I am running dk28 and haven't had any issues with gps that seem t be all over the forums. When I updated to the new google maps my gps isn't as accuruate as it was ( still pretty close but not as close) and basically when I turn left, it turns right, I go right, it goes left and its a bit annoying.
I uninstalled the update and it still was messed up. Tried re installing and still a no go. Anyone else had this problem? Or does anyone know what I can do to fix it, preferably without flashing back to 2.1 through odin and all that mess?
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joshk89 said:
I am running dk28 and haven't had any issues with gps that seem t be all over the forums. When I updated to the new google maps my gps isn't as accuruate as it was ( still pretty close but not as close) and basically when I turn left, it turns right, I go right, it goes left and its a bit annoying.
I uninstalled the update and it still was messed up. Tried re installing and still a no go. Anyone else had this problem? Or does anyone know what I can do to fix it, preferably without flashing back to 2.1 through odin and all that mess?
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Have you tried to calibrate the magnetometer? Download Compass from Market and Menu > Calibrate?
Didn't know of compass. There's a compass thing in te new maps though that I did calibrate and it still had issues. Ill try that though
Edit - still a no go
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Nothing new really. I've noticed that the compass is pretty ****ty in the Epic period regardless of OS to the point of being almost useless.
did you happen to spin the map on accident?
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did you happen to spin the map on accident?
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Lol no.
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Orbiting234 said:
Nothing new really. I've noticed that the compass is pretty ****ty in the Epic period regardless of OS to the point of being almost useless.
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I've always had good gps til this incident. Sucks, I don't use it often but it comes in handy now and then. Hopefully when, or if, an official release drops it will be better
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I was recently having problems with the compass and Navigation going the wrong way. Intrerestingly enough I calibrated the accelromater and it fixed the issue. The phone no longer thinks South it North. I used the calibration method through the Connectbot below. In Froyo there is setting to calibrate it right through the GUI.
"Originally Posted by tmspyder
I was able to recalibrate my g sensors as follows ..
This worked for me but I'll take no responsibility if it mucks something else up
1. Download a terminal app from the market
2. Enter one line at a time.
su
/system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha
3. Follow the onscreen directions, while making sure you device is flat.
pay attention to the bump at bottom on back.
I hung said bump off the edge of table
I preformed this AFTER flashing to stock and then flashing my former ROM.
So it was not done in 2.2"
THANK YOU TO: tmspyder
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That little arrow which turns when you move around is gone for me.
I only get a blue simple dot, so i have no idea which direction i am actually facing too.
Any idea why this happens?
Means the magnetometer is offline, try checking if it works with a compass app.
Your right, it doesnt work with the compass app. Know how to enable it?
regards.
You got everything under My Locations in Settings checked?
I honestly never heard about the magnetometer suddenly dying
Yea everything is enabled... Geuss ill just have to reflash my phone or something?
EDIT; something probably went wrong when i flashed darky 7.0 rom
I just wiped my data and it works again. Weird.
Hey. I had this problem with v6. I had to do a factory reset and reflash the rom. Pain the ass but darkys rom is more than worth the pain.
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My auto rotate has stopped working. Only way to go to landscape is by opening the keyboard. I suspect one of the sensors may be at fault. Raging thunder was much easier to play when it was working now the turning is sort of sporadic. I tried reflashing to no avail. Anyone have any ideas? I have to take my epic to sprint because the left side of my screen is lifting so ill mention that while I'm at it. In the meantime is there anything I can do on my own?
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Try the following: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=926098, you also may want to try toggling the auto rotation box in the settings, and reboot your phone
Also, if your taking it into sprint, you may want to restore your phone back to the stock rom and recovery first, if it isn't already.
Also if you're using a custom launcher make sure the rotation settings on that don't conflict with the original settings. Sometimes you gotta turn the custom launcher's settings off.
tai376 said:
Also if you're using a custom launcher make sure the rotation settings on that don't conflict with the original settings. Sometimes you gotta turn the custom launcher's settings off.
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Ive seen the opposite with launcher pro,you need to have both enabled for it to work...
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My screen is starting to lift on the left side as well. I've dropped my phone once or twice; but they weren't long/hard drops. Maybe this is why?
my left side screen was slightly raised from day 1 out of the box.
Yea it really sucks. Luckily sprint is awesome enough to fix or replace my phone at the service center near me as long as I'm paying for the insurance... and as long as they can prove that I didn't do the damage to it. I can't stand the screen lift more than I can stand the auto rotate. It scares me lol
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Alright little update.
I got tired of stock di18 after going back to it experiencing lag on every 2.2 rom I tried. Just flashed the new midnight rom and NOW everything is.zippy as help with no lag. Just so happens my autorotate works now. Did the autorotate lag fix and now its perfect. Might I add gps works perfectly too.
...finally my epic is now finally epic. 1100/2000 in smartbench. That numbers rounded I don't remember the exact figure but point is I luv these devs!
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Not sure if this was mentioned, but if you do the auto rotate lagfix: sensorcalibutil_yamaha method, and you get "failed" results, you can go to data/system and delete (or rename):
Ms3c_yamaha.cfg
(I renamed it to ms3c_yamaha.bak)
Then reboot, use the sensorcalibutil_yamaha method again, the cfg file will have been recreated, and it should work.
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Yea it works extremely fast. The.phone is flipped and ready to go before I even adjust my hands to use the phone. I love this thing.
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Credit to: abrognlie for pointing this out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11552644&postcount=163
Figured this would be easier to find in searchs.
Problem: Your compass is backwards and overly erractic and inaccurate.
Solution: Upside down horizontal calibration
How: Plant the phone on a flat surface upside down. A low ceiling, top of a door frame etc. Make sure it's flat and facing upside down. Go to: Settings, Display, Horizontal calibration and calibrate it upside down.
Bingo bango, your broken compass should be fixed. This also cures slow auto rotation
Just tried that. Still as erratic and jumpy as ever.
DiGi760 said:
Just tried that. Still as erratic and jumpy as ever.
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Hardware problem?
The first time I used Google Maps with EB13 it told me that the compass needed to be calibrated and to move the phone several times in a figure 8 manner. I did it, and the compass has been fine. I'd never seen that before. I hadn't used the compass at all before this, so I don't know if it "fixed" a problem or if I just didn't have a problem, but I thought I'd throw it out there for people who are having problems.
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The first time I used Google Maps with EB13 it told me that the compass needed to be calibrated and to move the phone several times in a figure 8 manner. I did it, and the compass has been fine. I'd never seen that before. I hadn't used the compass at all before this, so I don't know if it "fixed" a problem or if I just didn't have a problem, but I thought I'd throw it out there for people who are having problems.
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Same for me but it was still broken. X-Plane was unplayable, auto rotation was slow and sometimes unresponsive because the compass was backwards and jumping direction erratically. (download a compass app and check yours) North was south, etc.
The upside down trick 100% cured the issue. Not the figure 8 or the right side up calibration.
*shrug*
Wow! Best find ever! The upsides down calibration worked for my slow gsensor lanscape bug! All this time, rooted was needed for the
"system/bin/sensorcalibutil_yamaha" code to work! Very nice!
I wish I could claim credit for this (the member who deserves all the credit is styles420), and I wish it worked for everyone, but someone found this back when DK28 first leaked. It seems to help with a group of us with sensor data that gets mapped backwards during the flash. It shows up in the compass or google sky maps, but it seems to be a problem with the g-sensors that affects how the compass works.
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DiGi760 said:
Just tried that. Still as erratic and jumpy as ever.
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try downloading GPS Status from the market. Open it and do the calibration tools. Should fix this. Also may improve your GPS (if it isn't doing well)
Possible, but it was the same on my previous epic. I haven't put too much effort into it since I don't really need a compass very often, but it would be nice to have it work for once.
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try downloading GPS Status from the market. Open it and do the calibration tools. Should fix this. Also may improve your GPS (if it isn't doing well)
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I already have GPS Status. I did that calibration from that again, and it is still messed up. It jumps a little less, but I can turn the phone 90 degrees and the compass rotates 180. Then I turn the compass 90 degrees the same direction, and the compass jumps backwards 90 degrees. I'm having a really hard time figuring out a reason for the pattern. I might have to sit down and draw some compass diagrams.
Worked for me. Fixed slow auto rotate as well
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it fixes mine! thanks you for finding a fix!
Fixes mine. Thanks for posting this!
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SON OF A- I was just about out the door to get a replacement. I tried everything a month ago and gave up.
This fixed it.
Sky maps works perfect again.
Thank you and those who figured this out.
Home run battle 3d just became a hell of alot easier now. Thank you
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tried all solutions here. no joy
Another issue, maybe?
I wonder if there might be an underlying issue here...
Was doing some research on why my battery life is garbage after EB13.
I hit on this thread because it looks like the compass sensor is consuming a ridiculous amount of CPU... I mean, foregrounded using 7% CPU when nothing else is going on.. like, no compass app or maps being used.
With my Epic pretty much quiescent, top consistently reports it (/system/bin/sensorserver_yamaha) as the highest user. Under DI18, it never even cracked the top ten.
Samsung Epic (EB13 Official) + Clockwork
wow thanks for the tip! i almost returned my epic because of this.
Amazing... how you found this out is beyond me, but it works!
Hi guys,
I've installed Trigger 3.2 and flashed the S.GPS fix, im trying to use the GPS using the "NAVIGATION" app but it wont lock on signal... it keeps showing me this "сhecking navigation availability" message while the gps icon on tray keeps flashing...
i left it a coupe of times for half an hour but it still wont lock on signal...
the starnge thing is i tested it using "GPS TEST" app and the apps shows that the GPS DO work and it allready found 12 birds and is using like 8 right now...
what do you guys think could be the problem?...
I just tried it on trigger 3.3 beta. At first it did as your saying. I reflashed the s.zip fix, went to gps test after reboot got a good lock. Then ran navigation no problem.
When I was still stock gps test was the only way I could get mine to work. So its habit for me to use it to get a lock then go about maps/navigation.
Dunno might work might not.
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following this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974702
do i need to Wipe Dalvik before or after flashing the S.gps zip fix?
DR-EVIL23 said:
following this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974702
do i need to Wipe Dalvik before or after flashing the S.gps zip fix?
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The fix does it itself. No need to do it manually.
Same problem. Ether way the GPS on the Vibrant sucks monkey balls. Horrible compared to other android devices! And there is not a good fix for that! Tried about 20 Roms and GPS still sucks even tried 4 Vibrants devices. Sh*t out of luck! Nice screen but crappy GPS.
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I used to think that too. But i recently grap a captivate from my friend and i suppose they have the same GPS as we do. Very crappy for Froyo, but once i flash it with
Andromeda 3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005841
I was totally surprise with the GPS lock.. It takes forever to lock before i flash this rom. But after using this ROM.. guess what? within a few seconds i got the gps lock. I don't know what they do over there but it sure works.. I need to find out what are they fixes and see if they are able to work on my Vibrant or not.
Seriously GPS lock in a few seconds for Galaxy S device is just simply magic. Let me know if anyone know what they did on that rom that make it sooo much better.
THanks
Ok, i followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912777
and installed "Waze", with this app the gps finds birds and gets a lock in seconds with great accuracy!
but on the Navigation app it still wont find them...
Good day XDA. I just noticed that my N7 is having problems with its accelerometer. I was playing temple run and mutant road kill and the characters always veer to the right.
Question is: is this a software or a hardware issue?
also, is there a fix/app if this is indeed a software issue?
thanks
well, i know that there is apps for calibrate the accelerometer, i can´t remember now the name, sorry, but i´m sure that you can find it on the market o google.
Anyways, did you try in diferents places? i mean, maybe the surface where you try wasn´t flat...
thanks for the reply man.. anyway, i already found a way to fix it and it's been holding up.
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thanks for the reply man.. anyway, i already found a way to fix it and it's been holding up.
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What's the fix?
What did you do to fix the issue?
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well first you have to confirm that you indeed have the gyro/accelerometer problem. you guys could download an app for that (i used Android Sensor Box). once that is confirmed, download the app "GPS Status". Run it and go to tools, then calibrate pitch and roll and just follow the instructions. I suggest you guys do this while your device is lying flat on a surface.
after trying this fix, i uninstalled GPS Status, rebooted my device and it held up. played temple run and the character started right smack in the middle lol. also tried checking the sensors using Android Sensor Box and it was calibrated. i just reinstalled GPS Sensor just in case i might need it down the road but im hoping this fix will be permanent. if it isnt, im pretty sure that this is a software problem and an update could give a permanent solution.
let me know if you guys get the same result i had with this.
Thanks
juanito05 said:
well first you have to confirm that you indeed have the gyro/accelerometer problem. you guys could download an app for that (i used Android Sensor Box). once that is confirmed, download the app "GPS Status". Run it and go to tools, then calibrate pitch and roll and just follow the instructions. I suggest you guys do this while your device is lying flat on a surface.
after trying this fix, i uninstalled GPS Status, rebooted my device and it held up. played temple run and the character started right smack in the middle lol. also tried checking the sensors using Android Sensor Box and it was calibrated. i just reinstalled GPS Sensor just in case i might need it down the road but im hoping this fix will be permanent. if it isnt, im pretty sure that this is a software problem and an update could give a permanent solution.
let me know if you guys get the same result i had with this.
Thanks
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That was amazing man. I have been swearing over this accelerometer issue ever since I got the device, and now it's perfect. :beer:
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Had exactly same issues on all three units I have purchased. GPS Status app does fix the problem. Thanks for the solution.
GPS status did nothing for me.
Same problem veering to the right
Held n7 landscape
Reboot
After reboot accelerometer is working fine
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bagofcrap24 said:
GPS status did nothing for me.
Same problem veering to the right
Held n7 landscape
Reboot
After reboot accelerometer is working fine
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This didn't do the thIng for me neither
But I did the job like this.
Open an app that uses the compass. You can use GPS Status, Android Sensor Box or whatever app you like that uses a compass.
twist/turn your device 3 times around each of all the three axes
FINISH
Even after a reboot it works great.
But if you flash a new rom this fix will be broken