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Nexus S - Random Reboots, GPS and Compass issues?

Hey,
i know this has been discussed in many threads..just want to have some answers.
i bought my Nexus S a few months ago, it's the I9020 not I9023, from UK.
i really love the phone itself, it's just awesome. had a htc hero before.
but i hate those random reboots, happens to me ~1 time per day. the screen wents really dark and a never ending bootloop happens. have to pull out battery to get it back to work, most times i don't even notice this and the phone is dead after a while of bootlooping... no fix yet right? anyway i "can" live with this but hope to get a fix soon...
GPS and Compass were unuseable since i have it. even my hero has a faster and especially safer GPS-Fix, GPS on Nexus S just loose fix every few seconds and compass does not jump around 50-100°. THIS really sucks! I have already searched around on google and XDA and wherever if this is a hardware or software issue and if there is a possible fix for it but i haven't found a real answer yet and this is what i want to know now.
is this hardware or software related?
is there a fix possible?
like i said, love the phone itself but these issues would make me resell it...
hope i'll get some answers and don't be rude, my english issn't the best.
Best regards and happy easter
Flo
edit: im using latest CM7 with latest Netarchy-Kernel with no additions.

The boot loop/reboot problem is definitely a CM7 issue. None of the other ROMS have this problem.
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Vandam500 said:
The boot loop/reboot problem is definitely a CM7 issue. None of the other ROMS have this problem.
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Thanks! so they will probably fix it soon
but whats with the GPS/Compass issues?
that really really sucks! can't use it at all...

floomat said:
Hey, i know this has been discussed in many threads..just want to have some answers.
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You could still have bumped an older thread, though. Like mine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035005.
I think if all the people with GPS problems could get together in one thread (needn't be mine, of course, there's lots), this issue would get more exposure and eventually be fixed.
floomat said:
is this hardware or software related? is there a fix possible?
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No idea, but since the Nexus One and the Galaxy S with 2.3.3 have similar issues, I'm still hoping it's software. There is no known fix at this time.

fallenguru said:
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I think if all the people with GPS problems could get together in one thread (needn't be mine, of course, there's lots), this issue would get more exposure and eventually be fixed...
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i guess you are right, and im doing my share here. i have at least 2, 3 random reboots everyday, even if its a clean install, everything wiped. there's something buggy in every cm7 based rom

I guess its the radio problem, for the gps,
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My Screen keeps turning on by itself!

when i have my phone locked and im not even touching it, every few minutes the screen will turn on and sit there for around 30 seconds then will turn back on a few mins later, this is very annoying and im sure uses a ton of battery over the course of a day, im running leedroid 3.1.2 and it used to do it on 3.1.1 so idk if its rom related

Are you sure your not getting notifications??or if any app is causing it (alerts?)?

hyun18 said:
Are you sure your not getting notifications??or if any app is causing it (alerts?)?
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No thats the weird thing, i have no notifications at all when this happens

scottrod said:
No thats the weird thing, i have no notifications at all when this happens
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Check for any stray apps. Install "Battery history for GB" app from market and check for apps that are using "wake lock" excessively.

I had a similar problem with my inspire. It seemed to be caused by a faulty usb cable. After I plugged my phone into my car charger it started working fine.

I have an Inspire 4G with the same problem. I doubt that it is an app, because I changed the rom 3 times so far. And with every one of them, the problem persists. Anyway, i'm trying the Battery log now.

kevin_3_57 said:
I have an Inspire 4G with the same problem. I doubt that it is an app, because I changed the rom 3 times so far. And with every one of them, the problem persists. Anyway, i'm trying the Battery log now.
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Do you have any apps that you set up profiles for, i.e. Llama? They can be buggy sometimes with the screen commands.

I have the same problem. Going to have to waste my upgrade in august for a new inspire. I am trying battery history for gb now. IF anyone has any ideas, please lets us know. This is absolutely ridicolous.

diablo009 said:
Check for any stray apps. Install "Battery history for GB" app from market and check for apps that are using "wake lock" excessively.
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That app isnt on the market, at least not that i can tell. I found one in the desire hd forum.

gho5t82 said:
That app isnt on the market, at least not that i can tell. I found one in the desire hd forum.
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In my signature (the "here" link after you see "Targeting Battery Drain").

Thank u very much.
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Simba501 said:
In my signature (the "here" link after you see "Targeting Battery Drain").
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The links in your sig are excellent. They should be required reading before anyone starts a "My Battery Life Sucks" thread.

meiguoguizi said:
The links in your sig are excellent. They should be required reading before anyone starts a "My Battery Life Sucks" thread.
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Thanks, hopefully people will notice them and check them out. That's my aim. Surely they'll help someone.
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annoying screen randomly turning on
Hey I've been having the same issue, my SGS I9000 international version keeps turning the screen on by itself randomly, I've flashed my phone back to stock Eclair 2.1 and then I went to Froyo, Cyannogen mode 7, ICS rom which I forgot the name of it, and then I'm running on the new value pack now which is 2.3.6XXJW4 however nothing has solved this damn problem, my screen keeps turning on and it's killing my battery, help please..!! I've tried to see if the sensor is not working, however I believe it's something else.. please let me know if someone has fix for this..!

I'm running LeeDroid v5.1.1 and haven't experienced this yet. I've been running it close to 2 weeks now with no real issues. Just an occasional lag spike on wake up.
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No such problems like that for me.maybe someone is trying to contoll your phone?? Lol jk
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ok peeps been searching this for a week now n ive solved i have htc one s n screen random turns on .its one of 2 things no1 is usb port clean it out n blow dust out of it and no2 is change your recovery I guarantee one of these is the issue to check if it is usb port plug in charger n wiggle it and if screen comes on its that one

The bluetooth problem:

Could anyone who understands the inner workings of the CM and chopsticks crews shed some light on the bug resolution process.
I'm particularly interested in the bluetooth audio problems when making or receiving a call on the cars BT system. Seems it's wide spread and discussed on many threads but I've never seen it mentioned outside of forums like XDA and other Android user forums. Do you think it is on their list? Can someone post a link to a bug reporting site. I have bugzilla but I think thats for the AOKP roms .

Nobody?
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stoopendis said:
Nobody?
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Someone correct me if im wrong but isnt BT kernel related??? If so BT wont be stable until samsung releases a JB kernel for our phone
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Bluetooth
I also use the Bluetooth in my car and would like for someone to post any way on how to fix it. I'm using orthus 3 ROM works great.

skyrocke8 said:
I also use the Bluetooth in my car and would like for someone to post any way on how to fix it. I'm using orthus 3 ROM works great.
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If there was a fix it would be widely known already. From what roger_n posted in the Paranoid Android thread (I think it was that one) the issue is in audio routing, not BT audio, and needs to be fixed by a core CM dev, as it's not skyrocket specific.

rpr69 said:
If there was a fix it would be widely known already. From what roger_n posted in the Paranoid Android thread (I think it was that one) the issue is in audio routing, not BT audio, and needs to be fixed by a core CM dev, as it's not skyrocket specific.
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So the fact that it's been around so long is because these core CM devs are super busy..or are they even aware there IS a problem, or is it just low pri.

I can't speak for the devs, but I do believe it's a time issue, not that they don't know about it.

rpr69 said:
I can't speak for the devs, but I do believe it's a time issue, not that they don't know about it.
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Well here's hoping they find the solution soon. I'm a little concerned about a work-around I've heard about where you turn off the blue tooth and then back on after the initial connection....Very dangerous while driving. And costly too. Here In B.C. there's a $175 fine for fiddling with your cell phone while driving.

stoopendis said:
So the fact that it's been around so long is because these core CM devs are super busy..or are they even aware there IS a problem, or is it just low pri.
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Most likely a low priority, as there is not a Samsung released JB rom for the Skyrocket.
stoopendis said:
Well here's hoping they find the solution soon. I'm a little concerned about a work-around I've heard about where you turn off the blue tooth and then back on after the initial connection....Very dangerous while driving. And costly too. Here In B.C. there's a $175 fine for fiddling with your cell phone while driving.
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I know it's lame, but what I ended up having to do in this issue was to even before I moved out of park I would disconnect and reconnect my BT. Often times though I found that just switching off the car radio (BT enabled Parrot Rythm-N-Blu), remove the face plate, count to 15 and put the face plate back on then turn the radio back on would do the "trick."

MasterDecker said:
Most likely a low priority, as there is not a Samsung released JB rom for the Skyrocket.
I know it's lame, but what I ended up having to do in this issue was to even before I moved out of park I would disconnect and reconnect my BT. Often times though I found that just switching off the car radio (BT enabled Parrot Rythm-N-Blu), remove the face plate, count to 15 and put the face plate back on then turn the radio back on would do the "trick."
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I can pull down the menu and toggle BT easier than I can dial a number while driving...and yes, Ontario has the same fines.

aii for the last time just use a different rom. im using JB official by CM9 for skyrocket - stable version 2.
it's no cm10 but full BT car audio talk the works!!! it works, end of story cm9 SOLD!!!

Try the new official nightly
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AOK now. Perhaps we can have this thread shut down.
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There's already similar posts on this. CM10 doesn't have the fix yet, if you want a working BT grab the official CM9 stable version - I've reverted back to as I have the same issue as you ie: car BT is a big deal for me.

charbar85 said:
There's already similar posts on this. CM10 doesn't have the fix yet, if you want a working BT grab the official CM9 stable version - I've reverted back to as I have the same issue as you ie: car BT is a big deal for me.
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Fixed in CM10 as of last Wednesday.
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Sense 5 is here!!

So I know a lot of you have been eagerly waiting for sense 5 to be ported to our device. Well I'm proud to announce that our carl1961 has successfully ported the evo 4g sense 5 rom to our phone. Some people have reported that everything works fine for them while others have issues with data,mms, phone calls, and the fm radio. The actual link to the rom is burried deep in a thread and is kind of hard to find without wading through many pages of post so I decided to post a link to the post here.
Wipe, flash, and enjoy!! Oh and don't forget to hits carl's thanks button and mine for taking the time to create this post to make it easier to find. Maybe he'll get around to creating a thread in the dev section but for now here it is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41696503&postcount=63

Has anyone tried this yet? I am very interested. Crossing my fingers for it.

darthvince said:
Has anyone tried this yet? I am very interested. Crossing my fingers for it.
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Of course. Other than the few hiccups I posted about it works great. Very smooth and stable. Definantly faster than sense 4+. Plus its android 4.1.2 instead of 4.1.1

Been waiting for this and it works great for me so far. It's like a whole new phone and the camera is even better now! Many thanks!!!

darthvince said:
Has anyone tried this yet? I am very interested. Crossing my fingers for it.
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I'm lovin' it. Didn't even have to mess with APNs. Booted fast and I can tell it's so smooooooth.

I'll flash this on to my One X while I still have it. Sense 5 on the One has been amazing.

ILoveYouAll said:
I'm lovin' it. Didn't even have to mess with APNs. Booted fast and I can tell it's so smooooooth.
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It's strange. I flashed it, and I have no APNs except for a blank "Internet" one. I wonder what made it different for us... maybe it's because I wiped after I flashed?

darthvince said:
It's strange. I flashed it, and I have no APNs except for a blank "Internet" one. I wonder what made it different for us... maybe it's because I wiped after I flashed?
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That's the APN I got too. But it's working. Aahhh, I'm on T-mobile btw.

Been using it on my One X for about 15 mins and it's running really well . It's putting up a great fight to my One. Everything is nice and fluid, seems like an upgrade over Sense 4+. I don't have active service for the phone, but under APN there is nothing there for me either.

NJGSII said:
Been using it on my One X for about 15 mins and it's running really well . It's putting up a great fight to my One. Everything is nice and fluid, seems like an upgrade over Sense 4+. I don't have active service for the phone, but under APN there is nothing there for me either.
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Try setting up the APNs by your own. I deleted the blank one and added my own.

ILoveYouAll said:
Try setting up the APNs by your own. I deleted the blank one and added my own.
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Oh, I'm sure if I do that everything would be fine. I was just reporting back for the people who might be interested in flashing this.

Sent in a SunnyDay

Has anyone tried the Zoe feature? It won't work for me, but oh well.. I don't need it anyways.

Can ir be flashed On a sensation?
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ILoveYouAll said:
Try setting up the APNs by your own. I deleted the blank one and added my own.
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Anyone have the correct APN settings for AT&T? I am in an LTE area.

magico1978 said:
Can ir be flashed On a sensation?
Sent in a SunnyDay
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Seeing how this is a port for the One XL, no.

ILoveYouAll said:
Has anyone tried the Zoe feature? It won't work for me, but oh well.. I don't need it anyways.
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Locked up the camera when I tried.

This is running pretty smooth as is, but bluethooth is not working and I cant seem to get LTE working for tmobile FYI

Does this work with the international version as im living in the uk. I have just tried to install it and the installation failed. I flashed the img file onto my phone ok, its just installing the rom. Are there any specific instructions for installation?
Thanks
Andy

Only qualcomm One X. XL and US variants.
If you have Tegra dont flash.
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GPS not working HTC Sensation

Hi there,
I've made a search about the issue, and there are a few loose threads about this subject, but without convincing answers and definite solutions.
With that in mind, my problem is that the GPS in my HTC Sensation has not been working properly for some time now. It can be switched on, and it may remain searching for a signal for endless periods without success...
As anyone experience the same problem? And if yes, how have you sorted out the issue?
Also, it's important to say that I want the GPS to work in the absence of any data transfer from the network provider, for those occasions where I am "out in the wild" and want to check where I am on maps... and yes, it can be infuriating to be walking and waiting for a signal and nothing....
So, to all those who have the sensation, have you experience the same problem? And how have you managed to fix it?
Thanks
(also, I am using the CM v10-20130526 , the 4.1.2, with kernel version 3.0.53)

Principiant3 said:
Hi there,
I've made a search about the issue, and there are a few loose threads about this subject, but without convincing answers and definite solutions.
With that in mind, my problem is that the GPS in my HTC Sensation has not been working properly for some time now. It can be switched on, and it may remain searching for a signal for endless periods without success...
As anyone experience the same problem? And if yes, how have you sorted out the issue?
Also, it's important to say that I want the GPS to work in the absence of any data transfer from the network provider, for those occasions where I am "out in the wild" and want to check where I am on maps... and yes, it can be infuriating to be walking and waiting for a signal and nothing....
So, to all those who have the sensation, have you experience the same problem? And how have you managed to fix it?
Thanks
(also, I am using the CM v10-20130526 , the 4.1.2, with kernel version 3.0.53)
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Oh boy, that is because all and none of those work. Depends on the individual phone, location, rom, etc. Try a few and check.
Best bet for me was to change roms
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ianoob said:
Oh boy, that is because all and none of those work. Depends on the individual phone, location, rom, etc. Try a few and check.
Best bet for me was to change roms
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Very well - I shall give that suggestion a try hoping that it will work :/
Thanks!

ianoob said:
(...) Best bet for me was to change roms (...)
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I have to admit, I was skeptical... However, it really did work, and I am now able to enjoy my GPS without data transfer from the network provider.
Thanks

Principiant3 said:
I have to admit, I was skeptical... However, it really did work, and I am now able to enjoy my GPS without data transfer from the network provider.
Thanks
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Glad it worked
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What change was made to make GPS work?
Hello, I hope someone is still subscribed to this conversation.
I have an HTC Sensation XE with an non-functional GPS.
My phone is a UK phone that I am using in California. The phone function works fine and other apps but cannot lock on any GPS satellite.
The US uses Eris GPS, not the same in Europe. Has anyone changed the software to make this work?