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[Q] Please help with my Tmobile DEFY to get CM7

I have this version which I can't seem to find as a SBF anywhere on the internet
Version.34.0.179.MB525.T-mobile.en.US
android 2.2.2
baseband EPU93_U_00.58.00
So how will I back up this ROM as a SBF before going to CyanogenMod?
Can I install nordic on top of this?

You don't have to worry about using the american sbf... The nordic will work fine... Just make sure you use the base band switcher to apply an american base band when you are finally in cm7.
I wouldn't bother making a recovery of your system now...
When you get into
Cm7rc1v2, you will love it..
Go ahead and flash the nordic, root with soc, and use second init to boot into recovery, so you can install cm7rc1v2.
It's all up on that first post.. Good luck
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Feel free to lmk if you have any questions along the way... And, if you really want that american sbf... I can get you a link... Though, it will be wasted effort, as I know you will love gb better.
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Thanks. I followed the guide and flashed CM7. But now I have an issue with GPS. I get absolutely no satellites. I have got GPS Status and have reset the state and downloaded AGPS data but not a single satellite is visible :|

Maybe flash back to the nordic, try and user the gps, then go back to cm7...
I heard someone say to do that about the camera, maybe it will work with the gps...
I personally haven't had any issues with either..
Another thing you can try, (which may or may not help, it's to flash the cm7 zip twice in a row... Maybe it will help to write[the data more...
Strange, my gps works fine.. where are you located?QUOTE=syl0n;16763563]Thanks. I followed the guide and flashed CM7. But now I have an issue with GPS. I get absolutely no satellites. I have got GPS Status and have reset the state and downloaded AGPS data but not a single satellite is visible :|[/QUOTE]
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This may be a silky question, but you are outdoors while trying to lock on satellites?
You should shoot for clear sky view, and depending on your location, it may take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to get locked..
syl0n said:
Thanks. I followed the guide and flashed CM7. But now I have an issue with GPS. I get absolutely no satellites. I have got GPS Status and have reset the state and downloaded AGPS data but not a single satellite is visible :|
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TimelesslyPrecise said:
This may be a silky question, but you are outdoors while trying to lock on satellites?
You should shoot for clear sky view, and depending on your location, it may take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes to get locked..
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I am now seeing 1 or 2 satellites at most. Could it be that I have faulty hardware?

Possibly...
I suppose it acts flaky in stock 2.2 also?
Btw, what are you using to get how many satellites you are locked on?
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Nevins.. I got something called gps status and test.. I'll tinker with that and see what I get as normal
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Okay, I had about seven satellites after about five minutes of playing around.
You may just have a tough time in your area locking on?.?.
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I am now seeing 1 or 2 satellites at most. Could it be that I have faulty hardware?
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Check this out, found it on the other topic..
"13) How can I make GPS work better (be more fast and precise)?
- Make a backup of your /etc/gps.conf (use a file manager to rename or copy to another place)
- Visit this thread
- Click in the link "XDA Members Click Here" at the final of the post, and search for the correct .zip for your country
- Copy the .zip to your SD Card and reboot in Bootmenu, then flash the zip via Custom Recovery"
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syl0n said:
I am now seeing 1 or 2 satellites at most. Could it be that I have faulty hardware?
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Any updates mate?

NFC on CM9.1 T989

Hey guys, one of the main issues i'm having on CM9.1, and any version of CM9 that i've installed, is that I can't get NFC enabled/working. In settings, the NFC option has a checkmark but is greyed out. I reinstalled CM9.1 after doing factory reset, wiping cache, all that fun stuff. Still its showing greyed out. Anyone else have this problem? Any solutions? Any help is appreciated

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Hey guys, one of the main issues i'm having on CM9.1, and any version of CM9 that i've installed, is that I can't get NFC enabled/working. In settings, the NFC option has a checkmark but is greyed out. I reinstalled CM9.1 after doing factory reset, wiping cache, all that fun stuff. Still its showing greyed out. Anyone else have this problem? Any solutions? Any help is appreciated
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I'm having the same problem and I've
tried the same solutions...
othing via search and nothing helpful via Google search.
Unfortunately, it also drains 30% of my battery (total from 100% to 1%) more than Pandora over 2g .
I've also tried several radios (all rils removed) but none of that helped.

So does anyone have a solution? I also have this problem.

No still no dice... I even reverted to full stock and followed the directions on the cm9 wiki using heimdall (as opposed to Odin) and even that didn't work. Reflashing my stock backup it works so my guess is its directly related to CM...
I'm going to try to find the directory that enabled/disabled is in so that I can at least turn it off properly but I don't expect to find it anytime soon...
On a side note it doesn't seem to have been reported in the official cm9 error area someone might consider doing that... lol

Jagmit said:
Hey guys, one of the main issues i'm having on CM9.1, and any version of CM9 that i've installed, is that I can't get NFC enabled/working. In settings, the NFC option has a checkmark but is greyed out. I reinstalled CM9.1 after doing factory reset, wiping cache, all that fun stuff. Still its showing greyed out. Anyone else have this problem? Any solutions? Any help is appreciated
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I have the opposite issue. NFC is checked and blue but when I go to turn it off, it grays out. When I go back into settings to see if it sticks, it's activated again. I don't know if it really is on or not, but that's kind of annoying.

Cm9.1 here and no nfc problems. Specifically it being greyed-out before or after checking/unchecking. I have not however used nfc to confirm it works. Here's some pics
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Awesome... glad someone has it working. Can you confirm the steps you used to install it and the radio your using (Those should be the only differences)
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That I'm aware of, I believe cm uses their own RIL and Kernel, which should be the only other problem unless there are different battery versions (The nfc chip is in the battery)
But please, please correct me if I'm wrong because I want this to work
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Well there is an app in the system app folder and it's called nfc.apk. I renamed it, rebooted, and the option is gone so is the battery drain. Mission successful.

Relsig said:
Awesome... glad someone has it working. Can you confirm the steps you used to install it and the radio your using (Those should be the only differences)
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That I'm aware of, I believe cm uses their own RIL and Kernel, which should be the only other problem unless there are different battery versions (The nfc chip is in the battery)
But please, please correct me if I'm wrong because I want this to work
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Install was basic.
Darkside wipe
Flash
Darkside cache
Reboot
10min wait. ( I fell asleep so like 5hours wait lol)
Pull battery reboot
Setup
No extras. Stock radio. Stock kernel.
Edit: Xperia Rom V2 btw.
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Shmi117 said:
Well there is an app in the system app folder and it's called nfc.apk. I renamed it, rebooted, and the option is gone so is the battery drain. Mission successful.
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Sounds good. I've tried everything else so I'll just back it up and remove via titanium backup.
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Has anyone located a solution to this yet (beyond just eliminating the option altogether)? I'd like to get it to work.

rezme said:
Has anyone located a solution to this yet (beyond just eliminating the option altogether)? I'd like to get it to work.
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It works for me on cm10, not sure on 9 but I would assume that they should have merged whatever fixed it with 9. Sorry bro.
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[Q] Proximity Sensor + Auto-rotation + GPS + Custom ROM + a little bit of Voodoo

Hi
It seems to me that every time someone has a problem with Proximity Sensor, Auto-rotation or GPS together with a custom ROM, they are advised to flash a stock RUU - and then re-flash Custom ROM again - which should fix the problem.
Could someone please explain why flashing a stock RUU should solve such a problem?
I mean..... such advice seems like Voodoo to me and from what I have read it doesnt work half the times.
Is this advice some kind of mass-hysteria where people want to believe it works?
And what is the theory behind the advice anyway?
EG. you have a custom ROM where the Proximity Sensor doesn't work.
Then you flash a stock RUU and 'bring the sensor to life' again - and afterwards you flash a custom ROM and the working Proximity Sensor settings from the stuck RUU is not deleted by the custom rom flash - but everything else is?
And why is it that BT problems seems to be actual bugs in the Custom ROM, but problems with Proximity Sensor, Auto-rotation and GPS is supposedly fixed by the 'flash a RUU'-voodoo?
I am looking forward to your answers
(....yes this is my first post, but I have been flashing and reading for more than 1 year)

Proximity Sensor issues are mostly fixed by installing this app and calibrating it correctly, unless the sensor itself is permanently broken.
GPS problems are ROM related, and they've always been fixed by the dev in time. In the meantime, you see a lot of 'flash RUU' posts, but it isn't related. If the ROM has perfectly working GPS, and if a certain user doesn't, then it is most probable that the GPS antenna (flashlight) cover is having a slightly loose contact with the antenna. I had bad GPS issues quite long back and tried all sorts of solutions, but it was the same with every ROM. I opened the antenna cover and pulled up the antenna prongs a bit, and it works perfectly since then.
About the rotation issue, I'm as baffled as you are. I flashed ViperDHD once to try it out, and I had the problem right after that. I didn't believe the whole 'flash RUU' solution at all, so I tried every possible thing I could think of to fix it. Nothing worked. I decided to try the RUU solution as a last resort and it surprisingly worked. I have no clue how. The best answer I can think of is that there's some low level firmware which only an RUU/stock ROM can change, but this raises a lot of questions and arguments in itself and doesn't make sense if you think about it. So yeah, about the rotation issue, I have absolutely no clue. I've been looking if anyone has an explanation for it but no one does yet. I'd also like to know why ROMs such as ViperDHD break the auto-rotation in the first place, that too only for AOSP JB ROMs. It's one of those things which 'just happen'.

sashank said:
Proximity Sensor issues are mostly fixed by installing this app and calibrating it correctly, unless the sensor itself is permanently broken.
GPS problems are ROM related, and they've always been fixed by the dev in time. In the meantime, you see a lot of 'flash RUU' posts, but it isn't related. If the ROM has perfectly working GPS, and if a certain user doesn't, then it is most probable that the GPS antenna (flashlight) cover is having a slightly loose contact with the antenna. I had bad GPS issues quite long back and tried all sorts of solutions, but it was the same with every ROM. I opened the antenna cover and pulled up the antenna prongs a bit, and it works perfectly since then.
About the rotation issue, I'm as baffled as you are. I flashed ViperDHD once to try it out, and I had the problem right after that. I didn't believe the whole 'flash RUU' solution at all, so I tried every possible thing I could think of to fix it. Nothing worked. I decided to try the RUU solution as a last resort and it surprisingly worked. I have no clue how. The best answer I can think of is that there's some low level firmware which only an RUU/stock ROM can change, but this raises a lot of questions and arguments in itself and doesn't make sense if you think about it. So yeah, about the rotation issue, I have absolutely no clue. I've been looking if anyone has an explanation for it but no one does yet. I'd also like to know why ROMs such as ViperDHD break the auto-rotation in the first place, that too only for AOSP JB ROMs. It's one of those things which 'just happen'.
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I guess maybe we need to do a hardware hack for dhd, like in the sony psp.. but then that would be wrong..
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[Q] GPS Issues With 5.0 Update

I was never having gps problems before lollipop update today, but now I am. I'm using GPS Status & Toolbox, and I'm showing no locks, but 20 sats. Before the update, I would lock on at least 9 indoors, and about 15 or more outside, at home. Now it's saying no locks. I've tried battery pull, plus clearing the app cache, and force closing, but it's the same. I also looked at the app in the play store, and noticed it hasn't been updated since late last year. Could it be it's not 5.0 compatible? Is there any other way to check, although I'm seeing the gps icon at the top almost always on now, searching.

Kamau54 said:
I was never having gps problems before lollipop update today, but now I am. I'm using GPS Status & Toolbox, and I'm showing no locks, but 20 sats. Before the update, I would lock on at least 9 indoors, and about 15 or more outside, at home. Now it's saying no locks. I've tried battery pull, plus clearing the app cache, and force closing, but it's the same. I also looked at the app in the play store, and noticed it hasn't been updated since late last year. Could it be it's not 5.0 compatible? Is there any other way to check, although I'm seeing the gps icon at the top almost always on now, searching.
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Running On Deadly Venom Note 4 v1.1

Here's mine.

Kamau54 said:
Here's mine.
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Did you try walking outside see if that works, sometimes inside can get blocked!

Venom0642 said:
Did you try walking outside see if that works, sometimes inside can get blocked!
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Yea. Walked around for a few minutes outside. No change.
Man I'm hoping I didn't jump the gun with this update. I never got it to work on my Note 3, and was happy to finally get it back on the 4.

Kamau54 said:
Yea. Walked around for a few minutes outside. No change.
Man I'm hoping I didn't jump the gun with this update. I never got it to work on my Note 3, and was happy to finally get it back on the 4.
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Did you factory reset or just update over the top of KK?

droe411 said:
Did you factory reset or just update over the top of KK?
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Just updated over top of kk.
I have had a little success though by doing 2 more battery pulls. I can now get sat fix outdoors, but still nothing indoors. Also, the fix fluctuates all over the place whole standing still (it jumps like 3,9,11,19,13,6). Not sure what that means either. Like I said, I never had these issues before the update.

I would factory reset

droe411 said:
I would factory reset
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Since we don't have root yet, and I don't have my Titanium Backup, that means I have to manually reinstall my apps, right?

Kamau54 said:
Since we don't have root yet, and I don't have my Titanium Backup, that means I have to manually reinstall my apps, right?
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There is a non root app that does it too, just can't think of the name.

droe411 said:
There is a non root app that does it too, just can't think of the name.
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Helium
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Well, tried the factory reset, and still no gps indoors. I know that I need it mostly outside, but it just bothers me that I use to get good fixes indoors, but now none at all. At least the locks outside are mostly stable and don't fluctuate like before the reset.

Kamau54 said:
Well, tried the factory reset, and still no gps indoors. I know that I need it mostly outside, but it just bothers me that I use to get good fixes indoors, but now none at all. At least the locks outside are mostly stable and don't fluctuate like before the reset.
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Same is happening with me with kitkat it was working perfectly but after updating to 5.0 no GPS signal inside home or office

No GPS fix with seven satellites in view

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This is the most annoying issue on this phone. It happens seldom, and the only solution is to restart, but sometimes it doesn't work at all.
I can't find a trigger to it, as I open the same apps each morning in the same order: endomondo, sports-tracker, biko and strava. All of them use the GPS and usually work ok. But suddenly, last week GPS dated started to malfunction and first no satellites in view, then after reboot the problem on the screenshot arises: many satellites in view but no fix.
I tried GPS test and GPS status apps to clear GPS cache, but it doesn't work at all. But sometimes just opening this apps kind of "un jams" the GPS and it gets a fix.
Any idea if this is an Android issue, a Huawei problem and if there is a solution to it?
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This is the most annoying issue on this phone. It happens seldom, and the only solution is to restart, but sometimes it doesn't work at all.
I can't find a trigger to it, as I open the same apps each morning in the same order: endomondo, sports-tracker, biko and strava. All of them use the GPS and usually work ok. But suddenly, last week GPS dated started to malfunction and first no satellites in view, then after reboot the problem on the screenshot arises: many satellites in view but no fix.
I tried GPS test and GPS status apps to clear GPS cache, but it doesn't work at all. But sometimes just opening this apps kind of "un jams" the GPS and it gets a fix.
Any idea if this is an Android issue, a Huawei problem and if there is a solution to it?
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Try my fix ! http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-p6/ascend-mate/gps-bad-finally-fix-t3139148

swukjay said:
Try my fix ! http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-p6/ascend-mate/gps-bad-finally-fix-t3139148
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Tried it and it seems to be working fine, but can't tell after using it for a couple days. Will let you know.
[Edit] It was an illusion, my phone is not rooted. I'm on B708. How can i root it?

rebayona said:
Tried it and it seems to be working fine, but can't tell after using it for a couple days. Will let you know.
[Edit] It was an illusion, my phone is not rooted. I'm on B708. How can i root it?
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Nevermind, just found a way on this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g85m1Pkh43I and it's rooted. I tried again, seems to be working. Let's see in a few weeks if this is for real.
thank you again @swukjay!

rebayona said:
Nevermind, just found a way on this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g85m1Pkh43I and it's rooted. I tried again, seems to be working. Let's see in a few weeks if this is for real.
thank you again @swukjay!
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No worries, glad I could help !

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No worries, glad I could help !
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Bad news, it's back again.
It's not even cloudy.
I've noticed it happens more often in the mornings, at night GPS locks almost immediately. Also, a reboot fixes it most of the times. It has to be something related to system. But what?
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Hmmm, i still get problems with the speed but not as badly as i used too, i always leave my gps on so its a warm start, it can take up to 4 mins to download the catalogs from the sats with a cold start, i am afraid the gps will never be perfect ob this phone the best thing is tp try to manage it as best you can, leave it on with gps test and let it download all the catalogs, this will take about 15 mins then always keep gps on, this will help it retain the catalogs, it wont use much battery mine doesnt, this will reduce the lock time, i would also change the setting to autonomous in the setting instead of network assisted and try that.
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