Can anyone please shed some light to this mystery I'm experiencing...
Why do I get a GPS lock almost instantly on a stock GB rom vs. any ICS ROM out there? I use to get instant GPS lock at some point on MIUI but that also vanished. I've tested all my ROMS in the exact geographical location and I'm not talking about a 1 to 2min wait for a GPS lock, it's usually 5 to 10mins. AOSP flavors where towards the 5min mark and AOKP ROMs were closer to the 10min mark. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S I've tried editing the gps.config on the ICS ROMs with various versions posted in XDA and still had the same results.
ttaidapos said:
Can anyone please shed some light to this mystery I'm experiencing...
Why do I get a GPS lock almost instantly on a stock GB rom vs. any ICS ROM out there? I use to get instant GPS lock at some point on MIUI but that also vanished. I've tested all my ROMS in the exact geographical location and I'm not talking about a 1 to 2min wait for a GPS lock, it's usually 5 to 10mins. AOSP flavors where towards the 5min mark and AOKP ROMs were closer to the 10min mark. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S I've tried editing the gps.config on the ICS ROMs with various versions posted in XDA and still had the same results.
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I am also having the same problem. Thanks for posting this issue
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aliamin86 said:
I am also having the same problem. Thanks for posting this issue
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ttaidapos said:
Can anyone please shed some light to this mystery I'm experiencing...
Why do I get a GPS lock almost instantly on a stock GB rom vs. any ICS ROM out there? I use to get instant GPS lock at some point on MIUI but that also vanished. I've tested all my ROMS in the exact geographical location and I'm not talking about a 1 to 2min wait for a GPS lock, it's usually 5 to 10mins. AOSP flavors where towards the 5min mark and AOKP ROMs were closer to the 10min mark. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S I've tried editing the gps.config on the ICS ROMs with various versions posted in XDA and still had the same results.
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When you tried the ICS ROMs did you try them with the new baseband? I am running HFS 1.8 with the new 2012 BB and I get a really fast GPS lock. Maybe try that then test again.
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When you tried the ICS ROMs did you try them with the new baseband? I am running HFS 1.8 with the new 2012 BB and I get a really fast GPS lock. Maybe try that then test again.
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I haven't tried ICS with the new BB. I've never had GPS lock issues though with stock ROMs with old or new BB.
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I haven't tried ICS with the new BB. I've never had GPS lock issues though with stock ROMs with old or new BB.
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I unfortunately am so if anybody can help I would appreciate it.
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aliamin86 said:
I unfortunately am so if anybody can help I would appreciate it.
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What do you mean? That you've tried ICS with the new BB and still have issues?
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What do you mean? That you've tried ICS with the new BB and still have issues?
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Yeah I tried gb and ics roms and the do the same the GPS takes to long to get a signal and then looses it fast.
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Miui always gives me fast locks
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I'm on AOSP EaglesBlood ICS with new baseband and gps locks fairly quickly for me.
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Are there only three? I mean I know most Devs are waiting for gb but are there any others at this moment?
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Are there only three? I mean I know most Devs are waiting for gb but are there any others at this moment?
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There are only a few but wait till official gb comes out, they will hopefully be amazing!
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blaker13 said:
There are only a few but wait till official gb comes out, they will hopefully be amazing!
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Right. I can't wait.
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4 roms. Infusev1 nd v2(gb)by gtg, refused by h8 nd bionix rom
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Are there only three? I mean I know most Devs are waiting for gb but are there any others at this moment?
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3 Froyo released (Infused, Bionix, Refuse)
1 Gingerbread released (Infused v2)
1 Gingerbread available as source code only, with CWM packages occasionally popping up on IRC (Cyanogenmod 7 port)
I believe there are 2-3 Gingerbread coming. I think Nop was almost finished with a Gingerbread variant of Bionix but was getting nervous about releasing after seeing what happened to gtg's Gingerbread thread.
MikeyMike01 has some stuff in progress, but he doesn't release his stuff until it's 100% - this includes MIUI in early testing stages as of last night.
gtg, LinuxBozo, and Mikey have been working on an interesting project that should give us a LOT of ROM options if it works. I'm not going to say much more as it's an early thing and there's always the possibility of hitting a roadblock.
There's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on at the moment. CM7 seems to be where a lot of the push is right now. One of the few things remaining missing is Bluetooth at this point - unfortunately hciattach causes a kernel mini-panic with almost no useful debugging information.
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CM7 seems to be where a lot of the push is right now. One of the few things remaining missing is Bluetooth at this point - unfortunately hciattach causes a kernel mini-panic with almost no useful debugging information.
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Is it looking better than the CM7 that is available for the Captivate? I tried it countless times but kept going back to the i9000 based ROMs. Video/graphics was a huge issue. Games would lag and stutter and video playback was a challenge.
(hope that didn't come across the wrong way....)
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Is it looking better than the CM7 that is available for the Captivate? I tried it countless times but kept going back to the i9000 based ROMs. Video/graphics was a huge issue. Games would lag and stutter and video playback was a challenge.
(hope that didn't come across the wrong way....)
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Media playback seems fine. Parallel Kingdom seems as good as it was on Froyo or the Rogers ROM.
I haven't had a chance to retry Navigation yet.
Bluetooth is 100% broken still. hciattach causes a mini kernel panic when you try to turn on BT.
CM7 is at this point my daily driver. BT was never working for XDAndroid on the HTC Rhodium, so I'm kind of used to not having it.
On Eaglesblood 2.3.3 1.09 and pretty much any 2.3.3 ROM there's a fade in to the homescreen, and THEN the lockscreen appears. It gives you a peek at the desktop. This is really annoying. Anyone know what i can do about it? Any ways to turn it off? I tried GOlauncher and it's a no go, still the fade in animation.
I believe it's a problem with the OTA itself... I don't think the Launcher has anything to do with it.
It happened on 2.2.2 stock based roms as well.
I don't remember ever seeing a fix posted for it. Its a nuisance for sure.
Hmm. it's quite annoying. Whatever, I re-flashed MIUI, i think im sticking with that.
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Hmm. it's quite annoying. Whatever, I re-flashed MIUI, i think im sticking with that.
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I dont have this issue on EB 2.3.5 and that rom rocks.
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I dont have this issue on EB 2.3.5 and that rom rocks.
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That's because that rom is based on cm7. The issue mentioned above is with stock and stock-based roms.
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That's because that rom is based on cm7. The issue mentioned above is with stock and stock-based roms.
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Ahhh! Thank you!
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I really hated that issue. I think we should ask one of the lovely devs here if they are able to use there time to be able to fix it.
Its not really that important but I get bothered really fast by it. Idk maybe its just me. I thought I was the only one, thanks for ur post.
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i am glad to see this doesn't only happen to me either. i'm just running stock and it's really annoying, i don't like to see it lagging
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not positive but I remember reading that someone flashed the screen off/on animation ZIP and it got rid of that little bug.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=670903&d=1311999199
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not positive but I remember reading that someone flashed the screen off/on animation ZIP and it got rid of that little bug.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=670903&d=1311999199
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That is what I did. Works great. No more home screen preview then lock.
So yeah is it worth the upgrade considering how many people are having problems with it?
I usually either use Singh UI MIUI or HFP on both threads I see people complaining about issues with new baseband.
I didn't see any post similar to this one so hope it helps some other people wondering the same.
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So yeah is it worth the upgrade considering how many people are having problems with it?
I usually either use Singh UI MIUI or HFP on both threads I see people complaining about issues with new baseband.
I didn't see any post similar to this one so hope it helps some other people wondering the same.
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For now:
Only CM7 RC3 supports the audio on the new baseband.
If you try to install other custom rom, you will have audio problem.
CM7 RC3 - have problem with the bluetooth car calling (original stock does not have this issue though).
If you are using other ROMS other than CM7, then no, its not worth it to upgrade now.
I am running HellFire P 2.2 and have not problems with the new BB, I flashed Owains fix, and everything seems to work, haven't tried BT because I don't use it.
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For now:
Only CM7 RC3 supports the audio on the new baseband.
If you try to install other custom rom, you will have audio problem.
CM7 RC3 - have problem with the bluetooth car calling (original stock does not have this issue though).
If you are using other ROMS other than CM7, then no, its not worth it to upgrade now.
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You forgot to mention that, the EaglesBlood AOSP ICS Rom also has support for the new BB
Hellfire Sandwich 1.8 also supports the new baseband. Awesome GPS reception but I do have trouble with the data icon. It doesn't show color just the monochrome look like its connecting but I still am able to have data. Weird but true.
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Hellfire Sandwich 1.8 also supports the new baseband. Awesome GPS reception but I do have trouble with the data icon. It doesn't show color just the monochrome look like its connecting but I still am able to have data. Weird but true.
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Sign into Google and it will be colored
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Sign into Google and it will be colored
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Mines never been colored ever since I've used an ICS ROM what exactly makes it colored? I'm on Google+, Messenger, Google talk, sync active still isn't colored
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Mines never been colored ever since I've used an ICS ROM what exactly makes it colored? I'm on Google+, Messenger, Google talk, sync active still isn't colored
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When your phone connects to the Google servers the data icon and the signal bars turn what ever color your theme color is... its like this on every rom GB and ICS
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When your phone connects to the Google servers the data icon and the signal bars turn what ever color your theme color is... its like this on every rom GB and ICS
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guess Ill give it some time before upgrading im sure roms will be repacked with fixes and all that good stuff we love to have our g2x stable
Ive only seen people saying its good for gps lock faster is tbis the only thing thid new baseband does? It should have more improved goodies right ?
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guess Ill give it some time before upgrading im sure roms will be repacked with fixes and all that good stuff we love to have our g2x stable
Ive only seen people saying its good for gps lock faster is tbis the only thing thid new baseband does? It should have more improved goodies right ?
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I have way better signal and call quality... Never could get 4g in my house now I have two bars, it's better on battery... And the GPS dose lock faster
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When your phone connects to the Google servers the data icon and the signal bars turn what ever color your theme color is... its like this on every rom GB and ICS
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My signal turns blue and wifi signal does but the H has always been gray just assumed it was normal for the ICS releases :/
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Originally Posted by DJLamontagneIII
When your phone connects to the Google servers the data icon and the signal bars turn what ever color your theme color is... its like this on every rom GB and ICS
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My signal turns blue and wifi signal does but the H has always been gray just assumed it was normal for the ICS releases :/
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well for me this is kinda pointless as miui themes already do this
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Hi guys, I'm using Eaglesblood ICS build 4 and front facing camera seems to be upside down? Also the auto brightness mode doesn't seem to be working, I have to set brightness manually. Otherwise everything works flawlessly, love the room
Anyone else got those issues? or know how to fix? Thanks!
btw I'm on v21y running v21y compatible version of EB Build 4
Every ICS rom for the G2X doesn't have any video encoding. In other words, everything will be screwed up. If you want something stable on your phone get gingerbread. Sooner or later the G2X will get it's video drivers on ICS.
Hope I cleared things up for you
In the forum for EGB it talks about upside down camera on v21y a few pages from the end.
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Domination-Making CM9 It's *****
Thanks Owain94 your my hero
& Flak0 for Lag fix, I'm smooth now!
thanks guys for the reply. This rom is still great to change, i'll wait til updates hopefully there's a fix for these thanks once again
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thanks guys for the reply. This rom is still great to change, i'll wait til updates hopefully there's a fix for these thanks once again
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Actually Eaglesblood released an update that fix the exact same problem! Go and try it now.
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breadland said:
Actually Eaglesblood released an update that fix the exact same problem! Go and try it now.
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where would this be at? i tried searching and came up with nothing
Dose anyone know of a great rom with fast gps lock on (in the navigation app) doesn't matter if it's froyo gb or ics
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I'd go with valhalla black, its gingerbread. It seems that kj6 roms (based on stock) always have the best GPS for me.
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I'd go with valhalla black, its gingerbread. It seems that kj6 roms (based on stock) always have the best GPS for me
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Pretty sure Raver put some different GPS drivers and some other tweaks in that one. Maybe he'll chime it to verify but I remember the GPS working very well on VB. That being said "very well" for this phone is still not that great.
Erik had GPS working well on one of his ICS ROMS as well just can't remember which one right now.
So GPS lock on ICS is a known issue?
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So GPS lock on ICS is a known issue?
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On some ics roms. It locks pretty fast for me on galaxy s 4g beam. Eriks miui is good too
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pisherthefisher said:
On some ics roms. It locks pretty fast for me on galaxy s 4g beam. Eriks miui is good too
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How about, CM9.1 R8?
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How about, CM9.1 R8?
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I got a fix in 7 seconds
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pisherthefisher said:
I got a fix in 7 seconds
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What was the accuracy?
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What was the accuracy?
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Im curious about this myself. I spent fifteen minutes trying to get a lock. Eff'in shade trees seem to kill my gps signal. If I go half a mile away it will lock faster but it still shows my accuracy bubble in the hundred meter range.
Do you have to be outside to have a GPS lock? Seems like Gingerbread didn't have a trouble locking on while indoors..
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How about, CM9.1 R8?
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I'm on CM9 r8 and it takes 15 sec to lock but the accuracy is far from off and it's the same thing on nexus beam. That's the rom I came from before cm9 looking to fix that problem but I got nothing
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Honestly the best ROM I've ever used for getting a fast GPS lock was CyanogenMod 7. My phone would get a lock in just a couple seconds even while indoors.
I've tried every ROM on this forum and I have been really happy with Valhalla Black. Valhalla Black+Anthax Kernel+Lightning Zap and the phone run awesome. I usually get a GPS lock in about 5 seconds.
This all cracks me up. Unless you have different GPS binaries or configs on the different ROMs, you're seeing "normal, run-to-run variations" in the times. GPS satellites move relatively quickly across the sky and the "constellation" changes by the minute -- as will the ability of any GPS receiver to lock on them.
I doubt any of the current crop of ICS ROMs have any differences in anything that matters. I'd love to be proven wrong and I'm sure ROM cooks/developers would like to know if one set of binaries/configs performed better than another.
Some of the files involved include (looking at my current AOKP build, your files may vary):
/system/vendor/bin/samsung-gpsd
/system/vendor/bin/gpsd
/system/vendor/lib/hw/gps.s5pc110.so
/system/lib/libclientgps.so
/system/etc/vendor/samsung-agps/secgps.conf
/system/etc/gps.xml
For CM7, CM9, AOKP and perhaps a few more, you can look at the source trees and see if there is any difference, or look at the md5 hash for a quick check.
Arguably, the kernel driver and the location services in the framework could have an effect, but I doubt anyone not building from scratch are modifying those.
RaverX3X did make some suggestions on improving GPS lock time that may still apply.