[Q] Loaded new ROM, need wifi fix for L900, not N900 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II

I found this ROM and was able to load it to my Sprint Note 2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582027
However, I can't turn on WiFi. Seems this is a common issue after doing a search in the thread, the board, and all of XDA. I have even found several fixes for it, though not for my particular handset. I searched for "L900 wifi fix" and could not find it. I was able to find hints that there is a thread specifically for my handset though. Google searching didn't yield anything more than the XDA search.
WiFi fix for N900:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47817184&postcount=81&nocache=1&z=7976234947486759
Hints that there is an L900 thread, and people are linking to the wrong fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50582628&highlight=wifi#post50582628
I found a toolkint for a GT-7100 and N7105, which I didn't even realize were Note 2 model numbers (LOL!):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48218899&highlight=l900#post48218899
Can someone point me in the right direction to find the WiFi fix for MK4 ROMS for L900's? Also, if there's an available fix for GPS, I'm sure I'll need that too. GPS went out on my last ROM, and I saw the wifi fix is included with a GPS fix for other handsets.

Check the n900 link. The download file is named l900.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Related

Searching for GPS

Hello everyone,
I just bought my Note 2 last week and I love everything about it except that I've been having this problem with the GPS. I try to use the navigation app and keep having a Searching for GPS message. I know how the app is supposed to work because I came from a Galaxy S3.
I've been looking around on the Internet and searching forums but it doesn't seem like anyone else is experiencing my problem? The last thing post I've seen regarding this problem around the net is on a Galaxy S2.
My Note 2 is a unlocked and rooted Telus phone with a Fido sim card. Like I said everything runs great! Even the battery life is amazing. It's like night and day compared to the S3.
I am hoping to find a solution to the problem, otherwise I will try to flash to the N7105 firmware and hope for the best.
Sent from my SGH-I317M using xda app-developers app
If anyone is wondering or going through the same problem, I managed to solve this problem myself by downloading an app called GPS Status. It seems that it basically automatically starts and locks on to a GPS location for me every time I use an app that requires GPS. I didn't work for me yesterday when I downloaded this app but there was an update to this app today and GPS started working.
I won't be flashing to the N7105 firmware anymore because my issue have been resolved...and I don't know how to flash a modem. I will definitely do it if the FM radio is somehow able to be enabled though.
I'm glad you seemed to have solved your problem. I was very hesitant about upgrading to the Note II, as my Note I had terrible issues with GPS fixes. I use navigation on my phone all the time, and I can't afford to get "No GPS" errors the vast majority of the time, despite the fact I live in a very heavily covered 4G LTE area. But, my Note IIs GPS has been flawless. So happy to have functioning GPS.

[Q] GPS not working with cm-10.1 nightly rom

I just installed cm-10.1-20130306-NIGHTLY-t0lte to my AT&T Note 2 (sgh-i317) and so far everything seems to be working. Everything besides the GPS. I can't get a gps lock at all. It works fine when I flash a stock rom. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
Try GPS Status from the play store and see if the antenna is down because of the rom or maybe you'll get lucky and get a fix.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
LittleRedDot said:
Try GPS Status from the play store and see if the antenna is down because of the rom or maybe you'll get lucky and get a fix.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do I tell if the antenna is down within GPS Status?
GPS status and Note 2
I have been reviewing several of the potential fixes for the Galaxy Note 2, and GPS with CM10.1
I have used additional apps such as GPS status, or GPS Fix.
I have tried to turn off other radios on the device all except the GPS. This still did not pull a GPS lock.
The only other option I saw that I was confused about,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39761558&postcount=702
This post refers to installing a stock rom then getting a lock and rebooting into install CM.
I am really enjoying CM10.1 and would love to figure this out. I feel I have done a bit of research about 1-2hrs of searching forums and just am having issues with GPS locking for my device. I have restored to a stock I had before and locking works without an issue.
techfish said:
How do I tell if the antenna is down within GPS Status?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Bump as I'm having this trouble too.
Have you checked in the official CM thread ??
GPS issues have popped up numerous times. ..and the thread likely has the answer. ..
CM nightly builds are often broken anyway. ..and bug report threads are usually a dead end if not pointed to Cyanogenmod or their teams. ..
Check the CM thread. ..and possibly revert to an older working build for now if GPS is required. ..g

Android 4.3 WiFi Issue

Since I've updated to Android 4.3 on my Galaxy Nexus (Maguro), I've noticed an issue with the WiFi. Sometimes, when entering the range of a known WiFi network, my device doesn't automatically connect, as if it doesn't know I'm in range or hasn't scanned for the WiFi networks nearby. This issue has been reported on the official Google Bugs tracker here. -->
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58230
If you have this issue, please visit this link and star/report it so that Google will know. For now, I've found a few ways to resolve the problem, and wanted to share them.
Solution 1: When I go into Settings < Wi-Fi to view the WiFi networks, I notice that at first it shows the network I'm trying to connect to as "Not in range," but then it immediately connects to it.
Solution 2: I also found that turning WiFi off completely, and then back on again allows my device to see the network and connect.
Both solution 1 and 2 are manual fixes. While both are easy to do, they require you to actually take action to reconnect to your network. This can cause you to miss notifications, etc. if you aren't aware of what's going on. I didn't like that too much, so I made a simple Tasker profile to help.
Solution 3: This requires a little bit of knowledge about Tasker, but I'll try to explain it well enough that anyone can get the profile setup and working.
First we will create a Task called "Wifi fix." This task will have 2 simple actions.
Disconnect Wifi
Reconnect Wifi
Now we need to create a profile to trigger the task. I'll name it "Wifi Fix Profile."
This is going to have 3 context triggers that all have to be met before it will execute our Wifi fix task, all are state contexts.
First we will use Wifi State Connected, with the Invert Checkbox checked
Then, Variable value "%WIFI" matches "on". Both "%WIFI" and "on" are case sensitive, so be careful.
Lastly, Display State "ON". This one is optional. I added it because I don't want wifi constantly disconnecting/reconnecting while my phone is asleep if I'm not near a network. So instead, the profile can only trigger while I'm actually using the phone.
After that, all you need to do is go into Profile Settings (by long pressing the profile name) and set a cooldown. I use 5 minutes, you can use anything (or nothing) you want.
Basically, what this profile does is when your wifi is on but not connected to a network, then it forces a scan for wireless networks by disconnecting, then reconnecting wifi. Simple, and it works.
Theory:
Now that we have a workaround, back to the problem. Based on the solutions listed, namely solution number 1, I believe that the problem lies with how often/ when WiFi networks are scanned for. This could be due to the new WiFi Setting Google added in 4.3, "Scanning always available". It has been reported that disabling this does not fix the issue, but I haven't tried it myself. I also tried changing the wifi scan interval in build.prop, but that didn't seem to make a difference.
Hope this helps some of you!
I had problems with Wi-Fi on 4.2 so I just got in the habit of expecting Wi-Fi to be a little wonky and haven't paid much attention to it on 4.3. Have you noticed the same issue on custom roms as well? I'm running slim bean is why I ask.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Can someone please verify for me, so I know its not just me, that network speed tests using speedtest.net are erratic and performance is horrible when bluetooth is on and connected. My theory is also that it continually gets worse over time to the point that your wifi begins to actually stutter and stall.
geckocavemen said:
I had problems with Wi-Fi on 4.2 so I just got in the habit of expecting Wi-Fi to be a little wonky and haven't paid much attention to it on 4.3. Have you noticed the same issue on custom roms as well? I'm running slim bean is why I ask.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, I do have the issue on both custom and the stock factory image. I am also currently on Slim Bean Beta 1 (it's my favorite), but I also had the issue on Cataclysm.
NCguy said:
Can someone please verify for me, so I know its not just me, that network speed tests using speedtest.net are erratic and performance is horrible when bluetooth is on and connected. My theory is also that it continually gets worse over time to the point that your wifi begins to actually stutter and stall.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would test this for you, but I don't have a bluetooth device to connect to. Sorry, maybe someone else can test this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380403
Sendt fra min Nexus 7 med Tapatalk2
What I really wanto to know if this issue is posted in the official google bugs tracker
Well, I haven't done it because I don't know how, but I would be glad to if someone could point me in the right direction.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 4
stevensoaj said:
Well, I haven't done it because I don't know how, but I would be glad to if someone could point me in the right direction.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Expose your case here:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list
Then come here and recruite some people to star your posted issue, the more stars the more atention Google puts on the issue. If you do it, add 1 star from me for sure.
I also have this problem with my GNex running CM10.2 nightly 0708. It is a real shame that google introduces a new bug in 4.3.
Android 4.2 suffers from a similar bug and they never fixed it and promised to fix this in 4.3 and now we encounter a new one :crying:
The 4.3 problem is already tracked here https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58230 I think.
Will test your tasker profile and report if it works. From your description it sounds like a good workaround for this bug.
FlickFlack said:
I also have this problem with my GNex running CM10.2 nightly 0708. It is a real shame that google introduces a new bug in 4.3.
Android 4.2 suffers from a similar bug and they never fixed it and promised to fix this in 4.3 and now we encounter a new one :crying:
The 4.3 problem is already tracked here https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58230 I think.
Will test your tasker profile and report if it works. From your description it sounds like a good workaround for this bug.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can it truly be verified as a bug if it's not stock 4.3? Not trolling...just asking.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
Big ZD said:
Can it truly be verified as a bug if it's not stock 4.3? Not trolling...just asking.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think so. Have a look at the link I posted. There are different ROMs and devices used. Mostly stock ROMs.
FlickFlack said:
I think so. Have a look at the link I posted. There are different ROMs and devices used. Mostly stock ROMs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I stand corrected. My apologies for not reading more thoroughly.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
FlickFlack said:
I also have this problem with my GNex running CM10.2 nightly 0708. It is a real shame that google introduces a new bug in 4.3.
Android 4.2 suffers from a similar bug and they never fixed it and promised to fix this in 4.3 and now we encounter a new one :crying:
The 4.3 problem is already tracked here https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58230 I think.
Will test your tasker profile and report if it works. From your description it sounds like a good workaround for this bug.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OP edited with link to Official Google Bug tracker, thanks for finding this!
I also changed up the tasker profile to disable wifi and then enable it again instead of just disconnecting and reconnecting. Seems to work better.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 4
I promised to give feedback for testing the tasker profile. After 3 days I am sure that the tasker profile described in OP is working fine.
For me it is a good workaround. But I am still hoping that google will fix the problem, because for normal users this must be a real annoying bug.
I'm not experiencing any dropping issue..I'm curious about one thing anyway, all of the guys are experiencing dropping issues are actually running latest bootloader and latest radio? did you change RIL? latest means from 4.3 jrr update, and RIL well, you tell me..
memnoc said:
I'm not experiencing any dropping issue..I'm curious about one thing anyway, all of the guys are experiencing dropping issues are actually running latest bootloader and latest radio? did you change RIL? latest means from 4.3 jrr update, and RIL well, you tell me..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's not a "dropping" issue, but rather a reconnecting issue. When entering range of a known, configured WiFi network, our devices don't connect to the network automatically.
As far as being on the latest, bootloader, radio, and RIL, yes, I am. I flashed the factory image way before flashing any 4.3 custom firmware, and I had the issue there, as well as on the custom firmware.
stevensoaj said:
OP edited with link to Official Google Bug tracker, thanks for finding this!
I also changed up the tasker profile to disable wifi and then enable it again instead of just disconnecting and reconnecting. Seems to work better.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Scratch that. A little more testing and I'm back to the initial, disconnect then reconnect wifi net. What do you guys think?
stevensoaj said:
It's not a "dropping" issue, but rather a reconnecting issue. When entering range of a known, configured WiFi network, our devices don't connect to the network automatically.
As far as being on the latest, bootloader, radio, and RIL, yes, I am. I flashed the factory image way before flashing any 4.3 custom firmware, and I had the issue there, as well as on the custom firmware.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, I believe we have a radio/ril issue here.. I saw this happening multiple times during years.. Update to new fw, new radio, new ril, poor/problematic connection...sure the problem here is a bit weird but, is well known that a certain radio module doesn't work in the same way in every part of the planet, same goes for its interface libraries..I honestly don't know why you and many others flash a factory image when a new Fw pops up..if it's a matter of having the latest stuff, OK, but if someone claims it is mandatory then it's absolutely pointless and 100% wrong..the hour before 4.3 appeared on Goole platform I extracted the system image and booted a working ROM.. That's it..I will never ever flash a factory image unless it is a matter of sending my device to the manufacturer for repairing...so I currently have old radio, old ril, old bootloader, new 4.3 roms, and I don't have the issue...of course it is just a theory, and could be 100% unrelated but it is worth trying another radio, possibly with its ril but this last thing doesn't really matter on a nexus device...bootloader afaik it is not related with radio module so i wouldn't change it but the point is that the radio gives different performance according to the zone where it is used..edit: I just flashed latest radio, all is fine..this could be both a proof of my theory is wrong or right...I would try If I were you.
Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 4
memnoc said:
Well, I believe we have a radio/ril issue here.. I saw this happening multiple times during years.. Update to new fw, new radio, new ril, poor/problematic connection...sure the problem here is a bit weird but, is well known that a certain radio module doesn't work in the same way in every part of the planet, same goes for its interface libraries..I honestly don't know why you and many others flash a factory image when a new Fw pops up..if it's a matter of having the latest stuff, OK, but if someone claims it is mandatory then it's absolutely pointless and 100% wrong..the hour before 4.3 appeared on Goole platform I extracted the system image and booted a working ROM.. That's it..I will never ever flash a factory image unless it is a matter of sending my device to the manufacturer for repairing...so I currently have old radio, old ril, old bootloader, new 4.3 roms, and I don't have the issue...of course it is just a theory, and could be 100% unrelated but it is worth trying another radio, possibly with its ril but this last thing doesn't really matter on a nexus device...bootloader afaik it is not related with radio module so i wouldn't change it but the point is that the radio gives different performance according to the zone where it is used..edit: I just flashed latest radio, all is fine..this could be both a proof of my theory is wrong or right...I would try If I were you.
Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm going to try a different radio now because I'm curious, but I wasn't aware that the radio had ANYTHING to do with wifi. I thought the radio was only the mobile radio. Was I mistaken?
stevensoaj said:
I'm going to try a different radio now because I'm curious, but I wasn't aware that the radio had ANYTHING to do with wifi. I thought the radio was only the mobile radio. Was I mistaken?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes, you was, my friend; radio has everything to do with gsm/umts, wifi/bluetooth connections...it is exactly what a radio module does in the phone, to be precise, radio.img is that piece of software that virtually connect the radio chipset hardware with the basic software..the RIL (radio interface layer) instead, is what connect the software previously mentioned with the actual OS (the rom), but I read somewhere it is not so important in aosp roms, while it very important in other OS, propietary ones, like HTC (that has a specific RIL different from the asop one)...
You probably know it as "baseband", which is how google used to define it..in samsung environment is a.k.a as "modem" , whatever you call it, we are talking about the same thing, I keep calling it "radio" because of the old froyo times we learned to call this way, since changing the baseband it's just changing the radio.img..now, be very careful, flashing this kind of stuff may brick your device IF something goes wrong in the flashing process..however, I flashed tons of radios, and I've never experienced any hard brick..here on maguro we have the opportunity to fash it from recovery which is what I suggest you to do, so you'll avoid any issue whatsoever, and remeber, it may not be related to your problem but, as I stated before, radio module controls all the wireless signals, included network/provider frequencies, their range, and their geo-location, as well as bluetooth, and anything communicate wirelessly into your phone, it's worth to give it a shot in my opinion..here some extra info for you:
RIL info
http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/development/pdk/docs/telephony.html
radio module info
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/70/what-is-radio-firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462360
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1930844

[Q] SlimKat GPS bug

Hi,
I`m not allowed to comment on the dev thread so I`m doing it here...
I love slimroms and I`ve been using it since SlimBean is out there, thanks for everyone doing the hard work!
Since I updated to SlimKat, my GPS doesn`t work, no satellites reception at all. I tried to look for errors over adb and saw that the error is No XTRA servers available...
Just to confirm, I flushed few other CM roms and GPS is working perfectly in these, so the problem is in SlimKat only.
I saw few references in the dev thread but nobody said anything about possible solution.
Would be happy to go back to SlimKat once this problem solved.
Does anybody else have this problem? Any solution?
Thanks.
Any answers? Solution? Anyone?
Can anyone take a working GPS code from any of the other CM roms?
Still doesn't work on new build 2.4
see attached logs.
yeah, this is broken for me too. if i have data and wifi on i can still get a location fix though in the city, but not outside of the city.
GPS Location not working SGH T989 Slimkat
I am having the same issue on my T989, and am looking for a possible solution. I've enabled high accuracy and even enabled the wifi and what not. However, I still cannot get a location. I'm gonna have to switch to another ROM until the issue is resolved, but I don't really want to So if anyone from anywhere can help me fix this issue, It'd help out a lot...
i am having the same issue, can't patch agps too having status 0. it doesn't work when i try copying that files in /etc myself
GPS + Camera issue
Other than the GPS issue, what about camera? The camera does not work for me in Hangouts or Skype (SlimKat).
No camera and no GPS. Try carbon Rom 4.4.2 if you want those to work. Just as smooth.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
Yeah there really is no point in these posts because even the developer has established that SlimKat has issues with T989 thus the reason there have been no further builds since 2/3. If people are still going to use it anyway then they accept the consequences of doing so. Not ripping anybody but these questions keep popping up all the time. Use another ROM if you want GPS & camera, there are no ifs, ands or buts about that.

WI-Fi and GPS fixes? I can't find them anywhere

I'm back to playing around with the Note 2 (SGH-t889), though now the T-Mobile version instead of Sprint. Seems there are a lot of the same bugs or bumps in the road with this version. Wi-Fi and GPS seem to be weak points in ROMs and die often. I remember that there were patches available somewhere, but I can't find them here on XDA using the built-in search function. I found a thread for the n7100 crowd disassembling their Note 2's, but that is not what I am referring to (nor did any of them have any success). Both of these problems are software related and can be fixed with software.
Does anyone have links to the threads, or files, required to:
fix GPS if you can't get a lock (location currently unavailable)
turn on Wi-Fi if it can't be turned on
EDIT
I kept searching, and while I didn't find any files, I did solve my GPS not working. I had backed down from 4.4.2 to 4.1.x to solve an IMEI problem and then GPS stopped working. Resetting to factory defaults and giving it a minute got GPS working. This time around, I have not had a Wi-Fi problem.
For anyone else following behind, here are some good links:
Note 2 has no GPS signal?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2486368
[*gps fix] alternate gps fix]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211690

Categories

Resources