I just wanna share this.
I was having a problem with the GPS on GingerDX can't connect.
Before, I was using Froyobread and I can connect to the GPS.
I was thinking about GingerDX, the GPS is working, but can't connect. So I wandered if there is something missing in the build.prop of GingerDX.
So I looked back on Froyobread's build.prop. I saw this codes:
Code:
ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1
ro.com.google.networklocation=1
I added it on GingerDX's build.prop and now I can connect to the GPS.
This works for me. I don't know if you were having any issues with your GPS.
And I am not sure if these codes actually made my GPS work. But in fact, it works after putting these.
Related
So I was playing around with this GPS tether app. But I didn't manage to get it to work..
I was able to start the app and the GPS started working and got coordinates and everything seamd fine on the phone. I could not however not get access to it from my computer. I Guess GPS Tether is actually just an gpsd. so I used telnet to port 2947. I Got connected but I did not get any data, all i got was an "GPSD" showing now and then..
I'm running MCR r6.
Anyone got this working?
My reasons for wanting this is the ability to use any GPS app on my computer and the phone acting as an GPS device(using TCP-COM). and not having to buy an GPS device. And it would be very cool!
I have now managed to get data with telnet.. but when using an NMEA gps program, it doesnt seam to work, like GPSCommunicator :/ (using TCP-COM)
http://www.panazzolo.com/
Some time ago I rooted my Eris and flashed KaosFroyo v37. Very pleased with this rom and liked the ability of having root privileges. I naturally installed Wireless Tether for root users and was able to share my 3g with my laptop, although this does not help me with my desktop as I don't have wireless on my desktop. I do however have bluetooth on my desktop. I was pleased to see that I could also bluetooth tether to my desktop using the same program. I paired the two together and enable the bluetooth option of Wireless Tether, got my desktop to connect to it and was all set to go. Opened my web browser, tried to go to google, no luck. Checked the phone and it was rebooting. What??? So I tried it again, same result. Tried it a few more time and kept an eye on my phone to find out at what point it was rebooting. I could have my computer connected to it through the bluetooth tether until I tried to surf the web from my desktop.
At first I thought that maybe the wireless program was just not completely compatible with the Eris. I tried different roms (KaosFroye v38, v39, Tenzo 2.2.1, Nonsensikal v13.2, 15.2,16.1) all with the same results. Just yesterday I was messing around with this little problem again. Did some digging around the internet and found alot of information about bluetooth networking with android and Linux. Was able to run pand command from android shell and found that it has Bluetooth PAN daemon version 4.47. I believe that all the correct bleutooth tools are installed, so than I ran "pand -l -r NAP" and was able to get my phone to be a bluetooth network access point. Connected my computer to it, tried to access it throught the bluetooth network, and guess what, the phone rebooted. Now I do not think that it has anything to do with Wireless Tether for root.
I did some more digging on the internet and found that the bluetooth network interface is supposed to be bnep0. I can not find and interface on my phone for bnep0. Ok. More digging, bnep0 interface is part of the kernel built from the module bnep.ko. I can no find that module on my phone. Do I not need that module? Is that module not built at compile time of the rom? Does the Eris hardware not evan capable of Bluetooth PAN?
Could some one shed some light on this subject. Would really like to tether my desktop to me phone as that is the only way I can get internet at home. Thanks
P.S. My desktop and laptop are both dual boot into Windows Vista or Ubuntu 10.10 and they both use identical bluetooth usb cards.
I don't have an answer for you, but just wanted to add that I'm curious if anyone is knowlegeable about this, too.
You can use wired tethering. If you need help doing so, I've done it a lot as it's my and my girlfriend's only internet and has been for the past five months, too. I use wired because the wireless seems to use battery power faster than it can be charged on the phone, plus it gets even hotter for me. As it is, even with wired tethering, I take the back off and let it sit in front of a fan face-down to keep it cooler.
You're mileage may vary, of course. In my experience both wired and wireless is fairly unreliable and easy to overburden so much that the phone loses it's internet until I do an APN Restore and reboot the phone. Sometimes a reboot of my PC is necessary, too. I don't know if you've had this experience with the standard wireless tethering. I also download a LOT, so this could be a factor.
Thank you for the reply. Yes i can use wired tether to do internet as well, and yes the phone does heat up. It has never gotten so hot that I had to do a restore on it yet though. If that happens I think I would have a stroke and probably keep the phone in the freezer while tethering.
I have been trying to find some type of answer to this problem. I have been searching around and trying to figure out how to compile this module but since I am not versed enough in the whole compile process I am kind of lost. I have downloaded and installed EasyDev v6 on my laptop running Ubuntu 10.10, nut that won't even compile the complete rom. I believe it downloaded all the source code it needs(took about 8 hours), when it was finished it told me where to find my new rom, but when I go there it's only a little over 4 megs in size. I will keep plugging away and if I come across some kind of info I will pose it here.
Well I think I figured out how to compile the bnep.ko module. Using my laptop, I found my kernel source and typed
'export CCOMPILER="$PATH_TO_SOURCES"/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/arm-eabi-' and then
'make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=$CCOMPILER menuconfig'
I was able to select the options for compiling a new kernel. Under networking → bluetooth → bnep
I noticed that it was already enabled. Must be included in the defualt build of the kernel. I told it to build a new bnep module. Saved my config file, and then ran the make -
'make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=$CCOMPILER modules'
To my surprise it actually build me a bnep.ko module. I copied module to phone into /system/lib/modules/ and tried to install the module.
'insmod /system/lib/modules/bnep.ko' and it told me “insmod: init_module '/system/lib/modules/bnep.ko' failed (Exec format error)”
Great now what. Well I tried the whole bluetooth tether again and guess what, now the bluetooth won't even turn on. I removed the bnep.ko file and was able to enable bluetooth again. Well I guess I am no further along now then when I started, except I have a little more understanding of how to build a kernel.
I have installed PDANet on my Eris and the Toshiba Bluetooth Stack on my Laptop. I am able to use Bluetooth DUN without a problem. The wireless tether for root app would always crash my phone. I am going to try a android tablet in a few minutes. I am running TazzFroyo.
Hey all,
I'm on vacation and Google navigation tracked me all the way to my destination like a boss.
Now that I'm here, my GPS thinks I'm in my home city, and won't move... I opened up GPS test and I'm only connected to 2 satellites.
My phone seems to get a decent location fix.
I'm wifi tethering to my TF.
Any idea what's going on?
Same issue. GPS icon appears but doesn't blink and just stalls.
Gps test - clear agps - update agps. Fixed the issue for me.
hauj0bb said:
I'm wifi tethering to my TF.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
GPS location comes from several sources.( see your settings). One source is GPS, however if the fix is not great as when you just turn on TF and in a mew location, it will use the WiFi router location which is actually a lookup online that is set once and fixed. If the WiFi location for your phone was established and recorded at the online site while at home ( most likely the case) then the TF will read that and think it is home. Go to settings and turn off use wifi location.
Rumbleweed said:
GPS location comes from several sources.( see your settings). One source is GPS, however if the fix is not great as when you just turn on TF and in a mew location, it will use the WiFi router location which is actually a lookup online that is set once and fixed. If the WiFi location for your phone was established and recorded at the online site while at home ( most likely the case) then the TF will read that and think it is home. Go to settings and turn off use wifi location.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 granted the wifi location is faster but if that router is registered to somewhere else (if you just moved or bought a used router online) then it'll say your there and tale a lot longer to get a lock.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App
If your wifi router location is wrong due to the situations mentioned above, you can have it reset by contacting "skyhookwireless".
No-go. Clearing the AGPS made the icon for GPS totally disappear, and refuse to appear again until a hard reboot. Even then it still just stalls. Trying a rom different from Prime to see if that might be the cause.
Has ANYONE else had issues like this? The GPS worked for a while but now totally fails.
Hello one and all, Great job on CM7, however i have not been able to use my wireless for anything. On CM7.0 RC1,3,4 it wouldn't even turn on. Now on CM7.1 RC1 / nightly's, it will turn on, but it will error out when it try's to activate the interface. I can get USB teather to work, but not the wireless. the radio work fine as it is, it is the stock radio, and im not fond of upgrading it. IF you want the log let me know
There are lots of bugs with every CynogenMod Roms. They try to reduce it with every update.
So try to get the latest release, hope it solve your problems.
trhcowboy said:
Hello one and all, Great job on CM7, however i have not been able to use my wireless for anything. On CM7.0 RC1,3,4 it wouldn't even turn on. Now on CM7.1 RC1 / nightly's, it will turn on, but it will error out when it try's to activate the interface. I can get USB teather to work, but not the wireless. the radio work fine as it is, it is the stock radio, and im not fond of upgrading it. IF you want the log let me know
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To answer your question. There are several apps in the "app world" that will work with most, if not all, ROMs.
You can use Barnacle from the market.
[https://market.android.com/details?id=net.szym.barnacle&hl=en]
Or you can use the Open Source .apk
[http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list]
The nice thing about the Google Code one is you can block MAC addresses so not everyone is tethering off of you in public places. I always like leaving my SSID shown as something like "mah android powered your iPod", but use the MAC filtering.
Hi
i'm a biggener i installed taboonay with every thing ok. afetr ihad worked 3g hwuawi on my iconia a500 i lost wifi connection. wifi is fine with my laptop, but it doesnot work with iconia. even i updated to 2.2 .
wifi is working but can not find my home wifi network !!!
please help.
1- i installed taboonay 2.1
2- wifi ok
3- 3g dongle ok
4- wifi not working
5-update 2.2
6- still wifi not working
7- searching the internet for solution
i'm thinking of doing the following
1- reinstall taboonay 2.1
2- update to 2.2
3- 3g dongle
4- try wifi ????
what do ya think of this idea?
Seems I read somewhere awhile back, that the wifi won't work with the dongle inserted.
At least that's what I remember, and it seems your steps confirm this. I could be wrong though, as I use a 501.
I suppose, when you remove the dongle, Wifi starts working again?
Also, one other thing to try which seems to help a lot of people with home routers. Try changing channels on your router through the router admin.
Same problem
3g also work whenever i chose wifi mode or wifi and 3g!!!
I had this problem as well, but I hadn't installed anything, it simply just stopped working. I erased the iconia from
My network, then added it back. On the iconia I forgot the home network, and then found it again, re set the network settings, rebooted and re-installed the firmware and it was working again. Haven't had a problem since
Moscow Desire said:
Seems I read somewhere awhile back, that the wifi won't work with the dongle inserted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seems sensible as you can't use wifi and 3G on the A501 at the same time either, its one or the other....