I can't get it to work, no matter what. I've tried the MSL fix, etc etc. The closes fix I get is about 7~10 blocks away.
Why is it that it won't work in CM7, but works PERFECTLY out of the box in Salvage-Mod?
Try the app "GPS Status and Toolbox" from the market. That got GPS working for me.
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Have you tried the nightly that came out after cm7 final? Downloading gps status and clearing gps data might help.
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Nightly tonight should have it fixed, I think. I think they're implementing the gps drivers from the dump yesterday.
jstalford said:
Nightly tonight should have it fixed, I think. I think they're implementing the gps drivers from the dump yesterday.
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That's not open source. So no they better not be!
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novanosis85 said:
That's not open source. So no they better not be!
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The open source drivers provided by Qualcomm don't work.
The proprietary drivers were used in CM6, too.
I did the MSL fix to get my GPS working, but ever since then the "active" icon shows in the status bar even when I stop using navigation or maps. I actually think the gps stays active because I experience severe battery drain. Even when I disable the gps the icon stays active. I have to manually reboot for it to finally go away. Grr.
enter the ##gpsclrx# your phone reboots, while still in sense lock your GPS using navigation once it locks on reboot recovery and flash cm7. That's what I was told and it works 100% of the time for me.
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The MSL/Sense ROM trick worked for me. I got my instructions from the Android section of Reddit.
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Add me onto the msl trick too, gps works fine for me on cm7, I also flashed the latest nightly.
blozout said:
I did the MSL fix to get my GPS working, but ever since then the "active" icon shows in the status bar even when I stop using navigation or maps. I actually think the gps stays active because I experience severe battery drain. Even when I disable the gps the icon stays active. I have to manually reboot for it to finally go away. Grr.
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Get "GPS Status & toolbolx" from market and either way go to tools, manage a-gps, hit reset, this will make the icon disappear and it will clear the gps data and get a better lock.
novanosis85 said:
That's not open source. So no they better not be!
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Who cares? If it works better, they should use it.
bkrodgers said:
Who cares? If it works better, they should use it.
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Amen brother.
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what's the msl trick?
plmiller0905 said:
what's the msl trick?
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Make a Nandroid of your current CM7 setup.
Boot into recovery and perform a full wipe (or use Calkulin Format ALL zip)
Flash any Sense ROM
Open the Market and download MSL Reader, write down MSL.
Open Dialer/Phone and type ##4118513# (##GPSCLRX#)
When it asks you for a password type in your MSL
Reboot phone
BE OUTSIDE
Turn on GPS and open Maps, allow it to fully lock your location (may take a few minutes, do not just wait for initial lock).
Leave GPS on
Turn off phone, reboot into recovery.
Nandroid restore your CM7 backup
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just curious, what do you mean by a complete lock (more notably it taking a few minutes)? i've never had a gps lock take longer than a few seconds while i'm outside. it might be off by a few blocks, but it always locks really quickly (it was really bad while i was in LA last week).
it should also be noted that i have an incredible, not an evo...but after my gps issues last week while on vacation in california (and using my phone a lot for navigation) i've begun the search for a solution, because i really love CM7 otherwise. while in downtown LA i was consistently getting a "lock" that was a few blocks away from where i was, making navigation useless. it also happened a few times on the 60 freeway on the way into the city, where the phone thought i had gotten off the freeway and would start telling me to turn all over the place even though i was still driving along at 70mph on the freeway...
I saw a few people posting this in the cm7 thread. Looks like it's working great for them on the EVO too.
[APR.25.2011] Instantaneous GPS Fixation CWR v1.2 US & INTERNATIONAL FINAL! NEW LINKS
It's from the HD2 thread. Maybe this can help you.
lolwut? said:
Get "GPS Status & toolbolx" from market and either way go to tools, manage a-gps, hit reset, this will make the icon disappear and it will clear the gps data and get a better lock.
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This works
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jstalford said:
Nightly tonight should have it fixed, I think. I think they're implementing the gps drivers from the dump yesterday.
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LMAO tonight should fix.. been hearing that since the RC1... NO FIX! Only toasts new kernel will fix... ive done all the GPS Status, and Faster Fix, AND sense... nothing.. save yourself the trouble and flash to DECK's rom... youll love yourself and kush for it...
As of anything over CM6 final... I hate CM roms... and cm6 far too old to use
Tilde88 said:
LMAO tonight should fix.. been hearing that since the RC1... NO FIX! Only toasts new kernel will fix... ive done all the GPS Status, and Faster Fix, AND sense... nothing.. save yourself the trouble and flash to DECK's rom... youll love yourself and kush for it...
As of anything over CM6 final... I hate CM roms... and cm6 far too old to use
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You do realize that decks rom is just a kang of CM7?
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I am tired of this f**ing GPS issue, I have tried every mentioned method here, and sometimes it fixes it for a little while, but I always have a hard time getting a fix, now I flashed DJ05, and it was supposed to fix this issue once and for all, but it is worse, I am ready to brick my phone on purpose and get an upgrade to something else.
Then get something else. Won't hurt anyone here.
My GPS seems to work better only sometimes now that i'm on dj05. Today it didn't work well, but yesterday it was very quick. Bizarre.
This is not your rage forum. If you're mad at the SGS, here's the place for you: http://www.droidxforums.com/
Just wait until 2.2, it should fix everything.
Did You enable stand alone services? It gets unchecked sometimes when you flash roms.
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I'm in the same boat except I still love this phone . Mine will only work occasionally. It is annoying but meh I'm patient and I live in Utah so all the roads are laid out on a grid. Grid system ftw !
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slvrevoix said:
I'm in the same boat except I still love this phone . Mine will only work occasionally. It is annoying but meh I'm patient and I live in Utah so all the roads are laid out on a grid. Grid system ftw !
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Seriously... that's the ONLY thing I miss about living in Utah.
Dude dj05 locks super fast for me in the mountains of Vermont.
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yeah, tried it on dj05 and Super Dark v1 and my GPS has been flawless even inside the house with wifi off. I do have Verizon Locations Services unchecked in the Location & Security settings though and locks have been almost instantaneous. I had almost forgotten what a working gps was.
I haven't had any problems with GPS as it seems to work much better than before when on DJ01. Did wipe data before updating the Rom??
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I haven't had any problems with GPS as it seems to work much better than before when on DJ01. Did wipe data before updating the Rom??
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Personally I wiped, factory data reset, cleared dalvik, reflashed di01 then back to dj05.
But when it does work oh how glorious it is lol.
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Kaessa said:
Seriously... that's the ONLY thing I miss about living in Utah.
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Utah is the jam. But I also love the great out doors. There is everything to do, its great.
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is there a fix for the gps location???
its off by so far.
Are you using the stock rom?
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kimbernator said:
Are you using the stock rom?
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nope. using Virtuous Fusion.
Gps will never be exact. Its usually off by a few feet. But gps on fusion is great. Used it when I was running the rom and it was really on point. Wasn't off by much. Just off by a few feet
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bstylz911 said:
nope. using Virtuous Fusion.
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Well gps is always more reliable on the stock rom, so it might be your issue. There's trade offs to using custom roms.
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Works perfectly on CM7 nightlies. Locks on instantly and accurately.
After 2 weeks of trial and error this is what finally worked for me.
Download GPS status from the market.
Activate GPS status and see if it gets a lock.
When locked hit the menu button-tools-manage a gps status-then click reset.
Immediately reboot
Open maps -turn on gps and WIFI
That's what worked for me. If I don't have wifi active in the pull down tab my location shows about a mile off, when I activate WIFI i am locked dead center.
There are two other fixes I found at "I can't post links so I spaced out this site" teamroyal net /gps.html but I did not need to use them as this worked for me.
If it works can you repost back here as I'm curious what is working and not working for people.
My GPS has NEVER worked on this replacement.
I saw this thread over at the android apps section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239713
I did it, and now i get 8 sat locks in 5 seconds every time.
-THIS WON'T WORK ON CM7, DON'T BE STUPID.-
Hey, I have a question for you. What rom are using? I remembered you asked for the best battery rom. What did you find out?
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I stuck with Bi-Winning
xriderx66 said:
I stuck with Bi-Winning
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After TriggerCM7 and Miui I went back to Bionix V as some apps didn't work with GB. I'm also using the old Tigersblood Kernel. (That's right Tigersblood without an apostrophe in Tigers."
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xriderx66 said:
My GPS has NEVER worked on this replacement.
I saw this thread over at the android apps section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239713
I did it, and now i get 8 sat locks in 5 seconds every time.
-THIS WON'T WORK ON CM7, DON'T BE STUPID.-
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I am running the old trigger I followed the steps but am a little confused on
5. Use GPS status and Toolbox
•Use GPS status to start fixing satelites
How do I use gps status to start fixing satelites? Right now it doesn't see any to lock onto.
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I stuck with Bi-Winning
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Thanks man. Didn't mean to hijack your thread. Silly me, what was in thinking
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I'm currently on my third Epic and thought I finally got one that wouldn't give me issues (The first kept locking up, the second didn't have a working proximity sensor) but the third turned out to have some crazy GPS issues.
GPS would randomly turn off and say it was trying to connect and stay that way. Even in crystal clear skys when not moving, the GPS would just not work. Sometimes it would work only to lose connection a few minutes later.
I took it into the Sprint store and the only thing they could do for me was just flash the phone back to 2.2.
Is this purely the Gingerbread update not working (when it comes to GPS) or have other people experienced no problems with GPS on stock gingerbread?
Basically I'm debating whether I should call customer service and complain until I get a new one, try the gingerbread update again and hope it works this time, or root and hope the GPS works as well.
Any help is well appreciated.
Jzar said:
I'm currently on my third Epic and thought I finally got one that wouldn't give me issues (The first kept locking up, the second didn't have a working proximity sensor) but the third turned out to have some crazy GPS issues.
GPS would randomly turn off and say it was trying to connect and stay that way. Even in crystal clear skys when not moving, the GPS would just not work. Sometimes it would work only to lose connection a few minutes later.
I took it into the Sprint store and the only thing they could do for me was just flash the phone back to 2.2.
Is this purely the Gingerbread update not working (when it comes to GPS) or have other people experienced no problems with GPS on stock gingerbread?
Basically I'm debating whether I should call customer service and complain until I get a new one, try the gingerbread update again and hope it works this time, or root and hope the GPS works as well.
Any help is well appreciated.
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The GPS is very wonky on the ei22 update... I would root and flash a different rom. All of the roms have the gps fix... if you would like to stay stock there is a gps fix floating around somewhere that you can flash over stock rooted ei22
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No need if you have root permissions go into es file manager ( if you have it if not get it) go into your favorites and open the / or the phone icon go to the system file then find the vendor file then go to the bin file and hold the gpsd file there and go into its properties and check this:
X X X
X O X
X O X
Make sure your checks look like that
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Should look like this
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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That is not his problem. Stock EI22 has the half ass library files resulting in lock ups and very few locks. He needs to flash a custom ROM or just deodexed stock and the GPS fix containing the good library files.
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kennyglass123 said:
That is not his problem. Stock EI22 has the half ass library files resulting in lock ups and very few locks. He needs to flash a custom ROM or just deodexed stock and the GPS fix containing the good library files.
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Awe thought I was all smart providing such an elaborate explanation and solution. See what I did there using them fancy words the way I did?
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Biggoron said:
Awe thought I was all smart providing such an elaborate explanation and solution. See what I did there using them fancy words the way I did?
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Nice try biggoron...
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Biggoron said:
Awe thought I was all smart providing such an elaborate explanation and solution. See what I did there using them fancy words the way I did?
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Just saw X's and O's...thought you were playing tic tac toe...LOL!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049
As no one was linking you to the fix there you go. And if I remember correctly I ran this on stock odexed rom just fine for a while. No need to get a deodex rom just get clockwork mod and flash it.
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stilesja said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049
As no one was linking you to the fix there you go. And if I remember correctly I ran this on stock odexed rom just fine for a while. No need to get a deodex rom just get clockwork mod and flash it.
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Thanks Stilesja, was on the XDA app and couldn't find it. Also was not aware that it worked odexed...awesome!
stilesja said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321049
As no one was linking you to the fix there you go. And if I remember correctly I ran this on stock odexed rom just fine for a while. No need to get a deodex rom just get clockwork mod and flash it.
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I think that was the one I used but since I have it saved with a different filename I figured I'd upload mine as it definitely worked on a stock EI22.
Everything Install Guide[\url].
《Enjoy》
=-O:-$:-[:angel::-\:'-X:-/x--I
On cwm you can go all the way down just keep on clicking down with the volume and than once at the bottom of the screen it will start moving
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Couple of tips.
- Don't like the Market spewing new apps on your home screen? Just disable it in the settings.
- The persistant search bar can be disabled in Trebuchet's settings.
- Nova Launcher is an alternate to Trebuchet. I'm using it. It has a couple of useful features, like grid size. You can also disable widgets in the drawer, and get your standard long-press menu back. I highly recommend doing this if you use Beautiful Widgets, as that will spam up your widget drawer. Use AppWidgetPicker 2.0 pushed to /system/app to take care of this.
- Want your 4G toggle? There's a widget for it. It'll show up in the quick panel later.
Unfortunately, the voice actions are not available as of yet. Voice Search can be downloaded from the Market, but the speech-to-text as demonstrated on the GNexus is nowhere to be seen. It's an upstream issue.
sooper seekret CM dev IRC channel said:
<@wispoffates> I think CM9 needs to fix it internally
<@wispoffates> the option in kb config is there someone must have removed the button on purpose
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I haven't explored VVM yet, but will post when I've got something. EDIT: As of right now, VVM is just plain not happening. I switched to Google Voice, which works well at the moment.
I love it. It doesn't feel like an alpha. The only feature I hate is that the cancel and ok buttons have switched so the cancel button is now on the left side and ok is on the right side. I keep cancelling when I think I'm pressing ok because I'm used to the other way.
Not that I won't get used to it.
I think the whole launch was beautifully executed, the only thing keeping me from staying on CM9 at the moment is that I cant restore the data from my apps.
The soft keyboard is a pain and I can't figure out how to set a static IP for wifi. Battery percentage doesn't work. I like how the LED notifications are fixed and how haptic feedback is back and working way better. The ROM overall is very fast. I backed up all my apps and contacts/SMS with mybackup pro and everything works perfect! Has anybody figured out how to get visual voicemail working?
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Only thing I'm not digging is no face recognition unlock... hope they incorporate soon... or maybe I'm missing something
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Its on there. Change your settings under the security settings.
I like it so far. Just hope they keep fixing bugs and adding features as they get introduced to cm9.
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This really doesn't feel like an alpha. Its not perfect but man I can't believe we were spoiled with this. Thank you to everyone who gave this to us. The og epic feels new.
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Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?
i have been running it for an hour and I like it so far but It can't be daily driver at the moment..
Most of my favorite games don't work or freeze (my biggest complaint)
asphalt 6 crashes
blood and glory doesnt work
deadspace doesnt work well due to the multi touch issue
street fighter IV crashes
few lags, but the rom is really smooth
camera recording issue (already noted by cm) and few minor bugs (like showing battery percentage in status bar doesn't show) and a few fc's here and there..
I haven't used the GPS for a while but it fine so far.
The CM team is amazing for the awesome rom (cm7 as well) and I am loving it so far...i am definitely donating
I think this rom is more a beta because it only has a few quirks to work out imo
brooksyx said:
Its on there. Change your settings under the security settings.
I like it so far. Just hope they keep fixing bugs and adding features as they get introduced to cm9.
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Yep I found it now... but can't get it to work for the life of me... played with it for an hour but nothing...
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luna_c666 said:
Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?
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Get the Swype beta.
luna_c666 said:
Can we get swype to work (does it work now? Why haven't I tried before asking this question smh) ?
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You don't need swype beta. Just download one of the themed swypes in the apps section and flash it. Just make sure you mount system in CWM and unmount when you're done.
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The blue theme looks great with ICS!
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SpicyBurrito said:
I love it. It doesn't feel like an alpha. The only feature I hate is that the cancel and ok buttons have switched so the cancel button is now on the left side and ok is on the right side. I keep cancelling when I think I'm pressing ok because I'm used to the other way.
Not that I won't get used to it.
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Its killing me too.
j00manji said:
I think the whole launch was beautifully executed, the only thing keeping me from staying on CM9 at the moment is that I cant restore the data from my apps.
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Why not? Titanium backup is working fine...
flastnoles11 said:
Only thing I'm not digging is no face recognition unlock... hope they incorporate soon... or maybe I'm missing something
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Its part of the gapps. did you install them?
WOW! If this is an alpha release, what is the final release gonna be like? Will it give happy ending massages too? Great Work! Love it!
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Would someone who has it installed report about what happens when you put it in a dock?
ie. does it redirect sound, is the sound good? (for example it has full audio range and bass)
............
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J3ff said:
Would someone who has it installed report about what happens when you put it in a dock?
ie. does it redirect sound, is the sound good? (for example it has full audio range and bass)
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Well cm7 doesn't even do that so I wouldn't hold my breath... Also there's no Google car home app for ics right now. Won't let you DL from the market
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