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[Q] Does anybody else worry that the GPS "fix"

... will be the one already included in JG* or JM* firmwares?
If they had a fix they should have leaked it somehow in order for the devoted xda beta testers to test it for free all around the globe.. This is why I think that the fix might be just the dumpening of the signal along with an algorithm that would do dead reckoning (possibly by using also the compass / accelerometers of the device)...
Just a thought - still hoping for the best..

Yep it worries me big time. I'd almost bet my house the "fix" is a firmware we've already seen...which might be why it keeps getting pushed back so they can refine it even more...i hope so anyway.
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I don't believe you have seen it in any of the leaked firmwares. I don't even know if Samsung have received the fix to leak to anyone yet.
I do believe I'm getting tired waiting for it though.

JM5 seems fine to me, it locks very quickly. Initial lock is within a few secs, even inside just jumps around a tiny bit.
Best case it may be fixed by something simple like using higher precision data units to improve accuracy, buffering the signal a bit to drop packets where accuracy temporarily drops or other changes to the algorithms. Worst case is that they release a new backplate for the galaxy S with a better antenna embedded. Someone has confirmed the gold jack behind the backplate is a GPS antenna port.
I've heard its a Broadcom GPS so it SHOULD be good (but unconfirmed, so unsure), and since Broadcom don't really do linux drivers, Samsung probably wrote the Linux drivers themselves (its quite clear Samsung are using new chipsets, because the SGS does have BT3, which seems to further boost this theory). Disassemblies do seem to point to a single chip handling Wifi/BT/GPS and other things.
Anyway, GPS is one of the more difficult things to test.. But JM5 to me is a HUGE improvement over the initial results I got on my original firmware (at the very least it locks much quicker), and certainly better than JG1-5 where I got NO lock.
So, I still have confidence. If the GPS isn't fixed by Froyo's release though, then I'll worry, but I have seen progress.

andrewluecke said:
I've heard its a Broadcom GPS so it SHOULD be good (but unconfirmed, so unsure), and since Broadcom don't really do linux drivers, Samsung probably wrote the Linux drivers themselves (its quite clear Samsung are using new chipsets, because the SGS does have BT3, which seems to further boost this theory). Disassemblies do seem to point to a single chip handling Wifi/BT/GPS and other things.
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About 95% of Broadcom's consumer platforms are Linux based.

it was never an issue, because it works freat for me, when i'm on the bycicle, and when driving my car

TravUK said:
About 95% of Broadcom's consumer platforms are Linux based.
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So why do so many linux people seem to whinge about Broadcom I wonder? Although, since I don't really use Linux these days, it's possible that my facts are outdated too

andrewluecke said:
So why do so many linux people seem to whinge about Broadcom I wonder? Although, since I don't really use Linux these days, it's possible that my facts are outdated too
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I guess it depends what they are whinging about. Any large company will invariably suffer complaints.

forget where, but there was a couple reports that the new release to the arabic market, that they're GPS's were on the money - has anyone tested the arabic market firmware?

I think if they had the fix, they might've announced it just so some prospective buyers wouldn't hold off, and maybe worse, get a different device.
Evans_Prophet said:
... will be the one already included in JG* or JM* firmwares?
If they had a fix they should have leaked it somehow in order for the devoted xda beta testers to test it for free all around the globe.. This is why I think that the fix might be just the dumpening of the signal along with an algorithm that would do dead reckoning (possibly by using also the compass / accelerometers of the device)...
Just a thought - still hoping for the best..
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I think an incremental approach would be better than nothing, as long as you tell users what's up, but I don't work in their marketing department. As far as an algorithm do any other companies do this? If so, then we have a perfectly logical explanation of where they went wrong and how much to expect improvement. Would this have no effect on battery life? These sensors are running as long as the device is in map mode anyways, right?

larryccf said:
forget where, but there was a couple reports that the new release to the arabic market, that they're GPS's were on the money - has anyone tested the arabic market firmware?
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I've been using the arabic firmware myself. I find it to be the best one available. I9000JPJG8 Africa firmware from samsung-firmware. Locks nice and quickly with GPS - using my GPS test application (available from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7556720&postcount=13 ) my phone gets a full lock on 5-10 sattelites with <50m accuracy within 7 seconds while INDOORS! (Big window though). When outside, my app shows me getting a full fix without 2-3 seconds. Navigation works perfectly too. With other firmwares it can sometimes take 30 seconds before I can get a full fix.
Anyway, try out the app yourself. It lists the time to lock according to both the GPS, and according to the clock.

RyanZA said:
I've been using the arabic firmware myself. I find it to be the best one available. I9000JPJG8 Africa firmware from samsung-firmware. Locks nice and quickly with GPS - using my GPS test application (available from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7556720&postcount=13 ) my phone gets a full lock on 5-10 sattelites with <50m accuracy within 7 seconds while INDOORS! (Big window though). When outside, my app shows me getting a full fix without 2-3 seconds. Navigation works perfectly too. With other firmwares it can sometimes take 30 seconds before I can get a full fix.
Anyway, try out the app yourself. It lists the time to lock according to both the GPS, and according to the clock.
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Please post a picture of GPSTest locked on to more than 8 satelites.

interesting, especially seeng someone else confirm it's working -
now i have to work up the "balls" to root

TravUK said:
Please post a picture of GPSTest locked on to more than 8 satelites.
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My bad, 5-10 visible satellites, about 4-7 locked. I forgot about the whole "8 fixes is too little! GPS can't work with only 8 satellites!" debate...

larryccf said:
interesting, especially seeng someone else confirm it's working -
now i have to work up the "balls" to root
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Don't take my word for it - I have always had satisfactory GPS performance on the JG series firmwares. (Well compared to my iPhone 3G which had terrible GPS performance).
You'd be better off waiting until the GPS crazies in the audience declare the problem fixed in 6 months time, when someone tweaks something to average off reported locations and give a smoother path...

larryccf said:
interesting, especially seeng someone else confirm it's working -
now i have to work up the "balls" to root
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Or wait until the fix is released. None of the current firmwares have the fix in them. Until one of the released firmwares can do this:
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There's no point rooting or upgrading just for GPS problems.

TravUK said:
Or wait until the fix is released. None of the current firmwares have the fix in them. Until one of the released firmwares can do this:
There's no point rooting or upgrading just for GPS problems.
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So how did you get that photo? (is that a galaxy?) , but yeah I've never seen anything close to that on my phone...

Kilack said:
So how did you get that photo? (is that a galaxy?) , but yeah I've never seen anything close to that on my phone...
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I think Trav used a special kind of fix for that one. It's called Photoshop.
I'm still waiting for my GPS antenna (hope it didn't get lost in the mail, maybe the delivery guys use a SGS for GPS navigation to customers ahahah) and then maybe I'll have fatter SnR numbers to show too.
Today while driving home I used my Nokia E72 with Ovi Maps. I used to think it was rubbish both in accuracy and speed but after 4 days insisting on Galaxy S GPS usage... oh boy, the lame Nokia felt like a luxury high-tech nav device.. it was easy to forgive its occasional late instruction
Seriously, even if the fix deals with <20 SNR locks and 9+ locks, my instinct still tells me the antenna design is very ineffective and will never get better without servicing (hope I'm wrong).

Beowulf_pt said:
I think Trav used a special kind of fix for that one. It's called Photoshop.
I'm still waiting for my GPS antenna (hope it didn't get lost in the mail, maybe the delivery guys use a SGS for GPS navigation to customers ahahah) and then maybe I'll have fatter SnR numbers to show too.
Today while driving home I used my Nokia E72 with Ovi Maps. I used to think it was rubbish both in accuracy and speed but after 4 days insisting on Galaxy S GPS usage... oh boy, the lame Nokia felt like a luxury high-tech nav device.. it was easy to forgive its occasional late instruction
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Ahh good old photoshop, I thought he might have had some secret trick up his sleeve
How much was the antenna? where did you order it from?

you don't need any photoshop, depending where you live your reception might be better or worse than other

[Q] In Car Use

Hi Guys,
My last phone was an HTC HD2. In the car I could place it in a holder, connect an audio lead from the phone to my car auxiliary input and a charging lead via the cigarette lighter.
This setup allowed me to use the sat nav function and answer calls with incoming voice over the auxiliary input of the in car stereo and my voice picked up via the mic on the phone.
While not quite a full handsfree, this setup was perfectly satisfactory for my requirements.
However when I try the same setup with the note I find that I can hear incoming calls but they can't hear me. I assume this is because the note sees a plug in the audio jack socket and assumes that a handsfree kit has been plugged in so it mutes the built in mic in favour of the headset one.
Is there any way round this? Or do I have to buy a handsfree kit?

That's odd, I have exactly the same setup on my Note and have had no issues with calls.
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cliver said:
However when I try the same setup with the note I find that I can hear incoming calls but they can't hear me. I assume this is because the note sees a plug in the audio jack socket and assumes that a handsfree kit has been plugged in so it mutes the built in mic in favour of the headset one.
Is there any way round this? Or do I have to buy a handsfree kit?
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I had the exact same issue. I talked about it here, and got zero responses.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464188
But, after trying an *expletive* load of different roms/kernels/patches I found something that works! Assuming you are comfortable with rooting and ROMing the only thing that corrected it was updating to the newest ROM LA6 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416192
I chose the "tweaked" version, and quite honestly it is the fastest most stable firmware I have tried (I've tried all the most popular e.g. rocketrom, cassies, speedmod etc) and it has the added bonus of correcting what I deemed as a manufacturer bug.
I hope this helps!

shirazs said:
That's odd, I have exactly the same setup on my Note and have had no issues with calls.
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Thanks shirazs, in light of k1ng617's reply below can you tell me what firmware you are running please?
Looks like I may have to change kernels.
k1ng617 said:
I had the exact same issue. I talked about it here, and got zero responses.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464188
But, after trying an *expletive* load of different roms/kernels/patches I found something that works! Assuming you are comfortable with rooting and ROMing the only thing that corrected it was updating to the newest ROM LA6 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416192
I chose the "tweaked" version, and quite honestly it is the fastest most stable firmware I have tried (I've tried all the most popular e.g. rocketrom, cassies, speedmod etc) and it has the added bonus of correcting what I deemed as a manufacturer bug.
I hope this helps!
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Many thanks k1ng617, at least there is hope for me .
I did look at the ROM by substancer that you are using but settled on the checkrom which is brilliant in every other respect and the kitchen app is awesome.
I'll have a play with different kernels on checkrom, and probably ask in that thread as well, before I jump ship as it is a truly excellent ROM.
At least I know there is a solution so many thanks for that.

Cliver, using the stock rom. I came from the SGS2 LTE which had exactly the same problem you described, and was pleasantly surprised that the Note didn't. Didn't tweak anything, worked right out of the box. I do have a white version, not sure if that makes any difference. See screenshot below for my Note's Kernel and Build details. Hope this helps!
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shirazs said:
Cliver, using the stock rom. I came from the SGS2 LTE which had exactly the same problem you described, and was pleasantly surprised that the Note didn't. Didn't tweak anything, worked right out of the box. I do have a white version, not sure if that makes any difference. See screenshot below for my Note's Kernel and Build details. Hope this helps!
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Thanks shirazs. I'm sure the white hardware is exactly the same so can't be that..
I didn't try it before flashing a new ROM so don't know if mine would have worked out the box but guess it probably would have.
I have asked on the ROM thread to see if anyone else is having or has cured the same problem. If all else fails I'll try out the available kernels to see if they cure it.

cliver said:
Thanks shirazs, in light of k1ng617's reply below can you tell me what firmware you are running please?
Looks like I may have to change kernels.
Many thanks k1ng617, at least there is hope for me .
I did look at the ROM by substancer that you are using but settled on the checkrom which is brilliant in every other respect and the kitchen app is awesome.
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Yah, that was a huge relief for me too. I actually bought a dongle w/ a microphone and connected it to my aux cable and it was a TERRIBLE solution, because everyone was telling me how hollow and distant I sounded. It was a real deal breaker for me and essentially ruined the positive experience I had with the phone.
CheckROM was actually the last ROM i used before I switched to Substancer's and I enjoyed it very much. I loved his Kitchen concept, but after switching to LA6 and found that it fixed the microphone issue, I can't go to any other ROM unless I know it works. BTW it didn't work on CheckRom tho YMMV.
Also, it's not the kernel that fixes it, it is something inside the firmware that corrects it, because I've switched kernels and it doesn't affect it. Weird thing that it works for Shirazs, because I was on LA4 (newer than LA2) but it does seem like it was from another region because his is ZSLA and the one I had was XXLA (Europe)

k1ng617 said:
Also, it's not the kernel that fixes it, it is something inside the firmware that corrects it, because I've switched kernels and it doesn't affect it. Weird thing that it works for Shirazs, because I was on LA4 (newer than LA2) but it does seem like it was from another region because his is ZSLA and the one I had was XXLA (Europe)
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Hmmm,, interesting point on the ZSLA vs XXLA. I'm on EU XXLA.
I'm going to see if I can get it working with Checkrom before I jump ship. I'll let you know how I get on.
Thanks guys.

Update
Just a quick update to say I'v got pretty much nowhere.
Tried every combination I could on checkrom but can't get it working. Didn't get any responce from devs on their thread either which pissed me off a bit. Love the rom but not impressed by the lack of support. I know the devs are busy but a quck reply to let me know I exist would be nice .
Tried Cassie's XtraLight which takes my fancy but couldn't get anywhere with that.
Now, although I'm not into stock roms with all the bloatware that comes with them I have tried to download substancers rom to give it a bash but the download keeps hanging on me. I have downloaded from other lonks no problem so not a problem my end.
Is anyone else having trouble with the downloads from RapidShare?
At the moment I'm back on checkrom as apart from the mic mute problem I love it. Just wish I could get it working in the car

Cliver, have you tried using a different aux cable, again I'm using stock Rom with no issues of the mic muting per my earlier response. Aldo, have you tried turning the Noise Cancellation feature on and off. Let me know if I can help out in any way. I feel your pain having gone through the same problem with my SGS2 Skyrocket.
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I seem to have cracked it
Well, would you beleive it?
Having flashed a few roms to try and get this working I have now gone back to my much loved CheckROM V5. Did a clean install and re installed everything from scratch.
Then following your thoughts shirasz, I tried a couple of cables in the house to see if they could "hear" me through Voice Talk. Low and behold it worked.
So out to the car with the "new" cable and it worked. I then tried the old cable and it also worked???
No idea what's going on. I haven't installed anything different and setting are the same as far as I can tell, but it's working now so I'll leave well alone.
Happy bunnny
Thanks for all the assistance guys, much appreciated

cliver said:
Well, would you beleive it?
Having flashed a few roms to try and get this working I have now gone back to my much loved CheckROM V5. Did a clean install and re installed everything from scratch.
Then following your thoughts shirasz, I tried a couple of cables in the house to see if they could "hear" me through Voice Talk. Low and behold it worked.
So out to the car with the "new" cable and it worked. I then tried the old cable and it also worked???
No idea what's going on. I haven't installed anything different and setting are the same as far as I can tell, but it's working now so I'll leave well alone.
Happy bunnny
Thanks for all the assistance guys, much appreciated
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Wow, that's weird, but good
As a side note I'm currently using Cassies XL 8 and it also works. Cheers and enjoy the best phone on the market!

k1ng617 said:
Wow, that's weird, but good
As a side note I'm currently using Cassies XL 8 and it also works. Cheers and enjoy the best phone on the market!
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Now that's really weird.I tried Cassies V8 this morning and it didn't work! If it had I would probably have stayed with it.
Now I'm wondering if I have an intermittent cable fault.
Tempted to try Cassies again but think I'll apply three old "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule
Time will tell
Redding through this thread it doesn't seem to make sense at all.
What works for one doesn't for another but then it does. Must be to v do with the day of the week!!

Excellent news Cliver. Btw, as long as you hold the Note close to you, the echo for the person on the the other end is minimal to none.
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Downloaded and installed this app, applied some of the tweaks (3g boost, battery save, etc), just some of the general tweaks and when everything applied successfully, I lost 3g and now I'm constantly in 'roaming' Any idea why?

frosty81 said:
Downloaded and installed this app, applied some of the tweaks (3g boost, battery save, etc), just some of the general tweaks and when everything applied successfully, I lost 3g and now I'm constantly in 'roaming' Any idea why?
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What carrier are you on?
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bbrad said:
What carrier are you on?
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2
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I'm on Verizon...
Did a Nandroid restore and everything's fine, it was weird...

frosty81 said:
Downloaded and installed this app, applied some of the tweaks (3g boost, battery save, etc), just some of the general tweaks and when everything applied successfully, I lost 3g and now I'm constantly in 'roaming' Any idea why?
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That happened to me too. And removing all the tweaks didn't help either. So i did another clean install, tried again and same thing. Was in roaming. So i did yet another clean install and didn't tweak 3G or WiFi and it was fine after.
Sent from my Hellacious 4.2.1 hellybean

Worked on mine weird o well just don't use network tweaks
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Care to share your settings that are rocking your phone?
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Only thing I had issues with is applying the 3g tweaks. After the reboot my 3g was game and I had a "R" above my bars and the remove tweak option didn't fix it. Had to reflash to fix it.
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Is it so great?
frosty81 said:
Downloaded and installed this app, applied some of the tweaks (3g boost, battery save, etc), just some of the general tweaks and when everything applied successfully, I lost 3g and now I'm constantly in 'roaming' Any idea why?
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Next day after I installed the ROM and was very pleased and even excited by the great job done by developers,my antivirus caught Trjan.AndroidOS.Generic.A Malware! Surprise! Surpeise!
And was more than strange is that it wasn't possible to uninstall it! One more Surprise!
So if this stuff will destroy my Note 2 who will take responsibility? Who will open the wallet for getting a new device for me? Of course it will not be you,cyber geniuses!!
Thanks for bringing some fun to my life since it is so boring!..........

Sunny Cloud said:
Next day after I installed the ROM and was very pleased and even excited by the great job done by developers,my antivirus caught Trjan.AndroidOS.Generic.A Malware! Surprise! Surpeise!
And was more than strange is that it wasn't possible to uninstall it! One more Surprise!
So if this stuff will destroy my Note 2 who will take responsibility? Who will open the wallet for getting a new device for me? Of course it will not be you,cyber geniuses!!
Thanks for bringing some fun to my life since it is so boring!..........
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mobile AVs usually have a lot of false positives, that's why I don't find the need for one. also this app is pretty much pointless as are all of these "oh let's make your performance better" apps. perfect example of the placebo effect.
Sent from my SCH-I500

skepticmisfit said:
mobile AVs usually have a lot of false positives, that's why I don't find the need for one. also this app is pretty much pointless as are all of these "oh let's make your performance better" apps. perfect example of the placebo effect.
Sent from my SCH-I500
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most "performance apps" just add things to build.prop, system/etc/init.d/****, or just mass-force-stop apps that just restart due to programming, most things apps liek those, and pimp-my-rom do can be done by the user, they just make it easier with a snappy UI for the
uneducated root-user" with no offence to any lol, even before i built my rom, and some apps, ive done more then the tweaks for stability that these aps do since i was brought up with linux, mid-early-to-newer windows(95-7), and have been observing codes since i was 7 (and im currently 18 as of now), so if u look at different Tutorials for linux-distros, and compare to Android alot are basicly the same as android is based of linux, just some terminal commands are different, and we use superuser/Super SU, to do root-commands like linux's sudo, but not all codes can give 100% positives for all things, or even 100% false (unless it was just a scam paid app that gives random official apps like facebook, gmail, google play store once, a false positive; most newer "official security apps", arent really coded to do as they say they do, some look at their permissions and if say "android.permissions.ACCESS_SUPERUSER" is one, it counts it as generic malware, because it reads its a root-capable app, even if its just a blank package with only permissions, no images, no operation codes "src/", just a blank package with no XML's but Androidmaniefest.xml for permisssions+package name/versions lol i always hated when people use the common day paranoia of viruses now a days, but linux-based devices are least likely to get viruses, as androids newer versions have bug-fixes, securities, and detections, +most of the apps that ARE malware need root, that the common user doesnt know what it is lol, i bet u if u have with people who ARE NOT developers, and just use it for games+phone/texting if u ask them if their phones rooted, ask what their operating software for their computer is, or even what android:IOS(apple) version are u on, the most common answers ive been given here in Parkersburg, are(in question order):
-whats rooted?
-umm, idk what that is, i was told it was a windows 8 computeror has a windows 8 sticker)?... idk
-?...?....what?...
so most average-day people arent educated on the true purpose androids can give u when a Root-User(SU) since its almost FULL Linux!, like pin-testing software or networks, computer network analysis, Syncing files, Virtual Distribution Testing, OTA USB Triggers to reprogram Computers OS On-Computer-Boot, Reverse tracking Locations/Numbers, Re-Routing where people can Ping you on windows/linux/Mas OS to ANY location path (fun when i have people do it and it makes it look like in in the United States FSA Headquarters, Google Headquarters, then to the NASA Building), Nintendo Zone Hotspot for free special Gold-Bottomed mii's if u cant goto a official Zone, MAC-Address spoofing on-boot, FULL VPN-Capabilities not just location+site unblocking, DNS Location Changing(so any website sees u dont exist/different Global location/Full Network Privlages, even adding more things then BusyBox could ever do! and more then 99% of people dont know that the $100+
USD Device they have in their hands can do more things then an average Super Computer of the mid-to-late 2000s sometimes even better then super computers today even, just not as fast as the super computers ive messed with had 12*16GB Ram-sticks and a 200GB Swap backup XD
u think high-speed internets fast sometimes, u try downloading 5TB(1024GB*5) of files in under 2 mins with DSL connections XDD, so basicly what im trying to say is that not all apps are what they say to be, some work, some dont, some are just scams for a quick buck to do something that will just make it worse, or somethign u have to test longer then the Google Play's 15Min refund period that if its past that, they dont have to give refunds lol
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Sunny Cloud said:
Next day after I installed the ROM and was very pleased and even excited by the great job done by developers,my antivirus caught Trjan.AndroidOS.Generic.A Malware! Surprise! Surpeise!
And was more than strange is that it wasn't possible to uninstall it! One more Surprise!
So if this stuff will destroy my Note 2 who will take responsibility? Who will open the wallet for getting a new device for me? Of course it will not be you,cyber geniuses!!
Thanks for bringing some fun to my life since it is so boring!..........
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btw... why are u flashing roms on a Note2 if this specific forum is for the Samsung Fascinate SCH-I500 (fascinatemtd code_name)? if u flash roms in this forum no1 is paying u for a bricked device u didnt read the disclaimer from the rom-developer is its for a FASCINATE, but we are a friendly forum where critisism is to be done lightly, and family-friendly, Root-Apps always have the default disclaimer whether posted or not of
"USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!, Not all tweaks/mods/features are meant for EVERY DEVICE, there is over thousands of device models and cannot be tested on all, MAKE BACKUPS, AS I AM NOT RESPONCABLE IF U BRICK YOUR DEVICE FOR NOT FOLLOWING THIS DISCLAIMER!"
as rooting your device/Flashign a rooted rom is a "USER ACTION", meaning u made the choice to do it, so nobody else is responcible for the damages cause when u voided your warrenty due to user modifications if u arent using a "DEVELOPER_EDITION", like i use, all-in-all user modifications whether its Hardware, Software, Add-Ons, or even accidentials, its still done by user actions, and nobody else is responcible for refurbishing, remanufacturing, or repairs if done by the owner of the device itself, with or without approval of others
*Edit#1*if u really want me to prove it to you, u can post the APK file u installed, as i can run whats called a Signature_test, and compare the sizes, MD5-Hash, and everything u might need to see if its the official Pimp-My-Rom App, and not a Uuser-Modded version of the open-sourced app as it is

Stock GT-P1000 Headphones

Hello I was given a used Galaxy Tab as a gift last year. It didn't come with any Headphones though.
I tried to use the Ones that came with my Galaxy S (GT-I9000), but it doesn't seem to work with it though.
I'm sure there are those here that have both the GT-P1000 (or its nearest relations), and the stock Headset.
If that's the case I'd like to ask you if it were possible to post a picture of the Headset, and the Mic / Answer Button and or Volume +/-.
So I might be better able to have an idea of which version I need to get.
Thanks.

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Mine is stock. It only has an answer button. No volume up and down.
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Mine is stock. It only has an answer button. No volume up and down.
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Funny those look almost... (If I do not dare say) like the exact pair I got with my Galaxy S (GT-I9000). It also only has the Answer & Hold Button on it, yet I don't know why these just don't work on my Tab, or my Fathers Tab, (both GT-P1000 GSMs BTW) either.
So I think I can rule out a Hardware fault. Seems unlikely that two different units would develop the exact same fault. And I can reproduce this with his set of i9000 Headphones on his P1000 as well.
The sound is generally monotone I'd guess the Left channel if I had to, and the Button is ignored. as well as the Mic.
I don't think I ever left the Tab in a "Stock" state for more then an Hour over the course that I've had it. But I'd like to ask you anyway just to rule the possibility out. Are you able to still use that Headset after installing a Custom ROM? I can't see how it would affect it, but, lesser things get broken in such ROMs all the time.
To describe my problem as such when I insert those Headphones into my P1000. I get a strong Left Channel monotone output. That make everything sound very tinny. The Call / Hold Button doesn't seem to be working either. Using normal Phones I'm able to enjoy better (i.e. normal sound). But of course it harder to take or make calls from the Tab.
I'm just guessing that somehow that this Headset is somehow incompatible with the Tab (P1000), and I'm trying to track down a pair that are.
But again thanks

I haven't used my tab for phone calls for years.
But the stereo works for music.
I listen to podcast on beyond pod, and music on Neutron player. Both sides of the earphones are equally strong.
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priyana said:
I haven't used my tab for phone calls for years.
But the stereo works for music.
I listen to podcast on beyond pod, and music on Neutron player. Both sides of the earphones are equally strong.
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Specifically those Phones (as pictured), or just a normal pair of Cans?
'Cause those (i.e. Cans), work just fine for me too. But, I'd like to be able to take a call with out having to take my Tab out, take the call, and have to press the Speakerphone Button TWICE so that I can hear who I am talking to, and to be heard myself. And yes my P1000 has pretty much kicked my Galaxy S to the Curb these days...

Specifically those in the picture.
It is the only pair I have on my bedside table
One of these days I should be trying out the phone/data function again. I have been using my tab purely as a wireless tablet so far.

priyana said:
Specifically those in the picture.
It is the only pair I have on my bedside table
One of these days I should be trying out the phone/data function again. I have been using my tab purely as a wireless tablet so far.
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Thank you very much for this info. Its been most helpful... I guess I really should just run an nandroid backup (to save myself from having to re-download everything again..., and restock this hunk'o junk back to factory gingerbread just to be sure. But as i've seen on another thread (I think it may have been the for OmniROM...), the Audio Out (on the Docking Station), also fails to work under it, and CM11 as well. Which I have also confirmed. It has since only lead me to question if these problems really are somehow related...
In any case I have ordered a pair of hard plastic White Phones that were also reportedly shipped with the P1000
I hope I have a bit more luck with these then I did with my stock Phones that came with my Galaxy S though....
They should be hopefully be here tomorrow, or Friday by the latest, given that Thursday is a National Holiday here in Germany.
So I'll report back with what findings as I can when they come in.
P.s. One last question are you on a Stock ROM or not?
In any case normal three pin Jacks work just fine on my P1000, its only the Headset that came with my Galaxy S (which has Four Pins (as pictured above), that doesn't. It has also been pointed out that you have to press a bit harder to get all Four Pins to connect. Which is kinda true if you weren't aware of the fact. Which I am, so I can't press the jack any deeper then it already is though.

I am on Omni. But prior to this I was on the last of Terenceng cm11. Before that I was on AOKP SGT and way before that I was in overcome.
The earphones has always been working in all those as far as music is concerned.
Regarding docking, I think it is an entirely different issue. The audio goes via the many pin connectors.
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priyana said:
I am on Omni. But prior to this I was on the last of Terenceng cm11. Before that I was on AOKP SGT and way before that I was in overcome.
The earphones has always been working in all those as far as music is concerned.
Regarding docking, I think it is an entirely different issue. The audio goes via the many pin connectors.
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Again thank you very much for taking your time to respond. Its greatly appreciated!
In any case I decided to make a nandroid backup and restock.... Just to be sure.
And, I would like to state that I got this Tablet used as a birthday gift from my old man last October, it may have had stock Phones originally, but I never saw 'em. I've been trying to get it to work with my Galaxy S Phones, but these do not seem to work, even if I'm currently at the moment in a pure Samsung stock, and not rooted state.
I can only surmise that the Phones that came with the Galaxy S (GT-I9000), are somehow incompatible with the P1000. Which is on the whole odd given that they look just like the Ones in your Picture. I'm gonna guess its how the hold button part is wired up that makes it just different enough not to work. So I'll just have to wait and, see if those White Ones will somehow work better once the get here.
I also tried the Dock again as more of a goof then anything else, and Sound as well as HDMI-Out presumably works as well durr....
So thankfully I think I can rule out some kind of Software Bug as the cause of this. I just wish I knew the part number of your Headset so i could re-order it either from Samsung, or off Fleebay. As I much prefer those kind to the harder plastic White Ones. But, at this point I'd be happier if they just worked!

Ichijoe said:
Thank you very much for this info. Its been most helpful... I guess I really should just run an nandroid backup (to save myself from having to re-download everything again..., and restock this hunk'o junk back to factory gingerbread just to be sure. But as i've seen on another thread (I think it may have been the for OmniROM...), the Audio Out (on the Docking Station), also fails to work under it, and CM11 as well. Which I have also confirmed. It has since only lead me to question if these problems really are somehow related...
In any case I have ordered a pair of hard plastic White Phones that were also reportedly shipped with the P1000
I hope I have a bit more luck with these then I did with my stock Phones that came with my Galaxy S though....
They should be hopefully be here tomorrow, or Friday by the latest, given that Thursday is a National Holiday here in Germany.
So I'll report back with what findings as I can when they come in.
P.s. One last question are you on a Stock ROM or not?
In any case normal three pin Jacks work just fine on my P1000, its only the Headset that came with my Galaxy S (which has Four Pins (as pictured above), that doesn't. It has also been pointed out that you have to press a bit harder to get all Four Pins to connect. Which is kinda true if you weren't aware of the fact. Which I am, so I can't press the jack any deeper then it already is though.
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As I had promised to do I shall write a quick review of the above Headset Model Number EHS61ASFWE(GH-59-11129H) F* (For the Galaxy Tab GT-P1000)... First off these unlike my Stock Phones that came with my Galaxy S (GT-I9000) DO INDEED WORK!! on my GT-P1000. alas their is always a "catch" though. This "Catch" it seems to only Work in Stock ROMs (As being currently tested on my GT-P1000 which has been re-stocked back to Gingerbread v2.3.3.
I have not tested CM10... (From 20130203), the only "Decent ROM" I know of against this "Headset" yet, but although Stereo out, and the Mic seem to be working in OmniROM the latest build (As of this Writing...), the Call & Hold Button is totally being ignored as if it weren't there. In a totally Stock Samsung ROM though they do work....
I'll try some other ROMs first with CM-11 SGT7 ROM (as I'm in love with KitKat at the Moment. If that fails... (As it likely will... I'll fall back on Jelly Bean and, hope that does the trick....)
*EDIT' I tried these on the most recent CM11 SGT7 -- [ROM]SGT7 CM11.0 UNOFFICIAL [4.4.2][P1/L/N][Kernel 3.0.x][2014-05-25] The Button works well here as a Play / Pause Button for Music. I can even Take incoming Calls by just pressing the Button. Though I can NOT seem to hang-up on calls though. Pressing the Button only seems to mute the Mic. on my end. I'm gonna post a bug report about this in the
[ROM][4.4.2] OmniROM Official Nightlies for p1ln, that the the Headset isn't working as expected under that ROM. Hopefully someone can fix it.
*FYI I was able to find these on Fleabay for 'round 5€'s if anyone else is in need of such a Headset. I'd have preferred the "Black In Ear" style myself. But I have no Model / Order Number upon which to work with. And these Headsets are NOT the same, as these, as wouldn't ya know it DO NOT work on the Galaxy S either.

Those headphones works for the p1l?

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Those headphones works for the p1l?
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Yes the Ones I Pictured and named... EHS61ASFWE(GH59-11129H) F** work on stock Samsung Firmware!!*
I've noticed that these, and other "P1" (Wired) Headphones have White Bands where as the Phones that came with my Galaxy S (GT-I9000) have Black Bands. What I don't know, or can be sure of is if this ... Color Code, means anything. But these Phones such as they are DO NOT work on my Galaxy S (GT-I9000), in the exact same way as the Phones from that Phone DO NOT work on my Tablet GT-P1000.
Problem is I've just made the jump to a Bluetooth Headphone, and now my biggest complaint is on how to route System Alerts, and Ringtones to the Bluetooth Phones, without being channeled though the internal Speaker(s). (Come on Google FIX THIS!)
* As it is these Phones work as expected on the Stock ROMs. Call & Hang up, Play & Pause.
They do NOT work at all on the OmniROM.... Bar the Stereo out, which continues to work. But the Button is totally ignored.
On [ROM]SGT7 CM11.0 UNOFFICIAL [4.4.2][P1/L/N][Kernel 3.0.x] The Button is working for Play / Pause, and though you can take calls with it, it seems that pressing the Button again only mutes the Mic., and does NOT actually hang up the Call.
Its worth noting that YMMV, depending on which flavor of the P1 you have, and which ROM you find yourself on. But, if they work on Stock... (Which these do!), then they should work for most ROMs as well.
** You can find these on Fleabay by searching for EHS61ASFWE they generally go for ~5€ new.

Thx a lot! :thumbup:
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Possible to get USA LTE bands working?

Hey, I am a first time user of xda and I don't know much about modding android devices as I am more experienced with nintendo devices. I am getting the MI A2 and do not want a large bricking risk. I have heard of a guide that unlocks more bands on a Qualcomm device. I am not sure of the risk of trying this and would like to see if anyone knows of it's possibilities.
I have looked a long time for an android phone as I recently made the switch from Apple as I believe it is a horrible company. It seems that the best value phones with the newest Operating Systems come from China. I'm sure everyone would love to see a $400 phone here in the US go for $200 and be fully compatible with AT&T and T-mobile.
(Edit) Link to the thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...ad-progress-please-leave-im-updating-t2871269
From my understanding this thread says that Qualcomm SOCs have cellular radios compatible with many bands and standards, but locks are placed in software for legal or business reasons.

Welcome to the Android forums.
I've never heard of 'unlocking bands'. My understanding is the bands advertised for the version you get (Global, North America, etc etc), are the only bands on the phone.
The MiA2 does have LTE bands that work with T-Mo. I believe the 2 bands that work are the 2 primary bands T-Mo uses. T-Mo 71 is the new 600 MHz, which very few phones have (but it would certainly be nice to have). But the 2 it has are B2 and B4, again, their most prominently used I think. These 2 also cover AT&T.
2G and 3G are completely covered. I personally don't use data so just switch to 2G for the better building penetration.
Cheers

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AsItLies said:
Welcome to the Android forums.
I've never heard of 'unlocking bands'. My understanding is the bands advertised for the version you get (Global, North America, etc etc), are the only bands on the phone.
The MiA2 does have LTE bands that work with T-Mo. I believe the 2 bands that work are the 2 primary bands T-Mo uses. T-Mo 71 is the new 600 MHz, which very few phones have (but it would certainly be nice to have). But the 2 it has are B2 and B4, again, their most prominently used I think. These 2 also cover AT&T.
2G and 3G are completely covered. I personally don't use data so just switch to 2G for the better building penetration.
Cheers
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Phone_Home said:
I have revised the thread to include a link to the thread that led me to ask this question.
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Try it, let us know how it works out for you.

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Try it, let us know how it works out for you.
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That's the thing, I'm worried to try it because I don't want my only phone to end up a brick. I am not sure if bricked, it would be repairable. As I said I am new to android. I just want to know the risks.

No, you cannot "UNLOCK" bands. It's mostly hardware controlled or very low level firmware.
If the manufacturer could enable it, they probably would.

I used qxdm and unlocked the extra bands. Manufacurers that release several variants of the phone will often times not change their manufacturing process, just the firmware and software. The Mi a2 to 6x conversion is a good example. They support different bands, although they are the same hardware. I was able to enable all bands for TMobile USA. This actually works very well. The sd660 has support for all bands, it is just a matter of software enabling it and the antennas being built in.
This is the tutorial I followed. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059
I also downloaded "hidden android settings" by 0alex, open it and select radio info, then tap the dropdown under "set preferred network type" and choose the "LTE/CDMA/UMTS auto (PRL)"
then exit the app and go to settings > Network and internet > Mobile Network, press the Advanced option, then make sure your preferred network type is set to 4g. This gives me the best results in the USA.
I am currently working on getting VoLTE up and running because every time I get a call it switches to 3g.

Frequency support is first and foremost a matter of hardware, particularly power amplifiers, filters and antennas. It is true that the integrated modems of modern SoCs - including the Snapdragon 660 used in the A2 - can handle many frequency bands but as you can see in below diagram (btw from Qualcomm, the manufacturer of the Snapdragon) there are much more components involved to actually render a device compatible to the various frequency bands:
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I'm not sure what exactly you have done to your phone as the linked tutorial is four years old and refers to various outdated methods and Android versions which do not work on the Xiaomi A2. But the best you might have achieved by those QPST operations is making your phone believe it can handle additional frequency bands when in fact it can't because it lacks the necessary hardware. That can actually adversely affect your phone's performance as it will attempt to connect to cells operating in those "unlocked" frequency bands but due to its inappropriate hardware the radio link will be bad or even completely break down leaving you without a signal. Especially for a phone supporting 4x4 MIMO (LTE category 12) the antennas, amplifiers and filters require a lot of fine tuning which you can't do by software.
Would you perhaps have some screenshots of your phone actually being attached to a cell in an unlocked frequency band (LTE Discovery does show this kind of information) and could you perhaps also perform a speedtest to see if the throughput is appropriate?
Unless we have some bullet-proof evidence of such modification delivering the usual performance on the unlocked frequency bands I would warn anyone against messing around with their phone's low-level radio configuration.

Daha3ker said:
I used qxdm and unlocked the extra bands. Manufacurers that release several variants of the phone will often times not change their manufacturing process, just the firmware and software. The Mi a2 to 6x conversion is a good example. They support different bands, although they are the same hardware. I was able to enable all bands for TMobile USA. This actually works very well. The sd660 has support for all bands, it is just a matter of software enabling it and the antennas being built in.
This is the tutorial I followed. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059
I also downloaded "hidden android settings" by 0alex, open it and select radio info, then tap the dropdown under "set preferred network type" and choose the "LTE/CDMA/UMTS auto (PRL)"
then exit the app and go to settings > Network and internet > Mobile Network, press the Advanced option, then make sure your preferred network type is set to 4g. This gives me the best results in the USA.
I am currently working on getting VoLTE up and running because every time I get a call it switches to 3g.
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Does this affect system OTA?

i have bought this phones also in hopes of using it with metropcs 4g lte . I have looked on the computer for days now without really getting any good info until i saw this post. i am anxiously awaited more info from you all. especially inquistor. u seem to know what your talking about.

In a day I had a Nexus 5 I bought in USA and couldn't use Israeli 4G because of the same problem. I've managed to do what you're looking for.
Many years have passed since then, but maybe this can still help you in your quest.
Take a look at this thread for more info: https://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/radio-enable-lte-band-3-nexus-5-d820-t2928561

As this thread seems to be dead, about 1000 people viewed it. Please reply to the thread if you managed to get it working.

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As this thread seems to be dead, about 1000 people viewed it. Please reply to the thread if you managed to get it working.
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I did. I used qxdm 04.00.124. It has more access than what is provided in qxdm 3. Qualcomm changed a few places that the configs were stored. If you can get a hold of qxdm 4+ then it should work. the trouble is that it is not widely available and is not cracked. so you have to pay or know someone who owns it (my case). I also had to modify a few things in the file editor from qxdm. (cant remember what it was called) but I had to add the frequencies to the t-mobile usa tables. If someone wants to dig around, I can verify it is possible. It has been a bit and I thought others found out as well. I may make a guide if nobody else does soon. I just don't have a ton of time lately. I also would have to re-learn what I did. it was like a month ago..

Daha3ker said:
I did. I used qxdm 04.00.124. It has more access than what is provided in qxdm 3. Qualcomm changed a few places that the configs were stored. If you can get a hold of qxdm 4+ then it should work. the trouble is that it is not widely available and is not cracked. so you have to pay or know someone who owns it (my case). I also had to modify a few things in the file editor from qxdm. (cant remember what it was called) but I had to add the frequencies to the t-mobile usa tables. If someone wants to dig around, I can verify it is possible. It has been a bit and I thought others found out as well. I may make a guide if nobody else does soon. I just don't have a ton of time lately. I also would have to re-learn what I did. it was like a month ago..
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Thanks for the info. I would like to see some proof of this method working such as a video demonstrating the use of this modified phone.

Phone_Home said:
Thanks for the info. I would like to see some proof of this method working such as a video demonstrating the use of this modified phone.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/how-to/guide-volte-t-mobile-yes-actually-t3869677
Bands below 800mhz are unstable due to not having any tuning data. Will be releasing a full modded modem soon. :good:

Daha3ker said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/how-to/guide-volte-t-mobile-yes-actually-t3869677
Bands below 800mhz are unstable due to not having any tuning data. Will be releasing a full modded modem soon. :good:
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Okay, where should I expect to find it when it's out?

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Okay, where should I expect to find it when it's out?
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.... in the Guides, News & Discussions area. 4x4 does not work, but 2x2 does, but there are some more bands that can be unlocked. I am having trouble making a simple guide. Every device has tuning data that is slightly different and some tuning has to be done for the lower frequencies because it was not done at the factory.

Daha3ker said:
.... in the Guides, News & Discussions area. 4x4 does not work, but 2x2 does, but there are some more bands that can be unlocked. I am having trouble making a simple guide. Every device has tuning data that is slightly different and some tuning has to be done for the lower frequencies because it was not done at the factory.
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Any news?