gps calibration bad in most N roms and newest MIUI 8.5 - Xiaomi Redmi 2 Questions & Answers

hello I have 2014813 redmi 2 amd by now I have tried aex,pirejs,mokee and viper from N roms.
they all seem to have a bit bad calibratiom (some better ,some worse). I even tried MIUI 8.5 which had worse calibration of them all. Best one was mokee that was only few meters wrong.
I know that my gps is not a problem because mokee 6 and older MIUI gives perfect spot on calibration.
Anyone else having this? is there way to fix it?

Can you tell us what do you use for testing/calibrating gps??

I go outside XD
I go near church, big road cross or any other landmark and check my gps . It is some 5-10 meters off.

batman1950 said:
I go outside XD
I go near church, big road cross or any other landmark and check my gps . It is some 5-10 meters off.
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I will try that "app" too

pirej said:
I will try that "app" too
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tell me results when you do your ROM actually has best calibration for N roms in my experience .
it is precise enough for driving

@batman1950 i tried it last night, and its off by a couple of meters, then i compared it to my "stock rom" Nexus X5, and its probably the same accuracy.
Its just that "power saving location" doesn't work, have you tried that option in other roms?

pirej said:
@batman1950 i tried it last night, and its off by a couple of meters, then i compared it to my "stock rom" Nexus X5, and its probably the same accuracy.
Its just that "power saving location" doesn't work, have you tried that option in other roms?
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I only use high accuracy. Some ROMs have decent accuracy that can be used for driving and some are badly off mark.
just glad that it isn't device related Not a big deal but it is practical to have good gps when needed

@batman1950 please try flashing this a-gps fix in twrp, and test the accuracy using the "battery saving location".
In my testing it looks like its more acurate.

pirej said:
@batman1950 please try flashing this a-gps fix in twrp, and test the accuracy using the "battery saving location".
In my testing it looks like its more acurate.
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is it only for your 64 bit?

batman1950 said:
is it only for your 64 bit?
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It should work for other N roms to.

pirej said:
It should work for other N roms to.
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I will try it today thanks

pirej said:
It should work for other N roms to.
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it is much worse now :/

batman1950 said:
it is much worse now :/
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As i said , it should work, but im not sure if the other rom you are trying is using the newest gps hal..
If you have issues like you said, try editing your original gps.conf by adding this two lines, and leave everything else as is.
Those lines are needed to make a-gps working.
################################
##### AGPS server settings #####
################################
# FOR SUPL SUPPORT, set the following
# SUPL_HOST=supl.host.com or IP
# SUPL_PORT=1234
# FOR C2K PDE SUPPORT, set the following
# C2K_HOST=c2k.pde.com or IP
# C2K_PORT=1234
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276
# Bitmask of slots that are available
# for write/install to, where 1s indicate writable,
# and the default value is 0 where no slots
# are writable. For example, AGPS_CERT_WRITABLE_MASK
# of b1000001010 makes 3 slots available
# and the remaining 7 slots unwritable.
#AGPS_CERT_WRITABLE_MASK=0
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pirej said:
As i said , it should work, but im not sure if the other rom you are trying is using the newest gps hal..
If you have issues like you said, try editing your original gps.conf by adding this two lines, and leave everything else as is.
Those lines are needed to make a-gps working.
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I think I'll just flash your ROM than

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gps secret code (solution found)

anyone found the gps secret codes to turn on and off such as standalone vs assisted gps etc.. none of the sgs normal codes appear to work.
*8329#
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
are you sure doest do squat on my phone.????
try these
*#*#1472365#*#* - GPS test
*#*#1575#*#* - Another GPS test
already tried them..
the first does not work.
the second goes into a sort of menu but not the one i/we need to set the normal gps options.
Bump... still looking for solution... anyone ?
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lgkahn said:
Bump... still looking for solution... anyone ?
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I don't have the S2 yet, so can't test this, but on my SGS I use Any Cut to create a link directly to LbsTest. You might give that a try.
The option for assisted and standalone GPS is in the settings menu.
Settings > Location and Security > Sensor aiding
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steve228uk said:
The option for assisted and standalone GPS is in the settings menu.
Settings > Location and Security > Sensor aiding
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That's a different setting than OP is looking for.
samnada said:
I don't have the S2 yet, so can't test this, but on my SGS I use Any Cut to create a link directly to LbsTest. You might give that a try.
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thaniks can you tell me what the link is.. ie where on the phone maybe i can do it from terminal program.
lgkahn said:
thaniks can you tell me what the link is.. ie where on the phone maybe i can do it from terminal program.
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Sorry, not sure how to determine that. In Any Cut I select "New shortcut", then "Activity", and select "LbsTestMode". It creates the shortcut. I've tried the "Edit existing shortcut" function but it just sits there with a blank screen, so no help there.
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Sorry, not sure how to determine that. In Any Cut I select "New shortcut", then "Activity", and select "LbsTestMode". It creates the shortcut. I've tried the "Edit existing shortcut" function but it just sits there with a blank screen, so no help there.
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that may work fine except there is no "lbstestmode" in the list on the sgs ii
here is the fix.. well mostly the antenna and cns tests dont seem to work or cns is broken on our phone.. anyway
take this app.. copy it to /system/app with root explorer or adb push.
(need to be rooted)
then use anycut (free in the market) to add an activity shortcut to this app (secret codes still fail to work)
i have set mine to coldstart a i like etc. and now am getting much faster initial fixes after running get position test.
accuracy is still **** and much higher than my sgs.. but not sure the sgs was not lying about accuracy.
strange they didn't include the lbstest app in the roms
I think GB comes with AngryGPS.apk (lbstestmode was for froyo/eclair), and the code to invoke it is *#3214789650# if I'm not mistaken..
Don't have the GSII though, so can't confirm..
Edit: Attached a AngryGPS.apk found in the I9000 Android dev forum
reb73 said:
I think GB comes with AngryGPS.apk (lbstestmode was for froyo/eclair), and the code to invoke it is *#3214789650# if I'm not mistaken..
Don't have the GSII though, so can't confirm..
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maybe i will try to download angrygps but it is not in our rom.. and that code does not work already tried it.
also i cannot find an non odexed version of it to download.. for that matter cannot find any version to download on the net
lgkahn said:
here is the fix.. well mostly the antenna and cns tests dont seem to work or cns is broken on our phone.. anyway
take this app.. copy it to /system/app with root explorer or adb push.
(need to be rooted)
then use anycut (free in the market) to add an activity shortcut to this app (secret codes still fail to work)
i have set mine to coldstart a i like etc. and now am getting much faster initial fixes after running get position test.
accuracy is still **** and much higher than my sgs.. but not sure the sgs was not lying about accuracy.
strange they didn't include the lbstest app in the roms
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Since you have this working can you tell us what the default setup is for the SUPL/CP settings? On the SGS many people got better results by modifying the Server to either "supl.google.com" or "supl.nokia.com". I know this could turn into another mishmash of user tweaks and deadends, but it seems Samsung has not fully resolved all their GPS issues.
(I don't have a S2 to test with, so relying on those here to help me make a buying decision. Thanks.)
new solution here is angrygps.apk
i asked someone in the sgs forum to post it and they did
again copy to system/app with root explorer or adb
and use anycut to create shortcut
works fine on our phone..
as for the other answer the default is hot start (which i change to cold start)
and also for suppl settings
it is
supl.google.com
7276
but supl secure socket is on.. which was not on on the sgs i
so i turned it off on mine.. (who the fff cares if your gps data going over the net is secure)
lgkahn said:
for suppl settings
it is
supl.google.com
7276
but supl secure socket is on.. which was not on on the sgs i
so i turned it off on mine.. (who the fff cares if your gps data going over the net is secure)
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Thanks.
Just as a suggestion if you are having GPS issues you might try using supl.nokia.com, 7275. I've tried every tweak on my SGS and using this supl server definitely works best for me, as well as a number of posters on the SGS forum. But as always YMMV.
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Android Revolution HD 5.x.x Niewbie <10 Posts Place

Hi Folks,
sorry to post in here, but I've less then 10.
Great thanks and detonation to Mike for his rom.
I flashed from Android Revolution HD 5.1.17 up to 5.2.1.
VPN with module tun.ko in 5.1.17 was ok and working.
But can't in install tun.ko in 5.2.1
" insmod: init_module '/system/lib/modules/tun.ko' failed "
As workaround , I flashed instead of original kernel this [KERNEL][June24]-=UNITY V3=-[2.6.35.13] and Android Revolution HD 5.1.17 is fine and doing VPN again.
Looking forward in Mike's Rom
Geetings from Becks Beer Town Bremen
It is a kernel problem in 5.2.1.
You can try this patch... (from the main thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15532264&postcount=39803
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It is a kernel problem in 5.2.1.
You can try this patch... (from the main thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15532264&postcount=39803
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thanks a lot.
I just about to ask why nifs doesn't work on ARHD 5.2.1.
I'll try that patch.
5.2.1 - issues
I enqueue.. less then 10 posts.
Hi everyone.
First, I'd like to thank everyone in the scene for developing great software!
I wanted to share my a few issues i experienced with 5.2.1 and the recommended radio Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2:
Issues:
Revolution HD 5.2.1
In "settings/Date & time/" I set "Automatic".
If I lost service, the phone changes the time zone automatically to a wrong value (GMT -06:00) instead of GMT -02:00. After the service returned, the time zone remains wrong. I have to enable/disable "Automatic" in settings, to refresh to the correct timezone value.
FYIM:
Currently I'm running a lot "out of service" (heavy weather destroyed some antennas, I guess) other non modified phones are also out of service.
Revolution HD 5.2.1
htc sense "Mail" android default "Battery use" tells me that it requires 20%. I use K-9 and HTC Mail for Exchange ActiveSync. I cannot confirm if it requires more guice than before, perhaps it's just a misleading information from Battery use.
2.3.3 stock rom and Revolution HD 5.1.9 - 5.2.1
After a short phone call htc Dialer uses 40% in "Android Battery use" , only a reboot will fix this issue. Again, I cannot confirm if it requires more guice, perhaps it's also just a misleading information from Battery use. But it's suspicious if a reboot solves it.
Revolution HD 5.1. - 5.2.1
Zooming in camera/video recording is very laggy compared to stock rom.
klquicksall: I need someone who uses tun.ko or cifs to test this kernel ....
Hi Folks!
Tks klquicksall and KaseDesire
It is a kernel problem in 5.2.1.
You can try this patch... (from the main thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ostcount=39803
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Tested with Revolution HD 5.2.1 and kernel RCMIX 3D 4.3.2.
Now tun.ko with VPN is working fine.
insmod /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
insmod: init_module '/system/lib/modules/tun.ko' failed (File exists)
# insmod /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
insmod /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
# lsmod
lsmod
bcm4329 227985 0 - Live 0xbf05c000
tun 12921 0 - Live 0xbf000000
#
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Only bcm4329.ko has to install manually.
onmomo said:
Revolution HD 5.2.1
In "settings/Date & time/" I set "Automatic".
If I lost service, the phone changes the time zone automatically to a wrong value (GMT -06:00) instead of GMT -02:00. After the service returned, the time zone remains wrong. I have to enable/disable "Automatic" in settings, to refresh to the correct timezone value.
FYIM:
Currently I'm running a lot "out of service" (heavy weather destroyed some antennas, I guess) other non modified phones are also out of service.
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Never read this issue in the main thread, sry.
onmomo said:
Revolution HD 5.2.1
htc sense "Mail" android default "Battery use" tells me that it requires 20%. I use K-9 and HTC Mail for Exchange ActiveSync. I cannot confirm if it requires more guice than before, perhaps it's just a misleading information from Battery use.
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Try to kill the app, if you use K9, maybe it works.
onmomo said:
2.3.3 stock rom and Revolution HD 5.1.9 - 5.2.1
After a short phone call htc Dialer uses 40% in "Android Battery use" , only a reboot will fix this issue. Again, I cannot confirm if it requires more guice, perhaps it's also just a misleading information from Battery use. But it's suspicious if a reboot solves it.
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Same problem for me. There is no workaround. It is not sure if it is a wrong information or it really uses the battery. Use the search, u will find many threads about that. It is not ARHD related.
onmomo said:
Revolution HD 5.1. - 5.2.1
Zooming in camera/video recording is very laggy compared to stock rom.
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Try another camera app. The sense 3 camera app should be very good. (never tried myself, but many good comments in the main thread.
Thx for your respone. I'll have a look for another camera app.
Revolution HD 5.2.1
In "settings/Date & time/" I set "Automatic".
If I lost service, the phone changes the time zone automatically to a wrong value (GMT -06:00) instead of GMT -02:00. After the service returned, the time zone remains wrong. I have to enable/disable "Automatic" in settings, to refresh to the correct timezone value.
FYIM:
Currently I'm running a lot "out of service" (heavy weather destroyed some antennas, I guess) other non modified phones are also out of service.
Never read this issue in the main thread, sry.
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Well, I guess there aren't many places in 2011 were you could running out of service. Perhaps this issue wasn't discovered by now. Could you post this issue in the main thread, please? Maybe someone else could confirm it might be just an easy fix in the code.
onmomo said:
Could you post this issue in the main thread, please? Maybe someone else could confirm it might be just an easy fix in the code.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15689880&postcount=40940
Not sure it is ROM-related, but with ARHD 5.2.2, the new market can't access to Internet through my computer, while everything else can do so (Internet, Mails, ...).
Best ROM for me no problems with it
alfik4ever said:
Best ROM for me no problems with it
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and for me too
tried a few iterations of it. Not bad. But I have moved on to HydrogenMOD
After wi-fi probs with 5.2.2 trying now virtous unity, with sense 3. Great rom, great look, not that great battery life... now waiting for 5.2.3 of ARHD...
When will the RUU 2.52.1010.2 be used?
Or is there no major changes?
Useful thread - thanks
alfik4ever said:
Best ROM for me no problems with it
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Same here
The HTC Sense sync service is deleted from the ROM since 5.2.2, but I want it (it works for me). So how I can get it back ?
EDIT : Now full wiping to install 5.2.3.
EDIT 2 : Solved. Just had to connect to HTC sense via HTC Hub and the service came back.
Try reflashing
try the new room
Had flashed before, really stable ROM. Now trying CoreDroid, battery life seems quite good with blue theme

[Q] GPS Problem on Samsung i5800!!!

Hello,
i am having problems with my phone GPS system. I used all the tricks and apps like Faster fix or GPS fix, etc i also used the *#*#3214789650*#*# fix explained by kyrillos13 and still nothing. I tried gps test on TTFF test and after like 20 minutes got a fix an ran all tests 5 times an got the fix after about 2 minutes at the end of the tests. But after 15 minutes when tried the GPS again nothing happend and also when using faster fix i got a message "NO FIX". I have the latest rom I5800XXJPQ updated with kies. It's not rooted.
Can someone help me in dealing with this GPS problem.
Thanks in advice!!!
its simple dail *#*#1472365#*#* it will open GPS setup 2 do nothing there close the window and get back to maverick or google maps watever u r using it will fing 8-9 satalitte within 1-2mins...it tht simple..
hadi_xman said:
its simple dail *#*#1472365#*#* it will open GPS setup 2 do nothing there close the window and get back to maverick or google maps watever u r using it will fing 8-9 satalitte within 1-2mins...it tht simple..
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yeah i should tell you i got this method from this thread..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778880
and also i flash my rom with Kyrillos v6 (non oc) this code do nothing on tht rom..
Fix didn't helped me much. I had to run test every time before using GPS unless it will "Your location is temporary unavailable". Any permanent fix? quite annoying to run test every time.
friend863 said:
Fix didn't helped me much. I had to run test every time before using GPS unless it will "Your location is temporary unavailable". Any permanent fix? quite annoying to run test every time.
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Ok tell me one thing, open gps.conf in /etc and check what is your first line??
NTP_SERVER=in.pool.ntp.org
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friend863 said:
NTP_SERVER=in.pool.ntp.org
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Hmm. Then no idea. :/ I get a good fix.
Hi,
Like you, tried everything after using Kies to upgrade to Froyo on my UK Orange I5801.
I do have Octy's GPS Optimisation loaded and I am rooted having used SuperOneClick, nothing else would do it, Thanks Orange!
None of the codes on the keypad worked either, they seem to have locked things even after rooting.
GPS Fix although looking like it worked, it didn't change the GPS config as shown later when I managed to create shortcut for GpsSetup2.
I do have LauncherPro, and this allowed me to make a shortcut on my homepage for GPSSETUP2, but I couldn't use it to create a shortcut for LbsTestMode, it's not there under Activities, which I understand would have been the easier route.
Using the newly created shortcut for GPSSetUP2 I was able to adjust the settings.
It was the blind leading the blind, but eventually I managed to set the config so that it now gets a fix in a matter of seconds, probably assisted by Octy's GPS Optimisation, I don't have the B*lls to uninstall it, why fix it if it ain't broke.
So here's my settings.
Settings
Parameter Settings/Address
Server Type UMTS SLP
Address Type URL
Address supl.google.com:7276
Parameter Settings/Start mode Cold Start
Parameter Settings/SSL Enable SSL Disabled, SSL Type VerSign
Parameter Settings/Position Mode Option2....STANDALONE. UP MS BASED. UPMS ASSISTED
Fix Request Settings
Fix Request Settings/Session Type New Position
Fix Request Settings/Session Operation MS-Based
Fix Request Settings/Number of Fixes 999999999 (9x9)
Fix Request Settings/Time between fixes 1000
Fix Request Settings/Session Timeout 180
Fix Request SettingsAccuracy 50
Fix Request Settings/Server Option Local,.....this seemed to be the killer,
mine was still at "default" suggest you try this first.
All other settings "Commands" and "gpsOneXTRA" were left as default.
I hope this helps someone.
best wishes
Steve
Thank you all for posting. I will try all your steps and with luck i will finally get a better signal and a more fast GPS connection.
I installed Sumee 3.1 which has some GPS fixes installed, and i could say that i get a fix at about 2-3 minutes and this after installing fasterfix.apk and after making the changes posted by kyrillos13.

[Q] How do I stop google maps running

so how do i stop the bloody google maps running in the background? It keeps popping up again in my end task manager.
I don't want to uninstall it.
irishmoe said:
so how do i stop the bloody google maps running in the background? It keeps popping up again in my end task manager.
I don't want to uninstall it.
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I keep my GPS turned of when I'm not using it, and Google Maps is never running in the background.
Do you use Google Latitude or have any maps/latitude widgets on screen? those will cause this activity.
Nova5 said:
Do you use Google Latitude or have any maps/latitude widgets on screen? those will cause this activity.
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Have latitude but never use it and no widgets or the like
kjy2010 said:
I keep my GPS turned of when I'm not using it, and Google Maps is never running in the background.
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Mine is always off too
irishmoe said:
Mine is always off too
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No idea then Moe, sorry. It never shows in my running services unless I have my GPS turned on and actually running MAPS.
kjy2010 said:
No idea then Moe, sorry. It never shows in my running services unless I have my GPS turned on and actually running MAPS.
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Yeah it's a pain in the feckin arse!
irishmoe said:
Yeah it's a pain in the feckin arse!
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When I cooked my ROM, I took everything out that ran in the background that I never used;
Clearfi, Media Server, etc. but never touched anything related to GPS, or maps, so I have no idea why it wouldn't be running on mine, and running on yours. Which version of HC are you running?
I'm running taboonay and richardtrip's kernel
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I'm running taboonay and richardtrip's kernel
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Ahhhhh there's no telling then lol
Send them PMs and see if you can get an answer that way.
so how do i stop the bloody google maps running in the background? It keeps popping up again in my end task manager.<br />
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I don't want to uninstall it.
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Use system tuner pro and freeze any app.it won't run again until you boil it.
I think that the maps service will run if you have 'shared your location' with the browser or other apps that use maps for location specific information. This can be switched on in Settings -> location and security.
josinpaul said:
Use system tuner pro and freeze any app.it won't run again until you boil it.
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I'm in Taiwan where google have pulled paid apps so can't get that app here!
irishmoe said:
I'm in Taiwan where google have pulled paid apps so can't get that app here!
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No, but you can make sure everything related to location in your settings is turned off as stated by someone else?
Check under Settings and disable anything related to location, besides GPS (really not needed to disable, it only runs when an application that use GPS is running) .
See my screen capture.
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QUOTE=kekinash;18423471]Check under Settings and disable anything related to location, besides GPS (really not needed to disable, it only runs when an application that use GPS is running) .
See my screen capture.[/QUOTE]
Thats what my screen has looked like from day one.
kjy2010 said:
No, but you can make sure everything related to location in your settings is turned off as stated by someone else?
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Yep I know you suggested it but I had already unchecked everything. Still running though
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QUOTE=kekinash;18423471]Check under Settings and disable anything related to location, besides GPS (really not needed to disable, it only runs when an application that use GPS is running) .
See my screen capture.
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Thats what my screen has looked like from day one.
Yep I know you suggested it but I had already unchecked everything. Still running though[/QUOTE]
irishmoe said:
I'm running taboonay and richardtrip's kernel
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My bet is your problem lies in your ROM/Kernel mix, but just a guess then.
kjy2010 said:
Thats what my screen has looked like from day one.
Yep I know you suggested it but I had already unchecked everything. Still running though
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My bet is your problem lies in your ROM/Kernel mix, but just a guess then.
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Possibly, was wondering if anyone else encountered the same problem before i start messing around with changing kernels or roms. Plenty of people using this combination and haven't seen any posts with same problem as me. Thanks for the help anyway. Maybe I'll try a different kernel
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My bet is your problem lies in your ROM/Kernel mix, but just a guess then.
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Possibly, was wondering if anyone else encountered the same problem before i start messing around with changing kernels or roms. Plenty of people using this combination and haven't seen any posts with same problem as me. Thanks for the help anyway. Maybe I'll try a different kernel[/QUOTE]
Quick question Moe. Why do you use a custom kernel? Do you overclock?
Just asking, because when I first got my tab I must have flashed every ROM and kernel that was out at the time, and found none with less problems, and more stable than the stock 3.2 kernel.
Nothing more than curiosity.
kjy2010 said:
Possibly, was wondering if anyone else encountered the same problem before i start messing around with changing kernels or roms. Plenty of people using this combination and haven't seen any posts with same problem as me. Thanks for the help anyway. Maybe I'll try a different kernel
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Quick question Moe. Why do you use a custom kernel? Do you overclock?
Just asking, because when I first got my tab I must have flashed every ROM and kernel that was out at the time, and found none with less problems, and more stable than the stock 3.2 kernel.
Nothing more than curiosity. [/QUOTE]
To be honest I'm just trying stuff out to see what all the fuss is about. Both seem to be highly recommended so when i decided to go custom I just went with those two.

[Tutorial] Quick gps fix

I know there are several tutorials on xda on this but I am posting this which I tried myself after going through the bits and pieces here and there. Dont kill me ...
Here we go... First you need a few apps
1. GpsFix
2. Gps status
3. Faster fix
Next you need to know how to access the /etc folder where the gps.conf is located...use any root explorer to find this file.
Back it up.
Now open it...it should read something like this-
NTP_SERVER=north-america.ntp.org
XTRA_SERVER_1=http://xtra1.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_2=http://xtra2.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
XTRA_SERVER_3=http://xtra3.gpsonextra.net/xtra.bin
That's the default. Change the "north-america" to your area...for eg- europe.ntp.org or asia.ntp.org...better still if you know your country's code which you can get from ntp.org...for eg- in.ntp.org (india) ru.ntp.org(russia)
Thats it... Add the following lines at the end of the file
SUPL_HOST=supl.google.com
SUPL_PORT=7276
Save it...voila your gps.conf is done...
Now if you dont want to go through all this trouble...just download fasterfix from play and configure it...it's a very simple app..no hassles..plus you can remove the app when you are done.
Next...open up Gps Settings2...in kisadworx its there in the settings. But for other roms...use this code in your dialer-
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Right...now goto gpsOneXTRA and enable Xtra enable (i dunno the purpose of this...does anyone know?)
Next goto settings>fix request settings
Check the following-
Session Type-latest position
Session Operation- MS-based
Number of fixes-999999999
Time between fixes-1000
Session timeout-255
Accuracy-100
Server option-default
Right...we are done here...dont mess around with anything else...
Next get the gps status app...start it and from tools>manage a-gps state>download...let it take its time
The other app gpsfix does the same thing...just a bit light on the UI...
Its takes time initially to get the fix...once you are done...you'll get a gps fix under 1 sec...(mine takes 600 ms approx)
Thats it...hope it helps...
.:cheers:.
sent from my GT-I5801
Edit: this may sound noobish but it works everytime...in gps status set the session type to tracking and then in commands goto get position test...when you start getting a few satellite positions, cancel the test and change the session type to latest. Now the gps fix should take a second.
.:Cheers:.
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this code is not working..on Kyrillios 10.6
sirtbhopal said:
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this code is not working..on Kyrillios 10.6
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guess it's for froyo...havent tested it on higher versions...anyways...try the rest...this is not that important...
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Still not working.
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Still not working.
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whats not working? the gps or the code? those apps take a bit of time to get the gps data...after that you are set...but you hv to be patient initially
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both r nt working :silly:
m waiting since last 3 hrs :cyclops:
sirtbhopal said:
both r nt working :silly:
m waiting since last 3 hrs :cyclops:
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eh? i had to wait around half an hour... did you change the gps.conf ?
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try this code in your dialer...
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