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there were a lot of posts (including one of mine) where people complained that when data network mode was activated and they tried to answer / make a call, they couldn't. and if they did try to, it wouldn't answer and the network bars would become grey (that is, no bars) and it would take a couple of minutes for network to come back (or until you restart, whichever comes first).
anyway, i had some issues with my phone and i gave to the service center. i told them of it and they flashed the stock ROM + kernel. i had some other issues as well, so they said they'll keep the phone for two days.
so i'm getting my phone back tomorrow. now i want to know if flashing the stock firmware did in fact solve anyone's issues. if it did, i'll continue with the stock rom / kernel (please tell me which was causing you the problems). if not, i'll flash a custom ROM / kernel again. please let me know.
also, does anyone know why this happens? is some app causing these problems? because after flashing a new custom ROM (without any user apps installed) i can call / receive properly without deactivating the data network mode.
but, no user apps (and no google account sync either) = no internet traffic.
i'd request the expert devs (ROM makers, kernel developers, testers etc) to please leave their opinion as i'm not the only one who faces this issue. a few of us do and this is one of the few unsolved issues on this forum.
thank you.
Mohit12 said:
there were a lot of posts (including one of mine) where people complained that when data network mode was activated and they tried to answer / make a call, they couldn't. and if they did try to, it wouldn't answer and the network bars would become grey (that is, no bars) and it would take a couple of minutes for network to come back (or until you restart, whichever comes first).
anyway, i had some issues with my phone and i gave to the service center. i told them of it and they flashed the stock ROM + kernel. i had some other issues as well, so they said they'll keep the phone for two days.
so i'm getting my phone back tomorrow. now i want to know if flashing the stock firmware did in fact solve anyone's issues. if it did, i'll continue with the stock rom / kernel (please tell me which was causing you the problems). if not, i'll flash a custom ROM / kernel again. please let me know.
also, does anyone know why this happens? is some app causing these problems? because after flashing a new custom ROM (without any user apps installed) i can call / receive properly without deactivating the data network mode.
but, no user apps (and no google account sync either) = no internet traffic.
i'd request the expert devs (ROM makers, kernel developers, testers etc) to please leave their opinion as i'm not the only one who faces this issue. a few of us do and this is one of the few unsolved issues on this forum.
thank you.
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ur last custom rom??? wer u using 3g turbocharger??
frankly i don't know what 3g turbocharger is :/
i was using kyrillos' ROM 8.0 (updated to 8.1) and i did run the supercharger script, but i don't think that's what you're talking about. i wasn't using the 3g network.
i've been facing this issue for a LONG time now. i've changed a few ROMs but same effect in all of them. maybe it's something to do with the european firmware (i live in mumbai, india) or something, i'm not sure. are you on vodafone? where in india do you stay?
Well even i am facing this strange network problem but only indoors!!
Outdoors the range is full!!
Since we all flash custom roms that are based on european base, i thought that the problem is related to the modem.bin AKA baseband!!
So i was thinking of just flashing the modem.bin again from any asian firmware.
But before doing that i flashed the old ddjg6 (eclair) rom just to see if baseband flashing is worth it.
Well the network problem was still there!! so the conclusion was that baseband/modem.bin flashing wont affect anything!!
stay happy!!
I cant remember if kyr8 had 3g turbocharger tweaks on build.prop.. But yes with 3g turbocharger on , I hav sum issues with data connection...
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Btw did u get phone.apk force close while happenin this??
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phone.apk force closed often. but never because of the weird data connection. i think it just generally force closed.
and i have been facing this problem since kyrillos' 6.0 or 7.0. one of the two. can't remember. also, please look for my "a request for a custom lock screen?" thread in galaxy 3 general and let me know if you can help. thanks!
also, people who are facing such issues please leave your name and "symptoms" here.
yes i also face the same problem of network,no solutions found yet.but i am not sure whether this prob happens to all the network or just VODAFONE,as i am using VODAFONE only.
okay please visit this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229423&highlight=data+network+mode&page=2
also, here's a bit of my network story if it helps anyone understand this issue :
i bought the phone when it was running Eclair. it worked fine for a few days then i started to face the issue. when i tried sliding the green answering thing to the right, it just wouldn't answer. it would go back in it's place. when people called me, it said it was unavailable. my network used to restart, and calls would randomly get cut and i couldn't call back immediately. i had to wait for 10-15 seconds before i could make / receive any call again. within this time, the calls would dial, but not connect.
so i upgraded to froyo (JP2) from the samsung gallery. my phone worked PERFECTLY for two months or so. no call drops, no nothing. then all of the above started happening again.
i tried flashing different ROMs, kernels etc but nothing helps.
and neo, i face this problem everywhere. indoors and outdoors.
okay so i'm getting my phone back tomorrow. does anyone have any tips for me? something that i should or should not do? like flash a european ROM or just the kernel or not to install a specific app or something?
i do have the same situation. it worked very good by me, till marcellusbe released his cm7 alpha4 i think. i installed it, and since then i have got that network problem, during calls f. example i lose the communication. i dont hear amything, it freezes, and turns back to menu after a few seconds. then i notice that its in the flight mode automatically. and this just happens me when i have got the data connections on. if i deactivate it i dont face any problems like that. i also noticed since i once installed cm7 alpha4 , i have got a strange battery drain. i charg the phone till its fully cjarged, after 3 hours i do not have any battery any more.. help me in that ... PLEASE
i really become frustated the whole time when this happens to me, pls find a solution!! ....
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Try fixin permissions from cwm recovery..
Btw do u use adfree ??
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Mohit12 said:
okay please visit this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229423&highlight=data+network+mode&page=2
also, here's a bit of my network story if it helps anyone understand this issue :
i bought the phone when it was running Eclair. it worked fine for a few days then i started to face the issue. when i tried sliding the green answering thing to the right, it just wouldn't answer. it would go back in it's place. when people called me, it said it was unavailable. my network used to restart, and calls would randomly get cut and i couldn't call back immediately. i had to wait for 10-15 seconds before i could make / receive any call again. within this time, the calls would dial, but not connect.
so i upgraded to froyo (JP2) from the samsung gallery. my phone worked PERFECTLY for two months or so. no call drops, no nothing. then all of the above started happening again.
i tried flashing different ROMs, kernels etc but nothing helps.
and neo, i face this problem everywhere. indoors and outdoors.
okay so i'm getting my phone back tomorrow. does anyone have any tips for me? something that i should or should not do? like flash a european ROM or just the kernel or not to install a specific app or something?
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Well if flashing customs roms and kernels is not helping, you need to try only flashing the stock modem.bin!! I really dont know how to do that safely but people do it!! If you can update the OP like "Please help in flashing just modem.bin" then maybe someone makes and give you an update.zip or a tar containing just modem.bin.
If that too fails to solve your problem, then you must demand a replacement of the handset from samsung! Thats all i can say man!!
Well, the same is happening with me. Even i have vodafone and i live in pune, india. I didnt use eclair for alot of of time so I don't know whether it is a froyo-eclair prob.
The problem that happens with me is that, when i go to my classes (which are in a damn closed area) i dont get any signal. Even though the network bars are zero i still get messeages and phone calls. but when i call someone or message it does not reach. It only happens in some places like my classes and school, but not at my house.
I found a way (not quite conventional but works). I have found that when i flash a rom; irrespective of whether stock or custom; the signal catching is quite stong. But after a month or two it is becomes laggy again. So i flash another rom and again it's good. I dont know whether it is a correct method but works for me.
ak700 said:
Well, the same is happening with me. Even i have vodafone and i live in pune, india. I didnt use eclair for alot of of time so I don't know whether it is a froyo-eclair prob.
The problem that happens with me is that, when i go to my classes (which are in a damn closed area) i dont get any signal. Even though the network bars are zero i still get messeages and phone calls. but when i call someone or message it does not reach. It only happens in some places like my classes and school, but not at my house.
I found a way (not quite conventional but works). I have found that when i flash a rom; irrespective of whether stock or custom; the signal catching is quite stong. But after a month or two it is becomes laggy again. So i flash another rom and again it's good. I dont know whether it is a correct method but works for me.
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Same place!! Pune!! But i get the problem only in some areas!!!
okay so i've been using the stock firmware for two-three days now. and i've been facing absolutely no network problem as such.
when i press *#1234# here are my results :
PDA : i5801DDJP2
phone : i5801DDJP2
CSC : i5801DDJP2
build info : 2011, 04
now can someone interpret this for me? i mean tell me what exactly this means. which of those is my ROM build, my kernel build, or baseband or whatever.
tell me if there are any custom ROMs / kernels built on these builds (or updated ones, but still indian updates) so that i can test if those work for me?
thanks.
Mohit12 said:
okay so i've been using the stock firmware for two-three days now. and i've been facing absolutely no network problem as such.
when i press *#1234# here are my results :
PDA : i5801DDJP2
phone : i5801DDJP2
CSC : i5801DDJP2
build info : 2011, 04
now can someone interpret this for me? i mean tell me what exactly this means. which of those is my ROM build, my kernel build, or baseband or whatever.
tell me if there are any custom ROMs / kernels built on these builds (or updated ones, but still indian updates) so that i can test if those work for me?
thanks.
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There is no custom rom build on this build as this build is lot buggy than the other european firmwares.
And that phone is the baseband responsible for the network and all!!
Some people face network problems some dont!!
Here is the phone of i5801ddjp3 firmware
http://www.mediafire.com/?34yrw4b7fe63tri
If you unzip this file, you get the modem.bin
Now there has to be a way to flash this modem.bin over custom firmwares!!
here is the sgs version of it!! This thread contains of all modem.bin of stock firmware to be flashed over custom rom to get better baseband for samsung galaxy s!
Even I used to face similar problem but only on custom rom's not on stock ones.. but using the stock rom's is too boring so now I have flashed with purungrit's rom v.1.0, kernel G3 mod 2.0, and its working fine, no network issues. The theme is good with extended power menu and 5 lockscreen.. u can try this. we can flash custom rom's based on Indian firmwares and face no network problems, problem is only with European or other countries firmwares..
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Even I used to face similar problem but only on custom rom's not on stock ones.. but using the stock rom's is too boring so now I have flashed with purungrit's rom v.1.0, kernel G3 mod 2.0, and its working fine, no network issues. The theme is good with extended power menu and 5 lockscreen.. u can try this. we can flash custom rom's based on Indian firmwares and face no network problems, problem is only with European or other countries firmwares..
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But the problem is that indian firmwares are a bit inferior as compared to european firmwares.. If you compare any indian firmware with jpq or jpu you will feel the difference..
I really want someone to try that modem.bin method
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Ask some of the devs that whether this method can be used n is it safe.. than we can go for it.
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pavankadam said:
Ask some of the devs that whether this method can be used n is it safe.. than we can go for it.
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Yup!! right now i am fighting my exams!!
If somebody can do it!! ;-)
I'm wanting to know if flashing a new rom can automatically change my RIL's? I know radio does not change unless I purposely flash a new radio, but without using ROM names I'll try to describe my issue and the reason behind my question.
I was using a Sense 3.5 rom for a week with everything working just great. I decided to try a different kernel with that rom and after flashing the new kernel my gps stopped working. OK, reflash the original rom and things are back to working well.
THEN...I decide I want to try CM7 so I flash a CM rom and try it out for a couple days, decide that it's really not going to work for me and go back to original rom with original kernel.
NOW...gps is taking forever to lock, and google nav doesn't lock at all unless I open up a gps app like gps status or chartcross gps test. I flashed cryps AGPS patch for tmous users and it still has this same issue.
Any ideas, opinions, or other solutions are greatly appreciated. I use my navigation a lot and it's a key requirement for my phone so quick gps lock is extremely important for me.
kingston73 said:
I'm wanting to know if flashing a new rom can automatically change my RIL's? I know radio does not change unless I purposely flash a new radio, but without using ROM names I'll try to describe my issue and the reason behind my question.
I was using a Sense 3.5 rom for a week with everything working just great. I decided to try a different kernel with that rom and after flashing the new kernel my gps stopped working. OK, reflash the original rom and things are back to working well.
THEN...I decide I want to try CM7 so I flash a CM rom and try it out for a couple days, decide that it's really not going to work for me and go back to original rom with original kernel.
NOW...gps is taking forever to lock, and google nav doesn't lock at all unless I open up a gps app like gps status or chartcross gps test. I flashed cryps AGPS patch for tmous users and it still has this same issue.
Any ideas, opinions, or other solutions are greatly appreciated. I use my navigation a lot and it's a key requirement for my phone so quick gps lock is extremely important for me.
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Mostly the rils are replaced by the rom IF the chef puts it in. But more inclined all do.
And yes the ril and radio is essential to have gps working quickly. So you can just match the radio to the ril.
If that doesn't work, compare the rils on an old nandroid and the new rom. I'm going to say that the rils will be different.
And also in my experience, flashing different kernels also affects the gps locks as well. For me bricked and faux kernels always borked my gps. So now I only go with the bundled kernel, because most times, the dev tested out the gps with the kernel before releasing it.
You can always flash the matching radio to the RIL you now have, that should sort you out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200403
Thanks for the answers and suggestions so far. So this is what I've done so far:
- reflashed first rom after doing a factory reset/wipe in ext4 recovery. It used to work well with my signal and my gps using the latest 10.56 TmoUS radio. After trying to get lock for 15 minutes I gave up
- read the RIL thread and flashed the recommended .169 ril for the 10.56 radio and still bad gps, no lock. What's weird is in both the above cases Ucenter gps app finds satellites but google nav and endomondo do not lock, ever. So I know my gps hardware is working but it's just not communicating with any apps.
- I'm going to now try using Superwipe and reinstalling the rom 1 more time, not sure if that will do anything at all but I'm out of ideas. Otherwise I may have to give up on this particular rom even though it used to work well.
And no, the rom does not recommend any particular radio.
Remember to try the rom (with matching ril) without flashing a kernel first.
Hi
Sorry to post here rather than in ROM thread as I don't have enough posts.
I've just updated to Tillaz's Infusion Beta 3 ROM. It all looks great and I haven't found any problems except...
It seems as if GPS is disabled. Maps will find me using wifi etc but isn't getting a GPS lock at all. GPS status doesn't "see" any sattellites at all (i.e. they're not even there with insufficient signal). I have GPS enabled in the location settings and it all worked before the update. Clean wipe all done.
I'm guessing that it's an internal setting somewhere but perhaps someone can help? Is anyone else experiencing this?
Many thanks
Sam
sjgcooper said:
Hi
Sorry to post here rather than in ROM thread as I don't have enough posts.
I've just updated to Tillaz's Infusion Beta 3 ROM. It all looks great and I haven't found any problems except...
It seems as if GPS is disabled. Maps will find me using wifi etc but isn't getting a GPS lock at all. GPS status doesn't "see" any sattellites at all (i.e. they're not even there with insufficient signal). I have GPS enabled in the location settings and it all worked before the update. Clean wipe all done.
I'm guessing that it's an internal setting somewhere but perhaps someone can help? Is anyone else experiencing this?
Many thanks
Sam
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I have the same problem running CyanogenMod 11 build 20140120. I cannot get the GPS to work with this custom ROM and I cannot report the bug in the ROM thread because I don't have enough posts.
Does anyone have a method of re-activating the GPS after installing a custom ROM?
Thanks
Thanks - glad to know I'm not alone!
It's strange as it worked fine on beta 1 and 2 (both based on retail stock 4.2.2 I think) so I wonder whether it's moving to the GPE that has done it - does that fit with your experience moving to one of the CM11s?
I'm surprised that there are not more people who have this issue, however - I don't know whether we've managed to do something funny or if it is a proper bug...
Fixed!
I managed to get my GPS working!
Here are the steps I took:
1) Boot into (CWM) recovery
2) Backup your current ROM
3) Restore the stock ROM - you did make a backup before you flashed the custom, right?
4) Boot into the stock rom
5) In Settings->Location, switch on the GPS
6) Launch Maps app
7) Wait until you are located on the map
8) Reboot into (CWM) recovery
9) Restore your custom ROM
10) Reboot into your custom ROM
Your GPS should now work.... well mine did after taking these steps.
I'll also post this in a separate thread for anyone else that is having problems.
incredibull said:
I managed to get my GPS working!
Here are the steps I took:
1) Boot into (CWM) recovery
2) Backup your current ROM
3) Restore the stock ROM - you did make a backup before you flashed the custom, right?
4) Boot into the stock rom
5) In Settings->Location, switch on the GPS
6) Launch Maps app
7) Wait until you are located on the map
8) Reboot into (CWM) recovery
9) Restore your custom ROM
10) Reboot into your custom ROM
Your GPS should now work.... well mine did after taking these steps.
I'll also post this in a separate thread for anyone else that is having problems.
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Have you tried - settings-location-mode-high accuracy ?
Hi there. I don't wanted to open up a new thread. I've installed Infusion B3 over 4.2.2. Everything works fine for me, accept Wifi. Did anyone experience the same problem?
Cykodelic said:
Hi there. I don't wanted to open up a new thread. I've installed Infusion B3 over 4.2.2. Everything works fine for me, accept Wifi. Did anyone experience the same problem?
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For me, it worked well on the first network I connected to but then although it could see the next one (home) it wouldn't connect. I was going to try incredibull's GPS fix by going to infusion b2 but found everything worked so I stuck with it. Hope you find a solution...
Hi all,
Did anyone able to use gps with custom rom ( I would say CM base). I research and try everything that's I could find here but not success.
Every time I do clean wipe everything including a internal storage. So that will nothing left behind.
I know that stock is work fine with gps. some said that install and replace stock but I have no idea that what file will left in our device when we delete all.
Always had the same problem when running Paranoid Android (not tried other ROMs). Had to return to stock, where GPS runs fine. Would also love to kknow how people have got it functioning.
I am trying too. I modified gps.conf files, tried some workarounds mentioned in cm11 thread like restoring GPS Status backup from stock with titanium so far with no success. Some people say that it works but it doesn't on mine whatever I do.
I run on CM and I don't have any problem. Everything works fine with gps and I didn't use any fix or something similar.
I'm on CM 11-20140627 and I have 1032 phone.
Interesting, why does it work on some while it doesn't on others? Maybe some variants are having problems...
I have xt1033 asia version.
spajdo said:
I run on CM and I don't have any problem. Everything works fine with gps and I didn't use any fix or something similar.
I'm on CM 11-20140627 and I have 1032 phone.
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Which recovery did you use?
CWM
As I wonder is about library missing or some partition need from stock ?
I've also been using the micro gapps package, would this matter?
I had problems with Paranoid Android and GPS too... If anyone know something about that, please comment!
TMaxtor said:
I had problems with Paranoid Android and GPS too... If anyone know something about that, please comment!
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Hey i found a solution, you have do this flash following in this order.
- flash stock 4.4.4 (depend on your current)
- flash cm
- flash gapp
I try this twice and work like a charm.
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thestory101 said:
Hey i found a solution, you have do this flash following in this order.
- flash stock 4.4.4 (depend on your current)
- flash cm
- flash gapp
I try this twice and work like a charm.
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I am having he same problem on XT1032 running Carbon ROM. GPS worked fine on stock, no signal with Carbon.
I found many answers saying to flash stock and then reflash custom ROM. I will try it, but I wonder, how does this help? Isn't the phone restoring the whole system? Do I have to keep the gps.conf from stock?
I've read in some CM thread on here you need to flash stock ROM then enable GPS and get a lock. Once you've done that then flash your custom rom. Sounds STUPID and dosent make sense I know, but a lot of people say this is how they got it to work.
EDIT: I can confirm. I've just flashed stock 4.4.4 and played around with google maps. Flashed CM11 nightly and my GPS is now working ok
am05 said:
I've read in some CM thread on here you need to flash stock ROM then enable GPS and get a lock. Once you've done that then flash your custom rom. Sounds STUPID and dosent make sense I know, but a lot of people say this is how they got it to work.
EDIT: I can confirm. I've just flashed stock 4.4.4 and played around with google maps. Flashed CM11 nightly and my GPS is now working ok
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Did you wipe anything, like Dalvik, Cache and Data, or you just flashed it over?
am05 said:
I've read in some CM thread on here you need to flash stock ROM then enable GPS and get a lock. Once you've done that then flash your custom rom. Sounds STUPID and dosent make sense I know, but a lot of people say this is how they got it to work.
EDIT: I can confirm. I've just flashed stock 4.4.4 and played around with google maps. Flashed CM11 nightly and my GPS is now working ok
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Sorry people, I was so happy to have my phone back working, I forgot to write it back here.
Yes it worked indeed, all I did was flashing back the stock, going outside to have a gps lock with gmaps, then re-flashing back the Carbon. I also kept a copy of the gps.conf, but I never needed it, the GPS got a fix quickly. Working fine so far, it only takes some tens of seconds to fix, from time to time.
I can't remember if I also did all the wiping, I think I didn't, but I made so many trials in a couple days, I am not sure.
Thanks a lot guys!
am05 said:
I've read in some CM thread on here you need to flash stock ROM then enable GPS and get a lock. Once you've done that then flash your custom rom. Sounds STUPID and dosent make sense I know, but a lot of people say this is how they got it to work.
EDIT: I can confirm. I've just flashed stock 4.4.4 and played around with google maps. Flashed CM11 nightly and my GPS is now working ok
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Yes, this worked for me too on PA.
I couldn't even see a single sat (it wasn't just a lock problem). No matter with gps patch, gpx fix app, or gps.conf I used.
What I did?: Back to stock, lock GPS, flash again the custom ROM (but don't wipe /system!).
Good luck on that guys, it should work for you too.
thestory101 said:
Hi all,
Did anyone able to use gps with custom rom ( I would say CM base). I research and try everything that's I could find here but not success.
Every time I do clean wipe everything including a internal storage. So that will nothing left behind.
I know that stock is work fine with gps. some said that install and replace stock but I have no idea that what file will left in our device when we delete all.
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GPS works fine on this unofficial CM11 rom for me. Stable daily driver rom for me, YMMV.
General advice is to:
- make sure you get a GPS lock on stock rom first
- flash CM11 (or other custom rom)
There may not be a file left on the device. it may just be that stock contains the code to initialize the GPS functionality on the SoC or chipset firmware. Whatever, it works...
After the first time I flashed my phone I could never make GPS work again, and the GPS signal was already weak before flashing.
Now I've flashed it again and when testing with GPS TEST app, it said the GPS was ON, so I left the phone running the application the whole night, when I woke up, and it still couldn't get a lock.
Have already followed the procedure of using engineering mode to download EPO and use the AGPS thing, the network doesn't seem to be helping at all, it finds the satellites, but the lock won't work. I've even opened my phone and enhanced the GPS antenna by soldering a copper wire followed by an aluminium (Isolated with electric tape), I know this method improves the signal because I've done that with the WiFi and SIM antennas, the signals were improved by 65%, but the GPS? No can do.
I suspect the phone isn't recognizing the GPS hardware, that I still have to do something else, like installing a "driver" or something. I not even get a weak signal, nothing, it's like my phone's GPS hardware never existed. Get it? I got a feeling that the phone isn't recognizing the GPS hardware.
Another question, does the BT (Bluetooth) code in SN Write software has something to do with it? Because after flashing the phone, it is necessary to configure the IMEI and BT.
matheussousuke said:
After the first time I flashed my phone I could never make GPS work again, and the GPS signal was already weak before flashing.
Now I've flashed it again and when testing with GPS TEST app, it said the GPS was ON, so I left the phone running the application the whole night, when I woke up, and it still couldn't get a lock.
Have already followed the procedure of using engineering mode to download EPO and use the AGPS thing, the network doesn't seem to be helping at all, it finds the satellites, but the lock won't work. I've even opened my phone and enhanced the GPS antenna by soldering a copper wire followed by an aluminium (Isolated with electric tape), I know this method improves the signal because I've done that with the WiFi and SIM antennas, the signals were improved by 65%, but the GPS? No can do.
I suspect the phone isn't recognizing the GPS hardware, that I still have to do something else, like installing a "driver" or something. I not even get a weak signal, nothing, it's like my phone's GPS hardware never existed. Get it? I got a feeling that the phone isn't recognizing the GPS hardware.
Another question, does the BT (Bluetooth) code in SN Write software has something to do with it? Because after flashing the phone, it is necessary to configure the IMEI and BT.
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What did you flash your phone with exactly ? Most ROMs released recently have GPS and VPN bugs.
[email protected] said:
What did you flash your phone with exactly ? Most ROMs released recently have GPS and VPN bugs.
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Original Stock Rom found at Doogee blog. Also tried the upgraded version, found in the same site. Only the upgraded version works well, the older one has a bug in the video.
I tried all the steps cited before, so would that be a problem with the ROMS?
Then what do you think about custom roms? I found some here, I'm willing to try them:
http://www.mtkroms.com/p/mtk-6572-custom-roms.html
matheussousuke said:
Original Stock Rom found at Doogee blog. Also tried the upgraded version, found in the same site. Only the upgraded version works well, the older one has a bug in the video.
I tried all the steps cited before, so would that be a problem with the ROMS?
Then what do you think about custom roms? I found some here, I'm willing to try them:
http://www.mtkroms.com/p/mtk-6572-custom-roms.html
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Custom ROMs are better just read known issues or bug list before flashing custom ROMs though.all the best.
Oops, the site mtkroms have only general ROMs if you flash you'll get bootloop unless you port the downloaded ROM for your phone
[email protected] said:
Custom ROMs are better just read known issues or bug list before flashing custom ROMs though.all the best.
Oops, the site mtkroms have only general ROMs if you flash you'll get bootloop unless you port the downloaded ROM for your phone
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Thx, I noticed that rom port part. Well, where can I find custom mtk roms?
matheussousuke said:
Thx, I noticed that rom port part. Well, where can I find custom mtk roms?
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Don't search for your chipset roms search for your phone or you'll brick it.
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Don't search for your chipset roms search for your phone or you'll brick it.
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Not true at all. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2526106 I have this phone, have ported and used every single mtk6572 rom available, none of them enable GPS at all, this chipset is useless for that.
Any roms you need or want, jb4.2, then let me know. I'll either have it already or will quicly port it for you, but that is such an easy thing to do anyway: http://computerplusandroid.blogspot.com/2015/09/mtk-porting-guide-for-jellybean-same-soc.html
Find an mtk6572 rom you like, port it as described above, then flash it. NONE of them have GPS working well, I've tried so, so many. Just find one you like the look of. Mediamod v5 is a good one, and lollifox also.
http://the-daffi.blogspot.co.uk/ good list of roms, its in Indonesian but just download the links based on screenshots simple way is download it, unzip it, swap the boot.img from your working rom into the rom folder you just unzipped, copying over it. Then highlight SYSTEM, METAINF and BOOT.IMG with the mouse, and zip it back up as a .zip. Then flash that. If that boots and you like the look of it, then properly port it, all the .lib files, all etc files and things to make it work well.
robneymcplum said:
Not true at all. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2526106 I have this phone, have ported and used every single mtk6572 rom available, none of them enable GPS at all, this chipset is useless for that.
Any roms you need or want, jb4.2, then let me know. I'll either have it already or will quicly port it for you, but that is such an easy thing to do anyway: http://computerplusandroid.blogspot.com/2015/09/mtk-porting-guide-for-jellybean-same-soc.html
Find an mtk6572 rom you like, port it as described above, then flash it. NONE of them have GPS working well, I've tried so, so many. Just find one you like the look of. Mediamod v5 is a good one, and lollifox also.
http://the-daffi.blogspot.co.uk/ good list of roms, its in Indonesian but just download the links based on screenshots simple way is download it, unzip it, swap the boot.img from your working rom into the rom folder you just unzipped, copying over it. Then highlight SYSTEM, METAINF and BOOT.IMG with the mouse, and zip it back up as a .zip. Then flash that. If that boots and you like the look of it, then properly port it, all the .lib files, all etc files and things to make it work well.
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What I meant was downloading a ROM developed for chipset say 6582 and then flashing right away would result in install failure or a bootloop etc.. So I just told him to search for one that's already ported for his phone.
I know downloading ROM from mtkroms and replacing some files ,decompiling boot.IMG etc are easy but most I guys talked this to didn't wanna go through all that hassle.
And about GPS some ROMs I tried GPS works others didn't so I thought flashing another would work I admit I'm not that knowledgeable ,was trying to help sorry.
you can port 6582/9280 to 6572 as well, its just harder. I have/had this phone and then bought one for my son, his was brand new, untouched and GPS didnt work even then
robneymcplum said:
you can port 6582/9280 to 6572 as well, its just harder. I have/had this phone and then bought one for my son, his was brand new, untouched and GPS didnt work even then
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I use lenovo a5000 GPS works fine on kk/lp based ROMs but not on marsh based ROMs cuz it was a bug that came at the time of compiling forms source .
But you guy's problem sound more like a hardware
Defect in the phone than the ROMs. Best contact your phones customer care if they're still alive . unbelievable how a company can mess up on a vital component of phone like GPS.
I think its country dependant, it works fine in China according to forums, I'm UK and it doesnt and has never worked, and can only get JB roms as there is no kernal available for even KitKat
Thx fellas.
@robneymcplum Please, if you can port the ROM for me, I'll be very thank you. I've read the ROM porting tutorial, but didn't understand the last parts, stuff like de-compiling and compiling the boot.img.
@[email protected] They're more alive than ever, and still manufacturing those things....
robneymcplum said:
I think its country dependant, it works fine in China according to forums, I'm UK and it doesnt and has never worked, and can only get JB roms as there is no kernal available for even KitKat
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By the way, I made it work once, I was at a high place and I could get my location using Sygic.
This phone has 7 antennas, where 4 antennas are the GND (Ground) part of each receptor.
You have to build a custom antenna for each one of them, soldering a small piece of iron or aluminum solves that problem. By using this method I was able to improve the wifi and SIM signals a lot. The only problem is that you have to very careful not to unsold the antennas of the board.
So following that logic, I conclude that the GPS not getting a lock is definitely a Hardware issue, I also forgot to mention that I went to an open space to get the signal. I can't get a lock on a single satellite, it is very frustrating, definitely not buying from those guys ever again.
Beside the GPS not working, this phone's touch screen is average, this phone's camera is horrible, this phone's internal memory for both applications and storage is terrible, this phone speaker is low, the headsets are annoying (They hurt your ear after using them sometime), the hardware isn't that great (Dual core with 512 RAM), so after seeing all the trouble I've got into, I should have bought a galaxy s4 by the time I bought that one, I had even sold my galaxy s3, thought I was saving, when I reflect about all the feature I've "lost" when I decided to save money, and it isn't a big difference between this phone's price and a galaxy s4.
robneymcplum said:
I think its country dependant, it works fine in China according to forums, I'm UK and it doesnt and has never worked, and can only get JB roms as there is no kernal available for even KitKat
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I've only seen now that you've mentioned the country part.
I've been searching all day long and I found out that there is a way to not only download the country based gps.config file, but also use GLONASS (A russian supported GPS version like thing).
Also saw people saying they've last their GPS after Jelly Bean Upgrade.
Just flashed a newer rom that I've found here, still no luck. Now Loading....
PS: If it works fine in China, then there is a hope....
robneymcplum said:
I think its country dependant, it works fine in China according to forums, I'm UK and it doesnt and has never worked, and can only get JB roms as there is no kernal available for even KitKat
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Lenovo ***ed up with our update for lollipop overheating ,battery drain etc so the guys at 4pda filed a petition so lenovo would release the source code and they did.
And the lads also have released custom kernel 3.4.67 and 3.10.54. I could only find recovery development in 4pda for your phone though.
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Lenovo ***ed up with our update for lollipop overheating ,battery drain etc so the guys at 4pda filed a petition so lenovo would release the source code and they did.
And the lads also have released custom kernel 3.4.67 and 3.10.54. I could only find recovery development in 4pda for your phone though.
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Just replaced the gps.config with one from my country. No can do.
It seems to be a problem related to that version of jelly bean.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_A_RDn2fPEwNkhONW1CSVZ4OFk
This is the rom I'm using, seems to be the best for looks vs performance for all the ones Ive found, BACK UP your rom first in CWM just to be sure. Porting is easy, you dont need to recompile boot.img, just copy/paste your boot.img from the rom you are using now into the rom you have downloaded, is really easy. This rom here, 'should' work fine, but if it wont boot then its a boot image issue, simply unzip this rom, copy over your current boot.img and then rezip it back up. Dead easy I then change build.prop screen density to 190 if it isnt already, developer settings and change all the animations/windows to the lowest settings, I use nova launcher as I prefer it.
I then use xposed with holothemer to theme the settings to android L
gravitybox for the usual tweaks
bootmanager to stop various things from starting
and what ever else you need, with greenify and google play services removed, I have a resting RAM of 130/150 free with 2 day battery life.
robneymcplum said:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_A_RDn2fPEwNkhONW1CSVZ4OFk
This is the rom I'm using, seems to be the best for looks vs performance for all the ones Ive found, BACK UP your rom first in CWM just to be sure. Porting is easy, you dont need to recompile boot.img, just copy/paste your boot.img from the rom you are using now into the rom you have downloaded, is really easy. This rom here, 'should' work fine, but if it wont boot then its a boot image issue, simply unzip this rom, copy over your current boot.img and then rezip it back up. Dead easy I then change build.prop screen density to 190 if it isnt already, developer settings and change all the animations/windows to the lowest settings, I use nova launcher as I prefer it.
I then use xposed with holothemer to theme the settings to android L
gravitybox for the usual tweaks
bootmanager to stop various things from starting
and what ever else you need, with greenify and google play services removed, I have a resting RAM of 130/150 free with 2 day battery life.
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Thx, I'll make sure to try it. Sorry for not having answered before, this site didn't show me there were new replies here. I decided to come to inform you guys that I found out why the GPS issue is happening. It's a NVRAM bug, I'm 99% sure. I've seen people saying they lost GPS feature after they flashed their phones and it was because of VRAM.
You can check it out here: http://www.chinaphonearena.com/forum/Thread-iNew-v3-NVRAM-download-backup-restore-tar-bin-files
I already had suspected before if it was the VRAM because the first thing you see on the phone after flashing is a ERROR VRAM in wifi networks. I wondered if that was the case, but until yesterday I couldn't find anything related to that, a few hours ago I found. Too bad I screwed with my AGPS, GPS and EPO files replacing files from stock rom. I guess I'll have to flash it again. Right now I'm looking for a NVRAM file. Man, you have no clue how I prayed to fix this thing., I was about to buy phone, not a Chinese one though (Not going to make that mistake again in my life... ever). lol
robneymcplum said:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_A_RDn2fPEwNkhONW1CSVZ4OFk
This is the rom I'm using, seems to be the best for looks vs performance for all the ones Ive found, BACK UP your rom first in CWM just to be sure. Porting is easy, you dont need to recompile boot.img, just copy/paste your boot.img from the rom you are using now into the rom you have downloaded, is really easy. This rom here, 'should' work fine, but if it wont boot then its a boot image issue, simply unzip this rom, copy over your current boot.img and then rezip it back up. Dead easy I then change build.prop screen density to 190 if it isnt already, developer settings and change all the animations/windows to the lowest settings, I use nova launcher as I prefer it.
I then use xposed with holothemer to theme the settings to android L
gravitybox for the usual tweaks
bootmanager to stop various things from starting
and what ever else you need, with greenify and google play services removed, I have a resting RAM of 130/150 free with 2 day battery life.
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About the rom you provided: What files should I port into the boot.img? All the files from current rom boot.img or some specific files?
PS: Is that ROM bugless?
matheussousuke said:
About the rom you provided: What files should I port into the boot.img? All the files from current rom boot.img or some specific files?
PS: Is that ROM bugless?
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Apart from the GPS rom is faultless. Do this ONLY if it wont boot, it should work straight away though.
Dont need to add/remove anything from the boot.img, copy it as a whole file.