GPS on International N9005 Note 3 - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys.
Read a lot about this but still haven't really seen a proper 'fix' for it yet. Maybe I didn't search hard enough. Have GPS drop outs continually and takes a bit to get a lock. Kitkat hasn't helped either. Actually worked ok before I went to it.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a fix? I'm running Civz rom and kernel at the moment.
Thank in advance!!
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I remember another Aussie user having the same problem after "upgrading" (ha!) to KK, don't know if he found a fix.
I'm still on JB, but have you tried Top NTP? It's on the playstore, there's a free and a donate version (can't link to it from my work pc). It changes the GPS config and is the first app I install on every device I've had - never let me down, instant fix. Worth a try?

B3311 said:
I remember another Aussie user having the same problem after "upgrading" (ha!) to KK, don't know if he found a fix.
I'm still on JB, but have you tried Top NTP? It's on the playstore, there's a free and a donate version (can't link to it from my work pc). It changes the GPS config and is the first app I install on every device I've had - never let me down, instant fix. Worth a try?
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I've been having this issue since upgrading to KitKat on Note3 (Snapdragon) International Version.
TopNTP fixed it.
Before it would take forever to lock the signal, and most of the time it wouldn't at all.
Now it takes from 5-10 seconds.

Lambetts said:
Hey guys.
Read a lot about this but still haven't really seen a proper 'fix' for it yet. Maybe I didn't search hard enough. Have GPS drop outs continually and takes a bit to get a lock. Kitkat hasn't helped either. Actually worked ok before I went to it.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a fix? I'm running Civz rom and kernel at the moment.
Thank in advance!!
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drop outs wouldn't be when using google maps would it?

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5.0 maps cannot get directions. Anyone else?

So i have the new google maps (5.0) and i am getting a gps lock in seconds but it never gets directions.
I let it go for 30 mins on the way home today an it never loaded directions. I could see my location behind the scene following my location perfectly.
Anyone else experience this?
I have uninstalled and reinstalled with no luck.
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Mean Sixteen; said:
So i have the new google maps (5.0) and i am getting a gps lock in seconds but it never gets directions.
I let it go for 30 mins on the way home today an it never loaded directions. I could see my location behind the scene following my location perfectly.
Anyone else experience this?
I have uninstalled and reinstalled with no luck.
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I had this problem too....I had to uninstall and reinstall the previous version of it I had in titanium backup.
Well I decided to change kernels...I'm on jt's superclean .9 rom and I went to rom manager and installed 11/11 stable kernel and now the new maps are working. I'm not sure if that was my fix but it's working now.
i just heard on IRC that this is rom specific. and seems to be doing this on sonofskywalker3's roms. you could try to change roms and see if that helps. me... i'm gonna stay and wait for an update. I love how my phone is set up and everything,
ryanf said:
i just heard on IRC that this is rom specific. and seems to be doing this on sonofskywalker3's roms. you could try to change roms and see if that helps. me... i'm gonna stay and wait for an update. I love how my phone is set up and everything,
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I had the problem on his... But I decided to do a full wipe and clean install of it... did NOT restore maps (from backups) and all was well.
ps. I did not previously do a full wipe when i first went to his...
It will not work with the Skywalker roms, I tried everything. It does however work just fine with the jt superclean and the 12/16 release. ( I put on the voodoo5 )
This is going to sound lame, but can anyone shed light on how to actually LOOK at the map in 3d ???? I know they don't have it here in LA, but I looked up San Francisco, and still no dice.
What am I missing ????
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This is going to sound lame, but can anyone shed light on how to actually LOOK at the map in 3d ???? I know they don't have it here in LA, but I looked up San Francisco, and still no dice.
What am I missing ????
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Froyo. In the help section or the description of google maps in the market says u must have 2.2 and multitouch screen which fascinate has.
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Well I have different problem with 5.0. When I'm in my neighborhood, I have no problem with gps. When I'm in another city the gps has problem locating my current location and I live in NYC.
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You don't need froyo for the 3d view. Use both thumbs one in each corner of the screen, and drag down simultaneously.
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[Q] General thoughts, experience and concerns on Froyo 2.2.2

To start this off, I want to say that this is an awesome community full of great people willing to help others. It takes this sort of open source sharing to come together for the greater good. That is why I want to make a thread to document my experiences so that it may help others and myself.
As of yesterday, I started using froyo 2.2.2 by joshkoss. This update is probably the best of all of them and I like it much better than 2.2.1, which is what I previously had installed. Having said that, there are still some problems, which I almost find enjoyable to discover how to fix.
Throughout most of my updates, my GPS has been slow to connect. Finally on 2.2.2 it is impossible to establish a connection and everytime I turn on GPS it always asks me to 'Accept' or 'Cancel' the agreement. I've never had this happen before. Anyone know what to do about that?
Beyond this issue, I wanted to try this fix by ciscogee. I have gotten all the way to the point on ADB tools that in my cmd prompt I can type 'adb devices' to show me my devices serial number. For me, it ends there. As soon as I can figure out how to do this fix step by step for a beginner I will type it out in this thread. I am using Android SDK.
Another problem with this 2.2.2 update is that my banking app no longer works and it force closes right after start up. Then when I try to send a report, that also force closes. It worked on 2.2.1 so Im sure it has something to do with it.
So as of right now this is where I'm at. I hope I can help some people out with their Continuum. I just dont have the detailed knowledge of the inner workings to really bring something to the table, but I hope to at least help someone else out and learn something in the process.
My Wells Fargo app quit working when I switched over to EC07 and I haven't been able to pinpoint what the problem is. I posted my problems in another thread, but basically I had several apps that were FCing when I tried to use them. I did logcat on them, and based on the errors I got from there, I think is has something to do with the apps trying to access data either over 3G or wifi.
Never got any further than that though.
That's weird. Did you have problems reporting the failure? Ill have to try out that log app and see what I can find out. Hopefully ill have something later today.
Anyone else have problems with a banking app? Mine is comerica bank.
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Trailblazer101 has a fixed browser app. Try that.
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I don't think that'll help. My browser has never forced closed.
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Thinking is a lil dif than trying it and knowing for sure.
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I tried the hacked browser and it didn't change anything on my phone. Both the stock browser and TB's hacked one FC as soon I tried load a page.
One thing I did notice though, was that the browser would let me surf the web just fine. It was when I tried to log into any account; Wells Fargo, Google, etc.,that it would FC. Don't know if that means anything or not. Wonder if it is the same reason some banking apps aren't working. Could it have something to do with using secure connections?
Just a thought.
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Thinking is a lil dif than trying it and knowing for sure.
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You're absolutely right! You really can't mess up this phone either.
rowdyw said:
I tried the hacked browser and it didn't change anything on my phone. Both the stock browser and TB's hacked one FC as soon I tried load a page.
One thing I did notice though, was that the browser would let me surf the web just fine. It was when I tried to log into any account; Wells Fargo, Google, etc.,that it would FC. Don't know if that means anything or not. Wonder if it is the same reason some banking apps aren't working. Could it have something to do with using secure connections?
Just a thought.
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I get what you're saying about the force close on secure connections. Ive only had a force close on one bank app. Never online through the web browser such as dolphin.
Was the hacked browser an internet browser?
Yep, my Wells Fargo app doesn't work either.
Same fc issue... as with the Flixter and imapmyrun apps.
(Small vibrate... pause... blackscreen & 3 pulse vibrate fc.)
I'm running Miunia Beta 3 on ec07 radio with the Ciscogee .85 blue theme.
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Yes exactly. My comerica does the same vibrating act.
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Ahh just found another one with the buzzing act. The app called zillow. Makes me wonder if I should go back to my old rom...nahh ill stick out for an update...come on joshkoss!
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Ok, after reading some old posts, I think I may have found a connection with the FC issues and certain apps. It seems that there were alot less FC problems when using the EC03 baseband vs. the EC06 baseband.
Does anyone know what the differences are between the two?
I've said it before, but; I don't know much about programming, language, kernals, etc. but I can see patterns. And what I have seen is that most of the apps with FC problems are trying to access network data, and alot of those seem to be secure connections (such as banking apps). Someone said before that it is hard to know what the real problem is because everyone uses different apps, but I have seen the same apps listed as causing problems with several different users here over and over again. So that makes me think that there is an underlying problem causing these issues.
Like I said, I don't know much, but this seems like the problem to me, and if these clues make something, somewhere, inside someone's brain click that actually does know something about this, then maybe I helped a little bit.
rowdyw said:
Ok, after reading some old posts, I think I may have found a connection with the FC issues and certain apps. It seems that there were alot less FC problems when using the EC03 baseband vs. the EC06 baseband.
Does anyone know what the differences are between the two?
I've said it before, but; I don't know much about programming, language, kernals, etc. but I can see patterns. And what I have seen is that most of the apps with FC problems are trying to access network data, and alot of those seem to be secure connections (such as banking apps). Someone said before that it is hard to know what the real problem is because everyone uses different apps, but I have seen the same apps listed as causing problems with several different users here over and over again. So that makes me think that there is an underlying problem causing these issues.
Like I said, I don't know much, but this seems like the problem to me, and if these clues make something, somewhere, inside someone's brain click that actually does know something about this, then maybe I helped a little bit.
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If that's the case, it sounds like a problem with ssl. I wonder if a fascinate baseband would fix it. Trailblazer proved that a fascinate baseband would work on our phones a few months ago
Release your inhibitions, feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you. only you can let it in - Natasha Bedingfield
It would be worth a shot for sure.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/co...unknown-baseband-radio-modem-replacement.html
Try that link... let's find out if it works.
Thanks, I will have to try it out when I get home.
Will cwm save my existing radio if I wanted to back up what I've got?
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minirome said:
Will cwm save my existing radio if I wanted to back up what I've got?
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I believe so. But, if not, reflash with odin.
Either let me fly or give me death. Let my soul rest, or take my breath. - DMX
Cwm will NOT back up your radio!
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Anyone got the Skype apk prior to 2.6.0.95 ?

Video calling was working just fine on my XOOM until the above update so.....has anyone got an APK for the previous version that they could possibly link me to?
I dunno if anyone else uses it but today when we tried to call my dad, the XOOM just locked up and was locked in the call with black video window. Very frustrating and my daughter really wanted to see her grandad.
So, any help greatly appreciated. ;-)
This version is pretty old but its the only one that works problem free on my Nexus One
dl.dropbox.com/u/132570/android/apps/Skype_2.0.0.47.apk
mcnob said:
Video calling was working just fine on my XOOM until the above update ... I dunno if anyone else uses it
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Funny you say that, 'cause about an hour after the update I made a ~10-minute Video call to Israel (and one later within Cali, a lot less interesting ) and it worked flawlessly, w/o even any sync or lag issues.
Did you try rebooting? I'm rooted and overclocked, but I suspect that's had very little to do with my good performance.
Well i managed to track down 2.5.0.160 which seems to be the one i had prior to the issues and all is well again.
Thanks for responding guys.
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mcnob said:
Well i managed to track down 2.5.0.160 which seems to be the one i had prior to the issues and all is well again.
Thanks for responding guys.
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I have the same problem with my Galaxy S WIFI 5.0. After update, the front/back camera is upside down.
Can place the apk somewhere accessible on the internet? Many many thanks.
Literally 5 threads down in this very forum is exactly what you seek.
Really, guys...
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sodaboy581 said:
Literally 5 threads down in this very forum is exactly what you seek.
Really, guys...
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Yeh, it's a shame the OP of that one didn't search first...eh? What with this one being dated prior to that one and all......

Any issues on LTE Note 10.1

Hey guys & gurls,
Getting my Note 10.1 LTE tomorrow, and I'm just wondering if there are any issues that I should be aware of before turning the great device into an even greater one with the help of everyone here.
Any info would be great.
Thanks,
Evil.
Nobody has anything to tell me?
Cheers,
Evil.
there arent any issues for note 10.1 so you should not be worry about anything
Yep, in Australia all I can find is the 16Gb version of the LTE(4G) model... This is too small, I need at least 32Gb...:crying:
No problems using the LTE10.1 here in Germany either. Apart from it being addictive. And the disruption to meetings while folks check out the handwriting to text.... or in my case, scrawl to text.
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gpfx said:
No problems using the LTE10.1 here in Germany either. Apart from it being addictive. And the disruption to meetings while folks check out the handwriting to text.... or in my case, scrawl to text.
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Haha yes I can see this being an issue for me too but thats ok. Atleast it will take the directoes mind off of them loosing monwy atm lol.
Thanks guys for your input.
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Its a great device but it still a real shame that the only ROM available for it is this one.
Darkman [ROM][STOCK][4.1.2][BMC3] ★★N8020★★ Stock Rooted Busybox Deodexed (CWM) [12/05/2013]
Still I use this thing at Uni for lecture notes, student admin type stuff and in campus emails and I cannot imagine studying without it... Its priceless and gets a lot of attention especially from iPad (iPoo??) owners... very gratifying...
Nobleskill
There's 4.2 and 4.3 versions out now, gonna try them out tomorrow, just hesitating about the network apns and how to enter them manually, never had to look at this before.
nightshot72 said:
There's 4.2 and 4.3 versions out now, gonna try them out tomorrow, just hesitating about the network apns and how to enter them manually, never had to look at this before.
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I'm sure there is a free app to help with this.. apn.. something something.. search in play and I'm sure it would be there..
Well actually I couldn't help myself.. this will back up and then restore your apn..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.APNBackupRestore
Its free too and highly rated so should be fine.
Ill look into flashing 2.3 tomorrow so will update on how that apps plays out for me but don't forget your trlco can help too. Customer support should be able to txt you the settings and once the message is opened it auto fills the setting for you. We used to do it for customers back in thenso surely even the telco themselves should have an app that solves it??
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[FIX] Another WiFi Fix

Hello
Little history: I bought my phone yesterday, and i'm shocked with de poor wifi. So I back to the store do change the device, but th saleswoman said I can't change it, because of the contract that I've signed with Claro (Claro is one of the mobile operator in Brazil, and I bought this device through a fidelity plan). So I decide to fix or brick this **** and buy another. Fortunately, I think I was able to fix it and my pocket thanks it.
First of all, let's clarify somethings:
1 - I don't know a **** about developing, so don't blame me with don't work. I'm sharing this solution (that worked for me) because I'm extremely grateful to XDA since of my first day in Android. And to fix this **** that Sony makes (haha!)
2 - As if I say, it's worked for me; My Wifi is detecting more networks now and don't disconnect them. Range is better to.
3 - If I can, I'll help, but I don't know a **** about developing (again!), and I hope that the real developers will come here do help who needs.
4 - I'm in 12.0.A.2.254 firmware (rooted) (BL Locked - I'll unlock it later to teste custom roms; just waiting a feel days because of factory issues)
Ok, let's go
I did it:
1 - root following this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2405933
2 - I downloaded that Rom for Xperia L (I think that is the same wifi devices on both phones) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419042
3 - extract the file 01_____C_n_T_JB_4.1.2_15.0.A.2.17_V1.zip\system\etc\firmware\wlan\prima\WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini and put in somewhere of easy acess
4 - copy to your phone through root explorer
5 - Reboots
AGAIN: I don't know how to developing; I don't know if it will blow my phone or whatever; I just works here.
Thanks to serajr, for his amazing rom for Xperia L (I had one, but a mother****er stole it. It's a great phone. Better camera than Xperia SP)
thanks to DooMLoRD, for allowing us to root this great device
and thanks to you, that you understand my bad english
***If it posted in wrong section, please move it***
***Sorry if I forget someone in credits, just thanks to all of developers involved in XDA***
Greetings
EDIT: Forget do upload the files. Idiot.
Here: http://d-h.st/ZHW
My Wi-Fi issues had been resolved after the 2.254 firmware update, anyhow's great work, maybe this help people who suffer from poor wifi. ))
upload ini
can you please upload the ini file instead we download the whole zip file.
Wifi Fix?
can anyone confirm if this Fix actually works in extending the range and preventing disconnections?
omair.anwer said:
can you please upload the ini file instead we download the whole zip file.
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it's in EDIT on my first post, bro
Greetings.
Wow it's amazing! It works perfekt! Before i do this my wifi connection currently interrupted, now it's fast and stable! Thank's bro!!!
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well to be true 2.254 firmware update did a little better though with the wifi.. but not as expected.:silly:
Still waiting for perfection or at least to meet the expectation.
This fix seems to be working
Going to give it a try, thanks
Edit: Seems to work!
Please stop using **** in every sentence you write down, it does not make any sense and is not of any use.
works perfectly on C5302_12.0.A.1.284. Thanks for this fix.
Works absolutely awesome even in custom rom. Many many thanks.
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Deepam7325 said:
Works absolutely awesome even in custom rom. Many many thanks.
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Well ok, you convinced me. I will try it out as well later tonight and will post results
At the moment my Galaxy Note II gets 2 bars at 10m distance with 2 walls.
While Xperia SP gets only 1 (or no bars at all) at distance of just 5m and one wall.
Where?
Where exactly should I put this .ini file?
Thank you
Frankly, I don't see any difference. I have the same signal power and the same problems with connection drops as I had before.
gbf360 said:
Where exactly should I put this .ini file?
Thank you
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HERE: system\et c\firmware\wlan\prima
overwrite the stock file.
c0rtexx said:
Frankly, I don't see any difference. I have the same signal power and the same problems with connection drops as I had before.
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Well, in order to fix this problem, I searched the web a lot. I found many fix for it, but none of them works. I found a topic that says to overwrite this files and a lot of peoples saying that works, but not for me. So I tried this way and works.
I think it don't work for all devices, Like the lastest update solved the problem of wifi for a some peoples and not for other. Maybe something related to the region and the model of phone (5302/5303/5306/mh35)?
guiips said:
HERE: system\et c\firmware\wlan\prima
overwrite the stock file.
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after overwriting, have to change permissions to r-w-r-r, otherwise wont work.
Weird, it is (almost) the same ini file as our phone however some lines are missing /diffrent..
Tried all the Wi-Fi fixes and still crappy connection
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after overwriting, have to change permissions to r-w-r-r, otherwise wont work.
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what do u mean by overwriting... in prima folder we have three files,,,, what to do next??

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