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CM7 GPS

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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Mt4g GPS FIX?

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.

Oxygen 2.2.2

Just wanted to let you all know that Oxygen 2.2.2 is out, to whoever cares and uses 2.2.1.
I been using it for a bout an hour and have had no issues

unomedmen1 said:
Just wanted to let you all know that Oxygen 2.2.2 is out, to whoever cares and uses 2.2.1.
I been using it for a bout an hour and have had no issues
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its good

Used it for 2 days. The only bug I get is randomly I can't access text messages. It requires a reboot.
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Yea I love this ROM but I guess its not compatible with Ripple Lock Screen yet or something.When I use it my screen takes like 6 seconds to unlock, really strange as this was not happening with 2.2.1.
Other than that, PERFECT

unomedmen1 said:
Yea I love this ROM but I guess its not compatible with Ripple Lock Screen yet or something.When I use it my screen takes like 6 seconds to unlock, really strange as this was not happening with 2.2.1.
Other than that, PERFECT
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Weird...Ripple Lock works fine for me on 2.2.2. Did you do a fresh install of the app or did you restore a backup?
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tmcquake said:
Weird...Ripple Lock works fine for me on 2.2.2. Did you do a fresh install of the app or did you restore a backup?
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Yup I did a fresh install. I have both the ripple lock and the agile lock (sense 3.0) and they both do the same. I found out that they ado work but to I have to use the volume to show unlock (weird) If I hit the power button nothing happens at all.

Been using it for about an hour now...so far so good. No problems and as fast and lite as I remember.
Gonna stick with it as my normal runner if no issues creep up.
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What do you guys like about this ROM over CM7?
CM7 froze in the middle of the night, then I missed my alarm, so I need to try something else.

SComp23 said:
What do you guys like about this ROM over CM7?
CM7 froze in the middle of the night, then I missed my alarm, so I need to try something else.
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To be honest with you I only tried CM7 for about an hour. I just didnt like the look and layout, plus it seems like it comes with so much more things installed (bloat to me). During that hour it did not feel any faster nor smoother than Oxygen. Been using Oxygen since 2.2.1 till now and I have NEVER got a reboot or freeze. Check it out man, you wont be dissapointed.

unomedmen1 said:
To be honest with you I only tried CM7 for about an hour. I just didnt like the look and layout, plus it seems like it comes with so much more things installed (bloat to me). During that hour it did not feel any faster nor smoother than Oxygen. Been using Oxygen since 2.2.1 till now and I have NEVER got a reboot or freeze. Check it out man, you wont be dissapointed.
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I've been using it for about 10 minutes now and I love it.
Agree 100% with what you said about the "bloat".

Good to know. .... I use oxy and one other rom , but lately oxy has been my daily driver due to the sheer speed. Battery life isn't as good but I have my phone oc'd to 1.3.
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pdxrealtor said:
Good to know. .... I use oxy and one other rom , but lately oxy has been my daily driver due to the sheer speed. Battery life isn't as good but I have my phone oc'd to 1.3.
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Have you tried running it at 800Mhz? This is my setting while i'm at work, then back to 1Ghz at home. I see no difference in speed IMO

The only things oxygen is missing that I really like is the 4g notification toggle, and incognito mode on the browser.
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Rem3Dy said:
The only things oxygen is missing that I really like is the 4g notification toggle, and incognito mode on the browser.
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Are you scared that your mum will go through your phone's browser history and frown at your interest in knitting?
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unomedmen1 said:
Have you tried running it at 800Mhz? This is my setting while i'm at work, then back to 1Ghz at home. I see no difference in speed IMO
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How is the battery life different between the 2 settings?
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any one experience "system not responding" seems like my phone locking up more and more lately using the kernel that the rom comes with using stock launcher other than that everything is good

Anyone have an issue with BLN not working?
It worked once, and that was that.
Thanks

My speaker automatically turns on when i pick up a call or when i call someone. Anyone else having this issue?

LordLugard said:
Are you scared that your mum will go through your phone's browser history and frown at your interest in knitting?
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Really? Wow is XDA going downhill fast.
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SComp23 said:
Anyone have an issue with BLN not working?
It worked once, and that was that.
Thanks
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BLN working for me.

GPS and Gingerbread

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.

GPS not working, need to bring back to factory settings

I'm gonna try to take the phone back to att and hope they can replace my phone... So I wanted to know if anyone has steps or instructions on how to unroot, lock back the phone and put a adb push a stock ROM.
I'm running neutrino which is a cm week 5 ROM...
I'm posting from my phone which is kind of hard to arch around.
I appreciate the help guys!
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Anyone?
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razorseal said:
I'm gonna try to take the phone back to att and hope they can replace my phone... So I wanted to know if anyone has steps or instructions on how to unroot, lock back the phone and put a adb push a stock ROM.
I'm running neutrino which is a cm week 5 ROM...
I'm posting from my phone which is kind of hard to arch around.
I appreciate the help guys!
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Before you send it back, have you tried any other ROMS or even better try blur ROMS to see if your phone or the neutrino is the issue?
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Voelker45 said:
Before you send it back, have you tried any other ROMS or even better try blur ROMS to see if your phone or the neutrino is the issue?
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I tried Darkside and neutrino.
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I tried Darkside and neutrino.
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So the darkside blur ROM didn't work. Hmmmm. I'd say give the totally stock ROM wet dream a try and see if that works but other than that look at the ATRIX stickies for all the info about stock stuff there.
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Ok, I'll try that tomorrow or this weekend as i'm off.
but I figured (and hope) it fails to work in stock ATT factory settings like how it came to me on day one, so ATT will replace it.
if my phone just doesn't like working the gps with roms, that'll really suck.
I did look at the sticky, but didn't see anything about locking it back and unrooting

razorseal said:
Ok, I'll try that tomorrow or this weekend as i'm off.
but I figured (and hope) it fails to work in stock ATT factory settings like how it came to me on day one, so ATT will replace it.
if my phone just doesn't like working the gps with roms, that'll really suck.
I did look at the sticky, but didn't see anything about locking it back and unrooting
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CM7 broke my GPS. I figured out though if you download GPS Status in the Android market and go to tools than Magellan GPS state it will lock on your coordinates. Than just open the GPS program of your choice. Hope it works for you.
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Hoshneer said:
CM7 broke my GPS. I figured out though if you download GPS Status in the Android market and go to tools than Magellan GPS state it will lock on your coordinates. Than just open the GPS program of your choice. Hope it works for you.
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Go to tools and megallan gps? I dont see anything like that in gps status settings.
It doesnt work with the 2 roms that I tried. If it does its very poor.
So any suggestions on reverting back to bone stock?
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Here is what's happening. I ho e my Xoom in the vid to compare GPS status
http://youtu.be/FVv_HxdGVnU
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