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I tried configurating Hotspot Shield VPN (http://hotspotshield.com/clientless/iphone/get_started.php) that works fine on iPhone but I just can't make it work on Android.
Do you use Hotspot Shield with Android or do you know any other free VPN?
I tried the same but with no luck
Anyone else ??
not sure what the problem is but I can't seem to get it to connect either.
Shame no ones come up with any interesting news yet on the topic
Hey guys , i had the same problem and i was looking for alternatives and i got this.
www[DOT]vpnsurfing[DOT]com/2010/09/tenacy-free-vpn/#more-175
vpn[dot]tenacy.com[slash]pptp-public
im outside us and i can play pandora,
it gets disconnect evey 30 mins,
i will post if i get anything else
Just curious how do you add this command line? I never did anything with command lines.
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jesinj said:
Hey guys , i had the same problem and i was looking for alternatives and i got this.
www[DOT]vpnsurfing[DOT]com/2010/09/tenacy-free-vpn/#more-175
vpn[dot]tenacy.com[slash]pptp-public
im outside us and i can play pandora,
it gets disconnect evey 30 mins,
i will post if i get anything else
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This surely does work
i'v searched for that to...
after 1 hour , my problem solved
i search with this keyword on google "vpn android" and found a site that offer free vpn vpnandroid[dot]com
now my problem solved without spend my money
moneytoo said:
I tried configurating Hotspot Shield VPN (...) that works fine on iPhone but I just can't make it work on Android.
Do you use Hotspot Shield with Android or do you know any other free VPN?
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I got it working with "VPN Connections 0.99" from handheld.softpedia.com
Running CyanogenMod 6.1 on an htc Desire. Works great for Pandora so far.
Thank goodness because the sites listed in this thread so far seem like crapola.
I use hideipipn on android. Works perfectly. The free version.
Anything else workin ? They are no longer offerin a free vpn there
Rapalax said:
I got it working with "VPN Connections 0.99" from handheld.softpedia.com
Running CyanogenMod 6.1 on an htc Desire. Works great for Pandora so far.
Thank goodness because the sites listed in this thread so far seem like crapola.
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Thanx man, works with the Samsung Captivate .
Agree.. If not this utility - it could not listen to pandora
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I got it working with "VPN Connections 0.99" from handheld.softpedia.com
Running CyanogenMod 6.1 on an htc Desire. Works great for Pandora so far.
Thank goodness because the sites listed in this thread so far seem like crapola.
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Sorry to ask but can you explain how, I keep getting fail to connect... Thanks
This is how i use my phone with hotspot shield...
That's exactly how I got it, but it keeps saying failed to connect... Does this works over 3G or just on Wi-Fi?
Thanks
Still no luck using same settings but I get Failed to Connect, over 3G and Wi-Fi, I think it might be a kernel problem or the tun.ko module, I checked my kernel and the module is there...
I'm Using AuraxTsense HTC Desire ROM.
Any Help would be great.
have no idead about htc desire, but on sgs it's working ) but i posted info ONLY about ipsec for HotSpotShield...
Still no luck on my side neither 3G or Wi-Fi works
i have no idea - me working perfect! did you get log/pass for iphone connection?
Android so far as far as I can determine does NOT support using a Bluetooth GPS for the location data but I'm hoping maybe Froyo does..
The GPS built into phones is fine for car nav and some low-resolution stuff, but to have any accuracy or hold a decent lock under heavy foliage or urban jungles a bluetooth GPS with a dedicated chipset is necessary.
I geocache a lot, and my Holux 236 has never failed me, it always has lead me right to where a geocache is, yet my Nexus One tonight the heading and distance stuck, stuttered, seemed to be 20+ feet off at times, and almost IMMEDIATELY went stupid after going under foliage.
I've seen a few programs that'll use Bluetooth GPS themselves, but they are one-off programs which use the GPS directly, not replace the internal GPS data with the Bluetooth GPS data which is what I really need.
Anyone with Froyo and a bluetooth GPS?
i would like to know to
The answer was no... Still an open issue, probably will remain an open issue.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9057
Looks like there's maybe two possibilities, one open-ended "I have solved this" with no real info, and another "Bluetooth GPS Mouse" app in market that is said to work. I'm going to try.
So far this seems to work! I've got an email out to the author, I'll post some more on it soon.
Pretty slick the way he's done it, I have a question out to how automatic the GPS connection/redirection is upon reconnection of the device (ie: do you need to reconnect it manually or is it automaic) and if it's not automatic right now, I'll stress that it needs to be.
It did immediately get coordinates when I connected it to my Holux 236, where the internal would take 10-15+ seconds and the coordinates would wander around for a while. This got coordinates and they stuck... I watched carefully and I saw the latitude go .605 to .606 then back to .605 a few times.. I didn't make sure they were accurate yet, I'll do that later, but by eyeball they were.
It doesn't seem to report sats fixed nor sat signal levels.. I'm concerned this might make some apps think there is no fix and wait forever for it. GeOrg and GPS Test seemed to not care, they reported the right location and it seemed to work.
I did not put it through any real life tests, just sat in my car in the parking lot at work and checked out my location.
I'm concerned if other important info like altitude, bearing, and speed are reported. I'll update when I get a response to the email of course.
One more thing I forgot to ask but I'll see in practice is if using this I can still use the electronic compass. Not that it's great, but it is convenient. Honestly though I'll still be happy without it.
There is a free trial that disconnects every 10m, or a 2 euro paid version. Very reasonable.
Author responded, he sounds right on top of the current limitations and is working on them. I suspect once he has worked on this a tad more, it'll work great. Give the trial version a try and see how it works!
I found that nearly all of my geocaching programs "just work", no fuss. I found that Google Earth gets an accurate fix but can't seem to find "My Location". Both seem to be because he's working on getting the satelite fix data into the program, if possible. Right now it reports 0.
Built-in compass still works fine!
He'll be working on automatic reconnection after he tweaks a few more things and sees what kind of efficiencies he can make and bugs he can drive out.
I was successfully using GPS Mouse with stock Eclair 2.1 & my GlobalSat Bluetooth GPS with my running program.
I have since flashed to Froyo JPO rom & now when I try & use the program I feel a vibration in the phone, the screen soon goes black & then does a mini re-boot & back to my home screen again??
I done some google searches but cannot seem to find an answer to thsi particualr issue
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I was successfully using GPS Mouse with stock Eclair 2.1 & my GlobalSat Bluetooth GPS with my running program.
I have since flashed to Froyo JPO rom & now when I try & use the program I feel a vibration in the phone, the screen soon goes black & then does a mini re-boot & back to my home screen again??
I done some google searches but cannot seem to find an answer to thsi particualr issue
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I'm using Bluetooth GPS Provider now, it works FLAWLESSLY, start and forget it while I'm using the GPS. Even if the GPS disconnects, phone is in standby extended periods, etc, always immediately reconnects and works.
As for your specific problem, dunno, but give it a try.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/bluetooth-gps-provider/de.mobilej.btgps
reboot bluetooth gps
addo1962 said:
I was successfully using GPS Mouse with stock Eclair 2.1 & my GlobalSat Bluetooth GPS with my running program.
I have since flashed to Froyo JPO rom & now when I try & use the program I feel a vibration in the phone, the screen soon goes black & then does a mini re-boot & back to my home screen again??
I done some google searches but cannot seem to find an answer to thsi particualr issue
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I have the same problem, anyone a solution ? Please ....
Try Bluetooth GPS Provider, it works awesome for me. Reconnects immediately, works great.
If you have a ROM-specific issue, you need to talk to the ROM cook.
just saw this come across twitter:
Eugene373
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 213
Default {UTIL}Vibrant GPS Fix for Rooted User's
As everyone Know's, the Samsung Vibrant GPS does not work Correctly, after getting some what **** when trying to use Maps, I decided to track down the Issue's with it!
The .zip is for Rooted user's only & I take no liability if it hoes you're phone.
I flashed from ClockworkMod Recovery, Can't say it will flash via stock recovery.
File Download > http://www.4shared.com/file/0reX2yyi/Vibrant_GPS_Fix.html
<edit 8-9> theres an updated version in 2nd post
<disclamer> this is not my work, i am in no way responsible .
original thread located here > http://forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php?p=15337#post15337
I posted it in the Correct thread.. Why do people insist on Posting other's work before the Author can Make the Thread?.
I know everyone is just trying to help, but I post on several other Forums as well. I can't post on them all at once lmao!
Thanks for posting it neverless.
~Eugene
Correct GPS Fix Download > Vibrant_GPS_Fix.zip
What do you mean by you people....
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blackerwater said:
What do you mean by you people....
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he didnt say you people he was refering to people in general
Lol I'm just playing bro
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blackerwater said:
Lol I'm just playing bro
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lol well you can never tell on here
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lol well you can never tell on here
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Sarcasm never translates well over text... Unless you use italics..
getting a lock is a minor problem compared to MAINTAINING an accurate lock, does this fix address that issue or just the lock on time?
Well I gave this a shot, and now the GPS doesn't seem to function at all. The market tool GPS TEST, Navigation, Latitude, and the built in GPS testing tools (from the phone menu *#*#1472365*#*#) all hang requiring a force close.
But this is really no worse than the largely non-functional GPS I had in the first place so I'm not bothered.
UPDATE: Using "Fix Permissions" from Rom Manager fixed the FC's.....will be testing GPS now to see if it's any better.
UPDATE#2: Taking my daughters back to my ex-wife (oh the joys of divorce) I ran Navigation during the trip, letting my oldest daughter drive so I could pay attention to the accuracy. It took a good while (about a minute) to get a proper GPS fix, but once it did it remained accurate during the entire trip except for one instance where it bounced a few hundred yards off the route for a couple of seconds. This is a marked improvement over my previous experiences where it would bounce off route like that numerous times during a Navigation run.
So...better...but still a bit less accurate than I'm used to with other Android devices.
Italics you say. Nice I'll give that a try next time.
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Tried it. Got a fix in about 5 seconds indoors and pretty accurate. The compass is still all over the place. But as for accuracy it helped a lot thanks eugene.
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I changed mine to ms-based and it works well. In certain buildings, however, it cannot get a lock on any satellites even when it detects as many as 10.
A weird thing that started recently is that in lbdtestmode, when running a position test, it takes forever to get a lock or sometimes to even find satellites. However, if I open google maps, it proceeds to quickly lock my position with 10m accuracy. Then if I run a posistion test it finds a 8-12 satellites and locks on quickly.
What is weird is that it used to be the opposite: I would have to get a lock in posistion test before google maps would get a lock. May also just be a coincidence or a placebo effect.
thats becuase google maps uses network to get intial fix.. change it to ms assisted not ms based which does the same thing
Thank you for the post Eugene, my gps is actually functional now, locked on very fast and is accurate. Donate link?
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lgkahn said:
thats becuase google maps uses network to get intial fix.. change it to ms assisted not ms based which does the same thing
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I forgot to say with wireless network location disabled.
Going to Be Posting my Daily Rom that I use shortly that has the gps fixed & a few other nice little feature / skin / mod's added to it..
Likely will be another week before I get to play with android again
~Eugene
eugene373 said:
Going to Be Posting my Daily Rom that I use shortly that has the gps fixed & a few other nice little feature / skin / mod's added to it..
Likely will be another week before I get to play with android again
~Eugene
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can you tell us the specifics you did that "fixes" the gps problems?
andy2na said:
can you tell us the specifics you did that "fixes" the gps problems?
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I posted the Files! Just Diff them.. It's not that hard honestly
Thanks for the patch eugene373 but unfortunately it seems to do nothing for my GPS. Still takes forever for sats to get into view and never locks in to more than 1.
Unfortunately this didn't work for me at all. I even re flashed to stock then applied the gps fix and for me the gps was worse then any other thing I have tried. I never got a satellite lock, used to at least get 1 and it put me at times on the other side of the street,the accuracy decreased greatly
Hello. I wanted to ask if anyone else has had this problem and found a solution. I have searched for the answer, and have tried the solutions I've found (e.g. GPS Status) with limited results.
Since I've been using custom ROMs I can't get Runkeeper to track my runs through to the end. It will start and sometimes not see any signal, but usually it does and simply stops tracking in less than a mile. Sometimes I'll also see the Google maps having trouble, but that manages to recover. I'm currently running CM6 but had the same issues with csrom.
I didn't know what I needed a smart phone for until until the first time I went running with the phone counting time and distance, while listening to an internet radio station. I need that goodness back, even if it means going back to the stock ROM.
Alex
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Recently I've flashed CM 10.1.3 (stable version). Everything is pretty much great (except battery...it's draining pretty fast but I'm ok with that since I got a portable charger).
But the number one thing that is annoying me the most is that I can't get a gps fix no matter what. It doesn't matter whether I'm indoors or outdoors, or what app I'm using (waze, Google maps, etc.), or what "gps fixing" apps I installed. I just can't get a freaking gps lock anywhere!
Before I flashed this ROM, the gps didn't really work well but at least it worked...
I've searched the entire world wide web (obviously started from XDA) and found some interesting answers but none of them helped me even a bit.
Is this a known issue in cm 10.1.3 or is it just me?
thanks in advance
I recently have CM 10.1.3 on my 4X HD l don't have that issue... Try flash rom again.
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Have you tried the fast gps fix in android general development?
Possible solution
Try this... Might help.
Aimbot91 said:
I recently have CM 10.1.3 on my 4X HD l don't have that issue... Try flash rom again.
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yes, I did but to no avail...
Rudjgaard said:
Have you tried the fast gps fix in android general development?
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I have no idea what thread you're talking about but I will take a second look, even though I didn't find anything in there.
Aimbot91 said:
I recently have CM 10.1.3 on my 4X HD l don't have that issue... Try flash rom again.
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Already tried it, didn't help.
deepmanu said:
Try this... Might help.
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This looks promising... I will report back if it worked for me or not, as soon as I get off work.
thank you to all of you guys for answering!!
Ok so I've tried modifying the gps.conf like deepmanu suggested, but still couldn't get a gps fix at all.
I know that LG screwed up with the gps in this device and that it is so sensitive that even if I replace the ROM
(I don't think that the CM team played with the gps files), it won't work at all.
Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? because right now the only solution that I'm think about is getting a nexus 5 or something =\
stoned92 said:
Ok so I've tried modifying the gps.conf like deepmanu suggested, but still couldn't get a gps fix at all.
I know that LG screwed up with the gps in this device and that it is so sensitive that even if I replace the ROM
(I don't think that the CM team played with the gps files), it won't work at all.
Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? because right now the only solution that I'm think about is getting a nexus 5 or something =\
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I managed to get my GPS working better by tweaking the gps.conf file, but nothing wonderful. If I am sat in my car I get almost no signal, yet my Nexus 7 is high-quality, 13 sats and almost instant lock. The GPS chip/receiver is crap in our device and that is why I will never buy an LG again. Apart from the GPS I love my phone, but that is too important a part for me.
stoned92 said:
Ok so I've tried modifying the gps.conf like deepmanu suggested, but still couldn't get a gps fix at all.
I know that LG screwed up with the gps in this device and that it is so sensitive that even if I replace the ROM
(I don't think that the CM team played with the gps files), it won't work at all.
Has anyone experienced this and found a solution? because right now the only solution that I'm think about is getting a nexus 5 or something =\
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How about changing your baseband to v10x?
deepmanu said:
Try this... Might help.
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thank you. Works for me
deepmanu said:
How about changing your baseband to v10x?
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Thought about it, but changing the baseband to a lower version means to compromise on lower quality phone calls and these kind of stuff.
And I'd rather have a terrible gps signal with great phone calls quality, than the other way around.
SimonTS said:
I managed to get my GPS working better by tweaking the gps.conf file, but nothing wonderful. If I am sat in my car I get almost no signal, yet my Nexus 7 is high-quality, 13 sats and almost instant lock. The GPS chip/receiver is crap in our device and that is why I will never buy an LG again. Apart from the GPS I love my phone, but that is too important a part for me.
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Maybe it's not the best chip, but still good enough. Samsung Galaxy S2-series phones all have a way worse receiver, I was barely getting any signal without network.
Problem with custom roms is that nearly all of them only include the very basic necessary configuration. See CM gps.conf and stock gps.conf (included in Omni), there's a big difference. I don't say this switch did wonders (it wasn't bad at all before too), but surely stabilizes signal.
Well, i try a lot of things, but, to play ingress is not working. How can i connect gps via Bluetooth?
s1ck82 said:
Well, i try a lot of things, but, to play ingress is not working. How can i connect gps via Bluetooth?
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You can't. To connect to an External GPS source is an immediate violation of the Ingress ToS and the app will refuse to launch. This is to assist, at least partly, in stopping players from spoofing their location to cheat.
So, you can connect to an external GPS source, but you can't play Ingress while doing so.
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You can't. To connect to an External GPS source is an immediate violation of the Ingress ToS and the app will refuse to launch. This is to assist, at least partly, in stopping players from spoofing their location to cheat.
So, you can connect to an external GPS source, but you can't play Ingress while doing so.
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Sure? **** my gps doesnt work like it should... Try a lot of roms, kernels, gps fix and configs... i don't want to spoof, i only want to use a very good gps signal...
s1ck82 said:
Sure? **** my gps doesnt work like it should... Try a lot of roms, kernels, gps fix and configs... i don't want to spoof, i only want to use a very good gps signal...
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I know, I have the same problem with mine no matter what I do. I normally just end up using my N7 tethered instead.
SimonTS said:
You can't. To connect to an External GPS source is an immediate violation of the Ingress ToS and the app will refuse to launch. This is to assist, at least partly, in stopping players from spoofing their location to cheat.
So, you can connect to an external GPS source, but you can't play Ingress while doing so.
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SimonTS said:
I know, I have the same problem with mine no matter what I do. I normally just end up using my N7 tethered instead.
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i really cannot play this way... Its really bad now with the regional scores and the checkpoints, Last night i made 89km(+89 back to home, key distance) and i have to wait 19 minutes to capture the portal... (overpass the checkpoint limit of course)
s1ck82 said:
i really cannot play this way... Its really bad now with the regional scores and the checkpoints, Last night i made 89km(+89 back to home, key distance) and i have to wait 19 minutes to capture the portal... (overpass the checkpoint limit of course)
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The best thing I have found is to make sure you fully close the Ingress app (Sign out and clear it from memory) when you get to the new location, then restart it and see if it works - that sometimes seems to force the app to acquire a GPS location quicker. Other than that, buy a different phone - not ideal I know.
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The best thing I have found is to make sure you fully close the Ingress app (Sign out and clear it from memory) when you get to the new location, then restart it and see if it works - that sometimes seems to force the app to acquire a GPS location quicker. Other than that, buy a different phone - not ideal I know.
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:laugh: thanks anyway for the help! (nexus 5 in mind)