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JI2 (Vibrant's Sept. ROM) GPS Files

Hey all,
So I flashed Vibrant's JI2 to my Captivate today, and it didn't go so good... HOWEVER -- I took off all of the GPS files I could and put them in a ZIP. I don't know how to make a valid update.zip file, so I was hoping someone smarter than me could do that Then the rest of us could try out the latest "GPS fix" the Vibrant people are enjoying, perhaps?

not bad. i just pushed the files over. it locked in 2secs and was accurate to 50 meters(use to be 200 or more) i need to take a test drive with it.

junkboy said:
not bad. i just pushed the files over. it locked in 2secs and was accurate to 50 meters(use to be 200 or more) i need to take a test drive with it.
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50 meters is terrible! That is 164 feet... it should get down to 16 feet / 5 meters.
I just got done pushing them over via adb myself with JH7... looks good so far. Needs some serious track testing, though.

I found this link on how to make an update.zip:
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-create-android-update-zip-package/

Took a short drive and no offroading here. 50 is better than 200 and i was in my apartment.

junkboy said:
Took a short drive and no offroading here. 50 is better than 200 and i was in my apartment.
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How could you drive and be in an apartment at the same time?

tytdfn said:
How could you drive and be in an apartment at the same time?
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Lots and lots of tequila

tytdfn said:
How could you drive and be in an apartment at the same time?
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Zilch25 said:
Lots and lots of tequila
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i was replying to phr00t's posting. i got 50meter while in my apartment.

We need DG to incorporate this on his SRE. That would be awesome.

Here's a flashable zip.
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****WARNING: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK****
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I have flashed this on my Vibrant with good results. YMMV. Please do an Nandroid backup before you try to flash this. I am not responsible for what you do with your own property or any damages that result from using this. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Moved to the Vibrant Forum...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782242

frankencat said:
Here's a signed zip that should be flashable.
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****WARNING: I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS SO USE AT YOUR OWN RISK****
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Sorry guys, I am busy and didn't have time to backup and test. Please do Nandroid before you try to flash this. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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Hrm... I noticed this update.zip does not have a meta_inf/com/google/android script, like all of the other GPS update.zip files I have. Is it needed?

Hmmmm....it should. Lemme take a look....
Edit: You're right. I repackaged it and updated my other post with the new zip. Let me know if it works or not. Thanks.

I'm not seeing any improvement over JH7 with these files, and the included agpsd does not appear to run at all. Are you sure your lock in 2s was from a cold start, and not just using data from a prior session?
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It's quite obvious that there is something deeper going on than just these files.

Unhelpful said:
I'm not seeing any improvement over JH7 with these files, and the included agpsd does not appear to run at all. Are you sure your lock in 2s was from a cold start, and not just using data from a prior session?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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I noticed our Captivates have a /system/bin/gpsd directory, but I couldn't find one on the Vibrant.. only agpsd existed. The other "GPS fix" updates had gpsd/ directories... I guess the Vibrant does things quite differently? :-\

Can somebody test this on a Vibrant? I am curious to see if there is a difference.

So i flashed these gps files to my captivate and i got a lock in like 10sec, first time i have ever gotten my gps to work, even after exchanging my first captivate, but its behaving the same way my friends first vibrant did, the pointer flys all over the place jumping around from place to place, never staying on my location parse...lets just hope samsung finds a definitive fix for the gps issues on many SGS variants.

Getting ready to flash and test now. thank you for grabbing those files.

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can i flash this file on my stock captivate thats without root?...thanks.

I just flashed this to my Vibrant. I will test it on the way home but I got 11 sats in view in just about 2 secs in my office which usually sucks. We'll see. Maybe cross post this over to the Vibrant forum and get some folks to test it.

Contents of original MicroSD card

Does anyone have a backup copy of the files that was on the MicroSD card when they first received the phone? I zapped mine and need to get another copy.
Thank you!

actually, i pulled mine out almost immediately, but i can upload it for you. i just picked up mine yesterday to see how it does against my epic 4g.

1sl02 said:
actually, i pulled mine out almost immediately, but i can upload it for you. i just picked up mine yesterday to see how it does against my epic 4g.
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THANK YOU! I was really stupid - I didn't listen to everyone's gripes about the G2 and returned my MT4G in favor of the G2... Needless to say, the hinge problem is my complaint too, so I'm getting the MT4G back tomorrow (same one) - BUT - before I handed it in I formatted the MicroSD card.
I had a copy of it stored on my hard drive here until late last night - I should never have gotten rid of it!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

send you a link via pm.

1sl02 said:
send you a link via pm.
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Could you send me the link too? Had a similar thing happening and could use the original files. Thanks!!!

something like a request for stock files should really have the files posted to the thread instead of PMed. It could potentially help a lot more people that way.

here they are for anyone else that deleted em
http://www.multiupload.com/9PB4OLC2AV

pack said:
here they are for anyone else that deleted em
http://www.multiupload.com/9PB4OLC2AV
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thanks! i bought mines used from a friend and he accidentally deleted everything before he sold it to me.

I don't have the bandwidth to have everyone downloading...i put them on a personal webspace.
thanks pack for getting another link up.

pack said:
here they are for anyone else that deleted em
http://www.multiupload.com/9PB4OLC2AV
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Great, Thanks for this.

I just randomly looked at my account and just over 150 people downloaded that file I put up lol... seems a lot of people made that same mistake / or 1 person made the same mistake a ton of times lol
* ryan562 & 30Glock your welcome

This post contains a zip of the original SD card contents that shipped with MT4G
I am not the original poster, but non of the threads have the link in the first post.
If a mod can merge this thread with this one it would be appreciated.
pack said:
here they are for anyone else that deleted em
http://www.multiupload.com/9PB4OLC2AV
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Does anyone know what format the memory card that comes with the 4g is in? I'm have my 8gig class 6 in my nexus and want to swap it for the one that comes with the 4g.

pack said:
I just randomly looked at my account and just over 150 people downloaded that file I put up lol... seems a lot of people made that same mistake / or 1 person made the same mistake a ton of times lol
* ryan562 & 30Glock your welcome
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This may also may be people with different phones that want to try the Rock Band trial seeing as there are no videos or opinions of it online, and when you try an run the apk it tells you to insert the sd card bundled with the phone. Thanks for the upload.

Please post all questions in Q&A section.

markimar said:
Does anyone know what format the memory card that comes with the 4g is in? I'm have my 8gig class 6 in my nexus and want to swap it for the one that comes with the 4g.
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they should be the same (fat32) even if you added a partition you should still be able to just put it in the mt4g without any problems

For those of you on Myn's RLS 5 with slow internet

There is a small issue with an app being slightly outdated. If your internet is slow there is a very simple fix. Go to the Market and download Ad free and follow the instructions. If you already have it, update the host file, click revert then reboot and bam you're set

Thanks! It looks like the fix broke the Market theming, but it's nothing I'd lose sleep over.

Roy Jovero said:
Thanks! It looks like the fix broke the Market theming, but it's nothing I'd lose sleep over.
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The fix did not break the market theme they have been slowly pushing a market update that broke it. If only they would wait till min is putting out a new update to push these things we would be all good
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Roy Jovero said:
Thanks! It looks like the fix broke the Market theming, but it's nothing I'd lose sleep over.
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As was stated above, it's coincidence if installing this app made your market get updated/lose it's theme. Google's been pushing out the new market for a week or so and you finally got yours. Don't worry, Myn will theme it up when he gets the chance

I tried this because my internet has been really slow latly I don't think it made it any faster and it did make market UN theme

I flashed it and at first after the reboot, it didn't seem to help, but its going fine now.

WTF adfree has NOTHING at all to do with slow internet speeds....

Of course it does.

dtr145r said:
WTF adfree has NOTHING at all to do with slow internet speeds....
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*sigh* Yes it does. Let me guess, you have no idea what's going on, do you?
In the last release of Myn's ROM, he implemented his own hosts file on the back end. Something has happened in regards to that hosts file. Not certain exactly what changed or expired, but the result was that folks who tried surfing web pages that served ads would take a great deal of time to load. Essentially the hosts file was redirecting somewhere and would attempt connection and wait until it hit the timeout limit.
Thus, the most direct resolution, in lieu of Myn's recent absence, is to grab AdFree from the Market, and update your hosts file.

BOOM! That fixed it. Thanks OP for making this thread! A+

Man wish I would have seen this, reason I flashed cm6 after having slow internet on myns

Worked for me. Thank you!

Roy Jovero said:
Thanks! It looks like the fix broke the Market theming, but it's nothing I'd lose sleep over.
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Yep...just installed Ad Free and market is back at the green instead of Myns black. However the internet is MUCH faster
5-6MB down and 1.5MB up on 3G
Thanks

Thankyou!!
OP, a very big thankyou must be said, I honestly can't tell you the last time I had a web page actually load and it has been driving me nuts. Now everything is back how it should be and running like a champ. Funny part is that I didn't put ad free on because Myn had already built in a hosts file, little did i know that's what the problem was.
Thanks again

do the host files to block ads affect internet speed for both 3g and 4g?

Awesome, thanks! I was going crazy reflashing kernels and radios trying to get it too work properly.
Had I actually taken a second to think about it, the solution makes perfect sense. Thanks for pointing us in the right direction!

3g works great now, obviously fixed, but 4g is not. Symptoms are identical to what was happening before installing adfree. I tried reverting, updating host file, updating prl, cant figure out why 3g loads in 1 second, 4g just sits there forever
Edit... After further testing it appears my 4g is actually working, just really ****ty. Maybe a bad time of day, maybe the 4g network is having problems, who knows. Its sad that 3g seems to be quicker for browsing, 4g is better for video or large downloads...

Thanks for advising everyone
I greatly appreciate it.

quocamole said:
do the host files to block ads affect internet speed for both 3g and 4g?
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Correct.
myn said:
Thanks for advising everyone
I greatly appreciate it.
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No problem Myn There was a GIANT clutter in your thread so I figured I could divert some of that if there was an actual thread dedicated that people would notice

i sugest to try flash <stock android host zip > from Calcu evio room tread,it reverts back to open internet,full speed...I tether much ,so just like to open evry single page on lapppyy...

Rom integrated ad blocking...

Im running chris41g(?)s modded stock, and I was wondering if there was a way that I could integrate the awesome adblocking of the big roms myself... messing with i GUESS putting together my own rom, and this is the one thing of all I am missing the most. I guess I am getting old, just want a simple rom theme-wise, but love the tweaks... anyone wanna help? Trade secret? If its something relatively simple like using 7zip and changing a value, or something to adb push, I can do it... just dont know what method you use, and would love to be able to just do it myself. Gonna hit up chris to throw it in his rom, but id like to do it myself too... any help would be appreciated!
Thanks

You could include adfree app in the system/app location of the ROM. OR, you can use K0nane's method (which I am even unsure how it works.) ha

Overstew said:
You could include adfree app in the system/app location of the ROM. OR, you can use K0nane's method (which I am even unsure how it works.) ha
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I just put the hosts file from Adfree Android in /system/etc/.

k0nane said:
I just put the hosts file from Adfree Android in /system/etc/.
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How would I go about that? sorry... should I just drag and drop this hosts file in /system... ? And how do I get the hosts file? Install the app and pull the file off the SD?
Thanks for the help... trying to learn to do some of this myself... course I get the motivation when I get a job after a year of unemployment... speaking of no job, anyone seen the new COD Zombies thing... ? freakin sweet
is the app itself good enough? I read an old thread complaining about it, but that was from early froyo... no angry birds ads???

ungovernable1977 said:
How would I go about that? sorry... should I just drag and drop this hosts file in /system... ? And how do I get the hosts file? Install the app and pull the file off the SD?
Thanks for the help... trying to learn to do some of this myself... course I get the motivation when I get a job after a year of unemployment... speaking of no job, anyone seen the new COD Zombies thing... ? freakin sweet
is the app itself good enough? I read an old thread complaining about it, but that was from early froyo... no angry birds ads???
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Ive been all about the gears of war 3 beta atm,I just wish I could play like I want to,its down to about 4 hours on the weekend,and about 3 total during the work week. I even had to buy a used 360,my original one got the red ring,but it was an original 360 day one launch unit,so it sucked; Wish I could afford an elite,ohwell.
Sent from my MyFrankenstein EC05OCE using XDAP App...

k0nane said:
I just put the hosts file from Adfree Android in /system/etc/.
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You make my life better.

ecooce said:
Ive been all about the gears of war 3 beta atm,I just wish I could play like I want to,its down to about 4 hours on the weekend,and about 3 total during the work week. I even had to buy a used 360,my original one got the red ring,but it was an original 360 day one launch unit,so it sucked; Wish I could afford an elite,ohwell.
Sent from my MyFrankenstein EC05OCE using XDAP App...
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Im surprised a launch 360 made it that long.. that was one tough xbox. Yeah i have an OG 60 gig (now 320 7200rpm) PS3, from right after the blu drives got fixed... people say I should expect the ylod soon, but Im insane about my gear, most of it is in a server rack. I really need to get back into fallout vegas though, if they made a fallout mmorpg that played like the real game, I would never leave the house.
Anyways, thanks for the time on the adblocking... will try soon...

I put a zip to include adblocking in the op of my rom... its better than adfee because it doesn't block words with friends lol
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sorry to be so dumb but can someone please give step by step instructions of how to block ads in games? I am using Ad Free and it does not work on any game I have installed.

pre2epic4g said:
sorry to be so dumb but can someone please give step by step instructions of how to block ads in games? I am using Ad Free and it does not work on any game I have installed.
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did you open ad free so it can request super user permissions and download the latest host file? Usually have to reboot once afterwards. Works fine for me.

CapsLockKey said:
did you open ad free so it can request super user permissions and download the latest host file? Usually have to reboot once afterwards. Works fine for me.
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yes... and that still does not work. i found this CWM flashable file called EC05 AdBlock which does work. I cant remember from whom i got this file on XDA due to being drunk. if someone could please let me know to whom i should give proper credit it would be much appreciated.
Download Link: http://bit.ly/iDP42R

this has to be my favorite rom feature.

pixlz said:
this has to be my favorite rom feature.
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mine too!
though it is kinda annoying seeing the .. error loading page errors...
itd be pretty cool if someone would compile a real trimmed down apache or other webserver that only serves up a blank image when being accessed, have it only listen on localhost, and point everything back to localhost (i guess thats done already), to get blank spots, instead of 'error loading'

[UPDATE 7/24][ROM][BL1.2] Honeycomb Android Illuminate for The Gtablet\Zpad T2

Mod Edit: As stated by forum moderator jerdog in post 814:
FORUM RULES:
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The issue here is that directing traffic elsewhere is against XDA rules, and while there is no requirement to actively support your development efforts here at XDA, saying it probably won't be supported at XDA and that they can get support on your forum is kind of low and has been removed after requesting LBS do so - to which he did not after 2 days.
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will test this one. thanks
on v1.6
update 6.20.2011
~watching youtube on app and in browser are hit or miss, you should work on it to be more compatible
~so far so good though, thanks
update 6.21
~facebook FC's
will update this when i find more problems, when i find more time

ninditsu said:
will test this one. thanks
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cool let me know what you think so far and if you let me know what the things are you missing the most and really need besides Flash. LOL but yeah I want to make this a Honeycomb that is a well rounded Android. So i want the advice of new features and such they have heard about.

Checked out the youtube video, looks pretty sweet. Will try it out tomorrow to see the improvements with hardware acceleration etc.
Edit: Let's see some benchmark comparisons between BoS and Illuminate.

Make sure you do the following
Unzip recover.zip and move recovery folder to /sdcard folder
The recover.zip file can be found in the Roebeets thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078897
Regards,
Kenny N

Humm -- I got stuck with the boot loop . I am updating from 3588 stock recovery
Regards,
Kenny N

After half an hour struggling, I am able to load your HoneyComb edition. I am going to play around with it.
To make everyone's life easier.
Make sure you nvflash your device first using the following nvflash image
http://www.mediafire.com/?g7vorg66iiq29vm
1. Download the nvflash image above.
2. Download the recover.zip from (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=596319&d=1305415712 ) and extract the recovery folder to SD root
3. Download this honeycomb image and rename it to update.zip and copy it to your SD root
4. nvflash the nvflash image
5. Reboot with Power + Volumn up. This should bring you to the new bootloader
6. Flash the SDCard external update.zip
7. Wipes
9. Restart
G'd luck . Thanks linuxboxsolution for his contribution. I will comment later.

Nice -- OpenGL is working perfectly. The benchmark from Quandrant is 1780. Not great but can't really complain

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Last Update 6/6/2011​
NOTICE: Flash still not currently Working please see
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That's funny, I could have sworn you claimed previously to have "fixed flash" too!

Does enabling OpenGL break the stock browser? Or have you done something to work around this issue?
Is the main difference from Roebeet's HCAdam and Vegacomb mashup that is Bottle of Smoke that you have enabled opengl?

This looks very promising, currently running BoS 3.3 and was about to jump to 4.1 but I might have to try this first. My apologies if this has already been covered but what exactly is the difference between this ROM and roe's BoS? How were you able to get hw acceleration on here while BoS lacks it?
Thanks alot for your contribution, and I'll be sure to post my findings later today.

just wondering
so if the opengl is fixed, how come flashed is still hasnt fixed?
i believ robeet said the opengl is what makes flash doesn't work

OpenGL is enabled but not working.. it lacks on driver and without flash no OPENGL.. note on that..
and one more thing.. BoS has HWaccel and working, like gingerbread... the only problem is video HWaccel HD playback..
BoS 3.3 or 4.0+ boot quickly too, smooth UI like that, so i can't really tell what's the difference between the two, except for bootanimation.. LOL

I, for one, appreciate your efforts
Going to start posting in XDA's GTAB forums, at least sporadically. I think enough time has passed and things have changed around here (ie a lot of 1.2 mods are popping up, which I think is a good thing). Plus I'm not really seeing the moderator "changes" that were heavily present in April. So maybe things are back to normal. Maybe.
With that in mind, I wanted to say that your efforts are much appreciated - the end goal is to get a good working HC ROM for the users out there and if you have the ear of some people to make that happen, then that's what counts. I already mentioned in Slatedroid that I plan to pull back a bit after this month with modding the GTAB, so any extra dev / modding work is ALWAYS appreciated, imo.
Thanks again.

Looks awesome, will flash once I get my new PC built >

Thanks roe

So first of all thank you for your work.
But this is different from bottle of smoke because it enables OpenGL right?
Any other changes?

I hate to be a Richard but, can we get some screenies fam?

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I hate to be a Richard but, can we get some screenies fam?
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Not quite sure what that means, but if you want to see what it looks like, you can watch the youtube preview. It's at the bottom of the OP or here.

cgingermany said:
I hate to be a Richard but, can we get some screenies fam?
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Rich, there is an almost 9 minute video in the first post.