that the screen now just goes to sleep is fine. For some reason even with the stock rom after pressing the power button to unlock sometimes my screen would just not work. I literally would have to pull the battery out to have my phone working again. Screen would still bug out occasionally with Shabby and CTMod, but it no longer exists with CM7(due to no screen auto-lock). The only reason I even bought a bluetooth headset was to avoid this issue. This is definitely much more convenient and less of an hassle for me.
 
ok just tried the GPS in doors and its working within 30-45 secs indoors so maybe it was just slow......

also I have the apk of Telenav if anyone wants it. I installed it and it works good and has a nicer voice.
 
Just a question did anyone elses stock froyo android keyboard show back up?? its
not even in my text input list and im using it lol.. nothing to serious i guess...
 
who wants to try it and tell me if it gps works? gps hotfix.zip
make sure you back up before you try it. post results.

i tried both. the best thing is to use gps test and watch how fast it acquires lock.

im currenty useing ur hotfix and being inside of the house it still locks under a min.


ill test more tommorow out side. but no change inside ( i might get lost going to the fridge lol) currently jaming out to pandora on a jaybird bt stereo headset FTW!
 
who wants to try it and tell me if it gps works? gps hotfix.zip
make sure you back up before you try it. post results.


I am still having GPS problems. Tried the hot fix and still getting the same results. 8 Stats but no lock.

update: downloaded GPS fix from market. It took about 10mins to lock the first time.
I then turned GPS off and rebooted the phone. Started the GPS status app and it took 22 secs to lock. I will test tomorrow while I am at work to see if it is fixed.
 
Is it just me that DTA2SD is showing the wrong partition size to? If anyone else does have this issue, do you know if it is only a graphical error and my partition/app storage space is fine?

This is the only real issue I have had so far, everything else is running smoothly.[/QUOte

Yeah, getting dta2sd was a bear to get it to acknowledge the partition that i made but, after many re-tries i got it! Keep messing with it!:D
 
I am still having GPS problems. Tried the hot fix and still getting the same results. 8 Stats but no lock.

update: downloaded GPS fix from market. It took about 10mins to lock the first time.
I then turned GPS off and rebooted the phone. Started the GPS status app and it took 22 secs to lock. I will test tomorrow while I am at work to see if it is fixed.

WOW I hope it was GpsFix https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidlab.gpsfix&feature=search_result
from the market! That one screams negative comments and displays nothing but ads. If it's another one you used please let us know so we can try it.


On a side note I found an app called FasterFix. It's supposed to fix the GPS issues on the phone. Lots of good reviews. I'm going to do a backup and give this app a try.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix&feature=search_result


UPDATE: WOW! FasterFix fixed my GPS issues! It's now locking on my location in seconds! In fact all my GPS addons are working perfectly now. I'm going to do a bit more testing to make sure!
 
hroark13 I can confirm that MMS does NOT work when connected to WIFI. If I turn off Wifi MMS works perfect :)

There must be something wrong or conflicting with WIFI and MMS APN I suppose. It worked fine on Stock Froyo. It's a minor annoyance for now but I can live with turning off wifi to get MMS for now :)

Just wanted to let you know that it seems to be the case as several people come across the same problem ;)
 
ok just tried the GPS in doors and its working within 30-45 secs indoors so maybe it was just slow......

also I have the apk of Telenav if anyone wants it. I installed it and it works good and has a nicer voice.
Id like to have it back. I couldnt get it to restore from my Titainum Backup from froyo
 
hroark13 I can confirm that MMS does NOT work when connected to WIFI. If I turn off Wifi MMS works perfect :)

There must be something wrong or conflicting with WIFI and MMS APN I suppose. It worked fine on Stock Froyo. It's a minor annoyance for now but I can live with turning off wifi to get MMS for now :)

Just wanted to let you know that it seems to be the case as several people come across the same problem ;)
I've read that some of you are haveing this issue but not all of us. I installed CN7 yesterday evening and my wife and I have conversed about 100 texts all while i was on wifi and I had no problems. Also I have toggled betweem wifi and 3g A LOT.
Myabe it has something to do with the hotfixes. did you install 1 then 2 then 3 then 4? or did you just install hotfix 4? just wondering
 
Is it just me that DTA2SD is showing the wrong partition size to? If anyone else does have this issue, do you know if it is only a graphical error and my partition/app storage space is fine?

This is the only real issue I have had so far, everything else is running smoothly.[/QUOte

Yeah, getting dta2sd was a bear to get it to acknowledge the partition that i made but, after many re-tries i got it! Keep messing with it!:D
I had a similar issue with link2sd. my sd was already partitioned from previous shabby/froyo. so I copied it to windows and used CWM to fromat and repartition. works perfectly since then. are you trying to mount a previously partitioned sd or did you reformat?
 
WOW I hope it was GpsFix https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidlab.gpsfix&feature=search_result
from the market! That one screams negative comments and displays nothing but ads. If it's another one you used please let us know so we can try it.


On a side note I found an app called FasterFix. It's supposed to fix the GPS issues on the phone. Lots of good reviews. I'm going to do a backup and give this app a try.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Double.FasterFix&feature=search_result


UPDATE: WOW! FasterFix fixed my GPS issues! It's now locking on my location in seconds! In fact all my GPS addons are working perfectly now. I'm going to do a bit more testing to make sure!

Yea i read the negative reviews but decided to give it a go anyway. I did not have the ad issues possibly because of the mods built in ad blocking.

I did make a backup before trying.

I did a restore to before I used GPSfix and have the same GPS locking issues and will try FasterFix.

Edit: FasterFix worked great as well.
 
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