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Current config:
MIUI 1.9.16
ROM: ED05
Kernel: Glitch v12 HL (9/22/11)
Glitch 9/22/11 has been a HUGE improvement on my phone's speed, stability and smoothness. However, I'm still getting quite a lag time (3-5 min.) before the Fascinate connects to the satellites when using GPS for navigation.
I'm currently looking at Radio EC09.
Are there any recommendations or thoughts?
Do you leave your GPS on all the time? I've found my GPS takes a lot longer to lock if I was only turning it on When I need it. Now I leave it on all the time and most of the time it locks fairly quickly. Some people have better luck with E05, personally my GPS is better on EC09.
Yes. GPS is always left on. I am constantly using GPS to show specific locations as well as Latitude with family and friends.
My fascinate locks a bit quicker than my wife's with the exact same set up. And hers takes more time than mine to find Satellites. She has gone 10-15 min. without it ever finding a satellite lock.
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Updated Radio
Decided to Odin EC09 radio.
First GPS lock was nearly instantainiously; however, following uses were not as quick. I'll test it out today and report my findings.
I have tried just about every GPS fix/tweak out there. It seems like everything works well once or twice. Maybe the placebo effect. After a day or two it is always back to the random lock times of seconds to minutes. I have had the best overall luck with the PWGB rom. 9 out of ten times it locks in under a minute which seems to be the best my phone will do.
skiddingus said:
I have tried just about every GPS fix/tweak out there. It seems like everything works well once or twice. Maybe the placebo effect. After a day or two it is always back to the random lock times of seconds to minutes. I have had the best overall luck with the PWGB rom. 9 out of ten times it locks in under a minute which seems to be the best my phone will do.
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thats because things get out of wack like the compass or need to be updated like agps data. if youve tried the GPS fixes out there like downloading the gps.conf file from powerwash/geewiz and deleting gps files in miui (not sure about others) then always check out the compass/agps if you arent getting a quick lock.
I usually use GPS status to check it and it downloads AGPS data. I've heard the compass can be a problem but I have seen my phone GPS lock in a few seconds with the compass reading WAY off and I have also seen it take several minutes when the compass is perfect. Seems to be no pattern on my phone.
I have been on EH09 since it came out. Now on PWGB latest version it has consistenly locked quickly since flashing.
Hello,
I recently rooted my phone first time and installed passion 10.6. I had a few questions and problems and was wondering if someone could help?
1. My battery only lasts for 3 hours and in the Battery settings page the chart shows that the Android system has taken up 50% of the battery. Drilling down into that I see that most of that is due to 'Keep Awake'.I see other users report 20 hours of life on this forum.
2. My GPS navigation does not work at all though the places application call mark my location in seconds.
3. The four touch buttons come on after any notification on the phone and stay lit. For example, if I get an e-mail they come on and stay lit.
4. The phone signal bars show an H next to it and not 3g like I used to see on the stock Samsung 2.2 OS.
Any solutions to this?
This is such a great OS and I wish someone could help solve these issues.
Number 3 & 4 are features, not issues, the gps is always hit it miss on any rom, works for some, not all. Places find your location based on the network, doesn't necessarily need the gps. With the battery your phones not going into deep sleep, not sure why, i used to have to reboot every time i charged to get my phone to sleep right.
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Thanks. I guess. I'll just try out another ROM now that I'm hooked and try passion back in a few days.
There are many different takes throughout the thread to fix your GPS and deep sleep concern. GPS will work but not after your phone goes into deep sleep.
Download CPU SPY and review if your phone is entering 'deep sleep' at all. If not, read through some of the later pages in the thread to visit options.
Thanks for the comment. Ill research this and post a solution if I find one.
I have a question. This from is do smooth and works beautifully most of the time but I'm having trouble with the unresponsive lock screen. :/ anybody have any tip or tricks to work around this? Thanks!
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This ROM is is in testing phase so the issues posted here are known and solutions will be addressed in the future, I hope. You guys should ask the question on the link related to this ROM.
I have this ROM too but I only use it 1 day a week just to play around but it is not stable enough for my need. I kept going back to CM7
Thanks. Is there an issues of a bugs page in this forum? It would be easy to search and provide feedback. We are all beta testers after all!
Camera issues on ICS Passion 10.6
Has anybody else had issues with the camera not connecting. I have tried installing camera zoom fx to see if that worked and it didnt and the other way I can fix the camera is to shut the phone off and do a battery pull. It works one time and then cuts out again. I tried cache clearing and running permission fix and nothing. Anybody have a clue how to fix this issue.
For the 4 capacative buttons staying lit up, you can disable it by unchecking "Pulse notification" in Settings>Display.
As for the "H", this means you're getting faster speeds.
For GPS, try this to see if it helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447925
idotdot said:
Hello,
I recently rooted my phone first time and installed passion 10.6. I had a few questions and problems and was wondering if someone could help?
1. My battery only lasts for 3 hours and in the Battery settings page the chart shows that the Android system has taken up 50% of the battery. Drilling down into that I see that most of that is due to 'Keep Awake'.I see other users report 20 hours of life on this forum.
2. My GPS navigation does not work at all though the places application call mark my location in seconds.
3. The four touch buttons come on after any notification on the phone and stay lit. For example, if I get an e-mail they come on and stay lit.
4. The phone signal bars show an H next to it and not 3g like I used to see on the stock Samsung 2.2 OS.
Any solutions to this?
This is such a great OS and I wish someone could help solve these issues.
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Thanks a lot. I'll try this. Right now I'm back to bionix
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Thanks a lot. I'll try this. Right now I'm back to bionix
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Try going back to ICS Passion. v11 improves on the already great battery life, adds a little more speed, and other useful fixes, such as camera zoom.
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There are many different takes throughout the thread to fix your GPS and deep sleep concern. GPS will work but not after your phone goes into deep sleep.
Download CPU SPY and review if your phone is entering 'deep sleep' at all. If not, read through some of the later pages in the thread to visit options.
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I've read through the ROM threads a bunch and OP's issue may be different than the main thread issue regarding Deep Sleep and Maps. I believe my issue the same as OP's.
When I boot up the phone and let it sit, it will go to Deep Sleep. As soon as I really USE the phone though (Maps, internet, etc) the phone will not go BACK into Deep Sleep, and battery drains rapidly. It takes a reboot to get the Deep Sleep working again. Android System is always the culprit. I have had the same problem on three different ROMs recently (ICS Passion, MIUI NB and MIUI Lithium Volt). It sure makes me think it's not the ROM...but I have no idea what else it would be since I wipe and reformat my phone before flashing.
I have been trying to figure this issue out for a while now, to no avail. Help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello fellas.
As you probably can tell, I'm new here.
I bought a Vibrant close to a month ago, and I just flashed ICS Passion v11b5 on it.
But now I have a problem. When I try GPS test, it gives me 1-4 satelites in view, but 0 in use.
Is there a way to fix this? I really use GPS a lot.
Whould appreciate any usefull replies.
Umm about the last 40 pages in the ICS thread is about this issue. It is a well known bug that is being worked on, but no fix yet.
If GPS is that important, you might want a solid, stable 2.2
This is the sole reason i switched from ICS Passion to Bionix-v fishman mod. I love what Neobuddy has done but I had to have a good gps.
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GPS not working in ICS Passion v13
Woodrube said:
Umm about the last 40 pages in the ICS thread is about this issue. It is a well known bug that is being worked on, but no fix yet.
If GPS is that important, you might want a solid, stable 2.2
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I have come from MIUI to ICS Passion v13 w/cleanup patch. With MIUI I had solid GPS performance; with ICS Passion I can see sats but it takes at least 10 minutes to get a lock, if I get one at all. I flashed back to MIUI to check and I get GPS.
I would stay with MIUI, but I get the mute/unmute bug, which I don't get with ICS Passion. I notice in some ICS Passion screen shots that others have the KB5 modem. Mine is KA6. Would flashing to KB5 alter my GPS performance? I haven't been able to check because none of the download links to KB5 modems work. (Multiupload is offline.) Does anyone have the KB5 modem they could post?
Thanks Neobuddy for an otherwise awesome ROM-very smooth.
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This is the sole reason i switched from ICS Passion to Bionix-v fishman mod. I love what Neobuddy has done but I had to have a good gps.
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I did the same thing. I also used the BlueMyst Theme and the ICS fonts. It's really a great, stable, and fast rom.
gps
The gps for the passion rom has always been an issue. The gps is different for everyone. Ive been following the passion rom for awhile and there have been a variety of "fixes" that my or may not work with you. You can try changing the modem first. You can also try to upgrade to passion v13 if u wish to test that. If that makes no difference i suggest you google yet another gps fix for the i9000 (dont worry it works for the vibrant, im using it currently) and flash the fix. If none of those work u might want to google vibrant gps hardware fix (this dkes require takin apart your phone). Goodluck
What has worked for me, and I know that may not be representative of all phones, is the following:
1) flashed passion rom v13RC-1.
2) Backed up Angry GPS with titanium backup
3) Uninstalled Angry GPS with titanium backup
4) Flashed v11b5_boot clockwork, clearing cache and dalvik cache (No factory reset)
5) test GPS before your phone goes into deep sleep with any test app from the market (I used GPS Test)
6) turn off GPS and let your phone go into deep sleep
7) Test GPS again. This is where most people have trouble getting GPS to connect again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362961 has the v11b5_boot I mentioned.
Let me know if anything was unclear or how it worked out for you.
Thanks to all of you for the suggestions. I ended up using the advice from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370910
It suggests installing yagf2.zip. So far, its working after a reboot. Haven't yet tried the deep sleep thing, but I'll let you know. If this solves the gps, then I'm staying with ICS.
I tried the yagf2.zip as well before reverting back to v11b5. GPS does work after reboot, but either the phone will not go into deep sleep (Wake locked) after GPS is disabled, or if you do manage to get it into deep sleep, the GPS will not turn back on after. I tired yagf2.zip with and without angryGPS installed. At first I thought everything was working well after screen off, but I noticed using CPUspy that the phone never actually went into deep sleep. I works as a quick fix for heavy GPS users, but your battery life will be abysmal.
So far I've been in and out of deep sleep (well, my phone has) and I'm still able to get a lock. I'm using CPU spy also and it shows that I am actually entering the phone's version of REM. I have AngryGPS installed and didn't remove it before flashing yagf2.zip. It just shows that Samsung did a crappy job with the gps hardware; all our phones are so different.
EDIT: Just got back from a trip around town in the car. GPS pretty spotty. I'd get a fix for 2 or 3 minutes, then maps would suddenly show me 8 blocks across town driving through a park... then back to real location. meh.
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This is the sole reason i switched from ICS Passion to Bionix-v fishman mod. I love what Neobuddy has done but I had to have a good gps.
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Agreed, great GPS. Wifi calling is also important to me because I travel abroad extensively. (Saves exorbitant roaming charges).
Until the ICS roms become more stable, I'll stick with Bionix 1.3.1 (fishmanmod) with Bali 1.8.8uv kernel.
New ICS kernell (kiss) should have fixed that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22733142&postcount=10214
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New ICS kernell (kiss) should have fixed that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22733142&postcount=10214
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a u sure?
for i am using the rom ICS_Euphoria_RC1 with a kiss kernell.
The gps could lock at the very time after a reboot (without deepsleep), and worked well before the next reboot.
However, if i dont lock the gps and let the phone goes to deepsleep, the gps will go to sleep and never wake up before another reboot.
that my problem.
could any kernell fix it?
Same as UCLF5. Mine unable to lock indoors and take more than 5 min to lock while driving.
CWM Fix file from UCLF5 thread would work on this but seriously they should have tested it before release to public.
Mine works just fine, lock indoors in less than 10 seconds. Outdoors, same. Running stock 4.0.4 ATT I717. You must just have a bad chipset causing problems.
Also no problems on mine.
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Works great here in Ohio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762090
Works great on official ICS for me.
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GPS is fine here..
I too have gps issues. It will not lock, best I get is 20m radius. This is not precise so navigation will not start either.
GPS works fine before and after the update.
Had the Samsung captivate, it had a bad gps
Had the Samsung Infused, it had an ok gps
Now on the Samsung Note, the GPS works perfect, locks within a sec or two.
I get locks indoors in 5 seconds or under.
My GPS improved over GB.
From my Galaxy Note
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I too have gps issues. It will not lock, best I get is 20m radius. This is not precise so navigation will not start either.
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20m radius is still a lock, unless it simply doesn't sit still for a minute or more
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Radukk said:
Same as UCLF5. Mine unable to lock indoors and take more than 5 min to lock while driving.
CWM Fix file from UCLF5 thread would work on this but seriously they should have tested it before release to public.
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Some people have issues with gps lock and some don't.. I believe certain roms help because they add different tweaks .. or build props to "enhance" or tune. Other devices just have a better response time or better reception I guess everyone's phone is different as we see...
wish777 said:
Some people have issues with gps lock and some don't.. I believe certain roms help because they add different tweaks .. or build props to "enhance" or tune. Other devices just have a better response time or better reception I guess everyone's phone is different as we see...
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Being on Android for over a year, it's become very apparent that even with the same internals and install procedures, every phone is treated differently, and treats the user differently in turn. It's just something that's unforeseen and probably the main reason things are redone a lot by manufacturers or developers to account for every possible account that the software could change through normal use, by either power users, normal simple users, on all of the extremes.
Can't wait to see developers get at the new build and for source to finally drop.
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slight issues for me only from initial use if not used for a day. A quick gps on / off toggle fixes it and it instantly locks.
I had issues with GPS lock on my last two roms. Now I am on stock UCLF6 and GPS locks in seconds.
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I have the same gps issue as well. I will give it a day and see how it goes, but need be I am going to go back to GB wipe everything and try again. LF5 didn't work for me either, but the first leak was fine.
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Reflashed it again, now even worse than before. Navigation is not working at all. I tried to turn on and off gps but it's still not working. I think I'll have it replaced but funny thing is that on gb and previous ics leaks, except on latest leak, it worked flawlessly.
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My GPS...
...was fine on stock UCLA1 and is flaky as hell on stock UCLF6 after doing the Kies update. I used to get a solid lock indoors, now it randomly takes forever if I get a lock at all sometimes and is fine others. I'm trying to sort this (see what might be causing it). Gonna be lots of pissed people if their GPS gets borked by the update.
Edit: GPS Test app always shows 20+ satellites in view but satellites in use can inexplicably vary from 0 to apx. 14, even if left alone. Cold boot fixes it.
Has anyone tried using gps test and clearing / updating AGPS data in the settings? Also something that usually helps me.
Hello alls!
I am currently running the Stock w/Goodies 1.78 and it is just smooth as smooth can be. I'm really anxious to try the cm10 or the AOSP/AOKP but am hesitant because I use this phone for work and I don't have a ton of downtime where I can play with the roms like I can on my personal TBolt. Which current JB leaked ROM has been the best in your experience, and is it worth the switch (in terms of smoothness and things actually working)? I appreciate your time!
pogibry said:
Hello alls!
I am currently running the Stock w/Goodies 1.78 and it is just smooth as smooth can be. I'm really anxious to try the cm10 or the AOSP/AOKP but am hesitant because I use this phone for work and I don't have a ton of downtime where I can play with the roms like I can on my personal TBolt. Which current JB leaked ROM has been the best in your experience, and is it worth the switch (in terms of smoothness and things actually working)? I appreciate your time!
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i am using cm 10. i use my phone m-f as a gps device in a windshield holder 8hrs plus a day. cm has been real smooth for me.
I've been using cm10 for 3 weeks. Its great.
If you are using your phone for business,I might hold off and give it more time depending on how important the device is to your business.
Could always nandroid and try it out.
Have u noticed any stupid FC's or things not working?
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Most "normal" things are working fine. Phone will FC on boot until it finds a signal
Gotta say CM10 really is a great, even with the few problems I had on the first nightlies. I flashed the most recent today and for the first time since I bought my LTE it is cool to the touch and the phantom battery drain that carried over for a few nightlies is gone. The only gripe I've had is the gps and this is really just knit-picking but on stock sense I had a lock with in 3 meters nearly every time and on cm10 its 8 but like I said, nit-picking. Dead Trigger runs reasonably well with modified xml to enable the so called Tegra 3 exclusives. Theres a pretty anoying graphical glitch that is persistent in the game but if you go to developer options and turn off hardware overlay it goes away at the slight expense of performance but its negligible lag, all in all my favorite rom so far
Sounds pretty convincing. No words from the AOSP/AOKP usrs?
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I think most are using Cm
AOKP/PA are based on CM, so the same stuff will be working/nonworking
Deck's CM10 is awesome and very smooth. For me it was a daily driver for a week up to 8/29 build with ZERO crashes, but I had problems with data connection switching between wi-fi, 3g and 4g, voice always worked. It took up to 30 minutes or a reboot to get the data connection back again with voice always working. I can't wait to flash the 9/4 release and see if that problem has been fixed as I was getting 17+ hours with 4-5 hours of screen on and lots of calls.
I will never understand how on earth some of you manage to get such sick battery life
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I will never understand how on earth some of you manage to get such sick battery life
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I get good battery life because I'm always connected to Wi-Fi on campus. Wi-Fi uses a lot less power than 3G or LTE do.
I was able to pull a little over a full day with 3 hours of screen on time, which included an hour of 720p video streaming, and I still had 25-30% left.
I've been using CM10 since I got the phone on Saturday. Have to say it is great. CM10 has only had official nightlies for about a week now, but I have yet to find something that doesn't work as expected. Definitely a daily driver. Deck and toastcfh have really outdone themselves this time
It also helps battery life when you have good signal strength for 3g/LTE use. Or using Airplane mode instead.
I have little to no signal almost everywhere I go in Iowa, so my battery lasts maybe a day with no usage; a lot less if I decide to call people or surf the net.
Been using CM10 nightlies for a few days now; I use my phone both for personal and my firm exchange account. Default CM10 email.apk fixes the annoying text-size issue from stock. No unusual FCs. Smooth performance, good battery life. Google now is interesting, but still "learning" me.
Minor issues I have experienced, but not everyone else has:
-Auto-brightness doesn't work
-Phone calls seem to use more battery than stock, although that's just a hunch
-No LTE for me (even after clean flashing the most recent nightly)
-Phone pin-locks itself every time i hit the power button, even though i unchecked the "power button immediately locks" option.
I installed it and set it up over the course of about 2 hours one night. Had to re-install all the apps because I couldn't use Titanium pre-rooting. I think it's worthwhile.
+1 on CM 10, It has been fantastic! I seem to be getting better battery life than stock. definitely less charging.
So what's the difference between Paranoid Android and CM10? Isn't it just CM10 with tweaks?
I have also tried CM10 and I LOVED it. Super smooth, Jelly Bean is awesome to use. But for some reason my GPS would not work, nor would the video recording, and I had issues with using the speakerphone during calls. Those issues were enough to force me to go back to Sense. I hadn't heard of people having GPS issues, which I thought was odd, since it worked on other ROMs.
After I get my phone fixed, or get a new one, I'm guna have to try it again. Jelly Bean is really awesome.
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So what's the difference between Paranoid Android and CM10? Isn't it just CM10 with tweaks?
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PA is a hybrid phone/tablet ROM..
kreesdqban said:
I have also tried CM10 and I LOVED it. Super smooth, Jelly Bean is awesome to use. But for some reason my GPS would not work, nor would the video recording, and I had issues with using the speakerphone during calls. Those issues were enough to force me to go back to Sense. I hadn't heard of people having GPS issues, which I thought was odd, since it worked on other ROMs.
After I get my phone fixed, or get a new one, I'm guna have to try it again. Jelly Bean is really awesome.
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Have other people seen this with the current cm10 build? I use video and speakerphone a lot.
I must thank all of you for input. I didnt expect we`d get this much feedback.
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pogibry said:
Have other people seen this with the current cm10 build? I use video and speakerphone a lot.
I must thank all of you for input. I didnt expect we`d get this much feedback.
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I have had no issues with speakerphone (use it fairly regularly), GPS, or video (have taken a few HD vids already) with the last three (9/2, 9/4, 9/5) builds of CM10.