I have been reading through various thread regarding ICS ROM and GPS. Conclusion is that ... it doesn't work very well or when it does it's very temperamental.
Anyone has a suggestion as to which ICS ROM has the best working GPS (even if it's buggy)?
Passion or Euphoria for sure!
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As he said. Euphoria was launched yesterday, so far, no complaints on GPS
The new CM9 official builds are far and away better than anything else for the Vibrant based on my personal experience. There was always a bit of lag in the other ICS roms that I couldn't stand, and made it so I had to go back to GB, but after taking the leap on the new CM9 16B, I'm in love...
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The new CM9 official builds are far and away better than anything else for the Vibrant based on my personal experience. There was always a bit of lag in the other ICS roms that I couldn't stand, and made it so I had to go back to GB, but after taking the leap on the new CM9 16B, I'm in love...
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Where are you getting the official CM9 builds from?
I agree with Bruce, you can never really go wrong with CM builds. I have had several different CM Rom's on my other phones and I have never had any issues with bugs or stability.
CM9 build I am following is here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1503038
Currently running Passion and GPS is working since Kiss 2.2 kernal update.
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Is the vibrant GPS pretty solid with CM? I'd always thought that my vibrants GPS poor performace was due to bad hardware.
Have you used it with any path tracking apps such as trackmaster similar that record your path/speed?
I am currently using ICS Passion v13.1 with ICS Kiss v5.1 Kernel. GPS is temperamental. I find that if the GPS symbol on my status bar doesn't show up or if my navigation isn't getting a lock, rebooting my phone sometimes does the trick. Prior to flashing and all I had my phone switched out twice by tmobile. I deff have a have device that I received after oct 2010 so I never thought about doing the hardware gps fix. I used Axura which is based on Froyo JK2/JK6 and the GPS on there worked. I eventually flashed to ICS as Axura got really sluggish and annoying.
Go with ICS passion or euphoria. I haven't tried out euphoria yet but I like passion so far.
UPDATE
I got my gps to work and here is what I did.
I had the kernel that comes with ICS Passion v13.1 and replaced it with kiss v5.1. That didn't fix it. So i replaced the kernel with icy glitch v14 6B. That didn't work. Lastly (and it did the trick), I tried this fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370910 and it works. So i am happy now with my passion....
However, there is very little or very spread out information about ICS passion vs euphoria comparisons.
can somebody elaborate on the differences and their opinions? I might start a new post based on this question.
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I'm very tempted to try out an ICS ROM and wonder which I should try. Some swear by Onecosmic's ROM saying it's smoother and more stable than Passion. It's 911 and e911 seem to both work but GPS seems to be broken. Passion seems to be getting the most traffic. e911 is broken though 911 works. GPS is way better than Onecosmic, if I understand correctly, but kernel dependent.
Which are you using and why? Or should I wait for more issues to be fixed, e.g. mute/unmute?
I ran Onecosmic's for a while. 2.11 was pretty good. They then produced a 3.1, but didn't bother to change the build.props values from i9000, guaranteeing problems and showing a lack of seriousness in supporting the Vibrant, so I tried the CM9 kang. Build 14 was good, but 15 was terrible (looked like build.props was incorrect), decided to stay with CM7 until an ics rom has CM permissions management. No experience with Passion.
I agree a lot with what cashmundy said. Neither onecosmic nor the cm9 teamhacksung have vibrants and are builing for the I9000 so we are just getting I9000 ports with no true support from the rom dvelopers. Not that either is a bad rom but the Vibrant community is the ugly step kid in the development. Neobuddy and Nelson are building ICS Passion on their Vibrants and supporting it well. Passion is based on cm9 as far as I can tell with Neobuddy working it for the Vibrant. Nelson is constantly trying to improve the kernel and latest is based on rev 3.1.10. Passion has it's bugs and each new version fixes some and regresses on others but it's a Vibrant rom worked on by Vibrant devs and is the most complete IMHO.
I honestly havent tried OC's rom. Been really happy with Neo's Passion. It seems everyone has a different quirk. Some people's GPS works, some don't, some have the mute/unmute bug, some don't. My GPS works AND don't have the mute/unmute bug. One of the lucky few it seems.
ICS Passion v12
I like it a lot after CM dropped further development. It seems to move around faster and is clean. The mute/umute doesn't seem to be an issue for me. Haven't tried GPS except to play with Angry GPS. Seems like I was picking up satlellites, best I could tell. I read something about a unlocked Samsung phone from China not working on 911, but did on 112 (international emergency). I'm beginning to wonder that if Samsung won't share the codes...DOES 911 work on the stock ROMS??? I'm thinking I can live without 911, since my option of returning to the Eclair ROM makes me ill... .
Seems like 911 is broken passion v11 onwards
ICS passion it should be, as cashmundy said, its dedicated to Vibrant. I have working GPS but the Mute/Unmute issues bugs me. I am still on v11 btw.
Both roms are good, I think that passion has more tweaks. Both are stable less mute and unmute bug which is keeping me on trigger 822. But other than that everything else works great. Just irritating that a phone does not do the simplest feature of answering a call correctly.
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how can I put the firmware in order to avoid a bug with the microphone?
In general, there is such of the ICS?
There is a new Onecosmic version out, 4.1. I'm pulling it down to see if the build.props still say i9000 instead of t959.
One important philosophical difference is that Onecosmic is explicitly AOSP and only AOSP, whereas Passion is using some or all of CM9. That's reason enough to choose Passion for me. I'm just waiting for permissions management to get ported.
PS: download of Onecosmic version 4.1 finished, took a look inside with Ghost Commander (must-have tool) and the build.props is correct for T959.
Give me the link.
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Give me the link.
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Have no GPS after installing ICS 4.0 on samsung vibrant 2.1 ...GPS gives wrong location. Had excellent GPS location on samsung 2.1 eclair....HOPE SOMEBODY CAN HELP TO RESTORE GPS ON VIBRANT WITH ICS 4.0 .....THANKS
Which ROM are u on ?
Need to know the ROM you're using (mainly the kernel), but in the mean time check this thread out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550327
You really only need yag2 from that, but I think the ultimate cleaning script is pretty handy if you ever want to flash another kernel.
Flash that yag2 fix, and do a GPS Test right after your phone boots and see what happens.
On a sidenote: the GPS performance (in my experience) with ICS on the Vibrant is god-awful, and that's saying a lot considering the infamy of the GPS with this phone. It can be great after you first boot, but locks can take a minute or 2 at times after your phone has been idle/asleep for a decent amount of time. If you're big into using your GPS I wouldn't really consider ICS as a daily driver. Use a 2.2 ROM with the Holo launcher; ICS looks with a nice stable base.
Install Chimera 1.1 from www.team-passion.com . Its the newest version they have to offer, its actually a blend between ics and cm9 i believe( could be wrong). It looks exactly like ICS to me and it has working GPS and working 911.
last person is correct. chimera v1.1 with newest 1.3 kernel has working gps after deep sleep and vice versa. the best my gps has been since stock froyo... at least 5 bird lock everytime in under a minute.
I have no audio on calls on Jelly bean. Ive tried switching roms to different Jelly bean roms and no difference. This is so annyoing cause I can not call or receive calls! Any solutions??
I had this happen to me. I called at&t and they disconnected and reconnected my phone to the local tower and it started working fine again.
I get the same problems using a couple roms on here...I get reboots..then when comes back on I have no data..or someone will call and I can hear thrm but they cannot hear me....I found just rebooting fixes this...but I'm starting to hate JB right now...lol
If this solved the problem please respond and add [SOLVED] to the thread title so others with the same problem can benefit
I have the exact same problem with CM10, and it started with an old nightly, then I upgraded to the latest nightly and its still occuring. Anyone know whats going on, I don't want to go back to CM9
Rebooting is not fixing it.
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I have the exact same problem with CM10, and it started with an old nightly, then I upgraded to the latest nightly and its still occuring. Anyone know whats going on, I don't want to go back to CM9
Rebooting is not fixing it.
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Try a re flash. That was the only way I corrected this issue when I was running JB. I'm on ICS now and all issues have gone away. Soon, JB will be that way too. Until then though....
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Until official jb source drops for our phone this will be a problem on ALL job roms . It seems to affect some more than others. For me, this happened less often than for most. However, it always happened at the worst times.. I am currently using the ICS based 7005 ROM with Google now and 4.2 camera flashed after the fact and find it to be an excellent compromise. 100% stability with 95% of the feature set and buttery smoothness.
I can't wait to see what PTMR3 does with padawan on this base....or better yet what manelscout4life brings us with official jellybean code..
I'm new to rooting and running custom roms. Has anyone tried any of the latest version of CyanogenMod 10 for the evo lte. Is it stable is it fully functioning. Sorry for the noobness but we all start somewhere. Thanks
I have been running it all day, I don't know the differences from the previous nightlies, probably the same tiny bugs. I haven't played around with it too much.
I have always been curious as to what the differences are between the MANY JB ROMS we have here. They all have the same problems...
I've been using codefire cm10 JB ROM now for around 3 weeks it seems to me that everything is working fine so far. you should try it out I haven't had any problems yet... I'm going to stick with it
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I'm new to rooting and running custom roms. Has anyone tried any of the latest version of CyanogenMod 10 for the evo lte. Is it stable is it fully functioning. Sorry for the noobness but we all start somewhere. Thanks
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Ive been using the CMX CM10 JELLYBEAN ROM as my daily driver for the last six weeks and it is great. Personally i think the bugs are totally minor. Nothing you cant deal with really. I liked the CodefireX tweaks. I just update the Rom using the GooManager and for some reason they changed it from NIGHTLY to EXPERIMENTAL for whatever reason. Also noticed the CMX tweak are gone from the update? dont know why. Anyone here know? otherwise the ROM is really fast and stable enough.
Am I alone here? It looks great and is speedy as hell. But after I leave the house and I'm not on wifi any longer all the problems start popping up. Terrible signal (even confirmed using OpenSignal), only hold 3G half the time and NEVER get a 4G connection in the places I always get one on a ICS ROM. Also, camera is worthless. And MMS doesn't work almost always.
I really appreciate all the work everyone puts into it. I couldn't do any of the stuff these people are doing. I've tried CM10 and ParanoidAndroid and I can't wait until they hit a stable/primetime state. Just not there yet.
But if it's just me please somebody chime in! I have done PRL and profile updates on stock ROM before flashing so I don't believe it's that. Stock ROM and Mean ROM both give me great signal/data and 4G.
right now I'm on codefire jb release date 26 plus I flashed the duocoreAOSPmod my phone is fast, and also I used the 3g uncap codefire tweak. I'm not having any 3g speed problems.
the reason why I'm still on #26 is because when I flashed the 04 nightly the WiFi will not work it just says error. So hopefully they fix that then I will update. If not I really would hate to discard codefire cause I like it a lot.
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I searched through some threads and I couldn’t find a definitive answer on this that was recent.
I am currently running ICS Euphoria on my phone, but I recently started having issues with my phone missing calls intermittently. What happens is I will get a voicemail from a call that never came to my phone (no ring, no missed call). Since it has been awhile since ICS was released, I figured this would be a good time to upgrade to JB.
I’m looking for a slim, fast, and functional version. Don’t care about customization, just need a good daily driver. Specifically I’m looking for a ROM with decent GPS (as good as it can be on the vibrant anyway).
What do you guys recommend?
Slim bean, I know the final jb41 build had solid gps, not sure about jb42 beta builds. CM10 stable also hassolid gps.
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Slim Bean seems to come highly recommended, but when I looked at it originally the big complaint was no GPS, maybe that has changed?
I have stayed away from CM roms since they seem to be more on the bloated side of things, but offer lots of customization. Really what I'm interested in is a fairly vanilla experience that runs fast and doesn't eat battery like crazy.
There are some flashable files that will help gps, yagf2, experia gps files and gps wrapper. IMO, slim is your best bet.
What you don't know could fill a book.
You can look at the thread I started here with the same Q and my experience: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040685
Bottom line (for me so far) is that NONE will have a working GPS,
and if you do get a gps it will eat your battery with all the Kernel Wakelocks caused by the gps.
Again, this is MY experience, I know others have better exp, would appereciate if you could update what you found...
BTW, on Bionix (Froyo) my GPS worked OK, so I don't think it is my device, but who knows...
Interesting points guys. I have had a few different roms on this phone, and the best gps so far has been ICS euphoria.
I think I'll give slimbean a try. I still need to do the little hardware mod for the GPS as well. Hopefully this will net me somewhat reliable GPS.
I have a copy of PA 2.54-360 with ICS GPS files that jrongi1 sent me. If you would like it you can PM me.
The GPS worked great for me!
And I still got love for the streets..
Gps is tricky with our phones. Each is different it seems. I have an orriginal T959 so I did the harware fix. The hardware fix combined with my use of angrygps.apk. I use "supl.sonyericsson.com" port 7275 in both gps.conf and angrygps.
I dont have DS issues with 4.1 or 4.2 roms. never had.
I installed cm10 and kept the gps.conf that came with it, it looks working OK, not the best signal but that might be phone fault.
Its IMPORTANT to use port 7275 in the supl server and not 7276 as some other posts suggests, the 7276 port was the reason for the kernel wake locks and GPS drain...
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RemICS-JB v1.0(Team Remics) has good GPS. Doesn't lock as fast at first. Then after few seconds it kick ass. Great rom may I say.