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[Q] a different GPS problem

Ok, so I've searched on this and haven't been able to find anyone with the same problem. This is so annoying!
Phone specs:
HTC Evo, rooted
Cyanogen 7.0.3.1
PRL 01115
not sure what else you might need to diagnose this.
Around the time that Sprint released their stock gingerbread rom for the Evo, my GPS went on the fritz. All of a sudden, google maps would only get a fix maybe once every few minutes. Useless for navigation! Sometimes the GPS icon wouldn't even flash, like it wasn't even trying to get a fix, meanwhile, Maps is "waiting for location."
I tried the usual "fix" that you hear about, by flashing back to a sense rom and typing ##gpsclrx##, and then the MSL number when prompted. No success.
I finally figured out that if I go into recovery and clear the dalvik cache, and then run GPS Status after it reboots, the gps works again, but a few days later, I have to do that all over again.
Any idea what's causing this or how to fix it?

I get similar problems. I just started using Cyanogen when Sprint came out with their first Gingerbread update and broke everything. I love Cyanogen, and I have managed to get everything working except for the GPS.
A lot of times it takes a long time to turn on when I start up google maps, and then it will get a fix, and then after a minute it will loose the fix and won't be able to get gps lock again. I tried flashing back to a stock rom and doing the ##gpsclrx# thing, but it just clears the call screen and never even asks for a MSL number, so I don't know if that works or not. I love Cyanogen, but don't know if I can live without the GPS working.
Has anybody else figured anything out? Does anyone know if this is a know problem that is being worked on or not?

I get no fix on gps and no voice

a question for the OP since you dont make any mention of it.
Have you tried flashing the Galandy fix for GPS? Using the Vision GPS driver makes a world of difference.
the first one, at the top of the list.
found here in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412&highlight=gps+fix
use the flashable zip that corresponds to your recovery type. i've used the Fix_2 on several devices with CWM recovery.

I was able to solve it using the drivers here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14534313&postcount=2478
Not sure if this is the same thing as what drdrewdown posted... sounds like it is.

secretspy711 said:
I was able to solve it using the drivers here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14534313&postcount=2478
Not sure if this is the same thing as what drdrewdown posted... sounds like it is.
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galandy made that post you are referring to lol... so yea its the same

Bumping this thread with a question: Will the Vision GPS driver (Galandy) work on a near-stock Sense ROM (GB)?
I'm running Jiminy, which is mostly a debloated stock ROM with a few changes made for ease of use on the Cricket network.
Currently my GPS is doing what the OP of this thread is describing- my current workaround is to do the following every single time I want to use nav:
1) Open GPS Status. Clear AGPS data. Download new AGPS data.
2) Open GPSFix. Hit "Start Fix", then hit the Map button.
3) Do my Navigation. It works fairly well after that.
This is an annoying procedure!!! I want to load the Vision driver but don't know if it will screw something up- it seems like most of the people running it are on CM7 or some other AOSP custom ROM.
Will it work with my setup?

mpsantiago said:
Bumping this thread with a question: Will the Vision GPS driver (Galandy) work on a near-stock Sense ROM (GB)?
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In theory, they should work fine on Sense roms as well. However if your stock Sense GPS drivers are not working then the Vision drivers might not work either, but it doesn't hurt to try. Just backup your gps.supersonic.so file in /system/lib/hw/ folder before flashing the driver.
I posted new drivers HERE today btw

galandy said:
In theory, they should work fine on Sense roms as well. However if your stock Sense GPS drivers are not working then the Vision drivers might not work either, but it doesn't hurt to try. Just backup your gps.supersonic.so file in /system/lib/hw/ folder before flashing the driver.
I posted new drivers HERE today btw
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Oddly enough, my phone does not have that file. And installing it seems to do nothing
The closest thing I have is /system/lib/libgps.so
Being the daring sort, I renamed that file and replaced it with the a renamed copy of the Vision gps.supersonic.so; my phone did not like that at all- no boot, had to reflash

drdrewdown said:
a question for the OP since you dont make any mention of it.
Have you tried flashing the Galandy fix for GPS? Using the Vision GPS driver makes a world of difference.
the first one, at the top of the list.
found here in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132412&highlight=gps+fix
use the flashable zip that corresponds to your recovery type. i've used the Fix_2 on several devices with CWM recovery.
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I flashed the vision driver and then the new one posted last night, and neither worked. my GPS is useless right now, for the first time ever...
Gonna try the GPSFix app now...
Another thing I notice is that I don't even get the GPS Icon when I'm trying to use GPS Status or navigator

HipKat said:
I flashed the vision driver and then the new one posted last night, and neither worked. my GPS is useless right now, for the first time ever...
Gonna try the GPSFix app now...
Another thing I notice is that I don't even get the GPS Icon when I'm trying to use GPS Status or navigator
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you'd have to tell us a little more about your config if you want us to help diagnose it, as well as a little back history

galandy said:
In theory, they should work fine on Sense roms as well. However if your stock Sense GPS drivers are not working then the Vision drivers might not work either, but it doesn't hurt to try. Just backup your gps.supersonic.so file in /system/lib/hw/ folder before flashing the driver.
I posted new drivers HERE today btw
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You are the frickin man!!!!
Before that driver I'd see 3 satellites and could rarely get a lock. Now I see 10 and it locks quick!!!
Thanks.
BTW, in case it helps anybody else, I used that latest Vision driver from galandy along with the PRI/Radio/NV combo found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128135 and could not be happier with the results.

well, it worked great for a while, but now it's back to only working when it wants to (which is never when I need it)
Has anybody ever heard of undervolting breaking GPS? I ask because that's the only thing I've done aside from rooting/installing the ROM.

I had a problem with GPS. So I got off 28 nightly and went to the 100s lol works great.
World peace with no regard for human life.

mpsantiago said:
well, it worked great for a while, but now it's back to only working when it wants to (which is never when I need it)
Has anybody ever heard of undervolting breaking GPS? I ask because that's the only thing I've done aside from rooting/installing the ROM.
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nope, i undervolt quite a bit & gps works great.

mpsantiago said:
Bumping this thread with a question: Will the Vision GPS driver (Galandy) work on a near-stock Sense ROM (GB)?
I'm running Jiminy, which is mostly a debloated stock ROM with a few changes made for ease of use on the Cricket network.
Currently my GPS is doing what the OP of this thread is describing- my current workaround is to do the following every single time I want to use nav:
1) Open GPS Status. Clear AGPS data. Download new AGPS data.
2) Open GPSFix. Hit "Start Fix", then hit the Map button.
3) Do my Navigation. It works fairly well after that.
This is an annoying procedure!!! I want to load the Vision driver but don't know if it will screw something up- it seems like most of the people running it are on CM7 or some other AOSP custom ROM.
Will it work with my setup?
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Thank you a lot
It works for me @ Cyanogen 9 on my Nexus S !

[ROM]ROOTSide (In the Works. First Upload this week)

ROOTSide ROM
Base Flipside ROM with root/busybox/unknown sources enabled. Only thing different in this rom than rooting it yourself is you get to check/uncheck unknown sources. Yes, that means you can turn unknown sources ON and OFF! I have a clockworkmod recovery folder zipped up for distribution, but I want to post a full-fledged ROM zip file for the masses. PM me, and I will send you the ZIP file that I have right now.
What you get:
base install for the flipside (AT&T) with motoblur ready to set up. It is the exact same thing as doing a factory reset, but you get all the benefits of superuser with busybox and the addead feature of having unknown sources checkbox in the settings.
I will work towards a deoxed version this weekend as well.
No custom bootscreen (yet). No custom anything, really.

Almost There
I am currently in the middle of Deodexing the image. I have added in wifi tethering, and ensured it will have superuser and busybox pre-packaged. Next step is pushing this to my wife's phone and not having her get a pretty brick in return. If all goes well, I will be posting the image by morning light (CST).
Fingers Crossed!

Well
Things didn't go too well with my first build attempt. Appears to be a permission issue with the /system folder. I will sleep on it, and give it a second go in the morning. Sorry for the apparent "tease". If you want a faster build, I could use some other devs working with me.

Hey man, sounds like you're doing great! Keep it up...I already found a way to get the root with unknown sources checked, so i'm just gonna wait for the deoxed version! Hope it goes well as you try again.

Current Issues
unable to deodex the following:
/system/app/AABSync.odex
/system/app/blur-services.odex
Will try to load to phone without dodexing those two files. Hopefully all will go well.

Me too...good luck!!

jonsjava said:
unable to deodex the following:
/system/app/AABSync.odex
/system/app/blur-services.odex
Will try to load to phone without dodexing those two files. Hopefully all will go well.
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Both of those files are att/moto bloat... just be rid of them
Sent from my MB508 using XDA App

Glad to see some work on this device, I love the form factor but it's obviously not very popular with devs...

Very interested to see this come around. I would like to streamline the wife's phone. Her battery life is a 1/3 of my rooted and flashed X10. Sadly though I am NOT a Dev nor even a cook.

I would have had something sooner, but I ran into issues not related to the ROM. Still working on it. Anybody have an idea for upgrading the CWM from the one we can currently use?

so I was curious, I was able to get to unlock mode with an sqlite thing and it worked just fine for me, but have you been able to knock out the bloat and stuff? cause it sounds like the makings of a custom rom lol
you know what the turtle said.. slowly but surely I will win this race

jonsjava said:
I would have had something sooner, but I ran into issues not related to the ROM. Still working on it. Anybody have an idea for upgrading the CWM from the one we can currently use?
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Several ppl have said they have run into this problem...don't know what the deal is...

Is it possible to get CM7, or it's a problem with a locked kernel?

Ok, I just got a new phone for the Mrs., so I can break the flipside and unbreak it as much as I like.
Time for some real fearless development lol.

jonsjava said:
Ok, I just got a new phone for the Mrs., so I can break the flipside and unbreak it as much as I like.
Time for some real fearless development lol.
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sounds good man, keep us posted on progress!!

So check this out...I messaged the guy at modmymobile and asked how things were going becuase I heard people were having problems getting an updated CMW and this is his response:
"been sittin on the updated cwm recovery binaries and been draggin my feet/takin a break the past week or 2. i'll throw something out soon, but cant commit to a timeframe, sorry."
Looks like things are on the up and up...stay patient everyone

GOOD JOB!!!,
We are waiting for the rom

Dukenukemx said:
Is it possible to get CM7, or it's a problem with a locked kernel?
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I can't install CM7, it reboots and locks up, then I have to reinstall froyo. It never worked when I had eclair either.

[Q] im a noob who rooted his evo 4g

im looking for someone who has time to tell me the rom they use extras they have added most of things i see are outdated and i used cm7 but crashes when i use bt and sometimes resets it self and i have missed people calling me and it didnt even show up please help

xwolfangel said:
im looking for someone who has time to tell me the rom they use extras they have added most of things i see are outdated and i used cm7 but crashes when i use bt and sometimes resets it self and i have missed people calling me and it didnt even show up please help
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can you explain your situation a little better? cyanogenmod dropped support for the Evo4g awhile back, was it a Stable rom you flashed and not a nightly? maybe you should try out another rom.

I suggest trying cyanmobile. It is gingerbread based so hdmi, 4g, etc all work but it has many jb features built in. Also has a massive amount of custom settings you wont find in any rom anywhere.
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Trozzul said:
can you explain your situation a little better? cyanogenmod dropped support for the Evo4g awhile back, was it a Stable rom you flashed and not a nightly? maybe you should try out another rom.
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Bottomline i dont know what im doing and could you show me the way my blue tooth disconects alot and hard to get wifi to connect even in same room as router and base
if u could tell me what to flash and what order and anyother apps that would go nicley it would be very welcomed but understands if not

xwolfangel said:
Bottomline i dont know what im doing and could you show me the way my blue tooth disconects alot and hard to get wifi to connect even in same room as router and base
if u could tell me what to flash and what order and anyother apps that would go nicley it would be very welcomed but understands if not
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my suggestion is that you should flash a different ROM and see if your Bluetooth will still work. as for the order, grab what rom you want first (make sure its for your phone HTC evo4g supersonic and not the HTC evo4g view or LTE) and depending on what version of android the rom is you need to download Gapps (this gives you the necessary apps in order to be able to sign into your gmail and download apps off the app store) from here http://goo.im/gapps choose which one the Roms Android version is and put both the rom and gapps onto your phones SD card. boot into your recovery, backup your current rom then wipe and reset. after thats done flash the rom first then after flash your Gapps and reboot and check your wifi and Bluetooth.

thank you
ty to all who helped i have fixed it

How to flash d2spr Lollipop Roms on the d2lterefreshspr (SPH-L710T Tri-Band Model)

1st let me just say I'm not a developer at all just someone who enjoys custom roms as much as everyone else here! I'm not very good at explaining things so please try to bear with me and try to understand this the best you can! If any real developers read this please help us by adding support for our device and if any developers can explain this better please do so! For anyone with the d2lterefreshspr (SPH-L710T Tri-Band) wanting to flash almost any Lollipop Roms made for the d2spr you can flash them! You might 1st have to unzip the rom and go to the updater-script and delete the 1st part where it checks the recoveries build to see if your device is the d2spr or the d2lte and so on. Then repack the rom back into a zip file the flash it in recovery as you normally would. Then once the Rom boots you won't have a baseband or service or anything but I will tell you why and how to fix this. The d2spr's modem-image file are labeled different from our modem! At the bottom of this I will show you the list of each modems links so you can see which 1s are different and what you have to delete and resymlink to get the Rom to reconize your baseband and get your service working! But using a file manager with root access navigate to the files in "/system/etc/firmware/ " and delete the wrongly symlinked modem-images! Once you have done that navigate to "/firmware-mdm/images/" folder and start symlinking the correct files to "/system/etc/firmware/" folder. After this you might want to modify the buid.prop and change all parts that say d2spr to d2lterefreshspr but only if you want. Once you have done this reboot to recovery and flash the Lte apn fix zip then reboot. Now everything should work with service and everything! I have tried this on the latest SlimLP 5.1.1. Beta and A..I.C.P. Lollipop and a few other Lollipop Roms for the d2spr. If you would like to download some of the Roms I have modified the updater-scripts so they will flash on our device and the APN zip I flash with a flashable build.prop I have already modified just send me a message and I will send you a link to my drive account. I'm trying to create a zip we can flash in recovery that will delete the wrong symilinked files and symlink the correct files to help save us the trouble of this process and for people that don't know how to create a symlink file! But as I stated I'm not a developer so I might be able to but if any developers that could help us by creating 1 for us please please feel free to do so and let us know! But take a look at the 2 lists of symlinked files and delete the necessary files and create the new symlinks that our device needs! If the files show the correct symlinks on 1st boot but you still don't have service click on the symlinks and view its details and you will see it'ssymlinked to the wrong files. Just delete all symlinks and create the correct new 1s.
Example of the d2spr modem symlinked images are:
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b07", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b07");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b07", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b07");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b08", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b08");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b09", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b09");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b10", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b10");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b13", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b13");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b14", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b14");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b21", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b21");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b22", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b22");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b23", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b23");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b25", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b25");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b26", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b26");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b29", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b29");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.mdt");
The correct modem images you need to symlink for the d2lterefreshspr are:
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b07", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b07");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b08", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b08");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b09", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b09");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b10", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b10");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b09", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b09");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b10", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b10");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b11", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b11");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b12", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b12");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b13", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b13");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b15", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b15");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b16", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b16");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b17", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b17");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b18", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b18");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b23", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b23");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b24", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b24");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b25", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b25");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b27", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b27");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b28", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b28");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b31", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b31");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.fli", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.fli");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.mdt");

For anyone unsure about creating the symlinks I have a very simple zip file to flash in recovery to delete the bad symlinks and make the right 1s! I have tested on SlimLP, A.I.C.P., Exodusand Pac-Man d2spr Roms. It will not mess up anything on your S3! It only does as stated. If you wanna check it its all in the script-updater. Just flash this after flashing a d2spr Lollipop rom and if you are also confused on modifying the script-updater for the rom so it will flash on the d2lterefreshspr then just flash the TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery from TWRP's website and you wont have to worry about changing it!
Fixing Modem Symlinks For SPH-L710T.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zg_yh4ytvLaS1xSzZ3bWhuTVk/view?usp=docslist_api

Hey man this is great! This opens up a whole new world of wonders for this device. You have any idea how I can fix having to manually select apn after each reboot?

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RootSuperSU said:
For anyone unsure about creating the symlinks I have a very simple zip file to flash in recovery to delete the bad symlinks and make the right 1s! I have tested on SlimLP, A.I.C.P., Exodusand Pac-Man d2spr Roms. It will not mess up anything on your S3! It only does as stated. If you wanna check it its all in the script-updater. Just flash this after flashing a d2spr Lollipop rom and if you are also confused on modifying the script-updater for the rom so it will flash on the d2lterefreshspr then just flash the TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery from TWRP's website and you wont have to worry about changing it!
Fixing Modem Symlinks For SPH-L710T.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zg_yh4ytvLaS1xSzZ3bWhuTVk/view?usp=docslist_api
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now that i found it, are you going to be around for me to throw questions at. i know what to do but the problems ive had made me leery of flashing.

pgellen said:
now that i found it, are you going to be around for me to throw questions at. i know what to do but the problems ive had made me leery of flashing.
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Yea man i work til 4-5pm but after that i can try to help ya! My S3 bricked on me and i dont have a 16gb sd to flash the unbrick image to but im always willing to try and help if i can
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs

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RootSuperSU said:
Yea man i work til 4-5pm but after that i can try to help ya! My S3 bricked on me and i dont have a 16gb sd to flash the unbrick image to but im always willing to try and help if i can
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs
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well, come to find out flashing octos, made for triband,,,,who knew, not me until today, anyway, its very easy. haha probably easier than ANYTHING i've done up to this point. i dont remember how much i've told you but the triband that i was fighting with so much may have had a problem from the very beginning. getting into recovery continually got harder and harder until it just wouldn't go. i tried about 8 times and it completely died. i mean its dead.im sad for that. that drops me to one sph-l710 with a crumpled usb and so i have to charge it wirelessly which is cool but its fragile. so ive got another refurb triband which im about to flash. WHY? ill be damned if i know why. this phone is rooted and cleaned out and runs beautifully. but, i want more. i guess or im just stupid which by reading this i may be. ill let you know.

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pgellen said:
well, come to find out flashing octos, made for triband,,,,who knew, not me until today, anyway, its very easy. haha probably easier than ANYTHING i've done up to this point. i dont remember how much i've told you but the triband that i was fighting with so much may have had a problem from the very beginning. getting into recovery continually got harder and harder until it just wouldn't go. i tried about 8 times and it completely died. i mean its dead.im sad for that. that drops me to one sph-l710 with a crumpled usb and so i have to charge it wirelessly which is cool but its fragile. so ive got another refurb triband which im about to flash. WHY? ill be damned if i know why. this phone is rooted and cleaned out and runs beautifully. but, i want more. i guess or im just stupid which by reading this i may be. ill let you know.
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tonight if your not busy with other people ill have some questions for you. im looking forward to it. i loaded the rom, gapps and now theupdate has been in a holding cycle for half an hour. it vibrates a little every so often. so i guess ill let it go. i want in so i can finish setting it up. ive got a lot of work to do. i know you must.

Will this zip work for KK roms too? Or is it only Lollipop? I'm willing to test it out but I just want to be sure that I won't brick my S3 since I can't afford a new phone right now.

octos
yakob97 said:
Will this zip work for KK roms too? Or is it only Lollipop? I'm willing to test it out but I just want to be sure that I won't brick my S3 since I can't afford a new phone right now.
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hey, supersu, help me fix this s3 triband when you get home and you feel like it. i can wait if you need. don't you come from work? let me know however, the biggest problem im having is my bluetooth doesnt work for music. works for everything else,that's a strange one. i'll wait for a reply.

yakob97 said:
Will this zip work for KK roms too? Or is it only Lollipop? I'm willing to test it out but I just want to be sure that I won't brick my S3 since I can't afford a new phone right now.
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Yes it should work and no flashing it wont brick ur device at all! Nothing is flashed or installed it only deletes the wrong symlinks and creates the correct ones!
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs

pgellen said:
hey, supersu, help me fix this s3 triband when you get home and you feel like it. i can wait if you need. don't you come from work? let me know however, the biggest problem im having is my bluetooth doesnt work for music. works for everything else,that's a strange one. i'll wait for a reply.
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Idk how to fix the bluetooth problem! Im not a developer or programmer i just google search alot and read very thoroughly and spend alot of time using FX File Explorer to study my system files! But whats the problem ur having other then bluetooth
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs

octos
RootSuperSU said:
Idk how to fix the bluetooth problem! Im not a developer or programmer i just google search alot and read very thoroughly and spend alot of time using FX File Explorer to study my system files! But whats the problem ur having other then bluetooth
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs
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its about time you showed up again. i thought like these other senior members that once you dealt with the senior citizen with debatable alzheimer's you had fled the country also. hehe man i don't know. on my other triband i had no music at well, no sound at all, none. and i had no cell service. now everything works except the bluetooth on the music. as soon as i boot it up the music locks up. its weird. i was just prepping my phone to go back to stock. i think these tribands are better stock with the bloatware removed and not too much of that. ya, i spend alot of time with my file manager. have you tried total commander? its great. you get it from gizmos freeware. im just getting to know it but i have it on the computer and its pretty good.

pgellen said:
its about time you showed up again. i thought like these other senior members that once you dealt with the senior citizen with debatable alzheimer's you had fled the country also. hehe man i don't know. on my other triband i had no music at well, no sound at all, none. and i had no cell service. now everything works except the bluetooth on the music. as soon as i boot it up the music locks up. its weird. i was just prepping my phone to go back to stock. i think these tribands are better stock with the bloatware removed and not too much of that. ya, i spend alot of time with my file manager. have you tried total commander? its great. you get it from gizmos freeware. im just getting to know it but i have it on the computer and its pretty good.
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Idk wat to say about that never had that problem! What room are u running? If oct os then ask them about it! I like the Slim Roms and S.O.K.P. the best but thats just me!
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs

I just flashed the final d2lte CM11 snapshot and your zip file, and it worked! After flashing everything the ROM runs super fast and runs wonderfully! So far as I can tell everything works perfectly. Camera, SMS and MMS, GPS, Mobile Data, and Screen Rotation all work perfectly. My steps for flashing were:
Modify Updater-scripts file to remove device checking
Wipe system, dalvik and cache, and data.
Flash CM11 snapshot
Boot to system
Reboot into recovery and flash Gapps and APN fix (I'm on virgin mobile)

yakob97 said:
I just flashed the final d2lte CM11 snapshot and your zip file, and it worked! After flashing everything the ROM runs super fast and runs wonderfully! So far as I can tell everything works perfectly. Camera, SMS and MMS, GPS, Mobile Data, and Screen Rotation all work perfectly. My steps for flashing were:
Modify Updater-scripts file to remove device checking
Wipe system, dalvik and cache, and data.
Flash CM11 snapshot
Boot to system
Reboot into recovery and flash Gapps and APN fix (I'm on virgin mobile)
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I never liked CM myself! I prefer Slim or S.O.K.P. Roms more then any other! You can use alot of the non triband roms kernels and tweaks but just not the bootloaders or modems!
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs

octos
RootSuperSU said:
I never liked CM myself! I prefer Slim or S.O.K.P. Roms more then any other! You can use alot of the non triband roms kernels and tweaks but just not the bootloaders or modems!
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs
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guess what? my second triband died last night. just running, fine. so, went to turn it on and it wouldn't come back on. is there any kind of a reset for the samsungs thAT I DONT KNOW ABOUT? the exact same thing happened with the other triband i had. so i take the phone back to the store and they give me another triband, they said. so i get it home and looked at it and immediately knew that it wasn't a triband. it was the original sph-l710 that i bought", to begin with. these guys dont know what they are selling. id like to complain but to who? this is truly a beautiful phone wit the brushed blue metal look and its one of the "grade A" refurbished phone so i guess maybe i have faith that this one will work.however im a little short on faith right now.

Wow! Good luck man. Honestly, if I had to choose I'd want the original one over the tri-band.

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canodroid15 said:
Wow! Good luck man. Honestly, if I had to choose I'd want the original one over the tri-band.
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ill tell you what, when it ran it ran very well. so what i want to know is tell me what you would do with this phone rom wise and maybe point me where to go get it. also i need all the stock files in case i have to flash this. this phone is very easy to fix. way easier than the triband but those had the same problem and i didn't know it until they up and died. so, if you have a minute. i've got all rooted. i've got selinux fixed and so, ....what is the latest liquid out there? by the way i watch the tide religiously. have for years. i also just noticed your logo. are you part of octos? ah, i think i saw your name. so i had octos on my triband when it died but i didnt have bluetooth on music. it worked on phone. tell me how to set up octos. man i liked it but i have to have that bluetooth music. how do i fix that?

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RootSuperSU said:
For anyone unsure about creating the symlinks I have a very simple zip file to flash in recovery to delete the bad symlinks and make the right 1s! I have tested on SlimLP, A.I.C.P., Exodusand Pac-Man d2spr Roms. It will not mess up anything on your S3! It only does as stated. If you wanna check it its all in the script-updater. Just flash this after flashing a d2spr Lollipop rom and if you are also confused on modifying the script-updater for the rom so it will flash on the d2lterefreshspr then just flash the TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery from TWRP's website and you wont have to worry about changing it!
Fixing Modem Symlinks For SPH-L710T.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zg_yh4ytvLaS1xSzZ3bWhuTVk/view?usp=docslist_api
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are you active this night? im about to flash octos. first, i want to ask a couple questions,,,first, what about xposed, is that runnable on a sph-l710? what about dirty? i know it wouldn't run on a triband but this 710? ok enough. how about googles N? is it.

pgellen said:
are you active this night? im about to flash octos. first, i want to ask a couple questions,,,first, what about xposed, is that runnable on a sph-l710? what about dirty? i know it wouldn't run on a triband but this 710? ok enough. how about googles N? is it.
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Since you're not on a triband just flash the d2spr build, not the d2refresh build. You can run xposed on our ROM if you wish. We always recommend a clean flash, especially if coming from stock or any other ROM. Even if its Oct-L to Oct-M. ??

Porting LineageOS 14 to the d710

Disclaimer: I am not a ROM developer. I am a developer and Linux user, but I know next to nothing about creating Android ROMs. Whole other world to me.
I'm wondering if all three of us Epic 4G Touch users left might be able to get a working port of LineageOS 14 on our aging handsets.
The good news:
I just loaded the Official LineageOS 14 for i9100 20170419 nightly on my d710, and IT WORKS
...almost.
The bad news:
The ROM boots up, everything works and looks normal except for:
Wi-Fi - Settings app spins with message "Turning Wi-Fi on..."
Menu Button
Home Button
Now, I'm wondering if there is a way to fix these problems. I prefer on-screen navigation anyway, so that's probably an easy "fix." But Wi-Fi will probably be trickier. I assume it's kernel related, but I can't find any Nougat kernels for this device, so that will likely be the most difficult part.
Thoughts? Anyone else out there have any input or want to give this a crack?
Links:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/i9100/build
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/i9100/install
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161224202958/https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_d710
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161224192644/https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro
https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_samsung_d710/tree/cm-12.0
https://github.com/LineageOS/androi...4.1/arch/arm/configs/lineageos_d710_defconfig
https://github.com/Lanchon/TWRP-Patcher-SGS2
https://github.com/Lanchon/REPIT
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ep.../rom-cyanogenmod-11-official-nightly-t2852074

Can you pm me your rom you used, i may be able to figure out how to get wifi to work, i dont have access to a computer right now but i can take a look at the rom you used when i get to one

svaethier said:
Can you pm me your rom you used, i may be able to figure out how to get wifi to work, i dont have access to a computer right now but i can take a look at the rom you used when i get to one
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Link is in the OP. Here it is again: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/rom-t3555834
Direct link to the download page: https://download.lineageos.org/i9100

How did you get past the 07 error then? Ive tried clearing everything from system to dalvik cache and nothing gets me to install the rom to look into the wifi issue properly

svaethier said:
How did you get past the 07 error then? Ive tried clearing everything from system to dalvik cache and nothing gets me to install the rom to look into the wifi issue properly
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I don't know what you're talking about. I don't get an error.
The ROM flashes without modification. Make sure you have an up-to-date TWRP with the i9100 crossflash patch: https://github.com/Lanchon/TWRP-Patcher-SGS2

Ive tried flashing twrp onto my device using the guide that tells you how, even after editing the installer script to have the SPH-D710 line in it it aborts the installation

svaethier said:
Ive tried flashing twrp onto my device using the guide that tells you how, even after editing the installer script to have the SPH-D710 line in it it aborts the installation
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I followed lots of advice from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch/help/help-getting-stock-rooted-4-1-2-to-cm11-t3384832
I believe the method that finally worked for me was: Odin to EL29 rooted, Philz recovery, TWRP, CM11.
That's where I was before I tried the i9100 LOS 14.1 ROM.

I can get a twrp with a different rom then cm11 but that twrp doesnt have the img installation feature on it

svaethier said:
I can get a twrp with a different rom then cm11 but that twrp doesnt have the img installation feature on it
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If you have root in CM11, you can use Flashify to flash the new TWRP .img file.

My E4GT still works, more than glad to throw my hand in the pot to make something happen. Haven't used the S2 in years so it's not updated, currently running an old build of CWM and a CM11 nightly with iso-rec support. If you could bring me up to speed on what I need to get from where I am to a newer recovery(TWRP preferred) and your ROM I'll start playing around with it. Last time I searched all of this to update left me more confused than anything with it being mixed up with the i9100 and i777 information as well.
Sent from my SM-S903VL using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
My E4GT still works, more than glad to throw my hand in the pot to make something happen. Haven't used the S2 in years so it's not updated, currently running an old build of CWM and a CM11 nightly with iso-rec support. If you could bring me up to speed on what I need to get from where I am to a newer recovery(TWRP preferred) and your ROM I'll start playing around with it. Last time I searched all of this to update left me more confused than anything with it being mixed up with the i9100 and i777 information as well.
Sent from my SM-S903VL using Tapatalk
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You should be able to flash the latest TWRP (for i9100) using Flashify. Beware that I have not been able to get TWRP to mount my external SD card, so any files you want to flash in TWRP need to be stored on internal memory. Everything else works perfectly. Mounting USB storage in TWRP works well, and that's how I've been able to get new files on the phone when I needed to.
After installing TWRP, make sure you run Lanchon's crossflash patch on it: https://github.com/Lanchon/TWRP-Patcher-SGS2
I used
Code:
lanchon-twrp-patcher-20160417-crossflash-d710.zip
to enable flashing d710 and i9100 ROMs.

flamadiddle said:
You should be able to flash the latest TWRP (for i9100) using Flashify. Beware that I have not been able to get TWRP to mount my external SD card, so any files you want to flash in TWRP need to be stored on internal memory. Everything else works perfectly. Mounting USB storage in TWRP works well, and that's how I've been able to get new files on the phone when I needed to.
After installing TWRP, make sure you run Lanchon's crossflash patch on it: https://github.com/Lanchon/TWRP-Patcher-SGS2
I used
Code:
lanchon-twrp-patcher-20160417-crossflash-d710.zip
to enable flashing d710 and i9100 ROMs.
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Yeah, I took another look last night, the information available now clarifies things that seemed a mess back when I first looked into this.
Have you made any progress with your ROM? If the hardware keys are still not working it's because key mapping is different on i9100, also rotation is backwards or at least it was years back when I flashed a i9100 ROM on my D710. You can remap the hardware keys so that they function correctly. Other than that there should be no differences.
Sent from my SM-S903VL using Tapatalk

Droidriven said:
Yeah, I took another look last night, the information available now clarifies things that seemed a mess back when I first looked into this.
Have you made any progress with your ROM? If the hardware keys are still not working it's because key mapping is different on i9100, also rotation is backwards or at least it was years back when I flashed a i9100 ROM on my D710. You can remap the hardware keys so that they function correctly. Other than that there should be no differences.
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I haven't done anything yet except try to load the unmodified i9100 ROM and report what works/doesn't. Really the only thing I need fixed is the Wifi, and I have no clue how to do that.

flamadiddle said:
I haven't done anything yet except try to load the unmodified i9100 ROM and report what works/doesn't. Really the only thing I need fixed is the Wifi, and I have no clue how to do that.
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I'll reach out to some developer associates and see what I can find out about the WiFi.
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I'm not a developer, but I have a D710 lying around and I am willing to do testing if you need me

I also have an Epic 4g touch that im willing to test stuff

So... I guess nothing ever happened with this ROM? I have a SCH - R760 from US Cellular that AFAIK is compatible with d710 roms. I would still be interested in running Nougat on my device - even though my eMMC seems to have issues at the moment.

chrismin13 said:
So... I guess nothing ever happened with this ROM? I have a SCH - R760 from US Cellular that AFAIK is compatible with d710 roms. I would still be interested in running Nougat on my device - even though my eMMC seems to have issues at the moment.
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Never had any real interest, and I don't know enough to do it myself.

flamadiddle said:
Never had any real interest, and I don't know enough to do it myself.
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Understood. So you said that the buttons didn't work and the wifi wasn't turning on. Were there any other major bugs that you noticed? I might try and make it work for our device, because why not!
Thanks for still responding after so many months!

chrismin13 said:
Understood. So you said that the buttons didn't work and the wifi wasn't turning on. Were there any other major bugs that you noticed? I might try and make a for for our device, because why not!
Thanks for still responding after so many months!
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Those were the only two things I noticed. Bluetooth worked. I didn't see any apps crash (but I couldn't load new ones because no wifi). I didn't try cell service because I don't even have Sprint anymore, but I suspect that probably didn't work for the same reason wifi was killed.
Thanks for looking into this! I'm still interested if we can find a way to make it work. I just don't know much about creating ROMs. I'm not an Android dev.